June 27, 190S 



HORTICULTURE, 



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a great admirei' of the sweet jiea and 

 giving every encoiiragsmont to attain 

 perfection. America. Phyllis I'luvin. 

 Othello, Dant", Queen .Alexandra. 

 '■■Vhito Spencer, Primrose Spencer. Kin-; 

 Edward Vtl. Floia Norton, Duke of 

 Westminster, Helen Lewis, Stella 

 Morse and John Inglis were among the 

 most distinctive varieties in the prize 

 ■winning lots. William Robertson, 

 .lanips Coleman and Samuel Batchelor 

 were large o.xnibitors of sweet iieas 

 and cat ried of a good share of the prize 

 mnney. .Joseph Hurley got first honors 

 tor collection of Japanese iris. 



.V fine feature was the display of 

 perennials, and the competition be- 

 tween the Newbold and Paul lots for 

 the Dreer pnze was keen, put profiting 

 by the experience at the lost rose show 

 the Newbold forces turned the tables 

 completely on the victor with the 

 showy lot and lebser variety, on that 

 occasion. The prize for the best pair 

 of gloxinias went to Mr. Robertson. 



All the prizes on this occasion weri 

 contributed. Preer, Michell, Waterei', 

 Bodine and Mahan were the donors. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The cactus dahlia has been made the 

 oliicial flower of the Seattle exposition. 



The annual field meeting of the New 

 Hampshire State Horticultural Society 

 was held at the Shirley Hill House. 

 Ooffstown, June 2.5. 



At the annual rose show of the New 

 London Horticultural Society at Nor- 

 wich, Conn., prizes were awarded to 

 Augustus Neunian, gardener for Alfred 

 Mitchell. G. S. Palmer and John 

 ^^'augh, of New London. 



At a recent conference at Council 

 Bluffs, Iowa, relative to holding a na- 

 tional horticultural congress in that 

 city in December at the same time the 

 corn e.xpositioD is held at Omaha, 

 President Hess appointed a finance 

 committee, with E. H. Doolittle. chair- 

 man, and a membership and hustling 

 committee. An outside hustling com- 

 mittee was also appointed. 



The exhibit at the last meeting of 

 the Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Glen Cove, N. Y.. was so success- 

 ful that it was decided to hold a rose 

 show, to be open to the public. Two 

 silver medals are offered as prizes. 

 S. J. Trepess. V. Oleres and Mr. Wilson 

 are the committee of arrangements. 

 Mr. and Mrs. J. Rogers Maxwell have 

 donated $100 for prizes for the fall ex- 

 hibition. 



The annual rose and strawberry 

 show of the Hingham (Mass.) Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural Society was 

 held in the town hall June 16. Theie 

 was a fine display of vegetables and 

 flowers. Geo. Hollis of So. Weymouth 

 showed 5!5 varieties of peonies. Ernest 

 W. Lincoln and E. E. Lincoln were the 

 leaders in the rose display. H. .\. 

 Bates. T. L. Rogers and Fearing 

 Shultz showed stiawberries. James L. 

 Jones, M. C. Linscott and Harry F. 

 Cross had fine displays of early vege- 

 tables. Mrs. Alfred Cummings. Mrs. 

 Warren Locke and R. W. E. Vinin.g 

 showed fruits and flowers. The exhibi- 

 tion was followed by an address, music, 

 etc. 



During Recess 



A WARETOWN PASTORAL. 



It was ;i I'jve'.y June day, Friday 

 19th inst,, and the waters of Barnegat 

 Bay were dancing in the cool sea 

 br>3eze as amid cheers and singing, 

 the stars and stripes accompanied by 

 I he blue ;.nd while pennant of the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia, glided 

 to the top of the pole in front ot 

 Commodore John Westcott's hospita- 

 ble club house at Waretown on the Jer- 

 sey coast, and the opening of the sea- 

 son for the Waretown Rod and Gun 

 Club was thus formally inaugurated. 



The story of the three days follow- 

 ing this inspiring incident would be 

 but a repetition of the story of many 

 a happy gathering of kindred souls at 

 this delightful retieat provided for the 

 happiness of his friends by a man who 

 finds his own greatest happiness in 

 promoting the pleasure of others. The 

 roll book, on this occasion, showed 

 the names of about twenty guests all 

 from ths Philadelphia contingent ex- 

 cept John N. May, of Summit, N. J.; 

 Col. W. W. Castle and W. J. Stewart, 

 of Boston. Youthful as ever, the 86- 

 year-old patriarch, Richaid Lynex, was 

 the Nfcstor ot the party, which includ- 

 ed five ex-presidents of the S. A. F. 

 who frisked and gambolled, day and 

 night, just the same as the everyday 

 folks. An interesting incident was 

 the receipt of a lot of antique weapons, 

 firearms, etc.. sent as a present to Mr. 

 Westcott by his friend, James Dean, of 

 Freeport, N. Y. Jlr. Dean was unable 

 to be present in person, owing to a 

 recent bereavement in his family. The 

 relics will be used to decorate the walls 

 of the clnb house and will make quite 

 an attractive addition to the furnish- 

 ings. Some fishing was indulged in 

 but the fish were out of town on other 

 busiiness and Robert Kift with a score 

 of three weakfish was the "high- 

 liner." This gentleman also served 

 as oflicial photographer and posed his 



victims in various characteristic group- 

 ings. The official invalid was George 

 C. Waisnr,. who indulged unwisely i" 

 raw clams, and the official physician 

 was Robert Craig, who administered 

 approved remedies with the austerity 

 of a stern disciplinarian. Silver-voiced 

 P. J. Lynch furnished the music. The 

 close of the conclave was signalized 

 by an appreciative speech by Col. Cas- 

 tle who voiced the sentiments of the 

 visitors in inimitable eloquence and 

 "the smoke went up the chimney just 

 the spjiie." 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Eighth Annual Outing of the 

 New York Florists' Club takes place 

 at Witzel's Point View Grove. L. I., on 

 Wednesday, July 1. The good steamer 

 "Isabel" v.ill leave foot of Thirty-first 

 street, Ea.^t River, promptly at 10 A. M. 

 and will proceed directly to the grove, 

 when the following eevnts will take 

 place in the order named; 



I'liotograpU in Group. 



Basel mU Match, Benedicts vs. Bachelors. 



Dinner. 



Races, Starting with Children. 



Ladies' Bowling Match. 



Gentlemen's Bowling Match. 



Dancing. 



la addition to the prizes for baseball 



match, the winning members will each 



receive a budding knife, value, $1.2.t. 



The committee of twenty members 

 will bt on hand to attend to the com- 

 forts of all. Stow's orchestra of seven 

 pSecPs will play during the entire 

 time. 



Program of events v. ill be furnished 

 on application to W. E. Marshal!, chair- 

 man and treasurer, 146 West Twenty- 

 third street. New York. 



PICNICS IN PROSPECT. 



Florists' Club, New York, July 1, at 

 Witzel's Point View Grove, L. I. 



Florists' Club, Columbus, C, July 15, 

 at Buckeye Lake. 



.Florists Club, St. Louis, Mo., July 

 15, at Normandie Grove. 



Floiists' Club, Chicago, July 19, at 

 Morton Grove, 111. 



Florists" and Gakueneks' Clib of Rhode Island. 



On the occasion of their visit to the grounds of the R. I. Hospital. 



