December 13, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



813 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Department of Plant Registration. 



F. H. De Witt & Company, of Woo- 

 ster, Ohio, submit for registration the 

 Geranium (Zonal Pelargonium) de- 

 scribed below; also Pelargonium here- 

 under described. Any person ob- 

 jecting to the registration or to the 

 use of the proposed names, is request- 

 ed to communicate with the Secretary 

 at once. Failing to receive objection 

 to the registration, the same will be 

 made three weeks from this date. 



Name of Geranium — "John G. 

 Meyer." 



Description — A cross between L'Aube 

 and Jean Oberle. The trusses of 

 bloom are very large. It is a semi- 

 double, pure white with any trace of 

 color. Small foliage. Both habit and 

 foliage like its parent, Jean Oberle. 



Name of Pelargonium — "Eastern 

 Star." 



Description — A cross between Easter 

 Greeting and Graf Zeppelin. Ground 

 color, wild rose pink, with five large 

 reddish brown spots, edges scarlet 

 lake. This variety is somewhat re- 

 montant. It is a dwarf compact 

 grower and quite free in bloom. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 as no objection has been received or 

 filed to the registration of the Cannas 

 Jessica, Benivolio, Horatio, Lafew, 

 Gonzabo, Mercutio, by R. Vincent, Jr., 

 & Sons Co., White Marsh, Md., same 

 becomes complete. 



No objection being filed to the regis- 

 tration of the Cannas Mrs. Woodrow 

 Wilson, Golden Gate, Wintzer's Colos- 

 sal, Jane Addams, San Diego, by The 

 Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa., 

 same becomes complete. 



No objection being filed to the 

 registration of the rose "Hadley" by 

 the Montgomery Company, Inc., Had- 

 ley, Mass., same becomes complete. 

 John Young, Secretary. 



Dec. 8, 1913. 



PORTLAND FLOWER SHOW. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., 

 registers the following varieties of 

 chrysanthemums with the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America. 



Golden Climax. Seedling of C. W. 

 Johnson's. Pure golden yellow, per- 

 fect color. Full double, true Pompon 

 type; 1%-1% inches in diameter. At 

 its best first week in November. 

 Makes a fine spray without disbud- 

 ding. Medium height, stiff stem, good 

 foliage. Shown in collection winning 

 Hitchings cup. New York, 1912, and 

 in winning collection, Chicago, 1913. 

 Winner ^s Best Vase of Yellow Pom- 

 pons and variety, Chicago, 1913. 



Western Beauty. Seedling of C. W. 

 Johnson's. Silvery pink, full double; 

 214-2% inches in diameter; wide petals 

 a little more loosely arranged than the 

 type. Naturally throws a perfect 



Phcto by G. S. Crego 

 Oue of flic prize winning decorated tables sliown by Clarke Bros. 



spray. Tall erect grower, stiff stems, 

 foliage good. Season second week No- 

 vember. Best of its season and color 

 for commercial cutting. Shown in 

 winning collection, Chicago, 1913. Es- 

 pecially brilliant under artificial light. 



Golden Harvest. Seedling of C. W. 

 Johnson's. Bronze, tipped and bright- 

 ened by golden yellow; very bright at- 

 tractive color. True Pompon type, 1% 

 to 1% inches in diameter. Medium 

 height, throws good sprays for cut- 

 ting. Stems stiff, season first week 

 in November. In the winning collec- 

 tion, New York, 1912, and Chicago, 

 1913. 



Golden West. Seedling of C. W. 

 Johnson's. Golden yellow of the small 

 button Pompon type, very compact. 

 Unusually good keeper. Flower 1-1^4 

 inches in diameter; dwarf stiff stem. 

 A striking fiower. perfect for pot cul- 

 ture and should be received with as 

 much favor as the old variety Baby; 

 more dwarf and compact than the lat- 

 ter. In the winning collection, Chi- 

 cago, 1913. 



Chas. W. Johnson. Sec. 



kins and Frank Butler were appointed 

 as lecture committee. Various other 

 committees were appointed and it was 

 agreed to change the annual meeting 

 from December to November. It was 

 decided that the society hold its an- 

 nual ball some time in January as 

 usual. 



John Mair. Asst. Sec. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



Thomas Roland wishes it understood 

 that his nomination for the office of 

 president of the Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club of Boston was without his 

 knowledge or consent and that he is 

 not a candidate. 



SO- 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL 



CIETY. 



The annual meeting of the above 

 society was held in the Town Hall 

 Dec. 6. The treasurer's report showed 

 the society to be in a sound financial 

 position. The following officers were 

 elected: President, A. McConnachie; 

 vice-president. Frank Butler; trea- 

 surer, A. J. Loveless; secretary, G. H. 

 Instone; assistant secretary, J. Mair. 

 A. H. Wingett was again elected as 

 delegate to the State Board of Agri- 

 culture. A. H. Wingett, Mr. Loveless 

 and M. Instone were appointed as com- 

 mittee to draw up a report of the so- 

 ciety's transactions for the past year 

 to be submitted to the State Board of 

 , Agriculture. F. Heeremans, E. Jen- 



The Houston (Tex.) Florists and 

 Nurserymen met on November 22, and 

 perfected their organization. Officers 

 were elected as follows: H. H. Kuhl- 

 man, president; Robert C. Kerr, vice- 

 president; S. J. Mitchell, secretary, 

 and George M. Cosh, treasurer. The 

 following executive committee was 

 elected to serve in connection with the 

 president as chairman: John J. Boyle, 

 C. L. Brock, I. M. Johnson and C. H. 

 Blecker. 



The Minnesota State florists had 

 charge of the evening meeting of the 

 Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 

 which held its annual meeting in Min- 

 neapolis Dec. 2 to 5 inclusive. Aug. S. 

 Swanson read a paper, "Flowers for 

 Everybody's Garden," Mr. Farrar read 

 a paper on Sweet Peas and Mr. Reld 

 gave an illustrated lecture on "Rural 

 Landscape Gardening." Premiums 

 were awarded as follows: 



L. S. Donaldson Co.. flr.st, on palms, 

 ferns and bionniinj? plants: Minnenpolig 

 Floral Co., second; Merriam Park Floral 

 Co., third. For rose.s. Minneapolis Floral 

 Co. received first and Riverside green- 

 houses second. 



