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HORTICULTURE 



September 17, 1910 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The first meeting of this Club for 

 the season of 1910-11, was held on 

 Monday evening last. There were a 

 number of important committee re- 

 ports which served to make the rou- 

 tine work interesting to the sixty 

 members who were present. The out- 

 ing committee was represented by H. 



A. Bunyard, P. O'Mara was spokesman 

 for the committee on range of green- 

 houses for Cornell, W. F. Sheridan for 

 the essay committee announced that 

 J. Horace McFarland would present 

 an illustrated lecture at the October 

 meeting and John Nugent was in good 

 evidence as representing the house 

 committee. Three new members, 

 Messrs. Smith, Glass and Young were 

 escorted to the platform and made 

 their bow as initiates should, and ten 

 new names were put in nomination 

 for membership — a very encouraging 

 sign. 



President Miller reported favorably 

 in regard to the hearing at City Hall 

 on matter of a plant market. Seventy- 

 five were present on that occasion and 

 the prospects are considered good. W. 

 J. Stewart, C. B. Weathered and P. R. 

 Pierson were appointed to prepare and 

 present at the next meeting, fitting • 

 resolutions on the death of Lyman B. 

 Craw. 



Robert B. Berry waxed eloquent as 

 the spokesman for a dozen bowling 

 enthusiasts and asked that the Club 

 give its support to the efforts that are 

 to be made to capture some of the 

 trophies at Baltimore next August. 

 "His words, like so many nimble and 

 airy servitors, trip about him at com- 

 mand." He was followed by Jos. A. 

 Manda, John Birnie, Jos. Fenrich, 

 Alex. Burns, John Donaldson, J. Austin 

 Shaw, C. B. Weathered, Patrick O'- 

 Mara, J. B. Nugent, F. H. Traendly, 

 Wm. Duckham and F. R. Pierson, all 

 of whom had some pertinent sugges- 

 tion as to the best means whereby 

 the former prestige of New York on 

 the alleys might be regained. F. R. 

 Pierson offered five balls as premiums 

 for the coming season. Later in the 

 evening it was announced by Jos. 

 Manda that he had secured a list of 

 twenty members tor a new bowling 

 club and it begins to look as if there 

 might be "something doing" before 

 long. 



There were on the exhibition table 

 six fine plants of Clerodendron fallax, 

 «xhibited by Harry Turner, to which 

 the judges awarded five points in the 

 competition for the Hitchings trophy, 

 and a vase of the new chrysanthemum 

 Smith's Advance, shown by Elmer D. 

 Smith & Co. 



The rest of the evening was devoted 

 to tallis on the lessons of the Roches- 

 ter convention and varied reminis- 

 cences of that memorable event. The 

 speakers included Patrick O'Mara, J. 



B. Nugent, J. Austin Shaw, J. H. Pep- 

 per, F. R. Pierson, H. A. Bunyard, 

 Robert E. Berry and W. J. Stewart, 

 and plenty of pent-up eloquence was 

 let loose until 11 o'clock, when the 

 close came with a standing vote amid 

 hearty enthusiasm in gratitude to the 

 Rochester Florists' Association for 

 their courtesy and hospitality so freely 

 extended to the visitors from New 

 York. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Our first September meeting was held 

 on the 9th, at the County Building, in 

 Hartford; President John F. Huss, who 

 has just returned from a visit to Swit- 

 zerland, his place of nativity, being 

 again in the chair. Three new mem- 

 bers, all of Hartford, were elected: 

 Messrs. Ernst Grunewald, Hugo' J. 

 Reuss, and Olin H. Clark. Mr. James 

 J. Goodwin, of whose magnificent es- 

 tate President Huss is superintendent, 

 manifested his kind interest in the 

 Society's work by a liberal contribution 

 toward the expenses of the coming 

 Dahlia Exhibition. The reading of his 

 brief note accompanying the gift was 

 received with hearty applause. Mr. 

 Goodwin has made many such contri- 

 butions in the past; and his concern 

 for the welfare of the Society is much 

 appreciated. 



President Huss gave an extended and 

 very interesting account of his trip to 

 Europe, reciting many of the facts re- 

 cently appearing in HORTICULTURE 

 regarding the long-continued and dis- 

 astrous rains this summer in France, 

 Switzerland, and Germany, where many 

 crops, like potatoes, are almost a total 

 failure. 



Our next regular meeting will be 

 omitted, as it falls on the second day 

 of our coming Dahlia Exhibition at 

 Hartford, Sept. 22nd and 23rd; and a 

 special meeting will be held on the 

 evening of the 21st, at Unity Hall, to 

 make preparations for the exhibition, 

 which now promises to excel any ever 

 given by this Society. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, Sec'y. 



Melrose, Conn. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



After an intermission of two 

 months the N. J. F. S. have resumed 

 regular meetings. At the last meet- 

 ing arrangements for the dahlia show 

 to be held October 1st were com- 

 pleted. This show has always at- 

 tracted attention and promises to be 

 the largest exhibition of its kind the 

 society ever held. 



Pres. Larson. Treas. Gray, Sec'y 

 Reid and John Hayes were appointed 

 a committee to go to New York to 

 select the silver cups which will be 

 awarded in January for the year's 

 competition at the monthly exhibi- 

 tions. It was decided to award the 

 large silver cup donated by Mr. Le 

 Court for the best 24 cut chrysanthe- 

 mums, 6 varieties, 4 flowers of each, 

 at their chrysanthemum show in No- 

 vember. Lager & Hurrell had a nice 

 display of rare orchids on exhibition, 

 for which they received 95 points. 

 The following points were recorded: 

 A. F. Larson, roses, 90 points; Fi-ank 

 Drew, roses, 80; William Reid, roses, 

 75; carnations, 70; flowering plant, 

 75; foliage plant, 85; Max Schneider, 

 carnations, 60. For the exhibits not 

 in competition for points the follow- 

 ing awards were made: Cultural cer- 

 tificates, Albert P. Larson and Frank 

 Drew, for roses; Wm. Reid, for tuber- 

 ous rooted begonias. The judges were 

 Messrs. Chas. W. Ashmead, Edward 

 Eccles and John Hayes. 



WILLIAM REID, Sec'y. 



ST, LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



This club held one of those delight- 

 ful outdoor meetings on Thursday af- 

 ternoon, Sept. Sth, on the grounds of 

 the H. J. Weber & Sons Nursery Co. 

 at Nursery, Mo. This was in response 

 to an invitation extended by Vice- 

 President Frank A. Weber. "The day 

 was fine and 35 members and some 15 

 ladies availed themselves of Mr. 

 Weber's kind invitation. This being 

 installation meeting, the newly-elected 

 officers were installed. The members 

 were met at the end of the car line by 

 large wagons. When they arrived at 

 the big gate Mr. H. J. Weber and his 

 sons met and welcomed them. The 

 greenhouses were first visited, in 

 charge of Walter Weber, and all ex- 

 pressed themselves in what excellent 

 and promising shape in which they 

 found there the roses and carnations. 

 The ladies were well taken care of by 

 Mi-s. Weber and her daughters, who 

 entertained them on the lawn. After 

 the inspection tour the members held 

 their meeting in the large packing 

 room. The meeting was opened by 

 President Windier and the installing 

 officers, Messrs. Fillmore and R. J. 

 Windier proceeded to install the fol- 

 lowing officers: President, John M. 

 Connon; vice-president, Frank A. 

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

 urer, W. C. Smith; trustee, E. W. Guy. 

 New committees for the year will be 

 appointed by President Connon at the 

 next meeting. 



After adjournment the members 

 were taken in hand by Vice-President 

 Weber and escorted to a fine spread. 

 They were then shown over the 

 grounds and one could hardly realize 

 until looking over these grounds what 

 a grand place it is and what goes to 

 make up a first-class nursery plant of 

 this kind. The club never spent a 

 more pleasant afternoon and a vote of 

 thanks was extended to the Webers 

 tor their hospitalities. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the above 

 society was held in the Town Hall on 

 the 3rd, when members were treated 

 to a great display of dahlias, staged 

 by Mr. Wingett, superintendent for 

 Mr. Chas Lanier. Three types. Cactus, 

 Show and Pompoms were represented 

 in 36 varieties. A diploma of com- 

 mendation was awarded Mr. Wingett. 

 The same gentleman also exhibited a 

 giant melon. Viand's Perfection, 24 lb. 

 weight, for which he was awarded a 

 certificate of merit. This is the first 

 year Mr. Wingett has attempted to 

 grow Perfection, rightly named for its 

 excellent qualities — size, flavor and 

 depth of flesh. (Alas, we never tasted 

 it.) One from the same bed weighed 

 over 31 lbs. G. Instone, his able fore- 

 man, deserves a fair share of praise 

 for growing them so successfully. 



Mr. Jenkins, one of the Bar Harbor 

 judges, reported on his visit there. He 

 spoke very highly of the show, and 

 how well the Bar Harbor gardeners 

 had treated him. G. Foulsham had on 

 view the silver cup presented by Mr. 

 W. B. O. Field for the best collection 

 of twelve varieties of vegetables at the 

 fall show. It is to be known as the 

 President's Cup, to be won twice be- 



