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HORTICULTURE 



January 8, 1910 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



A good turnout of the members 

 came to hear Edward A. Stroud on 

 "Building up a retail trade in a grow- 

 ing community" at the regular 

 monthly meeting of the above club 

 held on the 4th inst. Mr. Stroud 

 handled his subject in a very able 

 manner, gave food for thought and 

 brought out points enough to warrant 

 discussion for a year to come. We 

 hope to publish same in our next 

 week's issue. A vase of single wall- 

 flower, Early Paris, and an exhibit of 

 Beauty of Nice, blush and Empress 

 Elizabeth stock pink were put up for 

 inspection. These came from Over- 

 brook Gardens and were highly com- 

 mended by the committee for earli- 

 ness and fragrance. A ladies' night 

 was ordered arranged for about the 

 last week of January — exact date to 

 be announced later. Adolph Faren- 

 wald will be the speaker at the next 

 monthly meeting, the first Tuesday 

 of February. His subject will be 

 "The American Rose Society and its 

 alms." Condolences from the Balti- 

 more brethren in the shape of a series 

 of resolutions on the death of our es- 

 teemed fellow member, William K. 

 Harris, were read by the secretary, 

 and were greatly appreciated. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, 

 N. Y., register the following new car- 

 nations: 



Alma Ward — Prosperity x White 

 Seedling. White, sometimes showing 

 delicate splashings of pink. Size, 3% 

 to 41/2 inches. Stems, 36 to 42 inches. 

 Remarkable for size of flower and 

 length of stem. Strong and vigorous 

 grower. 



Mrs. C. W. Ward — Mrs. Lawson x 

 Mrs. Roosevelt. Deep pink, lighter 

 than Lawson but deeper than Winsor. 

 Size, 31/2 to 4 inches. Stem, 24 to 36 

 inches. Early and free bloomer, pro- 

 ducing fine flowers as early as Sep- 

 tember 1st. 



A. P. J. BAUR, Secretary. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Elberon Horticultural Soeiely 

 held its first meeting of the New Year 

 on Jan. 3rd, president Peter Murray in 

 the chair. The competition for points 

 was as follows: C. Duncan for 

 Frecsia Purity, So; A. Bauer, carna- 

 tion White Perfection, S5; W. Sey- 

 mour. Enchantress, 75. The next 

 meeting will be carnation night, Jan 

 17th. As the carnations are very 

 good in this section we look for a 

 nice display. 



ALEX. FLEMING, Cor. Sec. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The beautiful exhibition of photo- 

 graphs of Chinese scenery and plant 

 life made by E. H. Wilson on his 

 tour in Western China on behalf of 

 the Arnold Arboretum, has attracted 

 a great many visitors to Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, during the past two 

 weeks. The society has awarded its 

 highest honor, a gold medal, to Mr. 

 Wilson in recognition of this valuable 

 edcuational exhibit. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



President F. R. Pierson announces 

 the following official appointments for 

 1910: 



Executive Board, three years: Wil- 



ROBERT Ckaig 



lis N. Rudd, Morgan Park. 111.: Robert 

 Craig, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Botanist: Prof. John F. Cowell, 

 Botanic Gardens, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Pathologist: Prof. H. H. Whetzel, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



Entomologist: Dr. S. A. Forbes. Ur- 

 bana. 111. 



W. N. RUDi) 



Washington Representative of the 

 Society: William F. Gude, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Tariff and Legislative Committe'e: 

 Patrick O'Mara, Jersey City, N. J., 

 Chairman; J. A. Valentine, Denver, 

 Col.; J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, 111.; 

 Patrick Welch, Boston, Mass.; John G. 

 Esler, Saddle River, N. J.; J. 0. Thi- 

 low, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Committee on School Gardens: 

 Benjamin Hammond, Pishkill-on-Hud- 

 son, N. Y., Chairman; A. T. De La 

 Mare. New York, N. Y.; Prof. John F. 

 Cowell, Buffalo, N. Y.; Wm. B. Du- 

 Rie, Rahway, N. J.; H. B. Howard, 

 Chicago, III.; Joseph Heacock, Wyn- 

 eote. Pa. 



Committee on National Flower Show: 

 As the work of this committee has not 

 been accomplished, the committee ap- 

 pointed by Pres. Valentine is con- 

 tinued, except that E. A. Stroud of 

 Overbrook, Pa., has been appointed to 

 fill the vacancy occasioned by the 

 resignation of Edwin Lonsdale. 



National Council of Horticulture: 

 E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind. 



State Vice-presidents, 1910. 



Ala., George E. Luff man, Birming- 

 ham. —Calif. (North), Hans Plath, San 

 Francisco; (South), Morris Goldenson, 

 Los Angeles. — Colo., N. A.' Benson, 

 Denver. — Conn., Wallace R. Pierson, 

 Cromwell. — Dist. of Columbia., Peter 

 Bisset, Washington. — Fla., E. N. Rea- 

 soner, Oneco. — Geor., Daniel C. Hor- 

 gan, Macon.- — Idaho, J. W. C. Deake, 

 Twin Falls.— 111. (North), Leonard 

 Kill. Chicago; (South), J. F. Am- 

 mann, Edwardsville. — Ind., W. W. 

 Colee, Kokomo. — Iowa, James S. Wil- 

 son, Des Moines. — Kan., A. H. Whit- 

 comb, Lawrence. — Ken., D. B. Hona- 

 ker, Lexington. — Louisiana, Harry 

 Papworth, New Orleans. — Me., William 

 Miller. Bar Harbor. — Md., R. Vincent, 

 Jr., "Wniite Marsh. — Mass. (East), E. 

 Allan Peirce. Waltham; (West), A. J. 

 Loveless, Lenox. — Mich. (East), 



Michael Bloy, Detroit; (West), Henry 

 Smith, Grand Rapids. — Minn., Theo. 

 Wirth, Minneapolis. — Mo. (East), Otto 

 G. Koenig, St. Louis; (West), W. L. 

 Rock, Kansas City. — Miss., S. W. 

 Crowell. Rich. — Neb., John J. Hess, 

 Omaha.— N. H., R. E. Hannaford, 

 Portsmouth.— N. J., Joseph A. Manda, 

 West Orange.— N. Y. (East), A. L. 

 Miller. Brooklyn; (West), George B. 

 Hart, Rochester. — N. C, J. L. O'Quinn, 

 Raleigh.— Okla.. George Stiles, Okla- 

 homa City. — Ohio (North), C. J. Gra- 

 ham, Cleveland; (South), E. G. Gil- 

 let, Cincinnati. — Ore., James Forbes, 

 Portland. — Penn. (East), W. P. Craig, 

 Philadelphia; (West), Fred Burki, 

 Gibsonia.— R. I., L. J. Renter, West- 

 irly.— S. C, C. A. Moss, Spartanberg. 



-S. Dak., E. C. Newbury, Mitchell. — 

 !i'nn.. C. L. Baum. Knoxville. — Tex., 

 \lexander Miller. Dallas. — Va., W. A. 

 Hammond, Richmond. — W. Va., A. 



anghans. Wheeling. — Wash., Amy 

 I-. Lambly.- Spokane. — Wis. (East), 

 Fred Holton, Milwaukee; (West), 

 C. E. Schaefer, La Crosse. — Can., 

 Ontario. W. W. Gammage, London; 

 Manitoba, H. E. Philpott, Winnipeg; 

 Quebec. George A. Robinson, Mon- 

 treal; Alberta, A. M. Terrill, Calgary. 



