April 2, 1910 



H O RT I C U LT U R E 



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CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Engelman Botanical Club, of St. 

 Louis, held a meeting on Monday 

 night which was largely attended. 

 Prof. Wm. Tielease. director of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden, entertained 

 the members with a talk on Botany. 



WREATH OF LILY OF THE VALLEY AND ORCHIDS. 



Made at Galvia's, Boston. 



Mr. Jerome Jones has offered through 

 the Horticultural Society of New York 

 and same has been accepted by the 

 Council, a special prize of $15.00 for 

 the best 12 blooms of Chrysanthemum 

 Mrs. Jerome Jones, to be competed for 

 at the exhibition of 1910. 



The State Horticultural Society of 

 Michigan opened its spring session in 

 Fremont, Mich., at the Auditorium on 

 March 12th. C. E. Bassett of Fenn- 

 ville, C. B. Welch of Douglas, Prof. 

 H. J. Eustace, of Lansing, T. A. Far- 

 rent of Eaton Rapids, and Edward 

 Hutchings of Fennville spoke on the 

 "Use of Lime Sulphur Sprayers," and 

 the discussion took the greater part 

 of the day. 



At the last meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club of Baltimore 

 a committee was appointed to draft 

 resolutions in favor of "parcels post" 

 to be presented to Congress. The club 

 also adopted a resolution against tTie 

 Simmons bill recently presented to 

 Congress, to have all impoited nursery 

 stock examined at points of entry to 

 this country. The club concluded that 

 as foreign countries accepted our in- 

 spection we should accept theirs, etc. 



The Gardening Association of Berke- 

 ley, Cal., will give a flower show some- 

 time during April. A committee to 

 fornmlate plans for such a show has 

 been formed and F. H. Meyer has been 

 named chairman. Eleven thousand 

 packages of seeds were sold to the 

 school children. The committee who 

 have charge of the distribution of 

 these seeds reports that these are to 

 be planted at the homes of the chil- 

 dren; others were distributed for plant- 

 ing in the school yards. 



The annual spring exhibition of the 

 Chestnut Hill Horticultural Society 

 was held March 20th in the Library 

 at 8711 Germantown avenue, Philadel- 

 phia. Many society women of Ger- 

 mantown and Chestnut Hill enjoyed 

 the exhibition of spring blooms. P. J. 

 Day read an interesting paper on 

 "Bulbs and Their Cultivation," and a 

 general discussion followed. The ex- 

 hibition was a very creditable one — 

 carnations, hyacinths, cinerarias, tu- 

 lips, narcissi and Easter lilies making 

 up the exhibit. 



INCORPORATED. 

 Sedalia, Mo. — Archias Floral Co.. 

 West 2nd St., capital stock $5,000. 

 L. H. Archias, M. T. Slane, H. G. 

 Tompkin and L. A. Kipping. 



Nashville, Tenn. — Greenbrier Nur- 

 sery Co., capital stock $25,000. Incor- 

 porators, R. R. and Annie M. Harris. 

 Ida X. and S. M. Pribble. 



Cleveland, Ohio.— Smith & Fetters 

 Co., capital stock $20,000. Frank 

 Munroe Smith, William S. Kruzen, 

 Louis A. Kooms, Jr., Timothy Smith 

 and Clarence Meyers. 



AN INDEPENDENT ATTITUDE. 



Our rearteis will be interested and 

 amused over the following translation 

 from "Moeller's Deutcher Gaertner 

 Zeitung" setting forth the attitude of 

 that Journal towards flower shows held 

 in Geimany. It has been suggested 

 by a facetious friend of HORTICUL- 

 TURE that the American trade papers 

 should follow the lead of their inde- 

 jiendent German contemporary and 

 adopt similar lules for their own pro- 

 cedure! How do you think it would 

 work out? Don't all answer at once. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



We recommend to all whose iuteiUion 

 it i« to take part in the foHowiug Horti- 

 cultural exhibitious at home, to obtain 

 the ali.solnte a.'jsurauce that the prizes of- 

 fered are for the Quality of the plants 

 exhibited and not so called Tips for work 

 done on behalf of such exhibitions. 



Further, should they make po.sltivel,v 

 sure that no exhiliitors shall act as judges, 

 that all Firms be allowed to put their 

 business cards on their exhibits, and that 

 no obstacle be put in the way of the re- 

 jjorters. 



All exhibitions to which this paper re- 

 <-eives no in\itation, ^^-ill not be reported 

 as it \\ill be assumed that none is de- 

 sired. 



Invitations to exhibitions received less 

 than three weeks beforehand cannot be 

 considered and i^-ill not be reported, as it 

 is impassible at too short notice to keep 

 a date open. 



We deiuand for the reporters of "Moel- 

 ler's Deutcher Gaertner Zeitung" the same 

 social courtesies as are accorded to the 

 judges. If denied, no report will be 

 printed. 



No report of Home Exhibitions will be 

 made at which exhibitors act as judges. 

 All shows at which exhibitors are for- 



bidden to attach their cards immediately 

 after groups are completed will be ignored. 

 Printed exhibition leaflets filled with 

 ads. wi! not be published. Only original 

 exhibition reports will be printed in "Moel- 

 ler's Deutcher Gaertner Zeitung." 



SWEET PEA NOVELTIES. 



Once again the sweet pea specialists 

 are making known the new aspirants 

 to fame and fortune which are being 

 offered to the growers. There appears 

 to be no limit to the new varieties 

 which each season claim attention. In 

 addition to the novelties from home 

 laisers, several of the seedsmen are 

 listing the chief American introduc- 

 tions. From Wem, in Shropshire, one 

 of the chief homes of new introduc- 

 tions, there have emanated Picotee 

 Waved, a pure white, with a delightful 

 picotee edge of carmine; Vicomte de 

 Janze is of a deep bright rose; Mary 

 Vipan Waved is a splendidly waved, 

 bold bloom, of a rose tint; Mrs. E. Gil- 

 man is an expanded bloom with a 

 creamy ground, suffused with bright 

 rose. Messrs. Watkins & Simpson, a 

 firm of wholesalers known in America, 

 are offering Picotee, white, edged with 

 carmine; Edward 'VII Improved, and 

 Miss Wilmott Improved. In several in- 

 stances growers have suffered through 

 the prevalence of streak amongst their 

 crops, whilst the very unfavorable 

 weather last year militated against a 

 successful harvest. 



W. H. ADSETT. 



