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HORTICULTURE^ 



September 18, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The opening meeting for tlie fall 

 season was held at the club rooms on 

 23rd street. New York, on Wednesday 

 evening, September 13. The attend- 

 ance was about fifty, a fair number for 

 a starter. President Turner occupied 

 the ohair. Many and various matters 

 were disposed of. S. S. Butterfield, 

 who has removed to Oklahoma, was 

 elected an associate member, and in- 

 cidental thereto "Bobby" Schultz ex- 

 pounded parliamentary law so ably 

 that even Patrick O'Mara might have 

 been jealous had he been a man of 

 jealous proclivity. After routine busi- 

 ness had been disposed of. President- 

 elect Pierson of the S. A. F. was called 

 upon for remarks and was received 

 with great acclaim. He siMke of the 

 convention at Cincinnati as very suc- 

 cessful and referred appreciatively to 

 the honor which had been conferred 

 on the N. Y. Club and himself in his 

 election. He asked for earnest co- 

 operation so that a record might be 

 made at Rochester of which all might 

 be proud. The national society must 

 look for much of its strength to the 

 support of such bodies as the New 

 York Florists' Club. It is now time 

 for concentration. It is in the air, 

 and the special organizations now op- 

 erating independently will soon find 

 their best interests served in a broad 

 union under the National Charter. 

 The charter is a power for good and 

 can be used to do much more for the 

 trade than hitherto. He urged the 

 advisability of a general horticultural 

 exhibition in connection with every 

 convention hereafter, to interest the 

 public and develop horticulture. The 

 opportunitv is too .good to be lost. 



F. H. Traendly spoke enthusiastical- 

 ly concerning the national flower show 

 to be held in Boston in 1911. He hoped 

 that the Carnation and Rose Societies 

 would agree on a joint meeting next 

 season, which would be the first prac- 

 tical step towards federation. 



Patrick O'Mara said that Mr. Pier- 

 son's task would be the unifying o£ 

 apparently conflicting interests which 

 must always run parallel, and there is 

 no man in the S. A. F. better lifted to 

 deal with such a concrete nuestion. 

 Mr. O'Mara's address was serious, elo- 

 ciuent and lull of loyal devotion to the 

 S. A. F. He was followed by Wm. J. 

 Stewart, who seconded Mr. O'ilaia's 

 views ajid said that the two greatest 

 problems for the National Society 

 are those of closer relations with ex- 

 isting organizations and the creating 

 of a greater interest in the convention 

 sessions. John Y'oung also made re- 

 marks in felicitous vein. 



The fall show to be held at the Mu- 

 seum of Natural History- under the 

 auspices of the Club v/as discussed, 

 and Mr. Pierson impressed upon the 

 members how much depends on the 

 result of this initial exhibition. W. 

 E Marshall seconded Mr. Pier-on's 

 views, as did also C. H. Totiy and 

 others. 



Robert E. Berry, eloquent and for- 

 cible as always, explained the diffi- 

 culties which operated to prevent his 



bowling team from securing the cov- 

 eted prizes at Cincinnati, and regis- 

 tered a vow that he would he present 

 at Rochester with a winning team, 

 and at eveiy convention thereafter, 

 w^hether held in Oklahoma or at the 

 North Pole. 



A letter was received from H. A. 

 Bunyard, who is out of town, express- 

 ing gratitude to the club membei s for 

 their support at Cincinnati in his 

 candidacy for secretary and extending 

 congratulations to President-elect 

 Pierson. 



A unanimous vote of ttfanks was 

 passed to the Cincinnati Florists' So- 

 ciety for the kind reception and hos- 

 pitality extended to members of the 

 New York Florists' Club. 



The exhibits of the evening com- 

 prised some fine chrysanthemums 

 from C. H. Totty, seedling hardy car- 

 nation from A. C Zvolaiiek, Maman 

 Cochet roses and white dahlias from 

 A. L. Miller. 



MORRIS COUNTY (N. J.) GARDEN- 

 ERS' AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 

 The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society is again in harness 

 after a two months' vacation. The 

 monthly meeting of Septemheir Sth, 

 brought together some thirty mem- 

 bers 



The arrangements for the fourteenth 

 annual Flower Show are about com- 

 pleted. It will be held in the assembly 

 rooms, Madison, N. J., Wednesday and 

 Thursday, October 27th and 28th. Wm. 

 Duckham, Arthur Herrington, Chas. 

 H. Totty and Robt. M. Schultz are the 

 committee. O^er $500 in cash prizes 

 are offered this time, besides several 

 valuable silver cups. No society in 

 the country has broader views; no 

 strings on the prizes nor fences around 

 them. They are free for all. The 

 reason of this is, that above all, it is 

 desired to give the public a good show, 

 and the more entries we have the 

 better the show will be, of course. 



The Robt. D. Foote prize of $25 for 

 one vase of carnations, any variety in 

 commerce, ought to bring out some- 

 thing good in carnations. Dr. D. H. 

 McAlpin's prize of $25 for 6 plants in 

 6-inch pots, suitable for table decora- 

 tion is a new class and ought to be 

 well filled, and so on down the line 

 prizes are equally attractive. As the 

 world knows there is no pecuniary 

 profit in flower shows in this country, 

 but they are being patronized better 

 year after year and they may be self- 

 supporting sometime, anyhow we hope 

 so. So far as this society goes, how- 

 ever, it has a lot of substantial ad- 

 mirers who are always ready to stand 

 in the breach when need be. 



Wm. E. Tricker, foreman in Chas. 

 H. Totty's Afton greenhouses was 

 elected a member. Samuel Wyatt, 

 gardener to A. C. Van Gaasbeck, had 

 a verv fine exhibit of branching asters 

 and C. J. W. Ottolander, of Springfield 

 Nurseries, had some new phloxes on 

 exhibition. 



Flower Show schedules may be had 

 of E. Reagan secretary. Box 334, Mor- 

 ristown, N. J. 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



Lovers of the dahlia could find every 

 conceivable form of it and every vari- 

 ation of color at the second annual 

 exhibition of the New England Dahlia 

 Society, which was held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on September 10-12. 

 The exhibit was the largest of the 

 kind ever held in this country, and 

 despite unfavorable weather, the 

 blooms shown were of surpassing size 

 and quality. 



Many exhibitors showed from five 

 hundred to one thousand blooms each. 

 Of 126 classes provided in the schedule 

 about one-half were entered for. In 

 the center of the hall the largest ex- 

 hibitor, W. W. Rawson & Co., was rep- 

 resented by a conventional arrange- 

 ment in the form of a garden plot 

 in which the flowers were displayed. 

 The loggia was beautifully arranged 

 with an exhibit from R. & J. Farquhar 

 & Co., comprising dahlias and specio- 

 sum lilies, the walls being draped with 

 Clematis paniculata. 



The special prizes were awarded as 

 follows: 



The Dreer prize for six blooms of 

 Dreer's White, first to W. F. Turner 

 & Co., second to W. W. Rawson & 

 Co. The silver medal of the New Bed- 

 ford Horticultural Society for twenty- 

 five cactus dahlias of twenty-flve dis- 

 tinct varieties, introduced subsequent 

 to 1905, went to Joseph Thorpe of 

 Taunton. A New Bedford man, W. 

 H. Richardson, took the Newport Hor- 

 ticultural Society's silver medal for the 

 best collection cut blooms, from 

 plants raised from seed In the 

 United States since Jan. 1, 1905. A 

 silver gilt medal, given by Cayeux et 

 Le Clerc of Paris, France, for the 

 best vase of twenty-five flowers of 

 Madame Henri Careux, went to James 

 Robertson of Newport. W. G. F. Tur- 

 ner took the prizes for the best vase 

 of the Rawson dahlia and the best 

 specimen flower of the same variety. 



Awards of recognition for new seed- 

 lings were given to W. W. Rawson & 

 Co., Boston; Frank R. Tuttle, Salem; 

 A. E. Johnson, Montello; Mary G. Cas- 

 well, Concord, N. H.: Wm. F. Hall, 

 Brockton; James Robertson and Colin 

 Robertson, Newport, R. I. 



The certificate of the Society was 

 awarded to W. W. Rawson & Co. for 

 cactus dahlia "Marblehead." 



The regular prize list for cactus, 

 decorative, show, pompon, anemone, 

 peony-flowered, collarette, single and 

 various other types calling for num- 

 bers from single specimen up to hun- 

 dreds was divided into open and am- 

 ateur classes. In the open classes the 

 exhibitors and their awards were as 

 follows: 



W. F. Turner & Co., New Bedford, 7 

 first, fi .secoud. 1 eatli third and fourth; 

 Jas. Roliertsou. Newport. R. I.. 4 first, 1 

 eaoli second and tliird: E. W. Ela. Woliurn, 

 3 first, 4 second. 1 third; Sisson & Thurs- 

 ton, .Vewport. .". first. 1 each second and 

 fourth; ('. Milk'r. Newport, 3 first. 1 each 

 soiond and fourth: A. E. Johnson, Mon- 

 tcll... 3 first. 1 third; Lindval & Delury, 

 Dorchester, 2 lirst. 1 second. 3 third; W. 

 A. Hlggs, Jamaica Plain, 2 first, 1 each 

 sciond and third; W. W. Rawson & Co.. 

 Boston, 2 first, 1 third: W. H. Richardson, 

 New Bedford. 2 first, 2 second; D. W. Bab- 

 coi'U. Berlin. Mrt.. 1 first, 2 second. 1 third; 

 Mrs. L. M. Towle. Reading, .1 first. 1 see- 



