HORTICU LT U RE. 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The opening meeting of the season 

 on Sept. 19 was a record breaker, there 

 being 175 members present. The num- 

 ber of new members admitted was 53. 

 After the reading of the minutes by 

 the secretary the meeting launched 

 into a spirited discussion of the pro- 

 posed S. A. F. exhibition in Boston 

 next spring and the attitude ot the 

 club in connection therewith, some 

 correspondence on this subject having 

 talven place between the president of 

 the S. A. F. and the secretary of the 

 G. and F. Club. The debate was par- 

 ticipated in by J. W. Duncan, W. H. 

 Elliott, J. K. M. L. Farquhar and 

 others, and was very interesting. It 

 is still a subject of more or less dis- 

 cussion wherever the members chance 

 to meet. 



President Wheeler presented copies 

 of the new form of certificate of award 

 to be used in recognizing exhibits be- 

 fore the club and same were heartily 

 approved by those who examined 

 them. There were a few exhibits of 

 garden flowers on the table. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The third annual show of this so- 

 ciety was held Sept. 13-15, and for 

 variety and arrangement the exhibit 

 surpassed that of previous years. Of 

 special interest were a Musa Caveu- 

 dishii three years old. bearing a bunch 

 of forty-five bananas, exhibited by 

 William Keith, gardener to T. M. 

 Stetson; Begonia Rex, and Saxifraga 

 sarraentosa tri-color superba, which 

 won a silver medal at Newport, by 

 James Garthley, gardener to H. H. 

 Rogers; evergreens by the Dightoa 

 Nursery, and exhibits of Peter Murray 

 and the Centreville Dahlia Gardens. 

 K. Finlayson and David Weir were the 

 judges. Among the many awards 

 were a silver medal to James Garthley, 

 bronze medals to Mrs. J. C. Forbes and 

 T. M. Stetson, silver cups to w'. F. 

 Turner, Mrs. H. A. Jahn, E. H. Wefers, 

 J. C. Forbes. 



NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SO- 

 CIETY OF ENGLAND. 



Some years have elapsed since this 

 society held a convention to discuss 

 matters relating to the popular flower 

 whose culture it has done so much to 

 spread abroad. The society opens the 

 ensuing season on Oct. 4, when its an- 

 nual show of early varieties will be 

 held at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. 

 In conjunction therewith a conven- 

 tion will be held on subjects relating 

 to the early chrysanthemum. The 

 following papers have been promised: 

 D. B. Crane, "Garden Chrysanthe- 

 mums;" C. Harman Payne, "The His- 

 tory of Early Flowering Chrysanthe- 

 mums;" J. W. Moorman and E. F. 

 Hawes, "Early Chrysanthemums for 

 Town Gardens;" Geo. Gordon, "Decor- 

 ative Value of Early Chrysanthe- 

 mums;" E. F. Such, "Early Chrysan- 

 themums for the Market." 



After the usual summer vacation 

 the regular meetings were resumed 

 on the 13th inst., with a good attend- 

 ance. The show of flowers and 

 vegetables was up to the stand- 

 ard. R. Vinca, gardener to R. D. 

 Foote. showed very fine coxcombs in 

 pots and vase of early white chrysan- 

 themums; A. Herrington brought in 

 Nicotiana Sanderae in pots; John 

 Eraser, gardener to Gustave E. Kis- 

 sell. put up some crotons in variety 

 of fine coloring; E. Reagan had five 

 vases cactus dahlias. Cultural certifi- 

 cates were awarded to all. The 

 judges were C. H. Totty, W. Duckham 

 and W. Mulmichel. 



The attraction of the evening was 

 the beautiful silver cup presented by 

 R. & J. Farquhar & Co. of Boston, for 

 the two best vases of carnations, 25 

 blooms, one white and one any one 

 color. Ai'rangements for the flower 

 show were completed. Mr. Herring- 

 ton spoke of the Washington conven- 

 tion and Robert H. Schultze, in his 

 inimitable style, responded to the call 

 for the "inner man" side ot the con- 

 vention. 



HADDONFIELD DAHLIA SHOW. 



Over five hundred varieties of dahlias 

 were exhibited at the Haddonfield 

 Dahlia Show, which was held on the 

 14th, loth and 16th insts. at the Opera 

 House. The show was well attended 

 by the nearby cities as well as oy 

 many from Camden and Philadelphia. 

 The centre of attraction was a splen- 

 did vase of the new Kriemhilde, which 

 as a first-class dahlia has them all 

 distanced. Among the singles we pre- 

 ferred Grade as the most exquisite 

 combination of color, with large size 

 and perfect form. White suffused 

 blush shading to deeper at centre. 

 Among the Show varieties on exhibi- 

 tion none of them pleased us better 

 than Arabella. Pale primrose, tipped 

 and shaded with old rose and lavender. 

 Other notable varieties were: Gabriel, 

 cactus, red flushed and tipped with 

 white; Pink Century, an immense 

 single flower of charming pure light- 

 pink color; Rosenhagen, ruby, with 

 white shadings, cactus; Alba Superba, 

 the finest of the single whites, distanc- 

 ing even the superb White Century; 

 Grand Duke Alexis, big quilled bloo-m, 

 white, lightly tipped with ruby; ivxr-s. 

 Roosevelt, pinkish mauve with white, 

 centre very large, a grand variety of 

 the decorative type. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF THE 

 PACIFIC COAST. 



A complimentary dahlia show and 

 banquet under the auspices of this so- 

 ciety was held in Mission Opera House, 

 San Francisco, last week. The prizes 

 went to two exhibitors, the George 

 Pope gardens of Burlingame, receiving 

 eleven first prizes, and the Timothy 

 Hopkins gardens of Menlo Park, one. 

 Mrs. J. R. Martin, general director of 

 the fall exhibition of the California 

 State Floral Society and the Pacific 

 Coast Horticultural Society, urged 

 everybody to pull together to make 

 the combination show in November a 

 grand success. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The annual exhibition of this society 

 of which we gave a partial account 

 last week, although magnificent in all 

 respects, was very poorly attended, the 

 amount of money taken in for tickets 

 being exceedingly small. The cause is 

 undoubtedly the absence from town of 

 the people who are the best patrons of 

 these shows and the general indiffer- 

 ence of the public to floral displays at 

 a season when so much of outdoor en- 

 joyment is to be found, especially in 

 the beautiful suburban environs of 

 Boston. 



Reverting to the display of plants 

 from the Harvard Botanic Garden, it 

 may be fairly classed not only the 

 largest, but the finest in its composi- 

 tion ever staged in this hall, and well 

 merited the silver medal given for ar- 

 tistic arrangement. 



Among the notable exhibits were the 

 coniferous tree from Blue Hill Nur- 

 series; palms and foliage plants from 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner, A. F. Estabrook 

 and Edw. McMulkin; dahlias from H. 

 F. Burt, J. K. Alexander, E. M'. Ela 

 and others. The prize for best bloom 

 of dahlia, introduction of 1903 or later, 

 was awarded to Mme. Victor Vassier, 

 shown by W. G. Winsor, and second to 

 Jeanne Charmot, shown by A. E. John- 

 son. Certificates of merit were award- 

 ed to H. H. Barrows & Son for Nephro- 

 lepis Whitmani and H. A. Dreer for 

 Victoria Trickeri. Honorable mention 

 was given to A. E. Johnson for seedling 

 dahlias, H. A. Dreer for Nymphaea 

 Bissetii and Nymphsea dentata mag- 

 nifica, and to Julius Roehrs Co. for 

 Alpinia Sanderae. 



CALIFORNIA STATE FLORAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The dahlia show held by this soci- 

 ety on the 8th instant was a compli- 

 ment to members and friends, and 

 was attended by over eleven hundred 

 people. More than 200 varieties of 

 blooms were shown by the following: 

 George A. Pope of Burlingame, Wil- 

 liam Kettlewell, gardener; James L. 

 Flood of Menlo Park, H. Maclean, 

 gardener; Sidney Clack of Menlo Park, 

 M. W. Carter, gardener; Dr. H. L. 

 Tevis, Joseph Thompson, gardener; 

 Timothy Hopkins, Melvin Carter, gar- 

 dener; Mrs. J. Leach; Golden Gate 

 Park; Mrs. Ellen Coursen-Roeckel; 

 the Crocker Estate; Mrs. Annie Lued- 

 ers: Mrs. T. Sachan; Charles Fenton, 

 an amateur of the Flood gardens. The 

 judges were Professor Emory Smith, 

 president; H. Plath and Charles Ab- 

 rahams. 



Special interest seemed to centre in 

 the J. W. Bagge and Octopus of the 

 Pope collection; the new Kriemhilde 

 of the Fenton collection; Brilliant, ex- 

 hibited by Timothy Hopkins, and 

 Staghorn by Dr. Tevis. The exhibit 

 of George A. Pope won most of the 

 cash prizes, getting first for the best 

 collection, the best 12 and best 6 dec- 

 orative and for fancy pompon varieties. 

 J. L. Flood took first for best 12 cac- 

 tus, and Sidney Clack first for the 

 best 6 cactus varieties. 



