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H O RT I C U LT U R E 



October 29, 1910 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular meeting of this so- 

 ciety held on the evening of Oct. 25 

 several exhibits of flowers were placed 

 for inspection which served to make 

 a very interesting meeting. The chief 

 exhibit was a vase of extra fine Mor- 

 ton F. Plant 9.nd Beatrice May chrys- 

 anthemums in six Inch pots by Frank 

 Jenkins who was awarded a cultural 

 certificate for same. Wm. J. Matson 

 also showed a sample of a very pretty 

 rose-colored seedling chrysanthemum 

 for which he was awarded a certificate 

 of merit, and William Grey, gardener 

 for Mrs. Wm. B. Leeds, showed a 

 handsome vase of Gypsophila elegans 

 alba grandiflora which is ont' of the 

 newer varieties of that graceful and 

 quick growing annual. A cultural cer- 

 tificate was also awarded that exhibit. 

 The committee 'on awards' for the 

 evening were John A. Forbes, John B. 

 X^rquhart and William Mackay. 



Sergeant-at-arms W. Smith was re- 

 quested to have an extra supply of 

 flower vases on hand at the next reg- 

 ular meeting Nov. 8, and it is ex- 

 pected that more than the usual num- 

 ber of exhibits will be there. It was 

 also hinted that a paper on some hor- 

 ticultural subject will be read by one 

 of the most skillful growers of the 

 society and an unusually Interesting 

 meeting is looked forward to. Finan- 

 cial Secretary A. S. Meikle made an 

 additional report on the recent ball 

 which proved that it was the most 

 successful affair of the kind that the 

 society has ever held. 



Alex. MacLellan, who was present, 

 timely reminded the members that Mr. 

 Louis L. Lorillard, who recently died 

 abroad, was an honorary member of 

 the society and gave it substantial 

 support for many years. Remarks 

 from other members present also 

 showed that the death of Mr. Lorillard 

 was much regretted. J. R. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Elberon Horticultural Society 

 held a meeting on October 17th, Presi- 

 dent Peter Murray in the chair. Elec- 

 tion of new officers resulted as follows: 

 President, James Kennedy; vice-presi- 

 dent, Charles E. Duncan; secretary, 

 John MacGregor; assistant secretary, 

 William B. Seymour; treasurer, An- 

 thony Bauer. All correspondence in 

 regard to the chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion should be addressed to Charles 

 O. Duncan, Elberon, N. J. 



ALEX. FLEMING, Rec. Sec. 



NO BOSTON CHRYSANTHEMUIV 

 SHOW. 



Boston will have no chrysanthemum 

 show this year. It is many years since 

 this popular autumn event has been 

 omitted. The reason is that at the 

 lime the schedule of exhibitions for 

 1910 was made up it was expected that 

 a remodelling of Horticultural Hall 

 would be under way during the sum- 

 mer and tall of this year. The altera- 

 tion plans were later given up for the 

 present. 



NORTHERN INDIANA FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



This As.sociation met at South Bend, 

 Ind., October 19, and after a fine din- 

 ner provided by the South Bend flor- 

 ists, we were treated to a car ride to 

 see the various greenhouses of the 

 city. When we finally assembled at 

 the store of Willis Kinyon it was 4.30 

 o'clock; after disposing of the regular 

 routine of business, we had two very 

 interesting talks, one by Mr. Humteld 

 of Muncie, on the poinsettia; the 

 other by Mr. White of North Manches- 

 ter, on the cyclamen. We next dis- 

 cussed the advisability of establishing 

 a buying agency, to buy pots, boxes, 

 etc., in quantity,, and thus secure better 

 prices. 



The exhibits were quite a feature; a 

 large representation being brought, 

 consisting of carnations Dorothy Gor- 

 don. Enchantress and Columbia by 

 AVagoner Floral Company, Columbia 

 City; Kaiserin roses, three foot stems 

 from solid beds, ten years old. Golden 

 Gate chrysanthemums, table ferns and 

 asparagus by Muncie Floral Company; 

 carnations and pompon dahlias by 

 Johnson Floral Co., Kendallville; car- 

 nations by Harry White, North Man- 

 chester; Richmond roses by Willis 

 Xiuyon. South Bend; tuberous begonia 

 by W, W. Dederich, Warsaw; carna- 

 tions and chrysanthemums by Mr. 

 Troyer, Elkhart; Gladiolus America 

 bulbs by Mr. Arnold of North Judson; 

 photograph of gladiolus, not named, 

 which appeared to be exquisite, and 

 chrysanthemums by South Bend Floral 

 Company. 



After tendering a vote of thanks to 

 the South Bend florists for their royal 

 entertainment, we adjourned to meet 

 at North Manchester the ihird Wednes- 

 day in January when we expect to re- 

 ceive samples and prices on boxes, 

 pots, etc., and decide on a make which 

 we will all use. This will mean sev- 

 eral thousands of dollars for the one 

 we select as we now have thirty-three 

 members representing eighteen flour- 

 ishing cities and towns in northern In- 

 diana. . A. J. WAGONER, 



Sec'y. 



SAN DIEGO FLORAL ASSOCIATION. 



The annual exhibition under the aus- 

 pices of this Society opened Monday, 

 October 17, in the palm court of the 

 U. S. Grant Hotel ir,d was well patron- 

 ized by the elite of the city as well as 

 visiting horticulturists from many 

 other points. The display was an ex- 

 cellent one, contributions coming from 

 practically every local nurseryman and 

 florist and a number of out-of-town 

 exhibitors as well. Among the most 

 notable exhibits by professionals were 

 dahlias from Howard & Smith, ferns 

 and decorative plants from E. Benard, 

 Mission Valley Nursery, water lilies 

 from E. D. Sturtevant of Hollywood, 

 and promiscuous nursery stock from 

 Paul G. Thiene, Ramoua Nursery. P. 

 A. Barnhart, of Los Angeles, editor 

 of The Pacific Garden, and D. W. Cool- 

 idge, of Pasadena, officiated as judges. 

 Mr. Barnhart judged the cut flowers 

 and Mr. Coolidge the plants. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The nominating committee of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 has announced its list of candidates 

 for the officers of the Society for the 

 year 1911, to be filled at the annual 

 meeting of November 17. The list is 

 as follows: President, Charles W. 

 Parker; vice-president, for two years, 

 John K. M. L. Farquhar; trustees, for 

 three years, Ernest B. Dane, John A. 

 Pettigrew, Stephen M. Weld, Wilfrid 

 Wheeler; nominating committee, Fran- 

 cis H. Appleton, Frederick W. Damon, 

 Harry E. Fiske, Charles W. Holtt, 

 Josiah B. Shurtleff, Jr. 



The committee for 1910 by whom 

 these nominations are made consists 

 of Charles H. Breck, Duncan Finlay- 

 son, H. P. Hall, Dr. Charles S. Minot 

 and H. W. Rawson. In accordance 

 with the by-laws of the Society, two 

 weeks are allowed for further nomina- 

 tions should there be any and the an- 

 nual election will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall on Saturday, November 17, 

 from 12 to 4 o'clock. 



WM. P. RICH, Secretary. 



Horticultural Hall, Boston, October 

 20, 1910. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A special meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club was held Oct. 20th and 

 the following were elected to member- 

 ship: F. S. Howard, E. L. Schultz, R. 

 Reefe, Al. Fischer. The following ap- 

 plications were also reported: F. N. 

 Martin, Thos. Lanig, F'red Dietrich, 

 John Then. 



The usual club banquet to out-of- 

 town visitors will be held at 6.30 p. m., 

 Thursday, the week of the flower show. 

 The subject of the ball to be given 

 that week by the Chicago Bowling 

 Club came up for discussion and the 

 date was decided upon as following 

 that of the banquet, probably Friday. 



Pres. Asmus appointed the follow- 

 ing committees: On banquet — A. C. 

 Kohlbrandt, W. N. Rudd, A. Hender- 

 son, F, Lautensehlager, D. A. Robin- 

 son; on flower booth — H. E. Philpot, 

 H. Schiller, H. N. Bruns, F. Paster- 

 nick, W. H. Kidwell, A. I. Simmons, 

 J. Curran; on restaurant and bar — A. 

 Henderson, T. E. Waters, T. C. Yar- 

 nall, E. F. Winterson. 



John Then showed a fine red carna- 

 tion which he has been trying for sev- 

 eral years, and it was given a certifi- 

 cate of merit on a score of 87 points. 



Elmer D. Smith of Adrian, Mich., ex- 

 hibited a vase of his new yellow chrys- 

 anthemum Chrysolora, which scored 93 

 points and was awarded a certificate 

 of merit. A portrait of Chrysolora will 

 be found on another page of this paper. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The subject for discussion at the 

 next meeting of the club will be, "A 

 Few Hints on the Proper Method of 

 Pruning." by Thos. B. Meehan. He 

 will have specimens and give practical 

 demonstration. This should interest 

 every member of the club, even though 

 he knows only that of disbudding 

 roser, carnations and chrysanthemums. 



