November 27, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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Geo. H. Hale, six; Thos. W. Head, 

 five; Francis Milue, five; Jas. Bell, 

 two; A. Baner, one; Wm. Duckham, 

 one; C. H. Totty, one; W. Dowlin, 

 one; W. H. Waite, three; Jos. Ken- 

 nedy, one; Max Schneider, one. The 

 judges were Eugene DaiUedouze, A. B. 

 CJartledge, Peter Duff, Wm. Nicholson, 

 W. Wells and Alex. Mackenzie. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



The annual fall display of the local 

 florist club brought out a large ex- 

 hibit, very good in quality and quan- 

 tity which was well staged at the 

 commodious quarters of the Michigan 

 Cut Flower Exchange. On such oc- 

 casions the club distributes certifi- 

 cates and the judges J. F. Sullivan, 

 Herman Knope and Frank Danzer 

 made the following awards; 



To J. Breitmeyer's Sons first for 

 collection of plants, specimen Boston 

 fern, specimen Schoelzeli do., general 

 display of carnations, bronze chrys- 

 anthemums, collection fifty blooms of 

 chrysanthemums and double violets. 

 M. Bloy first for cyclamens, prim- 

 roses, Lorraine and Taft begonias, 

 Whitmanii ferns, roses Rhea Reid, La 

 Detroit and general collection and 

 pink chrysanthemums. Chas. Distel- 

 rath first for chrysanthemum plants. 

 Robert Klagge first for lily of the 

 valley and single violets, Gus. Taepke 

 first for white chrysanthemums, J. F. 

 Sullivan first for yellow and Fred 

 Pautke first for Bonnaffon. Honorable 

 mention was given to Fred Pautke 

 for collection of Pompons, seedling 

 white Pompons and vase ot lupins; 

 to Robert Klagge for cosmos. Van 

 Boeslager for wallflower, R. H. Ellis 

 for O. P. Bassett carnation, F. Dam- 

 erow for White Enchantress, Chas. 

 Distelrath for assorted carnations. 

 Van Boeslager for seedling • "Clara" 

 and "Marshall." 



On roses, Mr. Klagge far out- 

 classed every thing about the same 

 as Breitmeyers outclassed in carna- 

 tions. Another very good showing 

 was made by J. F. Sullivan with yel- 

 low Chadwick. General interest was 

 aroused through Van Boeslager's 

 colored seedling carnations. The ap- 

 pearance of the former gave strong 

 evidence of vigor and abundance. 

 FRANK DANZER. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The November meeting of this so- 

 ciety was held on the 19th inst., at 

 the County Building, Hartford. Six 

 persons were admitted to membership. 

 Votes of thanks were extended to Ar- 

 thur T. Boddington and the Stumpp 

 & Walter Company, of New York, for 

 their contributions to the success of 

 the two autumn exhibitions of the so- 

 ciety, by their offerings of special 

 prizes. A short but very enthusiastic 

 discussion ensued on the value and 

 need of the parcels post. President 

 Huss deplored thp lack ot this gi-eat 

 public benefit, and spoke of the im- 

 mense advance some of the nations of 

 Europe have made over the United 

 States in this respect. The secretary 

 was appointed a committee of one to 

 draft a set of resolutions, and bring 

 them forward at a future meeting, ex- 

 pj-pssive of the sentiments of the Con- 

 necticut Horticultural Society on this 

 subject. 



Alexander Gumming, Jr., our former 



popular secretary, who was assistant 

 to Peter /uger in the horticultural de- 

 partment of Elizabeth Park, Hartford, 

 and who has lately been employed on 

 the Exposition grounds at Seattle, 

 Wash., is to return to Hartford, hav- 

 ing been appointed head gardener of 

 the park mentioned, to succeed Mr. 

 Zuger, who lately resigned and has be- 

 come a professional florist and land- 

 scape gardener nt South Manchester. 



Our next meeting, set for December 

 Kth, will be the annual meeting tor 

 the election of officers for the next 

 year. The society is about to close 

 one of the most successful years in its 

 history. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, Secretary. 



Melrose, Conn., Nov. 2-3, 1909. 



SOCIETY AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 

 Retail Florists' Delivery Association. 



Pursuant to action of preliminary 

 meeting of retail florists held at Chi- 

 cago, the following have been ap- 

 pointed a committee on organization 

 of a Retail Florists' Delivery Associa- 

 tion: J. A. Valentine, Denver, Colo, 

 (chairman); Wm. F. Gude. Washing- 

 ton, D. C; Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, 

 Mich.; W. J. Palmer, Buffalo, N. Y.; 

 E. Wienhoeber, Chicago, 111.; John 

 Bertermann, Indianapolis, Ind.; W. L. 

 Rock, Kansas City, Mo. 



Registration of Cannas. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 the Conard & Jones Company of West 

 Grove, Pa., offer for registration the 

 plants described below. Any person 

 objecting to the registration or to the 

 use of the proposed names is request- 

 ed to communicate with the under- 

 signed at once. Failing to receive ob- 

 jection to the registration the same 

 will be made three weeks from this 

 date. 



Description — Green foliage, strong 

 grower, moderate height, huge heads 

 of fiery scarlet with yellow throat and 

 narrow rim of yellow around the pet- 

 als. Name — Halley's Comet. 



Description— Green foliage, vigorous 

 grower, i to 5 feet, flowers extra 

 large, petals broad, color La France 

 pink. Name — Mrs. Alfred F. Conard. 



Description — Green foliage, 6 to 7 

 feet high Enormous flowers, beauti- 

 fully wavy petals, orange scarlet, 

 wondrously flaked with gold. An im- 

 provement over Mrs. Kate Gray. 

 Name — Mrs. Carl Kelsey. 



W. N. RUDD, Sec. 



Date — November 20, 1909. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety took final action at its meeting 

 at Manchester, Mass., Nov. 19, looking 

 to its incorporation, and elected the 

 following officers: James Salter, pres- 

 ident; Dr. W. H. Tyler, vice-presi- 

 dent; James Macgregor, treasurer; 

 James Scott, librarian; John D. Mor- 

 rison, clerk; William Till, Joseph 

 Clark, William Swan, Eric H. Wetter- 

 low and George Gordon, executive 

 committee. The speaker of the eve- 

 ning was John W. Duncan of Boston, 

 president of the American Association 

 ot Park Superintendents. 



WARD'S Lily Bulbs 



•NOT HOW CHEAP— 

 BUT HOW GOOD" 



RALPH M. WARD & CQ. 



12 West Broadway, - - - New York 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The sixth annual meeting of the 

 American Breeders' Association will 

 be held at Omaha, Neb., on December 

 8, 9 and 10, 1909; headquarters at 

 Hotel Rome. Friday, Dec. 10th, will 

 be devoted mainly to plant breeding. 



The preliminary prize schedule of 

 the American Rose Society for Its 

 coming exhibition at the American 

 Museum of Natural History, New 

 York city, has been distributed. The 

 exhibition will be held March 16, 17 

 and 18, 1910. The list of valuable 

 special prizes now numbers eight and 

 more are coming. 



The annual dinner of the Gardeners 

 and Florists of Andover, Mass., was 

 held Friday evening, Nov. 12, at Phil- 

 ips' Inn. The tables presented a 

 beautiful appeai-ance. After the din- 

 ner, which was well served and amply 

 enjoyed by all, several speeches were 

 made by Messrs. Lynch, Johnson, Mil- 

 let, Playdon and Brown. A motion 

 was adopted authorizing the florists 

 to consult with the Andover Village 

 Improvement Society and the Andover 

 Guild in regard to possibilities of hold- 

 ing an amateur flower show in August, 

 1910. This is a movement which will 

 without doubt create a great deal of 

 interest in the town. 



Aphine 



Is the new Insecticide which kills 

 •> ^ plant lice of every species. 



Effective Indoors and Outdoors. 



NOW OV SALE FRO .VI COAST TO COAST. 



If your supply house does not 

 handle Aphine write us for 

 name of our nearest selling 

 agents. 



George E. Talmadge 



Madison, N.J. 



