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HORTICULTURE 



June 18, 1910 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New Jersey Floricultural Society was 

 held on June 10. The orchids from 

 Lager & Hurrell, Joseph A. Manda and 

 Wm. Runkle, gardener Dederich Kinds- 

 grab were especially fine. Rose night 

 was also observed, there being a grand 

 display from the private estates in the 

 Oranges. Mr. John R. Le Coent of 

 Maplewood. N. J., donated to the So- 

 ciety a handsome silver cup. It will 

 be competed for at their chrysanthe- 

 mum show in November. A hearty 

 vote of thanks was extended Mr. Le 

 C!oent. During the evening we were 

 honored by a visit from Mayor Arthur 

 B. Seymour, who complimented the So- 

 ciety upon the excellence of their ex- 

 hibits. The Society Is proud of the 

 fact that five of their members carried 

 off the principal prizes at the Boston 

 Orchid Show. A standing vote of 

 thanks was extended to them for the 

 courage they displayed in going to 

 Boston and cleaning up the boards. 

 Henry Hurrell responded, saying: "I 

 don't see why it is necessary for us 

 to go to Boston for an orchid show; 

 why can't we have one here in New 

 York or New Jersey? There is a tre- 

 mendous loss realized from shipping 

 the flowers for so great a distance." 



Joseph A. Manda replied in like man- 

 ner and said there was no reason why 

 the Idea could not be successfully car- 

 ried out. Ninety-five per cent of the 

 exhibitors were jerseymen and 90 per 

 cent of the prizes were carried off by 

 the growers from this state. 



John J. Dervan, gardener for A. C. 

 Von Gaasbeck, read a paper on "Grow- 

 ing Roses Under Glass." which was 

 well received. He is a very successful 

 rose grower. He recommended propa- 

 gating about January 15th, using heel 

 cuttings for that purpose, and when 

 rooted using a mixture of one part 

 manure to eight parts loam, potting 

 them Into 2-inch pots. For the next 

 shift he uses 3-inch pots with a mix- 

 ture of one part manure to six parts 

 loam, finally putting them into 4-inch 

 pots using one part manure to four 

 parts loam. He advised planting about 

 June 15th on raised benches, one part 

 cow manure to three parts of good 

 fresh loam, filling the benches two- 

 thirds full and pressing same down 

 hard. Before planting in benches he 

 advised giving the houses a thorough 

 cleaning and a good fumigating with 

 hydro-cyanaic gas. 



The awards in competition for points 

 were as follows: 



Roses, S. M. and A. Colgate, gardener 

 Wm. Reid, 95; A. B. Jenkins, gardener 

 Albert F. Larson, 85; A. C. Von Gaasheek, 

 gardener John J. Dervan, 85; Thos. Edison, 

 gardener Frank Drew, SO. Carnations, 

 Chas. Hath;i\vav, gardener Max Solineider. 

 85; Wm. Reid," 80; John J. Dervan, 78. 

 Flowering plant, William Reid, 03; John 

 J. Dervan, 60. Foliage plant, William 

 Reid, 85. Orchids, Lager & Hurrell, 98, 

 Dederich Kindsgrab, 95. 



Certificates were awarded as follows to 

 exhibits not in competition for points: 

 Certificates of merit to Joseph A. Manda 

 for orchids, John J. Dervan and D. Kinds- 

 grab for roses. Cultural cintifleates to 

 Wm. Reid for roses, Chas. Ashmead for 

 strawberries. Max Schneider for strawber- 

 ries and cauliflower. 



Fritz Beuglund, gardener for the Essex 

 County Country Club showed gladioli and 

 carnations. 



The Society will not meet again until 

 Sept ember. 



WM. REID, See. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 



The 35th annual meeting of the 

 American Association of Nurserymen, 

 was held in Denver, June 8th to 10th. 

 This was a notable meeting of the hor- 

 ticultural clans gathered fi-om the dif- 

 ferent parts of the United States-- 

 some from California. The place of 

 meeting was so far from the great nur- 

 series that the exhibits were not as 

 large as they would have been in the 

 heart of things, yet there was quite a 

 show. J. F. Rosenfield, of Nebraska, 

 exhibited some of his peonies. The 

 Select Nursery, of York, Neb., showed 

 some thirty sorts, also about twenty- 

 five kinds of seedlings of very superior 

 merit and very rich in colors, some 

 showing exquisite tassetated centers. 

 There was quite an exhibit of nursery 

 stock also. 



The forenoon of the 8th, was given 

 to addresses of welcome and a happy 

 response by Col. Watrous, of Iowa. 

 Reports of various committees lollowed. 



One of the most important topics 

 was. "Crown Gall on Apple Tree 



C. S. Harrison. 



The Grand Old Man of Nebraska. 



Roots." Some states have legislated 

 against such trees. They must not be 

 received or planted. Peter Youngers, 

 of Geneva, Nebraska, gave the results 

 of his experience. Quite a number of 

 tiiose pre.sent had selected entire rows 

 in orchards of trees, every one of them 

 having knots, some of them of largo 

 size. Some of those present had se- 

 lected entire orchards of tliese trees 

 from rejected stock and they bore and 

 grew as well as any. Specimens were 

 shown of trees which had large knots 

 when planted which had borne heavy 

 crops. These were dug up and were 

 exhibited at the meeting, the knots 

 all eliminated. In short, these knots 

 were often called warts, which is the 

 proper name tor them for they are no 

 more contagious or deadly than those 

 on the human body. One speaker sug- 

 gested that it would be just as reason- 

 able to kill a boy who had great warts 

 on his hand, as to kill a tree because 

 it had warts on its roots. 



The program had been widely print- 

 ed and was carried out with hardly a 



miss. The writer gave his paper on 

 "Herbaceous Plants," receiving a flat- 

 tering ovation for it. (This paper is in 

 type and will appear next week. — Ed.) 



The meeting was called one of the 

 best of the series. Friday was play 

 day. The whole company were in- 

 vited to an excursion up the Moffit 

 R. R., and were hoisted up into an 

 altitude of 11,060 feet above sea level, 

 among the banks of perpetual snow. 



The next convention is to be held in 

 St. Louis. The following ofiicers were 

 selected for the coming year: 



W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo., presi- 

 dent; E. S. Walsh, Shenandoah, Iowa, 

 vice-president; John Hall, Rochester, 

 N. Y., secretary; C. L. Yates, of 

 Rochester, treasurer. The executive 

 committee: J. H. Dayton, Painesville, 

 Ohio, chairman; H. B. Chase, Hunts- 

 ville, Ala.; E. M. Sherman, Charles 

 City, Iowa. 



C. S. HARRISON, York, Neb. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual summer show of this 

 Society was held at Pembroke Hall, 

 Glen Cove, Wednesday, June Sth. Con- 

 sidering the season, the hall was well 

 filled up and visitors were unanimous 

 in their praises for the fine display. 

 Messrs. Henry Turner, Walter Shaw 

 and D. McFarlane acted as judges. 

 Next meeting will be sweet pea night 

 and several prizes are offered for best 

 exhibits. List of awards was as fol- 

 lows: 



Collection of T. and H. T. roses, G. 

 Wilson Roslyn. Twelve distinct H. P. 

 roses, G. Ashworth, Glen Cove. Second 

 G. Wilson. Vase of H. P. roses. R. Mar- 

 shall. Glen Cove. Vase of T. and H. T. 

 roses, H. Gaut, Glen Cove. 



Collection of Ramblers, H. Gaut Col- 

 lection of herbaceous flowers. J. Halloway, 

 (ilen Cove, with a very fine display of 

 ."i9 var. ; his exhibit of pinks, composing 

 about 20 distinct varieties, made a most 

 gorgeous display. Three vases of peonies, 

 H. Gaut, 2d. J. Elmslee. Vace of peonies 

 H. Gaut. Vase of snapdragons, H. Gaut. 

 \'ase delphiniums. J. Elmslee, Glen Cove. 

 I'nllection of vegetables. 12 varieties, Fr. 

 I'ctroccia. Glen Cove, 2d, I. McDonald; 3rd, 

 G. Wilson. In the other vegetable and 

 fruit classes, F. Tetroccia, J. Reidenbach, 

 G. Ashworth, D. Westerbe, O. E. Addor, 

 G. Wilson. J. McDonald, V. Cleres, J. 

 Dumbrosky and R. Marshall were severally 

 the winners. 



Cultural certificates was awarded to F. 

 O. Johnson for roses, best blooms in the 

 show, also to Julius Roehrs Co., for a 

 splendid exhibit of orchids and to H. 

 Fleishaucr. Glen Cove, for roses, sweet 

 peas and strawberries. Honorable mention 

 to W. Ross, gardener to H. S, Phips, Jr., 

 Roslyn, for two beautiful ferns, also vote 

 of thanks for display of roses not entered 

 for competition. Vote of thanks to V. 

 Cleres for campanulas, E. Westerbee and 

 Paul Reul for roses. The winners of the 

 monthly prizes were G. Wilson for best 

 Pteris, also for best Adiantum, J. Mc- 

 Donald for best Nephrolepis. 



O. E. ADDOR, Cor. Secy. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



A large and enthusiastic meeting of 

 the Cincinnati Florists' Society was 

 held at the Jabez Elliot Flower Market 

 Monday, June 13. An outing commit- 

 tee was appointed, consisting of Max 

 Rudolph, Wm. Murphy, Frank Dellar, 

 C. E. Critchell and Gus Adrian; also 

 nomination of officers took place at 

 this meeting with the following result: 

 C. E. Critchell and Gus Adrian were 

 nominated as president, Wm. Murphy 

 and Max Rudolph as vice-president, 

 Albert Sunderbruch and Ed. Forter as 

 treasurer, Henry Schwarz and Alex. 

 Ostendarp as secretary. 



