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HORTICULTURE 



October 23, 1909 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting ou 

 Tuesday evening last, was well at- 

 tended. Routine business pertaining 

 to the annual e.\hibition of November 

 9th to 12th was transacted. The ex- 

 hibits were early chrysanthemums. 

 F^T six best flowers, any variety, 1st 

 pH'ze was taken by John W. Pepper, 

 gardener Wm. Robertson, with variety 

 Beatrice May, the flowers being the 

 be^t ever exhibited at this time of 

 year, with foliage clear up to the 

 blooms. Second prize was taken by 

 •C. B. Newbold, gardener Sam'l Batch- 

 elor. For the best vase of double 

 dahlias, Mrs. F. C. Penfield, gardener 

 John McCleary, was first. For cosmos 

 Lady Lenox, first prize went to John 

 W. Pepper, for a grand vase of flow- 

 ers,- most of which were 3% to 4 inch- 

 es in diameter; the same exhibitor 

 took first for a vase of mixed colors of 

 giant flowering cosmos. Additional 

 prizes for the November show were 

 announced. Six foliage plants, six 

 species, and specimen foliage plants, 

 two prizes in each class; no limit to 

 size of pots or tubs. 



A very interesting discussion took 

 place relative to recent tests made 

 with the lime-sulphur spray in sum- 

 mer. It developed that a new era in 

 spraying has arrived by the use of 

 the self-boiled lime-sulphur wash, dur- 

 ing the summer months, as a specific 

 for the fungus diseases of the apple, 

 and the brown rot, scab and bark 

 borers of the peach. C. J. Benz, super- 

 intendent of the R. G. Wood estate, 

 CSonshohocken, Pa., took an active 

 part in this discussion. He has this 

 season marketed over 8,000 baskets of 

 peaches from a ten-acre orchard. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Committee on Nominations of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 



, clety has posted at Horticultural 

 hall, its list of nominations tor officers 

 for the Society for the ensuing year. 

 The list is as follows: President, Gen. 

 S. M. Weld; vice president, Walter 

 Hunnewell; trustees, Wm. N. Craig, 

 John K. M. L. Farquhar, Arthur F. 

 Estabrook, Nathaniel T. Kidder; nom- 

 inating committee, Duncan Finlayson, 

 Dr. Charles S. Minot, Harry F. Hall, 

 Herbert W. Rawson, Chas. H. Breck. 

 In accordance with the by-laws two 

 weeks are allowed for further nomin- 



. ations should there be any. The an- 

 nual meeting of the Society for the 

 election of ofBcers will be held Nov. 

 13th. 



WM. P. RICH, Secy. 

 Boston, Oct IG, 1909. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



The last meeting of this club was 

 very animated. The subject of the 

 . evening, "What plants should be grown 

 for Easter," stirred up many. The 

 principal fact brought out was that too 

 many Dutch bulbs are grown for East- 

 er, while good pot plants such as ram- 

 blers, genistas, calceolarias, etc., are 

 neglected. 



On October 30 this club will visit 

 the greenhouses of Elmer D. Smith & 

 Co. at Adrian. November 4th has 

 been chosen by the club for the an- 

 nual visit to Mt. Clemens. 



S. A. F. HEADQUARTERS AT CIN- 

 CINNATI. 

 Editor HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir: — I note iu your issue of 

 October 9th, a communication over the 

 signature of Harry A. Bunyard, stat- 

 ing that "he had been wondering 

 whether the failure to secure conces- 

 sions from the railroads was due to 

 the same influences that were respon- 

 sible for the switching of the head- 

 quarters of the Society at Cincinnati, 

 etc." 



I was the "influence" which was re- 

 sponsible for selecting tha headquar- 

 ters, and assume that Mr. Bunyard 

 knew such was the ease. However, as 

 many of your readers may not know 

 this to be so, I make this statement 

 so that all may understand. 

 Verv truly yours, 



W. N. RUDD. 



BOSTON CO-OPERATIVE FLOWER 

 GROWERS' ASSOCIATION, 



Saturday evening, 23rd inst., is the 

 date set for the annual meeting of this 

 Association at Young's Hotel, with 

 Ihe customary dinner accompaniment. 

 The latter is in charge of William 

 Nicholson, which is an assurance that 

 it will be a stunner. 



The order of business includes hear- 

 ing and acting upon the reports of offi- 

 cers, election of officers for coming 

 year, to decide whether the corpora- 

 tion will vote to sell any or all of its 

 assets or will vote to liquidate or dis- 

 solve, etc. Should the latter course 

 prevail, ■ne presume the outcome will 

 be the forming of a new corporation 

 on a larger scale. The Association 

 has had a most successful career. 



CKPYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 

 Work of Examining Committee: Cin- 

 cinnati, Oct. 9th, Unaka, pink Japan- 

 ese, exhibited by Elmer P. Smith & 

 Co., Adrian, S3 points. 



At the meeting of the Society in New 

 York, November 10th, papers will be 

 presented by Mr. I. L. Powell, Mill- 

 brook, N. Y. David Eraser, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., and Edwin Jenkins. Lenox, Mass. 

 CHAS. W. JOHNSON, 

 Secretary. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette. 

 lud., register new carnation. Scarlet 

 Glow. Seedling crosses — Color bright 

 scarlet; size, 3 inches. Good free grow- 

 ing; makes well-shaped plants. Trans- 

 plants easily. Early and free flowering 

 and long stems. Keeping qualities ex- 

 ceptionally good. 



A. P. J. BAUR, Secretary. 



Some of the self-sufficient news- 

 papers which expect the public to take 

 stock in their views on the Cook-Peary 

 tangle, the crisis in Spain, etc., are 

 giving space and approval to a yarn 

 about "a hustling young man" in 

 Brookfield, Mass., who has "produced a 

 cross between the cucumber and the 

 orange." Now, what do you know 

 about that? 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 The Flower Show. 



For the purpose of facilitating busi- 

 ness connected with the coming flower 

 show, November 2-S, an oflice has been 

 opened in the Atlas Block, 51 Wabash 

 avenue, room 416, with office hours 

 from 10 a. m, to 2 p. m. Geo. Asmus 

 is manager of the show and J. H. Bur- 

 dett, secretary. 



The meeting last Friday night for 

 the furtherance of the arrangements 

 for the show was well attended. It 

 was decided to cut out the usual ban- 

 quet and substitute for it a "stag." A 

 good time is being planned for the en- 

 tertainment of the ladies, which will 

 be disclosed when completed. Ed. En- 

 ders was appointed chairman of this 

 committee. 



A committee on the flower booths 

 was appointed, with E. P. Winterson, 

 chairman. J. B. Deamud will head the 

 cafe and restaurant committee. 

 Business and Personal Items. 



H. R. Hughes is again before the 

 people with a Hallowe'en party in 

 prospect. Invitations are out for about 

 one hundred children, who will dance 

 and be entertained in various ways. 

 A new song, composed by Harry New- 

 ton and set to music by Felix Adler, 

 will be rendered by an orchestra of 

 ten pieces. The window is newly deco- 

 rated with an old home scene in honor 

 of the approaching Thanksgiving, in 

 which a farm house with surroundings 

 are the principal features. 



J. F. Farrell is building a new con- 

 servatory in connection with his new 

 store on State street, near 46th. It 

 will be ready about November 1st. 



Percy Jones, who has been on the 

 gain as reported last week, has suffered 

 a relapse and is now considered dan- 

 gerously ill. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Nampa, Idaho. — The executive com- 

 mittee of the National Horticultural 

 Congress that is to be held at Council 

 Bluffs, Iowa, November 15 to 20, has 

 chosen Honorable Silas Wilson, of this 

 city, chief judge for the fruit exhibits 

 of that congress. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. — Aloysius Gross, 



who shot and killed John Scott lasi 

 April and was convicted of man- 

 slaughter in the first degree, has been 

 sentenced by Justice Crane in the Su- 

 preme Court, Brooklyn, to not more 

 than seven or less than four year^' 

 imprisonment in Sing Sing. The sen- 

 tence is regarded in the florist trade 

 as a very light one. 



Northampton, Mass. — The number 

 of gardens in competition for the 

 Carnegie prizes, this year, was over 

 850. The tenth anniversary of the 

 competition was observed fittingly in 

 Carnegie Hall, on Oct. 14. The an- 

 nouncement of awards was made by 

 George W. Cable, president of the 

 People's Institute, and stereopticon 

 views of the prize winning gardens 

 were shown. 



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