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HORTICULTURE 



January 22, 1910 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



No less than two hundred members 

 with a goodly number of ladies were 

 In attendance at the monthly meeting 

 at Horticultural Hall on Tuesday even- 

 ing, January 18. The magnet was E. 

 H. Wilson, who was scheduled to pre- 

 sent his lecture on "Plant Collecting 

 In China," with stereopticon illustra- 

 tions. The lecture was, in the main, 

 the same as delivered before the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society at an 

 earlier date and fully noted in our 

 Issue of last week, but was fuller in 

 some respects and more pictures were 

 shown, giving great pleasure to the 

 audience, which was demonstrative in 

 Its approval. 



There were some good exhibits of 

 flowers on the platform. Duncan Fin- 

 layson showed cypripediums and a 

 grand plant of Laelia anceps alba, 

 which won for him a cultural certifi- 

 cate. Honorable mention was given 

 Littlefield & Wyman for a white seed- 

 ling carnation. S. J. Reuter & Son 

 showed carnations Sangamo and Ad- 

 miration, the latter winning a well- 

 deserved honorable mention. A report 

 of merit was given to Shasta, shown 

 by Patten & Co. Other exhibitors were 

 Montrose Greenhouses with handsome 

 roses; D. White, Freesia Purity; H. A. 

 Stevens, carnations and a new freesia 

 of promise. 



It was announced that Sam J. God- 

 dard would give a talk on "Carnations" 

 at the February meeting. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 CHICAGO. 



The annual meeting of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Chicago was held 

 at the Art Institute, Friday, Jan. 14. 

 W. E. Kelly was re-elected president; 

 W. N. Rudd, 1st vice-president; Ernest 

 Weinhoeber, 2nd vice-president; Au- 

 gust Poehmann, 3rd vice-president; J. 

 H. Burdette, secretary; N. H. Car- 

 penter, treasurer. Trustees were 

 elected for two years as follows: E. A. 

 Kanst, C. A. Samuelson, Geo. Asmus, 

 and Geo. Haigh. A committee con- 

 sisting of N. H. Carpenter, Mr. Hutch- 

 inson and J. C. Vaughan were ap- 

 pointed to secure suitable and per- 

 manent rooms for the society. The 

 executive committee were advised to 

 secure a place for the annual flower 

 show the coming year. The sum of 

 $830 was shown to be in the treasury. 

 by the ex-secretary, Ernst Weinhoeber. 



STATE FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION 

 OF INDIANA. 

 The annual meeting of this associa- 

 tion was held on January 11 in Indi- 

 anapolis at the Commercial Club. Offi- 

 cers- were elected as follows; Presi- 

 dent, J. S. Stuart, Anderson; first vice- 

 president, H. Junge, Cumberland; sec- 

 ond vice-president, Charles Knopf, 

 Richmond; secretary, A. F. J. Baur, 

 Indianapolis; treasurer, H. L. Wiegand, 

 Indianapolis. The association decided 

 to invite the American Rose Society 

 to hold its annual, convention in In- 

 dianapolis in 1911. A committee was 

 appointed to provide ways and means 

 for a chrysanthemum show next fall. 

 The meeting was followed by the usual 

 banquet. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club held its 

 regular monthly meeting on Thursday, 

 Jan. 13th, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. 

 Being the first meeting in the new 

 year, the attendance was large and the 

 meeting interesting. President Windier 

 and all the officers were in attendance. 

 There was on exhibition a vase of 

 Baur & Smith's new white carnation 

 Shasta, which interested the carnation 

 growers very much. The committee 

 gave it the club certificate of merit 

 and thought it was the best existing 

 white. 



Mr. C. M. Davidson was present with 

 one of the National Clock and Electric 

 Mfg. Co.'s thermostatic machines and 

 demonstrated its value to the members. 

 Mr. William C. Young, ex-president of 

 the club, who recently returned from 

 New Orleans, gave the members a good 

 talk on his trip in the southern coun- 

 try. The feature of the afternoon was 

 a paper by F. J. Fillmore on "The 

 Troubles of the Grower." This was 

 one of the best papers read at the 

 club for some time. 



The new committee on florist club 

 advertising was appointed by the pres- 

 ident. They are John Connon and C. 

 De Wever. Treasurer W. C. Smith will 

 read a paper on "The Troubles of a 

 Wholesaler" at the next meeting, 

 which takes place Thursday afternoon, 

 February 10th, at 2 o'clock. 



THE SPRING EXHIBITION OF THE 

 AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The Executive Committee of the 

 American Rose Society and the Coun- 

 cil of the Horticultural Society of New 

 York met at the American Museum of 

 Natural History where the spring ex- 

 hibition is to be held, on Wednesday 

 last for conference. Working commit- 

 tees were appointed to take the matter 

 up in earnest to prepare now for the 

 coming exhibition. The facilities that 

 are offered to the Rose Society for the 

 exhibition are superb. 



The city editors of the New York 

 papers have been notified and request- 

 ed to take notice of the show as an 

 event worthy of the fullest public sup- 

 port. 



There will be a joint meeting of all 

 the committees within a few days to 

 perfect the details. A new edition of the 

 premium list will be issued covering 

 all extra prizes that have been re- 

 ceived. 



We want everyone that has any- 

 thing that is worth showing to take 

 an interest in it and send it along. It 

 you cannot do anything better send us 

 a single bouquet, but do something 

 and give us the best you have got. 

 This invitation is sent to amateurs and 

 commercial men alike. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, 

 Sec'y. 



Two Superb New Roses 



Raised by JACKSON DAWSON 



Now Offered for Sale for the First Time 

 LADY DUNCAN 



THIS fine rose was awarded a silver medal by the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society. It is a hybrid of the ever-excel- 

 lent Rugosa and the Memorial Rose {R.WicIiuraiana) . It 

 has the prostrate, long rampant growth of Wichuraiana, while the 

 Rugosa blood shows in the luxuriant, dark, glossy foliage and in 

 the profusion of large, single flowers. The petals of rich, glowing 

 pink melt into an exquisite, large, yellow centre. Lady Duncan 

 is perfectly hardy, even to Canada ; is a strong grower, free 

 bloomer and of long duration of blooming. 



DAYBREAK 



AROSE of Wichuraiana type, crossed with the Rambler Daw- 

 son. A vigorous grower, profuse bloomer, excellent, too, 

 for forcing. The flowers are single in great pyramidal clus- 

 ters of deep, yellowish pink, somewhat darker than Lady Duncan, 

 the petals of a lighter shade toward centre. The foliage is bright, 

 glossy green, and the habit trailing, like its parent Wichuraiana. 



The stock i$ limited. Order now for Spring Delivery 



Good strong plants which will yield a mass of blossoms in late 

 June of this year. $1.00 each, $10. OO per dozen. 



EASTERN NURSERIES 



Henry S. Dawson, Hlgr. 



Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



