February 16, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



196 



CARNATION WINSOR IN DECORATIVE WORK. 



BOUijUliC AKUAN<iKMi;Nr 

 By J. Ivera Donlan. 



In previous issues we have pictured 

 the various carnations winning high 

 honors at the recent Toronto meeting 

 of the American Carnation Society. In 

 this page and the frontispiece of this 

 issue we show that phenomenal suc- 

 cess. Winsor, in decorative array, the 

 frontispiece being a charming illustra- 

 tion of the natural arrangement of 



carnations as a centre piece, the han- 

 diwork of that skilful New York deco- 

 rator, J. Ivera Donlan. The two excel- 

 lent arrangements shown on this page 

 are by the same artist and portray ef- 

 fectively the charm of simplicity which 

 it would be hard to improve upon in 

 either instance. Mr. Donlan accom- 

 panied Winsor to Toronto, and in ad- 

 dition to the arrangements above 



BASKKT AliUANTiE.MENT 

 By J. Ivera Donlan. 



mentioned, put up a fine mirror deco- 

 ration as a demonstration of the possi- 

 bilities with a single variety in the 

 hands of a tasteful artist. In thus dis- 

 playing his pet variety we think Mr. 

 Pierson showed rare business judg- 

 ment, and the example set on this oc- 

 casion is likely to have a marked ef- 

 fect on future exhibitions of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society. 



in the near future, will absorb the at- 

 tention of the progressive carnation 

 grower. The discussion of the evening 

 was Carnations, and Carnations again, 

 and Carnations repeated. 



THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee was held February 11th, in 

 Traendly & Schenck's office. New York 

 city. The President, Mr. Simpson, re- 

 ported that Robert Craig of Philadel- 

 phia, Wm. F. Kasting of Buffalo and 

 P. J. Hauswirth of Chicago, had con- 

 sented to act as judges at the Wash- 

 ington Exhibition. 



There also has been added to the 

 list of special prizes a $25.00 prize by 

 W. A. Manda of South Orange, for the 

 largest and most varied collection of 

 cut roses of all classes, one or more 

 blooms in a vase; W'm. H. Ernest of 

 Washington, D. C, $25.00 for a group 

 of decorative plants covering at least 

 100 sq. ft. of space; Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, of Chicago and New York, $10.00 

 in gold for six plants of White Baby 

 Rambler Rose grown in pots 5 inches 

 or larger; for the best vase of Yellow 

 Roses of any variety $10.00 in gold by 

 Siebrecht & Son, New Rochelle; for 

 the best 50 blooms or Golden Gate a 

 Silver Cup valued at $25.00 by W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co.; for the best 25 

 blooms La Detroit $25.00 by John 



Breitmeyer's Sons, Detroit, Mich. The 

 schedule of the Society's prizes cover- 

 ing the joint affairs of the American 

 Rose Society and the Florists' Club of 

 Washington was submitted but there 

 will be a supplementary list issued, 

 as this list of prizes is increasing as 

 many people have shown an interest 

 to take part who have not been heard 

 from until within a few days. 



Mr. E. Gurney Hill will read a 

 paper upon new varieties. There will 

 be two questions offered for discus- 

 sion at the Society meeting and they 

 will be as follows; First, What definite 

 work can the American Rose Society 

 take up at this time for its members, 

 in particular, for the rose-loving 

 public in general, that it does not now 

 do. Second. Granted that a large in- 

 creased membership is desirable and 

 essential to the permanence and use- 

 fulness of the American Rose Society; 

 how may it best be accomplished; 

 where shall we find ready response, 

 amongst the professional florists and 

 gardeners or what are commonly 

 called "Amateurs". 



The .Secretary reported, that a re- 

 port was now in press covering the 

 matters of the past, the constitution 

 of a Society, and a chapter on roses 

 from the Woman's Hardy Garden by 

 Helen Rutherford Frye. This work 

 follows in the line which was begun by 

 Mr. "^'. J. Stewart a year or more 



ago and is intended for distribution 

 to members and others interested in 

 becoming members of the Society. 



The Florists' Club of Washington are 

 making strenuous efforts to make this 

 show a decided success. The Arlington 

 Hotel has been chosen as the head- 

 quarters of the American Rose Society. 

 The official meetings of the Society 

 will be held in the exhibition hall, 

 cor. 15th & E Sts., N. W., Washington. 

 D. C, the first meeting beginning at 

 S P. M, on March 1.3th. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND. 

 Secretary. 



Fishkill-on-Hudson. N. Y. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The twentieth annual dinner of the 

 New York Florists' Club will be held 

 Saturday evening, February 23rd, 

 1907, at St. Denis Hotel, Broadway and 

 11th street, at 7 p. m. John Scott, 

 John Birnie and Walter F. Sheridan 

 are the committee in charge, and 

 those who attend are assured of a glo- 

 rious time. 



W. A. Manda is laying out and 

 planting the park which has been es- 

 tablished at Aspinwall. Pa., in con- 

 nection with the filtration plant for 

 the city of Pittsburg. The park occu- 

 pies 112 acres and will be planted in 

 natural style with trees, ornamental 

 shrubs, etc. 



