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HORTICULTURE, 



May 4, 1907 



News of thej Clubs and Societies 



NORTH SHORE (MASS.) HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At the regular meeting of this so- 

 ciety April 19th, R. A. Mitchell gave 

 an interesting address on pruning 

 fruit and shade trees, showing the 

 advantage of experience and good 

 judgment in that line of work over 

 the man who sets out with a pair of 

 shears or linife and a determination 

 to cut something because it is the 

 season for such work. Mr. James 

 Salter was awarded a certificate of 

 merit for vase of antirrhinum. 



On April 26th, under the auspices of 

 this society, J. K. M. L. Farquhar 

 gave a public stereopticon lecture in 

 the Town Hall, Manchester, on "Gar- 

 dens of Italy." Pictures were shown 

 and descriptions given of the re- 

 stored gardens of Pompeii, the 

 marble and bronze sculpture and 

 statuary being but very little dam- 

 aged owing to the extreme lightness 

 of the lava or ashes under which they 

 have been buried for over 1800 years. 

 This style of garden is the court- 

 yard garden, and is the oldest form 

 of Italian garden, similar in con- 

 struction to the high-walled gardens 

 of China and Japan, architectural 

 rather than horticultural. Gardens 

 of Florence, Rome, Naples, Milan and 

 Genoa were also visited. In nearly 

 all the old gardens the same idea pre- 

 vailed — marble, running water and 

 foliage, with here and there a few 

 flowers. A later style of garden is 

 that of the' Renaissance period, where 

 the informal gives place to the 

 formal and all flower beds and walks 

 are of geometrical design. Mr. Far- 

 quhar did not recommend the Italian 

 garden as suitable for the rigorous 

 winter climate of New England, pre- 

 ferring the English terrace garden 

 where formal treatment is inevitable. 

 In the garden of the Czar of Russia 

 was shown what can be accomplished 

 by the use of bay trees, box and other 

 trees grown in tubs arid under which 

 condition they can be moved and 

 given necessary winter protection. 

 WILLIAM TILL. 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF NEW YORK. 



Dates have been fixed for the Inter- 

 national Conference on Plant Hardi- 

 ness and Acclimatization, which is 

 being organized by the Horticultural 

 :Society of New York. The conference 

 will extend over three days. The 

 ■opening session on Sept. 30th will be 

 held in the rooms of the American In- 

 stitute; the second day will be de- 

 voted to an excursion to some point 

 of interest in the neighborhood, and 

 the final day's session of the confer- 

 ence on October 2ud, will be held in 

 the Museum Building of the New 

 York Botanical Garden. 



The preliminary program is being 

 put into shape and will shortly be 

 issued. A list of about two dozen 

 titles has already been prepared and 

 a very interesting conference is as- 

 sured. The Secretary is still open to 

 receive suggestions and promises of 

 communications from horticulturists, 

 and communications should be ad- 

 dressed to the office of the society, 

 Room 60, 5-5 Liberty street, N. Y City 

 LEONARD BARRON, Secretary. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The Elberon Horticultural Society 

 held its regular meeting on April 22nd, 

 with President W. D. Robertson in the 

 chair. 



Peter Murray, superintendent for S. 

 R. Guggenheim, read an instructive 

 paper on hardy shrubs. Mr. Murray 

 dealt with his subject in a creditable 

 manner. An interesting discussion 

 followed. 



The principal exhibits at this meet- 

 ing were collection of early-flowering 

 shrubs shown by A. Greib, early vege- 

 tables by F. Dettlinger, Bride roses 

 by A. Bauer, carnations by J. Ken- 

 nedy, and a plant of Cattleya Skin- 

 neri by P. Murray. Cultural certifi- 

 cates were awarded to Walter Swain 

 for a specimen hydrangea and P. 

 Murray for American Beauty roses. 

 GEORGE MASSON. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the final meeting for April vice- 

 president R. A. Currie was in the chair, 

 and a large gathering of members 

 were present. It was voted to hold 

 a rose and strawberry show, Tuesday, 

 June 11th, and M. B. Faxon, I. D. 

 Siebert and A. Wedemeyer were made 

 a committee to arrange details. 

 Plans were started for our annual 

 field day, in fact the committee in 

 charge hope to fill two special cars to 

 Buckeye Lake this year, so very pop- 

 ular has this event become. The seed 

 committee are still at work making 

 the annual distribution to the school 

 children. In this connection I wiir 

 say that the Board of Education has 

 purchased a set of garden tools for 

 each school building. The display of 

 plants and flowers was a very credit- 

 able one, and the fioral committee 

 awared to I. D. Siebert for a fine vase 

 of white and yellow snapdragons IS 

 points. What will probably prove to 

 be the last tulips of the season, gained 

 17 points for R. A. Currie. The varie- 

 ties shown were King of the Yellows 

 and Kaiser Kroons. At a late hour 

 an ad.lournment was taken to Tues- 

 day evening, May 14th. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Carnation registered, by Stanley B. 

 Fillow, Weatport, Conn. "Juanita." A 

 bright scarlet of the largest size and 

 a very strong stem. A very free 

 bloomer and an easy rooter. 



ALBERT M. HERR, 



I^ncaster, Pa. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The preliminary schedule of prizes 

 to be awarded at the 9th annual ex- 

 hibition of the Tarrytown (N. Y.) 

 Horticultural Society, Nov. 6, 7 and 8, 

 1907, has been issued. Send to Secre- 

 tary E. W. Neubrand, Tarrytown, N. 

 Y., for a /iopy. 



WASHINGTON STATE FRUIT 

 NOTES. 



■ The United States Department ol 

 Agriculture has sent a new variety of 

 oranges to Kennewick, southwest of 

 Spokane, for experiment purposes. C. 

 W. Storey and James Crowell have 

 been selected by the department to 

 conduct the experiments. The trees 

 are cold-resisting citranges recently 

 developed by the department, and it is 

 believed by experienced orchardists 

 that they will thrive in the Kenne- 

 wick country which has a mild winter 

 climate and early spring. Growers all 

 over the State are watching the out- 

 come with interest and if the tests are 

 successful more trees will be planted 

 next year. The district is considered 

 a favored one for grape culture, some 

 of the growers cutting crops of Black 

 Hamburgs, Flame Tokays, Muscats 

 and Sweetwater valued at from |500 

 to $600 an acre. Most of the growers 

 combine peaches with the grapes; 

 thus an acre yields from $9 to $10 in 

 both fruits. 



■Apple growers in the Wenatchee val- 

 ley, west of Spokane, have adopted 

 a plan which probably could be fol- 

 lowed with profit by orchardists all 

 over the United States. It is to raise 

 apples for the Australian market, 

 where the top prices in the world are 

 paid for red fruit. 



Edward Wagner, who recently dis- 

 posed of a shipment of 3,100 40 pound 

 boxes of central Washington apples 

 in the land of the Kangaroo, where 

 he discovered the market, declares the 

 following varieties are good shippers 

 and command high prices on the 

 Australian market: Spitzenburg, Wine- 

 sap, Rome Beauties and Missouri 

 Pippins. The Jonathan apple is not 

 wanted, he declared recently on his 

 return from Sydney, adding: "The 

 people want red apples and they are 

 ready and willing to pay top prices. 

 I did not have the least trouble in 

 selling the red varieties, but they 

 would not take the white ones as 

 gifts. That is a 'tip' to growers all 

 over the United States." 



Official announcement is made by 

 Robert H. Cosgrove, secretary and 

 manager of the Spokane Interstate 

 Pair association, and L. G. Monroe, 

 secretary of the Spokane Chamber of 

 Commerce, of a special prize of $500 

 for apples at the fruit exposition next 

 September, and there will also be 

 prizes for peaches and plum exhibits, 

 the fruit department prizes alone ag- 

 gregating $^,mO. Prizes will also be 

 offered for the best special display of 

 apples and green fruits, while a prize 

 of $1,500 will be awarded for the best 

 agricultural exhibit, containing a dis- 

 play of all varieties of farm and or- 

 chard products. The total prizes will 

 amount to more than $10,000 this year, 

 and a lot of good natured rivalry is 

 certain to follow. 



The Annual May Exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 will be held at Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, on Saturday, .May 4, from 

 twelve to four o'clock. Tlie schedule 

 calls for displays of calceolarias, pelar- 

 goniums, tulips and other spring- 

 flowering plants, and vegetables. Ad- 

 mission is free. 



WM. P. RICH, Secretary. 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. Gordon, wife of George Gor- 

 don, gardener for Dudley Pickmau, 

 Beverly, Mass., died on Friday, the 

 26th ult. Mrs. Gordon was greatly re- 

 spected in the community and her 

 funeral was largely attended by sor- 

 rowing friends. 



