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HOKTICULTUKB 



October 25, 1913 



Clubs and Societi 



les 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 

 The monthly meeting of the above 

 society was held in the Town Hall, 

 Lenox, Mass., on Saturday evening, 

 Oct. 4th. A diploma was awarded to 

 Chas. H. Totty of Madison, N. J., for a 

 ■collection of outside early flowering 

 chrysanthemums, the most conspicu- 

 ous being H. H. Crane, A. Barnham, 

 Chaldon, Hector, Mignon, Provence 

 and Carrie. A. J. Loveless gave an 

 interesting account of his recent trip 

 to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and 

 of the landscape in general, and spe- 

 cial mention might be made of the 

 sweet peas, which Mr. Loveless said 

 ■were the finest he had ever seen. A. 

 H. Wingett, inspector for the State 

 Board of Agriculture, also gave a very 

 Interesting talk of his visit to Worces- 

 ter (Mass.) Agricultural Fair. It was 

 also voted to affiliate with the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America. The 

 coming Fall Exhibition, on Oct 23rd 

 and 24th, was freely discussed and the 

 following named gentlement have ac- 

 cepted the invitation to officiate as 

 judges: R. Tyson, Convent, N. J.; H. 

 B. Vyse, Morristown, N. J.; Jas. Bal- 

 lantyne, Ridgefield, Conn., and J. W. 

 Everitt, Glen Cove, N. Y. In addition 

 to the society's prizes the following 

 prizes have been generously donated: 

 A. II. Hews & Co., for sperliucn keutia ; 

 CJiniiid Foster's sliver cup. for group of 

 orchids; Julius Roebrs, speiial prize for 

 orililils; I'lersnn II-Biir Co., for 24 blooms, 

 distinct varieties; Lord & Burnham Co.! 

 for 24 blooms; .Scott Bros., for 12 blooms 

 diH.seminated In lOl.",; C. II. Totty, for S 

 Ursula Griswold ; Wells-Pockett, medals 

 for 2 flowers Clara Banfliart; Elmer D 

 Smith, for 6 Klberon ; W. Kleinlielnz, for 

 vase of W. Kleinheinz; Clirvsantliemum 

 Society of America, cup for lu liloouis. one 

 variety; llltrhlnRs & Co.. for IS American 

 Beauty roses; A. T. Boddlnjiton. for table 

 of orchids; W. K. Marshall & Co.. for 10 

 va letles potatoes; Kranli Howard, for 

 vesetables; I'eter Henderson & Co.. for 

 vegetables; H. V. Michell Co.. for the most 

 meritorious exhibit; U. & .1. I'ar(|Uhar & 

 Co., for collection of salads; Fotller. Flske. 

 Rawson Co.. silver and bronze medal for 

 exhibitor winning tlie greatest number of 

 prizes; H. A. Dreer, sliiver cup for ex- 

 hibitor winning the greatest number of 

 first prizes ; .7os. Breck & Son. sliver eup 

 for collection of vegetables; Bon Arbor 

 Chemical Co.. for outdonr fruit. 



John Matr. Asst. Sec. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



Fine weather and the interesting 

 subject, "Dahlias." brought out a good 

 attendance at the monthly meeting 

 of this club, held in the Fort Pitt 

 Hotel, Pittshuigh, the evening of Oc- 

 tober 7. There was a large and fine 

 display of dahlias, and almost the en- 

 tire evening was spent in examining. 

 and commenting on the blooms. 



Carl Becherer. gardener for the Dix- 

 mont Hospital. Dixmont, Pa., was 

 awarded a cultural certificate for seed- 

 ling dahlias. Mr. Becherer said the 

 seed had been procured partly from a 

 local seedsman, and partly imported 

 ■direct from Germany. The beauty of 

 these unnamed singles and half dovi- 

 bles was very marked, and none of 

 the exhibits attracted more attention. 

 Arthur Chandler, gardener for Mrs. J. 

 D. Lyon, Sewickley Heights, Pa., 

 showed a small collection of very fine, 

 large well-grown blooms. One of his 

 varieties, Robert Le Diable, had the 

 largest blooms of any dahlia exhibited. 



and for this variety he was awarded 

 a certificate of merit and honorable 

 mention for his other varieties. R. 

 Vincent. Jr. & Sons, White Marsh, 

 Md., showed an unusually well-grown 

 exhibit. The judging committee 

 awarded a certificate of merit. H. C. 

 Knauff of East street, Pittsburgh, 

 North Side, received honorable men- 

 tion for roses, outdoor-grown, and 

 dahlias. G. Wessenauer. of Sewickley, 

 Pa., showed a good collection of tube- 

 rous rooted begonias and Randolph & 

 McClements. Pittsburgh, showed a col- 

 lection of commercial ferns. 



Jno. W. Jones, foreman Phipps Con- 

 servatories, Schenley Park, staged 

 blooms of the century plant, and a 

 very large chrysanthemum, Artistic 

 Queen, an early variety. Henry Dreer 

 showed a large collection, mostly of 

 cactus dahlias, of good commercial 

 value. Certificate of merit was award- 

 ed. Max Schreiber. McDonald, Pa., 

 received honorable mention for dah- 

 lias. Chas. H. Totty. Madison. N. J., 

 received a certificate of merit for a 

 collection of early-blooming chrysan- 

 themums. Through some mistake they 

 had been forwarded nearly ten days 

 before the meeting, but the blooms 

 showed no signs of age, proving that 

 they are good keepers. 



W. A. Clarke gave an interesting ac- 

 count of a trip made through the Yel- 

 lowstone Park and Colorado. 



H. P. JosLiN. Secy. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



This club held a largely attended 

 and interesting meeting on Thursday. 

 October 9th, at 2 o'clock. The meet- 

 ing was featut-ed by a lecture on Deco- 

 rative Ferns by W. S. Wells. He 

 showed cut fern fronds of all varieties 

 and gave blackboard illustrations in 

 discriblng them and their care. 



A. Jaenicke spoke on Publicity and 

 a spring flower show which after his 

 interesting talk was fully discussed. 

 A final vote on the spring flower show 

 will he taken at the November meet- 

 ing. Joseph Hauser of Webster exhibit- 

 ed a grand bunch of his new single re.l 

 dahlia which was greatly admired and 

 a committee was appointed to look up 

 the merits of this dahlia as it grows 

 In the field. The question on profits on 

 cut carnations brought out a lengthy 

 discussion. This topic will be coii- 

 tinued at the next meeting. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The big Chrysanthemum Show 

 which annually attracts a good attend- 

 ance of trade visitors to Boston will 

 be held in Horticultural Hall, on 

 Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sun- 

 day, Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 inclusive. The 

 prizes are ample to bring out a fine 

 showing of chrysanthemums but the 

 tendency of late years is to introduce 

 exhibits of orchids, decorative foliage 

 plants, etc., as well as chrysanthemums 

 and this occasion will undoubtedly see 

 a representative horticultural exhibi- 

 tion for this season of the year. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co.. of White 

 Marsh, Md.. submit for registration 

 the cannas described below. Any per- 

 son objecting to the registration or to 

 the use of the proposed names, is re- 

 quested to communicate with the sec- 

 retary at once. Failing to receive objec- 

 tions to the registration, the same will 

 be made three weeks from this date. 



Jessica — A beautiful shade of rose ' 

 carmine, flowers large, trusses enor- 

 mous, freely produced throughout the 

 entire season; dark, bronzy green fo- 

 liage; height about 3 1-2 feet. Seed- 

 ling of Wm. Saunders. 



Benivolia — A brilliant shade of Lin- 

 coln red, flowers beautifully formed, 

 and borne in great profusion, dark, 

 rich green foliage showing a tinge of 

 bronze; dwarf grower. Seedling of 

 Wm. Saunders. 



Horatio — Large waxy flowers of 

 beautifully formed petals. Brilliant 

 crimson scarlet, edged with golden yel- 

 low throat, spotted red; foliage dwarf, 

 robust, of good texture, deep green. 

 Seedling of Wm. Saunders. 



Lafew — Medium to large flowers in 

 large trusses, which are profusely pro- 

 duced. Foliage very dark medium 

 green, overlaid with a bronze sheen; 

 dwarf, sturdy grower, orange scarlet. 

 Seedling of Wm. Saunders. 



Gonzabo — Brilliant carmine, large 

 flowers of waxy petals, enormous 

 trusses, luxuriant, dark, bronzy green 

 foliage: grows about 3 1-2 feet high. 

 Seedling of Wm. Saunders. 



Mercutio — Intense vermillion scarlet 

 shading to pink at the base of petals, 

 golden yellow at edge. The foliage Is 

 clear green; about three feet high; 

 an early and continual bloomer. Seed- 

 ling of Wm. Saunders. 



Jon.N You wo. Sec. 



53 W. 28th St.. New York. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 

 The October meeting of the above 

 society was the last meeting to be held 

 in the Lindsley building, as the society 

 has rented a new hall at the corner of 

 Main and Park streets, Orange. It Is 

 known as the Jr. O. U. A. M. Hall and 

 is a miicli larger and better building 

 for show purposes. The new building 

 will be opened with a chrysanthemum 

 and vegetable show on Nov. 3rd. 

 Schedules may be had from the Sec- 

 retary. G. W. Strange. 216 Main street. 

 Orange, N. J. 



Awards. 



Comp'tltlve — W. Barr. Cattle.va l.ihlata, 

 fi7 points; Mrs. Charles Ilathaw.iy, carna- 

 tions RS, violets fi."). cut flowers n't; S. & M. 

 Colgate, roses S.'i, carnations T.*!. roses 80 

 (Lord & Burnham prize); A. C. Van Gans- 

 t>eck, roses .S2. 



Non-competitive — Mrs. H. Or.ives, seed- 

 ling dahlias, certificate of merit; A. C. 

 Van Oaasbeck. display of dahlias, special 

 mention. Vote of thanks to the following: 

 .Toseph A. Manda. for Cnttleya aurea and 

 I.acllo-Cattleya ; Mrs. Chas. Hathaway, 

 chrysanthemum Mrs. Geo. Burke; A. C. 

 Van Gaasbeok. peony-flowered dahliag; 

 Essex County Country Club, dahlias 

 Drecr's White and Cuban Giant, display of 

 dahlias and gladioli. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



The change to a rale of 1.5 cts. per 

 hundred sq. ft. on single-thick glass 

 by the Florists' Hail Association will 

 take effect on Nov. 1st. 1913. 



The rate on double-thick glass re- 

 mains the same for the ensuing year. 

 John G. Esi.ek. See. 



A NEW ROSE. 



A new rose registered by George 

 Burton of Wyndmoor, Phila , Pa., is 

 filed with the American Rose Society. 

 It is a very distinct sport from My 

 Maryland, first discovered in 1910 and 

 now filed for the first time. 



Benjamin Hammond, Sec. 



