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HORTICULTURE 



October 22, 1910 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The October meeting of this club 

 held at Horticultural Hall on Tuesday 

 evening, Oct. 12, was very largely at- 

 tended, the special attraction being a 

 talk by Edward MacMulkin on the Re- 

 tail Florist Trade. Mr. MacMulkin 

 dwelt particularly on the relationship 

 between the retailer and the grower 

 and the question of price fluctuations 

 at the holidays, its effect on the gen- 

 «ral welfare and the policy of the 

 growers and wholesalers at such peri- 

 ods which he pronounced short sighted 

 and calculated to expand the plant 

 trade at the expense of the cut flower 

 trade. Referring to the enormously 

 increased plant trade of recent years 

 'he attributed it to the alleged exorbi- 

 tant price of flowers, whicli made the 

 tuying public disgusted and prevented 

 their investing in flowers at Easter 

 rand the Christmas holidays. No other 

 line of business, he declared, would 

 stand for such methods. He gave some 

 interesting statistics of the growth of 

 the florists' business which, he said, 

 •was now recognized as a factor in our 

 industrial and artistic lite. Referring 

 to the tremendous increase in green- 

 house area in recent years he said that 

 this had been more pronounced outside 

 of New England territory and attri- 

 buted New England's backwardness to 

 lack of business enterprise on the part 

 of the growers. The average buyer, he 

 asserted, knows as much about flowers 

 as the average retail florist and some- 

 times more and he cannot be fooled in- 

 to buying interior stock or paying ex- 

 tortionate prices. The average depart- 

 ment store customer never comes back 

 after one purchase of plants or flowers 

 because there is where the low-grade 

 stuff finds its market and buyers get 

 their lesson in the first transaction. 

 He approved the sale of flowers on tne 

 street, however, provided that they are 

 of good quality. The sale of bad ones 

 is the bane of the trade. He advocated 

 free admission of children to flower 

 shows as a means of building up a 

 flower appreciating and flower buying 

 community. 



The growers present — such as Peter 

 Fisher, .T. T. Butterworth and W. H. 

 Elliott, all indulged in a rapid-fire ver- 

 bal scrimmage with Mr. MacMulkin, 

 but he held his ground like a major. 

 Mr. Butterworth stated that he pro- 

 poses to introduce a bill in the legisla- 

 ture exempting growing crops from 

 taxation. Mr. Elliott stated that he 

 had a new rose Mrs. Wardell, copper 

 color, a good grower, bright and in- 

 teresting and showed a bloom of a 

 white and pink variegated Killarney 

 on the order of "York and Lancaster," 

 a dwarfer grower than the parent. 



The question of entertainment at the 

 time of the National Flower Show 

 next March brought out some high- 

 class oratory, in which P. Welch led, 

 after the report of progress by Peter 

 Fisher for the committee. A recep- 

 tion, dance and lunch instead of a 

 banquet was unanimously recommend- 

 ed by the committee. P. Welch, Ed. 

 MacMulkin and W. .T. Stewart were 

 added to the original committee, which 

 was given power to further increase 



its number. Eighteen new members 

 were proposed and accepted. 



The exhibition table was well adorned 

 with choice material. Peter Fisher was 

 given an award of merit for varie- 

 gated seedling carnation No. 106, soft 

 pink in color, which is to be dissemi- 

 nated a year hence. Daniel White re- 

 ceived a cultural report of merit for 

 a collection of chrysanthemums from 

 C-in. pots. W. W. Edgar Co. was given 

 honorable mention for Lorraine Be- 

 gonia. The following exhibits re- 

 ceived severally a vote of thanks: 

 W. N. Craig, Cosmos Lady Lenox, 

 Chrysanthemum Pacific Supreme, Cat- 

 tleya Portia (C. Bowringeana x C. la- 

 biata) ; Paul de Nave, collection of or- 

 chids including Oncidium verucosum 

 Rogersii, O. curtum, O. crispum, Cat- 

 tleya labiata and Vanda coerulea — the 

 labiatas and oncidiums being remark- 

 ably fine; H. L. Cameron, Chrysanthe- 

 mum Beatrice May; Duncan Finlayson, 

 Chrysanthemum Glory of Pacific; G. 

 Bleicken. Chrysanthemums in 4-in. 

 pots; C. Walters, Lettuce Sutton's Su- 

 preme. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular meeting of this so- 

 ciety, Oct. 14, it was decided to hold 

 their sixteenth annual chrysanthemum 

 show in Lindsley's Hall, Orange, Oct. 

 29th, from 3 to 10 p. m. The silver 

 cup donated by John D. Le Count will 

 be awarded for the best 24 cut chrys- 

 anthemums, 6 varieties, 4 flowers of 

 each, not less than IS-inch stem. Com- 

 petition is open to all. There will be 

 12 classes of chrysanthemums as well 

 as classes for orchids, roses, carna- 

 tions, foliage plants, flowering plants, 

 violets, fruits and vegetables. 



An invitation was received from the 

 Morris County Gardeners' Society to 

 participate at their annual chrysanthe- 

 mum show, at Convent Station, No- 

 vember 2, 3 and 4. 



Lager & Hurrell, as usual, made a 

 nice display of orchids for which they 

 received 90 points; Albert F. Larson, 

 roses, 9.5 points; Frank Drew, roses, 95 

 points; William Reid, roses, 70 points; 

 carnations, 90 points; white seedling 

 carnation not yet disseminated, 85 

 points; begonia Gloire de Lorraine, 90 

 points; Maranta splendidum, 85 points. 

 Max Schneider, carnations, 85 points. 

 Certificates were awarded for the fol- 

 lowing exhibits not in competition: — 

 Chas. Ashmead, carnations; Albert 

 Larson, roses and carnations; Frank 

 Drew, roses; Max Schneider, chrysan- 

 themums; Fritz Bergland, carnations 

 and chrysanthemums. The judges were 

 John L. Collins, Edward Eccles, D. 

 Kindsgrab. 



WILLIAM REID. Sec'y. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The October meeting of the club was 

 held at Kramer's conservatory on the 

 4th inst. There was a large attend- 

 ance but little business other than 

 final details in regard to the approach- 

 ing flower show. The local trade is 

 most enthusiastic in regard to this 

 event and many out-of-town growers 

 have signified their interest by apply- 

 ing for exhibition space. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 above Society was held at Horticultural 

 Hall, on the 18th inst.. Joseph Mc- 

 Gregor in the chair in the absence of 

 the president. Matters pretaining to 

 the coming fall show were discussed 

 and final arrangements made in that 

 connection. The outlook for a fine 

 showing of chrysanthemums is espe- 

 cially good — the quality being above 

 the average this year. The same con- 

 dition in regard to foliage plants was 

 noted. Louis Burk offered an addi- 

 tional premium of fifty dollars for or- 

 chids, open to private gardeners only. 

 The trade orchid men are already well 

 taken care of in the schedule. Other 

 matters weie mostly of a routine na- 

 ture. Special mention was awarded to 

 two vases of roses, staged by William 

 Robertson — very well finished speci- 

 mens—one of Pink the other of White 

 Killarney. The awards for early chrys- 

 anthemums were: First, Thomas Long, 

 gardener to G. W. Childs Drexel; sec- 

 ond, .John H. Dodds, gardener to John 

 Wanamaker. There were six entries 

 and curiously enough each exhibitor 

 staged the same variety, "Beatrice 

 May." Thomas Long is a new exhibi- 

 tor iu the chrysanthemum world, and 

 by his first evidence bids fair to rival 

 the fame of many of his great prede- 

 cessors in that line. William Robert- 

 son took all the other prizes offered. 

 These included dahlias Cosmos Lady 

 Lenox, and c.elery. The fall show is 

 slated for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- 

 day and Friday, November, 8th, 9th, 

 10th and 11th. Schedules can be had 

 on application to David Rust, secre- 

 tary, Horlioultural Hall. Philadelphia. 



YONKERS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of this Society on 

 October 7, H. Nichols served as chair- 

 man in the absence of the president. 

 Mr. Milliot was given a vote of thanks 

 for his eflSciency in managing the 

 June show. W. H. Waite, secretary, 

 was welcomed back from his vaca- 

 tion and at the next meeting will give 

 a talk on Tea Roses. Mr. Hendry 

 read an interesting paper on Chrys- 

 anthemums as grown in England, and 

 the discussion thereon was participat- 

 ed in by Messrs. Waite, Mooney, 

 Scott and others. Committee on Fall 

 Show reported progress. Mr. Shep- 

 pard showed fine Bismarck apples 

 from dwarf trees planted in 1909. 

 Next meeting Nov. 4. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



The Detroit Florists Club's regular 

 meeting night was given over to pedro 

 and refreshments. Still the energetic 

 president found some way to transact 

 a little business and in consequence 

 thereof the club will visit the exten- 

 sive City nursery at Palmer Park next 

 Sunday afternoon at 3 P. M. On 

 ■Thursday, Nov. 3, the club will make 

 its aunual fall pilgrimage to Mt. 

 Clemens, leaving in a special car at 

 9 a. m. This means a very instructive 

 visit to all the large growers and we 

 expect to have many outside florists 

 to join in the outing. 



FRANK DANZER. 



