December 24, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



903 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New Jersey Floricultural Society was 

 held Friday evening, Dec. 9th at 

 Orange. All the old officers were 

 unanimously re-elected. President Al- 

 bert F. Larson; vice-president Dede- 

 rich Kindsgrab; treasurer, Walter M. 

 Gray; secretary, William Reid. It 

 was decided to have two classes here- 

 after in the monthly competition 

 which will be known as "A" and "B." 

 The "B" class will be for the smaller 

 growers. The executive committee will 

 meet on Dec. 17th to arrange for the 

 schedules and prizes tor the monthly 

 exhibitions for the coming year. The 

 competition for this year will close at 

 the January meeting. The silver cups 

 will be given to the winners in the 

 various classes at our annual smoker 

 which will be held in February. Eu- 

 gene VonTombacht was elected to 

 membership and eight other namea 

 were put in nomination. 



William Reid read a paper on "The 

 Care of Apple Trees." He de- 

 clared the apple was the king of all 

 fruits and one of the most healthful 

 fruits grown. He recommended the 

 latter part of November and the early 

 part of December as a good time to do 

 the pruning. In old or neglected 

 trees that are full of holes he advised 

 digging out all the decayed wood and 

 filling up with cement, and leaving 

 some of the suckers that grow from 

 the main limbs and cutting out some 

 of the older branches. By doing so 

 the trees get renewed life. He ad- 

 vised spraying for the San Jose Scale 

 In December and March. He said he 

 used Scalecide which was very effec- 

 tive. He recommended scraping all 

 the loose bark off the trees in Febru- 

 ary, and cutting off the tops of the 

 very high trees, so as to make it more 

 ■convenient for spraying, thinning and 

 picking the fruit. For poor varieties 

 he advised cutting the tops off and 

 top-grafting better varieties on them 

 in the spring just when the buds begin 

 to swell. For the codling moth he 

 sprays just when the blossoms com- 

 mence to drop, doing it at least three 

 times, about ten days apart, for later 

 broods, using two lbs. arsenate of 

 lead to 25 gallons of water. Follow- 

 ing are the awards of the judges: 



Roses — A. B. Jenkins, gard. Albert F. 

 Larson, 93 points; Thos. A. Edison, gard. 

 Frank Drews, 90; S. M. and A. Colgate, 

 gard. William Reid, 90. Carnations— Wil- 

 liam Reid, 95; Cuas. Hathaway, gard. Max 

 Schneider, 8.5; William Reid (seedling), 80. 

 Begonia Gloire de Lorraine — Wm. Reid, 90. 

 Nephrolepis Schoelzeli — Wm. Reid, SO. Or- 

 chids — Lager & Hurrell, 85. 



Certificates were awarded to Chas. Hatn- 

 away for chrysanthemums, A. IJ. Jenkins 

 and Thos. A. Edison for roses, Es.sex Coun- 

 ty Countrs Cluh for carnations and sweet 

 peas. The judges were Chas. W. AshmeaU, 

 Malcolm MacRorie nnd Ed^\■a*■d Eccles. 

 WILLIAM REID, Sec. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The twenty-second annual meeting 

 of this society convened at Hartford 

 on the 9th instant; and the annual 

 reports of the president, the treasurer, 

 and the secretary, all showed the con- 

 dition of the organization to be pros- 

 perous and healthy. The exchequer, 

 notwithstanding the loss incurred by 

 the rain during the recent chrysanthe- 

 mum exhibition, contained a balance 



to the good of $173. President Huss 

 reviewed the chief features of the 

 year's work, and his report was quite 

 optimistic. The secretary reported a 

 gradual widening of the influence of 

 the society, and that the member- 

 ship had now reached the highwater 

 mark of 179, of whom 21 are life 

 members. 



The principal result of the gather- 

 ing was the election of officers for the 

 ensuing year, as follows: 



President — John F. Huss, Hartford; first 

 vice-president — J. A. Weber, Hartford; 

 second vice-president — Alex. Cumming. Jr., 

 Hartford; third vice-president — Carl Peter- 

 son, West Hartford. County Vice Presi- 

 dents: — Litchfield: Walter Angus, Chapln- 

 Tille; Fairfield: Charles H. Plump, West 

 Redding; Middlesex: Arthur A. Curtis, 

 Deep River; New London: Charles Thos. 

 Heasley, Norwich; Windham: P. M. Smith, 

 Wlllimantic: Tolland: Chauncey Turney, 

 Rockville; New Haven: John H. Slocombe, 

 New Haven. Treasurer — W. W. Hunt, 

 Hartford; secretary — George W. Smith, 

 Melrose; pomologist — C. H. Siernian, flart- 

 ford; botanist — George W. Smith; execu- 

 tive committee — James M. Adams, J. A. 

 Weber, Cuno A. Helfricht and Francis 

 Roulier of Hartford, W. H. Shumway, 

 Berlin. 



Our next business meeting would 

 regularly fall on the 23d instant; but 

 it will be postponed for one week, 

 owing to its nearness to Christmas. 

 The society starts on its new fiscal 

 year with very bright prospects. One 

 cheerful augury of the year just closed 

 has been the increasing membership 

 outside of the capital city, now con- 

 stituting about a third of the total. 

 All of the eight counties are now rep- 

 resented by members. As one of the 

 more than thirty incorporated agri- 

 cultural organizations of the state, our 

 society will soon receive the annual 

 appropriation of $200, given as a par- 

 tial reimbursement for premiums paid. 

 GEORGE W. SMITH, 



Secretary. 



Melrose, Conn. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the Society 

 was held in Pembroke Hall, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y., Wednesday, December 14. 

 There was a large attendance. West- 

 bury boys turned out in force, and the 

 meeting was most enthusiastic. Geo. 

 Augier, Supt. to B. Stern, Roslyn, and 

 R. Marshall, Jr., were elected members 

 and three applications for membership 

 received. 



Judges for the night were: Messrs. 

 Bertanzel, Johnston and McKenzie and 

 their decision follows: Violets, S. J. 

 Trepess; sweet peas, Paul Reul, who 

 also received honorable mention for a 

 vase of same; poinsettias, J. McDonald. 

 The Hitchings' silver cup was pre- 

 sented to Alex. McKenzie, another 

 proof of his skill in growing chrysan- 

 themums, and the Lord & Burnham 

 gold medal was presented to R. Mar- 

 shall, for growing roses so well; both 

 prizes were won at our last fall show. 

 A few sprays of stevia, an improve- 

 ment over the old variety, were shown 

 by Chas. Lenker. S. T. Trepess was 

 the winner for last year's competition, 

 with George Wilson, second. 



The following were elected as officers 

 for the coming year: President, S. J. 

 Trepess, Glen Cove; vice-president, 

 Jos. Robinson; treasurer, E. Brown; 

 secretary, John T. Ingram, Oyster Bay; 

 corresponding secretary, O. E. Addor, 

 Roslyn; executive committee, J. Bar- 

 ton, James Halloway, Geo. Ashworth, 



W. Gaut, E. Westlake, J. McDonald, J. 

 McQuinn; trustee, J. Everett. 



A hearty vote of thanks was given 

 to the officers for their good work and 

 progress during the past year. With 

 a good reserve in bank and a solid 

 membership, the Society may well look 

 forward to an even more prosperous 

 year to come. 



OSCAR E. ADDOR, Cor. Sec. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 F. H. De Witt, of Wooster, Ohio, offers 

 for registration the Geraniums de- 

 scribed below. Any person objecting 

 to the registrations or to the use of the 

 proposed names, is requested to com- 

 municate with the Secretary at once. 

 Failing to receive objection to the reg- 

 istrations, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Raiser's Description. 



Panama— -Originated in 1909 by F. 

 H. De Witt, being a cross between 

 Dryden and Pamela. It is a strong 

 grower and much brighter in color 

 than Dryden. The trusses of bloom 

 are very large and have long, stlft 

 stems. Very free in bloom. Single 

 flowers. 



AVhite Cloud— Originated in 1909 

 by F. H. De Witt. It is a cross be- 

 tween Mile. Anastasie Lecadre and 

 Pamela. Growth of medium height. 

 Clusters large, foliage of medium size. 

 Color pure white. Single flowers. 



Ruby— Originated in 1909 by F. H. 

 De Witt. It is a seedling of S. A. 

 Nutt crossed with Pamela. Growth 

 similar to S. A. Nutt. Large clusters 

 on long stems. Color dark currant red 

 suffused with violet. Semi-double 

 flowers. 



General Wooster— Originated in 1909 

 by F. H. De Witt. A seedling of S. 

 A. Nutt crossed with Jean Viand. 

 Plant of dwarf habit, thick foliage, 

 large trusses borne on heavy, rigid 

 stems. Color rose pink. Semi-double 

 flowers. 



Barnaby Rudge— Originated in 1909 

 by F. H. De Witt. It is a cross 

 between S. A. Nutt and Red Wing. 

 Very strong grower. Free in bloom. 

 Compact trusses. Color rich carmine. 

 Double flowers. 



Bright Eyes — Originated in 1909 

 by F. H. De Witt. A cross between 

 Jules Lametre and Jean Viaud. Of 

 the Cyclops type. Growth dwarf and 

 compact. The florets are very large. 

 The trusses of medium size and freely 

 produced. Color, bright red shading to 

 violet with an unusually large white 

 eye. Single flowers. 



As no objections have been filed, pub- 

 lic notice is hereby given that the 

 registrations of the Chrysanthemums, 

 "Smith's Advance," "Unaka," "Chrys- 

 olora," "Paper White," "Minta," "Mor- 

 ristown," "Oceanic," "Glen Cove," 

 "Lenox," "Tarrytown," "Poughkeep- 

 sie," "Madison" and "Dick Witters- 

 taetter." by Elmer D. Smith and Com- 

 pany, Adrian, Mich., becomes complete. 



As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the Canna, "Olympic," 

 by The Conaid & Jones Company, of 

 West Grove, Pa., becomes complete. 

 H. B. DORNER. Secretary. 



December 15, 1910. 



