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H O R T I C U L T U R E 



March 2, 1907 



ALABAMA STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The fourth annual meeting of the 

 Alabama State Horticultural Society 

 convened February 6 at 11 o'clock at 

 the New Exchange Hotel, and was 

 marked by an unusually large attend- 

 ance of members of the society and 

 friends. 



The morning session was taken up 

 with the address of welcome by Judge 



E. F. Baber, city recorder, who took 

 the place of Mayor Teague on the pro- 

 gramme; the annual address of Presi- 

 dent W. F. Heikes; the report of R. S. 

 Mackintosh, secretary of the society, 

 and several fine papers and addresses 

 by members of the society and mem- 

 bers of the Montgomery Flower Grow- 

 ers' Association on the subject of hor- 

 ticulture and floriculture. 



In his address of welcome. Judge 

 Baber said he had been commissioned 

 by the mayor to extend to the mem- 

 bers of the society and their friends, 

 in the name of the mayor and citizens 

 of Montgomery, a most hearty greet- 

 ing and a cordial welcome to Ala- 

 bama's capital city. He said it was 

 an esteemed privilege which the city 

 enjoyed to entertain a society which 

 represents the sum total of the knowl- 

 edge of the best and highest in every 

 branch of horticulture and floriculture. 



To the address of welcome, Prof. J. 



F. Duggar, director of the agricultural 

 station at Auburn, responded in a few 

 words, saying it was well and fitting 

 the annual meeting of the associatio.i 

 be held at Montgomery at this time, 

 as it was at this place the first regular 

 meeting was held four years ago, and 

 the meeting this year is designed to 

 show by report and by increased mem- 

 bership and large attendance that the 

 organization has proven all its pro- 

 moters hoped and expected. 



The address of President Heikes 

 was comprehensive, touching on every 

 branch of horticultural industry, giv- 

 ing valuable information concerning 

 the aims and objects of the organiza- 

 tion and presenting useful and reliable 

 facts and figures of practical and com- 

 mercial value bearing upon the horti- 

 tural and agricultural interests in the 

 state. 



Miss E. C. Andrews gave an inter- 

 esting and instructive address on "Na- 

 tive Shrubs." 



Prof. Hugh N. Starnes of the Ex- 

 periment Station of Georgia made an 

 able address on "Street Shading." He 

 advocated municipal control of trees 

 planted for street shading in cities and 

 towns. He said in the planting and 

 cultivating of shade trees in cities 

 there is a greater return for the small- 

 est expenditure of time and money 

 than it is possible to obtain in any 

 other way, for after the trees have 

 once been planted, nature steps in and 

 finishes the work. He spoke of a 

 number of cities remarkable for beau- 

 tiful street shading, where the munici- 

 pality have the matter in charge. 

 From a practical and scientific stand- 

 point, it is to the interest of -the city 

 that the matter of planting trees for 

 street shading should not be left to the 

 individual. 



He gave a list of trees most satis- 

 factory for street planting, including 

 the elm, the willow oak and the water 

 oak. These last, because of slow 

 growth for the first fifteen years, are 



not commended for general use, and 

 for that reason are not handled exten- 

 sively by nurserymen. The European 

 sycamore was also mentioned as good 

 for street planting, as were the silver 

 maple, the Carolina poplar for nar- 

 row streets, the swamp chestnut oak 

 as a shapely side tree, and for the ex- 

 treme South the Magnolia grandiflora 

 has no rival. There is no lack of ma- 

 terial from which to draw in the mat- 

 ter of tree planting, but local environ- 

 ment must be the first and last con- 

 sideration every time. 



He said he recognized it is a hard 

 matter, even in this day of progress 

 and advancement, to inaugurate inno- 

 vations, but in the matter of street 

 shading everything possible should be 

 done to agitate the subject and get the 

 work started, and it would be found 

 the ends would justify the means. He 

 dwelt at great length upon the actual 

 process of planting trees and of pro- 

 viding for the protection against boys 

 and beasts. 



The report of the secretary, Prof. 

 -Mackintosh, was read, showing the so- 

 ciety in a strong condition financially, 

 and having a considerable growth in 

 membership during the past year. 



The discussion of subjects interest- 

 ing to the horticulturist and the agri- 

 culturalist were continued in the after- 

 noon session. Papers were read by 

 Prof. W. T. Clarke of Auburn on the 

 "Relation of Entomology to the Horti- 

 culture of the State;" by D. C. Turnip- 

 seed of Flora on "Methods of Cultivat- 

 ing Orchards;" on "Selection," by A. J. 

 Miller of Evergreen, and on "Our Can- 

 ning Factory," by R. W. Barnes of 

 Selma. 



Of these papers, Mr. Turnipseed's 

 was a treatment of the subject of 

 planting orchards from a practical 

 standpoint, and from his experience 

 of the best means and methods of cul- 

 tivation of an orchard. 



The paper of Professor Clarke of 

 Auburn was a more scientific treat- 

 ment of the same subject, in which he 

 gave much information to those 

 among his auditors who were inter- 

 ested in the planting of orchards. In 

 both papers the subjects of insect pests 

 and diseases of trees and shrubs were 

 treated exhaustively. Professor Dug- 

 gar of Auburn made an interesting re- 

 port of the committee appointed at the 

 last meeting of the society for the in- 

 vestigation of the subject of forestry 

 in the State. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Rose Society have been 

 favored with more prizes for the com- 

 ing Washington Show, one of $25, for 

 Killarney offered by ex-President 

 Fred R. Newbold of Poughkeepsie 

 and one of $25, for Uncle John by L. 

 A. Noe of Madison, N. J. 



An addition to the schedule of the 

 Washington Florists' Club is a prize 

 of $25 for a group of decorative plants 

 covering at least one hundred square 

 feet of floor space, offered by Wm. H. 

 Ernest of Washington. 



A special report of the Society's do- 

 ings, with the Constitution and By- 

 laws and a chapter on Garden Roses, 

 of much interest to amateur growers 

 embraced therein has been prepared, 

 and the booklet is being mailed to all 

 members of the Society, also a number 

 of them to the general public. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Sec'y. 



TORONTO GARDENERS' AND 

 FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



At the regular meeting held Feb. 19 

 a large number of members were pres- 

 ent, with A. Houle, the first vice-presi- 

 dent, in the chair. T. Martin present- 

 ed the report of his committee, who 

 managed the hall at the recent carna- 

 tion exhibition, and the secretary read 

 a letter from the New York Florists' 

 Club, tendering a hearty vote of 

 thanks for the courtesies rendered its 

 members while on their visit to this 

 city; also one from J. Austin Shaw, 

 expressing similar sentiments. 



The secretary brought up the pro- 

 test of the F. R. Pierson Co., and af- 

 ter a lot of discussion was instructed 

 to procure for the March meeting sam- 

 ples of Excelsior and Dark Pink Bp.- 

 chantress, and the committee will then 

 try to arrive at a definite decision. 



Mr. E. Graham gave the members a 

 very interesting half-hour talk on 

 chrysanthemum growing, treating 

 mostly of exhibition blooms, which he 

 himself is very successful with. 



Mr. F. Goode read a paper on the 

 culture of grapes under glass, commer- 

 cially, and predicted that the time was 

 not far distant when it would be car- 

 ried on on a very large scale in this 

 vicinity to supply the fast increasing 

 demand, and stated that at fifty cents 

 per pound as an average, there was 

 money in it. His paper was most 

 thorough, and was much enjoyed by 

 those present, a number of the mem- 

 bers taking part in the discussion 

 which followed. A hearty vote of 

 thanks was tendered both gentlemen 

 for their papers. 



The next regular meeting, March 19, 

 will be a social and ladies' night. 



MADISON, WIS., HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Madison Horticultural Society, 

 through its secretary, Emil T. Mische, 

 offers the people of the city young 

 plants for garden adornment free to 

 those who pay the annual membership 

 fee of $1.00. It has been arranged that 

 later in the season the daily papers 

 are to print a series of articles pre- 

 pared by experienced people, telling 

 how to prepare the ground for plant- 

 ing, how to plant and how to care for 

 the plants, also a series of illustrated 

 articles showing the improvement pos- 

 sible by the use of these plants, and In 

 the summer a public exhibition will 

 be held in aflSliation with the State 

 Horticultural Society, where special 

 prizes will be awarded for flowers 

 grown on the plants distributed this 

 spring. Prizes for improvement of 

 grounds are also contemplated, for 

 which classes have been designated as 

 follows: 1. Greatest improvement of 

 home estate, city lot size. 2. Most 

 beautiful home, city lot size. 3. Most 

 beautiful city block. 4. Most beauti- 

 ful street. 5. Most meritorious im- 

 provement of any sort. Full specifica- 

 tions of the points to be considered in 

 making awards in each class are given 

 in the schedule copies of which may 

 be had on application to Secretary E. 

 T. Mische, City Hall, Madison, Wis. 

 There are four different collections of 

 plants, either of which may be select- 

 ed by the applicant, each containing 

 about one hundred plants of such 

 things as asters, calendulas, mari- 

 golds, nasturtiums, zinnias, morning 

 glories, cannas. dahlias, gladioli, del- 

 phiniums, gaillardias. etc. 



