H OETICULTURE 



September 21, 1918 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICA DAHLIA SOCIETY 



On Saturday and Sunday, Septem- 

 ber 14 and 15, the dahlia, fruit and 

 vegetable exhibition was held at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall,' Boston. In connec- 

 tion therewith the American Dahlia 

 Society also held an exhibition and 

 the combined forces resulted in quite 

 a presentable show, which, being free, 

 attracted a big throng of admiring vis- 

 itors. Also in connection with the 

 affair there was a very entertaining 

 lecture on dahlias by Richard Vincent, 

 Jr., of Whitemarsh, Md.. president of 

 the American Dahlia Society. The 

 lecture was illustrated by stereopti- 

 con slides and was enjoyed by a large 

 audience, of which Mr. Vincent may 

 well feel proud. The fruit and vege- 

 table department of the show was 

 quite extensive and "war garden prod- 

 ucts figured prominently. There were 

 no money prizes offered by the Horti- 

 cultural Society and the indifference 

 of the customary exhibitors of other 

 years was quite noticeable in all sec- 

 tions. A list of the wards in the 

 flower section follows: 



Awarils for Flowers. Dahlias.— Artist k- 

 disijlav: 1st, Boston Cut Flower Co ; -d 

 W D"Hatbawav. 12 Decorative: Ist ami 

 ■>(!■ A M. Havden. 12 Peony-flowered : 

 ist George L. Stillman. 12 vases Pompon : 

 1st J. K Alexander. 12 vases single: 1st. 

 J K. Ale-iander. One vase Peony-flowere.l. 

 six lilooms on long stems : 1st, George L. 

 Stillman. „ ^ ,,,•„„ 



Houoralile Mention: t. Louis Ailing, 

 display of daUIias; George L. Stillman, 

 collection of new seedling dahlias : Ames 

 Plow Co., collection of dahlias and gladioli ; 

 Fottler, Fislie. Eawson Co., display ot 

 dahlias and gladioli. 



First Class Certihcate of Merit :_ John 

 Scheepers Co.. new raspberry "La France. 



SUver Medal: D. R. McLean, superior 

 culture of onions: Krookline High School, 

 Girls' War Garden, display of vegetaliles. 



American Dahlia Society's Prizes. 



Displav uf Dahlias: 1st, J. K. Alexaniler. 

 Miehell's silver medal. Collection ot 

 Dahlias : 1st, C. Louis Ailing. Carter s 

 Tested Seeds prize. Display of Dahlias: 

 1st J. K. Alexander, silver medal; 2d, 

 Thomas Murphv. bronze medal. Decorative 

 Dahlia : 1st. J. E. Jones. Tresident » il- 

 son," Vincent prize. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The monthly meeting was held in 

 Greenwich. Conn., Sept. 13. Interest- 

 ing letters were read from soldier 

 members. It was decided that owing 

 to the stringent ruling of the fuel 

 commissioners in Greenwich it will be 

 impossible to hold the annual fall 

 show. It was our intention to have 

 this exhibition for the benefit of the 

 Red Cross. The majority of our 

 gardeners have plenty ot coal, but they 

 will not be allowed to use it. The 

 judges made the following awards: 

 Dahlias from Pres. Popp, 1st prize; 



Oncidium spec, from James Stuart, 

 2nd; delphiniums from W. Graham, 

 3rd; asters from J. Linane and cut 

 flowers from H. Bulpitt, votes of 

 thanks; vegetables from James Stuart, 

 1st; apples from Paul Dwenger, 2nd; 

 celery from J. Linane, 3rd; sheafs of 

 rye from Paul Dwenger, highly com- 

 mended; fruit from Jas. Stuart, highly 

 commended. Next meeting will be 

 on Friday, October 11. Prizes will 

 be offered for the best collections of 

 fruit and vegetables. A social enter- 

 tainment will be held and we expect a 

 few prominent speakers with us that 

 night. 



Jack Conhoy, Cor. Secv. 



R. ViNCE.NT, Jr. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held their 

 last meeting at Weber's Nursery. The 

 meeting was held in the storage house 

 and was opened up by the out going 

 president, Jules Bourdet. After reports 

 of the various committees, the 

 newly elected officers were in- 

 stalled by Prof. Irish, each with 

 a neat little speech. Then came the 

 presentation of a beautiful gold watch 

 to the . departing president, who for 

 four years had faithfully attended to 

 his duties. Then the new president 

 took the chair and presented a beauti- 

 ful service flag to the Club. Further 

 additions to the number of stars on 

 the flag were announced among which 

 were the three sons of 0. W. 'Wors. 

 The next meeting will take place at 

 the W. R. Rowe greenhouses, by invi- 

 tation. 



' F. C. Weber, Jr., made a splendid 

 speech in which he hoped to see many 

 at the F. T. D. at Cleveland, Oct. 8th. 

 The Publicity Committee announced 

 that arrangements had been made to 

 place on sixty-seven street cars, "Say 

 it with flowers" for one year. After 

 the meeting a splendid lunch was set. 

 Mrs. Weber was given a "tiger" for her 

 efforts in entertaining the club. 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual September show of the 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society, 

 held Sept. 12 and 13 at the Narragan- 

 sett Hotel, was a success, both in 

 quantity and quality. James Robert- 

 son, of Newport, added a novel fea- 

 ture with his exhibit of long-stem 

 dahlias. There were four exhibitors 

 in the 100-bloom dahlia class, includ- 

 ing George L. Stillman, of Westerly, 

 W. D. Hathaway of New Bedford and 

 r. L. Ailing of West Haven, Conn. 



The following awards were made: 

 Joseph Koppleman, roses and ferns; 

 T. J. Johnston & Co., gladioli and dah- 

 lias; Lawrence Hay, hardy peren- 

 nials; Burke & Burns, roses; West- 

 minster Greenhouses, palms; W. A. 

 Bowers, display of flowers; George L. 

 StilUman, seedling dahlias; Cornelius 

 Harfstra, display of flowers. 



Dahlias: show and fancy, pompon, 

 decorative, peony flowered, and cac- 

 tus, W. D. Hathaway; cactus bloom, 

 George L. Stillman; bloom, show and 

 fancy, George L. Stillman: cactus, 

 best 1917 variety, Louis C. Ailing; as- 

 ters, 50 blooms, L. A. Bloomer. 



STAMFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the meeting held on Sept. 6, it 

 was decided to hold the Flower Show 

 on Nov. 1, 2, and 3, and to devote the 

 proceeds to the Red Cross. The lib- 

 eral manner in which the public patro- 

 nized the Show last season led the 

 members to believe that they would 

 be able to hand over a good sum to 

 the Red Cross this year. The dis- 

 cussion at the meeting centered 

 around pear blight and blight in gen- 

 eral. It was decided that the blight 

 was caused by the severe winter, as 

 also the blight on maples. 



Prizes for exhibits at the meeting 

 were asters — A. Humerick, cultural 

 certificate; dahlias — A. V. Carver, 

 highly commended: roses — A. W'ynne, 

 vote of thanks; hydrangeas — N. Vasi- 



