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HORTICULTURE. 



January 19, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The first meeting of this club held 

 on Monday evening, January 14, will 

 long be remembered by those who were 

 present, for its many incidents of un- 

 usual interest. 



President Totty was duly installed 

 and his inaugural address was of a 

 high order of merit, being short, to 

 the point and replete with inspiring 

 suggestions. He disclaimed any desire 

 to make innovations or deviate from 

 the policy of his predecessors, urged 

 the value of closer sympathy between 

 the club and kindred societies, more 

 especially the S. A. F., and recom- 

 mended that the matter of the acquire- 

 ment of property for a permanent 

 home for the club be token up in a 

 practical way. Referring to the com- 

 parativelv small representation of 

 private gardeners in the membership 

 he advocated an active campaign to 

 bring the gardeners to a realization 

 of the great value to them of this 

 organization. He expressed regret at 

 the loss of bowling prestige in recent 

 years. Following the president, vice- 

 president Monda, secretary Young, 

 treasurer Wheeler and trustees Scott 

 and Sheridan were severally called up 

 and made brief remarks promising the 

 best in them for the service of the 

 club for the coming year. 



President Totty appointed the fol- 

 lowing standing committees: legisla- 

 tive, O'Mara, Sheridan, Hallock; essay, 

 Wallace, Scott, O'Mara; awards. 

 Duckham, Butterfield, J. Manda, Hur- 

 rell Turner, Pye, Hoffmeyer; exhibi- 

 tion, Jas. T. Scott, Guttman, C. Weber, 

 10. Dailledouze, Weston; outing, nine 

 members with F. H. Traendly as chair- 

 man; house and entertainment, 

 Nugent, W. Rickards, Schultz; din- 

 ner, John Scott, Birnie, Sheridan. 

 Special committee on closer relations 

 with the S. A. F., Wallace, Sheridan, 

 Birnie, Traendly, John Scott. 



The report of the retiring treasurer, 

 C. B. Weathered showed a balance of 

 over $2000 in cash. Resolutions of 

 sympathy on the death of Mrs. E. V. 

 Hallock were adopted unanimously. 

 Election of a trustee to succeed C. H. 

 Totty resulted in the choice of John 

 Donaldson by a good plurality. The 

 proposed amendment to the by-laws, 

 placing the treasurer under bonds, was 

 referred to the board of trustees. 



At this point W. F. Sheridan took the 

 floor and in a most appropriate and 

 feeling speech presented to C. B. 

 Weathered who had served so faith- 

 fully as treasurer for nearly twenty 

 years, a beautiful solid silver service 

 as a token of appreciation and esteem 

 from members of the club. Mr. 

 Weathered's response was from the 

 heart and the reception accorded him 

 left no room for doubt as to the place 

 he holds in the hearts of his fellow- 

 members. 



Next in order was a little talk by 

 secretary Hauswirth of the S. A. F. 

 urging a closer affiliation and asking 

 that the membership be largely in- 

 creased in New York. He made an 

 earnest plea in behalf of the proposed 

 national flower show to be held in 

 Chicago. Secretary Hammond of the 



American Rose Society followed with 

 an eloquent presentation of the com- 

 ing meeting and exhibition of that 

 society at Washington next March and 

 expressed the hope that the high 

 standard reached at Boston last year 

 might be maintained. President Simp- 

 son of the Rose Society made a few 

 remarks in a similar vein stating that 

 special premiums from New York 

 friencis would be gladly received. 



On the exhibition table were vases 

 of carnation Beacon from Peter Fisher 

 and of Cypripedium villosum and in- 

 signe in many beautiful types, from 

 E. J. Norman, Lee, Mass., a plant of 

 a new salvia, nana compacta, from F. 

 G. Mense and of Moschosma riparia 

 from Wm. Duckham and of flower 

 pot hanger from W. C. Krick. The 

 awards committee reported a cultural 

 certificate for Mr. Norman's cypripe- 

 diums. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The eighth annual dinner of this 

 society was served to upwards of sixty 

 members in the Florence Hotel, Wed- 

 nesday evening, January 9. The 

 tables were tastefully decorated with 

 carnations, sweet peas, A. Farleyense, 

 Asparagus plumosa and Sprengerii. 

 The F. R. Pierson Co. contributed fine 

 vases of carnation Winsor. George 

 Saltford of Pougkeepsie showed sev- 

 eral blooms of a monster pink carna- 

 tion seedling, each bloom measuring 

 four inches or more. A marked fea- 

 ture is its fine serrated petals and full 

 center; it may best be described as 

 a carnation poppy. Among the many 

 talented visitors were W. A. Ely, who 

 ably officiated as toastmaster; District 

 Attorney Young and Surrogate Mil- 

 lard. F. R. Pierson told of the good 

 work accomplished by this society 

 wherever horticulture was the issue 

 throughout the United States. He said 

 that the society had a financial credit 

 of nearly $1,000, and hoped in the 

 near future the permanent fund would 

 be strong enough to carry it indepen- 

 dent of annual collections. J. Austin 

 Shaw lauded the horticultural press in 

 good form, and requested to be al- 

 lowed to talk on Ladies at the next 

 banquet. 



DAVID MeFARLANE, Cor. Sec. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting was held on the 

 afternoon of January 8, with President 

 A. McKenzie in the chair and a large 

 attendance. The winners of the 

 monthly point competition for the 

 year 1906 were announced as follows: 

 gold medal, S. J. Trepess; silver medal, 

 H. F. Meyer; bronze, A. Mackenzie. 

 On monthly point competition, A. 

 Janack, 95; S. J. Trepess, 88 1-3; H. 

 F. Meyer, 86 2-3. Winner of prize for 

 100 single violets, Ed. Boulon & Son; 

 18 carnations arranged for effect, H. 

 F. Meyer; 12 carnations arranged for 

 effect. V. Cleaves; best flowering plant, 

 Chas. Lenker with cypripedium. It was 

 decided to have the second annual 

 dinner on January 30. Thomas Har- 

 rison, J. Duthrie, Chas. Bertanzel, A. 

 Johnson and Wm. Maher are the 

 executive committee. 



J. W. EVERITT, Secy. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The meeting of thi.s club on Thurs- 

 day afternoon, January 10, will go 

 down into history as a memorable one. 

 The meeting was held in the new 

 quarters in the Burlington Building, 

 President Irish in the chair, and about 

 forty members and visitors present. 

 Th^ report of the flower show com- 

 mittee was read by Secretary Beneke, 

 showing that $2,540 had been sub- 

 scribed toward the guarantee fund. 

 Opposition was developed, and some 

 lively parliamentary tactics were set 

 in motion, but the president's ruling 

 sustained the committee. The next 

 meeting, February 14, will be in con- 

 junction with a carnation show, the 

 trustees being authorized to secure a 

 hall and appropriate $50 in prizes. 

 The treasurer's report showed a 

 healthy balance. A vase of a new 

 white seedling carnation was shown 

 by Swan Peterson, under number 127, 

 and received an award of 85 points. 

 A. F. Longgren, salesman for the 

 Chicago Carnation Company, was a 

 visitor. The meeting closed with live- 

 ly discussions of topics from the ques- 

 tion box. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



There was a fair attendance at the 

 meeting held Saturday evening, Jan 

 12. It was a smoker, and the topic 

 of the evening was a big flower show 

 to be held in Cincinnati this coming 

 fall. The directors of the society will 

 hold a special meeting next Saturday 

 to formulate a schedule and talk the 

 matter over. 



The B. K. and B Floral Co. of Rich- 

 mond, Ind., had a couple of vases o£ 

 new seedling carnations, which were 

 greatly admired. Superior is the cog- 

 nomen, a pink of the Lawson shade. 

 It scored 88 points. Sarah A. Hill, a 

 white, scored 87 points. Both varie- 

 ties will be on exhibition at the com- 

 ing convention. Messrs. Adrian, 

 Shwarz and Deller were the judges. 



Visitors — Chas. Knopp, Richmond, 

 Ind., S. J. Heider, Hillsboro, O. 



MORRIS COUNTY (N. J.) GARDEN- 

 ERS' AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The eleventh annual smoker of the 

 society was a howling success. About 

 140 members, friends and guests were 

 here to bear witness. We had a short 

 business meeting. A vote of thanks 

 was given to F. R. Pierson Co., for a 

 magnificent vase of Winsor carnation 

 and to A. J. Guttman for a fine vase 

 of Pink Imperial sent for decoration; 

 both had been certificated previously. 

 The curiosity of the evening was a 

 large pan of Moschosma riparium, new 

 to most of us, exhibited by Wm. Duck- 

 ham. It was judged a valuable winter- 

 flowering plant. It grows anywhere 

 from 2 to 6 feet tall, a mass of minute 

 white flowers completely covering the 

 plants. It belongs to the Mint fam- 

 ily and is aromatic. A certificate of 

 merit was awarded. Four hundred and 

 eight dollars and twenty-three cents 

 was the balance left from last year. 



The entertainment committee did 

 themselves great credit. Every thing 

 was informal and plenty of refresh- 

 ments for everybody. The entertain- 

 ing Rickard Bros, were on hand and 



