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HOKTICULTURE 



July 10, 1909 



MINNESOTA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The twentieth summer meeting of 

 the Minnesota Horticultural Society 

 was held at Agricultural College, St. 

 Anthony Park, June 29. About 400 

 people sat down to a sumptuous din- 

 ner. The show of peonies was very 

 fine. The climate of Minnesota seems 

 to agree with these radiant flowers. 

 We note the increasing interest in 

 them. Pour years ago there were a 

 few .vases, and now long benches are 

 loaded with them. There is a grow- 

 ing interest in other perennials with a 

 fair show of irises, delphiniums and 

 others. 



One of the chief attractions was an 

 exhibit of 100 plates of seedling straw- 

 berries. These were crosses from the 

 wild berries of Alaska, Northern Nor- 

 way and other cold regions and our 

 hardiest improved varieties. .Many of 

 these were of good size and fine fla- 

 vor. The great trouble seems to be 

 to secure firmness for shipping, tor all 

 the wild varieties seem to be soft. 

 These berries were selected from 3000 

 plants. They will invariably be cut 

 down to a dozen, and these will be 

 subjected to the severest test of going 

 through the terrible Minnesota win- 

 ters without mulching. Those which 

 cannot endure it will be discarded. 



There is another batch of 20,000 com- 

 ijig on, which shows the vast scale 

 on which these experiments are made, 

 and surely among all these thousands, 

 some will be evolved which will be of 

 great benefit for the bleak North 

 West. Other strawberries on exhibi- 

 tion were fine in flavor and in size — 

 fully equal to any I ever saw at the 

 Boston shows. 



The afternoon was given to a run- 

 ning fire of short speeches wanted to 

 be not over five minutes long; the 

 writer being called on gave "The Lure 

 of the Peony." There is always the 

 greatest harmony in this society un- 

 der the leadership of Secretary La- 

 tham and Prof. S. B. Green. The so- 

 ciety now numbers about 3,000; 

 probably the largest on earth. The 

 members have zest and enthusiasm 

 enough to set on fire half a dozen 

 other societies. There is the joy and 

 triumph of victory. They have suc- 

 ceeded after thousands of defeats; till 

 now, Minnesota is one of the best of 

 our Western fruit states. 



C. S. HARRISON. 



York, Nebr. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The preliminary schedule of classes 

 for the fall exhibition, to be held Nov. 

 3-7, 1909, has been received from Sec- 

 retary George V. Nash. The show 

 will be held in the American Museum 

 of Natural History, Central Park 

 West and 77th street, and the success 

 which attended the fall show last year 

 led to the belief that the exhibition 

 of 1909 will be even more of a public 

 attraction than that was. Mr. Nash, 

 whose address is N. Y. Botanical Gar- 

 den, will be glad to send copies of 

 the schedule to all who apply. There 

 are 100 classes provided for in the 

 regular list of prizes. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



Convention matters and a talk on 

 "Lawn Decoration,"' by Edwin Lons- 

 dale, were the principal items on the 

 program at this club's regular month- 

 ly meeting held on the 6th inst. Com- 

 mittees were appointed on transporta- 

 tion and hotels. John Westcott is 

 chairman of the transportation com- 

 mittee. So far as can be learned at 

 this writing, the Chesapeake & Ohio 

 route is the one favored. The fare 

 tliat way is $13.33. The committee will 

 endeavor to arrange a joint party to 

 include Philadelphia, Baltimore and 

 Washington. The usual appropriation 

 for the bowling team was not made 

 this year, it being the general opinion 

 that a .§ood team could be got up for 

 this inexpensive point without costing 

 the club anything. We hope to be 

 able to make room for a synopsis of 

 Mr. Lonsdale's address on "Lawn Deco- 

 ration'' at an early date. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington was held 

 at Gude's Hall on July 6 at 8 o'clock 

 p. m. Invitations had been issued for 

 an "al fresco" meeting at Kramer's 

 greenhouses, but owing to the weather 

 conditions it had to be transferred to 

 the regular quarters. There was an 

 unusually large attendance, as it was 

 known that there was business of im- 

 portance to be transacted. 



The fall flower show was discussed 

 at much length and the following com- 

 mittee was appointed: Geo. Cooke, 

 Wm. F. and Adolph Gude. Geo. Shaf- 

 fer, Edw. S. Schmid and E. C. May- 

 berry, with power to appoint sub-com- 

 mittees. It was voted that the regu- 

 lar outing of the club this summer be 

 in the form of a basket picnic. Neither 

 time nor place was definitely decided 

 upon. Wm. P. Gude, Geo. Shaffer, 

 E. C. Mayberry and Ed. S. Schmid 

 were appointed a committee to make 

 all arrangements. Some speakers 

 very strongly urged the advisability 

 of the members attending the conven- 

 tion in Cincinnati in .August. 



After the business meeting all were 

 invited to repair to the back of the 

 store, which was decorated in flags 

 and palms, where lunch was served 

 by President Kramer and a social 

 hour followed, enlivened by minstrels 

 and other entertainment. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club at their 

 regular monthly meeting elected Prank 

 Johnson, of the A. L. Randall Co., sec- 

 retary. Fred Benthey, Leonard Kill 

 and H. N. Bruns were elected trus- 

 tees. The convention committee re- 

 ported that a car had been chartered 

 over the Monon route, but the exact 

 time of starting had not yet been made 

 known. 



President Valentine and other flor- 

 ists from Denver, St. Paul and Minne- 

 apolis, Milwaukee, Omaha and other 

 cities will join the Chicago party here. 

 Contrary to the usual custom, a meet- 

 ing will be held on I he first Thursday 

 in August to complete business for the 

 convention. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



The initial meeting and exhibition of 

 this new-born organization was held 

 at the Museum of Natural History, 

 New York City, on July 7 and 8. 



The Exhibition. 



The exhibition was a grand one, 

 quantity, quality and arrangement be- 

 ing as near perfect as possible. There 

 were nearly 2,000 vases and over 100 

 varieties were shown, some exhibits 

 having as many as 75, all named. 

 Peter Henderson & Co. staged over 100 

 varieties, not for competition. Entries 

 in the competitive classes included the 

 names of W. W. Rawson & Co., How- 

 ard Gould, Wm. Duekham, Setb Low, 

 A. T. Boddington, Ormston, Heddeu 

 and De La Mare. List of awards had 

 not reached us at time of going to 

 press. Lager & Hurrell, Julius Roehvs 

 Co., and Jos. A. Manda contributed fine 

 tables of orchids. Harry Turner showed 

 specimen Acalypha Sanderiana, John 

 Lewis Childs showed lilies and irises 

 and The Rosary Coiupany arranged a 

 handsome table decoration. 



The Meeting. 



Prof. John Craig of Ithaca served as 

 temporary chairman. Officers were 

 elected as follows: President, Harry 

 Turner; vice-president, W. H. Waite; 

 secretary, Harry A. Bunyard; treas- 

 urer, Wm. Duekham; executive com- 

 mittee — for three years, W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee; for two years, A. C. Zvolanek; for 

 one year, William Sim. 



Prof. Craig read a paper on "Uhe 

 Purposes of Trial Grounds." A well 

 attended banquet was enjoyed at the 

 Hotel Kennelly on Wednesday even- 

 ing. 



Thursday's proceedings will be giveu 

 in our next issue, also list of awards. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICA. 



The list of losses adjusted and paid 

 by this Association from June 1 to July 

 4, 1909, includes 49 establishments, lo- 

 cated as follows: Ky., Mich., Minn., 

 Neb. and Tex., one each; Ind., la., 

 Okla.. and S. D., two each; Mo. and 

 Ohio, three each; Kans.. five; 111., six; 

 Colo., nineteen. The total amount was 

 $10,993.46, of which two-thirds was in 

 Colorado, mainly in Ptieblo. The sec- 

 ond largest individual loss was in 

 Kalamazoo, Mich., $1,629.66. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



We are notified by Secretary Rudd 

 that, pursuant to a request of Secre- 

 tary' pro tem. Bunyard of the proposed 

 National Sweet Pea Society, President 

 Valentine appointed F. H. Traend- 

 ly of New York City to represent the 

 S. A. F. & 0. H. at the meeting held 

 this week in New York. 



The seventy-eighth annual fair of 

 the American Institute will take place 

 at the Berkeley Lyceum Building, 19 

 and 21 West 24th street. New York 

 City, on September 21st to 23. The 

 list of premiums to be awarded for 

 jjlants, flowers, fruits, vegetables and 

 farm crops has been issued in neat 

 pamplilet form and copies may be had 

 on application to W. A. Eagleson, sec- 

 retary of the Board of Managers at 

 above address. 



