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HORTICULTURE 



September 4, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 

 ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL 

 HORTICULTURISTS. 



Registration of Zonal Pelargonium. 



Public notice is hereby given that F. 

 H. De Witt & Co., of Wooster, Wayne 

 County, Ohio, offer for registration the 

 plant described below. Any person ob- 

 jecting to the registracion of this plant 

 or to the use cf the proposed name is 

 requested to communicate with the un- 

 dersigned at once. Failing to receive 

 objection to the registration the same 

 will be made three weeks from this 

 date. 



Name — Red Wing. 



Description — Red Wing is a geran- 

 ium plant of strong growth, stocky, 

 symmetrical. Its leaf is medium size 

 with deep green color and smooth sur- 

 face and slight zone. Makes an ideal 

 pot plant or bedder as it stands the 

 sun well. Its flower is a deep cardinal 

 red, with a velvety sheen; the floret 

 averages 1 7-S in. of good substance. 

 Trusses are large and very floriferous. 



Registration of Ferns. 



Public notice is hereby given that J. 

 D. Pruessner, of 1705 Avenue K, Gal- 

 veston, Texas, offers for registration 

 the plants described below. Any per- 

 son objecting to the registration of 

 these plants or to the use of the pro- 

 posed names, is requested to communi- 

 cate with the undersigned at once. 

 Failing to receive objection to the reg- 

 istration the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Name — Nephrolepis Pruessneri. 



Description — This fern originated 

 with us four years ago and Is a sport 

 from Nephrolepsis elegantissima. It is 

 entirely distinct from its parent va- 

 riety. The fronds are only about half 

 as long but very double and tripinnate 

 in form. The true character is devel- 

 oped by age only but extra fine speci- 

 mens are grown in 4-inch pots. They 

 will show their true character in 3-inch 

 pots, too. The fern inclines to form 

 specimens and each frond presents it- 

 self as such. It belongs to table class 

 of ferns and loves shade. 



Name — Nephrolepsis Galvestoni. 



Description — This fern originated 

 with us last January amongst a lot of 

 Nephrolepsis Pruessneri and must be 

 a sport of that variety. The fronds are 

 very fluffy, double and tripinnate in 

 make-up, much shorter than in N. 

 Pruessneri and much finer grained and 

 fuller, resembling a real curly ostrich 

 feather. The groove running through 

 • of each frond is very distinct. It 

 forms useful specimens in 3-inch pots. 

 The center forms stand up, others form 

 a curve to hang, and the entire pot 

 Is covered with them, making it a very 

 distinct character. No pot cover is 

 needed as it hides the entire pot. It is 

 of easy culture and loves shade. 



W. N. RUDD. Secretary. 



Below is a telegram from Edwin 

 Lonsdale, President of the Society in 

 1S95, which should have been read at 

 the opening session at Cincinnati, but 

 failed to come to the secretary's hands 

 until after the convention was over: 



Greeting: Sincerely regretUag enforced 

 absence from quarter century anniversary. 



Henrtfi'lt desire is lierewith extended for 

 an Instructive and profitable meeting of the 

 greatest organization ever instituted in 

 America and may tlie great worli started 

 in Cincinnati still continue and increase 

 more than one hundred fold within the 

 next quarter of a century is the earnest 

 desire of 



EDWIN LONSDALE. 



Presentations. 



The Colorado delegation presented to 

 President Valentine on arrival at Cin- 

 cinnati a handsome cut glass vase, in 

 testimony of their personal apprecia- 

 tion of that gentleman and the many 

 ways in which he had made their 1500- 

 mile journey pleasant. 



President Valentine was also the re- 

 cipient at the close of the convention 

 of a chest of silver table ware from 

 the Society members. The presenta- 

 tion was made by H. H. Ritter and the 

 president responded appreciatively. A 

 gift of a pair of pipes was made to 

 Secretary Rudd by the New York 

 party, J. H. Pepper officiating. 



Wm. .s. Manning 



Supt. of Baltimore Parks and President- 

 elect of American Associatii)n of 

 Park Superintendents. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club will hold 

 its regular monthly meeting on Thurs- 

 day afternoon, September 9th. This 

 meeting is a very important one for 

 the members as the new officers-elect 

 will be installed and those members 

 who attended the convention of the 

 S. A. F. will be heard from. This 

 meeting will be held on the grounds 

 of the II. J. Weber & Sons Nursery Co., 

 and will be the last outdoor meeting 

 the club will hold this year. The usual 

 postals will t«ll the members how to 

 get to the grounds. 



The 31st biennial meeting of the 

 American Pomological Society will be 

 held at St. Catherines, Ontario, on 

 Sept. 14, 15 and 16. The Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association, St. Cathe- 

 rines Horticultural Society and Nia- 

 gara District Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion will participate. 



EASTERN BRANCH AMERICAN 



ASSOCIATION OF PARK 



SUPERINTENDENTS. 



This organization held a meeting 

 and outing at Bridgeport, Conn,, on 

 Saturday, August 2S, at the Hotel 

 Stratfield. There were present Dr. 

 Frank Baker, superintendent of the 

 national zoological park, Washingou, 

 D. C, and Mrs. Baker; John A. Pet- 

 tigrew, of Boston; A. G. Waldreaon, 

 New York City; G. A. Parker, Hart- 

 ford; A. V. Parker, Worcester; Isaac 

 Kelly, Lawrence, Mass.; Gus X. Am- 

 rhyn. New Haven; Henry Frost and 

 Mrs. Frost, Haverhill; James Fuller, 

 New London; Commissioner Green, 

 New London; W. H. Burr, Westport, 

 president of the Israel Putnam Memo- 

 rial Ground Commission; and J. F. 

 Huss, of the Francis Goodwin estate of 

 Hartford. Charles E. Keith, superin- 

 tendent of Bridgeport parks and ijresi- 

 dent George M. Eames of the board of 

 park commissioners received the vis- 

 itors and extended unlimited hospital- 

 ity. 



A banquet was tendered the visitors 

 at one o'clock, after which they were 

 taken is automobiles through Brid.ge- 

 port's two beautiful parks, Beardsley 

 and Seaside, which they pronounced to 

 be among the finest in the country. 

 Beardsley Park has a rolling snrlace, 

 well adorned with fine oaks, sweet 

 gum and other trees, Coruus florida 

 being represented by some extraordi- 

 nary specimens. Seaside Park is pro- 

 tected by an extensive breakwater. 

 Here, too, the trees are very fine, some 

 grand old specimens of willows and 

 oaks being particularly admired. This 

 property at one time belonged to the 

 late P. T. Barnum, who spent con- 

 siderable on its improvement. .\s a 

 public park It was designed by the late 

 Frederick Law Olmstead, over a geu ■ 

 eration ago. Beardsley Park's de- 

 velopment is largely the work of 

 Superintendent Keith. Bridgeport was 

 the first city to be known as "The 

 Park City." 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The business meetings of this so- 

 ciety have been resumed, following the 

 summer respite; and on the evening 

 of August 27th the members again as- 

 sembled at the County Building, at 

 Hartford, with President John F. Huss 

 in the chair. The arrangements are 

 now nearly completed for our two fall 

 exhibitions — one for dahlias, etc., on 

 September 23 and 24, at Unity Hall, 

 Hartford, and the other for chrysan- 

 themums, etc., on November 4 and 5, 

 al Putnam Phalanx* Hall, Hartford. 

 The schedules of prizes are now in the 

 printers' hands, and will soon be is- 

 sued; and much credit for their pro- 

 duction is due to James M. Adams, of 

 Hartford, whose efficient work as a 

 member of the executive committee is 

 much api)reciated by the society. Fol- 

 lowing the decease of Mrs. Huss, the 

 wife of the president, last May, a beau- 

 tifully engrossed and framed set of 

 resolutions of sympathy for Mr. Huss 

 in his bereavement was presented to 

 him at this meeting, and received his 



