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HORTICULTURE 



February 23, 1907 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club enjoyed a 

 gala day on Thursday last on the oc- 

 casion of the annual carnation exhi- 

 bition which has for a series of years 

 proved to be one of the most interest- 

 ing events in the annual proceedings 

 of the organization and which on the 

 recent occasion proved even more suc- 

 cessful than ever before. 



Handel Hall where the club meet- 

 ings are held was half filled with ex- 

 hibits from the houses of local grow- 

 ers and numerous novelties forwarded 

 from distant points. The attendance 

 was large and the monthly meeting of 

 the club was of unusual interest.' 



W. N. Rudd, F. F. Benthey and Jas. 

 G. Hancock served as the committee 

 on examination of exhibits and made 

 a report commenting on the individual 

 products and the scaling of all novel- 

 ties, a certificate being awarded to 

 varieties scoring 85 points or more. 



Among the new varieties tabled 

 were Bassett & Washburn's seedling 

 No. 20, a scarlet product of Crane x 

 Prosperity a flower of undoubted 

 merit, to be put out next year. Scaled 

 87 points. Certificate. 



Baur & Smith showed a delicate 

 pink variety, pleasing shade which 

 though not in the fancy class may 

 prove a good commercial variety. 

 Scaled 78 points. 



R. Witterstaetter's new white 

 Snowdrift which scored 84 points is 

 in the absolutely pure white class and 

 possesses many qualities which will 

 doubtless bring it into prominence. 



M. A. Ryerson exhibited a red sport 

 of Lawson which the committee 

 classed as apparently identical with 

 Red Lawson. 



Among the Chicago Carnation ex- 

 hibit was a vase of Red Riding Hood, 

 which scored 82 points. 



John E. Haines of Bethlehem, Pa., 

 .^hipped on vases of Imperial, and it.<^ 

 offspring Pink Imperial which showed 

 up well, scoring 79 and 84 respectively 

 H. Weber & Sons Co., of Oakland. 

 Md., showed Mabelle and Toreador 

 which appear to have qualities making 

 them valuable additions to the pres- 

 ent list and which were given by the 

 judges 79 and 85 points respectively. 

 the latter being entitled to a certificate 

 and will be put out next year. 



Much attention was drawn to W. 

 N. Rudd's vase of seedling No. 163, 

 '02 a scarlet of unusual merit which 

 showed many points which will doubt- 

 less prove this variety to be a winner. 

 One of the main features of the 

 show was the handsome vase of Win- 

 ser tabled by Jensen & Dekema and 

 shipped by F. R. Pierson on the Mon- 

 day preceding. This flower scaled 88 

 points, the highest of the novelties pre- 

 sented, and created much interest. 



The other exhibitors who showed 

 flowers of a very high order were all 

 local growers, and their exhibits were 

 made up largely of commercial or 

 standard varieties as follows, with the 

 committee's remarks appended: Jen- 

 son & Dekema: "Fine exhibit of stand- 

 ard varieties"; Peter Reinberg: "Ex- 

 cellent exhibit of standard varieties"; 

 J. A. Budlong: "A number of vases of 

 standard varieties excellently done"; 

 Chicago Carnation Co.; "A number of 

 good vases of standard varieties and 

 Red Riding Hood, also very fine vases 

 of Aristocrat and White Perfection"; 

 A. Then: "A number of good vases of 

 standard varieties"; Poehlmann Bros. 



Company: "An excellent exhibit of 

 standard varieties, a vase of White 

 Lawson especially commended." Presi- 

 dent H. N. Bruns placed on the table 

 a bunch of his noted lily of the valley. 

 The meeting which followed the ex- 

 hibition was largely attended and was 

 of unusual interest. Several new mem- 

 bers were admitted and a number 

 present offered remarks generally ap- 

 plicable to the subject of carnations, 

 among the speakers being W. N. Rudd, 

 Aug. Poehlmann, .1. A. Valentine of 

 Denver, Will Kennedy of Milwaukee, 

 P. J. Hauswirth, P. J. Foley and ssv- 

 eral others. The next meeting will 

 occur on March 14th. the subject being 

 the timely one. "Easter Plants." 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The sixth annual banquet and enter- 

 tainment of this society took place in 

 the Town Hall, Manchester, on Feb- 

 ruary 15th. In the absence of Presi- 

 dent McGregor, Vice-President Thomas 

 Jack presided. About 150 members 

 and friends were present. The gentler 

 sex was well represented. Among the 

 visitors from Boston and vicinity 

 were J. A. Pettigrew, J. W. Duncan, 

 T. H. Westwood, president of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton; J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Maurice 

 Fuld, J. P. A. Guerineau, F. A. Rein, 

 Julius Huerlein, Mr. Benwell and 

 Daniel Ilifte. 



The entertainment was in charge of 

 the Forrest Concert Co. of Boston, and 

 a very fine program was rendered, 

 after which dancing was indulged in. 



In the eight years of its existence 

 the society has grown from half-a- 

 dozen members to 188: a good record 

 and going one better each year. 



WILLIAM TILL. 



MORRIS CO. (N. Y.) GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The February meeting of this society 

 was given in great part to discussing 

 plans for the future and trying for 

 new ideas on an old subject, about 

 twenty-eight members taking active 

 part. March 13th is to be carnation 

 night. We are promised quite some 

 novelties, but we want a whole lot of 

 them. We are to have many competi- 

 tive exhibits of standard varieties. 

 Carnation night last year almost made 

 us famous. We are to have three short 

 papers, by Wm. Duckham, on "Plant- 

 ing in from pots, versus from open 

 ground"; R. M. Schultz, "The commer- 

 cial aspect of the carnation, best va- 

 rieties, etc.," and Percy Herbert on 

 "Methods of propagation." Bach pa- 

 per will be followed by a general dis- 

 cussion by the members. 



E. REAGAN. 



SCHEDULES FOR THE GREAT 

 ROSE SHOW, 

 In the schedule of the American 

 Rose Society, Class F, 168, "A group 

 of decorative plants, covering at least 

 100 square feet of floor space, a prize 

 of .$25.00 by W. H. Ernest. Washing- 

 ton, D. C." should have appeared in 

 the schedule of the Florists' Club of 

 Washington, D. C. The combined 

 schedule of the prizes offered by the 

 two societies can be had on applica- 

 tion to Charles McCauley, secretary, 

 ISth and Kearney streets. N. E.. 

 Washington, D. C. 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The secretary of the New England 

 Dahlia Society reports that the mem- 

 bership is constantly increasing and 

 that the executive committee has de- 

 cided to issue a monthly bulletin be- 

 ginning with March, which shall be 

 called the Dahlia News. It will con- 

 tain each month at least one article 

 by some renowned grower of dahlias 

 on their cultivation or their peculiari- 

 ties. It will also contain the dahlia 

 news of the world, inform the mem- 

 bers what is going on, give description 

 of the new varieties that are intro- 

 duced, and in general supply the infor- 

 mation that the dahlia growers are 

 looking for. 



The last page of the proposed paper 

 will be given up to advertising, and 

 returns for same, it is expected, will 

 pay for the cost of publishing the pa- 

 per. We feel that the society will out- 

 rival in membership any of the others 

 of same nature in this country or Eu- 

 rope, as We expect a membership of 

 fully 1,000 by the end of the year. We 

 have now members residing in every 

 State in the Union, and the interest 

 given to the dahlia at large is surpris- 

 ing. 



The secretary of the New England 

 Dahlia Society would appreciate very 

 much if the secretaries of the different 

 horticultural societies would inform 

 him of the date of their shows In 

 which dahlias are included, so the 

 members may be informed and exhibit 

 wherever and whenever possible. 



All growers of dahlias should join 

 the society at once in order to get the 

 benefit which a membership will give. 

 Respectfully yours, 



MAURICE FULD, Sec'y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At the annual meeting of the Wis- 

 consin Horticultural Society at Madi- 

 son on February 5 officers were elected 

 as follows; President, R. J. Coe, Ft. 

 Atkinson; vice-president, W. H. Han- 

 chett, Sparta: secretary, to be ap- 

 pointed. 



The Alabama State Horticultural As- 

 sociation at its annual meeting on 

 February 6-8 re-elected W. F. Heikes 

 of Huntsville for president and Prof. 

 R. S. Mackintosh for secretary. The 

 next annual meeting will be held in 

 Birmingham. 



The program of the Illinois State 

 Florists' Association, whose meeting is 

 scheduled for the 19th and 20th. in 

 Bloomington, presents attractive top- 

 ics by notable speakers. The local flo- 

 rists' club entertain the visitors on the 

 evening of the 19th. 



The Huntington Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Society will hold its an- 

 nual carnation exhibition in the Trade 

 School building. Huntington, N. Y., 

 on the evening of February 26. Ex- 

 hibits should be addressed to Walter 

 Shaw at the Trade School building. 



One of the Chicago florist papers re- 

 marks that "Crimson Rambler is not 

 a suitable rose for outdoors." "The 

 leaves take on an unattractive green" 

 and "the flowere are poor in color!" 



