HORTICULTURi: 



August 2b, 



1905 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



"That horticulturalist who has 

 crossed the peach and the nectarine 

 and called the product the ■'peachar- 

 ine" is taking a mean advantage of 

 Chauncey. Three months ago he 

 would have heen sued for infringe- 

 ment."— New Haven Palladium. 



We read in a Toronto paper the fol- 

 lowing: "They were talking about 

 the parks of Toronto, and stated that 

 it would be well that the department 

 of parks of the city of Toronto be put 

 under the care of the medical health 

 officer." 



A stupid and ridiculous proposition 

 surely but we have a parallel case of 

 inappropriateness in New York, 



The New York Mail and Express 

 ventures to suggest as the next tri- 

 umph that Luther Burbank should 

 achieve is the development of a species 

 of waterproof hay which might be left 

 out in successive downpours without 

 injury to the hay. It believes this 

 might be readily accomplished by 

 crossing the common red clover with 

 some of the common varieties of rub- 

 ber plant. 



SAN FRANCISCO NOTES. 



Another case of flower store beautifi- 

 cation was observed in Larkin street 

 in the score-year-old store of Mrs. John 

 Miller, V where notable improvements 

 have been made. 



The establishment of Alex. Mann, 

 Jr., has presented a scene of unusual 

 activity during the week. The store 

 front has been transformed to an up- 

 to-date creation, and the capacity of 

 the show windows doubled. All of 

 which is indicative of prosperity. 



The widow of the late John Poyval 

 died suddenly last week. The floral 

 mementoes contributed by members of 

 the trade were numerous and beautiful. 

 Only three days prior to this sad event 

 Alfred Poyval, who, since the death of 

 his father three years ago, has been 

 conducting the store his parents had 

 successfully carried on since the city 

 was a small town, found it expedient 

 to give over the store to creditors. 



PERSONALS. 



A. Leuthy of Roslindale, Mass., has 

 returned from his trip to Europe. 



Alfred Bunyard has taken a position 

 with the Rosary Flower Company, 34th 

 street, New York City. 



Letters from J. A. Pettigrew indi- 

 cate that he is having a most enjoy- 

 able time abroad. He will start for 

 home on September 8. 



Visiting Boston this week: Wm. 

 Dilger of Michigan, Cut Flower Ex- 

 change, Detroit; J. D. Thompson, 

 Joliet, II!.; Wm. Rehm, New Orleans, 

 La. 



WHAT THEY SAY OF US. 

 Please find enclosed $1.00 for Horti- 

 culture, which I like very much and 

 wish you good success with the 

 same.— C. B. 



AFTERMATH. 



An unofficial list of Washington 

 awards which should be placed on rec- 

 ord is as follows: 



Best dressed man— P. Joseph Lynch. 



Handsomest— W. F. Gude. 



Noisiest— Phil Foley. 



Quietest— S. S. Pennock. 



Wittiest— P. Welch. 



Best speech— Mrs. J. C. Vaughan. 



Harry Morton Altick of Dayton, the 

 newly elected Vice-President, is a 

 prince of good fellows, and promises 

 the members of the S. A. F. the time 

 of their lives next August. He is 

 backed by the whole town, from mice 

 to millionaires, and wants everybody 

 to commence right now to save up 

 their pennies for the trip. 



"More Jeromes are needed," says 

 the Philadelphia Record. In that case 

 the Record should speak to Mr. and 

 Mrs. Jerome about it and not bother 

 the rest of us.— Chicago Journal. 



Good! Respectfully referred to 

 those in the S. A. F. who are always 

 shouting that we ougnt to have more 

 members. Let them send in some and 

 not bother the rest of us who have and 

 are doing our share. 



G. C. W. 



NEWPORT NOTES. 



The Newport season is now at its 

 full height, and the demand for flow- 

 ers is also correspondingly high. Per- 

 haps the latter part of this week and 

 all of next may bring the demand up 

 still higher. This is looked for on ac- 

 count of the many entertainments 

 scheduled for that time. One in par- 

 ticular, to be given by Mr. and Mrs. 

 Pembroke Jones, promises to eclip=e 

 in grandeur and novelty anything 

 hitherto seen in Newport, a temporary 

 structure, to resemble an immense con- 

 servatory. 



Mrs. Astor has begun to entertain 

 lavishly. Her floral decorations, al- 

 though never extremely elaborate, are 

 nevertheless eagerly sought for on ac- 

 count of the prestige accruing there- 

 from. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual outing of the Buffalo 

 Florists will be held at Bedell House 

 on Tuesday, Aug. 29. The arrange- 

 ment committee is working hard to 

 make this one of the largest if not the 

 best held yet. The sports committee 

 has several new features in stock 

 which will be of much interest to the 

 florists at large. 



The program as scheduled includes 

 a baseball game between the east and 

 west side, ladies' race, handicap half- 

 mile race, leap frog race, standing 

 broad jump, old men's race, hundred 

 yards open handicap, boys' race, run- 

 ning broad jump, quarter mile run. 

 three-legged race. Dinner will be 

 served at 6 P. M.. and at 7 P. M. a 

 drive through the island will be en- 

 joyed. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



At the weekly exhibition held on 

 Saturday, August 19, there were bril- 

 liant displays of perennial phloxes for 

 which prizes were awarded, first to 

 Blue Hill Nurseries, second to T. C. 

 Thurlow, and third to W. C. Winter. 

 John Lewis Childs made a fine show- 

 ing of gladioli, filling one hundred 

 vases. He received a certificate of 

 merit for the variety America. Among 

 the other exhibits worthy of mention 

 were Clerodendron fallax. from Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner, seedling dahlias, from 

 Mrs. L. M. Towle, dahlias from W. C. 

 Winter, and herbaceous border plants 

 from Harvard Botanic Garden. As 

 usual at this season the showing of 

 fruit and vegetables was excellent. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



There was a well-attended meeting 

 of the American Rose Society at the 

 Ebbitt House, on August 17, afternoon. 

 A number of special prizes were con- 

 tributed for next year's exhibition. 

 The meeting resolved itself into one 

 for the consideration of the plan for 

 a mammoth exhibition under the aus- 

 pices of the Society of American 

 Florists, to be held at Boston, pre- 

 sumably at the same time as that of 

 the American Rose Society, and a list 

 of subscribers to a guarantee fund 

 was started which, at the S. A. F. ses- 

 sion in the evening, was augmented 

 by a number of others, making a total 

 of $2,300 towards the proposed $10,000 

 guarantee fund. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 Department of Plant Registration. 

 The Conard & Jones Company, West 

 Grove, Pa., submit for registration 

 Canna Uncle Sam: Orchid-flowering 

 section; color bright red; foliage un- 

 usually large; height 6 to 7 feet; flow- 

 ers stand more cold than the ordinary 

 canna. WM. J. STEWART, 



Secretary. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



At a recent meeting of the club the 

 following officers were elected to serve 

 for the ensuing year: President, Wil- 

 liam Murphy; vice-president, Ben. 

 George; secretary, C. J. Ohmer; 

 treasurer, D. Rusconi. 



NOTES. 



The Lenox (Mass.) Horticultural 

 Society held a midsummer flower 

 show at the town hall on August 15, 

 at which cut flowers and table decora- 

 tions were the prime features. The 

 attendance was gratifyingly large. 



The first annual summer exhibition 

 of the New London County Horticul- 

 tural Society was held at New Lon- 

 don, Conn., on August 10, and was 

 very successful. The judges were 

 Thos. Knight of Rujherford, N. J., 

 F. E. Conine of Stratfo'rd and Herman 

 Lips of New Bedford. 



We hope our readers will, as far as 

 possible, buy everything they need 

 from Horticulture's Advertisers. 



