September 1&, 1909 



HORTICULTURE, 



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ond, 2 third: Mrs. E. M. Gill. Medford, 1' 

 first, 1 secoDd; E. S. Jlauuel. Newport, 1 

 first; W. H. Symonds, Marbieliead, 2 sec- 

 ond, 3 fourtli; F. L. Tinliliam, Brocliton, 

 1 second, 2 tliird; J. K. Alexander, E. 

 Bridgewater, 1 second. 1 third; W. F. 

 Hall, Brockton. 1 second; Joseph Thorpe, 

 Taunton. 1 fourth. 



On the second day a number of dis- 

 plays of miscellaneous material were 

 put up under the auspices of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society. The 

 group by Messrs. Farquhar, above re- 

 ferred to, was one of these. Others 

 were Mrs. J. L. Gardner who showed 

 specimen ferns, Clerodendron Fallax, 

 Begonia The Rajah and Cypripedium 

 Fairrieanum; E. J. Mitton, a seedling 

 cattleya, and James Garthley seedling 

 melons. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Our first September meetin.g was 

 held on the 10th inst, in the County 

 building, Hartford, President Huss 

 presiding. Much routine business was 

 transacted; and, after a long and in- 

 teresting discussion, led by James M. 

 Adams, of Hartford, it was voted that 

 the secretaiT write to the managers of 

 the recent Connecticut Fair, which 

 was lately held at Charter Oak Park, 

 gently protesting against their not of- 

 fering any prizes for amateurs in the 

 floricultural department. Very likely 

 ■this matter will be considered and 

 acted upon another year by the man- 

 agers. J. A. "\\'eber, one of our mem- 

 bers, had charge of the floral display 

 at Charter Oak, and considers it the 

 best one ever seen in this vicinity. 



Peter Zuger, head gardener at Eliza- 

 beth Park, exhibited thirty-six vari- 

 eties of asters, and President Huss 

 some blooms of several hardy peren- 

 nials, and T. B. Brown of Windsor 

 eight varieties of tuberous begonias, 

 at this meeting; all of much merit and 

 interest. 



The proposed excursion to Amherst, 

 Mass., jointly with the horticultural 

 societies of New Haven and New Lon- 

 don counties, has been abandoned. 



Arrangements are now about com- 

 plete for our dahlia exhibition, Sept. 

 23 and 24, at Unity Hall, Hartford. 

 The schedules are now in circulation. 



The next meeting will be held on 

 the 22nd inst., at Unity Hall, the night 

 previous to the oi)ening of the dahlia 

 show. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, 



Melrose, Ct. Secretary. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



About sixty members and ladies, of 

 this club, enjoyed a visit on invitation 

 of Mr. Wyman, to the Bay State Nur- 

 series at North Abington, Mass.. on 

 Saturday, September 11., On arrival 

 they were escorted by Mr. WjTnan to 

 the hotel where a substantial dinner 

 had been prepared. The party was 

 then conveyed to the various nurseries 

 in autos. The herbaceous perennials 

 were first inspected. The deciduous 

 shrubs were next seen and the extent 

 and completeness of the collection 

 was commented upon. The Weymouth 

 line nursery and the evergreens came 

 next and the immense quantity grown 

 was a revelation. The storage and 

 packing sheds were inspected, giving 

 an idea of the magnitude of this firm's 

 business. Everyone voted it an ex- 

 ceptionally interesting and pleasant 

 trip. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



There was interest and enthusiasm 

 in plenty at the meeting of this club 

 on September 7th. It was Gladiolus 

 Night, and a fine exhibition was ex- 

 pected from the outside specialists, but 

 C'owee wired a storm had prevented 

 hii shipment, Betscher that it was too 

 late in the season, while Matthew 

 Crawford of Cuyahoga Falls, through 

 some error, sent in his shipment a 

 week too early. The latter were ex- 

 hibited for some days at one of the 

 commission houses and drew the high- 

 est praise for the quality of the flowers. 



Banning of Kinsman, Ohio, sent a 

 stock among which were noted a pink 

 seedling of America, a red seedling, 

 not named. Sunset and Niagara; the 

 latter is becoming quite a factor in 

 the Pittsburgh markets and is well 

 liked. 



The Private Gardeners' schedule for 

 September was carried out In good ex- 

 hibits. The judges, John Bader and P. 

 S. Randolph, awarded first prize for 

 collection of herbaceous flowers to 

 Fred Wissenbach; first for collection 

 of annual flowers to Fred Wissenbach, 

 second for same to Jas. Wiseman; first 

 for gladioli to Fred Wissenbach. (This 

 prize was taken with some magnificent 

 spikes of variety, Mrs. Francis King; 

 first for vegetables to Frank Crook. A 

 liberal sum of money for prizes, not 

 all of which was expended, was do- 

 nated by \V. C. Beckert, the North Side 

 seedsman. 



The picnic committee reported ex- 

 penses iu e.xcess of receipts of $22.23 

 for the July picnic, which was ordered 

 paid from the funds of the club. The 

 various committees having in charge 

 the arrangements for the coming Car- 

 nation Convention reported satisfac- 

 tory progress, and that they would be 

 ready to make some definite announce- 

 ments at the next meeting. 



Since spring the meetings of the club 

 have been held with the different com- 

 mission houses, owing to the fact that 

 the building where the club has had 

 its quarters for many years has been 

 torn down. Permanent quarters have 

 now been secured on the second floor 

 of the Fort Pitt Hotel, one of the lead- 

 ing hotels of Pittsburgh, and the one 

 that will be the headquarters of the 

 Carnation Convention iu January next. 



Quite a number of the members had 

 attended the Cincinnati Convention of 

 the S. A. F., and were a unit in giv- 

 ing praise to the arrangements and 

 hospitality of the Cincinnati florists. 

 The work done by them seemed the 

 more remarkable from the fact that 

 apparently Cincinnati was not a 

 flower town in the sense that some 

 others of our large cities are, and con- 

 sequently the Cincinnati florists would 

 be laclung the stimulus and backing 

 that the florists in some other more 

 distinctively flower towns would have, 

 £.0 the more praise to them for their 

 successful efforts. 



Five names were proposed for mem- 

 beiship and one new member was 

 elected. 



Subject for October meeting, which 

 will be held in the Fort Pitt Hotel, 

 "Dahlias and Seasonable Flowers," 

 with an exhibition of orchids by the 

 private gardeners. 



H. P. JOSLIN, Secy. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Sorne More Special Prizes to Be 

 Awarded. 



President August F. Poehlmann 

 wishes to ask particular attention ol 

 all intending exhibitors to the amend- 

 ed rule which is to be observed by ex- 

 hibitors. This cuts out the require- 

 ment for a single growth of the cur- 

 rent season. The rule Section 6 now 

 reads as follows: "Any article mani- 

 festly unfit to show may be excluded 

 by the management and the judges 

 shall withhold any premium when the 

 entries are unworthy of awards. The 

 management may at any time order 

 the removal of an exhibit which is in 

 bad condition." 



Since issuing the Preliminary Sched- 

 ule there has been filed the following 

 prizes: 



H. F. Michell & Co., of Philadelphia, 

 Pa., offer a Silver Cup valued at $25 

 for fifty blooms of Killarney roses. 



The Waban Rose Conservatories of 

 Natick, Mass., offer a Silver Cup val- 

 ued at $50 for the best fifty blooms of 

 White Killarney, Waban variety. Alex- 

 ander Montgomery of Natick, Mass., 

 offers a Silver Cup valued at $25 for 

 the best new rose of American origin 

 of the year 1909-1910. For the pret- 

 tiest exhibit of roses iu the exhibi- 

 tion, to be decided by the ladies' vote, 

 $10 gold piece givn lay Miss Marian I. 

 Hammond of Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



The happiest woman in the County 

 of Dutchess and the State of New York 

 v/as Mrs. Amelia Lefevere. who re- 

 ceived a recognition of a medal from 

 the American Rose Society for a door- 

 yard of roses, so well kept that it was 

 the admiration of the neighborhood. 

 This award has excited considerable 

 interest and is one of the ways to build 

 up the American Rose Society in popu- 

 lar esteem and estimation. Let one 

 person in a neighborhood set an ex- 

 ample like this and others are sure to 

 follow. The good work grows and the 

 result is in a practical way a benefit 

 to the commercial flower growers, 

 aside from the pleasure which a well- 

 kept dooryard gives to every passerby. 

 BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Sec'y. 



Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 

 Registration of Berberis. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Mr. M. J. Van Leeuwen of The Conti- 

 nental Nurseries, Franklin, Mass., of- 

 fers for registration the plant described 

 below. Any person objecting to the 

 registration or to the use of the pro- 

 posed name 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. 



Description— Originated in the spring 

 of 190S when it made its appearance 

 in a batch of seedlings of Berberis 

 Thunbergii. In manner of growth it 

 closely resembles a compact form of 

 the Berberis Thunbergii, making a 

 strong lateral growth from the new 

 wood of the -same season. Develop- 

 ment in spring from the dormant wood 

 shows a mass of waxy white tinted 

 with pink branches, which in turn de- 

 velop into foliage of the same hue and 

 color, which coming to maturity shows 



