November 23, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



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GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



There was a fairly good attendance 

 at the Boston club meeting on Tues- 

 day evening, Nov. 19th. Resolutions 

 were read on the deaths of John Lally 

 and Alexander Richter. Committee 

 consisting of John L. Smith, W. N. 

 Craig and Peter .\I. Miller was ap- 

 pointed to draw up resolutions on the 

 death of John Biocksidge, a member, 

 who was killed in action in France. 

 It was also voted that resolutions be 

 sent to the family of Carl Borowski, 

 a former member, who died recently 

 at Camp Devens. Nomination of offi- 

 cers for 1919 were made as follows: 

 president, A. K. Rogers; vice-presi- 

 dent, C. P. Sweetser; secretary, W. N. 

 Craig; treasurer, S. J. Goddard; ex- 

 ecutive committee, James Wheeler, H. 

 • H. Bartsch, Geo. W. Hamer, \Vm. H. 

 Judd, James Methven, Walter H. Col- 

 by, Robert E. Montgomery, .lames 

 Donald. Mr. Craig made a plea to 

 appoint some other nominee in his 

 place as secretary, but was over- 

 whelmingly overruled. . 



The exhibits were quite numerous, 

 and the awards were as follows: 



Janiten & WoUrath, Waltham, splen- 

 didly grown Begonias Melior and Cin- 

 cinnati, cyclamens and oranges, all 

 beautiful plants; honorable mention. 



John L. Smith, Swampscott, Cattle- 

 ya Moira, a new hybrid: report of 

 merit. 



Wm. W. Edgar Company, Waverley, 

 fine group of plants consisting- of be- 

 gonias, cyclamens, euphorbias, stevias 

 and azaleas; vote of thanks. 



S. J. Goddard, Dorner seedling car- 

 nation No. 119, light pink variety, re- 

 port of merit; honorable mention for 

 pure white seedling of his own and 

 for a vivid scarlet Dorner seedling. 



W. H. Golby, Jamaica Plain, Wil- 

 liam Turner chrysanthemum blooms. 



Wm. E. Nicholson, anemone- 

 flowered chrysanthemum seedlings. 



James Methven, Parsnips Carter's 

 .Maltese, cultural report of merit; In- 

 termediate carrots, honorable men- 

 tion; Celery Sutton's \^^ute Gem, vote 

 of thanks. 



T. J. Grey Co., Canada Cap corn, 

 vote of thanks. 



W. H. Golby, Leeks Rouen and 

 Prizetaker, cultural report of merit. 

 These were the finest leeks ever ex- 

 hibited in Boston. He also showed 

 a basket of beans. A -owing of thirty 

 of these beans produced three quarts. 



Thomas W. Little, Clifton, Cucum- 

 ber Tender and True. 42" in length. 



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vote of thanks; Salsify and Paris 

 Golden celery, cultural report of merit. 



Charles Cooper, Brookline, Baldwin 

 apples, honorable mention. 



W. N. Craig showed for exhibition 

 Brussels Sprouts, White Egg turnip, 

 Carter's Sunrise tomatoes, Prize- 

 taker and Danvers onions, English 

 shallots and Delaware potatoes. Award- 

 ed honorable mention. 



A. K. Rogers, ReadviUe, collection 

 of apples, consisting of Oldenburg, 

 Rhode Island Greening, Baldwin, 

 Northern Spy, Sutton's Prolific and 

 King, vote of thanks. Musselburgh 

 leeks. Shamrock turnips and Mam- 

 moth Red Rock cabbage, honorable 

 mention. Long Island Improved Brus- 

 sels Sprouts, vote of thanks. 



S. J. Goddard, Baldwin apples, vote 

 of thanks. 



James Donald, Longfellow corn and 

 Green Mountain potatoes, vote of 

 thanks. 



FYank Prideaux, Swampscott, very 

 fine strain of Primula obconica, vote 

 of thanks. 



There was quite a discussion over 

 the exhibits. Mr. Bartsch and Messrs. 

 Janiten & Wollrath considering Be- 

 gonia Melior much superior to Cin- 

 cinnati. James Donald gave a talk on 

 vegetable culture which also brought 

 out a lively discussion. 



It was voted to serve refreshments 

 at the next meeting, a feature which 

 had been omitted during the period 

 of the war. Announcement was made 

 of the conference to be held by the 

 National Association of Gardeners on 

 FVlday evening, Nov. 22d. 



Election of officers will take place 

 at the December meeting. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 

 An Executive Committee meeting of 

 the American Sweet Pea Society was 

 held in New York City on the 6th inst. 

 The statements of the treasurer and 



secretary showed the Society's finances 

 to be in good shape, a balance of 

 $175.11 to date being on hand with all 

 bills and prizes awarded settled. The 

 secretary's report showed that dues 

 from about one-half of the member- 

 ship were paid for 1918, and it was 

 hoped that with peace in sight, a re- 

 newed interest would be manifested, 

 thus placing the Society in a position 

 to do more efficient work in promot- 

 ing an interest in and love for our 

 favorite flower through exhibitions 

 and otherwise. Messrs. Don and 

 Sperling were appointed a Committee 

 to report on the possibility of holding 

 the 1919 exhibition and convention 

 in New York City. 



Wm. Gray, Secy. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



Members of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society held their annual 

 meeting November 16 and elected 

 to the presidency William Crownin- 

 shield Endicott, an enthusiastic horti- 

 culturist. William P. Rich, the sec- 

 retary, referred to the budget of $3500 

 to be given next year for prizes and 

 awards for fruit and vegetables. Wil- 

 liam N. Craig felt that it is a grave 

 mistake to withhold prizes for plants 

 and flowers, and he suggested to the 

 trustees that they consider such ex- 

 hibits when planning the schedule, 

 otherwise many will cease to have an 

 interest in the exhibits. 



The names appearin,g with that of 

 Mr. Endicott on the ballot were as 

 follows: 



Vice-president (for two years), 

 Nathaniel T. Kidder; trustees (for 

 three years), George E. Barnard. 

 Arthur F. Estabrook, John K. M. L. 

 Farquhar and Richard M. Saltonstall; 

 nominating committee, William An- 

 derson, Peter Fisher, Robert T. Jack- 

 son, Edwin S. Webster and Ernest H. 

 Wilson. 



