June 18, 1910 



HORTICULTURE, 



917 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The announcement that the June 

 meeting would be the last until next 

 September, and that, in addition to 

 business of Immediate importance, 

 Geo. V. Nash, of the N. Y. Botanical 

 Garden, would give a talk on his trav- 

 els in Hayti, with lantern slide illus- 

 trations induced a very creditable at- 

 tendance at the Club meeting last 

 Monday evening, there being no less 

 than 85 members present. 



The first business after the routine 

 proceedings was the report ou the pro- 

 posed plant market by attorney Sei- 

 brecht, who stated that the committee 

 had met the municipal committee that 

 afternoon and that the case of the flor- 

 ists had bten duly presented in re- 

 marks by himself and Messrs. Schul- 

 theis, Donaldson and Steinhoff, and ar- 

 rangements had been made for a public 

 hearing on Monday, June 20, at 3 p. 

 m., in the Aldermanic Chamber at City 

 Hall, to which everyone connected 

 with the trade is invited to come and 

 thus make a strong impression. 



Transportation matters in connec- 

 tion with the Rochester Convention 

 were discussed at length with the re- 

 sult that a preference, by a large ma- 

 jority, was recorded tor the I^ehigh 

 Valley R. R. as the official route. A 

 special train will be put on if 100 par- 

 ticipants can be secured and a stop 

 will be made at Glen Summit for 

 lunch. A substantial sum was placed 

 at the disposal of the transportation 

 committee for refreshments .on the 

 way. 



The committee on summer outing, 

 July 28, was represented by its inde- 

 fatiguable and efficient chairman, Har- 

 ry A. Bunyard, who sat at a special 

 table and did a "land-office business." 

 He informed the meeting that over 

 $350 has been contributed in special 

 prizes for the occasion and a full 

 schedule would shortly be issued. 



President Miller called attention to 

 the fact that the majority of the big 

 prizes at the Boston Orchid Show were 

 captured by members of the N. Y. 

 Florists' Club. Mr. Schultheis re- 

 marked that it would be eminently 

 proper to open the New York Flower 

 Market with a big show. T. Mellstrom, 

 a new member, being called upon made 

 a fine speech and promised to be a 

 faithful and industrious member. Com- 

 mittees were appointed as follows: — 

 Advisory to Cornell Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Messrs. James Dean, I. S. Hen- 

 drickson, J. H. Pepper, W. A. Manda 

 and Benj. Hammond. Nominations: — 

 C. B. Weathered, W. F. Sheridan, Pat- 

 rick O'Mara, John Birnie, F. R. Pier- 

 son, Robt. E. Berry, F. H. Traendly. 

 On proposed greenhouse at Cornell: — 

 Messrs. O'Mara, Langjahr, Shaw, Web- 

 er, Dailledouze and Marshall. Vice- 

 president Joseph Manda was given full 

 charge of the Club's part in the Ro- 

 chester bowling tournament. 



Mr. Nash then proceeded to deliver 

 his lecture on, "A Trip Through Hayti 

 on Horseback." He gave much enter- 

 taining and instructive information 

 concerning this "blacli republic," its 

 scenery and products, its people and 

 their customs, illustrated with numer- 

 ous lantern slides and at its close was 

 accorded a hearty vote of thanks. 



The exhibits of the evening com- 

 prised some very fine Cattleya Mendel- 

 li, gigas, Mossife and Gaskelliana, and 

 Vanda ccerulea from Harry Turnei-, 

 Castle Gould; Gladiolus Compacta, 

 Irene, Fantastic, 'Wm. Falconer, Lit- 

 tle Blush and Dr. Hogg, from J. Lewis 

 Childs and Gardenia Veitchii from A. 

 J. Manda. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The time fixed by the by-laws for 

 the annual change of officers of the 

 American Rose Society is July 1st, but 

 in practice it has been found advisable 

 to make the formal change during the 

 annual convention of the Society of 

 American Florists and this year this 

 will be held in Rochester at which 

 time a regular meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society will be held. We at 

 that time desire to start a list of spe- 

 cial prizes for the coming great Na- 

 tional Show at Boston. 



Every special prize has been distrib- 

 uted. The man who carried off the 

 largest number of prizes at the New 

 York Show held in the American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History was H. C 

 Steinhoff, of West Hoboken, N. J. He 

 took Mayor Breitraeyer's prize among 

 other honors. The Dorrance trophy 

 has been won only three times in ten 

 years, first by Robert Simpson, of Clif- 

 ton, N. J.; second by Poehlraann Bros. 

 Co., of Morton Grove, 111., and third 

 by Benjamin Dorrance, of Dorranceton, 

 Pa. 



Among the school children who vis- 

 ited the last exhibition, after viewing 

 the splendid showing of blooms in the 

 vases, a group of lads came to the 

 writer and asked this question, "Don't 

 roses have roots?" "Why, yes," was 

 the reply. "Well, none of these have 

 any." This was a child born in New 

 York City. A few days ago, two small 

 girls had a bunch of sweet briars, and 

 being asked where they got them, gave 

 answer, "Over in your lot. Don't they 

 smell sweet! Why don't tame roses 

 smell as nice?" 'This is simply a bit 

 of child life history, along the line of 

 a — 



"Rose for every home. 

 And a bush for every garden." 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Gladiolus Society have de- 

 cided to keep the charter list open 

 until the time of the Rochester meet- 

 ing in August. Applications and in- 

 quiries are coming in daily and this 

 will afford all ample opportunity to 

 join In time for the Society's first ex- 

 hibit which will take place at that 

 time in connection with the Society of 

 American Florists' annual exhibition. 

 Already there has been contributed the 

 following prizes to be contested tor at 

 our first show: 



From W. W. Rawson & Co., Boston: 

 Silver gilt medal for the best Ameri- 

 can seedling of gladiolus never before 

 exhibited nor yet disseminated. This 

 prize can be awarded if there is only 

 one exhibit, but the exhibit must pos- 

 sess special merits. 



Silver medal tor the best collection 

 of twenty-five varieties Of gladioli, 

 each variety to be represented by three 

 spikes, size of flower, openness of 

 form, color and number of flowers on 

 a spike to be considered. 



Silver medal for the most artistic 

 basket of gladiolus America, judged for 

 arrangement only. 



Silver medal for ten spikes of the 

 purest white gladioli. 



Bronze medal for ten spikes of the 

 best scarlet gladioli. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 

 City, have offered $10 in gold tor the 

 best collection of twelve new gladioli 

 not yet on the market; three spikes 

 each to be exhibited. 



Vaughan's Seed Store offer a silver 

 medal for the best twenty-five spikes 

 of gladiolus Mrs. Francis King. 

 To Gladiolus Exhibitors. 



Will all who wish to exhibit at the 

 American Gladiolus Society's first show 

 in connection with the annual exhibi- 

 tion of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists, please communicate with me at 

 once so that adequate space can be 

 secured. 



L. MERTON GAGE, Cor. Sec. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BALTIMORE. 



At the last meeting of this club, Mr. 

 Thos. H. White of the State Agricul- 

 tural College gave an interesting talk 

 on fertilizers. He had a score of small 

 bottles containing samples of various 

 chemicals, labeled, showing the per- 

 centage each contained of different fer- 

 tilizing elements, etc. Considerable 

 discussion followed, in which the gar- 

 deners proved conclusively that they 

 were somewhat wise regarding fertil- 

 izers. Richard Vincent, Jr., gave an 

 informal idea of the program of the 

 Maryland Horticultural Society for the 

 summer outing meeting to be held at 

 Berlin, Md., where the members will 

 be entertained by Orlando Harrison on 

 Thursday, July 28. In the evening of 

 same date members will go to Ocean 

 City, Md., and on morning of 29th an 

 executive meeting of society will be 

 held. The society is preparing for the 

 best horticultural show ever had in the 

 state. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY 

 OF AMERICA. 



The following additional prizes have 

 been offered for the annual exhibition 

 of our Society to be held in July: 



Stumpp & Walter Co.'s Prize; for 

 three vases of sweet peas, Spencer 

 type. First prize, $5.00; second, $3.00; 

 third, $2.00. 



J. M. Thorburn Co.'s Prize; for 

 vase of pink sweet peas. First prize, 

 $5.00; second, $3.00; third, $2.00. 



John Lewis Childs" Prize, for vase 

 of white sweet peas. First prize, $5.00; 

 second, $3.00; third, $2.00. 



Sutton & Sons' Prize (Reading, Eng- 

 land). Cup, value $25.00; tor the best 

 table of sweet peas to be arranged on 

 a space 3 by 4 feet and not to exceed 

 3 feet in height. 



We are now working on the final 

 schedule and hope to have same ready 

 in about two weeks. Concerns or in- 

 dividuals wishing to offer prizes for 

 this exhibition, should immediately 

 notify the secretary, Harry A. Bun- 

 yard, 342 W. 14th St., New York. 



