July 17, 1909 



HORTI CULTURE 



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Au^isl meeting at his place and on a 

 vote the invitation was accepted. For 

 the September meeting Frank Weber 

 of the H. J. Weber & Sons N'lirsery 

 Co.. also invited the Club to meet at 

 their grounds and the kind invitation 

 was also accepted. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



(Continued fi-oin uur Issue of List week.) 

 At the session on Wednesday even- 

 ing an interesting discussion lollowed 

 Prof. Craig's paper on the desirability 

 of establishing test gardens. It being 

 staled that the Cornell staff at Ilhaca 

 would be glad to take up the work 

 and thai there was abundant ground 

 there for the plantations, the proposi- 

 tion was favorably acted upon ind a 

 committtee consisting of Prof. Craig, 

 A. T. Boddington, Maurice Fuld and 

 William Sim was appointed to co- 

 operate on behalf of the Society. 



On Thursday evening a final session 

 was held at which the usual resolu- 

 tions were passed and announcement 

 made of a committee meeting at Cin- 

 cinnati at the time of the S. A. F. 

 Convention The attendance of the 

 public at the exhibition was very small 

 although the New York daily papers 

 gave considerable space to an account 

 of it. The banquet on Wednesday 

 evening was a very pleasant affair. 

 Thirty gentlemen were present and re- 

 marks were made by every one, J. 

 Austin Shaw contributing a poem full 

 of congratulatory sentiments. 

 The Awards. 

 Howard Gould, gardener Harry Tur- 

 ner, won the Boddington cup; William 

 Duckham the W. Atlee Burpee cup, 

 first prize of the Morris County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Society, first Wat- 

 kins and Simpson prize and one special 

 mention; W. W. Rawson & Co., the 

 Peter Henderson & Co. cup, the W. 

 Atlee Burpee prize, the Harry A. Bun- 

 yard prize, first John Young prize, 

 the Frank H. Traendly prize, the 

 C. C. Morse Co.'s prize, the Chas. 

 H. Totty prize and the A. T. Bodding- 

 ton prize, and three seconds and two 

 third prizes; Chas. R. Hedden, W. W. 

 Rawson silver medal, one third prize 

 and two special mentions; Hon Seth 

 Low. gardener Hugh Birch, the Slumpp 

 & Walter prize, the H. A. Dreer prize, 

 the J. M. Thorburn & Co. prize, the 

 F. R. Pierson Co. prize, the Florists' 

 Exchange prize, the Jerome B. Rice 

 prize, the H. E. nske Co. prize, five 

 seconds and one third; A. T. Bodding- 

 ton. the C. C. Morse & Co. cup; A. T. 

 DeLaMare, the H. F. Michell prize and 

 one second; T. S. Ormiston. gardener 

 J. F. Anderson, the Harry Turner 

 prize and two thirds. Lager & Hur- 

 rell, honorable mention for display of 

 orchids. Special mention to Howard 

 Gould for Acalypha Sanderiana his- 

 pida. Rosary Flower Co. for table 

 decoration. Julius Roehrs Co. for dec- 

 orative plants and orchids. Jos. A. 

 Man da for orchids and John Lewis 

 Childs for callas and iris. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The florists of Indianapolis are ar- 

 ranging for their picnic in the near 

 future. 



The Kentucky Society of Florists 

 ■will have their picnic at Stower's grove, 

 July 22. 



The Maryland State Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold its summer meeting at 



Field op 2-Year Pkony (jceen Victoria 



Gilbert H. 'V\'iM, Sarcoxie. Mo. 



Mountain Lake Park, July 31 and Au- 

 gust 1, 2, 3. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold a sweet pea exhibition 

 ill Horticultural Hall, Boston, on July 

 17 and IS. 



The Georgia State Horticultural 

 Society will hold its annual meeting 

 in the Hotel Georgian. Athens, Ga., on 

 August 1 and 5, opening at 10.30 a? m. 

 The program presents an attractive 

 array of topics tor consideration. 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. Godfrey Aschmann. 



Margaret B. Aschmann, wife of God- 

 frey Aschmann, died July 10, in her 

 C4th year. The funeral services were 

 held on Wednesday, at 2 p. m., at her 

 late residence, 1012 W. Ontario St., 

 Philadelphia. Interment was private, 

 at CheUen Hills. 



Philip Hagenburger. 



Philip Hagenburger, for thirty-five 

 years florist for the Lake Shore Rail- 

 road, in charge of decorations between 

 Buffalo and Toledo, died suddenly at 

 his home in Mentor, Ohio, on July 5, 

 at the age of 64. A wife and four 

 children survive him. 



Mrs. John E. Haines. 



Word reached Philadelphia by tele- 

 phone on the morning of July 13, re- 

 cording the death of Mrs. John E. 

 Haines, Bethlehem, Pa., wife of the 

 well known carnation grower. 



A. C. Ullrich. 



Adam C. Ullrich, a native of Ger- 

 many and one of the old-time florists 

 of Irontou, Ohio, died on June 27 at 

 the age of J^o. Eight sons and a daugh- 

 ter survive him. 



During Recess 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The annual club picnic will be held 

 at Randolph Grove. Randolph, Mass., 

 on Wednesday. July 28, 1909. To reach 

 the picnic grounds: Take any elevated, 

 tunnel or surface car in Boston to 

 Dudley Street; from there take any 

 electric car to Mattapan, wher'e a 

 Randolph, Avon and Brockton electric 

 passes the grounds; running time 

 about one hour. A circular giving full 

 list of sporting events is ready for dis- 

 tribution. 



There will be an unusually attrac- 

 tive collection of prizes for the various 

 athletic events, donated by club mem- 

 bers and firms. 



Tickets for gentlemen are 50 cents 

 each and are procurable only from 

 Peter M. Miller, 32 South Market St., 

 Boston. No tickets will be sold after 

 July 24. 



J. P. A. Guerineau will captain the 

 Commercial base ball team, while R. 

 W. Curtis will captain the Privates, 

 All necessary particulars concerning 

 sports and other matters will be found 

 in the circular. Good weather only 

 is necessary to make the coming pic- 

 nic the best ever. 



The club will hold a field day with 

 W. B. Whittier & Co., Framingham 

 Nurseries, on August 14; the Eastern 

 Nurseries, Holliston, will also be 

 visited if time permits. On September 

 11 a field day will be held with W. H. 

 Wyman at the Bay State Nurseries. 

 No. Abington. 



A cordial invitation is extended to 

 any who are not club members to at- 

 tend the picnic and have a pleasurable 

 day, also to be present at the field 

 days. 



W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



A. G. Burtnett. 



Abraham Garrison Burtnett, a for- 

 mer florist in Maiden Lane, New York 

 city, died at his home in Brohxville 

 on July 5, aged 72. 



The institute of the State Board of 

 Horticulture held at University City, 

 Mo., for three days was largely at- 

 tended and one of the most successful 

 ever held by the organization. About 

 150 of the visitors were guests of 

 l\Iayor Lewis at luncheon on Wednes- 

 day and a banquet was tendered the 

 members at Shaw's Garden, St. Louis, 

 on Thursday noon. 



