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HORTlCULTURi: 



June 22, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The exhibition of June 15 and 16 at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, was a 

 most interesting and radiant array of 

 rhododendrons, irises, aquilegias, tree 

 peonies, pyrethrums and herbaceous 

 border flowers which almost com- 

 pletely filled the large exhibition hall. 

 Rhododendrons were shown in large 

 numbers by Walter Hunnewell, Mrs. 

 J. h. Gardner and Mrs. R. A. Leason. 

 The trusses seemed less luxuriant than 

 usual, the result of the rigorous winter 

 and spring undoubtedly. There were 

 several long tables of irises and they 

 made a beautiful scene. The largest 

 exhibitors were Wm Whitman, R. & 

 J. Farquhar & Co., Blue Hill Nur- 

 series, Mrs. Gardner and T. G. Thur- 

 low. Iris Germanica Purple King in 

 the Farquhai' collection was especially 

 admired. Parquhar's table of Colum- 

 bines comprised an almost limitless , 

 variety of form and tint and the in- 

 terest being taken in this flower as 

 a candidate for the honor of "National 

 Flower" was evidenced by the large 

 numbei' of inquisitive visitors who 

 crowded about the display. 



Again the superb seedling tree 

 peonies from Charles Sander, gardener 

 for Pi'of. C. S. Sargent, attracted the 

 admiration of every one; they were 

 simply glorious. Mrs. D. S. Greenough, 

 Jr., also showed a group, among the 

 number being several flowers of a 

 dazzling white and enormous size, 

 such superb blooms have never been 

 shown here before. James McKissock 

 was another exhibitor in this class. 

 The general collections of hardy her- 

 baceous flowers contributed by Blue 

 Hill Nurseries, R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 and F. J. Rea made a gorgeous display. 

 The late-flowering tulips in the Far- 

 quhar collection wore very effective; 

 Mr. Rea's collection, as usuai con- 

 tained many new and rare varieties. 

 Mrs. Gardner contributed a handsome 

 table of orchids and stove plants. 

 Seedling pyrethrums from Blue Hill 

 Nurseries, seedling Cereus Eyresii in 

 bloom, from Harvard Botanic Garden, 

 Bechtel's double-flowering Crab, from 

 the Boston Park Department and a 

 promiscuous display from Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill should also be mentioned as at- 

 tractive features of the exhibition. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



The regular meeting of the above 

 society was held June 15. The effect 

 of lowering the initiation fee has been 

 to induce seven young men to become 

 members. Owing to the late spring 

 it was unanimously voted to abandon 

 the June exhibition. At our previous 

 meeting the following questions had 

 been asked and were well discu.ssed: 

 How do plants take up food — in solid 

 or liquid form? What is capillary ac- 

 tion, especially in relation to soils? 

 Is nitrate of soda a plant food or 

 merely a stimulant? What is its spe- 

 cial action on plant growth? Is lime 

 of any benefit to the soil at all, or is 

 lime of any benefit to the soil in any 

 locality? G. H. I. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



Twenty-two in number attended a 

 harmonious and very interesting meet- 

 ing on last Thursday afternoon. Pres- 

 ident Irish was on hand early and 

 opened the meeting at 2 o'clock with 

 all the officers in attendance. The 

 president called upon the trustees for 

 their report. Chairman W. C. Smith 

 responded, stating that they had all 

 arrangements completed for June 29 

 in Hibernian Hall, and that every 

 member would receive an invitation. 

 Also that the annual outing would be 

 held at Romona Park on Thursday, 

 July 25th. William C. Young, State 

 vice-president of the S. R. F. reported 

 that he had not yet completed arrange- 

 ments for the trip to Philadelphia, the 

 railroad rate being at the present time 

 $34.55 for a 60 day trip which included 

 a visit to the Jamestown Exposition. 

 He urged the members to send in their 

 names as soon as possible, and hoped 

 that by next meeting he would be able 

 to report a much lower rate. 



A discussion of fumigation and four- 

 teen other topics taken from the ques- 

 tion box ensued, John Steidle. J. F. 

 Ammann, W. C. Young, H. C. Irish, 

 G. F\ilgraf and F. Fillmore taking part 

 and making things very interesting. 

 President Irish and Secretary Beneke 

 hope for a large attendance at the 

 July meeting as the nomination of 

 officers will take place, also other im- 

 portant matters pertaining to the S. 

 A. F. meeting. 



ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The executive board of this society 

 is holding weekly meets regarding 

 their fall flower show. The members 

 have subscribed nearly all of the $1000 

 subscription to the new Coliseum in 

 which they expect to hold their show, 

 but it is hardly possible that the big 

 enterprise can be ready before the 

 first of the year. Should the building 

 be ready and the show get the open- 

 ing date it should be a great success. 



ENGELMANN BOTANICAL CLUB. 



The Engelmann Botanical Club of 

 St. Louis held their meeting the past 

 week in the Central High School with 

 a good attendance and concluded not 

 to hold any meetings during the 

 months of July, August and September. 

 The club intended to hold a spring 

 flower show, but Owing to the back- 

 ward season, it was thought best to 

 wait until next spring. This is the 

 first spring that the club has failed 

 to hold a spring show. 



PASADENA GARDENERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The regular meeting of the associa- 

 tion was held on June 7. After the 

 routine of business the members were 

 addressed by C. A. Day, Horticultural 

 Inspector, on Entomology. He spoke 

 of the evils of neglect in regard to 

 scale and all garden and greenhouse 

 pests, and of the carefulness required 

 in shipping clean plants This was 

 one of the most enthusiastic meetings 

 ever held. This association is looked 

 upon as a leading spirit in the Mne of 

 horticulture. A vote of thanks was 

 tendered to Mr. Day at the close. 



MORRIS CO. (N. J.) GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The facts that our society holds no 

 monthly meetings in July and August, 

 and that Robert Tyson was to read an 

 essay on "Melons under Glass," was 

 responsible for the very large attend- 

 ance at the June meeting. Our monthly 

 exhibit included 12 varieties of Ger- 

 man iris from Florham Farms, who 

 also sent a fine basket of lettuce Lit- 

 tle Gem and samples of indoor-grown 

 melons Royal Jubilee and Sutton's 

 Ringdleader — enough to give us all a 

 good taste which was thoroughly en- 

 joyed. Robert Tyson, the grower, 

 brought them along to illustra';e his 

 essay. John Heeremans had 1 vases of 

 new sweet peas Alfred Watkin, Nora 

 Unwin, Frank Dolby and Fairy, and 

 a fine dish of new tomato Dwarf Stone. 

 A. Herrington. secured certificate of 

 merit for his collection of iris and his 

 melons. John Heeremans ^oc a cer- 

 tificate of merit for his sweet peas and 

 a cultural certificate for his tomato. 

 President Vince is absent on his Eu- 

 ropean trip. 



Our fall show will be held in Madi- 

 son, Oct. 1st, and Nov. 1st next. Rob- 

 ert D. Foote of Morristown offers a 

 first prize of $50 for 25 chrysanthemum 

 blooms in 25 varieties, short stems. 

 There is no string on this prize, and 

 we hope to have a strong competition, 

 from outside as well as from members 

 of the club. Otto H. Kahn offers a 

 prize of a silver cup for best 6 white 

 and best 6 pink chrysanthemums, con- 

 fined to members of the society. Some- 

 thing like $500 are offered in cash 

 prizes. Schedule is ready for the print- 

 er. 



James Fraser, superintendent to O. 

 H. Kahn had staged at the June meet- 

 ing his set of new fancy coleus Lu- 

 cania. Daisy, Mohawk, Red Boy, Won- 

 der and Combination. He secured a 

 certificate of merit for the set and 

 so well are they thought of that his 

 friends have induced him to dissemi- 

 nate them in 1908 through C. H. Totty. 

 B. REAGAN. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 



CLUB OF BOSTON. 



About 125 members were present at 

 the meeting on Tuesday night. June 18, 

 to listen to the able address on "The 

 Chrysanthemum," which will be found 

 on another page of this paper, by that 

 eminent chrysanthemum expert. Chas. 

 H. Totty. The discussion following 

 the reading of the paper was lively and 

 brought out some very interesting and 

 practical information. There were a 

 few interesting things on exhibition, 

 including two pans of dwarf yellow 

 chrysanthemums in flower from T. D. 

 Hatfield. Iris Germanica Her Majesty 

 from F. J Rea, pyrethrums from 

 James Wheeler, and oriental poppies 

 from Mt. Auburn Cemetery. It was 

 announced that the annual picnic 

 would take place on July 25 at Dor- 

 chester Park. The proposition that 

 the club contribute some feature for 

 the trades parade during Old Home 

 Week in Boston was discussed at 

 some length, but not finally settled. 

 Eight new names were submitted and 

 elected for membership. 



