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March 5, 1910 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



On February 25 our society held an 

 interesting meeting at the County 

 Building, Hartford. This was "Ciner- 

 aria Night," and from the sumptuous 

 greenhouses of James J. Goodwin, 

 President Huss made a splendid dis- 

 play of natural and hybrid cinerarias 

 in pots. These flowers, in full bloom, 

 with their sturdy plants and great 

 wealth of color, surrounding a central 

 setting of the tall stellata type, with 

 its bright, starry flowers, and embrac- 

 ing a few specimens of the Metador 

 variety, made an exhibition of great 

 beauty. Mr. Huss also showed blooms 

 of Cattleya Mendellii, Lycaste cruenta, 

 and Laelia Schomburgkia superbiens. 

 J. A. Weber also exhibited, from the ' 

 greenhouses of Walter L. Goodwin, 

 two fine plants of Primula obionica; 

 and W. H. Shumway, of Berlin, 

 brought, as a curiosity, a miniature 

 geranium, quite floriferous, of an un- 

 identified variety. The judges. How- 

 ard A. Pinney, T. B. Brown and John 

 Gerard, awarded a diploma to Mr. 

 Huss, a certificate of merit to Mr. 

 Weber, and recommended a vote of 

 thanks to Mr. Shumway. 



A comprehensive paper by Mr. Huss 

 on the culture of the cineraria was, at 

 his instance, postponed to a future 

 meeting, and in its place George F. 

 Stewart's article in HORTICULTURE 

 of February 5th, on "Cineraria hybri- 

 da," was read and discussed with in- 

 terest. Mr. Stewart's method of com- 

 bating green fly and white fly elicited 

 many personal experiences by our 

 members in growing not only ciner- 

 arias, but cyclamen and carnations. 

 Mites give much trouble; and Mr. 

 Pinney, Mr. Weber and Francis Rou- 

 lier all spoke of the diSiculty from 

 this pest, especially in growing cycla- 

 mens. Mr. Weber recommended Nico- 

 ticide mixed with kerosene. 



Mr. Pinney told an interesting story 

 of the recent accident in the carna- 

 tion house of John Coombs of Hart- 

 ford, containing 148,000 cubic feet of 

 space, and in which, in fumigating 

 with hydrocyanic acid gas, 144 ounces 

 of potassium cyanide, or approximate- 

 ly one ounce to 1,000 cubic feet of 

 space, were inadvertently used on a 

 night of heavy atmosphere, resulting 

 in a burning of the foliage. The cur- 

 rent newspaper report of a $3,000 loss 

 was, he said, exaggerated. The injured 

 leaves were at once removed, and the 

 beds heavily mulched with shredded 

 cow manure, and a rapid and splendid 

 recovery was ultimately made. Mr. 

 Pinney strongly recommended keeping 

 to the limit of a half-ounce of the 

 cyanide to each 1,000 cubic feet of 

 space. 



Mr. Huss said that this fumigator is 

 to be commended on account of its 

 efficiency and cheapness. He has used 

 it in his peach house. C. H. Sierman 

 believes that it will supersede all other 

 insecticides for indoor work. He ad- 

 vised great care in its use, and only in 

 a dry atmosphere, it requiring even a 

 dry soil, as in damp weather the cyan- 

 ide is likely to settle on the plants 

 and burn them. 



Mr. Gerard and Mr. Shumway de- 

 scribed the new lava fertilizers, or 



volcanic ashi^s, now on the market. 

 While not ready to unqualifiedly praise 

 it, they thought it worthy of trial in 

 a small way. Mr. Gerard grew tomato 

 plants last season, by aid of it, nine 

 feet high; while nearby plants fertil- 

 ized with cow manure were not over 

 four feet high. 



Our next meeting, March 11th, will 

 be "Carnation Night," and "Ladies' 

 Night." An eventful gathering is an- 

 ticipated. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, Secretary. 



Melrose, Conn. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



Registration of Rose. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 The Conard & Jones Company of West 

 Grove, Pennsylvania, offers for regis- 

 tration the rose described below. Any 

 person objecting to the registration or 

 to the use of the proposed name is re- 

 quested to communicate with the Sec- 

 retary at once. Failing to receive ob- 

 jection to the registration, the same 

 will be made three weeks from this 

 date. 



Raiser's Description. 



Flowers are large, full and double 

 and most exquisitely formed. The 

 petals are so firm they look like wax, 

 softly curled, colored cream with flesh 

 tint tips, buff yellow base and the 

 center a heart of pink. Perfect buds. 

 The flowers are borne on long, strong 

 stems, just right for making bouquets. 

 Fragrance is delightful. 



Name— Wm. R. Smith. Originator- 

 Richard Bagg, Bridgeton, N. J. Intro- 

 duced by John A. Shellem and E. G. 

 Hill Company. 



H. B. DORNER, Sec'y. 



February 24, 1910. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The meeting of the club will be held 

 at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Tues- 

 day evening, March 22, at 8 o'clock, 

 the halls being rented on March 15, 

 the night of the regular meeting. The 

 speaker of the evening will be Mr. A. 

 E. Thatcher of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 on the subject, "New and Desirable 

 Hardy Herbaceous Perennials." 



The club will hold its first field day 

 of the year with the W. W. Edgar 

 Co., W^averley, on April 19. A cordial 

 invitation is extended to any who may 

 not be club members to join on this 

 outing. W. N. CRAIG, Sec'y. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The following named gentlemen 

 have been appointed to serve on the 

 reception committee on the occasion 

 of the annual dinner on Thursday 

 evening, March 17th, on which occa- 

 sion the New York Florists' Club will 

 entertain the visiting members of the 

 American Rose Society: 



P. O'Mara, chairman; F. H. Traen- 

 dly, A. T. Boddington, Harry Turner, 

 C. B. Weathered, W. A. Manda, F. L. 

 Atkins, W. H. Siebreoht, Jr., A. S. 

 Burns, John I Raynor, J. Austin Shaw, 

 E. Daillcdouze, John Blrnie, C. A. 

 Small, Wm. J. Stewart, W. E. Mar- 

 shall, H. O. May. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The meeting on Tuesday evening 

 had a very large attendance, the at- 

 traction being the paper by Albert M. 

 Herr on "Carnations." This paper 

 brought out a very good discussion, 

 the main contention in this discussion 

 being that the retailer ought to know 

 more definitely what he was buying, 

 how lon,g the flowers has been cut, that 

 the flowers should be ta.gged, with 

 date and growers name or number 

 thereon. At the April meeting H. J. 

 Faust, Merlon. Pa., will read a paper 

 on "Lilies." 



The exhibition of carnations was one 

 of the best ever seen at a club meet- 

 ing, and all exhibitors were tendered 

 the thanks of the club. The exhibits 

 being so numerous, minute details 

 cannot be given; they were as follows: 

 Harvey & Son, Brandywine Summit, 

 Pa., twelve vases of carnations; among 

 the best were Wenonah, a fine pink. 

 Pink Delight, May Day, Victory and 

 Winsor, all well grown. Robert Craig 

 Co., white seedling Norwood, a very 

 fine and promising variety. Overbrook 

 Gardens, Stock Princess Alexandra. 

 and a vase of schizanthus. S. J. 

 Renter & Son, Westerly, R. I., Pink 

 Delight. Sangamo. Ruby and May Day. 

 Chas. B. Herr, Strasburg, Pa., Pink 

 Delight, very well grown flowers. E. 

 C. Marshall, Kennett Square, Pa., 

 white seedling carnation, very fra- 

 grant, heavily fringed; also a vase 

 each of Beacon and Winsor, both be- 

 ing very good. Millbrook Lea Green- 

 houses. Whitford. Pa., Carnation Geor- 

 gia. Henry Eichholz, Waynesboro, 

 Pa., Wa.shington, a deep pink, sport 

 from Enchantress; also Princess 

 Charming, light pink. Wm. Swayne, 

 Kennett Square, Pa., a seedling car- 

 nation. Enchantress x Dorothy, a 

 heavily fringed light salmon pink of 

 Rood size, excellent promise. Samuel 

 Batchelor, Jenkintown, Pa., White 

 Perfection, exceedingly well grown. 

 Wm. Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa., Craig's 

 new white Norwood, very well done. 

 Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote. Pa.. 

 Dorothy Gordon, splendid flowers 

 which were the admiration of all pres- 

 ent. John H. Dodds, Wyncote, Pa., 

 gardener to Hon. John Wanamaker, 

 carnations Harlowarden, Bay State, 

 White Perfection, Imperial, Enchan- 

 tress, Winsor and Rose Pink En- 

 chantress, all well grown; the vase 

 of Imperial was a surprise to 

 all; perfect flowers with an extra 

 long stem. Strafford Flower Farm. 

 Strafford. Pa., well grown flowers 

 of May Day. Pink Delight, and a 

 vase of seedlings. Conard & Jones 

 Co.. West Grove, Pa., new blue Ram- 

 bler Rose "Vielchen Blau." a decided 

 novelty; also flowers of American 

 Pillar Rose, and a self-watering flower 

 box for porch and lawn. 



DAVID RUST. Secretary. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of this society on 

 February 21st, the preliminary sched- 

 ule for the Monmouth County Fair 

 was read over and approved. A. Bauer 

 will read a paper on "The Culture of 

 Bulbs'" at the first meeting in March. 

 ALEX. FLEMING, Rec. Sec. 



