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HORTICULTURE 



October 2, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual dahlia exhibition of this 

 society was held at Unity Hall, In the 

 capital city, Hartford, Sep. 23-24: and, 

 •despite unfavorable weather on both 

 days, which diraished the attendance, 

 the concensus of opinion is that it 

 was the largest and best show of dahl- 

 ias ever seen hereabouts. 



The stage in the hall was artistically 

 arranged with palms and palmettos 

 from the greenhouses of James J. 

 ■Goodwin; and the walls were attrac- 

 tively covered with asparagus, eulalias 

 and vari-colored grasses, interspersed 

 with asters on the window sills. On 

 the main floor, on long tables, were 

 arranged, in vases and bottles, the var- 

 ious classes of dahlias, surpassing in 

 form, color and richness, anything 

 ■ever shown around here before. Be- 

 sides the immense profusion of dahlias 

 numerous other cut flowers were pres- 

 ent, for exhibition only, lending an ad- 

 ditional charm to the already delight- 

 ful display. Among these latter were 

 Crego asters, shown by Magee Pratt; 

 helianthus, by Mrs. J. M. Adams; tea 

 roses, phlox, gaillardia, coreopsis, des- 

 modium and digitalis, by the Holoomb 

 Street Nurseries, who also had a fine 

 display of evergreens outside the front 

 door; salpiglossis, by D. W. Mix, of 

 Bristol; .Japanese asters, by John Ger- 

 ard, of New Britain: roses, by Neil 

 Nelson; gladioli, by John H. Holnombe 

 of New Haven, and by L. H. Robert- 

 son: anemones, by Pi-esident John F. 

 Huss; azaleas, by Mrs. W. Seliger 

 ("Garden Notes"). Spear & McManus, 

 and John Coombs, local florists, also 

 made tasteful displays of cut flowers. 



Peter Zuger, florist of the city parks 

 of Hartford, showed 125 varieties of 

 dahlias, not for competition, but re- 

 ceived a special award, as did also 

 George W. Smith, of Melrose, for a 

 handsome exhibit of 18 varieties of 

 finiit. 



Among the largest exhibitors of 

 dahlias, in the professional class, were 

 President Huss; H. F. Burt, of Taun- 

 ton. Mass., and J. H. Holcorabe, all of 

 whom received numerous awards in 

 the various classes. Others in the pro- 

 fessional class obtaining prizes were 

 Neil Nelson; David Herbert & Son, of 

 Atco, N. J.: AV. W. Hunt; W. S. Mason, 

 of Farmington, and James P. Ralph, 

 of New Britain. 



In the amateur classes, James M. 

 Adams received first premium for the 

 best collection, and Mrs. Adams took 

 the first prize for the best floral piece 

 of dahlias. A. Righenzi was awarded 

 several premiums, including the silver 

 medal offered by Stumpp & Walter, of 

 New Yoik city, for the best collection 

 of cactus dahlias shown by an amateur. 

 Others taking honor? in the amateur 

 ■class were C. J. Barbour, I^. H. Rob- 

 ertson, C. A. Helfricht. The following 

 special awai'ds were also made: Diplo- 

 ma, E. F. Atwood, for best collection 

 of dahlias not yet disseminated; hon- 

 orable mention, Neil Nelson, lor vases 

 of roses; certificate of merit, James W. 

 Scott, for collection of evergreens; 

 vote of thanks, to John Gerard, for 

 ■collection of asters. 



The judges were A. H. Wingelt and 

 F. Heereman, both of Lenox, .Mass., 



whose work was performed with ef- 

 ficiency and impartiality. 



We are now looking forward to our 

 chrysanthemum exhibition, which will 

 take place in Hartford on Nov. 4-5. 

 GEORGE W. SMITH, 

 Secretary. 

 Melrose, Conn. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



We are now engaged in making up 

 the premium list for the Carnation Ex- 

 hibition, to be held at Pittsburg, Pa., 

 January 26-27, 1910, in connection with 

 the 19th annual convention of our so- 

 ciety, and we are now taking advertis- 

 ing matter for this list If you have 

 ever tried this list as an advertising 

 medium, you will know that it is one 

 of the very best. If you have never 

 tried it, we urge you to give it a trial 

 this year. Every copy will be put into 

 the hands of some live up-to-date grow- 

 er, or dealer, who buys of any good 

 article brought to his notice. 



The proceeds from these "ads" are 

 used to defray the expenses incidental 

 to this convention, and when you con- 

 sider the great good these exhibitions 

 are doing for the trade, you. will see 

 ihat we give double value for the cost 

 of the ad. "iou get the advertising, and 

 then we spend the money on improv- 

 ing your trade. There is no better 

 business proposition offered than this. 

 The new list will be similar in size and 

 general mal:e-up to previous lists. 

 Kindly send us copy as early as pos- 

 sible to insure good position. 



Special premiums are also solicited 

 for this exhibition, which will, with- 

 out any doubt, be the best our society 

 has ever held. State full particulars. 



Pittsburg is centrally located, and 

 you are urged to arrange to be present 

 and bring a new member. 



The dues are $2.00 annually, with an 

 additional entrance fee of ?1.00 for new 

 members. 



ALBERT M. HBRR, President, 

 A. F. J. BAUR, Secretary. 



Grimm & Gorley, St. Louis, Mo., reg- 

 ister new carnation. Vincent's Pink — ■ 

 Guardian Angel x Enchantress; color 

 Bridesmaid pink; size, 3 to 3 1-2 in. 

 Compact and vigorous grower. No 

 surplus grass. Five years' trial proven 

 satisfactory. A. F. J. BAUR. 



Secretary. 



SOCIETY AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



Registry of Berberis Thunbergii, Var. 

 Silver Beauty. 



Mr. M. J. Van Leeuwen advises that 

 this variety originated in 1905 instead 

 of 1908 as published, a mistake hav- 

 ing been made by him in writing the 

 date in his application. 



W. N. RUDD, Sec'y. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The next regular meeting of this 

 club will be held on Tuesday, October 

 Sth. A good attendance is looked for 

 on account of the paper which will be 

 read by W. A. Adams on the "Slaugh- 

 ter of Flowers." 



MINNESOTA STATE FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The September meeting of the Min- 

 nesota State Florists' Association took 

 place on September 21 at St. Paul, 

 President W irth being in the chair. To 

 induce more employes to join the as- 

 sociation the dues were cut down to 

 ?2.00 for the ensuing year. 



Messrs. Smith, Dysinger and Swan- 

 son were appointed a committee to 

 diaw resolutions on the death of Gov- 

 ernor Johnson. 



An invitation from the State Horti- 

 cultural Society to take part on their 

 program at the annual meeting in De- 

 cember was accepted. The executive 

 committee 'will decide the best way of 

 participating; probably some papers 

 of general interest will be read, and 

 possibly some good house plants will 

 be exhibited. 



The executive committee is getting 

 busy in forming the details for the tall 

 llower show in IS'IO, to be held in the 

 city which furnishes the largest guar- 

 antee fund. 



Mr. Smith, Lakewood Cemetery, of- 

 fered to read a paper at the next meet- 

 ing on "The Employes' View of the 

 Employer." A. Swanson will take the 

 other side, "The Employers' View of 

 the Employe." It is the intention of 

 ihe executive committee to have a de- 

 tail of police there in case the debate 

 should get too interesting. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



At a regular and well attended meet- 

 ing of this society held on the even- 

 ing of Sept. 28, a large volume of busi- 

 ness was transacted in connection with 

 the recent exhibition and all being 

 done in harmony with the report of the 

 judges and the secretary. The silver 

 cup offered by Rickards Bros, of New 

 York, for the best table decoration was 

 then presented to A. J. Dorward, the 

 winner. Colonel A. K. McMahon mak- 

 ing the presentation speech, which was 

 of some length and in keeping with his 

 reputation as a natural orator. Alex. 

 MacLellan had on exhibition a very at- 

 tractive table of seedling single 

 dahlias, which were examined by a 

 committee, and one vase of a crimson 

 variety with yellow centre was 

 awarded a first class certificate of 

 merit. This variety was pronounced 

 to be an improvement on the well 

 known Newport Beauty, and is named 

 "Kype." The business part of the 

 meeting was followed by a discussion 

 on how to improve the premium sched- 

 ule for another year and many good 

 suggestions were brought out. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Rose Society will meet at 

 the office of Messrs. Traendly & 

 Schenck, 44 West 28th street. New 

 York City, on Wednesday afternoon, 

 October 6th, at 3 o'clock, to take up 

 matters of som.e importance relative 

 to the preparation for the coming ex- 

 hibition to be held in the American 

 Museum of Natural History, New York 

 City. 



BENJ. HAMMOND, Sec'y. 



