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HORTICULTURE 



April 20, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The trustees of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society have voted to 

 open the library of the SociPtx- to its 

 members and others interested in hor- 

 ticultural matters on Sunday after- 

 noons from 2 to 6 o'clock, beginning 

 Sunday, April 21. 



It is believed that there are a con- 

 siderable number of persons, whose 

 business will not permit them the 

 privilege of using the library during 

 the hours in which it is now open, 

 who would welcome the opportunity to 

 use it were it open during some por- 

 tion of their leisure. This applies es- 

 pecially to garden employees, who have 

 little time and are not overburdened 

 with means; yet, it is lai'gely upon 

 upon such mpn that the present and 

 future success of practical horticul- 

 ture depends. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, by offering young gardeners the 

 use of its library, will be fulfilling an 

 important part of its mission — the ad- 

 vancement of horticulture. 



While the free use of the whole 

 library is offered it is believed that the 

 opportunity to consult the world's best 

 horticultural periodicals will be great- 

 ly appreciated by many who could not 

 under the former arrangements make 

 use of them. 



WM. P. RICH, Secretary. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Our club met on the 9th, a goodly 

 number of members on hand. Since 

 our last meeting our club has asked 

 the permission of the Columbus Board 

 of Education to be allowed, as in pre- 

 vious years, to make distribution of 

 flower and vegetable seeds to the chil- 

 dren of the public schools at one penny 

 for each packet. The Board of Edu- 

 cation have this season refused this 

 privilege. At the same meeting they 

 voted, however, to have their clerk 

 correspond with the congressman from 

 this district as to procuring free seeds 

 for the children from the congressional 

 distribution. On the main issue, that 

 the plan of small packets of seeds for 

 the children's gardens is a good one, 

 there seems to be no difference of opin- 

 ion here; but how it should be done 

 has raised a seemingly uncalled-for 

 strife. 



At this meeting the best display of 

 plants and flowers thus far this year 

 was made: John Williams received 20 

 points for an Araucaria excelsa; Sher- 

 man P. Stephens, 13 points for some 

 fine hyacinths. King of the Blues; R. 

 A. Currie, 15 points for Tournesol tu- 

 lips; I. D. Siebert, 13 points for callas, 

 and John Williams was also "highly 

 commended" for his geraniums. It 

 was also arranged to hold this season 

 in June a Strawberry Show, and to 

 make the occasion a special entertain- 

 ment for the ladies. In regard to the 

 annual field day and picnic, the club 

 chose a committee consisting of Messrs. 

 James McKeller, R. A. Currie, George 

 Bauman, Jacob Reichert and W. F. 

 Metzmaier to arrange the affair. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



This club had a rousing meeting on 

 Tuesday evening, April 16, there 

 being no less than 150 members pres- 

 ent to listen to B. K. Howard's en- 

 joyable lecture on landscape garden- 

 ing. It was a charming presentation 

 of the topic from the view-point of 

 the artist. After the speaker had con- 

 ducted the subject was taken up and 

 discussed the participants dividing on 

 the question of prim tidiness in gar- 

 dens and grounds vs. adherence to un- 

 conventional natural conditions, the 

 gardener emphasizing the necessity of 

 raking up dead leaves, cultivating the 

 ground between shrubs, the production 

 of perfect individual specimens, etc., 

 and the other side urging for a recog- 

 nition of the natural characteristics 

 which tend to unity and a harmonious 

 whole as superior to an unnatural 

 conglomeration of units each with its 

 own "hair cut." Lecture and argu- 

 ments were received with much en- 

 thusiasm and applause greeted every 

 telling point. A question from the 

 Box drew out some varying views as 

 to the advisability of trying to "carry 

 over" Richmond roses under glass. 



On the exhibition table were some 

 remarkable spikes of Lilium candidum 

 from W. N. Craig, which received 

 honorable mention, antirrhinums from 

 Wm. Downs, which also received 

 honorable mention and a beautiful 

 new hybrid gloriosa, flower crimson 

 with white edge of petals shown by 

 Arthur Griffin which received a re- 

 port of merit. 



Thanks were accorded to the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society for its 

 action in opening the library on cer- 

 tain evenings and invitation tor the 

 club members to make use of the 

 privilege. Jackson Dawson was 

 elected an honorary member. 



The annual banquet of the club will 

 take place at Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, on the evening of April 24, at 6.30 

 o'clock. Dancing after the banquet. 

 Tickets are $1.50 each and can be se- 

 cured from the ofllcers of the club up 

 to and including Saturday, April 20, 

 after which date, no tickets will be ob- 

 tainable. 



SPOKANE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 

 GROWERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The Spokane Fruit and Vegetable 

 Growers' Association elected these otS.- 

 cers at the last meeting, when 150 

 members were in attendance: Presi- 

 dent, A. A. Kelly, Spokane; manager, 

 John Gifford, Spokane; trustees, three 

 years, W. S. Kelsey, Greenacres; J. F. 

 Strong, Five Mile Prairie; W. H. 

 Stoneman, Mead; George Kingston, 

 Foothills; two years, E. W. Ross, East 

 Spokane; George Gates, Orchard Prai- 

 rie; L. P. Passmore, Moran Prairie; S. 

 Miller, Greenbluff; E. Whitmore, 

 Greenbluff; one year, C. L. Smith, Spo- 

 kane. R. W. Bailey, East Spokane; A. 

 Worthington, Hillyard; C. F. Young, 

 Spokane; W. M. Jones. Greenacres. 



PASADENA GARDENERS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The second annual spring flower 

 show which was held on the 4th, 5th 

 and 6th of April under the auspices of 

 the Pasadena Gardeners' Association, 

 proved to be a magnificent success in 

 every way. It was pronounced by some 

 of the visitors to be the best ever held 

 in southern California, but we do not 

 go as far as that. The exhibition was 

 gotten up for the first time last year 

 as an experiment and to encourage 

 the interest in horticulture and flori- 

 culture, and the promoters of the as- 

 sociation feel gratified by the success 

 attained and interest which has been 

 taken in the various branches of hor- 

 ticulture. 



The exhibition was held in a large 

 tent on North Fair Oaks avenue, Pas- 

 sadena, and with exquisite taste the ex- 

 hibits were so arranged that each had 

 its full share of light and effect. Al- 

 though the weather was hardly suit- 

 able to the exhibition of orchids Mr. A. 

 K. Macomber's exhibit was a magnifi- 

 cent sight, which was awarded first 

 prize, also special ribbon and certifi- 

 cate of merit. 



The aquatic exhibit of Mr. Sturte- 

 vant of Hollywood was very good, 

 displayed in the center of a small 

 stream, and artistically arranged with 

 a fountain of beautiful design. The 

 exhibit of palms and ferns were es- 

 pecially effective, also table decora- 

 tions which were tastefully carried out 

 by Misses Thomas and Hudson who 

 gained first and second prizes. 



Other prizes were awarded as fol- 

 lows, first and second respectively: 



stocks, D.i M. Coraer, E. Kirby. Pan- 

 sles, Mrs. Girouard, Prank Powell. Sweet 

 pea, Tbos. Lambert, Geo. Dell. GalUardla, 

 A. C. Johnstone, C. Holder, gardener, Otto 

 Houtcliy. Marguerites, H. Ramsey, Mrs. 

 Durand. Lilac, Mrs. Watson, A. Harding. 

 Bulbous plants, Mrs. Watson, with daffo- 

 dils. Anemones, J. Manser. BougainvlUea, 

 C. P. Morehouse, F. E. Wilcox, Wm. 

 Augustine, gardener. Poppies, calendula 

 and verbena, C. Holder. Antirrhinum, D. 

 Cameron. J. Manser. Acacia, Mrs. Wat- 

 sou. Wild flowers, Roy Dell. Cineraria 

 hybrlda, J. Albrecht. Boston Fern, M. 

 Cameron. Elegantlsslma, Mrs. H. M. 

 Singer. Asparagus plumosus, M. Cameron. 

 Sprengeri, B. Rust. A. deflexus, Mrs. H. 

 .M. Singer. Carnations, Theo. Frautz, W. 

 Augustine. Collection of palms. Park Nur- 

 sery. Rex Begonias and begonia collec- 

 tion, Mr. Cameron. Best flowering bego- 

 nias, Park Nursery, H. Thornton. Trop- 

 ical plants. Park Nursery. Cacti, H. 

 Boorman. Floral basket, Mrs. J. R. Vose, 

 Misses Thomas and Hud.son. Group of 

 plants, B. H. Rust, Park Nursery Co. 



Among the striking features of the 

 show were an exhibit of roses by 

 Howard & Smith, not for competition; 

 a display of amaryllis from the purest 

 white to deepest red, introduced in 

 the West for the first time and said 

 to be English prize winners; and. 

 gladiolus. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The April meeting and annual rose 

 exhibition was held on April 4. 

 The attendance was better than 

 at any previous April meeting. 

 Vice-president John Connon han- 

 dled the gavel. The trustees reported 

 that the celebration of the twentieth 



