April 16, 1910 



HORTICULTURi: 



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urging the planting of varieties charac- 

 terized by high quality. 



The Society has no limitations in re- 

 gard to membership. It is open to the 

 amateur as well as to the commercial 

 grower of fruits, to the nurseryman 

 as well as to the orchardist. The fees 

 are light, being two dollars for the 

 biennial two-year period. The reports 

 are exceedingly valuable as well to the 

 teacher as to the practical fruit grower. 



Life membership in the Society is of 

 two kinds: to institutions, it is secured 

 for a thirty-year period on payment of 

 a twenty-dollar fee. Individuals may 

 secure life membership on payment of 

 the same fee. In addition to the forth- 

 coming reports, the Society gives each 

 life member on entering, copies of as 

 many of the back volumes of the 

 Transaction as are now available. 

 These are becoming rare and conse- 

 quently valuable. 



The Society is of special interest to 

 the fruit breeder. It promotes develop- 

 ment of improved varieties by offering 

 prizes for distinctly worthy new kinds. 

 To this end it maintains a committee 

 whose duty it is to examine and report 

 on new orginations and make such rec- 

 ommendations as in their judgment are 

 appropriate. One of the earlier presi- 

 dents of the Society, the late Marshall 

 P. Wilder, left a small fund which is 

 used to provide silver and bronze 

 medals to be awarded to originators 

 of worthy new fruits. 



The officers are: President, L. A. 

 Goodman, Kansas City, Mo.; secretary, 

 John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. ; treasurer, L. 

 R. Taft, East Lansing, Mich.; execu- 

 tive committee, C. L. Watrous, Des 

 Sloines, Iowa; W. C. Barry, Rochester, 

 N. Y.; C. W. Garfield, Grand Rapids, 

 Mich.; G. L. Taber, Glen St. Mary, 

 Fla.; W. T. Macoun, Ottawa, Canada. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 Society was held at their rooms In 

 Orange on the 8th inst. George Smith 

 addressed the Society on "The Florist 

 vs. the Gardener" in his usual bright 

 and entertaining vein. His praise of 

 the craft was natural, as only six years 

 ago he embarked upon his present suc- 

 cessful career as a commercial florist 

 in East Orange after sixteen years' 

 service in a private capacity. He spoke 

 without notes, and therefore from the 

 heart, touching upon the love which 

 every successful craftsman must feel 

 in these productions of what are only 

 "second of God's creations." "Every 

 man who wields a rake, shovel and 

 spade is not a gardener;" "every man 

 alas, is not a florist who makes up a 

 piece." Mr. Smith himself is aesthetic; 

 he is a student of harmony and color 

 as applied to floral art, and his hearers 

 regretted that the business cares of a 

 busy life had not permitted his ideas 

 to he more particularly set forth at 

 length on paper. 



The floral display was brilliant and 

 select and covered most of the season's 

 flowers. Lager & Hurrell made an ex- 

 cellent show of orchids, cattleyas, den- 

 drobiums and phalaenopses, a Dendro- 

 bium nobile of the Ashworth variety 

 with large pure white blooms being ex- 

 hibited for the first time in this coun- 

 try. Thomas Jones of Summit con- 

 tributed a vase of wall flowers. 



Hitchings & Co., in a letter read, of- 



fered a silver cup, which it was decided 

 to offer for Dahlia Night in October. 

 J. B. DAVIS. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual Rose and Carnation 

 Night of the Lenox Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held April 2nd and was a 

 decided success. Seldom, if ever, have 

 roses and carnations been seen in Berk- 

 shire County of such high quality. Up- 

 wards of fifty vases were staged in the 

 various classes. As a scarlet, Beacon 

 was largely exhibited, while White Per- 

 fection, Winsor, Enchantress, Bay 

 State, Rose-Pink Enchantress and Oc- 

 toroon were strongly exhibited in their 

 various colois. An exhibit on which 

 special praise was bestowed were two 

 magnificent vases of Mrs. C. W. Ward 

 and Alma Ward, exhibited by Cottage 

 Gardens Co., and unanimously awarded 

 a first-class certificate, the Society's 

 highest award. Another exhibit which 

 was greatly admired was an exceed- 

 ingly fine vase of White House, ex- 

 hibited by Dailledouze Bros. This va- 

 riety was shown in the best of condi- 

 tion, which speaks well for its ship- 

 ping qualities and was unanimously 

 awarded a flrst-class certificate. The 

 following is the list of the principal 

 awards: 



Elm Court Farm, first for 25 Enchant- 

 ress, Winsor, 12 American Beauties and 

 Richmond roses. A. H. Wlngett, first for 

 25 Beacon. 12 Bay State and 12 President 

 Caruot roses. S. Carlquist, first for 12 

 White Perfection, Beacon, Enchantress, 

 Octoroon, and Rose-Pink Enchantress. J. 

 J. Donohoe, first tor 25 My Maryland, sec- 

 ond for 12 American Beauty roses, Win- 

 sor, Beacon, M. A. Patten and Rose-Pink 

 Enchantress: also a certificate of cultural 

 commendation for a vase of stock Queen 

 Alexandra. 



The judges were Messrs. E. Jenkins, R. 

 Speirs, W. Jack and A. J. Jenkins. 

 George Breed read an interesting paper 

 on "The Orchards of the Berkshires," 

 dealing with the best varieties, soils, 

 pests, general management, etc. Con- 

 siderable discussion was created, most 

 of the members asking questions, which 

 Mr. Breed answered in a very able 

 manner. He was accorded a hearty 

 vote of thanks. 



GEORGE H. INSTONE, Sec'y. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 above club was held on the 5th inst., 

 Alfred Burton, vice-president, in the 

 chair. There was little of any moment 

 outside of routine business. Most of 

 the members are apparently still un- 

 recovered from the Easter rush. Henry 

 I. Faust read a paper on "Culture of 

 Easter Lilies," in which he has been 

 quite successful for several years. 

 George Anderson, Fred Hahman and 

 Dennis T. Connor took part in the 

 discussion. Antoine Wintzer will be 

 the speaker at the May meeting. Sam- 

 uel Batchelor exhibited a vase of fine 

 callas showing exceptionally good cul- 

 ture. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Western Horticultural Society 

 has changed its name to Manitoba 

 Horticultural and Forestry Associa- 

 tion. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club, 1 nursday, April 

 7, was well attended. The club being 

 so fortunate as to possess $GO0. it was 

 voted to put it out at interest. A 



committee to further the arrangements 

 for the fall flower show was appointed. 



The preliminary premium list of the 

 St. Louis Horticultural Society's fourth 

 fall floral exhibition and pomological 

 display has been issued. The show 

 will be held at the Coliseum, on No- 

 vember 8 to 12, 1910. The prizes are 

 liberal, aggi-egating over $2,200. Copies 

 of the schedule and other information 

 may he had on application to Otto 

 G. Koenig, 6473 Florissant Ave., St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



PERSONAL. 



John D. Duly is now the gardener 

 at the Mrs. F. W. Andrews estate, near 

 Newport, R. I. 



John L. Wyland, of Allison Park, 

 Pa., has announced his intention of 

 selling out and moving West. 



Oliver Hancock is now with Honaker 

 at North Jackson St., Lexington, Ky. 

 Mr. Hancock was formerly ot Colum- 

 bus, Ohio. 



A. M. Holter has resigned his posi- 

 tion as florist at Liberty Park, Salt 

 Lake City, Utah, and will start in busi- 

 ness for himself. 



E. Harney is now on the decorative 

 staff of Randolph & McClements, 

 Pittsburg, Pa. He was formerly with 

 Faulk & Fumier. 



W. Crighton, formerly at 247 W. 

 25th street, New York City, is now 

 gardener for J. G. Wilson, Larchmont 

 Manor, New York. 



Thomas Redmayne will devote his 

 time to landscape gardening, having 

 severed his connection with the Hotel 

 Rafael at San Rafael, Calif. 



Peter Weiland, of the firm of Weil- 

 and & Olinger of New Castle, Ind., and 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, who is suffering with 

 rheumatism, left for Hot Springs last 

 Tuesday. 



Chas. Brash has resigned his posi- 

 tion as gardener at the University 

 Greenhouses, Champaign. 111., to ac- 

 cept a position at Paxton with Mor- 

 gan, Adams & Co. 



Visitors in Boston:— Al. Osterman, 

 of Osterman & Steele, Springfield, 

 Mass.: Martin Reukauf, Sydney 

 Bayersdorfer and Stephen Green, of H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila. 



Charles Newton, who was lately 

 gardener for M. I. T. Burden, at New- 

 port, R. I., is now in charge of the 

 greenhouses of the R. T. Wilson estate 

 at Palmetto Bluffs, South Carolina. 



Andrew J. Pow has resigned his 

 position as head gardener at the 

 "Breakers" Mrs. Cornelius Vander- 

 bilt's Newport, R. I. residence, his 

 resignation to take effect April 15th. 



William Miller, who has been em- 

 ployed in the greenhouses there for 

 many years, succeeds Andrew J. Pow 

 as gardener for Mrs. Cornelius Van- 

 derbllt, at "The Breakers," Newport, 

 R. L 



Providence, R. \. — John F. Wood, 

 florist, was petitioned into involuntary^ 

 bankruptcy on April 9. 



