December 9, 1905 



M ORT 1 CU LTU RE. 



VICTORY 



THE BEST SCARLET CARNATION-Being remarkably prolific 



certificate for a new fern, a seedling 

 from Piersoni. The variety is a ver,\ 

 promising one, being narrower in 

 frond and more erect in habit than tin 

 parent. 



The secretary announced the dona- 

 tion of two cups to be competed for 

 at the next fall show, one by Mrs. Geo. 

 Lewis for the best two bush chrysan- 

 themum plants, and one by P. R. 

 Pierson Co. for twelve best blooms of 

 chrysanthemum Glenview. 



WM. SCOTT, Cor. Secy. 



EMPLOYEES OF F. SANDER & SONS. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The florists' bowling club of Louis- 

 ville will hold a meeting on Tuesday 

 evening, December 12, 



The forty-eighth annual meeting of 

 the Missouri State Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held at the Coates House. 

 Kansas City, Mo., December 28, 29, 30. 

 The silver cup for best novelty 

 plant at the Los Angeles, Cal., e.\- 

 hibition which closed November 4, 

 was won by Edward Kirby, gardener 

 to Lawrence Hurlburt, with Nicotiana 

 Sanderae. 



At the annual meeting o£ the New 

 London County Horticultural Society 

 on December 1 the following officers 

 were elected: President. Thomas W. 

 Head; vice-president, Rev. Neilson P. 

 Gary; secretary. J. Lindsley; financial 

 secretarv, P. Wilson; treasurer, John 

 P. Slive. 



At the annual meeting of the trus- 

 tees of the National Association of 

 Gardeners in New York City on 

 November IS the following officers 

 were elected: President, .lohn M. 

 Hunter; vice-presidents, James Hollo- 

 way, John Shore, Wm. Doogue; treas- 

 urer, John Whalley; secretary, W. E. 

 Maynard. 



At the Shreveport, La., flower show 

 the four silver loving cups for cut 

 flowers were won as follows: For sin- 

 gle specimen rose, Mrs. J. J. Green; 

 collection of roses, S. M. Watson; col- 

 lection chrysanthemums. Dr. R. H 

 Gulledge, Gilliam; chrysanthemums, 

 professionals only, Tipton & Hurst, 

 Little Rock, Ark. 



The St. Louis Flower Show commit- 

 tee held its final meeting at the Mis- 

 souri Athletic Club and finished up 

 their work. After paying all bills and 

 prizes the treasurer still had a balance 

 on hand which will be divided at the 

 next club meeting among the guaran- 

 tors. 



All club members will be notified 

 to be present at this meeting to sign 

 the constitution as charter member.s 

 of the corporation of the club. The 

 meeting will be held on Thursday. 

 December 14th at 2 P. M., at Strass- 



Sitting, from left to right: Richard Hinde. foreman orchid houses, 

 Bruges; Alfred Dimmock, travelling salesman in America; Joseph Godseff, 

 director, St. Albans; Fred K. Sander, Fearnley C. Sander, Louis L. Sander; 

 Adrien Lefebvre, travelling salesman in France; Siske De Meyer, oldest em- 

 ployee at Bruges. 



Standing, from left to right: Hy polite Colpaert, foreman packing de- 

 partment; Auguste Van Halme, foreman palm culture; W. Gott, grower of 

 seedling orchids, St. Albans: James MacNab, travelling salesman in Eng- 

 land; Ture Mellstrom, travelling salesman in Sweden; Arthur Gilbert, man- 

 ager at Bruges; Joseph Tropp, travelling salesman in Germany; James 

 Kropp. travelling salesman in Austria-Hungary; Piet Van den Berg, fore- 

 man propagating house, Bruges; Jules Van Kerrebrouck, foreman azalia 

 culture; Michael Somers, azalia boy, knows 100 varieties by looking at the 

 leaf only. 



berger's Hall, Grand and Shenandoah 

 Ave. 



The Norfolk Horticultural and Pomo- 

 logical Society was organized on No- 

 vember 8 with the following officers: 



Secretary, W. A. Edwards: Asst. Sec, 

 A. S. Seeley; Treas., W. Tait. Other 

 officers will be selected later. One of 

 the objects of the body will be the pro- 

 motion of chrysanthemum shows. 



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