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December 25, 1909 



MINNESOTA STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of this society, 

 held at Minneapolis, Dec. 7-10, was, as 

 usual well attended. The old pioneers 

 in Horticulture would not miss this 

 meeting tor anything, and their sons 

 and grandsons who attend go home 

 with better knowledge after having 

 taken part in the very interesting 

 discussions followed the reading of 

 valuable papers. 



The ever active president, Professor 

 Sam B. Green of St. Anthony Park, 

 opened the meeting with an address, 

 urging the creation of a friendly re- 

 lationship among the members, and 

 Prof. Hansen of the Dept. of Horti- 

 culture of South Dakota prophesied 

 the production in the near future of 

 a Minnesota winter apple, that will 

 keep until the early apples are ripe 

 and ready to be picked. Minnesota 

 has at present summer, fall and late 

 tall apples; apples which can hardly 

 compare in size with the fruit from 

 the far West, but are fully as good in 

 color and far superior in flavor to any 

 of the Western apples. The Society 

 has offered a prize of $1000.00 for an 

 apple of such keeping qualities. 



N. E. Chapman read a very able 

 paper, glorifying the Minnesota straw- 

 berry. Messrs. D. W. Valleau and 

 F. J. Crider gave demonstrations in 

 grafting and cross-pollination. At the 

 plant breeders meeting, many eminent 

 men participated. C. M. Loring, 

 father of the Minneapolis Parks, 

 offered two prizes of $100.00 and 

 ?50.00 for the best Minnesota plums. 



In the oaEenient was a fruit ex- 

 hibit consisting of over 1000 boxes 

 and fruits raised in the Northwest. 



D. W. Longfellow, a Minneapolis 

 commission merchant advocated the 

 removal of the tariff on apples be- 

 tween the U. S. and Canada. 



The Minnesota State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation, an auxiliary to the Horticul- 

 tural Society, held a meeting on 

 Wednesday with Pres. Wirth in the 

 chair. Polnsettias, cyclamens, aza- 

 leas, chrysanthemums, primulas, car- 

 nations, and all the standard varie- 

 ties of roses were on exhibition and 

 added considerably to make the hall 

 attractive. Papers were read by C. J. 

 Smith, Lakewood Cemetery; E. 

 Meyer, nurseryman with the Minne- 

 apolis park board, and others. In the 

 afternoon the Woman's auxiliary held 

 their meeting. 



At the election of officers Prof. Sam. 

 B. Green of the State College of 

 Agriculture was elected president for 

 the third term. Other officers were 

 chosen as follows: treasurer, George 

 W. Strand, Taylor Palls: secretary, 

 A. W. Latham, Minneapolis: executive 

 board, Wynian Elliott. Minneapolis. 

 Thomas E. Cashman, Owatonna. 



Seven members were given honor- 

 ary life membership for long and 

 meritorious service. 



Resolutions were unanimously 

 adopted indorsing J. M. Underwood, 

 Lake City, as candidate for the 

 presidency of the State Agricultural 

 Soc iety . 



C. N. RUEDLINGER. 



and yet at the opening the great church 

 was well packed. The program in- 

 cluded papers short and sharp, and to 

 the point, followed by rattling com- 

 ments and questions. This Society 

 gathers under its wings all the 

 affiliated societies of the state. When 

 tlie time comes the chairman of each 

 society conducts his own organization. 

 Thus the rose society, plant breed- 

 ers' association, forestry, womans' 

 auxiliary, and the florists' association 

 all have their places and the report 

 of each meeting is published in the 

 annual report of the parent society. 

 In this way every body is interested. 



There are many progressive men 

 in this society who are .engaged in 

 producing new and hardy apples. 



The apple display was amazing. A 

 thousand plates and boxes galore. 

 Hundreds of choice seedlings were 

 on exhibition. 



Experiments in top grafting on the 

 hardy Hibernal and on the craos 

 showed remarkable results. For in- 

 stance the tender Jonathan and the 

 luscious Grimes' Golden have been 

 moved 200 miles north by being 

 grafted on iron-clad stocks. 



One man brought 10 Missing Link 

 apples from Illinois and lost every 

 one. But he had taken the precaution 

 to graft some scions on the Hibernal, 

 and every graft lived and bore enor- 

 mous crops. Some of the very finest 

 specimens were from top worked 

 fruit. 



From start to finish the four days 

 were filled with good things, without 

 a hitch or jar. 



C. S. HARRISON, 



Nebraska Delegate. 



The success of this Society is with- 

 out precedent in all the annals of 

 horticulture. It now has a member- 

 ship of 3023, probably the largest in 

 the world. It was about 10 below zero 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



This Society held its regular month- 

 ly meeting at Glencove, N. Y., Decem- 

 ber 8th. President Everett occupied 

 the chair. Members turned out in force 

 to elect their officers for the ensuing 

 year. Treasurer Brown in submitting 

 his annual report gave a satisfactory 

 account of the financial standing of 

 the Society. Secretary Gant read a 

 letter from .1. F. Huss, of Hartford. 

 Conn., one of the judges at the fall 

 show, complimenting the Society on 

 the magnificent exhibition held last 

 October. The points competition end- 

 ed with P. Reul well in the lead. Mr. 

 Reul exhibited a vase of gardenias this 

 month which was awarded 91 2-3 

 points: V. Cleres and G- Wilson, Bego- 

 nia Gloire de Lorraine, 89 and 85 1-3, 

 respectively. P. Reul was awarded 

 the gold medal with an aggregate of 

 1054 1-3 points; V. Cleres. silver medal, 

 with 1035 1-3 points: G. Wilson, bronze 

 medal, with 1031 1-3 points. V. Cleres 

 was awarded cultural certificate for 

 vase of carnations. A. Reidenbach, P. 

 Reul, and H. Macdonald each staged 

 nice exhibits which were awarded hon- 

 orable mention. 



The officers elected for the coming 

 year are: J. Duthie, president; E. 

 Reidenbach, vice-president; E. J. 

 Brown, treasurer; J. Ingram, recording 

 secretary; O. Ador, corresponding sec- 

 retary; executive committee, G. Wil- 

 son, J. Everett, E. Barton. H. Gant, 

 W. Eccles, J. Robinson. J. F. Johnson 

 was appointed trustee for three years. 

 A. Mackenzie, J. Duthie and J. Hollo- 

 way acted as judges for the monthly 

 exhibit. W. H. MACKENZIE, 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The inaugural meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society for the 

 year 1910 will be held at 12 o'clock, 

 noon, on Saturday, January 1, at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, Boston. 



The business of the meeting will be 

 the hearing of an inaugural address 

 by the President, the report of the 

 Board of Trustees, the reports of of- 

 ficers, and the reports of the chairmen 

 of the various committees. 



There will be a free exhibition of 

 7(10 photographs illustrating the flora, 

 fauna, and scenery of central and 

 western China, at Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, beginning Dec. 27, and last- 

 ing two weeks. 



These photographs are the property 

 of the Arnold Arboretum and were 

 made by Mr. E. H. Wilson, the head 

 of the Arboretum botanical explora- 

 tion expedition during the years 1907- 

 1908. 



The collection is of great value and 

 interest, for It contains the first pic- 

 tures which have been made of the 

 plants of western China, many of 

 which are new to science. In addition 

 to the botanical subjects there are pho- 

 tographs of birds, animals, and objects 

 of architectural and archaeological in- 

 teiest. 



The exhibition will be open daily 

 from 10 to 4 o'clock. 



WM. P. RICH, Secretary. 



IOWA STATE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting and exhibition 

 of this society was held at Des Moines 

 on December 8 and 9. On the after- 

 noon of Dec. S, the Iowa Florists' As- 

 sociation had the flooi. Papers were 

 read as follows: "Observations on 

 Cladiolus," by G. D. Black of Inde- 

 pendence; "Begouias," by C. W. Davi- 

 son of Des Moines; "Carnations," Wil- 

 liam Trillow of Des Moines: "Lilies," 

 .lohn T. Temide of Davenport; "Hardy 

 Perennials," J. T. D. Fulmer of Des 

 .Moines; "Plants of Recent Introduc- 

 tion Worthy of Further Trial," J. S. 

 Wilson ot Des Moines. 



An evening session was held at 

 whif-h Dr A. B. Dennis of Cedar Rap- 

 ids spoke on "The Story of the Chest- 

 nut," Eugene Secor of Forest City on 

 "A (Jlimpse of Elysium," William 

 Langham of Cedar Rapids on "Agri- 

 culture in Our Public Schools," and 

 \V. A. Burnap of Clear Lake on 

 "Southern Florida." 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its annual meeting Tuesday 

 night. All the officers were le-elected: 

 President, C. B. Newhold; vice-presi- 

 dents, H. F. Mlchell, J. G. Cassatt, Dr. 

 J. Cheston Morris. Randall Morgan; 

 treasurer, S. W. Keith; secretary, Dav- 

 id Rust. The judges of vegetables at 

 the Novemlier show made a report 

 stating that they found Spanish on- 

 ions, Lon.g Island cauliflower and 

 stock grown under glass, among the 

 exhibit. This report resulted in lively 

 discussion as to proper rules to gov- 

 ern such matters; and next year any 

 such exhibits will be promptly dis- 

 qualified. 'Vaughan's seed store madft 

 a special offer of prizes for the ne"w 



