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HORTl CULTURE 



December 1.'4, 1910 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



The meeting of the club on the Gth 

 was unusually interesting from the fact 

 that at the previous meeting every 

 member had been requested to bring a 

 flower, plant, or something else apper- 

 taining to his business. Pennock-Mee- 

 han Co., Philadelphia, sent vases of 

 Double Pink Killarney and Melody 

 roses. In the bud there did not seem 

 much difference between the Double 

 Pink Killarney and the ordinary type 

 but as the buds expanded the in- 

 creased fullness of the flower was 

 noticeable. In color, Melody did not 

 seem an improvement on the old 

 Perle, but it is a very pleasing, attrac- 

 tive flower, and it it proves to be free- 

 blooming, and without the bull-heads 

 of Perle, it has a fine future. 



Jno. Featherstone, gardener for H. J. 

 Heinz, showed cyclamens and Begonia 

 Glory of Cincinnati. Jno. W. Jones, 

 Schenley Park Conservatory, also 

 showed Glory of Cincinnati. It was 

 the general opinion that this begonia 

 was a great improvement over the 

 Lorraine and those who are growing it 

 seemed delighted with its vigor and 

 keeping qualities. David Fraser, gar- 

 dener for H. C. Frick, showed the 

 white Lorraine, 



Randolph & McClements showed 

 Adiantum Farleyense, two fine speci- 

 mens in pots, and said they had a 

 thousand more at their greenhouse — 

 the remarkable thing about the matter 

 being that they were grown and 

 cared for by a boy of 16 in the firm's 

 employ, and it has always been 

 claimed that Farleyense could not be 

 grown in the soot and smoke of Pitts- 

 burgh at all. Mushrooms of most appe- 

 tising appearance were shown by 

 Frank Crook and Fred Wissenbach, 

 grown from direct pure culture spawn. 

 The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. 

 showed a bottle of Odorzone, a liquid 

 preservative. A little of it put in the 

 vases in which flowers are kept seems 

 to keep the water sweet and clean in- 

 deffinitely. This firm also showed for 

 use of shippers in sending consign- 

 ments of flowers, a wooden stick with 

 a sharp pointed piece of tin firmly at- 

 tached to each end, the idea being to 

 lay the stick across the flowers in a 

 box, and if a paste board box the 

 sharp projecting pieces of tin go 

 through the paste board on opposite 

 sides of the box and clamp, hold- 

 ing the flowers firmly in place. If 

 a wooden box the sharp ends are 

 stuck into the wood sufficient to hold. 

 Shippers were delighted with the ease 

 and convenience of this help. 



It was voted to extend a cordial in- 

 vitation to Richard Vincent, Jr., to ex- 

 hibit his slides of the Holland bulb 

 fields and the Brussels Exposition at 

 some date to be arranged in the future 

 and to make it ladies' night. It was 

 also voted that the subject of the Jan- 

 uary meeting should be the same as 

 had given so much satisfaction at this 

 meeting; viz., every member to bring 

 a flower or plant or something con- 

 nected with the florists' business, and 

 talk upon it. H. P. JOSLIN, Sec. 



A EUROPEAN CARNATION EXHIBIT 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Lenox (Mass.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety has made application for incor- 

 poration and the papers are now being 

 prepared. The Society will seek a 

 capitalization of $2000 for the purpose 



Englemann's Carnation Exhibit 



Paris Autumn Show, November 4-13, 1910. 



Although the recent Paris Autumn 

 Show was announced as international, 

 there were not a great many foreign 

 exhibits set up. England was repre- 

 sented by three only, viz.: G. & A. 

 Clark of Dover, W. Wells & Co., of 

 Merstham, and C. Engelmann of Saf- 

 fron Walden. 



On two former occasions this year 

 Mr. Engelmann staged some fine car- 

 nations. At Brussels in April and at 

 the Paris Spring Show in May he cer- 

 tainly put up some fine lots. But by 

 far the most imposing and the most 

 artistic group was the one he sent to 

 the Paris Autumn Show (November 4 



to 13), and compared favorably with 

 the French growers. The picture ac- 

 companying these notes gives a far 

 better idea than anything verbal de- 

 scription can accomplish. For the en- 

 tire exhibit a large gold medal was 

 awarded and for the dark crimson nov- 

 elty Carola, which is shown at the 

 farthest end of the exhibit, a silver 

 medal was given. Among the most 

 selling fiowers we specially noted Bea- 

 con, Scarlet Glow, Alvina, Britannia, 

 Victory, Winsor, White Enchantress, 

 Rose Pink Enchantress, Enchantress, 

 Harlequin, Lucille, Defiance, May Day, 

 Regina, etc. C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



of receiving a state bounty which Is 

 now paid to societies of this kind 

 which are incorporated. If the Society 

 raise $2000 it will receive $400 in boun- 

 ty from the state. The Lenox growers 

 have done a great deal toward improv- 

 ing horticulture in central Berkshire 

 and their exhibitions are of educational 

 value. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



A. Jablonsky, Olivette, Mo., enters for 

 registration, carnation Variegated En- 

 chantress; Sport from White En- 

 chantress, white with rose pink 

 stripes; Habit same as Enchantress. 



J. R. Walling. Keyport, N. Y., en- 

 ters carnation J. R. Walling; Sport 

 from Enchantress, shell pink with 

 deep markings; habit same as En- 

 chantress. 



Both of the above registrations are 

 only provisional, being sports. Blooms 

 must be shown at the next meeting of 

 the A. C. S. to allow the judges to pass 

 upon them, as to their distinctiveness. 

 A. F. J. BAUR, Secy. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 The Outlook for Stock. 

 Florists- who insist that cold weather 

 is necessary for the successful holiday 

 trade find things coming their way. 

 The mercury reached the zero on the 

 12th and good winter weather con- 

 tinued throughout the week while the 

 last week before Xmas opened with a 

 small but genuine blizzard. Plenty of 

 stock for Christmas is the general pre- 

 diction, with the possible exception of 

 carnations, and the chances are that 

 the growers will somehow manage to 

 find these if the prices keep up as an- 



ticipated. Chrysanthemums are ex- 

 pected to make their farewell appear- 

 ance before Christmas, but very likely 

 many stray ones will appear at the last 

 moment. The growers claim from 

 three to five month's season this year 

 and predict still longer ones for the 

 near future. Prices have, on the 

 whole, been exceptionally good this 

 year and will result in more vegetable 

 growers going into the chrysanthemum 

 business next year. 



Poinsettia plants will not be so nu- 

 merous by several thousands this year 

 on account of a falling off of the leaves. 

 Some of the large plant growers have 

 lost all of their stock and others find 

 their supply greatly reduced. Various 

 causes are attributed, none of which 

 seem to cover all cases. Cyclamen 

 plants are quite up to previous years 

 and are seen put up in extremely at- 

 tractive manner in the windows of the 

 retailers. This plant gains in popu- 

 larity each year, in this market. "The 

 berried plants are as popular as ever 

 and besides the home grown, large 

 shipments have been received from the 

 East. Christmas green is coming in 

 sufficiently fast to probably cover all 

 the needs of the market. 



Window Displays. 



Though all are not completed there 

 are enough nearly so to give evidence 

 that nothing will be lacking in the 

 way of window decorations. Red is 

 the prevailing color as befits the season 

 and the natural red flowers always 

 being so scarce at this time their place 

 is supplied more each season with sub- 

 stitutes of various kinds. This year, 

 possibly the most used will be the pre- 



