June 22, 1907 



HORTICULTURE. 



815 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 NURSERYMEN. 



The nurserymen's convention held 

 at the Hotel Cadillac last week was 

 very inspiring from the fact that all 

 of the foiii hundred and odd attendants 

 were there strictly for business. Many 

 new points were brought out during 

 the discussion of a number of interest- 

 ing well written papers. 



A very notable feature was the sug- 

 gestion of Mr. Albertson attached to 

 his report on freight matters and ship- 

 ping, setting forth the advisibility of 

 the smaller shippers combining their 

 shipments with those of larger ship- 

 pers, thereby taking part of the benefit 

 accuiiDt,' from rates as they are on car- 

 load lots or more. Action on these 

 lines should be an especial inducement 

 to the growth of the society, not only 

 ill numbers, but in influence because of 

 its direct usefulress to its individual 

 members. There was a lengthy dis- 

 ciissic n on the result of interrogations 

 and petitions for better railroad rate.^, 

 etc The desire to secure a cheap 

 rate seems to have outwighed the most 

 imporlant necessity of getting speedy 

 delivery. It might have worked a 

 Ciuth greater advantage to have pr.^- 

 ci:rfd assurances for speedy d>U--c?ry 

 first and then go for cheaper rating 

 afterwards. 



Although I he weather was anything' 

 but good Park Commissioner Breit- 

 mever entertained the members of '.he 

 convention on Belle Isle. Wednesday 

 afternoon and evening. 



The next convention will be held in 

 Milwaukee. At a meeting held on 

 Wednesday afternoon the vice-presi- 

 dents of the association had selected 

 Atlantic City for the 1908 season, and 

 so recommended to the convention. 

 When the matter was put to a vote, 

 however, the Wiscon city won over the 

 Atlantic coast resort by a large ma- 

 jority. The western delegates made a 

 strenuous objection to Atlantic City on 

 the ground that it is not so situated as 

 to be accessible to nurserymen from 

 all parts of the country. 



The following officers were chosen 

 for the ensuing year: President. J. W. 

 Hill. Des Moines, la.: vice-president. 

 C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport. lud.: secre- 

 tary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. 

 Y. ; treasurer. Charles L. Yates. Roch- 

 ester, N. Y.: executive committee, J. 

 H. Dayton. Painesville. O. : E. JI. Sher- 

 man. Charles City. la.; H. B. Chase, 

 Huntsville. Ala. 



Interesting papers and spirited dis- 

 cussions on various topics made up 

 Thursday afternoon's program. The 

 extremely inclement weather some- 

 what interfered with the social side of 

 the meeting, but did not serve in any 

 ■way to dampen the ardor of tho.se who 

 took part in the debates nor of the 

 "boomers" for the several cities that 

 were endeavoring to land the next 

 convention. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual Rose and Strawberry 

 show tool; place in the Brent building 

 headquarters, .Tune 11th. The display 

 of both roses and strawberries was the 

 best eve?- made by the club. Space 

 forbids a detailed account of all the 

 roses exhibited, but suffice it to say 

 that all the popular indoor varieties 



were well represented; as regards 

 hardy stock there was none exhibited, 

 the season being so backward. Messrs. 

 Jacob Reichert, Gustave Ackerman, 

 and Albert Hills, awarded the rose 

 prizes as follows: First to James Mo- 

 Kellar for Uncle John; second to I. 

 D. Siebert for Golden Gate, and third 

 to Sherman F. Stephens for Bride. Be- 

 sides the prize awards, the general dis- 

 plays of Graff Brothers, Clover Hill 

 Nurseries, and Fifth Avenue Floral 

 Company, were greatly admired. The 

 strawberries as a whole were very 

 tine; there were more than twenty- 

 five competitors for the awards, which 

 resulted as follows: First prize to Wil- 

 liam F. Metzmaier, second to John 

 Brust, and third to George Bauman. 

 In fact, so excellent were all the straw- 

 berries that the committee, consisting 

 of Messrs. William F. Metzmaier, A. 

 Wedemeyer, and John Williams had 

 a hard time making the awards. After 

 a short business meeting, the evening 

 was given up to social intercourse. 

 A flue collation was served, so arranged 

 that everyone had a chance to sample 

 the prize stiawberries. Then music 

 and games filled in the evening until 

 a very late hour. W. A. Sperling, 

 representing Stumpp & Walter Co. was 

 a .guest, and during the evening kindly 

 acted as judge of the various games. 



THE ANNANDALE ROSE SHOW. 



The fifteenth exhibition of the An- 

 naudale Rose Show was given at An- 

 nandale, N. Y., June 12th and 13th. 

 Considering the very late season and 

 no exhibits in the rose classes the 

 show was a decided success. The ex- 

 hibits of herbaceous flowers, while not 

 as great in variety as they would be 

 later in the season, were very fine. 

 The first prize for best group of plants 

 was won by Geraldyn Redmond, 

 Thomas Ranger, gardener; second 

 prize by T. T. Astor, gardener, Horace 

 A. Deal; while the group exhibited by 

 Hon. L. P. Morton, Thomas Talbot, 

 gardener, was superior to any in the 

 point of variety and tasteful arrange- 

 ment. 



In class for best twelve ferns Ger- 

 aldyn Redmond was first and T. T. 

 Astor second. In specimen fern J. J. 

 Astor was first and Hon. L. P. Morton 

 second. In the class for herbaceous 

 flowers Mr. Archibald Rogers, Thos. 

 P. Connor, gardener, was first and 

 Hon. L. P. Morton second, while sev- 

 eral exhibits not for competition were 

 equal to the prize winners, notabl.v 

 those of Miss Cruger, Cruger's Island, 

 and Mrs. Rachael \ldrich, Barrytown. 



An object of much comment and in- 

 terest was a group of Azalea Mollis 

 and ferns with a background of ever- 

 greens, exhibited by the Shatemuc 

 Nurseries, Barrytown. J. T. Lynch, 

 Poughkeepsie, exhibited a vase of 

 Beauty roses; J. J. Astor a vase of 

 Beauty and two of Richmond; these 

 and two vases of Killarney cover the 

 rose display, no out-door roses being 

 in bloom. In the vegetable class Mr. 

 Archibald Rogers was first with a very 

 attractive collection. Mr. Douglas 

 Merritt also exhibited a very nice col- 

 lection not for competition. 



Taking the exhibition as a whole, 

 it was a credit to the exhibitors and to 

 the soci-jty. in spite of the unfavorable 

 season. The judges were R. W., Allen. 



-Hudson, N. Y.; F. L. Atkins, Ruther- 

 ford, N. J.; James Blair, Stattsburg, 

 N. Y. 



JOHN W. BAIN. Secretary, 

 Red Hcok, N. Y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Newport Horticultural Society's 

 rose show has been postponed until 

 July 9 and 10. 



The I>ake Forest Horticultural 

 Society, Chicago, will hold its first 

 annual exhibition on July 13. 



The annual picnic of the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association will be held 

 on invitation at the country place of 

 R. F. and J. E. Harritt, Indianapolis, 

 on Wednesday, June 26, Stop 4, Rush- 

 ville Traction Line. 



MARYLAND STRAWBERRIES AT 

 JAMESTOWN EXHIBITION. 



Maryland strawberries are the centre 

 of attraction in the States Exhibit 

 Palace at the Jamestown Exposition. 

 Maryland, which leads the Union in 

 growing strawberries, Is demonstrat- 

 ing to the thousands of people now vis- 

 iting the Exposition her ability in this 

 direction. The varieties Taft, Long- 

 worth and Outlander, seedlings or- 

 iginated by Arthur T. Goldsborough 

 of Wesley Heights, are the largest and 

 finest berries in the exhibit; all of 

 them vary from five to eight inches in 

 circumference and weigh from two to 

 four ounces. The Gandy berries ex- 

 hibited by J. Aikenhead of Easton, 

 are also exceptionally fine, a few being 

 as large as the preceding varieties. 

 Other Marylanders who are aiding in 

 the strawberry exhibit are D. H. Har- 

 gett of Frederick, F. E. Matthews of 

 Pocomoke and A. T. Whittington of 

 Marion Station. On the tables are 

 also several large vases of peonies 

 from George Morrison of Baltimore. 

 Prof. T. B. Symons, in charge of the 

 Maryland exhibit, is kept busy giving 

 information regarding the great horti- 

 cultural possibilities of the State. 



BLOCKED BY THE EXPRESS COM- 

 PANIES. 



The main objection to a parcels post, 

 although usually carefully concealed 

 by the politicians, is the fact that 

 it would seriously impair the profits 

 of the express companies, if it did not 

 drive them out of business. For 30 

 years Congress has refused to con- 

 sider seriously the re-establishment of 

 the parcels post, and it is not likely 

 that Postmaster-General Meyer will 

 make more headway than his well- 

 disposed predecessors made. In the 

 mean time the express companies will 

 exist and their promoters will con- 

 tinue to make immense fortunes by 

 charging big prices for the transporta- 

 tion oi packages which the govern- 

 ment should carry, as it does in other 

 countries, as mail at small charges. — 

 St. Joseph Neics Press. 



PERSONAL. 



Visitors in Boston this week: C. H. 

 Totty, Madison, N. J.; Jos. S. Fenrich 

 and Harry J. Hoffmeir. New York; A. 

 M. Rennie, Providence, R. I.; E. H. 

 Chamberlain, New Bedford, Mass.; E. 

 J. Harmon. Portland. Me. 



