74 



HORTICUI-TURE 



Januaiy ib, l^xU 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Newport Horticultural Society 

 celebrated its twentieth anniversary 

 Tuesday evening, January 11, with a 

 dinner in Mercury Hall, which was at- 

 tended by a large number of members 

 and guests, about 90 in all— sitting 

 down to the four tables. President 

 James Robertson, Past Presidents An- 

 drew K. McMahon, James McLeish and 

 Richard Gardner; Senator John P. San- 

 born, Representatives Robert S. Frank- 

 lin and Robert Kerr, Mayor Patrick J. 

 Boyle, John K. M. L. Farquhar of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, J. 

 A. Pettigrew, superintendent of parks 

 of Boston, and Mr. John P. Hammond. 



The dinner was arranged by a com- 

 mittee consisting of Andrew K. Mc- 

 Mahon, chairman: Alexander McLel- 

 lan, secretary; Herbert Bliss. John P. 

 Hammond, James J. Sullivan and Chas. 

 Newton, and the efforts . of the com- 

 mittee were successful, not only in 

 providing an excellent dinner, but a 

 pleasurable entertainment for all. The 

 hall and tables were attractively deco- 

 rated. 



After the dinner had been given full 

 justice, Mr. James Robertson, the 

 president, made a brief address of wel- 

 come and introduced Past President 

 Richard Gardner as toastmaster. Col- 

 onel McMahon read letters from Con- 

 gressman William Paine Sheffield and 

 Representative R. Livingston Beeck- 

 man, expressing their regrets at being 

 unable to be present and wishing the 

 society enjoyment of its anniversary 

 celebration and success in its future 

 work. Colonel McMahon then spoke 

 of Mr. Richard Gardner as the original 

 organizer of the horticultural society 

 and as one specially fitted, from this 

 fact and his active interest from the 

 beginning to the present time, to write 

 the society's history. 



Mr. Gardner gave an interesting his- 

 tory of the organization. He said that 

 when he arrived in Newport, 27 years 

 ago, he was at once impressed with 

 the beauty of the place, the attractive- 

 ness of the estates of the summer resi- 

 dents and the possibilities of an or- 

 ganization of the gardeners for the 

 study of horticulture. There was then 

 no organization and no meeting place 

 for the gardeners, except in the pot- 

 ting sheds of the greenhouses when 

 the work of the year was completed. 



In the potting shed of "The Break- 

 ers," then the property of Mr. Pierre 

 Lorillard, in December, 1889, the New- 

 port Horticultural Society had its in- 

 ception. At that time four men — 

 Arendt Brandt, Alexander McLellan, 

 John T. Allen and David Gordon hap- 

 pened to call together on Mr. Gardner 

 and after a talk it was decided to or- 

 ganize a society for the gardeners of 

 Newport. A few days later the or- 

 ganization was effected, with Michael 

 Butler as president, Richard Gardner 

 and James Hill as vice-presidents, 

 James Galvin as recording secretary, 

 Joseph Gibson as financial secretary; 

 Robert Christie as treasurer, and Wil- 

 liam F. Smith as sergeant-at-arms, and 

 with 36 members. The first exhibition 

 was given In November, 1890 with a 

 cash premium. Mr. Gardner spoke in- 

 terestingly of the success of the society 



in the advancement of horticulture in 

 Newport and of the support it has re- 

 ceived in the community. 



Senator John P. Sanborn responded 

 to the toast, "The State of Rhode Is- 

 land," and at the conclusion of his 

 speech Archie J. Stark sang "The Skip- 

 pers." Mayor Boyle spoke for the city 

 of Newport and Representative Robert 

 S. Franklin for the legislature, and 

 Mr. John Perry sang a rollicking song, 

 "Jim O'Shea," in the chorus of which 

 the members of the society and their 

 guests joined. Mr. Farquhar responded 

 to the toast, "Horticulture," giving an 

 interesting account of its growth and 

 the changes which are taking place in 

 the floral world. 



Colonel A. K. McMahon was called 

 upon to speak for the past presidents 

 of the society. Of these twelve presi- 

 dents, three — Messrs. Butler, Mahan 

 and Bradley — have died, and six were 

 charter members. 



After a song, "My Southern Rose," 

 by Mr. Ritter, the next toast was "Our 

 Absent Members." Mr. Alexander Mc- 

 Lellan replied. 



Mr. John P. Hammond responded to 

 "Newport: Its Parks and Trees," Mr. 

 Paulding sang "The Land of Bohemia" 

 and the concluding toast, "The Ladies," 

 was given by Mr. Clark Burdick. At 

 the conclusion of this response, Mr. 

 Archie Stark sang another selection 

 and the gathering was brought to a 

 close, all joining in singing "Auld Lang 

 Syne." 



COMMERCIAL FLORISTS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION OF ROCHESTER. 



The regular monthly meeting and 

 election of officers for the forthcoming 

 year took place January 10th. The 

 officers of 1909 were unanimously elec- 

 ted to hold office for 1910 and are as 

 follows: President, F'. W. Vick; vice- 

 president E. P. Wilson; secretary, H. 

 B. Stringer; treasurer, AV. L. Keller. 

 This meeting was the first to be held 

 in the new permanent quarters of the 

 association, No. 416 Cutler Building. 

 Meetings take place second Monday 

 each month at S p. m. 



NATIONAL COUNCIL OF HORTI- 

 CULTURE. 



There will be a meeting of the Na- 

 tional Council of Horticulture at the 

 Auditorium Annex, Chicago, January 

 17, 1910, at ten o'clock a. m., to ar- 

 range details for next year's work. 

 All interested In exploiting horticul- 

 ture along broad lines, or in other mat- 

 ters properly belonging to the work 

 of the Council, are invited to co- 

 operate. It is earnestly hoped there 

 will be a good attendance. 



H. C. IRISH. Secretary. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



Mr. E. H. Wilson will give a talk, 

 with lantern slides, on his Chinese 

 explorations, before this club at its 

 next meeting, Tuesday evening, Jan- 

 uary IS. The annual banquet of the 

 club will take place on Thursday, Jan- 

 uary 27, at Horticultural Hall, Boston. 

 Tickets may be procured from the 

 secretary, W. N. Craig, North Easton, 

 Mass., or Peter M. Miller, 32 South 

 Market street, Boston. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



The interest taken by the club mem- 

 bers in the Carnation Convention 

 caused an unusually large attendance 

 at the meeting Jan. 4th. Thirteen new 

 members were elected and two pro- 

 posed. The finance committee report- 

 ed very satisfactory progress on the 

 fund for the entertainment of the Car- 

 nation Convention delegates. 



Nomination of officers for 1910 being 

 in order, the president appointed as 

 nominating committee, Wm. Falconer 

 and B. L. Elliott, who after the con- 

 sulting turned in the 1909 incumbents 

 for re-election, which was so accepted 

 by the club. 



It was "Rose Night," but owing to 

 the cold weather there was only one 

 exhibit from outside growers, the new 

 rose Radiance from Jno. Cook. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. 

 showed two ^ases of choice roses; 

 Randolph & McClenients' Begonia In- 

 carnata which they find a good Christ- 

 mas plant; R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 

 of Boston, through their representative 

 Geo. Cruiclcshank, five pans of very 

 fine Cyclamen. Mr. Cruickshank read 

 an interesting paper on the culture of 

 cyclamen. The judges awarded a first- 

 class certificate to Jno. Cook for Rose 

 Radiance and to R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co. a letter of thanks and commenda- 

 tion for cyclamen. Subject for next 

 meeting, "Carnations." 



H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



The question of holding a flower 

 show next fall was most spiritedly 

 discussed and finally decided in the 

 affirmative at last week's meeting. 

 A good deal if not all of the opposi- 

 tion had its origin in the financial 

 failure of the flower show ten years 

 ago. But really this is a wound 

 which should have healed long ago 

 and it certainly does not furnish any 

 argument today. Our always busy 

 president listened to the arguments 

 and prepared his list of committees 

 at the same time, so that as soon as 

 the vote in favor of a fall flower show 

 was cast he announced the following 

 committees: 



Arrangements: — Wm, Dilger, Fred 

 Breitmeyer, Alb. Pouchelon, Walter 

 Taepke. 



Prizes: — M. Bloy, Herm. Knope, 

 Wm. Brown, Robt. Klagge. 



Finance: — Alb. Pouchelon, J. F. Sul- 

 livan, Frank Danzer, A. von Boeslager. 



Entertainment: — Wm. B. Brown, A. 

 Scribner, R. M. Rahaley, F. Stock. 



Advertising: — Frank Danzer, J. F. 

 Sullivan, Hugo Schroeter. 



The ball is started; now roll it 

 swiftly to its goal. 



FRANK DANZER. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 

 The executive committee of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 have accepted the invitation of the 

 Morris County Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Society to hold their annual meet- 

 ing and exhibition at Morrlstown, New 

 Jersey, next fall. 



CHAS. W. JOHNSON, Sec. 



