January 15, 1910 



HORTICUUTUKE 



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NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The monthly meeting of this club, 

 last Monday evening, was inaugura- 

 tion night and took the form of a 

 good-natured jollification. The hun- 

 dred or more members and friends in 

 attendance all seemed pleased with the 

 selection of new officers and listened 

 attentively and applauded enthusiastic- 

 ally as each incumbent in turn took 

 his place on the platform and prom- 

 ised loyalty and devotion to the inter- 

 ests of the organization during his 

 term of offlce. In resigning the chair 

 to his successor, Mr. Miller, retir- 

 ing President Turner took occasion to 

 thank the members for their generous 

 support during the past year. 



J. H. Pepper reported for the trans- 

 portation committee that the rates on 

 the P. R. R. to the Carnation Conven- 

 tion at Pittsburg, on block ticket, 

 would be $8.40 each way and $2.50 

 additional for Pullman accommoda- 

 tions. 



The awards committee reported on 

 their trip to Cottage Gardens to in- 

 spect Carnation Mrs. C. W. Ward, giv- 

 ing that variety 88 points and confirm- 

 ing the award of preliminary certifi- 

 cate. 



Last year's dinner committee was 

 reappointed. New committees were 

 appointed as follows: Legislative— 

 P. O'Mara, C. B. Weathered, F. R. 

 Pierson; Essays — W. F. Sheridan, J. 

 H. Pepper, John Young; Awards — C. 

 H. Totty, Harry Turner, Wm. Duck- 

 ham. I. S. Hendrickson, F. H. Traend- 

 ly, Robt. Simpson, C. Weber, W. H. 

 Siebrecht; Exhibition— A. J. Manda, 

 W. E. Marshall, Robt. E. Berry, Julius 

 Roehrs, Jr., Jas. T. Scott; House and 

 Entertainment — J. B. Nugent, Jr., R. 

 M. Schultz, Robt. Koehne; Outing — 

 H. A. Bunyard, R. G. Wilson, C. 

 Schenck, J. K. Allen, W. G. Badgley, 

 H. Weston, Phil. Kessler, L. Schmutz, 

 Jr., John Birnie, Jos. Manda, A. G. 

 Rasbach. 



The treasurer reported a balance on 

 hand of $3,863.35. The a,ward commit- 

 tee reported on exhibit of new pink 

 seedling carnation by E. W. Euggren, 

 85 points with recommendation of pre- 

 liminary certificate. 



Resolutions on the death of the New 

 York Florists' Bowling Club, were pre- 

 sented by Captain R. E. Berry and 

 they were adopted by a rising vote. 



After adjournment the members 

 were hospitably entertained by Presi- 

 dent Miller. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held Its 

 regular meeting Thursday evening and 

 elected officers for the coming year. 

 George Asmus is re-elected president, 

 Harry Philpott of Wiunipeg is vice- 

 president, Ed. Winterson, treasurer 

 and Liouis Winterson, secretary. The 

 new members of the board are H. N. 

 Bruns, J. P. Degnan and Alex. Hen- 

 derson. After election the members 

 took up the discussion of the use of 

 artificial fiowers and the practice was 

 condemned. No action was taken. Af- 

 ter the meeting many went to Flen- 

 ner's to witness the sixth annual tour- 

 nament being held by the Chicago 

 Bowling Association. In this tourna- 

 ment the Chicago Florists' Club has 

 not been so successful as had been an- 

 ticipated. The Florists' Bowling Club 

 played its regular league game on Wed- 

 nesday. 



Field of Lilidm lancifolium rcbrum. 



At Farquhar Nurseries, RosIiQdale, Mass. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The first meeting of 1910 was held 

 at Gude's Hall. This meeting was in 

 the nature of a Colonial Smoker, and 

 after the meeting adjourned a social 

 hour followed in which refreshments 

 were served. A very cute souvenir 

 was given each member in shape of a 

 clay pipe. Gude Bros, made a fine ex- 

 hibit of sweet peas. 



A new by-law was adopted by which 

 applications for membership must be 

 referred to a credential committee of 

 three, who will report at the second 

 meeting. President Kramer appointed 

 the following men members of the com- 

 mittee: W. W. Kimmel, O. A. C. 

 Oehmler and Boiling of Chevy Chase. 



It was decided that the February 

 meeting be made a ladies' evening, and 

 the following committee be appointed 

 to select hall, refreshments and other 

 details, viz.: George Cooke, chairman, 

 John Robertson, Ed. S. Schmid, W. 

 Marche, W. W. Kimmel and O. A. 0. 

 Oehmler. It is proposed to make this 

 meeting a very enjoyable affair. Nomi- 

 nation of officers will be in order at 

 next meeting. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At the meeting in Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, last Saturday, there were on 

 exhibition a nice group of Primula 

 sinensis from Martin Sullivan, gard- 

 ener to Mr. W. Whitman, and a new 

 vermilion colored cineraria from W. 

 C. Rust, gardener to Dr. C. E. Weld. 



The Western New York Horticul- 

 tural Society will hold its 55th an- 

 nual meeting at Convention Hall, 

 Rochester, N. Y., on January 26 and 

 27. This society has 1400 members and 

 W. C. Barry is president. The pro- 

 gram covers a multitude of useful 

 topics. A round trip rate of one and 

 three-fifths regular fare has been 

 granted from any part of New York 

 State. 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of this organiz- 

 ation at Tremont Temple, Boston, on 

 the evening of January 12, was quite 

 exciting for a time, the quarrel of sev- 

 eral months' duration between two 

 factions, coming to a focus. It was 

 finally decided to leave all differences 

 to the new executive board for adjust- 

 ment. 



Officers were elected as follows: — 

 President, Henry W. Kendal, Newton; 

 vice-president, E. B. Gill, Medford; 

 secretary, Loring M. Bates, West 

 Bridgewater; treasurer, Wilbur D. 

 Moon, Lynn; executive committee, C. 

 N. Racoii of East Boston, J. H. Flint 

 of Salem, George A. Rawson of New- 

 ton, N. Allen Lindsey of Marblehead, 

 T. H. Tyndale of Boston. 



ROSE MISS OCTAVIA HESSE. 



"Fraulein Octavia Hesse," which ia 

 the subject of a colored plate in the 

 last issue of Rosen Zietung, was pro- 

 duced by H. A. Hesse of Weener, Ger- 

 many, from a crossing of a Wichura- 

 iana hybrid with Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria. It is described as strong 

 growing, making growths up to 9 ft 

 in one year. The foliage is large, with 

 5 to 7 leaflets, light green and very 

 dense on the plant. The flower buds 

 are similar to Kaiserin, blooms double, 

 medium sized, but considered large for 

 a Wichuraiana cross, pale yellow deep- 

 ening to orange in centre, tea scented 

 and very lasting; produced singly on 

 long stems or in clusters. The rose 

 has been tested several years and has 

 proved very hardy, and not only an 

 excellent subject for pergolas and pil- 

 lars, but for cut flower uses. 



IN BANKRUPTCY. 

 Stoneham, Mass. — James H. Delay; 

 liabilities $3,540.71; assets uncertain. 



