i-etnlier 25, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 



CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The November meeting of this club 

 was an excellent one, fully seventy- 

 five members being present and 

 twelve new names being added to the 

 roll. The feature of the evening was 

 an instructive address by Prof. B. M. 

 Watson of the Bussey Institution on 

 the subject of Botany for Young 

 Gardeners, which was followed by the 

 usual debate with the advocates of 

 botanical education lined up against 

 the ultra-practical cohorts. 



Election of ofiBcers for the ensuing 

 year resulted as follows: President, 

 •lames Wheeler; vice-president, T. H. 

 Westwood; secretary. W. N. Craig: 

 treasurer, Ed. Hatch; executive com- 

 mittee, Peter Fisher. George M. An- 

 derson, M. A. Patten. D. Lumdsen. On 

 the exhibition tables were carnations 

 Pink Patten and Mikado, from Patten 

 & Co.. Bride and Bridesmaid roses 

 from Montrose Greenhouses, carna- 

 tion seedling No. 408 from Peter 

 Fisher, Lawson sports from H. A. 

 Stevens & Co., seedlings from Backer 

 & Co.. Nephrolepis Whitmanii from 

 H. H. Barrows & Son. Pancratium ele 

 gans from James Wheeler, rose Wel- 

 lesley from Alex. Montgomery, and 

 superb mignonette from Wm. Nichol- 



It was announced that the meeting 

 in December would be ladies' night, 

 at which time J. K. M. L. Farquhar 

 would present a stereopticon lecture. 

 The sum of $25 as a special prize was 

 appropriated for the coming exhibition 

 of the American Carnation Society, 

 and a like amount for that of the 

 American Rose Society, and Messrs. 

 Fisher, Montgomery and Pettigrew 

 were appointed a committee on enter- 

 tainment for these two events. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ONTARIO HORTICULTURAL EX- 

 HIBITION. 



The above show, which closed on 

 November 18, was in both quality and 

 quantity the best ever held in Can- 

 ada. In the competition for the $100 

 Dallas cup offered by the Timothy 

 Eaton Co., there were nine entries of 

 25 T. Eaton chrysanthemums of im- 

 mense size, most of the blooms meas- 

 uring 19 and 20 inches over. The Hal- 

 lam cup was won by the Exhibition 

 Park of Toronto tor best group, and 

 the other by T. McHugh of the Forest 

 & Stream Club of Montreal. There 

 was a splendid display of orchids, cat- 

 tleyas, oncidiums, cypripediums, den- 

 drobium phalaenopsis and begonia 

 Gloire de Lorraine. 



On Friday. November 17, forty-eight 

 employes of the Dale estate, Bramp- 

 ton, visited the show as guests of the 

 association. A special car was char- 

 tered for the occasion, the reception 

 committee met them at the depot, and 

 then headed by Mr. E. Dale and Mr. 

 W. Algie all marched to Massey Hall. 

 All wore pink badges bearing the 

 words "Dale's People." After looking 

 the show over a cold luncheon was 

 served. The following have been 

 elected as officers of the Toronto 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Association 

 for 1906: President, W. Wilshire; 

 1st vice-president, E. Dale; 2nd vice- 

 president, A. Houle; secretary. E. F. 

 Collins; treasurer, George Mills. 



The three days annual exhibition of 

 this society Nov. 7. 8. 9. was the fifth in 

 its history, and the increasing attend- 

 ance on each day was conclusive proof 

 that the display was a fine one. The 

 two challenge cups were won by Wal- 

 ter Angus. F. S. Piatt Co. secured the 

 award for group arranged for effect 

 in 100 square feet: Cottage Gardens Co., 

 Queens. N. Y., were first in the carna- 



tion classes: Ernest Carrol. H. Cliff, J- 

 P. Sorenson and John Murray were alsoi 

 among the prize winners. 



A certificate of merit was awarded toi 

 Jolin H. Murray of Yale Botanical Gar- 

 dens for a new pink seedling chrysan- 

 themum; to David Kydd for a fine yel- 

 low sport of Edgar Sanders; to Oscar 

 Carlson and James E. Beach for seed- 

 ling carnations. Mr. Zuger of Hartford 

 gave excellent satisfaction as a judge. 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS- 

 CLUB OF RHODE ISLAND. 



At the meeting of this club on Nov. 

 9. resolutions were adopted urging the 

 members of Congi-ess from that State 

 to use their effortsi to secure the pas- 

 sa.ge of the "Adams Bill" for increased 

 appropriations for agricultural experi- 

 ment stations; also to have basic slag 

 meal, a phosphatlc fertilizer which 

 is now classified as an iron ore 

 and therefore subjected to duty, 

 placed upon the free list. They 

 also resolved to petition the General 

 Assembly to make an appropriation at 

 the .January session sufficient to sup- 

 press, if not exterminate the gypsy 

 moth within the limits of the State. 



Officers for 1906 were chosen as fol- 

 lows; President. J. F. Schillinger; 

 vice-president, Alexander Macrae; 

 treasurer, Alexander Rennie; secre- 

 tary, William K. Ghappell. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A regular meeting of the Society was 

 held Wednesday evening. President 

 Sullivan in the chair. Resolutions were 

 passed for the support of the "Adams 

 Bill" in Congress, for the increase of 

 the national appropriation for the 

 maintenance and extension of agricul- 

 tural experiment stations; and of 

 placing basic slag meal on the free list. 



The annual meeting of this society 

 will be held Dec. 6, when officjers for 

 the ensuing year will be elected. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The annual chrysanthemum show- 

 closed on Sunday, Nov. 12. A general 

 description appeared in our columns 

 that week, but the list of awards was 

 not given out at time of going to press. 



Silver medals were awarded to R. & 

 .T. Farquhar & Co. for display of or- 

 namental evergreens; to R. Vincent, 

 .Jr., & Son for hardy chrysanthemums. 

 J. S. Bailey won a number of first 

 prizes on chrysanthemums in pots. 

 .Arthur F. Whitin, Thomas Howden, 

 gardener, was first with Yellow Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones in the Gane special prize 

 for cut blooms, as well as in several 

 other clasres, E. D, Jordan first in the 

 Josiah Bradlee prize for 25 blooms of 

 25 distinct varieties; Thomas Doliber 

 first with fi vases of 10 blooms each, 6 

 varieties. Edward Whitin, Peter Robb, 

 gardener, D. F. Roy, T. W. Head, James 

 .Micol and G. F. Fabyan won other 

 l)rizes for chrj'sanithemums. 



In carnations, William Nicholson 

 was first in crimson, light pink and 

 white classes: Cottage Gardens first 

 in scarlet with Robert Craig; Backer 

 & Co. first with yellow variegated; and 

 S. J. Goddard with white variegated. 



At the annual meeting November 18, 

 $6700 was appropriated for prizes and 

 gratuities for 1906. These officers were 

 elected: President, Arthur F. Esta- 

 brook; vice-president (for two years), 

 Walter Hunnewell; treasurer, Charles 

 R. Richardson; secretary, William P. 

 Rich: dele.gate to the State Board of 

 Agriculture, William H. Spooner. 



