August 19, 1905 



HORTI CU LTU RE 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL AS- 

 SOCIATION. 



The eighth annual gathering of this 

 association held in Montreal August 

 S, 9, 10 and 11, may be voted a great 

 success. Delegates from Winnipeg to 

 Newfoundland were present. Mr. W. 

 A. Manda of New Jersey, was the only 

 representative of the United States, 

 and his contributions to the debates 

 were much appreciated. 



The meetings were held in the Nat- 

 ural History Museum, opening on 

 Tuesday afternoon. Mayor Laporte 

 extended a hearty civic welcome, to 

 which William Gammage happily re- 

 plied. The president's address, al- 

 though it did not escape criticism, was 

 marked by a breadth of outlook, and 

 its pointed application to the needs of 

 the moment met with a hearty recep- 

 tion from the delegates. On Tuesday 

 evening F. G. Todd of Montreal gave 

 an illustrated lecture on "Park De- 

 signs"; essays on "How to Keep a 

 Greenhouse Attractive in Winter," by 

 Thomas McHugh; and "How to Keep 

 Grounds Attractive in Summer," by W. 

 R. Burrows, followed. 



Wednesday morning papers were 

 presented by W. Gammage on carna- 

 tions; Mr. Dale on roses; J. Bennett 

 on nephrolepis; and Mr. Gird wood on 

 violets. The evening was devoted to 

 unfinished business. It was voted that 

 Guelph should be the place of the next 

 meeting; the question of a trade paper 

 was discussed; and the following offi- 

 cers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 President, Mr. Fendley of Brampton; 

 first vice-president, Mr. Hunt of 

 Guelph; second vice-president, Mr. 

 Walsh of Montreal; secretary, A. H. 

 Ewing; treasurer. \V. H. Simmers. 



Wednesday afternoon was devoted to 

 sight-seeing. Thursday the members 

 were the guests of the City of Mon- 

 treal, and on Friday of the Montreal 

 Florists' Club, and were delightfully 

 entertained. The banquet at the Wel- 

 land Hotel was an enjoyable and en- 

 thusiastic feature. 



The Trade Exhibit awards were as 

 follows; D. J. Sinclair, Toronto, cer- 

 tificate of merit for display of florists' 

 supplies; Depuy & Ferguson, Montreal, 

 diploma for horticultural sundries; 

 Foster Pottery, Hamilton, flower pots, 

 highly commended; Hall & Robinson, 

 Montreal, diploma for plants and flow- 

 ers; Campbell Bros.. Simcoe. Ont., 

 certificate of merit for superb sfnnd of 

 gladioli. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



At the last meeting of this Society 

 William C. Elliott exhibited two new 

 varieties of sweet corn which he has 

 named Early Pearl and Elliottv Model. 

 Both of these varieties are of undoubt- 

 ed merit. Early Pearl especi;)''y being 

 not only handsome and of .lelicious 

 flavor, but also exceedingly early and 

 prolific. The committee awarded a 

 silver medal to Mr. Elliott for Early 

 Pearl and a bronze medal I'ni- Elliott's 

 Model. Two new members were ad- 

 mitted. At the next meir-titiu of the 

 society Mr. George T. Powell, presi- 

 dent of the Agricultural ICxiierts' As- 

 sociation, will give an addf ss on "In- 



sect Pest.s." Mr. Powell is a nTcj:.^ 

 nized authority on horticultural and 

 agricultural subjects and a large audi- 

 ence is expected. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



"Continuous Bloom in the Border" 

 engaged the attention of the New 

 Jersey Floricultural Society at their 

 monthly meeting on August 4 at their 

 rooms in Orange. Photographs, col- 

 ored, of the prominent estates in the 

 neighborhood were in force and helped 

 out the subject. President Kindsgrab 

 called upon the gardeners one by one 

 to tell how they secured a continuous 

 bloom from May until October. The 

 subject was opened by William Ben- 

 nett who described a very unique 

 design in formal bedding consisting of 

 everblooming monthly roses, asters, 

 heliotrope, verbenas, poppies, cosmos, 

 dahlias, antirrhinum, zinnias and 

 calendula. For "The Terraces" of 0. 

 D. Munn, of which six pictures were 

 shown, John Hayes responded; Peter 

 Duff for the border at "Brighthurst"; 

 William Read for "Seven Oaks" where 

 he has a border five hundred feet 

 long; Arthur Bodwell for "Baronald." 



To the monthly floricultural display 

 the contributions were: Roses by D. 

 Kindsgrab; asters by William Bennett 

 and Charles Ashmead; phlox and 

 some fine Black Hamburg and Muscat 

 grapes by William Read; Thomas 

 Rivers and Royal George peaches by 

 Peter Duff; and a collection of vege- 

 tables by John Gervan. Of orchids, 

 Cypripedium Thayerianum, hybrids of 

 Boxallii x Harrisianum, Oncidium 

 macranthum by Edwin Thomas, On- 

 cidium Gardneri, Phalipnopsis ama- 

 bilis and Cattleya guttata by Arthur 

 Bodwell and a remarkably fine Cypri- 

 pedium Mandaae, hybrid Lawrence- 

 anum hyeanum x callosum Sanderse 

 by Julius Roehrs of Rutherford, N. J. 



The judges were Charles Blanck. 

 formerly of Oceanica and late of Har- 

 risburg, Edward Roehrs and Joseph A. 

 Manda. 



Miscellaneous business connected 

 with the autumn flower show was 

 transacted. J. B. DAVIS. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held August 2, at the Glen 

 Cove Greenhouses. The chief business 

 was the further organization of a flow- 

 er show to be held in Glen Cove, and 

 the dates fixed were November 1 and 2. 

 Competition is open, so all are heartily 

 invited. Already two handsome cups 

 and other substantial prizes have been 

 promised. The exhibits this month 

 were chiefly fruits. President Harrison 

 came forward with a melon, a hybrid 

 of his own raising, of good size and 

 shape, red fleshed and of excellent fla- 

 vor. Mr. Halloway brought some fine 

 apples and a tempting bunch of black 

 hothouse grapes. The variety was 

 ".Mader.sfield Court." anil the berries 

 made no sign whatever of splitting. 

 Splitting seems common to this grand 

 old variety, but without doubt Mr. 

 Halloway knows the way to success 

 with it. Mr. Rickards of Stumpp and 

 Walter Co., put forward a prize of %Z 

 for next meeting's best exhibit. 



JOHN F. JOHNSTON. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY (CONN.) 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The meeting of this society on Aug. 

 15 was known as Gladioli night. Mr. 

 Jcilin Slocombe made an exhibit of over 

 100 sjiikes of his magnificent new seed- 

 ling gladioli. He has about a half- 

 acre just coming into bloom, and for 

 size and color cannot be surpassed. 

 A certificate of merit was awarded him. 



A very fine collection of Japanese 

 lilies was exhibited by David Fergu- 

 son. The society will have its annual 

 outing on Aug. 24, and will visit the 

 various parks at Bridgeport. 



It is to be regretted that the Hartford 

 Florists' Club cannot participate, as 

 usual, in this outing, which is too early 

 in the season for their convenience. 



JOINT SHOW IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



.\t the joint show of the California 

 State Floral Society and the Pacific 

 Coast Horticultural Association, to 

 take place in this city on November 

 9, 10 and 11, some worth-while trophies 

 will be competed for. This coming 

 event is creating the greatest interest, 

 and floriculturists and horticulturists 

 say it will undoubtedly be equal, 

 if not superior, to the most elaborate 

 and artistic exhibit ever held on the 

 coast. Following is a list of classifi- 

 cations of exhibits and of classes o£ 

 growers the exhibits are open to: 



Class A. Open to professionals only. 

 Cut Howtrs. chrysanthemums, roses, 

 carnations and violets. 



Class B. Open to professional grow- 

 ers only. Plants, decorative and flow- 

 ering. 



Class C. Open the second day to 

 dealers only. Most artistic floral de- 

 sign other than funeral. 



Special Class. Open to growers only. 

 Best exhibit of Japanese decorative 

 and flowering plants and flowers. 



Class D. Open to amateurs who do 

 not employ skilled labor. Cut flowers, 

 chrysanthemums, roses, carnations, 

 pelargoniums and dahlias. 



Class E. Plants, decorative and 

 flowering, ferns, coleus, rex begonias, 

 chrysanthemums and roses. For sec- 

 ond day only. — Floral design and table- 

 decoration. 



Class F. Open to amateurs who em- 

 ploy skilled labor. Cut flowers, chrys- 

 anthemums, roses, carnations, pelar- 

 goniums and other cut flowers, includ- 

 ing pansies and sweet peas. 



Class G. Plants, decorative and 

 flowering. For second day only. — Most 

 original and artistic floral design and 

 table decoration. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



.A.nnuals were the feature of the 

 show of August 12, the largest collec- 

 tion being that of the Harvard Botanic 

 Garden. The seedling phlox shown by 

 the Blue Hill Nurseries attracted much 

 attention, and there were displays of 

 choice dahlias by Mrs. L. Towle and 

 \V. G. Winsor and of sweet peas and 

 asters by J. Thorpe. The first and sec- 

 ond prizes went to Mrs. J. L. Gardner 

 an<i .Mrs E. M. Gill respectively. 



