October 22, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



571 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting oE the society 

 was held at Pembroke Hall, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y., on Wednesday, the 12th 

 inst. The schedule for fall show is 

 low ready, and judging from th^ 

 number of prizes offered this year, the 

 show will surely surpass all previously 

 held by this society. A silver cup was 

 donated to the society by "Buds" Seed 

 Store, New York, to be competed for 

 later on for best collection of bulbs, 

 also a prize of $5.00. James Holloway 

 has been elected manager of the fall 

 show, with the able assistance of Geo. 

 Ashworth. and under their manage- 

 ment the show is sure to be a success. 

 Awards for the evening were as fol- 

 lows: Vase of peony-flowered dahlias. 

 1st, S. J. Trepess: 2nd, Henry 

 Gaut. Cultural certificates to Geo. 

 Dorber, Center Island, for roses Mary- 

 land and Chatenay; F. Petroccia, for 

 onions and cauliflowers; honorable 

 mention to J. McDonald for cosmos, 

 also to F. Petroccia for same; to H. 

 Gaut for sweet potatoes and cosmos; 

 to J. Robertson for rose Ivory, also 

 for Celosias. Next meeting will be 

 chrysanthemum night, and prizes will 

 ■be for best three pink, three white and 

 three yellow 



UNAKA. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



This club held its monthly meeting 

 in Odd Fellows' Hall on Thursday 

 afternoon. Oct. 13th. The newly elect- 

 ed officers were in harness for the first 

 time and worked well, but the attend- 

 ance was very small. The trustees 

 were instructed to prepare an enter- 

 tainment and lunch for the next meet- 

 ing for the visitors who will be in at- 

 tendance during the flower show. The 

 club will recommend the appointment 

 of Mr. F. H. Weber for S. A. F. State 

 Vice-President for Eastern Missouri. 

 Considerable time was taken up dis- 

 cussing the coal question, in which all 

 the growers took a lively part. Presi- 

 dent Connon said he hoped that the 

 members would come out in full force 

 for the November meeting and take 

 part in entertaining visiting florists. 

 This meeting_ will take place on 

 Thursday afternoon, November 10th. 



STATE FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION 

 OF INDIANA. 



The complete list of premiums just 

 issued for the Fall Flower Show of 

 the State Florists' Association of In- 

 diana, to be held at Indianapolis, Ind., 

 on Nov. S-12, inclusive, appropriates 

 the liberal amount of $1,84S in cash 

 prizes in addition to certificates of 

 merit and S. A. F. medals. We note 

 among the special rules for this show 

 that all cut flowers on exhibition and 

 all chrysanthemums and other bloom- 

 ing plants to which premiums are 

 awarded, except new varieties not in 

 commerce, shall become the property 

 of the Association, and other bloom- 

 ing plants entered for exhibition ex- 

 cept seedlings and new varieties not 

 in commerce shall be sold under the 

 supervision of the superintendent and 

 !J0 per cent of all such sales retained 

 by the Association. 



A nieeting of the Horticultural Im- 

 porters' Association was held on Oc- 

 tober 13th, at New York. This Asso- 

 ciation was formed about three years 

 ago and includes in its membership 

 most of the large import houses. 



Unaka. — The long-sought-for early 

 October pink. Buds selected Aug. 1 to 

 15 give fully developed blooms Oct. 1 

 to 15 and are superior to earlier or 

 later buds when color and fullness are 

 considered. A broad petalled Japanese 

 incurved, of great depth and size for so 



early a variety. In color is intermedi- 

 ate between Roserie and Wm. Duck- 

 ham. Exceptionally strong stem and 

 dark green foliage. Height 4 feet from 

 early May planting. Being an October 

 frost seedling has a strong constitu- 

 tion, ensuring ease of culture and Is 

 a very free propagator. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 

 Work of Committees. 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 8. — Unaka, 

 Inc., Jap., color satiny pink, exhibited 

 by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, 

 Mich. Color IS, form l"2, fulness 10, 

 stem 15, foliage 13. substance 13, size 

 9; total 90 points. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 15.— Chry- 

 solora. Inc. Jap., color yellow, exhibit- 

 ed by Elmer D. Smith & Co. Color 19. 

 form 13, fullness 10, stem 15, foliage 

 13, substance 14, size 10: total 94 

 points. 



New Yorl<, N. Y., Oct. 15.— Chryso- 

 lora, exhibited by Elmer D. Smith & 

 Co. Commercial 'scale — Color 18. form 

 14, fullness 10, stem 14, foliage 14, sub- 

 stance 14, size 9; total 93 points. Ex- 

 hibition scale — Color 9, stem 5. foliage 

 5, fullness 15, form 12. depth 12, size 

 29; total S7 points. 



SPRINGFIELD FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Springfield Florists' Club held 

 their annual banquet October 10, in 

 the Bookwalter Hotel, with about 25 

 members of the club around the lestal 

 board. The business meeting was held 

 in connection and nearly all the mem- 

 bers responded to short informal 

 toasts. 



Ex-President Roger Murphey, of Ur- 

 bana, presided at the banquet as toast- 

 master. The newly elected president, 

 Charles W. Schmidt, of Springfield, 

 gave the principal address. He urged 

 the members to get together and co- 

 operate for their betterment. The 

 main trend of all the talks was to get 

 the Springfield people to plant more 

 flowers in their lawns and thus beau- 

 tify and enhance the appearance of the 

 city residence districts. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 13— Sport 

 of Glory of Pacific, white. Exhibited 

 by H. Weber & Sons Co., Oakland. Md. 

 Color 17, form 13. fullness S, stem 14, 

 foliage 13, substance 13. size S; total 

 .S6 points. 



C. W. JOHNSON. Sec'y. 



Arthur Herrington has consented to 

 serve as the third member of the New 

 York examining committee. 



Flowers intended for the Boston 

 committee should be addressed to 

 Chairman, care of Manager, Boston 

 Flower Exchange, C. Park St., Boston, 

 Mass. 



Providence, R. 1.— The greenhouses 

 recently occupied by John M. Green 

 have been taken by G. C. Berker. 



Randolph, Mass.— Peter Hylen has 

 purchased the greenhouse plant of P. 

 Bova Count. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— The Mergentha- 

 ler greenhouses have been taken over 

 by Ernest J. P. Zeiger. 



Mason City, la.— A. J. Lindert has 

 been employed as oflSce manager for 

 the Gilbertson Nursery Co. 



San Francisco, Calif. — J. Lewis and 

 J. G. Kearns have formed a partner- 

 ship to do a business in landscape 

 and jobbing work. 



Richmond, Ind. — Richmond's water 

 cart has been carried over the dam and 

 lost. The boys are worrying about 

 what they will have to ride on next 

 New Year's. 



