March 5, 1910 



HORTICULTURE. 



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NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



On February 7th the annual meet- 

 ing of the above society took place at 

 Carr's Restaurant, Strand, London, Sir 

 A. K. Rollit, president of the society, 

 in the chair. We learn from the re- 

 port and financial statement, that good 

 work has been done; and the one ex- 

 hibition held during 1909 was a very 

 successful one. The award for color 

 that the society had decided to inaugu- 

 rate was one that would meet with 

 much appreciation. The financial con- 

 dition of the society was very satis- 

 factory. The report was unanimously 

 adopted. Mr. C. Harman Payne was 

 appointed honorary foreign correspond- 

 ent, and Mr. R. A. Witty, general sec- 

 retary. 



The following gentlemen were elect- 

 ed corresponding members of the so- 

 ciety: Messrs. C. H. Totty. U. S. A.; 

 T. Pockett, Australia; and R. Mom- 

 meja. France. 



ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At a recent meeting of the Execu- 

 tive Board of the St. Louis Horticul- 

 tural Society held at the Missouri 

 Athletic Club, it was decided not to 

 hold a spring flower show this year. 

 The board though is making prepara- 

 tions for holding a fall flower show 

 in the Coliseum Building on a much 

 larger scale than last year. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The South Dakota State Horticul- 

 tural Society has elected officers as 

 follows: A. W. Kruger, Grotch, presi- 

 dent; A. L. Van Osdel, Yankton, vice- 

 president; M. J. DeWolf, Letcher, 

 treasurer; N. E. Hansen, Brookings, 

 secretary; E. D. Cowles, Vermillion, 

 librarian. The program at the annual 

 meeting was very interesting, espe- 

 cially the numbers relating to re- 

 searches into hardy fruits for the state 

 made by Prof. Hansen of Brookings. 



The New England Cemetery Asso- 

 ciation held its annual meeting Feb. 

 14 at the Quincy House, Boston. At 

 this meeting the chief business was 

 the election of the following officers: 

 President, Edward A. Mitchell of 

 Medford; vice-president, Wm. Carr, 

 supt. of the Maiden Cemetery: secre- 

 tary and treasurer, Horace A. Derry, 

 supt. of the Everett Cemetery. A 

 banquet was served at the close of 

 the meeting. It was a very enjoyable 

 occasion and drew a large attendance. 



The State Horticultural Society and 

 the Tepnessee State Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation, held their fifth annual meet- 

 ing in Nashville, January 26-27. A 

 resolution was passed requesting the 

 senators and representatives in Con- 

 gress from this state to oppose any 

 legislation that would effect the agri- 

 culttiral iiress of the country. The 

 newly elected officers are: President 

 J. D. Kllis. Dayton; vice-president 

 Middle Tennessee, L C. Murphy, Col- 

 umbia: vice-president West Tennessee, 

 C. Pennington, Rutherford; vice-presi- 

 dent, East Tennessee, .J. C. Easterly, 

 Cleveland; secretary and treasurer, C. 

 A. Keffer, Knoxville, 



MIDWINTER SHOW IN BOSTON. 



On account of the omission of the 

 regular spiing exhibition from this 

 year's schedule, the midwinter show 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety on February 25-26-27 took on 

 much importance and drew forth a 

 display of goodly proportions and ex- 

 traordinary excellence. Plant groups 

 were unexpectedly large and varied, 

 and the cut-flower prizes were eagerly 

 competed for in many classes. Men- 

 tioning the most sensational entries 

 fir.^t, we put the large group of seed- 

 ling amaryllises, shown by W. C. 

 Ritchie, gardener for Mrs. J. Mont- 

 gomery Sears, as being far ahead of 

 anything in that line ever seen here 

 and among the most impressive exam- 

 ples of fine culture shown in many 

 years. A gold medal was awarded. A 

 gold meuiil was also awarded to a su- 

 perb gioup of orchids from Langwater 

 Gardens, gardener W. N. Craig. This 

 contained a record number of varie- 

 ties of Laelia anceps, including the 

 beautiful Amesiana with dark lip. 

 There were also many rare cypripe- 

 diums and forms of Dendrobium 

 nobile. 



The primroses were unprecedentedly 

 fine, including Kewensis, obconica, 

 sinensis and stellata. The exhibi- 

 tors, among whom the prizes were well 

 distributed in the various classes, were 

 Mrs. F. Ayer, gard. George Page; M'm. 

 Whitman, gard. M. Sullivan; Mrs. J. 

 L. Gardner, gard. Wm. Thatcher; Win- 

 throp Ames, gard. Daniel Whyte, and 

 Weld Gardens, gard. W. C. Rust. The 

 cyclamens, always the glory of the 

 Boston spring shows, were unprece- 

 dentedly grand, foliage like leather, 

 .■md f!ov\-ors such as can be seen in no 

 other place in this coimtry, if abroad. 

 Weld Gardens. E. J. Mitton, gard. J. 

 Lawson, and J. S. Bailey, gard. W. 

 McGillivray, were the winners in the 

 different classes. 



The decorated groups of flowering 

 and foliage plants were comprehen- 

 sive and highly creditable. A special 

 silver medal went to Thomas Roland 

 for display of Erica melanthera and 

 first class certificate to R. & J. Farqu- 

 har &• Co. for group of palms, primulas 

 aid miscellaneous spring flowering 

 r.idterial. First prize was awarded to 

 A. j,eLith>- fc Co. for group covering 

 100 sq. It. Mr. Leuthy's cultural skill 

 was well displayed in acacias and 

 other choice specialties, and his group 

 was ii))propriately located directly un- 

 der the balcony where a young ladies' 

 orchestra dispensed sweet music. Mr. 

 Roland's gioup was rich in anthu- 

 riums, acacias, ericas and cyclamens. 

 Ed. MacMulkin was represented by 

 an enoinious group of palms and Eas- 

 ter flowering plants, Anthuriura Scher- 

 zerianum. etc.; Mis. J. L. Gardner by 

 a forest of chorizemas. ericas, garde- 

 nias and such, and W. W. Edgar Co. by 

 azaleas and Easter flowering material 

 in variety. Honorable mention was 

 won by tlie following exhibitors: Weld 

 Gardens, for seedling Indian azaleas 

 nf much promise; Montrose Green- 

 hotises, for dark pink sport of Killar- 

 ney rose, a decided commercial ac- 

 quisition: Weld Gardens, for Cattleya 

 Schroederae alba, four flowers on one 

 growth ; Backer & Co., for carnation 

 Red Princess, a good one: New Hamp- 

 shire College, for seedling carnations; 

 A. C. Zvolanek, for collection of sweet 

 i;eas. Nothing finer could be imagined 



A FiftylDollar Silver 



will be awarded to the grower 

 of the best 



SIX ROSES 



At the 1910 exhibition in 



New York of the 



American Rose Society 



Let all good growers of roses ex- 

 amine their slock and send their best 

 six specimens. 



The prize is offered by 



Moore, Hentz& Nash 



For specification : see the " Prize 

 Schedule " of the American Rose 

 Society. 



than Wm. Sim's display of twelve large 

 vases of sweet peas, twelve varieties. 



In the bulbous section there was the 

 usual laige and varied display of daf- 

 fodils in many classes, tulips, hya- 

 cinths, etc., in all of which Wm. Whit- 

 man and Mis. Gardner were promi- 

 nent. Some well-grown pans of lach- 

 enalias from Weld Gardens elicited 

 regretful comment that more of these 

 showy flowers are not seen at our 

 sliows. 



Theie were many elegant orchid 

 gicups. among the exhibitors being J. 

 T. Bulterwoith. who was particularly 

 strong on Dendrobium Wardianum; 

 Thos. T. Watt, with dendrobiums and 

 laelias; Mrs. Oliver Ames, Sr., gard. 

 Henry Cole, with a group of lavishly 

 bloomed lycastes; Julius Roehrs Com- 

 pany, who showed a beautiful speci- 

 men of Miltonia Bleueana; Lager & 

 Hutrell. with a grilliant group of cat- 

 lelyas, laelias, dendrobiums, phalaen- 

 opsis. etc. 



The carnation growers were out in 

 full force and the popular market sorts 

 of old or new introduction were well 

 presented. Competition was close on 

 vase of 100 mixed varieties, S. J. God- 

 dard capturing first and Patten & Co., 

 second jirize. A. Roper, C. S. Strout, 

 Wilfiid Wheeler, Geo. E. Buxton, Cot- 

 tage Gardens, Robt. Main and others 

 were all on hand with displays of 

 greater or less size. The prize for 100 

 blooms of one variety with foliage was 

 won by Peter Fisher with May Day. 

 For 50 blooms of best new named va- 

 riety not yet in commerce, Winthrop 

 Sargent won first with Wodenethe 

 White. 



There weic plenty of violets shown. 



