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HORTICULTURE 



May 9, 1908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW COM- 

 MITTEE. 



About forty members attended the 

 meeting of the Committee of Fifty in 

 the Art Institute, Chicago, March 26. 

 Chairman W. F. Kasting presided and 

 reports showing tliat great interest 

 prevails in the show and rapid prog- 

 ress is being made in preparing for it, 

 were made by W. N. Rudd, chairman 

 of the premiums committee; E. G. 

 Hill, chairman of the foreign exhibits 

 committee; Otto Koenig, chairman of 

 the special features committee; Philip 

 Breitmeyer, chairman of the American 

 exhibits committee, and J. C. Vaughan, 

 chairman of the local management 

 committee. A report from the treas- 

 urer showed that a large number of 

 the guarantoi-s had paid a first assess- 

 ment of 20 per cent, on their subscrip- 

 tions. Chairman Kastins appointed 

 Albert T. Hey of Springfield, 111., a 

 member of the committee in place of 

 the late P. J. Haiiswirth. The secre- 

 tary reported that 1500 preliminary pre- 

 mium lists had been mailed, and more 

 were on hand and ready to be sent to 

 all who addressed a request to Room 

 * nil, PMrst National Bank building. 

 Chicago. The American Carnation So- 

 ciety, the American Rose Society, the 

 Chrj'santhemum Society of America 

 and the Horticultural Society of Chica- 

 go have offered their medals liberally 

 as special prizes. W. N. Rudd, chair- 

 man of tne premium committee, re- 

 jK'rted that $2,336 in spe<ial premiums 

 has been offered by various private 

 persons and firms, together with about 

 $800 in medals and cups. The pre- 

 mium list oiters a total of $11,023 in 

 prizes. 



Committees have been appointed by 

 the various chairmen as follows; 



Executive and finance: W. F. Kast- 

 ing, chairman; Philip Breitmeyer, E. 

 G. Hill, AV. N. Rudd, .1. C. Vaughan, 

 Otto Koenig, August Poehlmann, J. A. 

 Valentine. 



American Exhibits: Philip Breit- 

 meyer, chairman; F. H. Traendly, 

 George Asmus, S. S. Skidelsky, Elmer 

 D. Smith. Robert Craig. 



Special features: Otto Koenig, chair- 

 man; Theodore Wirth, I^eonard Kill. 

 S. S. Skidelsky, HaiTy Papworth, .1. F. 

 Sullivan, W. I.. Rock, A. .1. Guttman, 

 John Beitermann 



Auditing: J. A. Valentine, chair- 

 man; E. B. George, Roy F. Wilcox. 

 Otto Koenig. 



Local management: ,T. C. Vaughan, 

 chairman; August Poehlmann, J. B. 

 Deamud: W. N. Rudd, C. Cropp, Elmer 

 D. Smith, J. E. Hauswirth. 



Exhibits, foreign: E. G. Hill, chair- 

 man; J. P. Eisele, Carl Cropp, E. B. 

 George. 



At a meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee held the following day Mr. 

 Kasting appointed George Asmus chair- 

 man of the publicity committee. James 

 H. Burdett was made permanent sec- 

 retary and newspaper representative 



of the committee. The question of 

 m.anager was discussed and the local 

 management committee was auUior- 

 ized to engage one. 



It was determined, after a lengthy 

 discussion, to give visiting florists, not 

 members of the S. A. F., in good 

 standing, the privilege of purchasing a 

 season ticket to the National Flower 

 Show for $1. Several amendments to 

 the rules were proposed to the pre- 

 mium committee, the most imix>rlant 

 being that in all classes where it is 

 deemed permissible an entry fee of $1 

 be exacted from each exhibitor. 



J. H. BURDETT, Secretary. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



At the Florists' Club meeting on 

 Tuesday evening. May 5, Edwin Lons- 

 dale exhibited Schizanthus Wisetonen- 

 sis compactus, a seedling grown by 

 him at the Girard College greenhouses. 

 In speaking of these plants he con- 

 sidered them good for the conserva- 

 tory. The plant on exhibition he 

 called a "seed sport," there bein.g 

 about two dozen of these plants raised 

 from seed saved from last year's 

 plants The seed was sown November 

 19 and the plants came into bloom 

 April 20th. The new type is much 

 dwai-fer than the old Wisetonensis, 

 very compact and floriterous. 



On being asked a question about a 

 neA' Dryden geranium. Mr. Lonsdale 

 stated that he had obtained an im- 

 proved Dryden, by crossing with a 

 bright scarlet known around here as 

 "Denni.son's seedling." The Drydeu, 

 Jr., as he called it, was much brighter 

 in color and a better plant than the 

 old Dryden. 



The smoker that was to have been 

 given on May 14th has been postponed 

 to the June meeting. 



At the June meeting Arthur Niessen 

 of the Leo Niessen Co. will read a 

 peper on Co-operation between whole- 

 saler and retailer in time of over- 

 production. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New Jersey Florioultural Society was 

 held at their rooms on May 1st. The 

 floral display consisted of orchids from 

 the well-known houses of Lager tz. 

 Ilurrell of Summit, Thomas Jones of 

 Short Hills and Joseph A. Manda of 

 West Orange; carnations grown by 

 William Read from the Colgate estate, 

 Spanish iris grown by Max Schneider, 

 Canterburj- bells by Charles Ashmcad, 

 alamanda by John Hayes and antir- 

 rhinum by John Derwin. 



The address of the evening was by 

 Joseph B. Davis upon Cartography ap- 

 plied to landscape work, illustrated by 

 many maps and pictures from the 

 speaker's collection, and included some 

 rare India proofs by Alexander Ander- 

 son from the Downing publications. 

 The sketch, the finished drawing, en- 

 larged and reduced, the delineation of 

 trees, grass and herbage, and foreign 

 and domestic work as treated for the 

 past hundred years, were touched up- 

 on during the evening. It was decid- 

 ed to hold a summer recess. 



JOSEPH B. DAVIS. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



A meeting of this society was held on 

 Tuesday, May 5th; a large attendance 

 present. J. F. Huss read a very Inter- 

 esting and instructive paper on hardy 

 ferns, of which he has under cultiva- 

 tion over 300 varieties. His paper was 

 so instructive that the society voted 

 to have it printed in full and dis- 

 tributed to the members. He was 

 given a hearty vote of thanks. The 

 society voted to hold a rose show in 

 June. The preliminary schedules were 

 distributed to the members present for 

 the November exhibition. After busi- 

 ness, the members adjourned to a 

 smoker as guests of the bowling team, 

 when the prizes were given to the 

 winners as follows: High single, R. 

 Watson; second single, Wm. Dickie; 

 high average handicap, James Moore; 

 second average handicap, W. Dickie; 

 third average handicap, D. Ferguson; 

 fourth average handicap, Wm. Sy- 

 mons; most marks, Jas. Bruce; 

 second most marks, Wm. Dickie. After 

 the distribution of the prizes, T. Pettit 

 piesented the captain, Thos. Nye, with 

 a gold watch, fob and charm on behalf 

 of the members of the bowling team. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this society 

 was held on April 24th Three new 

 nominations to membership were re- 

 ceived, and James Stuart of Mamaro- 

 neck and Wm. Brown of Ossining were 

 elected active members. Donations 

 to our prize fund are still coming, and 

 to date five silver cups are offered for 

 the November exhibition. 



James W. Smith's prize for the best 

 two flowering plants was won by 

 'l^homas Atchinson, gardener to Mr. 

 Henry Seigel, with a pelargonium and 

 a calceolaria, both well grown speci- 

 mens. 



The feature of the evening was the 

 talk on Water Gardens by Charles H. 

 Tibbits. Mr. Tibbits is connected 

 with the park department of White 

 Plains. N. Y., and has had very satis- 

 factory results with aquatic plants. 



Subjects for next meeting will be 

 Shrubs and Hardy Perennials. 



L. A. MARTIN, Cor. Sec. 



MAY FLOWER SHOW AT BOSTON. 



The annual May exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 will be held at Horticultural Hall, Sat- 

 urday and Sunday, May P and 10. A 

 featur'^ of the exhibition will be the 

 displays of late-flowering bulbous 

 plants, such as Darwin, Single, P.i- 

 i.arre and Rose tulips. There will be 

 also exhibits of calceolarias, pelargo- 

 niums, pansies and other seasonable 

 f'.owers. 



Of interest in the display of vege- 

 tables will be the collections grown 

 under glass the present year. 



The exhibition, which is free to all, 

 will be open Saturday from 12 to 6 

 and Sunday from 2 to 6 o'clock. 

 WM. P. RICH, Secretary. 



