November 4, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



of apples were staged. Arthur Caparn 

 swept the deck. 



Things of special merit were on the 

 non-competitive list. Lager and Hur- 

 rell's display of orchids was rare. J. 

 N. May's seedling pompons were ex- 

 ceedingly pretty. R. Vince's Bar- 

 barossa grapes were in monstrous 

 bunches, and J. Heeremans' Gros Col- 

 mar were like large plums. L. B. 

 Coddington had fine vases of Meteor 

 and Richmond roses. 



Messrs. Totty, Duckham and Her- 

 rington were the committee of arrange- 

 ments; William Turner, Thomas Head 

 and .lames Blair the judges. 



E. RI'^AGAN. 



PHILADELPHIA CLUB HAS AN 

 OUTING. 



On the invitation of Edw-ard A. 

 Stroud of the Strafford Carnation 

 Farm, the Florists' Club of Philadel- 

 phia visited that interesting establish- 

 ment, Oct. 2Cth, and spent a pleasant 

 afternoon inspecting the crops and in- 

 cidentally having a few games. The 

 carnations were looking splendid and 

 all were loud in their praises of Mr. 

 Stroud's ability not forgetting a good 

 word also for his able foreman, Mr. 

 Beattie. Mr. Stroud proved himself 

 an ideal host. The speech of apprecia- 

 tion was made by the club's new vice- 

 president, Fred. Hahman. Edwin 

 Lonsdale and Hugh Graham also took 

 part in the speechmaking. Samuel S. 

 Pennock covered himself with glory 

 in the cricket match, making six, 

 two doubles and two singles. Every- 

 body thought he was an old-timer but 

 he assured them it was his first of- 

 fence. The score follows: Florists — 

 Dodds 4. Hammond 1, George Burton 

 9, Roberts 6. Pennock 6. Thatcher 5, 

 Holkler 1, Byes 2, total 34. Mont- 

 gomery — Ewan 8, Neil Gardner 9, Fred 

 Gardner 2, Carey 8, Draper 2, Beattie 

 2, Byes 5, total 35. These were some 

 duck-eggs on both sides but we merci- 

 fully refrain from mentioning them — 

 more especially as the writer hap- 

 pened to be one of them. G. C. W. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



In acceptance of the invitation ex- 

 tended by Waban Rose Conservatories 

 this club visited the extensive and al- 

 ways-interesting rose houses at Natick 

 on Saturday afternoon, October 28, 

 and a characteristic w^elcome was given 

 by Mr. Montgomery and his family 

 and assistants. Much interest was 

 manifested in the three houses of 

 Wellesley rose which are a sight worth 

 going a long distance to see and bear 

 conclusive evidence of the prominent 

 place this rose is about to take in the 

 commercial cut flower list. It was 

 seen, as was also Killarney. in own- 

 root and grafted form, the latter show- 

 ing much greater luxuriance and 

 strength than when grown on own 

 roots. Richmond also came in for es- 

 pecial admiration, there being no ques- 

 tion as to the splendid qualities of this 

 notable introduction. The great house 

 of American Beauties and the innum- 

 erable houses of Bride and Bridesmaid 

 roses were found, as always, in unap- 

 proachable perfection and the object 

 lesson in advanced rose culture was a 

 valuable one for all who were so fortu- 

 nate as to participate in this delight- 

 ful trip. Refreshments were served 

 in the big work-room by the ladies. 



BOSTON CO-OPERATIVE FLOWER 

 GROWERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The annual meeting and dinner of 

 the Boston-Co-operative Flower Grow- 

 ers' Association was held at Young's 

 Hotel, Boston, Saturday evening, Oct. 

 28. About seventy-flve gentlemen sat 

 down to the festive board — all stock- 

 holders or stall-holders in the Park 

 street market, and Messrs. W. J. Stew- 

 art, W. N. Craig and J. W. Duncan of 

 the horticultural press as invited 

 guests. President Stickel occupied the 

 chair. The dinner having been duly 

 despatched, an hour and a half was de- 

 voted to talks on pertinent topics by 

 various gentlemen before beginning 

 routine business of the corporation.. 



The first speaker was W. H. Elliott, 

 who made appropriate allusion to the 

 death of E. N. Pierce since the last 

 meeting and gave some interesting 

 notes of his recent visit to Porto Rico. 



William J. Stewart being next calied 

 upon, dwelt upon the need for stronger 

 bonds of sympathy between the horti- 

 cultural institutions and interests of 

 Boston, setting forth the great in- 

 dividual and general benefits that 

 would follow a policy of unselfish co- 

 operation. F. R. Mathison also made 

 a spirited address. W. N. Craig told 

 of the marvelous growth of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club. He also 

 called attention to the opportunities 

 for the development of the plant grow- 

 ers' special industry in the immediate 

 future. He named Euphorbia Jacqui- 

 nrntiora, Mexican Poppy, Nicotiana 

 Sanders, grown in a shady border, and 

 Rosyscarlet larkspur as things that 

 might be handled as cut flowers by the 

 florists with proflt. 



J. W. Duncan spoke of Boston's pos- 

 sibilities, and highly commended the 

 festive board as a means to a more 

 united spirit, and Peter Fisher spoke 

 approvingly on the same lines. Mr. 

 Cameron made some practical sugges- 

 tions as to greater efficiency in market 

 management. E. A. Wood regaled the 

 meeting with some spirited reminis- 

 cences. Alex. Montgomery spoke for 

 the American Rose Society and urged 

 all to contribute towards making the 

 exhibition next spring an unparalleled 

 success. A similar address was made 

 by Peter Fisher on behalf of the com- 

 ing exhibition of the American Carna- 

 tion Society. 



Other speakers were Messrs. Peirce, 

 Nicholson. Jr., Christiansen, Stevens 

 and Robinson. It was altogether a 

 very harmonious and happy gathering. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club of Washington. D. C, will be held 

 in Schmidt's Hall. 516 9th street. North- 

 west, Nov. 7, at 8 P. M. This will be 

 Chrysanthemum night, when a good at- 

 tendance and a fine exhibit of choice 

 flowers are assured. The club at its 

 last meeting decided to award certifi- 

 cates of merit to any new or meritori- 

 ous exhibit of plants or flowers that 

 may be shown at any of its meetings in 

 the future. Growers of chrysanthemums 

 are requested to send exhibits of flow- 

 ers for' Chrysanthemum night. They 

 will be carefully handled and proper- 

 ly staged if addressed in care of the 

 Secretary, Peter Bisset, Twin Oaks, 

 Washington, D. C. The shipment 

 should be so timed as to reach Wash- 

 ington on the morning of Nov. 7th — 

 express charges prepaid. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The annual chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion uf the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society will open at Horticultural 

 Hall, .^.00 Massachusetts avenue, Bos- 

 ton, on Thursday, Nov. 9, at noon, and 

 will continue daily from 10 A. M. to 

 10 P. M., until Sunday, Nov. 12. This 

 is the Society's greatest show of the 

 year, and it is expected that the dis- 

 play on this occasion will be of un- 

 surpassed brilliancy and magnificence. 

 The interest in chrysanthemum grow- 

 ing is increasing year by year, and an 

 additional interest has been recently 

 manifested with the introduction of the 

 wonderful productions of the Austral- 

 ian "cultivators. Many of these new 

 varieties will be exhibited for the first 

 time at this show, and the rivalry for 

 first place is expected to be keen. 



In addition to the display of chrys- 

 anthemums there will be a fine show- 

 ing of orchids, carnations and foliage 

 plants. Fruits and vegetables are also 

 included in the schedule and will at- 

 tract as usual the interested attention 

 of the visitors. To make the exhibi- 

 tion still more attractive, band con- 

 certs will be given in the afternoon 

 and evening on Saturday and Sunday, 

 from 3.30 to 5.30, and 7.30 and 9.30. 

 WM. P. RICH, 



Secretary. 



The Annual Meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society for the 

 election of oflicers and for the tran- 

 saction of business will be held at 

 Horticultural Hall, 300 Massachusetts 

 Avenue, Boston, at twelve o'clock 

 noon, on Saturday. November 18, 1905. 

 The oflacers to be elected are: Presi- 

 dent; vice-president (for two years); 

 treasurer; secretary; delegate to the 

 State Board of Agriculture; trustee 

 (for two years); four trustees (for 

 three years) ; and a nominating com- 

 mittee of five members. 



The election will be by Australian 

 ballot and the polls will be open con- 

 tinuously between the hours of twelve, 

 noon, and four in the afternoon. 



Several proposed amendments to the 

 by-laws will be voted upon at this 

 meeting. 



FRENCH GARDENERS IN LONDON. 



The appearance of the annual Bulle- 

 tin of the French Horticultural Society 

 of London, reminds us of the existence 

 of a very useful and prosperous society. 

 Sixteen or seventeen years ago a few 

 French gardeners resident in London 

 conceived the idea of starting a so- 

 ciety for the benefit of their country- 

 men who were employed in the gar- 

 dens and nurseries around the great 

 metropolis. M. George Schneider, then 

 of Messrs. H. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, 

 a well-known French horticulturist, 

 was elected president, and under his 

 guidance the society has pursued a 

 continuous course of prosperity. 



The main objects are to find situa- 

 tions in England for j'oung French- 

 speaking foreigners. Belgians, Swiss, 

 French, etc.. and also to find situations 

 on the Continent for young English 

 gardeners who may desire to go abroad 

 for the purpose of learning a foreign 

 language, an accomplishment only too 

 rare among our gardeners and nursery- 

 men. Monthly meetings are held at 

 which papers are read and an oppor- 

 tunity afforded of pleasant intercourse 



