May 25, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



507 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON 



The May meeting of this organiza- 

 tion held on Tuesday evening, 21st, at 

 Horticultural Hall was well attended 

 considering the busy season tor the 

 members. The outstanding incident 

 of the evening was the unfurling of 

 two flags — one the stars and stripes 

 and the other a service flag bearing 

 27 stars, the number of club members 

 In the service o.f the country. Two of 

 these have already given up their 

 lives in defence of the flag. The ban- 

 ners were raised by ex-president 

 James Methven and appropriate re- 

 marks were made by Wm. J. Stewart, 

 first president of the organization. Mr. 

 Stewart called attention to the fact 

 that many members of the Club in 

 bygone years had fought in defence 

 of the Star Spangled Banner and at 

 least three of the ex-presidents had 

 worn the badge of the G. A, R. He 

 expressed the fervent wish that the 

 boys now patriotically representing 

 the Club in the great struggle to rid 

 the world forever of despotic ambi- 

 tion, barbarism and inhumanity might 

 be spared to return victorious and un- 

 harmed and again take up their 

 peaceful avocation. 



Resolutions on the death of Peter 

 Barker were read by Kenneth Finlay- 

 son. Announcement was made that 

 Prof. A. C. Hecht of Amherst who was 

 to have addressed the Club on this 

 occasion had been called to military 

 service and could not be present. 

 After a somewhat animated debate on 

 the propriety of having the usual 

 Ladies' Night and dance this year it 

 was finally decided that this would 

 be right and proper and so the even- 

 ing of .Tune 18 was designated as the 

 date for an occasion of relaxation and 

 pleasure. It was also decided, after 

 some opposition, to hold the annual 

 summer picnic as usual. In the 

 absence of a lecturer. Secretary Craig 

 read a well written paper prepared 

 for the National Association of Gar- 

 deners, on Horticulture as a Profes- 

 sion, by J. Donald. Two new mem- 

 bers were elected. 



There was quite an array of flowers 

 on exhibition including about twenty 

 varieties of lilacs and some cold-frame 

 lettuce from W. N. Craig, superb 

 seedling Moutan peonies from Charles 

 Sander and a handsome seedling tulip 

 from Julius Heurlin. Certificates of 

 special merit were awarded to the 

 peonies and the lilacs and votes of 

 thanks to the others. Speaking of the 

 lilacs, Mr. Craig specified as among 

 the most desirable in four standard 

 colors. Philemon in dark purple, 

 Marie Legraye in white. President 

 Loubet in blue and Macros! achya in 

 pink. Answering questions Mr. San- 

 der replied that it takes usually about 

 four years to bring seedling jieonies 

 into flower and that hand hybridiza- 

 tion of these flowers is diflicult, on ac- 

 count of their rapid maturing and the 

 great abundance of pollen. The flow- 

 ers shown were seedlings, naturally 

 fertilized, of a set of peerless varieties 

 procured from .Tapan years ago by 

 Prof. Sargent. :\Ir. Sander said that 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, May 27. 



Florists' ami Gariienera' Club of 

 Rhode Island, Swartz Hall, Provi- 

 dence, E. I, 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore, Florists' Excliange Hall, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



Tuesday. May 28. 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 J<ewport, R. I. 



Tarrytown Horticultura 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Saturday, June 1. 



Pacific Coast Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



seedling tree peonies are tar prefer- 

 able to the imported varieties, all of 

 which are grafted on an inferior stock 

 which in a short time suckers so 

 vigorously as to kill off the variety. 

 He said that, although in a much mil- 

 der season some years ago, he had lost 

 800 seedlings by winter killing, he 

 had sustained but few losses in the 

 recent severe winter, without any pro- 

 tection whatever. 



It was announced that the Rose and 

 Strawberry Show of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society to be held 

 in June, would be a "pay" show this 

 year, the entire proceeds to be given 

 to the Red Cross. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY 



The exhibition held on Saturday 

 and Sunday, May 18-19, at Horticul- 

 tural Hall. Boston, was the smallest 

 May exhibition on record. H. Stew- 

 art, gard. for Miss Cornelia Warren, 

 showed some superb specimen plants, 

 nearly three feet through, of Calceo- 

 laria Stewartii. Walter H. Colby, 

 gard. for E. A. Clark, showed among 

 other things a pair of standard deep 

 blue Hydrangea Otaksa which it 

 would be hard to beat. Victor Heur- 

 lin's display of Darwin tulips was 

 exceptionally fine. The following 

 awards were made: 



C.\LcEOL.\Bi,vs; Large flowering, six 

 varieties, in pots: 1st, Edward A. 

 Clark, gard. M. H. Colby. One speci- 

 men: 1st, Edward A. Clark. Stewartii: 

 Six plants: 1st, Miss Cornelia Warren, 

 gard, H. Stewart. One speciment. 1st. 

 Miss Cornelia Warren. 



Pkiaisgonitim: Six named show or 

 fancy varieties, in not less than 8- 

 inch pots: 1st. Miss Cornelia War- 

 ren. 



Tn.ir.s: Darwin, collection: 1st, 

 Victor Heurlin. Late flowering, other 

 than Darwin: 1st, Victor Heurlin. 



First Class Certificate of Mebit: 

 I.oren D. Towle. Hybrid lyaelio-Cat- 

 tleya Dominiana Langleyensis. 



Cultural Certificate: Henry Stew- 

 art, display of Calceolaria Stewartii 

 and Pelargoniums; W. H. Colby, 

 standard Hydrangeas. 



HoNoRAiiLE Mkntion: Victor Heur- 

 lin. collection of Lilacs. 



VoTK OF Thanks: Henry Stewart, 

 Hydrangeas and Genista. 



Vegetables: Collection of Vege- 

 tables: 1st. James Arthur Neal. 



AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY 



An important meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee of the A. D. S. was 

 held at the Grand Hotel. New York 

 City, on Thursday afternoon. May 

 16th. at which President R. Vincent, 

 Jr.. James Duthie. P. W. Popp, I. S. 

 Hendrickson, F. R. Austin and George 

 I . Stillman were present. Previous to 

 the meeting the committee entertained 

 at lunch Wm. A. Eagleson. secretary 

 to the Board of Managers of the 

 American Institute. New York, where 

 the September show will be held, and 

 ^Ir. Eagleson advised to what extent 

 plans had already been carried for 

 this show. Prospects are exceedingly 

 bright, and with the co-operation of 

 those who intend to offer special pre- 

 miums, and the growers of exhibition 

 varieties, the 1918 show promises to 

 be a worthy successor to those of pre- 

 vious years. Treasurer Austin re- 

 ported that the available funds now 

 exceed $800. 



P. W. Popp reported that Mrs. 

 Chapman of Westerly, R. l.; had 

 offered a prize of $10 for a basket 

 or hamper of Dahlia Newport Wonder. 

 The offer of the Dahlia Society of 

 California to award its gold medal at 

 the Fall show in New York was ac- 

 cepted with thanks. A letter from 

 Jos. J. Lane, a member of the execu- 

 tive committee, was read; in it Mr. 

 Lane announced his temporary retire- 

 ment from office and from his regular 

 occupation, preparatory to going into 

 military service this month. It was 

 voted to keep the name of Mr. Lane 

 and all other members of the society 

 who were in their country's service 

 on the active list for the period of 

 their enlistment, remitting their dues. 

 A number of communications were 

 read, among them the following from 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., New York. 

 offer of a silver cup for exhibit of 

 Dahlias at the Fall show; from W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co.. Philadelphia, 

 Pa., offer of similar prizes to those of 

 last year; from Wm. A. Eagleson. 

 American Institute, information as to 

 the progress of plans for the show: 

 Henry A. Dreer, Inc., check for $10 

 for premiums: W. A. Manda, promis- 

 ing to make suggestions of Interest to 

 the society; Peter Henderson & Co.. 

 New York, subscription of $10 for 

 premiums; J. K. Alexander. East 

 Bridgewater, Mass., $10; Henry F. 

 Michell Co.. Philadelphia, silver and 

 bronze medals; Henry Penn, Boston. 

 $5 for Boston show. 



It was voted to issue the Bulletin on 

 the first of September and again on 

 the first of November, and the secre- 

 tarv was instructed to investigate the 

 desirability of publishing the Bulletin 

 every other month during 1919. A 

 letter from Mr. Raihgeber was read, 

 and Mr. Vincent explained his award 

 of a silver medal at the New Haven 

 show last P^all for a special exhibit, 

 and the committee voted approval. 



The following were selected to be 

 invited to act as judges at the Septem- 

 ber show in New York: George H. 

 Hale. Oyster Hay. L. I.; Prof. Geo. 

 Fraser. Storrs. Conn.; James C. 

 Clark, Riverton, N. J. It was voted 



