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HORTICULTURE. 



January 26, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



THE 38TH ANNUAL MEETING OF 

 THE NEBRASKA STATE HOR- 

 TICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 This meeting held in Lincoln, Jan. 

 15, 16, and 17, marks something of a 

 new departure. There has been 

 hitherto a rehash of horticultural mat- 

 ters; for instance apples, peaches and 

 cherries, varied with cherries, peaches 

 and apples. It was suggested that this 

 time we should have our annual re- 

 port a sort of text-book, so after the 

 address of welcome by Dr. C. B. Bessy, 

 Tuesday afternoon, the first thing on 

 the program was the planting of fruit 

 trees, by A. J. Brown of Geneva, one 

 of the most practical men in the state 

 whose experience has run through a 

 long series of years in the trying 

 climate of Nebraska. The usual dis- 

 cussion followed. The planting of 

 small fruits was assigned to G. S. 

 Christy of Johnston. Mr. Christy is 

 an expert along these lines, having 

 been engaged for a long time, success- 

 fully too, in growing small fruits. 

 His paper will be an authority on this 

 subject. 



Planting evergreens was assigned to 

 Chas. A. Scott of Halsey. Mr. Scott . 

 is the superintendent of the govern- 

 ment planting on the Dismal River, 

 •where it is proposed to plant about 

 a half a million of acres. Mr. Scott is 

 both practical and enthusiastic along 

 this line and no man who has ever 

 taken up work in our great state has 

 had a more splendid opportunity, and 

 he and Mr. Mace, his helper, are equal 

 to the emergency. They have already 

 done wonders and not only this, they 

 are encouraging others also, and 

 through their influence large tracts of 

 hitherto worthless lands will be among 

 the most beautiful and attractive in 

 the state. 



How to plant ornamentals — trees 

 and shrubs, peonies and perennials, 

 was discussed and a lot of valuable 

 advice was given. The meeting was 

 one of the best and was carried on 

 smoothly from start to finish. H. S. 

 Harrison, youngest son of C. S. Har- 

 rison, was chosen president for the 

 ensuing year. 



Park and Forestry Society. 



The annual forestry meeting was 

 held in the Agricultural Building at 

 the State farm. It was well attended. 

 Several matters of prime importance 

 were discussed. 



One-third of Nebraska is a waste of 

 sand and yet a sand bank is an in- 

 vitation to a conifer. The U. S. 

 government are planting on a large 

 scale. A bill was framed to go to the 

 legislature to have the Governor ap- 

 point a commission to secure from the 

 U. S. tracts of land for the State to 

 plant to evergreens. The State has 

 also several hundred of acres of what 

 are termed saline lauds, without salt 

 enough to injure them, and an effort 

 was made to have the State transform 

 these lands with a park; and as they 

 are near Lincoln, the capital, such 

 grounds would add much to the at- 

 tractions of the city. 



The raising of catalpa for posts was 

 also discussed. Actual tests showed 

 that in 18 years land planted to this 

 tree brought in an annual rental of 

 $10 per acre. Over a million of dol- 



lars a year go out of the State for 

 fence posts. All this should be re- 

 tained and thousands of acres should 

 be planted to this valuable tree. 



C. S. HARRISON, 

 Pres. Park and Forest Society. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society held its regular meeting 

 in Manchester, Mass., on Friday, Jan. 

 ISth, President McGregor in the chair. 

 On motion of Mr. Jackson, Herman 

 Thieman of Belchertown was elect- 

 ed an honorary member. President 

 McGregor appointed as a committee on 

 essays and discussions, Messrs. Till, 

 Mitchell and Allen. Messrs. Baker, 

 Till, Morrison, Wetterlow, Parsons and 

 Allen were appointed as banquet com- 

 mittee for the current year, with in- 

 struction from the chair to arrange 

 for the annual dinner at an early date. 

 Messrs. Jackson, Sanborn and Baker 

 were appointed to convey by letter to 

 Mr. R. C. Hooper and Miss Hooper the 

 sympathy and condolence of the so- 

 ciety in their recent bereavement. 

 Mrs. Hooper will be greatly missed in 

 and around Manchester, where the 

 Hooper summer residence is located. 



Herbert Shaw read a very instructive 

 paper on "Annuals," the trend of his 

 remarks being not so much towards 

 new varieties, but the better care and 

 cultivation of the older and more re- 

 liable sorts. An interesting debate fol- 

 lowed. The question of imported an- 

 nual seeds was touched upon, and from 

 general remarks the writer would 

 judge that the imported article is no 

 improvement over that furnished by 

 reliable domestic seed houses. It was 

 voted to continue the subject at the 

 next meeting. There were a large 

 number of members present, and from 

 present indications the year 1907 is to 

 be the banner year of this society. 



WILLIAM TILL. 



CARNATION NIGHT IN PHILADEU- 

 PHIA. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia will be "Carna- 

 tion Night," date of which is Tuesday, 

 February 5th. John E. Haines, the 

 carnation expert of Bethlehem, Pa., 

 will deliver a paper on his experi- 

 ences with carnations. 



Exhibits of all meritorious novel- 

 ties are invited by the committee in 

 charge and it is to be hoped all the 

 very best will be on hand so that the 

 progressive florists of Philadelphia — 

 the horticultural center of the country 

 — may have an opportunity of examin- 

 ing them carefully, and as a conse- 

 quence placing their generous orders 

 for those which meet their fancy. 

 Please ship prepaid care David Rust, 

 Horticultural Hall, Broad St. above 

 Spruce, Philadelphia, Pa., and they 

 will be properly taken care of upon 

 arrival. 



N. B. It would be better to forward 

 them a day sooner than is sometimes 

 thought necessary so that they may 

 be sure to arrive on time, as on forrner 

 occasions some shipments from a dis- 

 tance have been delivered a day late. 



All interested in carnations are In- 

 vited to be present whether they have 

 superior varieties to exhibit or not. 

 EDWIN LONSDALE, Secretary. 



ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



This society has been organized with 

 the following oHicers: 



President, Henry Young; vlce-presi- 

 ilent, Alex Waldbart; secretary. Otto 

 G. Koenig; treasurer, Fred C. Weber. 



The objects of the society are to en- 

 courage and promote the practice of 

 horticulture, to labor in harmony with 

 kindred organizations whose aim is 

 to stimulate public sentiment in favor 

 of amateur gardening, and a love and 

 pride in beautiful environments. To 

 hold stated horticultural exhibitions, to 

 establish a bureau of horticultural in- 

 formation, issue pamphlets to exploit 

 the art, give lectures and in every 

 manner assist the public in their horti- 

 cultural wants. 



At a meeting held on January 14, 

 it was voted to hold a flower show at 

 some date during Lent, this year. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RE- 

 TAIL NURSERYMEN. 



The organization held its fourth an- 

 nual banquet January 22, at the Eu- 

 reka Club, Rochester, N. Y. About one 

 hundred gentlemen were present. John 

 D. Lynn ofilciated as toastmaster. C. 

 J. Malov of Ellwanger & Barry spoke 

 on the ""Square Deal," W. J. Gillette 

 on the "Political Deal," Chas. E. Og- 

 den on the "Nurserymen's Deal," and 

 there was a deal of other speaking by 

 eminent speakers. Among the guests 

 were Orlando Harrison, of Berlin. Md., 

 president of the .\raerioau Association 

 ot Nurserymen; E. Albertson, Bridge- 

 port, Conn., chairman of the Executive 

 Committees and ofllcial representative 

 of the American Association ot Nur- 

 serymen; Professor John Craig, of 

 Cornell University, Ithaca; George S. 

 Josselyn, Predonia; D. H. Henry, C. G. 

 Chase and Theodore J. Smith, Geneva; 

 O. D. Green, Syracuse; George C. Per- 

 kins, John Watson, C. H. Stuart, Wil- 

 liam W. Gould, Arthur M. Christy, 

 Newark, N. Y., and W. T. Wood, Rich- 

 mond, Va. 



The committee in charge of the din- 

 ner was made up of B. P. Allen, chair- 

 man; W. W. Wyman, E. S. Osborne 

 and Charles L. Yates. The president 

 of the National Association is William 

 Pitkin, of this city. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



At the next meeting of the club on 

 February 19, Charles W. Ross, of 

 Newton, will read a paper on Road 

 Construction. Other interesting fea- 

 tures are being arranged for. 



AY. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Th.-' president of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America on assuming office 

 would be glad to consider any sugges- 

 tions which may appear to be for the 

 good of the society. Lovers of the 

 .Autumn Queen are invited to com- 

 municate their ideas, and the hearty 

 co-operation of every member ot the 

 society is most desirable for the ac- 



