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HORTICULTURE 



November 15, 1913 



wood. The three trustees appointed 

 by a committee chosen to to fill posi- 

 tions of members who have died dur- 

 ing the past year are William Ander- 

 son, of South Lancaster; H. H. 

 Browning and F. J. Reed, of Shrews- 

 bury. 



In his report for the past year, Mr. 

 Midgley made the recommendation 

 that the society hold fewer shows, 

 that they should be larger and remain 

 open in the evening to allow the many 

 people who are interested, but who 

 are employed through the day, the op- 

 portunity of attending them. 



The report of President Breed 

 showed that during the past year four 

 medals had been awarded : one to the 

 Waban Rose Conservatory, for the 

 Mrs. Charles Russell rose; one to A. 

 N. Fierson, for the new Milady rose; 

 one to the R. & J. Farquhar company 

 of Boston for two new lilies, and one 

 of the Hadwen medals to Marshall of 

 Fitchburg for apples. 



An animated discussion on the sub- 

 ject of Sunday shows was held, but no 

 definite step was taken. The concen- 

 sus of opinion was that Sunday ex- 

 hibits would furnish a place of amuse- 

 ment and entertainment for numbers 

 of people, but would be hard on the 

 ezhibitorB themselves. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



The evening of November 4, was 

 Chrysanthemum Night at the Pitts- 

 burgh Florists' and Gardeners' Club. 

 Exhibits and awards were as follows: 



To Mr. Edwards, gardener for H. ,7. 

 Heinz, a certificate of merit for the finest 

 chrysanthemums ever shown before the 

 Club. 



To Bureau of I'arks. rittslmrRh, for 

 collection of ehrysantheninms. the finest 

 varieties l)einK Wllli.iin Turner, Wood 

 Mason, and Winifred. aniiiiiK the doubles. 

 «nd in a fine eoIl(H'tl(ui of singles and 

 pompons the new variety Oriole was con- 

 epicuous. 



Messrs. Godwin, of Brldgeville. Pa., and 

 Randolph & MeClenients. of Pittsburgh, 

 were commended for vases of good com- 

 niiTcial varieties. 



To Carl Hetliprer, gardener for Dixmont 

 Hospital, Dixmont, Pa., a cultural certifi- 

 cate for collection of double and single 

 seedling chrysanthemums. 



Mr. Becherer gave a very interesting 

 demonstration of the method of pollin- 

 ation which he used in producing his 

 fine seedlings. The Pittsburgh Cut 

 Flower Co. showed good commercial 

 varieties. The representative of this 

 company said they attempted the 

 growing of no fancy stock, but large 

 quantities of the smaller varieties that 

 could be easily purchased by the aver- 

 age man. They found Bonnaffon still 

 the best yellow. They found a good 

 demand for the singles and pompons 

 which are being put in baskets with 

 water containers by the retail shops, 

 and keep for a long time. A great 

 many go to the hospitals as presents. 



.Jno. W. .Tones of Phipps Conserva- 

 tories, said he found it an excellent 

 idea to nick the stems of the large 

 chrysanthemums in different places 

 that, they may take up more water 

 and last longer. 



A vote of congratulation for J. W. 

 .Tones, an ex-president of the Club, on 

 his election to the presidency of the 

 Botanical Society of Western Penn- 

 sylvania, was unanimously passed. 

 H. P. Jo.si.iN. Secretary. 



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New York. 

 i.'^ee Last Week's Issue.) 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 CLUB. 



Our first "ladies' night" was certain- 

 ly a success. The rooms were hand- 

 somely decorated by .Mr. Edgar, of the 

 firm of B. F. Barr & Co. In conjunc- 

 tion with, and part of the decorating 

 scheme, was an exhibition in which 

 some very fine 'mums were shown bv 

 Rudulph Nagle. I. S. Landis. H. li. 

 Rohrer, B. F. Barr Co., of Lancaster, 

 M. J. Brinton of Christiana and Elmer 

 Weaver of Ronks. Harry Weaver of 

 Bird in Hand had a very nice vase of 

 Silver-Pink Snapdragon. The Leo 

 Niessen Co. showed a fine vase of car- 

 nation Gorgeous and Fire Flame and 

 Sweetheart roses, all of which were 

 much admired. The S. S. Pennock- 

 .Meohan Co. had a vase of Matchless 

 carnation. Judging from the com- 

 ments both these I'hiladelphia firms 

 will be well repaid for their exhibits. 



After spending about an hour over 

 the exhibits, sports were indulged in, 

 Mrs. A. M. Herr winning the prize for 

 the greatest number of strikes and 

 spares in bowling. There were about 

 fifty ladies accompanied by their hus- 

 bands and sweethearts, and they had 

 full play on the bowling alleys, the 

 billiard and pool tables and cards. 

 A number of the fancy chrysan- 

 themums were given as prizes for 

 these games and quite a number of 

 ladies were carrying huge armfuls on 

 their way home. Lunch was served 

 about ten and the affair closed at 

 11.30, pronounced a grand success. Mr. 

 T. J. Nolan was the only visitor and 

 he said he would have to be in Europe 

 to miss another one if he knew of it 

 in time A. M. Hicuit. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Chrysanthemum night was observed 

 on the 6th of November. Fine chrys- 

 anthemum blooms were exhibited by 

 President John F. Huss; Alfred 

 Cebelius, gardener for Rev. M. \V. 



Jacobus, Hartford; W. S. Mason, 

 gardener for the Pope estate, Farm- 

 ington; Carl Peterson, West Hart- 

 ford; Louis Chauvy, gardener for 

 Walter L. Goodwin; A. N. Pierson, 

 Cromwell; and T. B. Brown, Wind- 

 sor. A vase of "William Turner," 

 shown by Mr. Cebelius, created quite 

 a sensation, some of the blooms meas- 

 uring 23'm inches in circumference. 

 Among the choicest chrysanthemums 

 were Harry E. Converse, Mary Don- 

 nellan, Mrs. J. C. Kelley, Glenview, Dr. 

 Enguehard and William Duckham. 

 Diplomas were awarded as follows: 



riist -class eertlfliates to .\lfred Cebe- 

 lius and A. N I'lerson. Tor pompons: Con- 

 necticut Agricultural College, for seedling 

 earnallons: W.irren C. Mason, for pompons 

 and singles (III! varieties): cultural certl- 

 n<'ates to Whiting (Jreenhouses, ehrysantbe- 

 mums: Connecticut Agricultural College, 

 chrys.-inl lieinum sports: T. li. HroH'n. seed- 

 ling elirys.inthemiinis: cerllficates of merit 

 to ,I,>hn K. Huss. ehrysantln'nuims : 1,ouls 

 Chauvy. <lir\sanl!iemunis: W. C. Mason, 

 chrysanthemunis; H. ,T. Thompson, honor- 

 able mentliin for potatoes, one weighing 

 2 lbs. (i o/... anil tlio other L' lbs. 11 oz. 



President Huss gave an account of 

 his trip to the flower show of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of New York, fol- 

 lowed by Mr. Alexander Cumming, Jr., 

 and Alfred Cet)elius, who also attend- 

 ed the show. The attendance was the 

 largest this fall, forty members being 

 present. The next meeting will be 

 held on November 25th. 



Alkked Dixo.n, Secretary. 



Wethersfield, Conn. 



MINNEAPOLIS FLORIST CLUB. 



'i'lK> .Miiiiicapdlis Florist Club held 

 its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, 

 Nov. 4th, at Rice Brothers' store. 

 Election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: W. I). Desmond was reelected 

 president; Max Kaiser, vice-president; 

 J. G. Taylor, secretary; A. S. Rice, 

 treasurer; Theodore Wirth, C. N. 

 Ruedlinger and R. A. Latham, trus- 

 tees. 



M. Dotsche, chairman bowling com- 

 mittee, read rules and regulations and 



