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HORTICULTURE 



October 15, 19L0 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The attractive program announced 

 for the October meeting drew a large 

 attendance at the club rooms last Mon- 

 day evening. There must have been 

 fully one hundred present and nearly 

 half the number were ladies. Routine 

 business was quiclvly despatched and 

 then came the special attraction of the 

 evening, J. Horace McFarland, of Har- 

 risburg, Pa., in his lecture on "The 

 Crusade Against Ugliness." The stere- 

 opticon views with which Mr. McFar- 

 land illustrated his remarks were very 

 fine and depicted in the most forceful 

 manner the contrasts between the 

 squalid, disfigured and untidy sur- 

 roundings of our homes and towns as 

 they too often are, and what it is pos- 

 sible to make them; or, as the lecturer 

 expressed it: "Between the fields 

 where the beasts live and the streets 

 where the men live." Mr. McFarland 

 is doing an incalculable amount of 

 good with these convincing proofs of 

 the stupidity and neglect by the Amer- 

 ican people of those things which go 

 to make homes clean and attractive 

 and those who live in them happier 

 and better citizens. His efforts were 

 enthusiastically applauded by this 

 gathering of the horticultural fratern- 

 ity of the great metropolis and a 

 hearty vote of thanks was accorded 



The entertainment which followed, 

 under the experienced direction of J. 

 B. Nugent, was most enjoyable. An 

 orchestra discoursed music in abun- 

 dance and there were vocal solos by 

 the Club's favorite soprano, Miss Sa- 

 bery Dorsel, Herbert Ingram and 

 others. Then a delicious collation was 

 served and the time passed rapidly in 

 enjoyable social intercourse. 



Harry Turner exhibited specimens 

 of Celosia Pride of Castle Gould and 

 was awarded 90 points in the competi- 

 tion for the Hitchings Cup. Robert 

 Scott & Sons showed their new yellow 

 rose Melody which was much admired 

 and the committee expressed a wish to 

 see it again at a later date before pass- 

 ing final judgment on it. 



Eleven now members were admitted 

 and applications were received from 

 ten more, which is conclusive evidence 

 of the rapid growth in numerical 

 strength and in popularity which this 

 organization is enjoying. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The next regular meeting of this 

 club will be held at Horticultural Hall 

 on Monday evening, October 18, at S 

 o'clock. Edward McMulkin will speak 

 on "The Retail Florist and what is 

 expected of him and what he, has been 

 doing for the last 30 years. " The 

 speaker is eloquent and entertaining, 

 and his audience promises to be a 

 large one. There will be an unusually 

 attractive lot of exhibits on the 

 tables. This meeting will, in some 

 measure, take the place of the regular 

 Boston Chrysanthemum Show, which 

 will not be held this year, and quite 

 a number of exhibits of chrysanthe- 

 mums, carnations, etc., will be shown. 

 A cordial invitation is extended to all 

 interested friends to attend on Octo- 

 ber 18. It makes no difference if they 

 are not members; all will be made 

 welccnip W. N. CRAIG. Sec'y. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



The monthly meeting of the Club 

 was held in the Fort Pitt Hotel on 

 Tuesday evening, October 4th. It was 

 Dahlia Night with an extensive display 

 of these flowers. The Elliott Nursery 

 Co. showed fine dahlias including a 

 number of seedlings, Tritoma Pfltzeri, 

 etc. R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., of 

 White Marsh, Md., made a very large 

 exhibit of splendid dahlias including 

 the finest of the standard varieties and 

 the recent novelties. 



In general it may be said that the 

 large varieties in delicate colors, after 

 the Madame Vanden Dael type, did not 

 stand the journey as well as smaller 

 varieties of the Livoni type. And by 

 the way— speaking ^ of Livoni — this 

 dahlia, perhaps the best all-around 

 commercial variety ever produced, was 

 not shown by any exhibitor. The 

 writer now has it in bloom giving ten 

 flowers to one of standard varieties 

 alongside of it. 



Only a small number of the varieties 

 shown by Vincent were named, but 

 his exhibit was certainly a wonder in 

 its extent and its educational value to 

 our dahlia growers was great. It is 

 something of a surprise, however, to 

 see how well some of the older vari- 

 eties are holding their own. The sec- 

 retary was instructed to tender the ex- 

 hibitors a vote of thanks. 



The subject of a social for the club 

 was broached but was finally left over 

 to a later meeting. Subject for No- 

 vember meeting— chrysanthemums, 

 H. P. JOSLIN, Sec. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS, EAST- 

 ERN BRANCH. 



The Eastern Branch held its quarter- 

 ly session in Boston on Saturday, Oc- 

 tober 8, convening at the Quincy 

 House. The stay there was brief, how- 

 ever, for President J. A. Pettigrew, 

 with characteristic hospitality had 

 three big autos in waiting and together 

 with his chief assistant J. F. Shea, 

 soon had the party under way in a 

 delightful tour through the parks and 

 parkways under their charge, finally 

 bringing up at Mr. Pettigrew's home in 

 Franklin Park, where lunch was served 

 .ind the routine meeting of the Branch 

 took place, after which the ride of in- 

 spection and pleasure was resumed. 

 The next meeting will be held in New 

 York. 



THE MORRISTOWN SHOW. 



The schedule and list of prizes for 

 the joint exhibition of the Chrysan- 

 themum Society of America and the 

 Morris County Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Society on Nov. 2, 3 and 4 has 

 been issued. The exhibition will be 

 held at the Morris County Golf Club.' 

 Convent Station, Morristown, N. J. 

 The prizes aggregate $3,000, includ- 

 ing a sweepstake cup valued at $150. 

 Arthur Herrington is manager of the 

 show and the exhibition committee 

 consists of W. H. Duckhara, C. H. 

 Totty and R. M. Schultz. Copies of 

 the schedule may be obtained on ap- 

 plication to Edw. Reagan. Sec'y, 

 Morristown, .\'. .1. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Of the choicer orchids In flower, a 

 few notable hybrids were noticed in 

 a group shown by Messrs. Bull & Sons 

 on September 27— a firm long estab- 

 lished, and now coming to the front 

 as orchid hybridists. The group shown 

 contained many examples of Cattleya 

 Pittiana— a hybrid obtained by cross- 

 ing C. granulosa Schofieldiana and C. 

 Dowiana aurea. This cross is becom- 

 ing common in collections and pos- 

 sesses much value as a decorative 

 plant. Other notable plants were Cy- 

 pripediums Tankianum and C. Mau- 

 dicB magnificum. There exist various 

 forms of this hybrid, all of which are 

 very pretty. A fine Cypripedium, as 

 yet unnamed — a cross of C. lo grande 

 and C. Godefroyae leuchochilum— was 

 noted in this group. 



Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, 

 were exhibitors in a large way. A 

 pretty flower is Laelio-Cattleya Binoti 

 (Laeiia pumila and C. bicolor). It is 

 a plant of small growth, the sepals 

 and petals dark purple, the tube of a 

 lighter tint, and lip, which is strap 

 shaped and narrow, very rich purple. 

 Cattleya Lord Rothschild has a flower 

 marked gorgeously in the throat with 

 golden lines, lips deep purple, with a 

 thin edging of a silvery color, and 

 frilled, round the margin, Lieut. Col. 

 Sir G. Holtord was awarded a first 

 class certificate for Cypripedium Sho- 

 gvin. an almost circular flower, the 

 pouch brown, and as if varnished, and 

 edged with yellow. The dorsal sepal 

 has a broad edging oE white, and in 

 the central area it is light green, spot- 

 ted with brown. Sir G. Holford ob- 

 tained an award of merit for Cattleya 

 Dirce magnifica, the fully expanded 

 flowers of which measured eight inches 

 across. 



Mr. W. Thompson, 'Walton Grange, 

 showed Laeiia De Gustiana Thomp- 

 soni. a plant of unknown parentage. 

 An award of merit was made. 



Stuart Low, Bush Hill Park, was an 

 exhibitor of numerous choice orchids 

 — species and varieties— and they were 

 awarded a silver flora medal for the 

 exhibit. One remarkable plant In this 

 collection was Brasso-Cattleya Poca- 

 hontas, a white bloom having a width 

 of G inches. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons showed 

 Viburnum Henryii, a recent introduc- 

 tion from China. The plant was abun- 

 dantly fruited; in color and size the 

 fruits resemble those of the common 

 holly. A first class certificate was 

 awarded. F. MOORE. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A large number were in attendance 

 at the meeting of the Chicago Florists' 

 Club, Oct. 6, and some important de- 

 tails were looked after pertaining to 

 the flower show. Among other things 

 it was voted to contribute $100 to the 

 premium fund .and to hold the annual 

 banquet of the club Nov. 10th, at 6:30 

 p. m., place not decided upon. Presi- 

 dent Asmus was instrur-ted to appoint 

 a committee of five to complete ar- 

 langements. A committee of seven re- 

 tailers is also to be appointed by the 

 president to arrange for the club's 

 booth for the sale of flowers at the 

 show and another committee to have 



