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turist of that college. It is cerise ijiiil: in 

 color, and a cross of Beacon and a single 

 seedling. The judges were J. Alfred Weber, 

 C. H. Sierman and George B. Baker, who 

 made awards as follows: A cultural certifi- 

 cate to Mr. Cebelius; a cultural certificate 

 to Mr. Huss; a first class certificate to Mr. 

 Fraser for the Schizanthus, and a certificate 

 of merit for the carnation seedling. 



Plans aie being made for a banquet of 

 the society at Harry Bond's, Hartford, on 

 the evening of the 18th. Arrangements for 

 it are being perfected by the committee in 

 charge — Cuno A. Helfricht. A. Righenzi and 

 W. W. Hunt. Prominent speakers inter- 

 ested in horticulture are expected to attend, 

 and to enliven the occasion by addresses. 



Our next meeting will be "Pruning 

 Night.'' March 14, with a practical demon- 

 stration of pruning of ornamental stock 

 bv President Huss. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, 



Secretary. 



LAKE GENEVA GARDENERS' AND 

 FOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Annual election of directors and officers 

 took place on February 15. Result: Presi- 

 dent, Jos. Krupa: vice-president, Axel .John- 

 son: secretary and trtasurer. W. H. Grit- 

 fits. ' A. MARTINI. 



Secretary. 



SHELTER ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Tlie regular meeting of the above society 

 was held in the Men's Club Hall on Mon- 

 day. March 3. President A. .J, Dickerson in 

 the chair. The secretary read the minutes 

 of the previous meeting for information. 



The following were elected to member- 

 ship: Theo. Reeves. J). H. Young. Irving 

 Clark, Russell Conklin. H. K. Dawson. F. N. 

 Dickerson. C. P. Briaham. W. C. Brigham, 

 H. W. Dickerson. Robert Mack, C. S. Dick- 

 erson. J. Ward. Peter E. Nostrand, M. B. 

 Duval. Bert Nostrand. It was decided to 

 hold the future meetings in the Mechanics' 

 Hall. The days were also changed from 

 Thursday to Wednesday, so as not to clash 

 with the other local societies. 



The secretary read an essay on fruit 

 tree pruning that caused quite a deal of 

 interesting questions to be asked from the 

 question box. The next regular meeting 

 will be Wednesday, March 19. 



F. KIRKHAM, 



Secretary. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the above society was lield 

 in Lindslev's Hall, 240 Main street. Orange. 

 N. J. 



Upon invitation of this society State 

 Senator Austen Colgate discussed with the 

 members a resolution adopted by this so- 

 ciety at its last regular meeting of having 

 appointed three professional gardeners on 

 the Boards of Park and Shade Tree Com- 

 missions. The Senator said he would intro- 

 duce a bill to that effect, and if it should 

 be defeated the society should suggest 

 names of candidates for appointment to the 

 Governor where vacancies occurred, and he 

 ■would do all in his power to have them 

 appointed. 



It behooves all sister societies to get busy 

 in this matter, as it is an incentive worth 

 considering. 



Charles Ashmead was elected vice-presi- 

 dent to fill the unexpired term of George 

 B. Wilson, who resigns to take charge of 

 the Taylor estate at Jericho. L. I. 



Candidates elected to membership were 

 James Davidson, of Orange, and James 

 O'Rourke, of Montdair, N. J. 



I licre ulTc a uuuibei ol prizes ofi'ered, 

 namely: gold watch, by Lord, Burnham 

 Company for liigliest number of points in 

 monthly competition; silver cups by 

 Hitchiugs & Co., Stumpp & Walter Co.; 

 $2U in gold by \Vm. Runkle, Esq. 



"Carnation Night" was held on March 14. 



In monthly competition for points the 

 following awards were made: Vase of car- 

 nations, Wm. Reid, 90 points; vase of 

 roses, Wm. Reid, 84 points; vase of carna- 

 tions, Ma.x Schneider, 85 points; vase of 

 sweet peas. Max Scluieider, 70 points; vase 

 of freesias. Max Schneider, 70 points; vase 

 of sweet peas, Frank Drews, 60 points; 

 vase of narcissus, Frank Drews, 60 points; 

 vase of cyclamen, Frank Drews, 70 points; 

 vase of roses, John Dervan, 83 points; vase 

 of carnations, Fritz Bergeland, 75 points; 

 Platyclinis Glumacea, Emil Pawiska, 75 

 points: Cinerasia, Emil Pawiska, 82 points. 



Not for competition: Seedling rose, 

 Frank Drews, certificate of merit; bunch 

 of violets. Max Schneider, honorable men- 

 tion: vase of roses. .Jolin Dervan, certificate 

 of merit. .JOHN DERVAN, 



Secretary. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



'"Carnation Night" evoked a superb di^ 

 play of blooms of '"the divine flower." The 

 members' usual exhibition was augmented 

 by fine collections from A. N. Pierson, of 

 Cromwell; George W. Fraser, assistant hor- 

 ticulturist of Storrs Agi"icultural College; 

 .Scott Brothers, of Elrasford, N. Y., and 

 The Cottage Gardens Company, of Queens, 

 N. Y. The judges were C. H. Sierman and 

 J'. Alfred Weber, of Hartford, and George 

 B. Baker, of New Britain. After much de- 

 liberation, they announced awards as fol- 

 lows: Cottage Gardens Company, for 

 matchless variety, first class certificate; 

 the Whiting Greenhouses, West Hartford 

 (Carl Peterson, manager), first class cer- 

 tificate; Scott Brothers, for British Tri- 

 umph. William Eccles and Lady NorthclifTe 

 (82. 85 and 79 points, respectively), first 

 class and cultural certificates; A. N. Pier 

 son, for Benora, &c., first class certificate ; 

 Alfred Cebelius. Hartford, certificate of 

 merit: George W. Fraser, for seedlings, cer- 

 tificate of merit, and J. Alfred Weber, for 

 collection of blooming cinerraria plants, 

 certificate of merit. 



James T. Scott, of Scott Brothers, was 

 present, and gave much pleasure to the 

 audience by his many advices regarding 

 the merits and the demerits of the leading 

 varieties of market carnations. Ho showed 

 what extraordinary changes are taking 

 place in this respect by the introduction 

 of new- kinds and the elimination of old 

 ones. He answered many questions for the 

 benefit of inquirers. Mr. Fraser also ad- 

 dressed the societ.v. as did R. T. Beers, of 

 Cromwell, representing Mr. Pierson. Many 

 valuable facts were elicited by the im 

 proniptu addresses, and by the discussions 

 that ensued from them, chiefly concerning 

 modern commercial carnation culture. The 

 presence of the out-of-town visitors was 

 very much enjoyed and appreciated. 



President Huss has the sympathy of 

 many friends, both here and abroad, in tlip 

 recent decease of his venerable mother, in 

 Switzerland, who recentl.v passed away in 

 her 93d year, Mr, Huss has been the re- 

 cipient of many letters of condolence. lb' 

 has had the joy of visiting his mother :i 

 number of times in the last few years at 

 his old home in Switzerland. 



Our society is temporarily deploring the 

 withholding of the annual State appro- 

 priation, through a new and apparently 

 technical interpretation of the statute pro- 



viding tlie fund. Several new bills have 

 consequently been presented to the present 

 legislature to cure the defect in the phrase- 

 ology of the present statute. We hope for 

 the enactment of the best one of these bills, 

 retroactive in character, and hence cover- 

 ing our share of the State fund for last 

 season. GEORGE W. SMITH, 



Secretary. 



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