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HORTICULTURE 



June 6, 1908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of 

 this society was held on Friday even- 

 ing. May 29, with President Angus in 

 the chair. Three new members were 

 elected 



For this meeting Mr. J. W. Lindsay 

 had ottered prizes for the best ex- 

 hibits of cut flowers from shrubs and 

 hardy herbaceous plants. T\\o fine 

 lots were exhibited by John Woodcock, 

 gardener to General McAlpin, Ossin- 

 ang, and Alexander Maitland, gardener 

 to Mr. Carroll Dunham, Irvington, 

 which weie won in the order named. 



The annual free June exhibition 

 will be held in Music Hall, Tarrytown, 

 •on the afternoon and evening of June 

 12th, and we hope that every member 

 "will try to make an exhibit of tlow- 

 •ers or plants and help to make this 

 show a success. Schedules for this, 

 also for the November exhibition, are 

 ready, and will be sent to all iiiier- 

 tsted. Apply to Secretary E. W. Neu- 

 hrand, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Subject and exhibits for the next 

 meeting will be shrubs and hardy per- 

 ennials. L. A. MARTIN, Cor. Sec'y. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



At the next meeting of this club, 

 which will be held on Tuesday even- 

 ing, June 16, at S P. M., A. H. Kirk- 

 land, State Superintendent for Sup- 

 pressing the Gypsy and Brown-tail 

 Moths, will lecture on the various pests 

 that menace shade trees. The lecture 

 •will be illustrated with stereopticou 

 views. The new parasites and Japau- 

 «se wasp, which have been imported 

 to use in the warfare on the moths, 

 '\\ill be shown and described. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 Carnations Registered. 



By Wa-no-ka Greenhouses, Barne- 

 ■veld, N. Y. — "Apple Blossom." Parent- 

 age, Enchantress on white seedling; 

 •color, white delicately blended pink; 

 £ize of flower, average 3 1-4 inches 

 through season; habit, rapid upright 

 grower, all growth coming from the 

 base, good producer and good keeper 

 on long stiff stems. 



By A. E, Boyce, Wellsville, N. Y.— 

 Claribel Worth. Parentage Estelle and 

 Maceo; color, scarlet crimson, very 

 rich; size of flower, average 3 1-4 

 inches; at its best about Christmas. 

 Good stems, non-bursting calyx, fol- 

 iage rich blue; resistant to disease 

 and insects. 



ALBERT M. HERR. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 

 Gentlemen; — 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society 

 wishes through these columns to ex- 

 press their appreciation and thanks to 

 the various growers, wholesalers and 

 retailers, for their liberal contribu- 

 tion of choice and fresh cut flowers 

 donated to the "Floral Booth" at the 

 Charity Carnival, held May 16, 1908. 

 Respectfully, 



OTTO G. KOENIG, Sec'y. 



RHODODENDRON EXHIBITION AT 

 BOSTON. 



The annual Rhododendron Exhibi- 

 tion of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Saturday and Sunday, June 

 6 and 7. 



The season has been veiy favorable 

 for rhododendrons and azaleas and it 

 is exix^cted that there will be a mag- 

 nificent disjilav of these flowers. 



There will be also exhibits of or- 

 chids, wistaria, irises, tree peonies 

 and other seasonable flowers as well 

 as vegetables. 



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, Sec'y. 



SALEM CHERRY FAIR. 



The third annual meeting of the 

 Salem Cherry p'air will be held at 

 Salem, Oregon. July 9 and 10, 1908. 



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S cultural Society of N. Y., rose show. S 



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S County Horticultural Society, exhib- Z 



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Pacific Coast Association of Nursery- 

 men, a resolution was adopted saying 

 that the Second Annual Salem Cherry 

 Fair was the greatest and finest dis- 

 play of cherries known to history, and 

 Salem was christened the "Cherry City 

 of the World," by the association. 



That Salem is entitled to the name 

 will be admitted by everyone visiting 

 the Cherry Fair this year, as it will 

 be much larger and better than ever. 



In addition to the cherries (for 

 which a large number of silver cups 

 are offered as premiums), there will 

 be premiums for and displays of other 

 fruits, as well as roses, sweet peas, 

 Shasta daisies and other flow'ers. A 

 large number of handsome diplomas 

 will also be offered as premiums. 



Cherry growers from all sections 

 are urged to be present and bring 

 fruit for exhibition. Premium list 

 and rules will be furnished to any 

 interested, and also published in the 

 J>ress. All fruit growers, nurserymen 

 and florists are invited to be present. 

 Those desiring to attend the Pacific 

 Coast Association of Nurserymen can 

 do so, as the two meetings are held 

 early in July. 



P. W. PO\\'ER. 



Chairman Cherry Fair Committee. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual June show of this society 

 was held on the 2d inst. The chief 

 exhibits consisted of outdoor roses, 

 peonies and hardy perennials. The 

 date was rather early for roses but 

 just right for peonies and the latter 

 showed up by far the best. The heavy 

 rains of Saturday and the hot weather 

 preceding were against a very high 

 standard of excellence in either. Pep- 

 per, Penfield and Lippincott ranked in 

 the order named for the best collec- 

 tion of six H. P. roses for the Huey 

 prizes. No entries appeared in the 

 hybrid teas worthy, except two lots of 

 Pepper and Lippincott, which were 

 nothing extra. These, and two lots 

 of H. P.'s weie for the Bodine prizes. 

 The Mitchell prize for outdoor roses 

 went to Penfield. 



Tliere was a very good showing of 

 peonies notwithstanding all draw- 

 backs. In the Bodine prizes, honors 

 were divided between Penfield and 

 Paul, Grisoom coming in for a share. 

 The Dreer prize also fell to Griscom, 

 with a finely grown lot, for which 

 Thos. A. Archfield, the gardener, de- 

 serves honorable mention. The George 

 C. Watson prize for the best eight 

 Japanese varieties went to Paul, for a 

 very creditable lot of well grown flow- 

 ers. 



The keenest competition of all came 

 in the collection of hardy perennials, 

 twelve species, for the Dreer prize. 

 Newbold had the best exhibit from a 

 horticultural and educational stand- 

 point with twenty-six distinct species 

 but the Paul lot with twelve species 

 filled the schedule requirement and so 

 carried off first honors because they 

 were much more showy and in better 

 bloom. Pepper's collection was also 

 very fine. 



Julius Koehrs Co. exhibited their 

 new white Cattleya Mossiae (unnamed 

 as yet) which is shown in cover il- 

 lustration of this ijaper. This is a 

 white form with a faint blue tinge on 

 the lip. It is larger than any other 

 white Mossiae and experts declare it 

 to be an extraordinary specimen for 

 color, size and floriferousness. The 

 eight-iiich pan shown had five leads, 

 four w'ith three flowers and one with 

 one. This variety appeared in an im- 

 portation of common Mossiae, the ex- 

 hibit and another piece in the posses- 

 sion of Mr. Clement Moore (acquired 

 from Roebrs by purchase) being all 

 that is known to exist at the present 

 time. 



Samuel Batchelor, gardener to Mr. 

 Clemeut B. Newbold, exhibited a fine 

 lot of gloxinias. We have seldom seen 

 quite so magnificent a collection. The 

 members of the Florists' Club were 

 given an opportunity to view these at 

 their monthly gathering and were 

 much impressed. 



It has been found necessary to 

 change the dates of the meeting of 

 the American Peony Society one day 

 later, niRking them June 19 and 20. 

 A. H. PEWKES, Sec'y. 



