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HORTICULTURE 



September 3, 1910 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Ou August 2Gtli business meetings 

 were resumed. As President Jolm P. 

 Huss is now returning from a two- 

 montlis' visit to his old home in 

 Switzerland, Ex-Vice-President John 

 Gerard occupied the chair. Vases ot 

 handsome flowers were exhibited: 

 Dahlias, by James P. Ralph, of New 

 Britain; asters, by James M. Adams, 

 of Hartford; and gladioli, by L. H. 

 Robertson, of Hartford. The judges 

 were Messrs J. A. Weber, Francis 

 Roulier and W. H. Shumway. These 

 voluntary displays of seasonable 

 flowers, vegetables and fruits, are a 

 special feature of our fortnightly 

 meetings. 



Our premium list for the two forth- 

 coming exhibitions, was received from 

 the printer, at this meeting, and was 

 pronounced the best one that the 

 society has ever published. Some ot 

 the first pages are embellished with 

 half-tone pictures ot President Huss, 

 Treasurer W. W. Hunt and Secretary 

 George W. Smith; and the cover 

 design is a lovely pen and ink sketcl 

 of dahlias and chrysanthemums, by 

 Miss Artina Marguerite Adams, the 17- 

 year-old daughter ot James M. Adams 

 of Hartford, chairman of our executive 

 committee. Many new advertisements 

 appear in its pages; and copies wlh 

 gladly be sent to the trade anywhere, 

 on request. Besides the many cus- 

 tomary prizes for dahlias, chrysanthe- 

 mums and other flowers, and vegeta- 

 bles and fruits, special prizes are of- 

 fered by Henry A. Dreer of Philadel- 

 phia, Stumpp & Walter Company and 

 Arthur T. Boddington of New York, 

 Luther Tucker & Son ot Albany, ana 

 the Plant & Land Food Company ot 

 Baltimore. The dahlia exhibition will 

 take place at Unity Hall, Hartford, on 

 September 22 and 23; and the chry- 

 santhemum exhibition at Putnam Pha- 

 lanx Hall, a more commodious one, 

 Hartford, on November 3 and 4. 



Our society enters upon the fall 

 work with much enthusiasm. It now 

 has 150 members, reaching every 

 county in the state but one, and hav- 

 ing members in several other states. 

 One of our members, J. A. Weber, will 

 have charge of the immense horticul- 

 tural display at the coming Connecti- 

 cut Fair at Charter Oak Park. Hart- 

 ford, September 5th to 10th. opening 

 on Labor Day, a state holiday. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, 



Secretary. 

 Melrose, Conn., 



August 30. 1910. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



Tne last meeting of the Florist Club 

 may justly be called a banner night 

 and Mr. Knope who put up a tent dec- 

 orated it very artistically and provid- 

 ed a sumptuous lunch besides, and 

 certainly deserved much credit and ap- 

 preciation by all. In the absence ot 

 President Plumb, who had just re- 

 turned from a trip to Europe, the first 

 president and chief maker of the Club, 

 Phil. Breitmeyer, installed the new of- 

 ficers as follows: President, George 

 Brown; vice-president. Hernvin Kn pe; 

 secretary, Hugo Schroeter; treas- 

 urer, Robt. Rahaley. Committees: — 



Auditing, J. F. Sullivan, Alb. Ponche- 

 lon, Alb. Sylvester; essays, M. Bloy, 

 \Vm. Dilger, J. P. Sullivan, Fr. Dan- 

 zer; entertainment, J. Stock, L. Char- 

 vat, Rob. Rahaley, Rob. Klagge; ex- 

 hibition, M. Bloy, Ed. Beard, Thos. 

 Brown, Alb. Stahelin. 



Mr. G. Brown spoke very entertain- 

 ingly and wisely admonished the mem- 

 bers of the need ot individual work to 

 accomplish the great aims of the Club. 

 Mayor Breitmeyer, who had just re- 

 turned from an auto trip through the 

 New England states, was filled with 

 enthusiasm over the great accomplish- 

 ments in horticulture, especially all 

 through Massachusetts. The meeting 

 being on the lawn in front of the old 

 house where all the Breitmeyers were 

 born, he became rather reminiscent 

 and recalling the days when washing 

 radishes and spinach were his and the 

 whole family's chief occupation. With 

 the pioneership in horticulture which 

 he holds today, we can see therein not 

 only the great opportunities this world 

 holds for the individual, but it also 

 shows how the proper grasping of such 

 opportunities by one or the other will 

 bring happiness and prosperity to 

 many others. 



Elmer D. Smith, of Adrian, contrib- 

 uted a bunch of beautiful white chrys- 

 anthemums. When the occasion came 

 around he was pelted with all kinds 

 of questions and we found out that 

 the new variety was a seedling of the 

 Golden Glow type, but much superior 

 in quality and habit. The flower is 

 much fuller and more graceful and 

 from March cutting buds may be taken 

 about the 6th of June and blooms be 

 had about July 25th. The plant is 

 not subject to spotting like Golden 

 Glow and buds can be taken from it 

 much more readily and with much bet- 

 ter results. FRANK DANZER. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BALTIMORE. 



At the regular semi-monthly meeting 

 last Monday night. Secretary N. P. 

 Plitton announced that the S. A. P. & 

 O. H. had voted to hold their 1911 con- 

 vention in Baltimore. The informa- 

 tion was heartily applauded. The club 

 decided to hold a family outing iiicnic 

 at Bay Shore Park, Sept. 2. The mem- 

 bers who visited Rochester were liber- 

 al with their praise ot that city, pleas- 

 antly surprised with its large stores, 

 and the thrift and enterprise they saw 

 everywhere. The suburban horticul- 

 tural attractions was another great 

 revelation. They told in the meeting 

 of the magnificent shrvbs and trees. 

 Mr. Flitton declared that the trees in 

 Seneca Park, Rochester, were the most 

 vigorous healthy trees he had ever 

 seen in a public park. Richard Vin- 

 cent, Jr., was invited to give an illus- 

 trated talk on his European trip ana 

 Geo. O. Brown ju'omised the use of 

 some fine negatives of villas around 

 Baltimore, to make slides to be used 

 in connection with Mr. Vincent's talk. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The board of directors held a meet- 

 ing as is customary at the time of the 

 S. A. P. & O. H. convention. There 

 were present five of the directors and 

 a number of lay members. The premi- 

 um list for the show which is to be 

 held in conjunction with the National 

 Flower Show was gone over carefully 

 and approved as presented by the Sec- 

 retary. Any additions, or alterations 

 which might be found necessary be- 

 fore going to print, to be left in the 

 hands of the officers. 



The Secretary was instructed to con- 

 vey the thanks of the board to the 

 National Flower Show committee for 

 the generous appropriation of $750 for 

 carnation premiums. It was voted that 

 the Society add to this amount as 

 much as may be necessary to cover 

 the premiums offered in the list as 

 adopted. The Secretary reported dona- 

 tions of a number of cups and cash 

 prizes by members and friends of the 

 Society. 



By general consent the arrangement 

 of the sessions of the 1911 convention 

 was left in the hands of the Secretary, 

 the general feeling being that on ac- 

 count of the great attraction of the 

 National Flower Show, the meetings 

 be made as brief as possible, to give 

 the members opportunity to view the 

 show at leisure. The Secretary sub- 

 mitted a sketch of a button for the 

 members. 



P. R. Pierson, chairman of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show Committee, was 

 present and asked the A. C. S. to 

 take entire charge of the carnation de- 

 partment of the National Flower Show, 

 all rules and customs governing the 

 A. C. S. shows to govern in this in- 

 stance. A. P. J. BAUR, Sec. 



DURING RECESS. 



At the exhibition of the Wisconsin 

 Horticultural Society in Oconomowoc. 

 John Dupre was winner of a majority 

 of the prizes in vegetables and fruit. 

 V^'m. Toole & Sons of Baraboo were 

 also winners. 



Elberon Horticultural Society. 



The annual outing-claml)ake of the 

 Elberon Horticultural Society took 

 place on Wednesday, August 24, in the 

 Porau-Peck Grove, Long Branch, N. 

 J. As the weather was fine the mem- 

 bers with their families and friends 

 turned out in full and everybody en- 

 joyed a good day's fun. Much excite- 

 ment attended the games which was 

 played in the afternoon, as follows: 

 Baseball game — won by single men, 

 3 to 1. Tug of war — won by married 

 men. 100 yard handicap race for men 

 — Ch. Rudloff. 50 yard handicap race 

 for ladies— Mrs. Ch. Rudloff. Broad 

 jump for men — McGregor, G feet, 2 

 inches. Broad jump for ladies — Mrs. 

 D. Kelley. Running l)ioad jump for 

 men — McGregor. Running broad jump 

 for ladle; — Mrs. D. Kelley. Sack raci 

 for men — John Kennedy. Thrce-leg- 

 led race for men — McGregor-Mc- 

 Donald. The most exciting race was 

 the sack race by the ladies; six entered 

 and the most wonderful stunts was on 

 exhibition. Mrs. Ch. Rudloff won out. 



About five o'clock all was seated at 

 the tables — SO in all — and enjoyed a 

 well prepared bake till the moon was 

 shining through the tree tcps, when 

 all started for "sweet home." 



A. FLEMMING. 



