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HORTICULTURE 



November 13, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting of this organization 

 last Monday evening was marlied by 

 a large attendance, and they got their 

 money's worth in some very inter- 

 esting and richly humorous episodes 

 not down on the program. The out- 

 come ot the exhibition of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York, in which 

 the club individually and collectively 

 Jiad taken a deep interest, was the 

 cause of much gratulation. P. R. 

 Pierson, Patrick O'Mara, Jas. T. Scott 

 and H. A. Bunyard, all talked interest- 

 ingly on this topic, noting with much 

 satisfaction that at last it had been 

 demonstrated that the people of New 

 York could be awakened to take an 

 interest in flower shows and pointing 

 out the ways in which improvements 

 can be made in the future. The in- 

 difference displayed by the "floral 

 artists" towards the enterprise was 

 commented upon and the possibility of 

 overcoming this by providing big 

 prizes was suggested. A wider pub- 

 licity through the daily press was 

 favored by all. 



Wm. Wells, the tamed chrysanthe- 

 mum specialist of Merstham, England, 

 who is visiting New York as the guest 

 of C. H. Totty, was an interested and 

 interesting participant in the meeting. 

 His genial manner and jovial disposi- 

 tion captured all hearts at once and 

 his remarks on the comparative be- 

 havior of different varieties in his 

 home and here, and on the character- 

 istics of the growers on this side, as 

 he had noted them, as compared with 

 those in the older country, were close- 

 ly listened to and vigorously applaud- 

 ed. "My opinion of you American 

 growers," said Mr. Wells, "is that you 

 do go it, but you don't finish as you 

 go." It was a surprise to many to 

 learn that some of our most popular 

 exhibition varieties, such as Col. Ap- 

 pleton, Merza and Dr. Enguehard, are 

 very refractory subjects in England, 

 it being impossible to bring some of 

 them into bloom before January. 

 Somebody ran up against the buzz saw, 

 all right, when a Mr. T'urst of Califor- 

 nia took occasion in the course of his 

 remarks to introduce the Burbank 

 question and to launch an ill-timed 

 arraignment of those people in the 

 East who hp.rt dared to criticise that 

 gentleman, and his remarkable 

 achievements. Little did the speaker 

 dream of the \olcano in close proxim- 

 ity to him in the person of Patrick 

 O'Mara. All held their breath, for 

 they knew what was sure to follow. 

 Never did gladiator rush into the 

 arena better equipped or more zealous 

 to make mince meat of his adversary. 

 Eloquent and convincing always, the 

 •gifted member from Jersey City out- 

 did himself on this occasion. He de- 

 clared that the unvarying judgment 

 of horticulturists the world over is 

 that Mr. Burbank does not measure 

 up to the standards set for him by ig- 

 norant, subsidized writers, and pro- 

 tested against the placing of America 

 and American horticulturists in an 

 .undue and humiliating light hefire 



the world as endorsing the mass of 

 untrue statements that had been so 

 persistently circulated concerning Mr. 

 Burbank's work. Nominations for of- 

 ficers for the coming year were made. 

 For president, Harry Turner, A. L. 

 Miller, A. L. Marshall and R. M. 

 Schultz; for vice-president, Jos. A. 

 Manda and Robt. E. Btrry; for secre- 

 tary, John Young and A. M. Henshaw; 

 for treasurer, W. Rickards, J. K. Al- 

 len and A. H. Langjahr. 'Three nom- 

 inees were named from which to elect 

 a trustee for the unexpired one-year 

 term of the late John Scott, and nine 

 from which to choose three trustees 

 for two-year terms. Election will 

 take place at the December meeting. 



John H.\li,. 



Secretary-elect Americaa Nurserytneu's 



Association. 

 (See last week's issue of Horticulture.) 



MINNESOTA STATE FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



At the October meeting of this so- 

 ciety, fourteen new membeis were 

 taken in. Resolutions in memoriam 

 of Governor Johnson were adopted. 

 The society has jc-ined the Minnesota 

 State Horticultural Societ.v as an aux- 

 iliary. Part of Wednesday, December 

 15, is set aside for our meeting at the 

 annual meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society. 



L. S. Donaldson exhibited some nice 

 Beauty, Killarney, Bride and Brides- 

 maid roses which scored 79 2-3, 93 and 

 t^2 1-2 points S. Atlee, from Lake- 

 wood cemetery, exhibited sorae origi- 

 nal vases, mission style, or which hf 

 was awarded an honorable mention. 



President Wirth presented retiring 

 Secretarj' Dysinger with a gold watch 

 and chain, donated by the society tor 

 his efficient services rendered during 

 the two years he had the office. A. 

 Swanson -ead a very good paper on 

 "T'ne Employers' View of fhel Em- 

 ployee," and Mr, Smith defended very 

 ably ths employee's side, s-howing v,-hat 

 could be done to improve the standard 

 of the employee. Prof. Cady and S. 

 D. Dysir.ger will read papers at the 

 npxt meeting. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



Chrysanthemum night at this club 

 has always been marked by a large at- 

 tendance and the meeting Nov. 2d was 

 no exception. The quarters at the 

 Fort Pitt Hotel were gay with blooms 

 and crowded with members. 



H. P. Joslin and T. P. Langhans 

 were appointed by the president to con- 

 vey to Mr. Wm. Falconer the deep re- 

 gret and sympathy of the club on the 

 death of his wife and it was ordered 

 that a floral tribute from the club be 

 sent to the funeral. Notice was also 

 taken of the funeral of the mother of 

 E. C. Reinemann, another of our old- 

 est and valued members, and the same 

 committee acting in Mr. Falconer's 

 case was instructed to send a letter 

 of condolence to Mr. Reinemann. 



Discussion occurred as to increasing 

 the membership of the club, and it was 

 finally decided that each member 

 should try to gain at least one new one 

 for the next meeting. The advisabil- 

 ity of having a Horticultural Hall in 

 Pittsburgh was also considered and 

 finally the president appointed Wm. 

 Falconer, P. S. Randolph, Samuel Mc- 

 Clements and H. H. Negley a commit- 

 tee with power to add to its member- 

 ship as seemed necessary to investi- 

 gate and report upon some feasible 

 plan. 



The judges, Wm. Allen and Neil Mc- 

 Callum, awarded first prize for 12 

 chrysanthemums to T. P. Jenklnson. 

 gardener for A. R. Peacock, second to 

 N. C. Madsen, gardener for R. H. 

 Boggs, and a second prize for chrysan- 

 themum plant to Frank Crook, gar- 

 dener for J. H. Park. There was a 

 fine display from Phipps Conservato- 

 ries at Schenley Park and North Side, 

 and the Pittsburgh Rose & Carnation 

 Co. and Randolph & McClements made 

 good commercial displays. 



The committee called attention to 

 the high quality of the blooms shown 

 by most of the exhibitors, and there 

 was a discussion as to whether the 

 large-sized blooms were really artistic 

 and desirable. The prevaling opinion 

 seemed they were not. John W. 

 Jones, foremain at Phipps Conserva- 

 tories, showed a single variety, Mrs. 

 John Sligh, in a pot. loaded with 

 flowers, that was a beautiful thing, 

 and made a charming contrast to the 

 unwieldy blooms of many of the old 

 sorts. 



H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



.V( the next regular club meeting on 

 NovPUiber 18, Miss L. L. Hetzer. Gro- 

 tor., Mass., will speak on "Jottings of a 

 Journey Abroad." Ladies are special- 

 ly invited to this meeting. Nomina- 

 tions of officere for 1910 will be made 

 from tho floor. Action will be taken 

 in regard to life membership in the 

 clul). There will be a fine exhibit of 

 late chiTsanthemums and other sea- 

 sonable flowers. 



W. N. CRAIG, Sec. 



