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HORTICULTURE. 



February 19, 1910 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The meeting last Tuesday evening 

 was one of tlie best attended of the 

 season. The hall was well filled and 

 there was plenty of interest and en- 

 thusiasm. After the secretary's very 

 complete records of the last meeting 

 had been read the banquet committee 

 reported a surplus of $15.05, which was 

 turned over to the treasurer. An invi- 

 tation to visit the W. W. Edgar green- 

 houses in a body on March 19 was en- 

 (thusiastically received. 



Mr. E. H. Wilson, characterized by 

 the committee as the greatest plant 

 collector the world has known, was 

 unanimously elected an honorary mem- 

 'ber. There are now at the Arnold 

 .Arboretum upwards of 1,000 new spe- 

 'cies of trees and shrubs in process of 

 development, all collected by this inde- 

 fatigable explorer. 



A resolution in approval of the adop- 

 ,tion of a Parcels Post system such as 

 European countries are enjoying was 

 adopted; also a resolution recommend- 

 ing the discontinuance of free seed dis- 

 , tribution by Congress, as no longer 

 useful or wise. Both of these resolu- 

 , tions will be sent to representatives in 

 Washington with a request that they 

 act in accordance therewith. There 

 was a lot of oratory, serious and witty, 

 over these enactments. 



Mr. Farquhar announced that a good 

 friend of the club stands ready to make 

 a donation of $100 for the use of the 

 Landscape Class, should same be need- 

 ed. He then brought up the matter of 

 the arrangement of the elm trees in 

 Commonwealth avenue and after a 

 ' lively discussion in which the plans of 

 the park commission for four rows of 

 trees were unanimously condemned, a 

 strong resolution endorsing the origi- 

 nal Olmsted-Sargent plan of two rows 

 was adopted and a copy ordered sent 

 to the parjc commission. Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill of Medford, the oldest member of 

 the club, was recommended for honor- 

 ary membership. Fifteen new mem- 

 bers were admitted. 



S. J. Goddard of Framingham then 

 read a thoughtful paper on "The Cul- 

 ture of Carnations," which was fol- 

 lowed by an instructive discussion and 

 Mr. Goddard received a hearty vote of 

 thanks. 



The judges reported on the exhibits 

 ■of the evening as follows: Carnations, 

 Hattie Starrett and May Day, from 

 Patten & Co.; Wm. Penn and Seedling 

 1019, from A. Roper; Mrs. C. W. Ward, 

 from Cottage Gardens Co.; Pink De- 

 light, from S. J. Goddard; Seedling, 

 from Robert Train; leport of merit 

 for each. Alma Ward, from Cottage 

 Gardens Co.; report of superior merit. 

 Granite State and Pink Beauty, from 

 Geo. E. Buxton; each honorable men- 

 tion. Enchantress, from Littlefield & 

 Wyman; report of cultural merit. May 

 Day, from Peter Fisher; report of supe- 

 rior merit. Vase of mixed novelties 

 from S. J. Goddard; report of cultural 

 merit. Rose Killai^ney, deep pink 

 sport, from Montrose Greenhouses; re- 

 port of merit. A vote of thanks was 

 accorded to the following: Carnations 

 Shasta and Sarah Nicholson, from Pat- 

 ten & Co.; Winsor. from Ijttlefield & 

 Wyman; seedlings from A. Roper, 

 soedliug of Boston Market x Genevieve 



Lord, from Robert May, Gloversville, 

 N. Y.; Bon Ami and seedlings, from 

 G. E. Buxton. 



The most sensational exhibit of the 

 evening was a group of three new 

 azaleas, one plant of each, seedlings 

 from The Haerens Co., Somergem, 

 Belgium, unnamed as yet; shown by 

 A. Leuthy. One was a double early 

 white, one a pink similar to Vandev 

 Cruyssen and the other a small red 

 semi-double, on order of Firefly. All 

 the above made a good impression and 

 are expected to take high rank with 

 the trade as soon as disseminated. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



On the 11th instant, our society held 

 its first February gathering. Many ac- 

 tivities for the future were planned; 

 and Prof. C. D. Jarvis, horticulturist of 

 the Storrs Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, was received into membership. 

 "Raising Mushrooms in the Cellar." an 

 article by State Botanist Peck of New 

 York, and reprinted from "The Coun- 

 try Gentleman," was read and dis- 

 cussed by the members present. The 

 general opinion was that considerable 

 technical skill is required to raise reg- 

 ular and abundant crops of this fun- 

 gus product, and more such skill than 

 Is ordinarily attainable. 



President Huss outlined a series of 

 events for future meetings. February 

 25th Will be cineraria night; March 

 11th, carnation night; March 25th, 

 Chinese primrose night; April 8th, 

 rose night; May 13th, pansy night. It 

 was voted to make March 11th ladies' 

 night, also with a special request that 

 all ladies interested in horticulture 

 shall be present; and the lady mem- 

 bers of the society will be asked in 

 advance to each propound questions 

 from the question box, which is always 

 open on the president's desk. Ad- 

 dresses by members are also promised, 

 as follows: March 25th. by Alex. 

 Camming, Jr., on "The Horticulture of 

 the Pacific Coast," Mr. Gumming hav- 

 ing just returned after a year's resi- 

 dence there; April 22nd, by Secretary 

 Geoige W. Smith, on "The Value of 

 the Pear to the Fruit Lover;" and 

 JTay ISth. by John Gerard, of New 

 Britain, on "The Latest Acquisitions in 

 the Pansy World." 



In a discussion on climbing plants, 

 Ampelopsis Veitchii came in for the 

 greatest share of praise. President 

 Huss said that he had seen it grow 

 to the roof of stone church edifices In 

 New York City in three years from 

 planting time. Referring to hardy 

 flowering shrubs, suitable for hedge 

 use it desired, Berberis Thunbergll 

 seemed to be favored, and as being 

 much more suited to the rigors of our 

 New England climate than the Cali- 

 fornia privet. Treasurer W. W. Hunt 

 recommeiided Spirea opulifolia as a 

 much more rapid grower, however, and 

 hence more suitable when strong and 

 high growth is desired. 



Our society starts on the new season 

 with great hopes for the accomplish- 

 ment of many horticultural successes, 

 and (thanks to the action of the last 

 legislature) with the largest sum in 

 the treasury that it has possessed in 

 a number of years. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, Sec'y. 

 Melrose. Conn. 



MORRIS COUNTY (N. J.) GARDEN- 

 ERS' AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



February 9th, stormy as it was, 

 brought out a strong membership of 

 this society. Harold B. Vyse read an 

 essay on "The Pot Culture of Poin- 

 settia pulcherima." We are all famil- 

 iar with the dazzling display of this 

 plant, which Mr. Vyse has every 

 year around the holidays. Five and 

 6-inch pot plants with bracts 17 to 

 19 in. across, are worth looking at. His 

 paper was full of practical directions 

 and, as he says himself, "If one wants 

 to get them good, he must be eternally 

 vigilant." A rising vote of thanks was 

 accorded him for his able effort. Percy 

 Herbert, a former presiding ofiicer of 

 ours, came down from Newburgh. 



Proofs of the preliminary schedule 

 of the Flower Show to be held in Mor- 

 ristown next November were discussed. 

 The prizes total over $2,000 and we ex- 

 pect the final issue in July to list $3,000 

 or more. This amount is pledged in 

 full and so the executive committee's 

 work will be in the line of securing a 

 show worthy of the name. A letter 

 read at the January meeting from El- 

 mer D. Smith, president C. S. A., an- 

 nouncing that the C. S. A. would hold 

 their show at Morristown in conjunc- 

 tion with this society, gave us a boost 

 The C. S. A. special prizes will be add- 

 ed features. The Flower Show com- 

 mittee is made up of the best men in 

 the club, and every one is working 

 energetically to forward the enterprise. 



Next meeting, March 9th, will be 

 Carnation Night. For several years 

 this has been a great event, and we 

 hope the growers generally will come 

 on and show again this year. Many 

 new carnations are candidates for pub- 

 lic favor, and the place to put them 

 is where people can see them. There 

 is no better place to do this than in 

 Madison. 



J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 showed his new Begonia Glory of Cin- 

 cinnati. A certificate of merit was 

 awarded to it. C. H. Totty had a col- 

 lection of sweet peas — stems from 17 

 to 19 inches long. His Governor Fort 

 was awarded a certificate of merit and 

 the other is a cultural certificate. 



Preliminary schedules can be had 

 from Edward Reagan, Box 334, Morris- 

 town, N. J. E. R. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular meeting of this club on 

 Tuesday evening, February 14, had 

 been designated Ladies' Night and the 

 large and interesting audience which 

 assembled in response to this an- 

 nouncement showed unmistakably that 

 members and ladies alike had pleasant 

 memories of former similar occasions 

 and knew what to expect. There were 

 not far from 150 persons present when 

 President Miller called to order. Busi- 

 ness was despatched with alacrity. 

 Secretary Voting's minutes, report of 

 essay committee by Mr. Pepper, ap- 

 pointment of a committee on the 

 death of C. W. Scott's father, report 

 of joint committee on annual dinner 

 and entertainment of American Rose 

 Society, by Mr. Sheridan, were sev- 

 erally adopted and Wm. H. Taplin of 

 Brooklyn, read an interesting paper 

 on "Carnations Past and Present," 

 which brought out some discussion as 



