February 23, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



227 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Some as yet unexplained mishap in 

 Uncle Sam's mail service prevented 

 our giving our usual prompt account 

 of the monthly meeting of the New 

 York Florists' Club last week. It was 

 a good meeting, many matters of gen- 

 eral interest being disposed of and 

 some interesting talks being given by 

 members. Among the latter were 

 Messrs. Guttman, Young, Traendly, 

 Butterfield and Shaw, who told of 

 their enjoyment of the Toronto meet- 

 ing of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety, and inspired a vote of thanks 

 to the Toronto people for their many 

 courtesies extended to the New York 

 visitors, also Messrs. O'Mara and 

 Blrnie and President Totty, who ex- 

 pressed views regarding the advisa- 

 bility and practicability of greenhouse 

 inspection of carnations in addition 

 to the usual exhibition inspection of 

 blooms in deciding upon their com- 

 mercial worth, the consensus of opin- 

 ion being that the carnation society 

 should have adopted some such sys- 

 tem as is practised by the New York 

 Florists' Club in the case of candi- 

 dates for certificates. 



There was a good exhibition of car- 

 nations on the tables, including 

 Georgia and Harvard from J. D. Cock- 

 croft. Toreador and Mabelle from H. 

 Weber & Sons, Winsor from P. R. 

 Plerson Co.. Welcome from Dallle- 

 douze Bros.. Imperial and Pink Im- 

 perial from John E. Haines, a seed- 

 ling from E. L. Enggren and Winsome 

 and No. ,32 from John Keimels. A cer- 

 tificate was recommended for Wel- 

 come by the award committee and 

 preliminary certificates were given to 

 Harvard. Toreador and Reimels' No. 

 32. A. C. Zvolanek showed a fine col- 

 lection of new sweet peas, which were 

 given a cultural certificate. F. Boulon 

 showed Princess of Wales violets. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular first meeting for the 

 month was held on the 12th. Presi- 

 dent Stephens was in the chair, and 

 Secretary McKellar also present. The 

 attendance was good. The important 

 matter of how to induce the many 

 members of our club who are behind 

 with their dues to pay the same came 

 up for a full discussion. After a care- 

 ful consideration of this matter it was 

 voted, that after proper and fail 

 notice by our secretary, the names of 

 those in arrears be dropped from the 

 membership list. Our club will, as in 

 previous years, put up and distribute 

 to the pupils of the public schools the 

 penny packets of flower and vegetable 

 seeds; and M. B. Faxon was given 

 charge of the matter. This move- 

 ment, although in its infancy here, 

 has and is accomplishing most splen- 

 did results. Vice-President Currie ex- 

 hibited a very perfect specimen 

 Selaginella caesla arborea, for which 

 the flower committee awarded him 15 

 points. The subject of an elaborate 

 chrysanthemum show for the coming 

 autumn received attention, and all 

 present were very enthusiastic regard- 

 ing the matter. Andrew Blum, who is 

 with the Clover Hill Greenhouses, was 

 elected an active member. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON, 



The monthly meeting of this club on 

 the evening of February 19, was a very 

 large and enthusiastic one. The great 

 all-absorbing business of the evening 

 was the discussion of the proposed 

 steam boiler inspection law now be- 

 fore a committee of the State legis- 

 lature. Previous to the meeting a pre- 

 liminary session of the executive com- 

 mittee and interested growers was 

 held and they reported to the club a 

 recommendation for the appointment 

 of a committee to appear at the State 

 House in opposition to the bill and an 

 appropriation of $100 for the securing 

 of legal assistance. A spirited debate 

 followed the presentation of this reso- 

 lution, in which many of the leading 

 local growers participated. The mat- 

 ter was finally adjusted by the un- 

 animous adoption of a vote recording 

 the club's sentiments in opposition to 

 the proposed legislation and providing 

 that as many members as possible, 

 under the leadership of F. E. Palmer 

 as spokesman should be present at the 

 special hearing on Thursday. 



C. W. Ross was to read a paper on 

 road construction but being unavoid- 

 ably absent sent the paper and it was 

 read by J. H. Morton. It was an 

 admiralDle production showing the 

 evidence of careful preparation by a 

 man well-qualified by experience and 

 ability. He called attention to the 

 neglect of or unwise methods in the 

 care of country roads in this country 

 as compared with those found in Eng- 

 land and other European countries. 

 He asserted that the superiority of the 

 roads in Europe is due to the perfect 

 systems of repair and constant well- 

 directed care. He treated of the com- 

 parative desirability of the various 

 systems of paving, describing each in 

 detail and quoted cost of construction, 

 paving, etc., for various widths and 

 grades with each method and extolled 

 the system of State road building in 

 smaller communities as now carried 

 on in Massachusetts. The paper is to 

 be printed and a copy furnished to 

 each member of the club. 



The exhibition comprised a splendid 

 plant of Primula Kewensis from the 

 greenhouses of Gen. Weld, Boston 

 violets and sweet peas from Wm. 

 Sim, a collection of coelogynes from 

 W. N. Craig in which were C. cristata 

 Lemoniana, C. n. alba and Chatsworth 

 variety, also the following Cattleya 

 Trianse forms: Leeana, Empress of 

 India, alba and Backhousiana. Other 

 exhibits were carnations from S. J. 

 Goddard, H. A. Stevens Co., who had 

 a handsome light-pink seedling, Mrs. 

 J. P. Snow with a scarlet sport from 

 Harlowarden and a group of Begonia 

 Erfordii of a very fine type from Thos. 

 H. Westwood. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 Carnation Registered. 



By Wa-no-ka Greenhouses, Barne- 

 veld, N. Y. — Climax, a decided im- 

 provement over Enchantress, being 

 a shade or two deeper, of better form, 

 stem and calyx and more productive. 

 ALBERT M. HERR, 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club's carna- 

 tion meeting on last Thursday after- 

 noon was a grand success both in at- 

 tendance and exhibits. Long before 

 the meeting opened the hall was 

 crowded with growers, retailers and 

 wholesalers to view the exhibition. 

 The exhibitors were as follows: 



Chicago Carnation Co., Aristocrat; 

 F. R. Pierson Co., Winsor; H. Weber 

 & Sons Co., Mabelle; Bauer and Smith, 

 May, a fine light pink; John E. Haines, 

 Imperial, John E. Haines and Pink Im- 

 proved; A. C. Brown, a fine show of 

 new seedlings. These were all staged 

 for exhibition only. 



The awards in the competitive dis- 

 plays were as follows: 



25 red — first, Wm. Winter, with Car- 

 dinal; second, John Steidel, Cardinal; 

 third, A. Jablonsky, Robert Craig. 



25 light pink — first, Oakland Floral 

 Co.; second, A. Jablonsky; both En- 

 chantress. 



25 rose-pink — first, J. Steidel; sec- 

 ond, A. Jablonsky; both Rose-pink En- 

 chantress. 



25 dark pink — first, Oakland Floral 

 Co., Lawson; second, A. Jablonsky, 

 Aristocrat. 



25 white — first, A. Jablonsky, White 

 Perfection; second, Wm. Winter, Lady 

 Bountiful. 



25 variegated — first, A. Jablonsky; 

 second, J. Steidel; both Mrs. Patten. 



Aristroerat, from Chicago Carnation 

 Co., scored 90 points; Winsor, from P. 

 R. Pierson Co., 8G; Mabelle, from Web- 

 er. 74; May, from Bauer & Smith, 80; 

 Gov. Deneen, from A. C. Brown, 65. 



The flower show committee in its 

 report advised the members to drop 

 the holding of a show for this year, 

 and it was so voted. It was voled to 

 subscribe $100 to the proposed S. A. F. 

 National Flower Show to be held in 

 the fall of 1908 at Chicago. J. P. 

 Ammann of Edwardsville, Ills., presi- 

 dent of the Illinois State Florists' As- 

 sociation, was present and invited the 

 members to attend the society's second 

 annual meeting Feb. 19-20, 1907, at 

 Bloomington, Ills., and quite a delega- 

 tion iiromised to attend. Luther Arm- 

 strong, one of the charter members of 

 the club and its first secretary, was 

 called upon by the president for a talk, 

 and told the members how in June, 

 1887, a few florists organized this club. 

 which has now grown to its present 

 size. Mr. A. O. Brown of Spring eld 

 and Dr. A. S. Halstedt of Bellevillo 

 also made some well-pointed remarks. 

 A few good discussions were brought 

 out from the question box. This end- 

 ed the meeting and everybody went 

 home much elated of the pleasant 

 meeting of friends in the trade. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



About thirty members were present 

 at the meeting on February 13, in 

 Glen Cove, N. Y. Valentine Cleaves 

 received the prize for 12 carnations 

 arranged for effect; a cultural certi- 

 ficate went to Felix Mense for violets. 

 Among the exhibits were fine carna- 

 tions by C. P. Bertanzel of Roslyn and 

 a handsome palm by Thomas Harri- 

 son. A committee was appointed to 

 arrange for the fall exhibition. 



