July 12, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



41 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



An exhibition was held on Saturday 

 and Sunday, July 5th and 6th, in co- 

 operation with the New York Botani- 

 cal Garden, in Museum building, of 

 that institution. Prizes were offered 

 for sweet peas, herbaceous plants, Jap- 

 anese irises, shrubs and trees, and 

 vegetables. The following are the 

 awards : 



Six vases sweet peas, six rarieties, 25 of 

 each— Mrs. M. T. Cockcroft. Saugatuck, 

 Ct., gard. Adam Paterson. 1st: Miss B. 

 Potter, Ossining, N. Y., gard. Geo. Wlt- 

 tlinger, 2nd. 



Vase of sweet peas, 100 sprays, one or 

 more varieties — John I. Downey, Port- 

 chester, N. Y.. gard. Thos. Ryan, 1st; Miss 

 M. T. Cockcroft, 2nd. 



Collection of herbaceous plants — Mrs. F. 

 A. Constahle, Mamaroneck, N. Y., gard. 

 Jas. Stuart, 1st; G. D. Barron, Rye, N. Y., 

 gard. James Linane. 2nd. 



Collection of shrubs and trees — T. A. 

 Havenieyer, Glen Head, N. Y.. gard. A. 

 Lahodny. 1st: G. D. Barron, 2nd. 



Six vases Japanese irises, six varieties — 

 Miss M. T. Cockcroft. 1st. 



Three vases sweet peas, three varieties, 

 25 of each — John I. Downey, 1st ; Miss M. 

 T. Cockcroft, 2nd. 



Twelve different vegetables — Miss B. 

 Potter, 1st. 



Six different vegetables — T. A. Have- 

 meyer, 1st. 



Special prizes— Miss M. T. Cockcroft, for 

 a vase of gardenias: Max Schling, for a 

 basket of flowers, diploma. 



Some time ago an announcement 

 was made of three special prizes for 

 vegetables for the exhibition next 

 November. One of these was offered 

 by M. C. Ebel. It was suggested to 

 Mr. Ebel that in view of the two other 

 vegetable prizes he should transfer 

 his prize to something else. He has 

 consented to do this, and will offer 

 the same amount divided as follows: 

 for a collection of hot-house fruit. 

 $35.00; for two bunches of hot-house 

 grapes, one black and one white, 

 $15.00. The Horticultural Society will 

 offer a second prize of $20.00 for the 

 collection of fruit and a second prize 

 . of $10.00 for the grapes. 



Remember the date of the next show 

 is October 31st to November 4th. and 

 It is hoped that the local societies will 

 so arrange their dates as not to con- 

 flict with this, for the meeting of the 

 National Association of Gardeners 

 takes place at that time at the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History, and 

 all gardeners in this vicinity will cer- 

 tainly desire to attend. 



Georcie V. Nash. Sec. 



BIG ST. LOUIS FLOWER SHOW. 



Prof. H. C. Irish and his flower show 

 committee held a meeting last week 

 with the Coliseum management and 

 prepared a preliminary list calling for 

 $.S000 in iiremiunis and $2000 for prizes 

 for down-town window decorations. 

 The Henry Shaw premiums of $500 are 

 extra. The show is to be held in the 

 big arena of the Coliseum building in 

 November. The Florist Club meets 

 this week Thursday at Edwardsville. 

 at which these plans will he reported 

 to the committee. From this it ap- 

 pears that St. Louis will this year 

 hold the biggest flower show it ever 

 held. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICUL- 

 TURISTS' CONVENTION. 



Space is being rapidly reserved in 



the Trade Section of the coming great 



Convention. The following is a list of 



firms who have reserved largely of 



space: — 



Frank R. Pierson Co., Robert Craig Co., 

 Raedlein Basket Co., W. W. Barnard Co., 

 Ionia Pottery Co., Pennock-Meehan Co., 

 Aphine Mfg. Co., John C. Monlnger Co., 

 John Lewis Chllds, Quaker City Machine 

 Works, J. A. Peterson, E. E. Stewart, H. 

 G. Dreyer & Son, A. A. Arnold, H. F. 

 Michell Co., Est. Lemuel Ball, Arthur 

 Cowee, Knight & Struck Co., The Advance 

 Co., Revere Rubber Co., C. C. Pollworth 

 Co., Vaughan's Seed Store, W. A. Manda, 

 H. A. Dreer, A. L. Randall Co., Poehlmanu 

 Bros. Co., Richard Viincent & Sons Co., A. 

 Henderson Co.. C E. Critchell, Jackson & 

 Perkins Co., Lord & Burnhain Co., Cold- 

 well Lawn Mower Co., M. Rice & Co., Mich- 

 igan Cut Flower Exchange, H. W. Koer- 

 ner, E. L. Hedstrom & Co., Hitchings & 

 Co., Perkins-King Co., Castner, Curran & 

 Eulllt, Inc., Stiprrs & Harrison, Charles D. 

 Ball. 



John Young, 

 Supt. Trade Exhibition. 



ST. LOUIS COUNTY GROWERS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The St. Louis County Growers held 

 a meeting on Wednesday night, July 

 2d, and the attendance was large. Sec- 

 retary Beneke and Treasurer Smith of 

 the Florist Club were present on invi- 

 tation. There was a general talk on 

 growing carnations and the different 

 varieties to be used the coming season. 

 There was also a big discussion of the 

 assessments of the Hail Association, 

 in which all were very much inter- 

 ested. Messrs. Beneke and Smith were 

 called upon for a few words. At the 

 conclusion of Mr. Smith's talk he pre- 

 sented the Association with a hand- 

 some gold-mounted gavel, which was a 

 big surprise to the members. A dis- 

 cussion then came up relating to the 

 coming fall flower show and all pres- 

 ent agreed to contribute a good sum 

 to be given in Ihe name of the Asso- 

 ciation. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 

 Hartford Rose Garden Tests. 



Your judges passed on the exhibits 

 of roses in the test garden at Eliza- 

 beth Park. Hartford. Conn.. June 28th, 

 and present the following report in 

 addition to the report presented on 

 June 21st: 



Test No. 2. — Rosmary, introduced 

 by E. G. Hill Co., 1907. Parentage not 

 recorded. Scored 77. 



Test No. 6.— Seedling 562. E. G. 

 Hill Co., Chance seedling. Scored 7:i. 



Test No. 13. — Excelsa. Climbing 

 Wichuraiana Hybrid. Conard & Jones 

 Co.. 1909. Scored 90. Certificate of 

 merit. 



Test No. 24.— Seedling 392. Paren- 

 tage, seedling 294 x 266. John Cook, 

 Baltimore. Md. Scored 80. Certifi- 

 cate of merit. 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. R. PlERSOX, 

 JOH.N F. Huss, 

 Judges by appointment, American 

 Rose Society. 



MINNEAPOLIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The July meeting of The Minneapolis 

 Florist Club was held Tuesday evening 

 at Rice Brothers' store. The attend- 

 ance was very large and showed the 

 spirit the trade is taking here in their 

 organization. Theo. Wirth, Chairman 

 of the Convention Association made 

 report of progress of Convention mat- 

 ters. All committees were making 

 exceedingly good headway on their 

 work and everything was practically 

 at completion now. 



John Rovik, chairman of the base- 

 ball committee for S. A. F. & O. H. 

 reported suits prepared for his team 

 bearing the inscription of the "Minne- 

 apolis Florist Club" and the boys were 

 practicing every Thursday evening as- 

 suring the club that they would be In 

 readiness for the great event and give 

 the "All Star" team a real taste of 

 baseball. 



Letter was read by the Secretary 

 from Wm. F. Gude, Chairman of the 

 Wm. R. Smith Memorial committee 

 and a subscription was voted and im- 

 mediately forwarded to Mr. Gude. 



William Desmond, President of the 

 Club left on a two weeks' vacation to 

 International Falls, Minn., taking the 

 train immediately after the meeting, 

 and the members gave him a send-off 

 for a good time. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Canadian Horticultural Associa- 

 tion will hold its annual convention at 

 Peterboro, Ont., on August 5, 6 and 7. 



Annual meeting of the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society at the club rooms on 

 Monday, July 14th. All is ready for 

 the Florists' Picnic and outing at Co- 

 ney Island on Thursday, July 17th. 

 There will be the usual baseball games 

 and bowling. Many florists have ar- 

 ranged for dinner parties at the club 

 house. 



At the annual meeting of the Ameri-, 

 can Retail Nurserymen's Protective 

 Association, held during the joint con-! 

 vention of the American Association i 

 (3f Nurserymen at Portland. Oregon,; 

 officers were re-elecled as follows: 

 President. H. W. Marshall of Marshall; 

 Bros., Arlington. Neb.; Vice-President,' 

 R. J. Greening of the Greening Nur- 

 sery Co.. Monroe, Mich.; Secretary 

 and Treasurer, Guy A. Bryant of Ar- 

 thur Bryant & Son. Princeton, 111. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Lenox Horticultural Society was held 

 in the Town Hall. Lenox, Mass.. July 

 7th. S. W. Carlquist. superintendent 

 for Mrs. Robert Winthrop, was award- 

 ed a diploma for an exhibit of Spencer 

 sweet peas, as follows: Andrew Ait- 

 ken. Nubian, Agricola. Snowdon, 

 Charm, Bolton's Scarlet, Bertrand 

 Deal, May Perret, Mrs. E. Cawdy. 



Jxo. Mair, Asst. Sec'y. 



