THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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GARDENERS DIARY 



International Flower Show will be held 

 under the auspices of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York and the New York 

 Florists' Club, March 21 to 28, 1914, at 

 Grand Central Palace, New York. 



Chicago Spring Flower Show will be held 

 under the auspices of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety, March 24 to 29, 1914, at Chicago, HI. 



Boston Spring Flower Show will be held 

 under the auspices of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, 1914, at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, Mass. 



Philadelphia Spring Flower Show will be 

 held under the auspices of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society, 1914, at Horticul- 

 tural Hall. Philadelphia, Pa. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the Newport 

 Horticultural Society was held December 

 9. The report of the treasurer showed the 

 society to be in a flourishing condition. 

 The following officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year: 



President. William MacKay; first vice- 

 president, John B. Urquhart; second vice- 

 president, James Bond: treasurer, Andrew 

 K. McMahon; recording and financial sec- 

 retary, William Gray; sergeant-at-arms, 

 William F. Smith. 



Executive Committee — The above six of- 

 ficers and Andrew S. Meikle, Richard Gard- 

 ner, Bruce Butterton, James Robertson, 

 Alexander McLellan, Samuel Speers, Alex- 

 ander Fraser, Cliristian M. Bugholt, John 

 T. Allan. 



Auditing Committee — Bruce Butterton, 

 Wiufield S. Sisson. Herbert Bliss. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Lenox Horticultural Societ}- was held in 

 the Town Hall, Lenox, Saturday evening, 

 December 6, with President McConnachie 

 in the chair. As this w-as the annual meet- 

 ing of the society there was a good attend- 

 ance of the members. The reports of the 

 various committees were road and accept- 

 ed, together with the treasurer's report, 

 which showed the society to be in a sound 

 financial position. The chief business of the 

 meeting, however, was the election of of- 

 ficers for the ensuing year, and the follow- 

 ing gentlemen were elected: 



President. Mr. A. McConnachie; vice- 

 president. Mr. Frank Butler; treasurer, Mr. 

 A. J. Loveless; secretary, Mr. G. H. In- 

 stone; assistant secretary. Mr. J. Mair. 

 Mr. A. II. Wingett was again elected as 

 delegate to the State Board of Agriculture. 

 Mr. A. H. Wingett, Mr. T.ovelesa and Mr. 

 G. H. Instone were appointed a committee 

 to draw up the report of the society's 

 transactions for the past year, to be sub- 

 mitted to the State Board of Agriculture. 

 Mr. F. Heeremans, Mr. E. Jenkins and Mr. 

 F. Butler were appointed as lecture com- 

 mittee. 



Various other committees were appointed 

 and it was agreed to change the annual 

 meeting of the society from December to 

 November. It was also moved that the so- 

 ciety hold its annual ball some time in 

 Jannarv the same as usual. 



JOILNT MAIR, 

 Assistant Secretary. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A regular meeting of the New Jersey 

 Floricultural Society was held Monday, 

 December I, in the new rooms of the J. 0. 

 U. A. M. Hall, Main and Park streets. 

 Orange, N. J. President IJrews was in the 

 chair. The result of election of officers for 

 1914 w-as: President, Edwin Thomas; vice- 

 president, Henry Halbig; treasurer, Fritz 

 Bergeland, and secretary, Geo. W. Strange. 

 Chas. W. Ashmead, Geo. Wraight and John 

 L. Collins are on the Arbitration Commit- 

 tee. 



List of awards: Vase of Roses, Wm. Reid, 

 90 points; A. P. Wezel, So points. Vase of 

 Carnations, Wm. Reid, 85 points; Max 

 Schneider, 82 points. Vase of Violets, Max 

 Schneider, 75 points. Vase of Chrysanthe- 

 mums, Max Schneider, 80 points. Zygo- 

 petalum Mackayi, Emilie Panuska, 75 

 points. Begonia Gloire de Lorraine (Lord & 

 Burnham), Wm. Reid, 85 points. Non-com- 

 petitive: 2 plates of Tomatoes, A. P. Wezel, 

 C. of M,; Vase of Roses, A. P. Wezel, vote 

 of thanks; Cypripedium insigne, Frank 

 Drews, vote of thanks. 



List of prize winners for the year 1913 

 in the points for monthly competition: 

 Orchids, 1, Emilie Panuska, 782 points. 

 Roses, 1, Wm. Reid, 764 points; 2, A. P. 

 Wezel, 763 points. Carnations, 1, Max 

 Schneider, 728 points; 2, Wm. Reid, 6S3 

 points. Cut flowers, 1, Max Schneider, 720 

 points. Foliage or flowering plants, 1, 

 Emilie Panuska, 337 points; 2, Frank 

 Drews, 160 points. Sweet Peas or Violets, 

 1, Ma.x Schneider, 585 points; 2, Frank 

 Drews, 105 points. Lord & Burnham prize 

 awarded to Wm. Reid with 608 points. 



Judges: Charles W. Ashmead, John Hoff- 

 man and James McManus. 



GEO. W. STRANGE, Secretary. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The second November meeting was lield 

 at the County building. Hartford, Friday, 

 November 20, with President Huss in the 

 chair. It was rather stormy and few mem- 

 bers turned out to the meeting. One new 

 member was elected, R. E. Cecil, of Sewick- 

 ley, Pa. 



President Huss gave a glowing account 

 of the Westchester and Fairfield Horticul- 

 tural Society's third autumn exhibition, hehi 

 in the Armory at Stamford, November 7-8. 

 President Huss acted as one of the three 

 judges at this show, so that lie was in a 

 position to know whereof he spoke. He 

 dwelt upon the magnificence of Adolph 

 Lewisohn's Black Hawk chrysanthomuni, 

 and also upon the beautiful effect created 

 by the palms through the center of the 

 hall. A suggestion he made, which is well 

 worth careful consideration by horticultural 

 societies, was to the efiect th;it there should 

 be more than three judges. That is, in- 

 stead of one group of thrive judges, to have, 

 say, three groups, making nine judges in all. 

 This would greatly expedite tlie judging of 

 all classes, as all patrons are very anxious 

 to know whom among their friends receive 

 prizes, and it is pretty trying to have to 

 wait from, say, 3 o'clock in tlie afternoon 

 until 7 o'clock in the evening before this 

 can be ascertained. 



The secretary read an article from "The 

 Gardeners' Chronicle of America" on "Pro- 

 tecting Hardy Roses," written by Alexander 

 Cuniniing, Jr., one of our members. Chair- 

 man Huss appointed J. 'SI. Adams. C H. 

 Sicrman and Cuno A. Helfrioht auditors, to 

 be prepared to report at the annual meet- 

 ing, which will be held Friday, December 12, 

 at 8 o'clock. We would like to have every 

 member make a special effort to be pres- 

 ent, as the success or failure of tlie society 1 



JOS. A. MANDA 



ORCHID EXPERT 

 West Orange New Jersey 



BURPEE'S SEEDS 



PHILADELPHIA 



Wholesala Frio« Lilt for FloritU 

 and Market Oardenera. 



depends largely upon the olficers elected at 

 this meeting. " ALFRED DIXON, 



Secretary. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



One of the most interesting meetings that 

 tlie Tuxedo Horticultural Society has held 

 for the past few months was held in the 

 Parish House Wednesday evening, Decem- 

 ber 3. President MacMachan presided over 

 a large attendance. 



The feature of the meeting was the nomi- 

 nation of officers for the coming year. A 

 full report of the newly-elected officers will 

 be issued in January. 



Two well-known men were elected active 

 members of the society, Jos. Wanda, of 

 West Orange, N. J., and Wm. Tricker, of 

 Arlington, N. J. 



Treasurer S. Hilmer will give a lecture 

 on the protection of birds shortly. 



The members are quite puzzled and anxi- 

 ous to hear the lecture on the protection 

 of birds, as he is quite a good shot with 

 his little 22 Stevens. 



President J. Macilachan sailed on Fri- 

 • lay, December 12. He goes to Scotland, his 

 old home, for a two months' stay. 



He promised us a lecture on his trip on 

 his return. 



There will be a bowling match at our 

 next meeting, Januarv 7. 



JOS. A. BECVAR, Secretary. 



THE WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the Westchester 

 and Fairfield Horticultural Society was held 

 in Doran's Hall. Greenwich, Conn., Presi- 

 dent Robert Williamson in the chair, on 

 Fridijy, December 12. 



The following ollicers were elected for 

 the ensuing year: President, Robert Will- 

 iamson, Greenwich. Conn.: vice-president, 

 .■Vdam Patterson, Sangatnck, Conn.; treas- 

 urer. W. J. Sealey, Portchester, N. Y. : sec- 

 retary, J'. B. McArdle, Greenwich, Conn.; 

 corresponding secretary, P. W. Popp, 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y. 



The society is holding a social in Stam- 

 f(U(l. Conn., early in February. 



The Show Committee's report on recent 

 exhibition proves same to be a huge finan- 

 lial success. 



l!e|iorts by the secretary and treasurer 

 show the society to be in excellent standing. 



A unanimous vote of thanks was accord- 

 ed Wra. Morrow for his excellent paper on 

 "Giaiie Culture Under Glass." 



Air. De Viver, of Mt. Vernon, N. Y.. gave 

 a descriptive account qf the new Rhododen- 

 di'oii disease. 



Short but crisp addresses were delivered 

 l.v Martin C. Ebel and C. H. Tottv, of 

 ^iadison, N. Y. 



Chns. H. Totty showed the new rose. 

 Prince E. C. De Arenberg, which certainly 

 looks a winner. 



OWEN A. HTJNWICK. 



