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HORTICULTURi: 



June 15, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The most striking feature at the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society's 

 exhibition on Saturday, June 8, was a 

 remarkable collection of seedling tree 

 peonies from Prof. C. S. Sargent. 

 The pleasing colors and size of the 

 flowers were something very un- 

 usual. 



R. & J. Farquhar's wistarias in 

 tubs were very fine and were a great 

 attraction, as was the collection of 

 tulips from the same firm, which in- 

 cluded many very fine varieties of 

 Darwin and other late flowering 

 kinds. The most notable in the col- 

 lection were large vases of Tulipa 

 Picotee, Gesneriana and Bouton d'Or. 

 Aquilegia coerulea and gladulosa 

 were very fine amongst their her- 

 baceous plants. 



The Blue Hill Nurseries had a fine 

 collection of herbaceous plants, 

 the best thing being large vases of 

 the different kinds of troUius. 



The Botanic Garden, Harvard Uni- 

 versity e.xhibited all the different 

 types of tulips such as: Bizarres, by- 

 bloemens, roses, breeders, Darwins 

 and a number of species of late 

 flowering kinds. 



The new hybrid shrubby Cal- 

 ceolaria Stewartii was exhibited again 

 by James Crosbie, gardener for Mr. 

 Tufts of Medford. The specimens 

 were excejitionally well grown. The 

 same exhibitor had a remarkably 

 ■well grown plant of Clerodendron 

 Thomsonae. 



J. E. Rothwell made a superb dis- 

 play of orchids, filling ninety-five 

 vases. 



The opening of the exhibitions on 

 Sundays to the public proved very at- 

 tractive, and the large hall was so 

 crowded that it was almost impossible 

 to take notes there. 



Prize Awards. 

 Awards for Plants and Flowers — Wis- 

 tarias, R. & J. Farquhar & Co. Hardy 

 Azaleas. 1st. Wm. Whitman; 2d. Mrs. A. 

 W. Blake. Tree Peonies. Wm. Whitman. 

 Hardy herliaceous flowers, 1st, Blue Hill 

 Nurseries. 



Silver Medal.s— R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 Spiiaea Japonica "Queen Alexandra"; 

 Prof. C. S. Sargent, display of seedling 

 Tree Peonies. 



Flrst-Class Certificate of Merit — James 

 Crosbie, superior cultivation of Cleroden- 

 dron Balfourl. 



Honorable Mention — Prof. C. S. Sargent, 

 Syrlnga pnbescens; Dr. C. G. Weld, Illy 

 of the valley. 



Awards for Vegetables — Asparagus, 1st, 

 Geo. F. Wheeler; 2d. W. J. Clemson; 3d, 

 A. E. Hartshorn. Carrots, 1st, W. W. Raw- 

 son; 2d, A. K. Hartshorn, rur-nmbers. 1st, 

 Geo. D. Moore; 2d, W. W. Rawson; 3d, A. 

 E. Hartshorn; 4th, W. J. Clemson. Lettuce, 

 1st, W. W. Rawson; 2d, Geo. D. Moore; 

 3d. Wm. Whitman; 4th. W. J. Clemson. 

 Radishes, 1st, W. W. Rawson; 2d, W. J. 

 Clemson; 3d, A. E. Hartshorn. Rhubarb, 

 1st, Geo. Page; 2d. W. J. Clemson; 3d, A. 

 E. Hartshorn. Spinach, 1st. W. Henstls & 

 Son; 2d, Geo. I). Moore; 3d, AV. J. Clem- 

 son. Collection of vegetables, 1st, W. J. 

 Clemson. 



NEW HAVEN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



^ At the meeting of this society ou 

 June 4 Arthur Graves of tho Sheffield 

 Scientific School was the sieaker of 

 the evening William Beattie exhib- 

 ited the first lettuce of the season 

 which weighed 21 ounces. The pre- 

 liminai-y schedules for the Nrvember 

 flower show can now be obtained. 



PITTSBURGH AND ALLEGHENY 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The club met on June 4 with a good 

 display of flowers and good atten- 

 dance of members for the season. 

 The Finleyville Floral Co., of Fin- 

 leyville. Pa., showed an extra fine lot 

 of carnations. Dr. Shafer showed 

 through James Hutchinson, Cypri- 

 pedium Lawrenceanum and Odonto- 

 glossum Ruckerianum. While there 

 are no commercial orchid growers in 

 Pittsburgh or vicinity Mr. Hutchin- 

 son sees no reason why orchid grow- 

 ing here for commercial purposes 

 should not be a success if carried on 

 outside the pale of Pittsburgh's smoke 

 and soot. Fred Bartsch showed a 

 choice collection of geraniums. 



G. J. Learzaf showed a geranium, 

 sample of quite a portion of his stock, 

 in which the leaves dry up and 

 wither away beginning at the edge, 

 the plant blooming normally in the 

 meantime. 



G. & J. W. Ludwig of Allegheny 

 had an interesting exhibit of Darwin 

 tulips, narcissus poeticus. Bride, 

 Bridesmaid and General Mac Arthur 

 roses; also summer chrysanthemums 

 and the common field daisies, which 

 latter they have a way of putting on 

 tlie market some three weeks ahead 

 of their blooming season in the fields. 

 Jno. Bader showed palms, marantas 

 and Whitmani farm. The latter, while 

 very beautiful, was thought to be 

 dependent on greenhouse conditions 

 than the Boston fern. The Phipps 

 Conservatories had Japanese tree 

 peonies in variety, the new pink rose 

 Annchen Muller, Lilium Rubellum, 

 weigelas and spiraeas In variety, 

 Bechtel's double flowering crab and 

 other flowering shrubs. 



It had been intended to have a dis- 

 play of peonies, but excepting the 

 Japanese tree peonies and a few of 

 the old ofliicinalis, none were in 

 bloom. Several members had been 

 appointed by the president to speak 

 on plants and flowers most in demand 

 en Memorial Day, but with one accord 

 they all declared they could only say 

 that anything that bore even a 

 semblance of a flower sold freely on 

 that day. 



The subject for the July meeting 

 will be the July picnic, S. A. F. 

 August convention and seasonable 

 plants and flowers. 



H. P. JOSLIN. Secretary. 



NEW LONDON COUNTY HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The meeting on June 3 was held xt 

 Norwich, Conn. President He;td an- 

 nounced that prizes had been offered 

 as follows: $15 by C. H. Totty, Madi- 

 son, N. J., for the fall show: $10 to 

 be known as the Bay State Nursery 

 prize; a medal by Lyon & Ewald of 

 New London, for sweet peas. Ad- 

 dresses were made by J. H. Slooombe 

 on Summer flowering bulbs, and by 

 President Head on vines. 



The backward season has made it 

 necessary for the Amateur Horticul- 

 tural Society of Springfield, Mass.. to 

 give up their rose show on June 25. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting was 

 held on June 7. Among the exhibits 

 of special merit were natural hybrid 

 No. 1, orchids, Cattleyas Mossiae x C. 

 Percivaliana: Cattleya Mendelii super- 

 bissima, of remarkable size and beauty 

 measuring eight inches across, the 

 first season of its blooming since in- 

 troduction; Phalaenopsis Cynthia 

 (Schillerae x Aphrodite) and a white 

 Macrantha Kunastiana, from Lager & 

 ilurrell of Summit. Besides the usu- 

 al meritorious orchid display were a 

 new rambler rose, Julius Roehrs, from 

 Julius Roehrs Company of Ruther- 

 ford; Odontoglossums vexilaria and 

 L^elio - Cattleya Martinette, from 

 George Graves, gardener Edwin Thom- 

 as; Veltch's hybrid columbine. Glad- 

 iolus Peachblow and carnations En- 

 chantress and Victory from Charles 

 Hathaway, gardener Max Schneider; 

 roses Richmond and American Beauty 

 from John Crosby Brown, gardener 

 Peter Duff; sijecimen palms from the 

 Colgates, gardener William Reid, and 

 Stewart Dickson, gardener Albert Lar- 

 son. The promised rose display has 

 been given up because there were no 

 roses. The schedules for the forth- 

 coming fall exhibition were distribut- 

 ed and the dahlia night for the Sep- 

 tember meeting discussed. 



J. B. DAVIS. 



THE COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



By invitation of the Fifth Avenue 

 Floral Company, our club on June 3, 

 held its legular meeting at their green- 

 houses. The largest gathering of the 

 year was on hand. President Stephens 

 was in the chair, and every other of- 

 ficer was present. Announcement was 

 made of the winners of the largest 

 number of point awards, secured dur- 

 ing the past season (October to May), 

 for exhibts of plants and flowers. The 

 first prize of $5.00 was awarded to I. 

 D. Sieber, with 123 points. R. A Cur- 

 rie, with S3 points, took the second 

 prize of $3.00: the third award of $2.00 

 went to Sherman P. Stephens, who 

 had 60 points. These point prizes have 

 secured a fine display at every meet- 

 ing the past season. The progress 

 made in regard to the annual field 

 day, to be held July 17, at Buckeye 

 Lake, was reported by James McKel- 

 lar; the members have very generally 

 signifie.l their intention of going. The 

 committee have arranged base ball, 

 sports and games, with suitable prizes. 

 M. B. Faxon made the final report of 

 the vegetable and flower seed packet 

 distribution to the school children; 

 over three thousand children have 

 been supplied, and much more inter- 

 est than ever before manifested in the 

 work. F'l-ank I'Cemp. who is with the 

 Clover Hill Greenliouses, was elected 

 an aclive member. The rose and 

 strawberry show will take place Tues- 

 day evening, June 11. The president 

 called our chrysanthemum growers' 

 attention to the coming show, and 

 urged all to prepare for it. The busi- 

 ness meeting ever, a very excellent 

 collation was provided by our hosts. 

 Then there v. as music, games and a 

 social time until the midnight hour. 



