June 25, 1910 



HORTICULTURE, 



951 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The announcement that the June 

 meeting — the last until September — 

 would be Ladies' Night, sufficed to 

 draw an attendance of considerably 

 over two hundred to Horticultural Hall 

 on a very hot night — Tuesday evening, 

 June 21. 



Routine business was expedited as 

 much as possible. William Downs re- 

 ported progress on the part of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee in its preparations 

 for the entertainment of the many dis- 

 tinguished ladies and gentlemen who 

 are expected to attend the National 

 Flower Show next spring. A rousing 

 letter was read from E. Allan Peirce, 

 who was unavoidably absent, urging 

 the importance of the proposed show 

 and the necessity of getting together a 

 representative attendance from Boston 

 at the Rochester convention in August. 

 Secretary Craig warmly endorsed the 

 sentiment of Messrs. Downs and 

 Peirce, and asks all New Englanders 

 who propose to make the Rochester 

 trip to communicate with him so that 

 arrangements for mutual advantage 

 and comfort may be made. 



Our report of the previous meeting 

 of this club mentioned that it was the 

 first meeting in over five years in 

 which there was no applicant for mem- 

 bership. The secretary informs us 

 that before the close of the meeting 

 a name was proposed and accepted, so 

 that, up to present date inclusive, when 

 several additions were made, the line 

 remains unbroken. It was announced 

 that the oldest member of the club, 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill, would celebrate her 

 eightieth birthday anniversary on next 

 Wednesday and the secretary was in- 

 structed by a unanimous standing vote 

 to extend to Mrs. Gill the congratula- 

 tions and good wishes of the club. 



On the exhibition tables were Cat- 

 tleya gigas, a well-flowered plant from 

 Wm. Downs, Lupinus polyphyllus 

 Moerheimi from Blue Hill Nurseries, 

 both of which received honorable men- 

 tion; Dahlia Jack Rose from W. C. 

 Ward, and strawberries from Wilfrid 

 Wheeler, each of which received a vote 

 of thanks. 



The proceedings were then turned 

 over to the entertainment committee. 

 Songs were rendered by Hugh Miller, 

 bass, sea songs; Gus. Collins, Harry 

 Lauder songs; John Miller, tenor, love 

 songs; Miss Margaret Alexander, 

 Scotch songs; two little misses gave 

 dances in costume; between each of 

 these, all of which, by the way, were 

 vigorously encored, brief speeches wer'e 

 made by E. 0. Orpet, who is soon to 

 leave Boston to locate in the West, 

 ex-President James Wheeler, ex-Presi- 

 dent T. H. Westwood, ex-President 

 Wm. Downs, ex-President Wm. J. 

 Stewart and Thomas J. Grey, all full 

 of congratulatory enthusiasm. Then 

 the ice cream, cake and strawberries 

 had their innings and the hundred la- 

 dies present warbled and cooed their 

 appreciation of Boston's pet organiza- 

 tion and its gallant presiding officer, 

 Peter M. Miller. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The officers of the American Glad- 

 iolus Society are extremely busy these 

 days. The large volume of inquiries, 

 and requests for membership applica- 

 tion blanks demonstrates the great 

 popularity of the gladiolus today and 

 the importance and necessity for such 

 a society. 



The interest in this movement is not 

 confined to America, for two of the 

 great specialists of Europe are among 

 our charter members and our first 

 meeting at Boston developed a strong 

 sentiment for an International Society. 

 There is much encouragement in the 

 fact that the amateurs have taken hold 

 of this movement so enthusiastically. 

 This was evidenced by the large en- 

 rollment of amateurs on the charter 

 list at Boston. Since I sent in the list 

 of prizes offered for the Rochester ex- 

 hibition the following have been re- 

 ceived: 



Stumpp and Walter Co., New York City, 

 $10.00 in gold for the best 12 shades in 

 any varieties. Weeber & Don, New York 

 City, .$10.00 iii gold for the best 10 varieties 

 to "include Baron Hulot, I'rlnceps and Con- 

 tiast, 3 spikes ei'Ch. A. L. Miller, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., $5.00 in gold for best display of 

 pink and white varieties, 3 spikes each, o£ 

 at least six varieties. F. R. Pierson Co., 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., $10.00 in gold, class to 

 be decided later. E. H. Cushman, Sylvanla, 

 O., $5.00 in gold for vase of best 25 spikes 

 nhite, any variety. A. T. Boddington, New 

 York, $10.00 in gold, class to be decided 

 i.iter. John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. 

 Y., $10.1X1 iu gold for best collection of 

 gladioli,' Childsi varieties, 3 spikes each, 

 to include Attraction, Blanche, Cardinal 

 and Wild Rosa; .$5.00 in gold for best vase 

 of America not less than 12 spikes. I. S. 

 liendri..-k.s.iu. Floral Park, N. Y., $5.00 in 

 gold for best vase of Contrast, not less 

 than 12 spikes. J. M. Thorburn & Co., 

 New I'ork City, silver cup for best collec- 

 tion of Gladolus Primulinus, type and 

 hybrids, to be exhibited by an amateur. 



L. MERTON GAGE, Cor. Sec. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 



Among the more important actions 

 taken by this association at its recent 

 session in Denver, Colo., was the agree- 

 ment to abolish the custom of replac- 

 ing trees which fail to grow for the 

 buyers. Another resolution was passed 

 with the object of putting a stop to 

 price cutting, and all stock not salable 

 at standard price will find its way to 

 the ash heap if the proposition carries 

 out in practice. According to the nur- 

 serymen the State Horticultural So- 

 ciety is wrong in holding that the dis- 

 eases known as root knot or crown 

 gall are contagious and the law com- 

 pelling the destruction of stock affect- 

 ed is pronounced unjust, and an effort 

 will be made to secure its repeal. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting was 

 held on Tuesday, 21st inst., routine 

 business only being transacted. The 

 date of the Sweet Pea Exhibition was 

 fixed for Thursday, June 30th, 3 to 10 

 p.m. This promises to be a very good 

 show, there being twelve classes for 

 Sweet Peas, also classes for Hardy 

 Perennials, Gloxinias and seasonable 

 vegetables. DAVID RUST. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The vote of the American Peony So- 

 ciety at Boston, selecting Philadelphia 

 as their meeting place in 1911, was in 

 response to an invitation from the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 

 which they knew was on the way but 

 which had not been received at the 

 time of voting. The official document, 

 duly signed by Secretary David Rust, 

 arrived the following morning and was 

 placed in the archives. 



It is a source of satisfaction to the 

 Royal Horticultural Society to find 

 that the amount of money taken for 

 admission to the Temple Show was in 

 excess of that of last year. There 

 was less crowding of the tents than 

 usual, many of the Fellows having 

 taken advantage of visiting it on 

 Wednesday morning, when the show 

 was reserved for their inspection, and 

 by this arrangement the crush on the 

 Tuesday was greatly relieved. 



DURING RECESS. 

 New York and New Jersey Associa- 

 tion of Plant Growers. 



The Association's Fourth Annual 

 Outing will be held at Mountain View 

 House, Lake Hopatcong, N. J., on 

 Thursday, July 7, 1910. The members 

 and their friends will meet at the Dela- 

 ware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. 

 Depot, in Hoboken, N. J., and there 

 take the 8.15 a. m. train, to which the 

 Association's special cars will be at- 

 tached. 



The committee has arranged many 

 contests for prizes for both gentlemen 

 and ladies, and the amusements pro- 

 vided will consist of bowling, shoot- 

 ing, boating, dancing, bathing, tennis, 

 billiards, etc. 



The price of tickets is $4.00 per per- 

 son and the same includes all trans- 

 portation charges, luncheon, dinner 

 and all expenses. The secretary, Wm. 

 H. Siebrecht, Jr., 277 Broadway, New 

 York, is desirous of knowing as soon 

 as possible how many to provide for 

 and members and others intending to 

 participate in this delightful outing are 

 earnestly requested to make known 

 to him at once how many tickets 

 will be required. The committee in 

 charge consists of H. C. Steinhoff, 

 Julius Roehrs, Jr.. and Herman Schoel' 

 zel. 



Astoria Florists' Bowling Club. 

 Last Saturday, June 18th, the Asto- 

 ria (N. Y.) Florists' Bowling Club at- 

 tended a matinee at the Broadway 

 Theatre and saw the performance of 

 the "Summer Widowers;" then they 

 had dinner at Shanley's. After dinner 

 they went to the New York Theatre 

 and witnessed "The Merry Whirl." 

 Strenuous times for the Astoria bowl- 

 ers. There were 22 in all, with 

 their wives. The tables at Shanley's 

 were handsomely decorated with smi- 

 lax, carnations, roses, etc. Favors were 

 provided for the ladies. 



Chicago Bowlers. 

 Standing up to date: 



L. Vaughaii 170 E. Farley 164 



T. C. Ynrnall.. .169 Wm. Graff 160 



J. Zeck 167 Geo. Asmus 159 



J. Huebner 165 Ed. Wintersou...l54 



F. J. rasternick.164 F. Ayres 145 



