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HORTICULTURE 



July 16, 1910 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the regular meeting of the 

 Florists' Ciub, July 7th, the report of 

 the transportation committee, naming 

 the Lake Shore road their choice for 

 the Rochester convention, was made 

 and accepted. The secretary was 

 notified to make a request for a car 

 for the use of the Canadian florists 

 to be attached to the Chicago special 

 at Buffalo. 



A motion was made and carried 

 asking the president to appoint three 

 members to act with the transporta- 

 tion committee to furnish entertain- 

 ment on the train to Rochester. The 

 committee for securing the convention 

 for Chicago in 1911 was requested to 

 report at next meeting. Vice-presi- 

 dent Philpott extended an invitation 

 to the club to attend the Canadian 

 convention at St. Catherines on Aug. 

 10-11-12. 



A committee was appointed to act 

 with the standing committee on Good 

 of the Club to make arrangements for 

 the annual picnic, July 31st. At a 

 meeting of the committee held Monday 

 afternoon it was decided to postpone 

 that event one year. The best places 

 all engaged is the reason given. This 

 may add to the Rochester enthusiasm 

 which is gaining with each day, and 

 it is quite possible a suitable place 

 may yet be found for the picnic. 



A motion to appoint J. C. Vaughan 

 and A. Lange a committee to see the 

 City Railway Co. about claim for loss 

 of life of Geo. R. Wheeldon, in the 

 interest of his deaf mute son, was 

 c'arried. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



A well attended meeting was held 

 on the evening of July 12 and ar- 

 rangements had previously been made 

 to have a sweet pea exhibition in con- 

 nection therewith, they having failed 

 to be in time for the recent rose show. 

 Nearly one hundred excellent vases of 

 them were shown, many being of the 

 newer varieties of the Spencer type. 

 The six vases winning first honcrs in- 

 cluded Primrose Spencer, Helen Lewis, 

 Phyllys Unwin, Nora Unwin and 

 White Spencer, and were exliibited by 

 Paul Valquardson. Excellent exhibits 

 were also made by Wm. F. Smith, 

 Gibson Brothers, Stewart Ritchie, C. 

 Robertson, John Baumgartner, Alex. 

 MacLellan, S. Langtord, J. Robertson 

 and others. The Judges for the even- 

 ing were Bruce Butterton. A. S. Meikle 

 and Wm. Mackay. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLE GROW- 

 ERS' AND MARKET GARDENERS' 

 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. 



The third annual convention of the 

 Greenhouse Vegetable Growers' and 

 Market Gardeners' Association of 

 America will be held at Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day, September 27, 2S and 29, and 

 promises to be the most successful ever 

 held by that organization. A splendid 

 program is being prepared and sub- 

 jects of interest to the vegetable forcer, 

 market gardener and truck farmer will 

 have a place in it. Grand Rapids is 

 the home of Grand Rapids Lettuce and 

 Davis Perfect Cucumber, and the con- 

 vention will afford an opportunity to 

 visit the famous forcing establishments 

 in that city. Any vegetable grower de- 

 siring further information should write 

 to S. W. Severance, Secretary, 50S Wal- 

 ker Building, Louisville, Ky. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



Some of the rare and notable or- 

 chids shown at the meeting of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society on June 

 21, were Laelio-cattleya Mrs. W. Hop- 

 kins (Laelia lona x Laelio-cattleya 

 Haroldiana); Cattleya Mossiae Ban- 

 shee, pure white except for a stain of 

 yellow in the tube; Dendrobium Wil- 

 liamsianum; Odontoglossum Eleanor 

 (O. cirrhosum x O. Uro-Skinneri) ; 

 Laelio-cattleya eximia magniflca; Od- 

 ontioda Heatonensis var. St. Vincent; 

 Odontioda Vuylstekeae Walton Grange 

 variety; Zygo-colax Charles worthii; 

 Laelio-cattleya Canhamiana alba; Cir- 

 rhaea saccata var. viridissima. 



NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The annual summer meeting of the 

 Nebraska State Horticultural Society 

 will be held in Wymore, July 20 and 

 21. The program includes papers on 

 the following topics: 



Ornamental Bedding, Ed. Williams, 

 Grand Island; The Home Beautiful, 

 Mrs. J. A. Wymore; discussion, A. D. 

 McCandless, Wymore; Ornamental 

 Shrubs. Philip Edinborough, superin- 

 tendent city parks, Lincoln; Hints on 

 Landscaping, W. H. Dunman, land- 

 scape gardener, University of Nebras- 

 ka; Conservation, C. S. Harrison, 

 York; Identification of Catalpa, A. J. 

 Brown, Geneva; Forestry, Mrs. W. A. 

 Harrison; Fruits for the Farmers' 

 Garden, G. S. Christy, Johnson. 



There will be a special business 

 meeting of the Nebraska Park and 

 Forestry Association at the Touzolin 

 Hotel. Wednesday evening. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The annual meeting will be held in 

 Harrisburg, Pa., August 9 and 10, and 

 in Gettysburg, August 11. Business of 

 much importance to the future of the 

 Association will be considered and 

 some vital changes in the Constitution 

 and By-Laws will be submitted to the 

 meeting af the outcome of the action 

 taken at the Executive Committee 

 meeting held in Philadelphia, March 26, 

 1910. 



Besides the business session three 

 sessions will be devoted to the read- 

 in.g and discussion of papers. Several 

 excellent papers have been promised. 

 Harrisburg parks wiii be visited. The 

 Commonwealth Hotel will be the head- 

 quarters in Harrisburg and the Eagle 

 Hotel at Gettysburg. F. L. Multord, 

 Harrisburg, Pa., is Secretary of the 

 Association. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The monthly meeting of the above 

 club was held on the 12st inst., and 

 was fairly well attended for a hot 

 weather session. A very interesting 

 discourse was given by W. Albert 

 Manda of South Orange, N. J., his sub- 

 ject being whether we should consider 

 our calling a trade or a profession. 

 Mr. Manda gave many interesting de- 

 tails of the wide training now given 

 in Europe in technical schools and 

 colleges to fit young men for practical 

 work in horticulture and allied lines— 

 the same being also largely in vogue 

 nowadays in this country. On the 

 w-hole the speaker thought that while 

 largely a trade it was in the higher 

 sense also a profession and that we 

 should, while looking for the dollar, 

 also remember the wider and greater 

 significance of our business and pro- 

 fession — the public good. 



The discussion afterwards was lively 

 and many excellent thoughts were 

 given expression by the members. 

 Messrs. Kift, Farenwald, Niessen, 

 Thilow and S. S. Pennock were the 

 principal speakers. Mr. Thilow was 

 very enthusiastic over the good work 

 being done in the school garden move- 

 ment for the coming workers. Mr. 

 Rust had a good word to say for the 

 horticultural course at State College 

 and instanced many successful gradu- 

 ates from that institution. 



The transportation committee re- 

 ported having visited the Lehigh Val- 

 ley, Reading and Pennsylvania rail- 

 roads and quoted rates for the trip to 

 the Rochester convention. The straight 

 fare is !58.3.5, certificate plan $7.83, 

 mileage $7.24, block of ten $7.00, each 

 way. The route and train has not yet 

 been dicided on. 



ST. LOUIS LADIES' HOME CIRCLE. 



The meeting of the St. Louis Florist 

 Ladies' Home Circle which should 

 have taken place on July 13th has 

 been postponed until July 28th. Mem- 

 bers and husbands should take the 

 1 p. m. car for Clayton and meet at 

 1.30 at Hotel Aiitenried and from 

 there they will be taken to President 

 Steidlo'K home in Central. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



A well attended meeting was held at 

 Gude's Hall, July 5th, despite the in- 

 tense heat. A committee consisting of 

 W. W. Kimmel, O. A. C. Oehmler, 

 Otto Bauer and George Shaffer was ap- 

 pointed to make the necessary ar- 

 rangements for the annual outing. 

 This summer's picnic will be held this 

 year at the Great Falls, on the last 

 Tuesday in July. 



Plans were discussed for the annual 

 Flower Show which will be held in 

 this city some time early in November. 

 A special meeting of the committee 

 was called for July 12th, to formulate 

 special plans. 



A committee consisting of Wm. H. 

 Ernst, George Cook and George Shaf- 

 fer was appointed to arrange jointly 

 with The Gardeners' Club of Balti- 

 more for special cars to the Rochester 

 Convention next month. 



After the conclusion of the business 

 meeting, Wm. F. Gude, the host of 

 the evening, invited the club to repair 

 to the basement which had been fitted 

 up to simulate a grotto. The walls 

 were hung with flags and bunting and 

 palms and cut flowers decorated the 

 room, and a most pleasant time was 

 had around the festive board. 



The Florists' and Gardeners' Club 

 of Rhode Island will visit the Rhode 

 Island State College at Kingston, R. I., 

 on July 18th. Train leaves Providence 

 at 11.10 a. m. Meet at depot. 



