December 31, 1910 



horticulture: 



933 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A regular meeting ot this society 

 was held on the evening of Dec. 27, 

 with President A. S. Meilile in the 

 chair. This being the first meeting 

 since the annual election of officers 

 more than the usual number attended 

 and helped to shape the course of the 

 new government. The most important 

 matter discussed was a plan to malie 

 the meetings more attractive, and the 

 discussion resulted in the first five of- 

 ficers being appointed a committee to 

 arrange for a suitable essay to be read 

 at one meeting in each month. An- 

 other plan was favorably considered 

 which is to offer a silver cup to be 

 competed for by exhibit points at ail 

 meetings throughout the year, and a 

 committee consisting of W. Maclcay, 

 A. MacLellan and J. Robertson was 

 appointed to prepare and recommend a 

 scale of points with governing rules 

 for the competition. This committee 

 will welcome any suggestions on the 

 matter through HORTICULTURE. 



A representative of the Joseph Breck 

 firm of Boston, was present at the 

 meeting and on behalf of this house 

 offered a silver cup to be competed for 

 at the June exhibition, and needless to 

 say, the offer was gratefully accepted. 

 W. E. Marshall, the New York seeds- 

 man, was also present, and being a 

 member, took an active part in the 

 proceedings. Alex MacLellan, who Is 

 always to be relied on to give timely 

 information about plant destroying 

 agencies, informed the members that 

 many nests of the brown tail moth 

 had recently been found about Middle- 

 town, which is only a few miles from 

 this city, and although we know this 

 pest will be fought vigorously by the 

 state authorities as well as by the own- 

 ers of the infested locality, those in 

 charge of Newport estates will doubt- 

 less feel disturbed over the discovery 

 that another enemy is approaching. 



ALABAMA STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The eighth annual meeting of the 

 Alabama State Horticultural Society 

 will be held in Birmingham on Thurs- 

 day and Friday, January 19th and 20th. 

 The session will l,e held in the Cham- 

 ber of Commerce Auditorium. A com- 

 mittee working with the Chamber ot 

 Commerce hopes to announce a fipecia! 

 railroad rate for the meeting. 



There is a possibility that Dr. S. W. 

 Fletcher, Director of the Virginia Ex- 

 periment Station and well known for 

 his contributions to horticultural liter- 

 ature, will be present to give a ttilk. 

 An hour will be set apart for the an- 

 swering of questions relating io horti- 

 cultural praclice and insect control. 



Everyone interested in fruit, vege- 

 table, pecan, and flower culture, also 

 forestry and the various practices re- 

 lated to horticulture as pruning, spray- 

 ing, and harvesting is cordially in- 

 vited to attend the meetings. 



The publications of the .Society are 

 interesting northern investors, and the 

 influence and benefit of this organiza- 

 tion is becoming more widely felt 

 every year. 



The annual dues of the Society are 

 one dollar. There are still several 

 copies of the 190S-09-10 meetings avail- 

 able, and they can be obtained by 

 writing the Secretary, P. P. Williams, 

 Auburn, Ala. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Special prizes already reported for 

 the Boston Exhibition are as follows: 

 The Society of American Florists' Sil- 

 ver Medal may be awarded for best 

 grown rose plant or group of plants, 

 should there be an exhibit of sufficient 

 meiit. The Dorrance Challenge Prize 

 for the largest and best display of cut 

 roses, offered by Benjamin Dorrance, 

 Dorrancetown, Pa. A valuable silver 

 medal properly engraved. 



For the best vase of cut blooms 

 showing the highest score, the Lord & 

 Burnham Co. trophy. This award to 

 be in addition to any other premium 

 the exhibit may have secured. 



Special Growers' Prizes, value |10, 

 ?7.00 and $5.00. These prizes are meant 

 for the actual grower of any exhibit, 

 and not for the exhibitor, excepting in 

 the case where he does his own grow- 

 ing. The above is to be awarded to 

 such three exhibits ot roses as, in the 

 opinion of the judges, reveal the best 

 specimens of the growers' work in rose 

 growing. The object is to recognize 



llAItliY K. PHILPOTT 

 Presidentelect Chicago Florists' Club. 



the man who actually does the good 

 work. Prizes are offered by Benjamin 

 Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



For the best fifty blooms of any va- 

 riety of American origin now in com- 

 merce, a silver cup, value $25, offered 

 by Hitchings & Co., Elizabeth, N. J. 

 BENJAMIN HAMMOND. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The Cottage Gardens Co., Inc., 

 Queens, L. I., submit for registration 

 Carnation Howard Gould (Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward X dark pink seedling). Color, 

 clear dark pink; size, three and one- 

 half inches; stem, wiry, 30 to 36 in. in 

 length. Flower deeply imbricated and 

 of fine form. A. F. J. BAUR, Sec'y. 



TURIN NATIONAL EXHIBITION, 



1911. 

 The regulations and schedules for the 

 various horticultural shows in connec- 

 tion with this exhibition have now 

 been issued. The Spring Show will be 

 from May 15 to 25. the Summer Show 

 from September IG to 24, the Autumn 

 Show from November 25 to December 

 4. The permanent horticultural show 

 lasts from April to November. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At a meeting of nurserymen from 

 several Southern States, at Knoxville, 

 Tenn., December 15, the Southern Nur- 

 serymen's Protective Association was 

 formed. J. C. Miller of Rome, Ga., was 

 made president and A. I. Smith of 

 Knoxville, secretary. 



At the session of the Iowa State Hor- 

 ticultural Society, December 22, T. G. 

 Hoover of Wichita, formerly vice- 

 president of the Society, was elected 

 president for the ensuing year. J. T. 

 Ti eadway of La Harpe was chosen 

 vice-president to succeed Hoover and 

 Walter Wellhouse of Topeka was re- 

 elected secretary. 



The Springfield, Ohio, Florists' Club 

 held their regular meeting Monday 

 evening, Dec. 12, at the offices of the 

 Good & Reese company. The paper 

 of the evening was read by Burt 0. 

 Blake on the subject, "Leaks," which 

 was interesting to the members. A 

 system of cost keeping was introduced 

 by Opha Jackson and aroused a lively 

 discussion among the members. 



The rival tickets to be voted on at 

 the January meeting of the Rochester 

 Florists' Association are as follows: 



For president, H. E. Wilson; for vice- 

 president, E. R. Fry; for secretaiw, H. B. 

 Stiiuger; for treasurer, W. J. Keller; for 

 trustees, F. Schlegel, Cbarles Shur, J. O. 

 I'ridmore. For president, George B. Hart; 

 for vice-president, George Keller; for sec- 

 retary, li. B. Stringer; for treasurer, R. G. 

 Salter; for trustees, John Perie, G. T. 

 Iloucher, E. Berry. 



At the annual meeting of the New 

 London County Horticultural society, 

 held December 8, the following offi- 

 cers were elected for the ensuing 

 year: President, Edward A. Smith; 

 first vice-president, George S. Palmer; 

 second vice-president, John Maloney; 

 secretary, John Maloney; financial 

 secretary, Enoch Evans; treasurer, S. 

 L. Ewald; librarian, James Eckford; 

 executive committee, William E. Pen- 

 dleton, D. Miller, H. C. Fuller, John 

 Tansy, A. H. Beran. 



The members of the Horticultural 

 Club held an informal social at the 

 club rooms. Bar Harbor, Me., Friday 

 evening, December 16, with a large 

 gathering of the members and their 

 ladies. The rooms were attractively 

 decorated for the occasion with plants, 

 flowers and ferns and the hall pre- 

 sented a most attractive appearance. 

 Brief speeches were made by Hon. L. 

 B. Deasy, Judge B. E. Clark, C. B. 

 Pineo, Charles H. Wood, Charles Shand 

 and others and refreshments were 

 served. At the close of the program 

 dancing was enjoyed. 



The annual meeting of the Montreal 

 Horticultural Society was held Decem- 

 ber 14, and a successful year reported. 

 Mr. A. J. Bowles referred to the privir 

 leges enjoyed by the society's members 

 and friends in visiting during the win- 

 ter the conservatories of Senator Mac- 

 Kay, Sir H. Montagu Allan, Alfred 

 Joyce, Mortimer B. Davis, Robert Mei- 

 ghen, Sir William Van Home, R. B. 

 Angus, Jas. Ross, Chas. B. Gordon, 

 Mount Royal Park and Mount Royal 

 Cemetery Company. With regard to 

 the September exhibition, which was 

 the Society's largest undertaking, it 

 was stated that the affair was a suc- 

 cess from a horticultural viewpoint, 

 but the attendance was disappointing. 

 The old officers were re-elected. 



