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HOETICULTUEE 



October 11, 1913 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The big fall show is only a short 

 time off, beginning on October 31st 

 and continuing until November 4th. It 

 will be held in the spacious halls of 

 the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, located in one of the finest resi- 

 dential sections of New York City. 

 This building is one of the largest and 

 finest in the world devoted to the nat- 

 ural sciences. Schedules and entry 

 blanks will be sent upon application 

 to the secretary, George V. Nash, New 

 York Botanical Garden. Bronx Park, 

 New York City. Everything points to 

 a big exhibition. New York is the 

 center of a large horticultural field, 

 which does and can produce the best 

 examples of the horticulturist's art. 

 An invitation is extended to all the 

 local societies to help make this the 

 biggest and best exhibition of years. 



Do not forget that the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners holds its an- 

 nual meeting, as the guest of this so- 

 ciety, during the exhibition, a hall hav- 

 ing been reserved for their use at the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 

 This meeting will bring a large num- 

 ber of gardeners from all parts of the 

 country, so let us take pride in show- 

 ing all what can be done along the 

 line of horticulture. Generous prizes 

 are offered for chrTOanthemums. roses, 

 carnations, foliage and decorative 

 plants, and orchids, and it is the pol- 

 icy of the society to offer special 

 prizes for worthy exhibits not pro- 

 vided for in the schedule. Send your 

 exhibits where they will be seen and 

 appreciated by the many. Over 130,- 

 000 visited the fall exhibition last 

 year. 



For the first time in its history, the 

 society is offering a silver cup, valued 

 at over $100.00. This is to be awarded 

 for the best exhibit of twelve vases ot 

 chrysanthemum blooms, in twelve va- 

 rieties, three blooms of each, stems 18 

 inches long. 



An appeal is made by the secretary 

 for prompt entries of exhibits. Do 

 not wait until the last minute, for this 

 greatly increases his labors and inter- 

 feres seriously with the proper and 

 artistic arrangement of the exhibits. 

 Send in your entries promptly that 

 proper arrangements may be made for 

 their display. First come will be first 

 served. 



George V. Nash, Secretary. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The second September meeting of 

 this society was held on the 26th eve- 

 ning of that month at the County 

 Building, Hartford. This was "Dahlia 

 Night" and the centre tables were com- 

 pletely filled with dahlias in cactus, 

 decorative, collarette, show, fancy and 

 peony classes. President Huss exhi- 

 bited nearly sixty varieties, Niel Nel- 

 son about fifty varieties, and A. Rig- 

 henzi about thirty varieties. The 

 judges announced the following 

 a:wards: President Huss, first-class cer- 

 tificate; Mr. Nelson, a first-class cer- 

 tificate, and Mr. Righenzi a cultural 

 certificate. The exhibitors gave in- 

 structive addresses, going into details 



regarding the culture and propagation 

 of these favorite flowers. The meeting 

 was well attended. 



Alfred Dixox, Secretary. 

 Wethersfield, Conn. 



GARDENERS' NATIONAL CONVEN- 

 TION. 



The annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners will 

 be held this year in New York City 

 during the fall flower show of the 

 Horticultural Society of New York, 

 which takes place October 30th to No- 

 vember 4th. 



The business session of the associa- 

 tion and the election of officers for 

 the coming year will occur on Mon- 

 day. November 3rd, at the American 

 Museum of Natural History, in which 

 building the flower show is held. On 

 the evening of November 3rd the an- 

 nual banquet of the association will 

 occur at the Hotel Endicott, New 

 York City. 



Members intending to attend the 

 banquet at the Hotel Endicott should 

 notify any member of the following 

 committee so that reservations may 

 be made for them: — Thomas W. Lo- 

 gan, Jenkintown. Pa.; James Stuart, 

 Mamaroneck. N. Y.: William J. Ken- 

 nedy, Chestnut Hill, Mass.; John F. 

 Huss. Hartford. Conn.; John W. Ever- 

 itt. Glen Cove, N. Y.; John Canning. 

 Ardsley. N. Y.; Peter Duff. Orange. 

 N. J.; and M. C. Ebel, Madison, N. J. 



Everything points to a big conven- 

 tion, and the committee cannot give 

 assurance to those who decide on the 

 last day to attend the banquet, that 

 they can be provided tor. Tickets to 

 the banquet are $2. .50. Several men 

 prominent in the horticultural world 

 have expressed their intention of be- 

 ing present at the banquet, among 

 whom are some able after-dinner 

 speakers; and with the general pro- 

 gramme a gala night may be antici- 

 pated. 



M. C. Ebel. Secretary. 



ALBANY FLORIST CLUB. 



The monthly meeting of the Albany 

 Florist Club was held on Thursday. 

 October 2nd, at the Albany Cut Flower 

 Exchange, which will be the meeting 

 place hereafter. The Flower Show and 

 Publicity Committee reported progress. 

 An invitation was extended to the club 

 to visit J. H. Snyder, the violet grower 

 of Rhinebeck. N. Y., on Sunday, Oct. 

 5th, and about twenty members agreed 

 to go. Two nominating committees, 

 three members each, were appointed 

 by President Henkes, to be known as 

 the regulars and the opposition, to 

 l)repare separate tickets to be voted 

 upon at the December meeting. The 

 regulars are Fred Goldring, Thos. 

 Tracey and Louis H. Schaefer; opposi- 

 tion. Edw. Tracey, John Haggerty and 

 Frank R. Bilson. After adjournment 

 Thos. Tracey, manager of the Albany 

 Cut Flower Exchange, invited the 

 members to a spread, which all hands 

 enjoyed very much, extending a vote 

 of thanks therefor. The next meeting 

 will be at above place on Thursday. 

 Nov. 6th. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Examining Committees. 



President Chas. H, Totty announces 

 the committees to examine new chrys- 

 anthemums for the ensuing year, 

 which are as follows: 



Chicago— J, B. Deamud (chairman), 

 E. O. Orpet, D. A. Robertson. Ship 

 flowers to J. B. Deamud, 160 N. Wa- 

 bash Ave.. Chicago. 



Cincinnati — R. Witterstaetter (chair- 

 man), James Allen, Henry Schwartz. 

 Ship flowers to chairman, Jabez El- 

 liott Flower Market, care janitor. 



Boston — Wm. Nicholson (chairman), 

 James Wheeler, Alex. Montgomery. 

 Ship flowers to Boston Flower Ex- 

 change, 1 Winthrop Sq., care chair- 

 man. 



New York — Eugene Dailledouze 

 (chairman), W. H. Duckham, A. Her- 

 rington. Ship flowers to New York 

 Cut Flower Co., 55 W. 26th St., care 

 chairman. 



Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge (chair- 

 man), John Westcott, S. S. Pennock. 

 Ship flowers to A. B. Cartledge, 1514 

 Chestnut St. 



Shipments should be made to arrive 

 bj' 2 P. M. on examination days to re- 

 ceive attention from the committee. 

 Must be prepaid to destination and an 

 entry fee of $2 should be forwarded to 

 the secretary not later than Tuesday 

 of the week they are to be examined, 

 or it may accompany the blooms. 



Seedlings and sports are both eligible 

 to be shown before these committees, 

 provided the raiser has given them 

 two years' trial to determine their true 

 character. Special attention is called 

 to the rule that sports, to receive "a cer- 

 tificate, must pass at least three of the 

 five committees. 



The committees will be in session 

 to examine such exhibits as may be 

 submitted to them on each Saturday 

 during October and November, the 

 dates of which will be October 11, 18, 

 25, and November 1, S, 15, 22, 29. 

 Official Judging Scales. 



Commercial — Color 20, form 15, full- 

 ness 10. stem 15, foliage 15, substance 

 15, size 10. Total 100. 



Exhibition — Color 15, stem 5, foliage 

 5, fullness 15, form 15, depth 15, size 

 30. Total 100. 



Single Varieties — Color 40, form 20, 

 substance 20, stem and foliage 20. To- 

 tal ino. 



Pompons — Color 40, form 20, stem 

 and foliage 20, fullness 20. Total 100. 



Single varieties to be divided in two 

 classes, the large-flowered and the 

 small-flowered. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec. 



Morgan Park, 111, 



NEW LONDON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society held its annual dahlia 

 show Wednesday, Sept. 24th. Owing 

 to the dry weather there was not so 

 much competition among the exhibit- 

 ors. Mrs. O. P. Chapman, Jr., of 

 Westerly, R. I., staged about 400 spec- 

 imens, the chief attraction being a 

 large cactus, twelve inches in diam- 

 eter. It's the only plant in this coun- 



