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HORTlCULTURi: 



May 18, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTI- 

 CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



The second spring flower show was 

 held on May 1st to May 8th at Morley 

 Rink, Los Angeles. This was the most 

 elaborate show the Horticultural Asso- 

 ciation of Southern California has ever 

 attempted. It is reported to have been 

 a great success in every way. It was 

 not a competition, but an exhibition of 

 plants and flowers, tropical and sub- 

 tropical, mostly grown in the open. 



Howard & Smith had a magnificent 

 collection of tree ferns of various kinds, 

 also shrubbery, and new roses intro- 

 duced in California for the first time. 

 Edward Rust, nursery man of South 

 Pasadena, also had a fine collection of 

 ferns and shrubbery, and some fine 

 specimens of English box rarely seen 

 in this part of the country. Detrich & 

 Huston also had a fine exhibit of deco- 

 rative plants. Rising & Dunscombe 

 had a magnificent show of field-grown 

 carnations, also roses. Signal Hill Flo- 

 ral Company had a very fine display of 

 field-grown carnations, coreopsis and 

 other cut blooms known in California 

 as the sea dahlia which is a variety of 

 Leptosyne maritima. Thomas Lambert 

 of Sierra Madre had a splendid show 

 of new English sweet peas, some of 

 which were never before displayed in 

 Oalifornia. Also Miss Reise had an ex- 

 cellent display of sweet peas and new 

 roses. Cacti by Theodore Payue 

 were very good indeed. He also had a 

 table of California wild flowers. 



H. E. GEORGE. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular monthly meeting of 

 the New Bedford Horticultural Society 

 held on Monday evening, the members 

 listened to an address upon the cul- 

 ture of the dahlia, by N. Allen Lind- 

 say of Marblehead, Mass. Mr. Lind- 

 sey congratulated the society upon its 

 strength and vigor, and in the course 

 of his remarks, pleased his New Bed- 

 ford hearers w'heu he said that noth- 

 ing in the horticultural world enjoyed 

 so wide a popularity as the dahlia. The 

 speaker regretted that several kinds 

 which were popular as far back as 1840 

 have entirely disappeared. He describes 

 the dahlia as being very capricious; as 

 sometimes a ne'er do well in one gar- 

 den, if thrown over the fence, will do 

 remarkably well in another garden. 



Th« monthly exhibition of plants and 

 flowers was well patronized. James 

 Garthley of Fairhaven showed an ex- 

 cellent vase of Lady Bountiful carna- 

 tions. Refreshments were served and 

 a very pleasant evening passed. 



The schedules for the annual show 

 to be held September 12, 13 and 14 are 

 ready for distribution. 



PEONY SOCIETY. 



The next meeting and exhibition of 

 the American Peony Society will be 

 held at the State College of Agricul- 

 ture, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 18 

 and 19, 1907. 



A. H. PEWKES, Secretary. 



PITTSBURGH AND ALLEGHENY 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The subjects at the club meeting, 

 May 7, "The Credit System" and 

 "Bedding Plants," brought out a good 

 attendance. There was quite a liberal 

 display of plants from home growers. 

 S. J. Wolfe showed alstromeria and a 

 very pretty amaryllis. The alstromeria 

 was thought a good plant to force for 

 Easter. H. L. Blind Bros, showed 

 geraniums, all double; no demand for 

 singles in their trade. La Favorite 

 for white, Nutt and Beaute Poitevine, 

 are their leaders, Nutt selling twenty 

 to one of the others. They also dis- 

 played double petunias, lantanas, 

 salvia. Baby Rambler roses, Boston 

 fern, cannas, climbers and bedding 

 plants in variety. C. S. Crall showed 

 geraniums, including Dryden and Tele- 

 graph. Wm. Cromack showed dwarf 

 ageratums in bloom not four inches 

 high. 



Jno. Bader spoke at length on "The 

 Credit System." T. P. Langhans read 

 a carefully prepared paper on "Credits 

 and Collections" which he thought 

 the most neglected part of the florist's 

 business, due in part to the jealousy 

 and keen competition which exists 

 among florists. In many other lines 

 of business the merchants are organ- 

 ized in a way which enables them by 

 mutual exchange of information to 

 keep posted on the dead beats and 

 poor pay customers and to keep their 

 losses at a minimum, but in the flor- 

 ist's trade in Pittsburg no such under- 

 standing exists, and there is nothing 

 to hinder a dead beat customer from 

 victimizing one florist after another, 

 until he has made the rounds of the 

 trade. Mr. Langhans advocated close 

 collections, and — for retail stores — col- 

 lectors. He also spoke strongly 

 against the general idea of the public 

 that the florist has great profits. He 

 thought that taking into consideration 

 the long hours of the florist, the 

 absence of the half-holiday on Satur- 

 day, and the frequent Sunday work, 

 that there was no business with so 

 little pecuniary reward. 



The subject of the meeting for June 

 4 will be "Plants and Flowers Most in 

 Demand for Decoration Day," with 

 samples. The president appointed 

 speakers for the meeting. 



H. P. JOSLIN, Secretary. 



MORRIS COUNTY (N. J.) GARDEN- 

 ERS' AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



At the regular May meeting of this 

 Society a paper was read by Arthur 

 Herrington on the "Making and Care 

 of Lawns." It v.as an instructive paper 

 and much appreciated by the members. 

 Two vases of gladiolus Blushing Bride 

 and two of gladiolus Peach Blossom 

 were shown from Florham Farms; a 

 cultural certificate was awarded. The 

 meeting was In great part devoted to 

 revising the schedule for the fall show, 

 which we have decide 1 to hold on Oct, 

 31st and Nov. 1st of this year. 



E. R. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



A regular meeting of the above so- 

 ciety was held Saturday, May 4, Presi- 

 dent Heremans in the chair. Thomas 

 Proctor was awarded a first-class cer- 

 tificate of merit for two very fine 

 plants of Rehmannia angulata, grown 

 and shown for the first time at Lenox. 

 This very beautiful half-hardy herba- 

 ceous perennial comes from Central 

 China. It is very free flowering; the 

 flowers borne up the stem are rosy 

 purple, about three inches in diameter, 

 and have a rich yellow throat dotted 

 with purple. The individual flowers 

 are large, striking and showy. Seeds 

 sown early in the year will flower the 

 same year— a welcome addition for 

 conservatory use. Mr. Proctor was al- 

 so awarded two certificates of cultural 

 commendation for two well grown 

 plants of Schizanthus Wisetonensis in 

 ten-inch pots, and Phlox divaricata in 

 ten-inch pans. Next meeting night is 

 Saturday, May 18, when important 

 business will be brought up before the 

 society. 



G. H. INSTONE, Secretary. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The May meeting of this club was 

 held on Monday evening, May 13, at 

 the Hotel Earlington. Fifty-five mem- 

 bers were present to listen to Mr. 

 Skidelsky's paper on the National 

 Flower Show. The paper was much 

 enjoyed and brought up a lively dis- 

 cussion. Some twenty or more mem- 

 bers participated and the universal 

 sentiment seemed to favor giving a big 

 boost for the Chicago show. The 

 trustees were instructed by vote to se- 

 cure proper meeting rooms for the 

 club. Patrick O'Mara, Alex. Wallace 

 and John Young were appointed com- 

 mittee on closer relations with the 

 Horticultural Society of New York, 

 with a viev/ lo co-operative exhibitions 

 in New York City. 



After the meeting John Birnie es- 

 corted Secretary Young, John Donald- 

 son and several other members to the 

 plant market as his guests and not 

 only gave them a royal good time but 

 showed them some things about the 

 plant market they never before real- 

 ized. 



The Club outing seems to be a pro- 

 nounced success in advance, as over 

 $.500 has been promised in prizes and 

 program advertising. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The next regular monthly meeting 

 of the club will be held at Horticultu- 

 ral Hall on Tuesday evening, May 21st, 

 at S o'clock. In lieu of a lecture there 

 will be a ten-minute talk on Bulbous 

 bedding plants, Herbaceous plants as 

 bedders. and Tender bedding plants, 

 followed by a discussion. Exhibits of 

 hardy bulbous and other seasonable 

 flowers are invited. There will be a 

 whole host of other attractive features 

 which, it is hoped, a large number of 

 members will come and enjoy. 



W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



