March 23, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



377 



MORRIS COUNTY (N. J.) pARDEN- 

 ERS' AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



One of the most successful meetings 

 this society ever held was that of 

 March 13th. The carnation reigned 

 supreme; there were novelties from 

 abroad and standards from at home. 

 We had roses, sweet peas and cycla- 

 mens also. 



Dailledouze Bros'. Welcome secured 

 a certificate of merit. F. R. Pierson 

 Company sent Winsor and White En- 

 chantress, previously certificated here. 

 Bassett & Washburn, Hinsdale, 111., 

 sent two vases of red seedling. No. 20, 

 It got a certificate of merit. John 

 Rlemels' Winsome, and red seedling. 

 No. 32, each secured a certificate of 

 merit. Geo. Harvey, Madison, N. Y.^ 

 had two fine vases, one of them a 

 white seedling of great promise. Alex 

 J. Guttman, N. Y., showed Victory. 

 Geo. H. Hart, gardener to R. D. Foote 

 had three vases of carnations in three 

 varieties. A. Herrington showed Rob- 

 ert Craig, Pink Enchantress, Mrs. M 

 A. Patten, Enchantress, Jessica and 

 Fiancee at their best. 



Other exhibits were rose Aurora 

 from Paul Niehoff, Lehighton, Pa., 

 which received a certificate of merit; 

 rose Queen Beatrice from F. H. Kra- 

 mer, which also received a certificate 

 of merit; cyclamens from H. B. Vyse. 

 gardener to G. E. Kissell; myosotis 

 and carnations from John Heeremans, 

 gardener to A. R. Whiting; carnation.^ 

 from Samuel Stewart and E. Reagan; 

 carnation Victory and sweet peas from 

 Andrew Kennedy, gardener to Dr. L. 

 U. Ward, and carnation Robert Craig 

 from Wm. Duckham. 



We had quite a delegation from out- 

 side, among whom were Fred Heere- 

 mans, Lenox, Mass.; Harry A, Bun- 

 yard. N. Y.; Wm. Ross, Tarrytown: 

 Parker T. Barnes of Doubleday, Page 

 & Co., John Riemels, Woodhaven, L. 

 I.; Joseph A. Manda, Orange, N. J. 

 Three papers on the carnation in as 

 many different aspects were read by 

 Wm. Duckham, Robt. M. Schultz and 

 Percy Herbert. Each received the 

 thanks of the Society after they had 

 answered many questions and dis- 

 cussed several points. Intense interest 

 was manifested in the novelties as 

 they were looked over. 



The evening of April 10 will be Rose 

 Night, which ought to prove a drawing 

 card for both members and visitors. 

 We want all the novelties we can get 

 for that occasion, and can undoubtedly 

 depend on the home growers for a 

 creditable display of the standard 

 kinds. Two papers on the rose are to 

 be read, one by David Falconer and 

 •one by Andrew Kennedy. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The first regular meeting of the 

 month was held last Tuesday evening. 

 President Stephens in the chair, and 

 the secretary being ill, M. B. F^xon 

 served in his place. It gives the writer 

 much pleasure to be able to say, that 

 the display of plants and flowers was 

 by far the best of the season. Messrs. 

 Torrey, Brust, Williams, Meitzmaier, 

 and Monk, who served as the prize 

 committee, made the following 

 awards: To I. D. Slebert for very well- 

 flowered specimen of Mme. Van der 

 Cruyssen azalea, 20 points; R. A. Cur- 

 rie for Spiraea superba, 15 points; Mu- 

 rillo tulips from Sherman F. Stephens 

 brought him 15 points; Jacob Relchert 



for Kaiser Kroon tulips, 10 points; and 

 A. Wedemeyer 10 points for a Genista 

 fragrans. 



On the question of whether the penny 

 packets of flowers and vegetable seeds 

 shall be distributed free to the public 

 school children or at a penny apiece 

 as last year. A committee was ap- 

 pointed to confer with the Columbus 

 Board of Education. I wish to say 

 that our club is a unit in believing 

 that it is far better for the children 

 that they pay for their seeds. 



As had been arranged at the last 

 meeting, this evening had been set 

 aside as ladies' night; so just as soon 

 as we possibly could we closed busi- 

 ness, and entertained our guests. The 

 next meeting will be held Tuesday 

 evening March 26. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society held its regular meet- 

 ing on March 15, President McGregor 

 in the chair. J. W. Duncan of Boston 

 gave a very interesting lecture on 

 trees and shrubs. A certificate of 

 merit was awarded James Salter for 

 six pots of antirrhinum, Sutton's White 

 Queen. This is a dwarf variety grow- 

 ing one to two feet in height and suit- 

 able for window or conservatory dec- 

 oration. 



Resolutions of sympathy were 

 passed on the death of William J. 

 Griffin. Mr. Griffin was gardener at 

 the C. H. Tweed estate. Beverly 

 Farms. He was. a charter member of 

 this society. 



urer, and occupying that position from 

 1899 until 1906, when he was elected 

 president, and was re-elected to that 

 oflBce for liiilT. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society 

 was held on March 4, vice-president 

 Henry Wood in the chair. The sched- 

 ule of the second annual flower show, 

 which will be held on July 24 and 25, 

 was drawn up and adopted. Some fine 

 exhibits were staged, notably, stocks 

 Queen Alexandra by A. Bauer; tulips 

 Proserpine and Belle Alliance by J. 

 Kennedy; violets Marie Louise, by A. 

 Greib; violets La France by F. Dett- 

 linger; and carnations by W. Swain. 

 Cauliflower and lettuce were shown by 

 P. Murray. 



A delegation of the society visited 

 the F. R. Pierson Co.'s establishment 

 recently. W. F. Ross met them in 

 New York and conducted them to the 

 Florence Hotel, Tarrytown, where an 

 excellent repast was served. After 

 going through the greenhouses there, 

 they enjoyed a sleigh ride to Scarbor- 

 ough. There carnations were seen In 

 every stage of growth and presented 

 a magnificent spectacle. The day was 

 a most enjoyable and profitable one 

 for all. 



JAMES MiGREGOK, 



President of the North Sliore (Mass.) 



Horticultural Society. 



,The above photograph of President 

 McGregor was taken several years 

 ago. Mr. McGregor is a native of 

 Perth. Scotland. He came to the 

 States in 1871, his first position being 

 at the John L. Gardner estate in 

 Brookline, Mass, under the late C. M. 

 Atkinson. When the Joseph H. White 

 estate at Brookline was laid out, Mr. 

 McGregor went there as head gar- 

 dener, and remained a number of 

 years. At the present time he is gar- 

 dener for Miss A. G. Thayer, West 

 Manchester, Mass., moving there, with 

 Miss Thayer, from Brookline eight 

 years ago. He is a charter member 

 of the N. S. H. S., being its first treas- 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



' The special feature of the monthly 

 meeting on the 19th inst., was the ad- 

 dress by W. Kleinheinz, gardener for 

 P. A. B. Widener, "An American 

 Gardener's Winter Trip to Europe." 

 This was well received and was ten- 

 dered the thanks of the society. H. 

 L. Frost made some interesting re- 

 marks on "tree surgery" — a popular 

 phrase for correct methods in pruning 

 trees. Samuel Batcheler showed some 

 very well grown Enchantress carna- 

 tions, some of them averaging 4 1-2 

 inches. The spring show which opens 

 on the 26th inst. was a live topic. The 

 price of admission has been reduced 

 to 25c. and it was voted to invite the 

 school children during suitable hours 

 so as to plant the seed that will bear 

 fruit in days to come. Among out of 

 town visitors were Mr. Craw of the 

 Lord & Buruham Co. and Mr. Lauten- 

 slager of Kroeschell Bros. Co. 



DAYTON FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the last meeting of the Dayton 

 Florists' Club, G. W. Bartholomew 

 was elected president; F. W. RItter, 

 vice-president; H. H. Ritter, treas- 

 urer, and H. M. Frank, secretary. At 

 a previous special meeting, parks 

 were discussed, and a great deal of 

 valuable information received from 

 the members. J. B. Heiss and H. 

 Haerlein offered the city their serv- 

 ices, free of charge, to draw all plans 

 for the new park system, and also 

 superintend the same under the same 

 conditions for one year. John H. Pat- 

 terson has brought Mr. Olmsted from 

 Boston to look over the grounds, and 

 with his everlasting generosity for 

 the benefit of our trade has paid the 

 expenses of Mr. Olmsted out of his 

 own pocket, an example well worthy 

 of imitation. 



A discussion was had at the last 

 meeting as to the detriment to the 

 trade caused by the fakirs who sell 

 the cuUings of the large central mar- 



