HORTlCULTURi: 



October 28, 1905 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



DES MOINES FLORISTS' CLUB. 



On the evening of Oct. 20, there met 

 at the Iowa Seed Company's store, for 

 the purpose of organization, Peter 

 Lambert, Charles McAnnift, Julius Le- 

 dig, Wm. Trillow, J. D. Lambert, Chas. 

 Simons, M. J. Wragg, Chas. Gay, G. J. 

 Bennett. Franl< Stevens, J. B. O Neill. 

 J F Marshall, Chas. N. Page, H. J. 

 Lozier, F. L. Harter, D. 0. Finch an.i 

 Robert Newcomb. Charles N. Page 

 was chosen temporary chairman, J. i. 

 Marshall secretary. On Mr. Trillow s 

 motion, those present voted to consider 

 themselves organized under the title of 

 the "Des Moines Florists' Club. Ob- 

 ject of organization as outlined by Mr. 

 Page, Trillow, Wragg and others, the 

 promotion of good fellowship socia 

 enjoyment and the financial betterment 

 of the members. Mr. O'Neill, Mr. 'Tril- 

 low and Mr. Page spoke in tavor of in- 

 viting several gentlemen from Chica- 

 go to assist in getting the club in first- 

 class working order, and to infuse en- 

 thusiasm into the members. On Mr 

 Marshall's motion the chair appointed 

 the following members and comniittee 

 to draft a constitution and by-laws, 

 select new members and report at the 

 next meeting: J. B. O'Neill Wm. Tril- 

 low and H. J. Lozier. J. D. Lambeit 

 was elected president, Wm. Trillow 

 secretary and Charles N. Page treas- 

 urer It was voted to admit to mem- 

 bership »n equal terms all persons in- 

 terested in commercial floriculture and 

 ornamental horticulture, without re- 

 gard to sex. Next meeting Oct. 24, at 

 the Iowa Seed Store. 



WILLIAM TRILLOW, Sec y. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular fortnightly meeting of 

 the Newport Horticultural Society was 

 held Wednesday evening last, President 

 Sullivan in the chair. Joseph Gibson 

 read a paper on "Landscape Gardening 

 as a Profession in the Past and at 

 Present." Mr. Gibson treated his sub- 

 ject in an exceedingly interesting 

 manner, and the only unfavorable 

 comment heard was not directed at 

 Mr Gibson's paper, but at Mr. Gibson 

 himself, for his prolonged persistence 

 in hiding his light under a bushel. 



Alexander Macl^ellan read a paper on 

 "The Introduction of the Dahlia." In 

 concluding he questioned the propriety 

 of societies giving the highest awards, 

 meaning silver medals, to new seedling 

 dahlias, many of which are forgotten 

 in a few years. 



alogue of chrysanthemums grown in 

 France at the present time. Member- 

 ship is not confined to persons residing 

 in France, but is open to growers in 

 any part of the world. C. H. P. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



The bronze medal of the Society 

 which was placed at the disposal of 

 Miss Susan B. Sipe for award at her 

 discretion to the public school children 

 of Washington, D. C, has been won 

 by the Dennison School for superior 

 work in gardening. Miss Sipe, in re- 

 porting en this award, states that a 

 year ago the children at this school 

 had nothing but a gi-avel yard. They 

 now have a magnificent display of as- 

 ters, zinnias, cannas, a fine lawn, and 

 a vegetable garden that is furnishing 

 the "nature study material for the 

 schools of the building. This has been 

 entirely the work of the children, 

 every grade taking its share. Most of 

 the soil has been brought in by toy 

 express wagons from vacant lots. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 

 N. Y., submit for registration Canna 

 Vesuvius; flowers deep red, arranged 

 in branching heads 9 inches across; 

 plant 4 to 5 feet in height; foliage 

 green. 



WILLIAM J. STEWART, Sec. 



FRENCH NATIONAL CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUM SOCIETY. 

 This society, founded about ten years 

 ago at Lyons, has made remarkable 

 progress during the short term of its 

 existence. It holds every year, in con- 

 junction with some local horticultural 

 society, an exhibition and convention. 

 It numbers 752 members, including 48 

 affiliated societies, and part of its pro- 

 gramme is the issue of a journal that 

 appears at regular intervals. The last 

 few numbers, besides containing other 

 news of interest, have been rendered 

 valuable by the inclusion of several 

 instalments of the society's official cat- 



TORONTO GARDENERS' AND FLOR- 

 ISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held in St. George's Hall on 

 the evening of October 14. A half- 

 dozen blooms of N. Smith & Son's new 

 early pink chrysanthemum were on ex- 

 hibition and received the certificate of 

 merit. Arrangements for the coming 

 exhibition were nearly completed. Much 

 interest is being shown in the contest 

 for the Hallam cup, which has been 

 in competition for the past four years; 

 also in the T. Baton Company cup, 

 valued at $100, which is offered for the 

 best twenty-five Timothy Eaton chry- 

 santhemums shown in one vase. The 

 Toronto Association will entertain the 

 employes of the Dale estate on one of 

 the days of the show, when everybody 

 is promised a good time. 



PARIS CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. 



On the 4th of November the National 

 Horticultural Society of France will 

 open a grand international autumn 

 show of chrysanthemums, fruit and 

 vegetables in the greenhouses on the 

 Cours la Reine. 



The French National Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society will at the same time hold 

 its annual congress. The schedule of 

 prizes comprizes classes for new seed- 

 lings, both pot plants and cut blooms; 

 general collections, exhibits of plants 

 and cut blooms cultivated for big 

 blooms; in all 74 classes. 



Provision is also made for cyclamens, 

 orchids, fruits, fruit trees, shrubs, fine 

 art exhibits and horticultural indus- 

 trial objects. 



The French Pomological Society will 

 at the same time hold its 4Gth meeting. 

 C. H. P. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of the Committees. 



New York. Oct. 21, 1905. 



Mrs. Wm. Knox (imported) deep 

 canary yellow, Japanese reflex, exhib- 

 ited by Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., 

 scored 65 points exhibition scale. 



Beatrice May (imported), white, Jap- 

 anese type, exhibited by Chas. H. Tot- 

 ty, Madison, N. J., scored 95 points, 

 both commercial and exhibition scales. 



Mrs. George Heaume, amber, tinted 

 salmon, Japanese type, exhibited by 

 Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., scored 

 85 points exhibition scale. 



No. 15, seedling, bright yellow, Jap- 

 anese type, exhibited by F. R. Pierson 

 Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., scored 80 points 

 commercial scale. 



FRED H. LEMON, Sec'y. 



NOTES. 



The fourth annual convention of the 

 National Nut Growers' Association 

 will be held at Dallas, Texas, Dec. 6, 

 7 and S, 1905. 



The annual meeting of the Worces- 

 ter County Horticultural Society will 

 be held in Horticultural Hall, Wor- 

 cester, Mass., on Wednesday, Nov. 1. 



Transactions of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society for the year 1905, 

 part 1, has been received. It comprises 

 the papers and discussions at the week- 

 ly meetings of last winter. 



The full schedule of the St. Louis 

 Flower Show has been received. The 

 premiums are very numerous and lib- 

 eral, thirty-seven of them being spe- 

 cials offered by friends of the club. 

 One hundred dollars is offered for one 

 hundred blooms of American Beauty 



At the meeting of the Rhode Island 

 Horticultural Society held at Provi- 

 dence last Wednesday, the subject un- 

 der discussion was the gypsy moth, 

 which has made its appearance in 

 Providence and now threatens to over- 

 run the state. An appeal through New 

 England congressmen for aid from the 

 Federal government was advocated. 



The first day of the Kansas City 

 Flower Show, Monday. Nov. 13, has 

 been scheduled as chrysanthemum day, 

 and classes under this department will 

 be judged on that day. Tuesday, Nov. 

 14, will be rose day, and Wednesday, 

 Nov. 15, carnation day. Other inter- 

 esting classes are specially allotted to 

 Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Send 

 to Louis W. Shouse, Convention Hall, 

 Kansas City, Mo., for a schedule of 

 prizes. 



At Kansas City, Mo., on September 

 21st, the American Federation of Hor- 

 ticultural Societies was organized. 

 The object of the new association is to 

 harmonize the work and promote the 

 interests of horticultural societies. 

 The meetings will be held at the same 

 times and places as those of the Amer- 

 ican Pomological Society. The officers 

 of the new society are: 



President, Wm. H. Barnes, of To- 

 peka, Kansas. 



Vice-President, S. W. Moore, of 

 West Virginia. 



Secretary and Treasurer, C. E. Bass- 

 ett, of Fennville, Michigan. 



Vice-Secretary and Vice-Treasurer, 

 Wesley Green, of Iowa. 



