August 27, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



309 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting was 

 held Thursday afternoon, August 11th. 

 This being the annual meeting the 

 election of officers for the ensuing year 

 took place. The trustees made a final 

 report which wound up the affairs of 

 the recent picnic. Chairman DeWever 

 reported that the Florists' Bulletin had 

 been issued and reports from the first 

 issue were encouraging and it should 

 be a success from the start. Edward 

 Kelley, of the Kelley Floral Co., 

 was elected to membership. Secretary 

 Beneke reported that he had forward- 

 ed to Secretary Dorner the invitation 

 Inviting the S. A. F. to hold their 1911 

 meeting In St. Louis. The election of 

 officers resulted as follows: President, 

 John Connon; vice-president, Frank A. 

 Weber; secretary, J. J. Beneke; treas- 

 urer, Wm. C. Smith; trustee for three 

 years, E. W. Guy; Messrs Bentzen and 

 Ostertag holding over, the former for 

 two years and the latter for one year. 

 The installation takes place at the 

 next meeting Sept. 8th. The treasur- 

 er's report showed a healthy balance 

 on hand. Frank A. Weber, of the H. 

 J. Weber Nursery Co., invited the 

 members to hold their September meet- 

 ing on the grounds of the company, 

 which was accepted. There was con- 

 siderable talk on convention matters. 

 The question box also brought out 

 some interesting features. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this society 

 was held one week earlier than the 

 scheduled time. President Eichling 

 requested a good attendance at all the 

 meetings. E. Baker, C. Eble and Paul 

 Abele were appointed on the financial 

 committee for one year. The invita- 

 tion to the S. A. F. to hold the 1915 

 convention in this city was sent in 

 State Vice-Pres. Papworth's report. A 

 resolution of sympathy with Abele 

 Bros., whose mother died recently in 

 Germany was passed. Two new names 

 were proposed for membership. The 

 meeting then adjourned to the caf6 

 where a lunch was partaken of. Mr. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Of Gladiolus gandavensis varieties, I 

 would name as being among the finer 

 flowers and flower spikes shown by 

 Messrs. Kelway & Sons at a recent ex- 

 hibition, the following, viz.: Kipling, 

 Lady Montague, Cornishman, Earl 

 Compton, Lady Werner, Baden-Powell, 

 Walpole, Sir Horace Plunket, General 

 Kurokl, Judge O'Brien, Colossal, Tom 

 Hood and King of Gladioli, this last 

 an immense spike of scarlet flowers 

 having a small white blotch on the 

 lower segment. 



An executive committee has been 

 formed to organize a great Interna- 

 tion Horticultural Exhibition in Lon- 

 don in May 1912. 



Although in no way responsible for 

 the exhibition, the Royal Horticultur- 

 al Society is giving general approval 

 to the scheme. The society has not 

 only agreed to forego the holding of 

 the usual Temple Flower Show for 

 that year, but it has also contributed 

 £1,000 towards the International Ex- 

 hibition, and, in addition, is prepared 

 to assist generously in the formation 

 of a guarantee fund. 



A site for the exhibition will prob- 

 ably be secured in the south-west of 

 London. It is expected to be the big- 

 gest thing of its kind ever held in this 

 or any other country. 



Already the committee has obtained 

 the highest patronage for the Inter- 

 national Show, including the King and 

 Queen and the Duke of Connaught, 

 Prince and Princess Christian, and 

 Princess Louise. 



The honorable secretary is Mr. Ed- 

 ward White (of Milner, Son & White), 

 7 Victoria street, S. W. 



FREDERICK MOORE. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The schedule for the Autumn Exhi- 

 bition to be held at Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, on September 23, 24 and 25, 

 has been issued. Silver and bronze 

 medals are offered for collections of 

 cut blooms of hardy herbaceous plants 

 to cover not less than 100 sq. ft. in 

 twenty or more genera and for the 

 same "to cover not more than 50 sq. ft., 

 in ten or more genera. Eleven classes 

 are devoted to dahlias and one to glad- 

 ioli. The remainder of the prize list 

 is devoted to apples, pears, grapes, 

 plums and a wide variety of vegeta- 

 bles. 



There will be no Chrysanthemum 

 Show in Boston this year. 



Richard Eiciilixg 



Alost, who has just returned from * 

 ten weeks' trip to Europe gave an Re- 

 count of his travels and especially of 

 what he saw interesting at the Ex- 

 position iu Brussels. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting was held at 

 Pembroke Hall, Wednesday, Aug. 10. 

 It was aster night and there was a 

 grand display of those beautiful flow- 

 ers. I. Trepass had magnificent 

 blooms. Winners: — Society's prizes: 

 Best 12 white, I. McDonald; best 

 12 pink, and best 12 any color, 

 I. Trepass, who also won Matz 

 special prize for best 24 white. Hon- 

 orable mention was awarded to A. 

 Colon for vase of Sutton's branching 

 asters: I. Dumbrosky for collection of 

 asters, vase of aster Purity, onions and 

 egg plants; R. Petroccla for sweet peas 

 and cucumbers. Prizes were donated 

 by Messrs. Titus & Bowne, H. F. Shot- 

 well, Stapleton & Co. and Universal 

 Engineering Co., all of Glen Cove, tor 

 our fall show. At the next meeting 

 prizes will be for best 3 melons, best 

 6 peaches and best 6 apples. 



0. E. ADDOR, Cor. Sec. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 

 Department of Registration. 



As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the carnation, "Christ- 

 mas Cheer," by Henry Eichholz, 

 Waynesboro, Pa., becomes complete. 

 H. B. DORNER, Sec. 



August 25, 1910. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Newport (R. I.) Horticultural 

 Society announces the date for its fall 

 show as Septemeber 17, 18 and 19. to 

 take place in Masonic Hall. The pub- 

 lic will be admitted free on Sunday. 

 The annual ball of the society will 

 take place in the same hall Septem- 

 ber 20. 



Special meetings of the different 

 committses of the second annual flow- 

 er show of the Albany Florists' Club 

 are being held. It is hoped that the 

 florists and growers of the surround- 

 ing cities will join with them in No- 

 vember to help make it as great a suc- 

 cess as that of last year. 



The annual fruit and flower show of 

 the North Shore Horticultural Society 

 was held at Manchester, Mass., in a 

 large tent on the grounds of the Es- 

 sex Countv Club, on the afternoon and 

 evening of August 24. Many valuable 

 premiums were creditably competed 

 for by the expert gardeners of the 

 North Shore summer colony. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 North Wales, Pa.— James J. Cur- 

 ran is now superintendent of the 

 Florex Gardens. He was formerly of 

 Salem. Va. 



Oakland, Cal.— The ground, build- 

 ings and machinery of the East Ninth 

 Pottery works have been purchased 

 by the Garden City Pottery Company 

 of San Jose. 



Milwaukee, Wis.— The greenhouses 

 formerly owned by Henry Mackery 

 have been bought by Eisner Bros., 

 one taking charge of the store and 

 the other of the greenhouses. 



Wheeling, W. Va.— Land on the south 

 side has been purchased by W. D. 

 Mathews and his business on North 

 avenue will be moved to that location. 

 New greenhouses will be erected. 



