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HORTICULTURi: 



March 9, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



Last Tuesday evening a business 

 meeting of the Newport Horticultural 

 Society was held in the ante room of 

 the Society's hall. The business was 

 dispatched in short order, the meet- 

 ing lasting not more than twenty min- 

 utes, when an adjournment was voted. 

 It was after this that the most im- 

 portant meeting perhaps in the So- 

 ciety's history took place, when mem- 

 bers with their families to the number 

 of between one hundred and fifty to 

 two hundred, assembled in the main 

 hall for the enjoyment of an entertain- 

 ment, provided for them by the enter- 

 tainment committee, of which John T. 

 Allan was chairman. This entertain- 

 ment consisted for the first part of vo- 

 cal solos by Louis Walker, the famous 

 blind tenor of Taunton, Thomas F. 

 Connolly, Agustus H. Swan and John 

 T. Allan, Jr., the boy soprano; the lat- 

 ter in his rendering of several selec- 

 tions made th^ hit of the evening. He 

 has a voice of unusual sweetness en- 

 hanced by careful training with a pres- 

 ence and manner bright and captiva- 

 ting. Interspersed with the solos were 

 readings by Miss Lilian E. Maher and 

 Mr. Rankin, and violin selections by 

 Master Richard Rossen and piano 

 selections by Miss Finn. 



At the conclusion of the first part of 

 the musical program an excellent and 

 elaborate collation was served by the 

 committee assisted by Mr. Wiswell the 

 landlord of the Perry House, the pur- 

 veyor. After the collation had been 

 leisurely disposed of the musical pro- 

 gram was resumed and uninterruptedly 

 continued until a late hour. Bruce 

 Butterton acted the host with rare tact 

 and acceptance. There is not the least 

 possible doubt that apart from the en- 

 joyment pure and simple, meetings of 

 this kind are beneficial to societies in 

 other ways, and certainly the many 

 words of approbation of this one in- 

 dicates much .good for the future of 

 the Society. D. McINTOSH. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The mid-year meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee of this association was 

 held on Saturday, March 2, at the New 

 Manchester House, Manchester, N. H. 

 There were present: President Byron 

 Worthen, of Manchester; Secretary 

 Mulford, Harrisburg, Pa.; ex-Secretary 

 Duncan, Boston; Chas. Keith. Bridge- 

 port, Conn.; J. F. Cowell, Buffalo. N. 

 Y.; ex-Presideut J. A. Pettigrew and 

 Wm. J. Stewart, Boston. The program 

 for the annual convention to be held 

 at Toronto next August and other mat- 

 ters appertaining to the general wel- 

 fare of the association were discussed. 

 A resolution on the death of James 

 Braik of Buifalo, N. Y., a member of 

 the association, was unanimously 

 adopted. Messrs. J. F. Cowell, J. A. 

 Pettigrew and Theodore Wirth were 

 appointed a committee to consider the 

 question of closer affiliation with other 

 horticultural organizations. 



In the evening the visitors were en- 

 tertained at a banquet in the New 

 Manchester House, at which were pres- 

 ent ex-Mayor Knowlton and Messrs. 

 Ramsay and McElroy of the Board of 

 Public Works. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The last meeting of the club for 

 February was held on the twenty-sixth, 

 with President Stephens in the chair. 

 It was a large and enthusiastic gath- 

 ering, all the other officers and man,y 

 members being on hand. There was a 

 very attractive display of plants and 

 flowers; the committee on awards, con- 

 sisting of Messrs. Metzmaier, Roth. 

 Brust, Reichart, and Saxton, gave R. 

 A. Currier 20 points for a very finely- 

 flowered specimen of Simon Mardner 

 azalea; and I. D, Subert 25 points for a 

 superb vase of Princess of Wales vio- 

 lets. The question of ways and means 

 for a successful chrysanthemum show 

 this autumn were discussed, and the 

 solid manner in which our members 

 back this project can only lead to an 

 unqualified success. The committee in 

 charge of this matter consists of 

 Messrs. M. B. Faxon chairman, Albert 

 Knopf, Guy H. Woodrow, Sherman F. 

 Stephens and James McKellar. The 

 plan of distributing penny packets of 

 vegetable and flower seeds to the pub- 

 lic school children, as in previous years, 

 was arranged for, M. B. Faxon being 

 chosen to direct the work. Lack of 

 space prevents me from describing in 

 full the good work that is being done 

 here in the matter of school and home 

 gardens — the greatest improvement is 

 already noticeable in the cleaning-up 

 of back yards, and other unsightly 

 places; to say nothing of the beautiful 

 front yards and window boxes that 

 are the direct results of our club's 

 hard work. After a very long and 

 profitable meeting, the club adjourned 

 to Tuesday evening, March 12. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting and floral dis- 

 play of this society was held on March 

 1, at which time were started the com- 

 petitive exhibits for 1907. Lager & 

 Hurrell staged a tasteful group of 

 Lsplia Cattleya Arnoldiana, Denbro- 

 bium nobile album and Cattleya Schro- 

 dera;; Julius Roehrs Co., a collection 

 of their Easter blooming orchids, 

 Cattleya Schroderae white and colored, 

 Oncidium splendens; Orson A. Miller, 

 lycastes, Odontoglossum crispum. 

 Onci-dium fuscatum, and Dendrobiurj 

 virginalis, for which they all were 

 awarded first-class certificates. Carna- 

 tions and roses were shown by D. 

 Kindsgrab, Wra. Reid, Max Schneider, 

 W. J. Bennett and others. F. R. Pier- 

 son Co. offered a prize of $10.00 for 

 the best 25 blooms of carnation Win- 

 sor at the fall show. A committee 

 consisting of M. MacRorie, D. Kinds- 

 grab and H. Halbig was appointed to 

 frame a resolution on the death of O. 

 D. Munn. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



At a recent meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society, Mr. 

 Myers, manager to G. R. Sheldon, gave 

 a few very instructive remarks on the 

 growing of bush chrysanthemums for 

 exhibition. The popular vice-president 

 was listened to very attentively by all 

 present. Mr. Myers as a grower has 

 proved himself second to none in this 

 section. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The February meeting of this 

 society was held in the regular meet- 

 ing rooms, Feb. 26th, president Howard 

 Nichols in the chair. A fine vase of 

 the new scarlet carnation Beacon 

 from Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., was on 

 exhibition and was awarded a certifi- 

 cate of merit. Three well grown plants 

 of Primula stellata were exhibited by 

 Thos. Atkinson, gardener to Mrs. 

 Henry Seigel, Mamaroneck, N. Y., who 

 was awarded a cultural certificate for 

 same. The monthly prize for the 

 best twelve roses other than American 

 Beauty was won by James Ballantyae 

 with Bridesmaid. 



It was decided to hold the June 

 show, June 14th, and the dates were 

 fixed for the fall show, for Nov. 6, 7 

 and 8th. A communication from 

 David Eraser, Pittsburg, offering a 

 prize of $25.00 for the best twelve 

 blooms of chrysanthemum Miss Clay 

 Frick at the fall show was thank- 

 fully received, and was decided on to 

 be ofl'ered as $15.00 for first, and 

 $10,00 for second prize. A third prize 

 of $10.00 was then donated for the 

 same exhibit by James Requa. 



James I. Donlan read a paper on 

 decorative work, and gave some good 

 illustrations in the arrangement of 

 cut flowers. .los. Bradley contributed 

 the cut flowers, amongst which were 

 Roman hyacinths. Primula obconica, 

 mignonette, cyclamens, carnations, 

 and sweet peas. A very lively discus- 

 sion followed. This was conceded to 

 be the most animated meeting the 

 society has had in many months and 

 was thoroughly enjoyed by all. At the 

 March meeting an essay will be reaxl 

 on out door roses. 



D. McFARLANE, Cor. Sec. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society held its regular meet- 

 ing in Manchester, Mass., on March I ; 

 W. B. Jackson was elected president 

 pro tern. The subject discussed was 

 "Annuals suitable for forcing." A. E. 

 Parsons was awarded a certificate of 

 merit for vase of annual lupins. Mr. 

 Parsons recommended growing lupins 

 for cut flowers. With a night temper- 

 ature of 50 to 55 degrees, seed sown in 

 benches the early part of September 

 will produce flowers ready for cutting 

 by Christmas, and with feeding and 

 ordinary treatment several crops of 

 cut blooms can be secured. J. W. Dun- 

 can, assistant superintendent of the 

 Boston Parks, will speak at the next 

 meeting. WM. TILL. Sec. 



GRAND RAPIDS (MICH.) FLOR- 

 ISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting on February 18, was 

 well attended. S. S. Skidelsky was 

 present and gas'e an interesting talk 

 which was greatly enjoyed. Mr. Strong 

 of the State Agricultural College spoke 

 upon Sub-Irrigation. Discussions in 

 regard to the growing of cucumbers, 

 lettuce, etc., were participated in by 

 the members. A committee was ap- 

 pointed to arrange for an exhibition om 

 April 15. 



