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HORTICULTURE 



March 26, 1910 



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NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The regular monthly club meeting at 

 Horticultural Hall on Tuesday evening, 

 March 22, was remarkably well attend- 

 ed, considering the demands of Easter 

 week and spring activities. 



The special interest of the evening 

 centered in the address on hardy her- 

 baceous perennials, by Arthur E. 

 Thatcher of the Arnold Arboretum. 

 Mr. Thatcher is no stranger to the 

 readers of HORTICULTURE, to the 

 columns of which he is a frequent and 

 valued contributor. His paper was of 

 exceptional value because it included 

 comment on the species of recent in- 

 troduction and their respective quali- 

 ties as compared with the older sorts. 

 A rising vole of thanks was accorded. 



A letter to the secretary from U. S. 

 Senator Murray Crane in approval of 

 the club's action in favor of parcels 

 post and condemning the free seed dis- 

 tribution by Congress was read and 

 vigorously cheered. 



P. Welch, Thos. J. Grey and others 

 spoke on the great loss the club had 

 sustained in the death of its treasurer, 

 Edward Hatch. William J. Stewart, 

 William Downs and P. Welch were con- 

 stituted a committee to prepare suit- 

 able resolutions to be presented at the 

 next meeting. 



The matter of electing a successor 

 to Mr. Hatch as treasurer was assigned 

 for the next meeting. 



On the platform a number of attrac- 

 tive exhibits were displayed. William 

 Sim contributed eighteen varieties of 

 sweet peas, also violets and cyclamen. 

 From Chas. Sander came the lovely 

 Azalea balsaminiflora. W. N. Craig 

 showed Laelio - cattleya Frederick 

 Boyle var. Kerchovianum, a cross be- 

 tween a white Laelia anceps and a 

 white Cattleya Trianae. Schizanthus 

 hybrida grandiflorus oculatus came 

 from G. Bleicken, carnations from .1. 

 F. Flood, seedling cannas from Eber 

 Holmes, and Paul De Nave brought 

 from Fall River a fine group of com- 



mercial orchids. Mr. De Nave, on be- 

 ing questioned, replied that he grows 

 his orchids in a temperature of 55 to 

 58 degrees with plenty_ of ventilation 

 and bottom air — oncidiums on the 

 north side and dendrobiums and cat- 

 tleyas on the south side of the same 

 house. Spraying overhead frequently 

 on sunny days he regarded as an es- 

 sential. The only feeding he gives is 

 a little sheep manure about three or 

 four weeks before flowering time. 



MINNESOTA STATE FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Minnesota State Florists' Association 

 was held on March 15. The flower 

 show committee submitted a prelimi- 

 nary premium list (total amount about 

 $2,700.00). The same rules for judg- 

 ing will be used as in the respective 

 National Carnation, Rose and Chrysan- 

 themum Societies. The promised lec- 

 ture of Professor Clements was post- 

 poned until the April meeting. 



Tausendschon, exhibited by Holm & 

 Olson, scored 91% points; Lily of the 

 valley, SI; Lady Bountiful carnation, 

 Winsor, all by Nagel & Son, S5; Lilium 

 longiflorum giganteum. S21/4, Primula 

 obconica, 73%, Hydrangea otaksa, 

 78%, Bride roses, 85, all by Lakewood 

 Cemetery. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



The Executive Board held its regu- 

 lar mid-Lent meeting at Rochester, 

 N. Y., March 12 to 16. The sessions 

 of the Executive Board have never 

 been considered public property until 

 reported in his official capacity by 

 the secretary of the society. In de- 

 ference to this very proper restric- 

 tion we refrain from any statement 

 as to the proceedings on this occa- 

 sion. Secretary Dorner will, no doubt, 

 in due time make a report through 

 these columns. 



Department of Registration. 



As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the rose, "Wm. R. 

 Smith," by The Conard & Jones Com- 

 pany of West Grove, Pennsylvania, 

 becomes complete. 



H. B. DORNER, Sec. 



March 17, 1910. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



March 21st was "Rose Night." 

 C. Duncan and Peter Murray were 

 the principal winners; C. Duncan was 

 also awarded a cultural certificate 

 for a collection of roses. Mr. Dun- 

 can gave a short talk on rose grow- 

 ing, which was very interesting. Mr. 

 Murray was awarded a cultural certi- 

 ficate for three very fine plants of 

 calceolaria and he also gave us a 

 few points on their culture. D. Kel- 

 ley was awarded cultural certificate 

 for sweet peas, and Wm. Seymour 

 for callas. 



ALEX. FLEMING, Rec. Sec. 



ROCHESTER FLORISTS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The Rochester Florists' Association 

 bad the honor of entertaining the 

 Executive Board of the Society of 

 American Florists on the occasion of 

 the second annual dinner of the as- 

 sociation held at Rochester, N. Y., on 

 the evening of March 14. About 150 

 ladies and gentlemen were present. 



E. S. Osborn acted as toastmaster 

 and toasts were responded to as fol- 

 lows: The S. A. F., by President 



F. R. Pierson; The Convention, by 

 W. N. Rudd; The Flower City, W. C. 

 Barry; The Ladies, W. J. Vesey; The 

 Man that Holds the Bag, W. F. Kas- 

 ting; The Retailer, .T. A. Valentine; 

 The Carnation, H. B. Dorner; The 

 Rose. George Asraus. Prof. John 

 Craig, Prof. L. B. Judson and others 

 also spoke. There were also present 

 among the visitors H. B. Beatty, John 

 Young, Eugene Dailledouze and Rob- 

 ert Craig. 



