HORTICULTURE 



December 24, 1910 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



'GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



There was a very large and aypre- 

 •<iiative meeting at Horticultural Hall 

 last Tuesday evening to hear William 

 Downs tell of his visit to England and 

 to cast their ballots for officers for the 

 coming year. 



Mr. Downs told of the iine greenery 

 he saw everywhere after the drizzly 

 summer they had experienced in Eng- 

 land as contrasted with the dried up 

 conditions on this side of the Atlan- 

 tic. He had considerable to say con- 

 cerning the vast development of re- 

 cent years in the growing of narcissi 

 and other bulbs in Lincolnshire, to 

 "Which hundreds of acres are now de- 

 voted. Progress was evident on all 

 sides and although he had posed as a 

 Yankee on this return to his native 

 land he had found much to admire and 

 commend. Among the places visited 

 Joseph Chamberlain's had particularly 

 impressed him. Hybrid orchids had 

 become so bewilderingly numerous 

 that he was convinced that the hybrid 

 would eventually drive the natural 

 species out of sight. The successful 

 oise of cow manure on rhododendrons 

 was commented upon. At Westonbirt 

 he had seen tens of thousands of seed- 

 ling cattelyas and cypripediums and 

 the tangled mass of names for these 

 things was becoming more and more 

 of an impossible problem. At Veitch's 

 15,000 fruit trees in pots gave some 

 idea of the present rapid growth of the 

 art of fruit growing under glass and, 

 at Rothschild's over 5,000 pots of 

 strawberries were evidences in the 

 same direction. Everywhere he went 

 he found carnations, Lawson, Enchan- 

 tress, Winsor and other American var- 

 ieties leading, and had been amused at 

 the efforts made to keep the sun away 

 from the plants, with results that can 

 be imagined. At J. Pierpont Morgan's 

 a house of nerines and the splendid 

 accommodations provided for the 

 workmen were favorably commented 

 upon and at Windsor Castle he was im- 

 pressed as nowhere else with the great 

 progress in evidence. Here a house of 

 calanthes was the finest he had ever 

 seen and Lorraine begonias, although 

 without any trace of bloom on them in 

 October, were grand. Everything done 

 on an immense scale. Among roses, 

 the best he had seen was Caroline 

 Testout. The R. H. S. Show was a 

 revelation especially in the beauty and 

 finish of the fruit on exhibition. In 

 many things he saw that they were 

 endeavoring to copy American methods, 

 where climatic conditions would per- 

 mit. Mr. Downs' remarks on the care 

 observed in watering pot plants in 

 England as compared with the rough 

 and ready hose methods followed by 

 some of our American growers brought 

 Fred Palmer to his feet in a defence 

 of the hose and Robt. Cameron as 

 champion of the "pot tapping" method, 

 adding much to the humor of the dis- 

 cussion. 



Officers were chosen for the ensuing 

 year as follows: President, Peter M. 

 Miller; vice-president, Thos. Peglar; 

 secretary, W. N. Craig; treasurer, 

 Peter Fisher; executive committee, J. 

 P. A. Guerineau, Robert Cameron, Wil- 

 liam Downs, W. J. Kennedy. Nine new 

 aoaembers were admitted. 



A. A. Marbroke, of North Beverly, 



showed some fine blooms of carnations 

 Euchanti'ess, White Enchantress and 

 Winsor. James Wheeler was repre- 

 sented by a fine vase of White Perfec- 

 tion. Eber Holmes staged for A. N. 

 Pierson some good flowers and a plant 

 in pot of the new Dark Pink Killar- 

 ney rose which attracted much notice. 

 Duncan Finlayson showed a seedling 

 Cattleya (C. Gaskelliana x Laelia x 

 Xanthina) — a beautifully tinted flower. 

 It was announced that the January 

 meeting would be Ladies' Night, when 

 installation of officers will be on the 

 program. 



YONKERS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This Society met on December 16th, 

 the principal business transacted being 

 the election of officers for the ensuing 

 year. 



On the first ballot for president, 



Peter M. Miller 



President-elect Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston. 



equal votes were cast for two nomi- 

 nees, but upon the ballot being taken 

 again, Lee Whitman was elected by a 

 small majority. Other officers are: 

 vice-president, T. Mahoney; secretary, 

 H. Nichols; corresponding secretary, 

 H. M. Blanche; treasurer, P. Macdon- 

 ald; executive commiltee, J. Hough- 

 ton, F. Drexler. H. Wells, J. Mooney, 

 E. Bunn and E. Bennett. Consider- 

 able responsibility devolves upon the 

 dinner committee appointed, as upon 

 their efforts depends the repetition of 

 last year's very successful annual. 



Mr. Canning, superintendent for A. 

 Lewisohn, exhibited very fine poin- 

 settias, winning a prize offered by Mr. 

 Melliott. H. M. BLANCHE, Cor. Sec. 



The Retail Florists' Association of 

 St. Louis, Mo., held a very interesting 

 meeting on Monday night, Dec. 5th, in 

 Knights of Columbus Hall. All the 

 officers from President Sanders down 

 were on hand. The next meeting of 

 the association will be Monday, Jan. 

 2d, 1911, when some important mat- 

 ters will come before it. 



MORRIS COUNTY (N. J.) GARDEN- 

 ERS' AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The annual election of officers of 

 Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Society was held on December 14th 

 with the following results: President, 

 John Downing; vice-president, Robert 

 Tyson; treasurer, Wm. F. Duckham; 

 secretary, Edward Reagan; assistant 

 secretary, R. W. Schultz. Four new 

 members, as is customary each year, 

 were elected to the executive commit- 

 tee which now stands as follows: A. 

 Herrington, Thos. Stokes, Geo. Harvey, 

 C. H. Totty, John Dunn, Wm. Muhl- 

 michel, Ernest Wild, G. F. Neipp, H. 

 B. Vyse, J. C. Elliott, Joseph Manda, 

 David Falconer. 



A rising vote of thanks was tendered 

 to the retiring president and many 

 complimentary and congratulatory 

 speeches were made on his successfiil 

 and able fulfillment of the office. Mr. 

 Stokes responded in a very feeling 

 manner and thanked the officers and 

 members for the kind support they 

 gave him during his term. E. G. 

 Hill, Richmond, Ind.. had three vases 

 of new roses. "Sunburst," a grand yel- 

 low, had been cut over a week and 

 had been showed in New York, yat 

 every petal was perfect; fine stem and 

 foliage. It was awarded a certificate of 

 merit. "Rose Queen." a beautiful deep 

 pink, looks like a grand acquisition; 

 certificate of merit awarded to it, also. 

 Mrs. Aaron Ward was given a vote of 

 thanks. 



Carnation "Princess Charming" was 

 shown by C. H. Totty and very fine It 

 was. Color, light pleasing pink and 

 stem upright four feet, fully able to 

 hold the enormous flower; a fine thing. 

 Seeing is believing. It was certificated 

 last "Carnation Night." 



E. R. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



To make more interesting the 

 monthly meeting of the New Orleans 

 Horticultural Society, Thursday, Dec. 

 15th, it was decided that each member 

 who could, would bring a sample of his 

 Christmas flowering and foliage plants 

 and cut flowers. The result was a well 

 attended meeting, and a magnificent 

 display of Christmas stock. 



J. A. Newsham exhibited splendid 

 well-finished poinsettias, azaleas, Adi- 

 antum Farleyense and hybridum, and 

 as usual a fine lot of cattleyas and rare 

 cypripediums in bloom. The Metairie 

 Ridge Nursery Co. exhibited the finest 

 lot of cut roses ever grown in New 

 Orleans; Beauties, Richmond, Rhea 

 Reid, the two Killarneys, jardine, 

 Smith, Bride and a prize vase of the 

 old Bridesmaid now discarded by most 

 growers, and so well done that they 

 surpassed anything shown in pink, far 

 better than either Killarney or My 

 Maryland by which it has been dis- 

 placed as the favorite pinlc rose. Very 

 creditable exhibits were also made by 

 President Richard Eichling, Abele 

 Bros., C. W. Eichling and J. St. Mard. 



In view of the fine exhibit made. It 

 was decided at this meeting that a 

 similar display be made at the Janu- 

 ary meeting. A committee was ap- 

 pointed to select a central location, 

 where the public would be invited to 

 view the exhibits free of any charge. 



