January 19, 1907 



HORTICULTURE. 



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brought some of their friends; Harry 

 A. Bunyard and Mr. Sperling from 

 Stumpp & Walter Co. were there also. 

 Wm. Turner, the genial Mr. Yoemans 

 of the Monmouth County Club, Mr. 

 Ross of the Tarrytown society, a dele- 

 gation from Orange, Harry Turner all 

 the way from Castle Gould, and H. L. 

 Hand of Portchester were among our 

 out of town friends. In local talent 

 we were not wanting. Singing and 

 merry-making went on until 1.3U a. iji. 

 when with a lusty three cheersr tor 

 the Madison Club all hied home: 



EDW. REAGAN, Secy. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. .J 



This society held its regular meet- 

 ing in County Building on Friday, 

 January 11, President Sternberg in the 

 chair. It was Carnation night, and 

 there was a large attendance of mem- 

 bers. Splendid exhibits were tabled 

 by F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y., and A. N. Pierson, 

 Cromwell, Conn. Among local exhibi- 

 tors were: John Coombs, florist, J. 

 P. Huss, superintendent to J. J. Good- 

 win, and Carl Peterson, superinten- 

 dent of the Whiting greenhouse. West 

 Hartford. 



The following awards were made by 

 the judging committee: F. R. Pierson 

 Co., for the fine new variety Winsor, 

 diploma; for Helen Gould, Melody and 

 Rose Pink Enchantress (as one exhib- 

 it), certificate of merit; A. N. Pierson, 

 diploma for an unnamed seedling, 

 which, under the electric lights, 

 looked a rich, glowing scarlet. It is a 

 fine, bold flower, with stiff, erect stem. 

 Also a certificate of merit for an ex- 

 hibit of Robert Craig and Rose Pink 

 Enchantress. J. F. Huss and Carl Pe- 

 terson were each awarded a certificate 

 of merit for general displays of car- 

 nations. Mr. Huss read an instructive 

 paper on carnation culture, for which 

 he received a hearty vote of thanks. 

 As a proof that the society is becom- 

 ing a power in the community, seven- 

 teen new members were added to the 

 roll. 



Visitor, Ulysses G. Scollay, of John 

 A. Scollay, New York. 



ALEX. CUM.MING. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 

 The Executive Committee met last 

 week at the New Willard Hotel, 

 Washington, and decided to hold the 

 next convention at New York city. 

 There were present President H. W. 

 Wood, W. H. Grenell, J. C. Robin- 

 son, and C. E. Kendel, secretary, and 

 by invitation Albert McCullough, 

 Henry Nungesser, George S. Green, 

 Vice-President C. S. Burge, Alexander 

 Forbes, W. Atlee Burpee, and F. W. 

 Bolgiano. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A meeting of the Buffalo Florists' 

 Club was held on Wednesday last; 

 much business of importance being 

 transacted. Several applicanls were 

 admitted to membership. A number 

 of the members are going to attend in 

 a body the carnation show at Toronto 

 on Januarv 22, leaving at S a m. via 

 T. & H. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Newport Horticultural Society 

 held a meeting Tuesday evening, Jan. 



8. President Butterton occupied the 

 chair fur the first time since the elec- 

 tion. James Robertson and Samuel 

 Speers found for themselves comfort- 

 able seats at either side of the presi- 

 dent. After the reading of the min- 

 utes and the disposition of various 

 other matters of routine character, 

 the real business of the evening was 

 gone into, which was the considera- 



_^. ,J.ion of recommendations contained in 

 ■">''a report made by the executive com- 

 mittee, which'- held a meeting a tew 

 evenings previously, these recommen- 

 dations being • that the Society hold 

 two exhibitions in Masonic Hall dur- 

 ing the year; that over $1000 be paid 

 in premiums; that the price of admis- 

 sion be 2ri cents, instead of 50 cents, 

 as it was last year at the Casino show; 

 that the first show be held in June and 

 the second in September; and that 

 provision be made whereby music and 

 dancing may be provided during the 

 last evening of each exhibition. All 

 the recommendations were unani- 

 mously adopted. It was voted to ac- 

 cept the offer of Professor Wheeler of 

 the Rhode Island Experiment station 

 to address the society on "Soda in the 

 Soil, in Its Relation to Plant Growth," 

 at a meeting to be held Tuesday even- 

 ing, Jan. 22. The meeting will be 

 open to the public and light refresh- 

 ments will be provided for the occa- 

 sion. 



The Annual Ball. 

 In last week's issue of Horticulture 

 we read that the Newport Horticul- 

 tural Society's ball took place on Jan. 



9. This ball was one of the best ever 

 given by the Newport Horticultural 

 Society — a ball where young and old 

 abandoned themselves to enjoyment 

 exclusively. 



It is said that in Boston the garden- 

 ers are so impregnated with pious Pur- 

 itanism that such wickedness as 

 dancing is looked upon as a scheme of 

 Satan to lure those who participate in 

 it to the abode which he has long ago 

 prepared for them, but the Newport 

 Horticultural Society held a ball in 

 Masonic Hall, and about five hundred 

 people were in attendance. Floor Di- 

 rector Daniel Coughlan and Mrs. vVm. 

 Allan. Jr., led the grand march. New- 

 port is a cosmopolitan city; for that 

 reason the order of dances was made 

 suitable for cosmopolitan dancers, al- 

 though it cannot be denied that it was 

 occasionally noticeable that the dan- 

 cing was more composite than of any 

 other character. The hall was decor- 

 ated superbly with evergreens, 

 wreaths, smilax and asparagus, with 

 numerous bells besides. The stage 

 was done with bay trees, palms and 

 foliage plants, finished with a row 

 of Lorraine begonias sent from the 

 Hub by R. &. J. Farquhar & Co. Myri- 

 ads of electric lights peeped out from 

 among the bays and palms. The com- 

 mittee of arransreraents comprised 

 Messrs. John T. Allan, Daniel Cough- 

 lan, A. Fraser, B. M. Anthony, T. B. 

 Connolly. R. A. Smith, and the presi- 

 dent. The reception committee, Dr. 

 A. J. Anderson, James Robertson, Col. 

 A. K. McMahon, J. Gibson, D. Mcin- 

 tosh. Aids, J. T. Allan. P. F. Reynolds, 

 A. Christenson. J. J. Sullivan. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS- 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The opening meeting of this pros- 

 perous organization for 1907 was held 

 at Horticultural Hall, Boston, On 

 Tuesday evening, January 15, and Its 

 importance as the initiatory meeting 

 under the. new president was accentu- 

 ated by its being "Ladies Night" and 

 the presentation of an interesting 

 stereopticon lecture on Italian Gardens 

 by J. K. M. L. Farquhar. 



Retiring president Wheeler in vacat- 

 ing the chair to his successor spoke a 

 few appreciative words thanking the 

 members for their loyal support and 

 the trade paper representatives for 

 their help. President Westwood on 

 being conducted to the platform de- 

 livered a short address in a manner 

 which showed him to have all the 

 qualifications of a good presiding 

 officer. He referred to the rapid 

 growth in membership in recent 

 years and said that the time had now 

 arrived for growth in education, in- 

 stancing the remarkable success of the 

 landscape gardening class as a fore- 

 runner of the coming activities and 

 ambitions of the club and its members. 

 He spoke of Jackson Dawson, J. A. 

 Pettigrew and others as representing 

 the best in American horticulture and 

 asked for united support in making 

 the coming year a notable one. 



Secretary Craig gave some gratify- 

 ing statistics as to the membership 

 of the club and spoke felicitously con- 

 cerning the progress of the past year. 

 He stated that communications had 

 been received from three western 

 States asking for information concern- 

 ing landscape study. Treasurer Hatch 

 reported a substantial balance in the 

 treasury and in the landscape class 

 fund amid long continued applause. 

 William Downs was elected to the 

 executive committee to succeed Wm. 

 Nicholson who was compelled to re- 

 sign on account of poor health. A 

 vote of thanks was accorded the re- 

 tiring president. 



Mr. Farquhar's lecture was prefaced 

 with two excellent recitations by Miss 

 Grey, daughter of Thos. J. Grey. The 

 lights were then turned off and Mr. 

 Farquhar regaled his audience which 

 completely filled the large lecture 

 hall, with a series of pictures illus- 

 trating the architecture and gardens of 

 Gibraltar, Naples, Pompeii, Rome, 

 Florence, Venice, Milan, Genoa, Nice 

 and Monte Carlo, giving an entertain- 

 ing account of his recent visit to these 

 beautiful places and describing the 

 various styles of formal gardening 

 which have prevailed during the past 

 centuries. Then came refreshments in 

 generous measure. 



On the exhibition table was a fine 

 vase of Beacon carnation from Peter 

 Fisher, the new violet "Boston" from 

 William Sim, cyclamens from S. J. 

 Goddard, Lorraine begonias, immense 

 specimens from Wm. Downs, and 

 Lorraine superba from R. & J. Farqu- 

 har & Co., the latter bearing flowers 

 of enormous size. 



The State Florists' Association of In- 

 diana held their annual meeting at the 

 Commercial Club rooms, Indianapolis, 

 on January 9, opening at 2.30 p. m. 

 A dinner was served in the evening. 



