886 



HORTICULTURE 



June 11, 1910 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 



CULTURISTS. 



Registration of Rose. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, Con- 

 necticut, offers for registration the 

 Rose described below. Any person ob- 

 jecting to the registration or to the 

 use of the proposed name, is requested 

 to communicate with the Secretary at 

 once. Failing to receive objection to 

 the registration, the same will be made 

 three weeks from this date. 

 Raiser's Description. 



A sport of Killarney, originating 

 with A. N. Pierson, Inc., in 1908. It 

 Is identical with Killarney except in 

 color, which is much brighter, show- 

 ing a strong tendency to red, some 

 blooms having been as dark as Rich- 

 mond, the average the entire year a 

 shade lighter than Richmond. 



Name. "Red Killarney." 



H. B. DORNER. Secretary. 



June 2. 1910. 



THE ROCHESTER CONVENTION. 



We have received from Superintend- 

 ent Charles H. Vick of the big trade 

 exhibit to be held in connection with 

 the S. A. P. Convention, at Rochester, 

 N. Y., next August, a diagram of the 

 floor space and assignments up to date. 

 It appears from the diagram that fully 

 sixty to seventy per cent of the avail- 

 able space in the great convention hall 

 has already been reserved and there 

 are many large growers, manufactur- 

 ers and dealers who have been accus- 

 tomed to exhibit at these annual trade 

 displays who have not yet been heard 

 from. We would earnestly advise all 

 parties contemplating making an ex- 

 hibit to apply at once for the neces- 

 sary space, stating number of square 

 feet required. First comers will, of 

 course, get the choicest locations, so 

 promptness in applying will pay and it 

 also will greatly help the hard work- 

 ing committees at Rochester and facil- 

 itate the work of preparing to make 

 this the greatest convention and ex- 

 hibition in the history of the National 

 Society. Any who have not received 

 a copy of the diagram can procure one 

 by applying to Charles H. Vick, Supt., 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



The Souvenir Album on which the 

 local committee is working will cer- 

 tainly be a work of art. They expect 

 to have it out about the first of July. 

 It will contain one hundred pages, with 

 many original views of the streets, 

 parks, private gardens, residences and 

 public buildings of Rochester, river 

 and lake, etc., also several interest- 

 ing articles as follows: 



"Rochester Florists," Geo. B. Hart. 



"Rochester from the Nurseryman's 

 Viewpoint," William C. Barry. 



"The Seed Industry," Charles W. 

 Crosman. 



"Rochester Florists' Association," 

 Fred W. Vick. 



"Rochester," Sec'y Chamber of Com- 

 merce. 



Every member of the S. A. F. will 

 receive a copy. It will be so attractive 

 and interesting it will be retained for 

 a long time as a memento, and for 

 this reason will be well worth the cost 

 of advertising space. Send in copy for 

 advertisements at once to Chas. H. 

 Vick. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



This Socety held a monthly meeting 

 on June 6th, at which it was decided 

 to hold a Rose and Strawberry Show 

 on the evening of the 16th of June, 

 in the Elberon Fire Engine Hall, where 

 we hope to have a nice collection of 

 roses. The awards in the point com- 

 petition were as follows: E. Duncan, 

 lettuce, 80; A. Bauer, roses, 78; A. 

 Bauer was awarded a preliminary cer- 

 tificate of merit for a new hybrid pe- 

 tunia, which is a fine, dark blue color. 

 ALEX. FLEMING, Rec. Sec. 



ISAAC S. HENDRICKSON. 



We present herewith the portrait of 

 the president of the newly organized 

 American Gladiolus Society. Mr. Hen- 

 drickson, as will be seen, is a young 

 man, having been born at Floral Park, 

 N. Y., Sept. 6, 187b. He first went to 

 work for John Lewis Childs in 1887 

 and finally worked up to the position 

 of manager of the wholesale depart- 

 ment of the Childs business, which he 

 has now held for about eight years. 



I.SAAC S. Hendricksox 



Mr. Hendrickson will make an ideal 

 president for the young Society. He 

 is energetic, popular with the trade, is 

 a director of the Floral Park Bank, 

 and has had exceptional opportunities 

 to acquire valuable knowledge regard- 

 ing the gladiolus which, as is well- 

 known, has been one of the leading 

 specialties of John Lewis Childs for 

 many years. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



Owing to the continued cool weather 

 it has been found necessary to post- 

 pone the meeting of the American 

 Peony Society to Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day, June 14-15, 1910. 



A. H. FEWKES, Sec'y. 



Newton Highlands, Mass. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The annual picnic of this club will 

 be held at Pine Banks Park, Maiden, 

 July 27. The club will hold a Ladies' 

 Night with an interesting and varied 

 program on June 21. 



W. N. CRAIG, Sec'y. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



A meeting of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York was held at the 

 Museum building. New York Botanical 

 Garden, on Saturday, June 4th. At 

 this meeting 26 new members were 

 elected, 7 of which were lite members, 

 the remainder annual members. This 

 is most encouraging progi-ess, and it 

 is hoped that the increase in member- 

 ship may be kept up. All that is 

 needed is a large membership to make 

 horticulture an important element in 

 New York. The meeting was followed 

 by a lecture by Dr. N. L. Britton, on 

 "Summer Flowers." The lecture was 

 illustrated with colored lantern slides. 



The important feature of the meet- 

 ing, however, was the summer ex- 

 hibition given in connection with it. 

 This was open on Saturday afternoon, 

 from 2 to 6, and on Sunday, from 10 

 to 3. There was a large attendance 

 on both days, in spite of the inclemency 

 of the weather. The exhibitions of the 

 Society are becoming more and more 

 popular and well known, and the fea- 

 ture of holding them on Sunday seems 

 to be fully appreciated by flower lovers. 

 The following list of premiums was 

 awarded. 



Peonies. 



Three white, 6 flowers of each, Geo. H. 

 leteison, first; F. R Pierson Co., second. 



Three light pink, 6 flowers ot each. Geo. 

 H. reterson, first; T. A. Havemeyer, gar- 

 dener, Albert Lahodny, second. 



Three rose, 6 flowers of each, Geo. H. 

 Peterson, first; F. E. Pierson Co.. second. 



Three crimson, 6 flowers of each, Geo. 

 H. Peterson. 



Collection of singles, 3 flowers of each 

 kind, T. A. Havemeyer. 



Largest and finest collection, not less 

 tnan 6 flowers of e.Tch variety, Geo. H. 

 Petersen, first; F. R. Pierson Co., second. 



Miscellaneous. 



Collection of hardy roses, Mrs. F. A. 

 Constalile. gardener, James Stuart, first; 

 F. R. Pierson Co.. second. 



Collection of hardy flowering shrubs and 

 trees, E. H. Weatherbee. gardener, Francis 

 Milne, first: T. A. Havemeyer, second. 



Collection of hardy rhododendrons and 

 azaleas, or either, T. A. Havemeyer, first; 

 F R. Pierson Co., second. 



Collection of hardr herbaceous plants, 

 Boliliii'k & .\tklns. first; E. H. Weatherbee, 

 second. 



Collection of irises, Bobbink & Atkins, 

 first: T. A. Havemeyer, second. 



Six orchid plants in bloom, 6 varieties, 

 Clement iloore. gardener. Jas. F. Dyer. 



Collection of cut orchids, Jos. A. Manda. 



Special. 



Campanulas and sweet peas. Miss 

 Blanche Potter, gardener, George Wittlin- 

 g. r. 



Isnienes, gladioli and miscellaneous flow- 

 01 s. Jolin Lewis Childs. honoraliie mention. 



Collection ot vegetables. Mrs. J. ti. 

 Trevf'r g.ordener. Howard Nichols. 



Cattle.va Gnskelliana, var. Helen Roeb- 

 liug. J. A. Manda, certificate of merit. 



Cl^UB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will undoubtedly decide to make 

 the orchid' show a triennial event, and 

 the year 1913 will see a greater dis- 

 play by far than that of the present 

 year, unprecedented as it was. 



At the regular meeting of the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club, Harry Phil- 

 pott presided in the absence ot Pres. 

 Asmus. The principal business tran- 

 sacted was the arranging for a dinner 

 at the next regular meeting at which 

 guests may be taken by the club mem- 

 bers. Tickets one dollar per plate. 



The next regular monthly meeting 



