horticulture: 



December 16, 190r> 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting of this club on Monday 

 evening, Dee. 11, was one of the largest 

 in its history. The election of otHcers 

 for ia06 was the special business of 

 the evening, and rival candidates had 

 their friends on hand in full force. 

 Before proceeding to ballot, Messrs. C. 

 H. Totty, S. S. Butterfield and L. B. 

 Craw, candidates for president, secre- 

 tary and treasurer, respectively, with- 

 drew their names from nomination. 

 The result of the voting, as announced 

 by the tellers was as follows: Presi- 

 dent, John Scott; vice-president, J. H. 

 Pepper; secretary, John Young; treas- 

 urer, C. B. Weathered; trustees, John 

 Birnie, C. H. Totty and Julius Roehrs, 

 Jr. All these elections were after- 

 wards made unanimous. Each of the 

 gentlemen was called to the platform, 

 where they severally extended their 

 thanks for the honor conferred, and 

 promised to work faithfully together 

 for the benefit of the cause during the 

 coming year. The election of a suc- 

 cessor to fill out Mr. Scott's unexpired 

 term on the board of trustees was 

 made an order of business for the next 

 meeting. 



On behalf of the committee appoint- 

 ed to draw up suitable condolences on 

 the death of William Ghormley, J. 

 Austin Shaw presented a set of resolu- 

 tions setting forth the great loss sus- 

 tained by the club, and extending sym- 

 pathy to the bereaved family. A com- 

 mittee consisting of Messrs. Wallace, 

 O'Mara and Stewart, was appointed 

 lor a similar duty in connection with 

 the death of Mrs. C. H. Allen. Mr. 

 O'Mara spoke a few words of eulogy 

 on the late John Morris, formerly an 

 active and influential member of this 

 club. 



On the exhibition tables were some 

 very interesting displays, including the 

 following: H. Maenner, well-grown 

 cyclamens; Lager & Hurrell, or- 

 chids, among which were a very dark- 

 flowered LEclia elegans and a spike of 

 bloom of Calanthe vestita McWil- 

 liam's variety; F. Boulon, a light pink 

 sport of Lawson carnation; Cottage 

 Gardens, carnations Alma Ward, white, 

 Robert Craig, scarlet, and a pink seed- 

 ling, No. 569; E. L. Enggren, seedling 

 carnation; P. R. Pierson, a sport from 

 Enchantress, which has been named 

 Helen Miller Gould, and a white En- 

 chantress sport. Cultural certificates 

 were awarded to Herman Maenner and 

 Lager & Hurrell. 



W. J. Stewart being called upon to 

 give some views on the Western ex- 

 hibitions he had attended, ad Iressed 

 the meeting briefiy, referring particu- 

 larly to the clever manner in which 

 the Coliseum had been handled by the 

 Chicago florists and the way in which 

 the difficult problem of interesting the 

 retail florist element had been solved. 

 He spoke appreciatively of the at- 

 tractiveness of Kansas City, the hospi- 

 tality of her florists, the adaptability 

 of her Convention Hall and the superb 

 support given by the public there to' 

 the flower show. 



Alex. Guttman followed with some 

 very interesting and instructive ob- 

 servations on the same exhibitions. 

 He noted particularly the way in which 

 everybody worked for the success of 

 the shows, no local rivalries being 

 permitted to interfere with the har- 

 mony and co-operation in every de- 

 partment. He presented letters from 

 several Western parties, giving their 

 views as to how their success had been 

 made possible, and how it might be 

 duplicated in Madison Square Garden. 

 Harmony and hard work were the 

 basis of the argument in every in- 

 stance. 



It was decided that this interesting 

 topic be made the order of business 

 for the January meeting. 



NASSAU COUNTY (N. Y.) HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This society held its December 

 meeting at the Glen Cove Greenhouse 

 cr the Gth iust. The attendance was 

 large, with President Harrison occu- 

 pying the chair. The membership roll 

 continues to enlarge, three being elect- 

 ed at this meeting. 



Jas. Scoit and W. Ross, of the F. R. 

 Pierson Company, Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 exhibited a pan of the N. Piersonii 

 var. elegantissima fern, and a vase 

 each of two sports of Enchantress car- 

 nation. One was their pure white 

 sport, and the other a variegated one, 

 which has been named Miss Helen M. 

 Gould. The Pierson representatives 

 had a busy time replying to questions 

 anent them. This firm has kindly 

 donated ?10 as a prize to be competed 

 tor at the next fall exhibition for an 

 exhibit of Glenviow chrysanthemum. 



With this meeting the society closes 

 its first year. The election of office- 

 bearers took place. All the old ones 

 were re-elected: T. Harrison, presi- 

 dent; Jas. HoUoway, vice-president; 

 Alex Mackenzie, secretary; Ernest 

 Brown, treasurer; John F. Johnston, 

 corresponding secretary. 



JOHN F. JOHNSTON. 



MONTREAL GARDENERS' AND 

 FLORISTS' CLUB. 



• The monthly meeting of the Mon- 

 treal Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 was held on Monday last. The chief 

 topic of interest was the $100 cup won 

 by Tom McHugh of the Forest and 

 Stream, for the largest chrysanthe- 

 mums at the Toronto show. Tom was 

 present — so was the cup. and was much 

 admired. Montreal feels proud of both 

 Tom and the cup. It seems strange 

 that Montreal had no show, when we 

 have the best growers among us. We 

 were quite elated at learning that our 

 late member, W. Wilshire, who went 

 to Toronto, has been elected president 

 of the Toronto Club. The report for 

 the past year was very satisfactory, 

 and the question of a spring exhibi- 

 tion was then taken up. but no action 

 was taken. The new officers were 

 elected for the ensuing year, with A. 

 Gibb as president; A. H. Walker, first 

 vice-president; J. Pedduck, second vice- 

 president; L. H. Horobin, secretary- 

 treasurer; H. J. Eddy, assistant sec- 

 retary. Committee: J. E. Eddy, W. G. 

 Pascoe, C. Craig, A. C. Wilshire, E. 

 Hayward, J. Walsh and J. Bennett. 



The annual meeting of this society 

 was Jield Wednesday evening last. 

 President James J. Sullivan in the 

 chair. 



Thi meeting was brimful of interest 

 from start to finish. A new president 

 was elected; neither of the secretaries, 

 the treasurer or the sergeant-at-arms 

 were changed. The records thowed an 

 increased interest on the part of com- 

 mercial and private growers from 

 other parts. The financial condition 

 vif the society is satisfactory; upwards 

 of $1,500 was given in prize money dur- 

 ing the year, besides medals and cer- 

 tificates. Taken all in all. President 

 James J. Sullivan may give up office 

 with the conviction that in his occu- 

 pation of the same the society suffered 

 not thereby, but benefited and ad- 

 vanced considerably. 



Following is the list of officers for 

 190G: President, Alexander MacLel- 

 lan: 1st vice-president, Bruce Butter- 

 ten; 2nd vice-president, Samuel 

 Speers; treasurer, A. K. McMahon; 

 financial secretary, Joseph Gibson; re- 

 cording secretary, David Mcintosh; 

 sergeant-at-arms, W. P. Sm.ith; audi- 

 tors, Richard Gardner, Andrew S. 

 Meikle, Charles D. Stark; executive 

 committee. James McLeish, Richard 

 Gardner, James J. Sullivan, Andrew 

 Christensen, James Robertson, Andrew 

 S. Meikle, James Boyd, John Mahan. 

 Robert Patterson. 



The aunual ball of the society was 

 held Tuesday evening, December 5, in 

 Masonic hall. Under the skilful guid- 

 ance of John T. Allan, who acted as 

 floor manager, a good time was en- 

 joyed by every one in attendance. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the monthly meeting of this so- 

 ciety held on Monday evening, Nov. 11, 

 E. W. Hervey, botanist and author, 

 gave an interesting talk upon the col- 

 oring of the leaves in the fall of the 

 year. After alluding to the different 

 opiniors to be found in books, as to 

 the cE.use of this change, the speaker 

 invited his hearers to accompany him 

 in a study of the trees themselves. 



Mr. Hervey. after many years of ob- 

 servation, arrived at the conclusion 

 that the moisture upon the leaves be- 

 comes congealed by the cold in the 

 atmosphere at a time when the vigor 

 of the trees is impaired by the heat 

 and drought of summer when they are 

 unable to withstand the attack, thus 

 checking the active work of chemical 

 agencies and causing a change in the 

 color of the leaves — a change which is 

 sometimes brought about by starva- 

 tion or other unfavorable treatment. 

 It is quite possible, the speaker said, 

 for there to be sufficient frost to chill 

 the leaves of the trees when the ther- 

 mometer, in a less elevated position, 

 registered several degrees above freez- 

 ing. He also found the trees which 

 grow in a sheltered, moist situation 

 retain their green color longer than 

 those which grow in a more unfavor- 

 able position. 



Emanuel Sullavon presented the so- 

 ciety with a cup, to be offered as a 

 prize for 2S best cactus dahlias at the 

 next exhibition. THOMAS WHITE. 



