December 4, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



781 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 We have received copies of the 

 schedules of special premiums offered 

 for the spring exhibi;ion to be held in 

 Philadelphia, March 15, IG and 17, 1910, 

 by Hosea Waterer (?215.50), Henry 

 A. Dreer, Inc. ($120.00) and H. F. 

 Michell Co. ($200.00). Waterer's 

 premiums cover the various classes of 

 tulips, narcisfi, hyacinths, callas, 

 spireas, lilies, lilacs, rhododendron 

 Pink Pearl and hippeastrums. Dreer 

 provides for roses in thirteen classes, 

 irises, primula^j, wall flowers, aspara- 

 gus. Azalea mollis, campanulas, an- 

 thuriums, amaryllis, Nephrolepis 

 Schoelzeli, Acanthus montanus, etc. 

 Mishell's list includes hyacinths, tu- 

 lips, narcissi, lilies, lily of the valley. 

 yellow callas, irises, cinerarias, ama- 

 ryllises, violets, azaleas and similar 

 spring forcing favorites. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Cincinnati, Ohio.— Seedling 201-6-08, 

 Jap., white tinted light pink. Ex- 

 hibited by Elmer D. Smith & Co., 

 Adrian, Mich. 87 points. Certificate. 



—Seedling 299-2-08, Ref. Jap., shell 

 pink. Exhibited by Elmer D. Smith 

 & Co. 88 points. Certificate. 



Chicago, III. — Seedling 109, Anem., 

 lemon yellow. 78 points. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— Seedling 299-2- 

 08, Jap., light pink. Exhibited by El- 

 mer D. Smith &. Co. 8.3 points com- 

 mercial, 83 points exhibition scale. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



New Carnations register'ed by W. H. 

 Shumway, Berlin, Conn: Elizabeth — 

 Parentage uncertain. Color brilliant 

 red. Size 3 to S'o inches. A good 

 grower of excellent habit. Not over- 

 much grass, every shoot flowers. Does 

 not discolor after cutting, and a won- 

 derful keeper. Almira — Enchantress 

 X Wm. G. Scott. Bright pink like \Vm. 

 Scott. Size 3 to 3% inches. Upright 

 and erect in growth, with good con- 

 stitution. Free bloomer and has a 

 good calvx. Easy to propagate. 



A. F. J. BAUR, Secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Colorado Florists' Club has 

 elected the following otlicers: J. A. 

 Valentine, pres. ; T. D. Long, vice- 

 pres.; A. H. Bush, sec; Ben Boldt, 

 treas.; C. R. Root, N. A. Benson and 

 J. A. Sked, trustees. 



The Tri-City Florists' Association 

 were entertained ou the evening of 

 November IS by Emil Boehm, superin- 

 tendent of parks, Davenport, Iowa. A 

 discussion was had on "Christmas Bas- 

 kets." Fine carnations were shown by 

 Messrs. Anderson and Ewoldt. 



The fifteenth annual meeting and ex- 

 hibition of the Vermont State Horti- 

 cultural Society opened at Newport on 

 November lb. At the session on Wed- 

 nesday morning. Governor Prouty de- 

 livered an address of welcome. Apples 

 were the main topic for discussion. 



Palm Gkodp 



Hy Danker at the Exhibition of tbe Alliany. N. Y., Florists' Club. 



pres.; Eugene A. Appleton, vice-pres. ; 

 William E. Chappell, sec; William 

 Hill, treas.; executive committee. 

 James Hockey, Cornelius Hartstra and 

 Harry Clark: James Dillon, librarian. 



On Tuesday evening after the clos- 

 ing and cleaning up after the Albany 

 Florist Club Show, the hard workers 

 and friends who helped to make the 

 show the success which it was, drove 

 to Henkes Bros', greenhouses at New- 

 tonville and enjoyed a deer supper, 

 which was served in the new green- 

 house, Mr. Pred Henkes having just 

 returned from the north woods with a 

 great prize. 



The Minnesota State Horticultural 

 Society will hold its forty-third an- 

 nual meeting in Minneapolis on Tties- 

 day. Wednesday. Thursday and Fri- 

 day. Dec. 7 8, 9 and 10. In connection 

 with this event will be held also the 

 Minnesota State Forestry Association, 

 the Minnesota Rose Society, the Plant 

 Breeders' Auxiliary, the Women's 

 Auxiliary, the Minnesota Florists' So- 

 ciety, the Minnesota State Beekeepers' 

 Society, all being auxiliaries of the 

 Horticultural Society. 



The following officers were unani- 

 mously elected by the Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club of Rhode Island at 

 their last meeting: Robert Johnson. 



THE INTERESTS OF RETAILER, 



WHOLESALER AND GROWER 



IN FLOWER SHOWS. 



Remarks before tile St Louis Florist Chili. 

 hy J. F. Auiiunuli. 



Most retailers who do not exhibit 

 give as a reason — too much trouble 

 and expense. Yet a well-managed 

 flower show is the best educator and 

 cheapest advertiser known to the pro- 

 fession today. It is only the drones 

 of the profession who will not grasp 

 at the opportunity to advertise them- 

 selves as well as help the good move- 

 ment along by taking active part in 

 the exhibitions. The retailer is the 

 only branch of our profession who 

 comes in direct touch with the cou- 



sunier. The more ways and means he 

 can provide to create a demand for 

 I he product the more he is benefited. 

 Where is that means more at hand, 

 and where can it Le procured for less 

 money than at a flower show, where 

 he is paid for filling his space and 

 where newspaper items are published 

 for him (advertising he could not pur- 

 chase at all) for absolutely nothing? 



For the wholesaler I always have 

 had a soft spot in my heart, for he 

 stands between two fires all the time. 

 The grower expects high prices and 

 the retailer wants to buy cheap, so in 

 steps the wholesaler and says, "We 

 will split the difference," and it goes. 

 If it were not for the wholesaler, the 

 retailer and giower would not be on 

 nearly such good terms as they are. 

 On one thing we can all agree — that 

 is, if the retailer can devise a scheme 

 by which he can create a stronger de- 

 mand for his goods the wholesaler is 

 also benefited by it. 



When we talk about the grower I 

 begin to feel a little more familiar 

 with my subject, for I have been a 

 victim to this branch for nearly a 

 (luaiter of a century and I only hope 

 I may continue so for another quarter. 

 If flower shows are a benefit to the 

 letailer and wholesaler they are dou- 

 bly so to the grower, yet no producer 

 of any article manufactnied or grown 

 is so slow to take advantage of ex- 

 hibiting his wares as the average 

 glower of flowers and plants. We can 

 readily recall where farmers and stock 

 raisers, as well as manufacturers, pay 

 exorbitant prices for space at various 

 exhibitions and fairs to show their 

 product. The flower grower on thf 

 contraiy, is paid, and in most cases 

 paid well for his exhibition, and in 

 addition gets big advertisement for 

 his goods. I hope the day is not far 

 distant when all growers will see the 

 flower shows in the light so many of 

 our leaders have already and help to 

 make them always a success. 



