December 16, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS- 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The nieeliiig of tho (iardeners' ami 

 Florists' Club of Boston on Tuesday 

 pvenins, l)e< ember lit, bids fair to be 

 the largest on record, as it is to be 

 •■Ladies' Night" and Mr. J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar is to deliver a stereoptioon 

 lecture on .lapan. There will be mu- 

 sic and refreshments in abundance. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The executive <'ommittee of the 

 American Association of Park Superin- 

 tendents held its regular annual meet- 

 ing at Boston, on Thursday, 14 inst. 



The Boston Market Gardeners' As- 

 sociation held its nineteenth annual 

 banquet at the United States Hotel. 

 Boston, on Thursday evening, Dec. 14. 

 1905. President W. W. Rawson fille.l 

 the chair, as usual, with grace, dignity 

 and amiable abandon. 



At the last regular monthly meeting 

 the Kentucky Society of Florists held 

 the annual election of officers, which 

 resulted as follows: President, Anders 

 Rasmussen; vice-president, August R. 

 Bauroer; secretary, Fred L. Schulz; 

 financial secretary, Louis Kirch; treas- 

 urer, C. H. Kunzman; sergeant-at- 

 arms, Joseph Wettle: trustee for three 

 years, Werner Susemichel. 



SAN FRANCISCO NOTES. 



This first week of December has 

 been a week of funerals, and the over- 

 wrought florists say they never saw 

 anything like it. At one notable 

 funeral a carpet of greens and white 

 roses was laid from the gate of the 

 cemetery to the tomb, fully the dis- 

 tance of two city blocks. Sievers and 

 Boland, Podesta and Baldocchi and 

 Frank Pelicano & Co. have had the 

 lion's share of this work. 



Mrs. J. R Martin, general director 

 of the great fall flower exhibition 

 given a couple of weeks ago, has writ- 

 ten briefly for the trade press that 

 though the financial outcome was a 

 trifle short, the show was not a dis- 

 appointment. It was a beautiful show 

 and we do not regard it as a failure 

 but as a success. 



The Pacific Coast Women's Press 

 Association have commenced a cam- 

 paign to overwhelm the next Califor- 

 nia Legislature with vox pOpuli, to re- 

 christen the State flower, the lovely 

 golden poppy. The Castilian name. 

 "La Copa de Oro," the cup of gold, is 

 the name they want, not eschscholtzia. 



Menlo Park Horticultural Society 

 has elected the following officers for 

 1906: President, Sidney Clack; vice- 

 president, Andrew McDonald; secre- 

 tary, James T. Lynch; treasurer, 

 George Nunn; trustee for three years, 

 M. W. Carter; exhibition committee 

 for the year, F. G. Hutchinson, J. P. 

 Patterson, George Angus, Kenneth 

 Murray and M. W. Carter. 



SEED TRADE. 



J. M. Thorburn & Co. have secured 

 the entire building at 33 Barclay 

 street, running through the block to 

 3S Park place. New York City, for 

 their seed business. Extensive im- 

 provements will be made in the prop- 

 erty, which will be ready for occu- 

 pancy about May 1. The location is 

 the best in the city. 



JOHN SCOTT. 



.John Scott, the president-elect of the 

 New York Florists' Club, is a native 

 of Newlandrig, Dalkeith, Scotland. He 

 served his apprenticeship at the Mar- 

 quis of Lothian's. New Battle Abbey. 

 under William Priest. He next went 

 to the nursery of Ireland & Thompson- 

 at Edinboro, from whence he went to 

 work again under Mr. Priest at the 

 Earl of Englinton's place. Taymouth 

 Castle and Rosemont House were his 

 next assignments. Then, in 1889 he 

 came to America and was first em- 

 ployed under David Irving at Hoosick 

 Falls, N. Y.: then under James Boyd, 

 at Levi P. Morton's place in Rhine- 

 licck. and later under Thomas Emer- 

 son, at the Dinsmore Estate in Staats- 

 burg. He finally took a position in 

 charge of the F. Scholes Greenhouses 

 in Brooklyn, which, within three 

 months became a commercial estab- 

 lishment, in which Mr. Scott had a 

 joint interest. Six years ago he built 



in Flatliush, and this year has doubled 

 the glass capacity, moving the original 

 Brooklyn greenhouses and business to 

 the Flaibush location. 



We have given at length Mr. Scott's 

 varied and valuable experience under 

 so many expert gardeners, because it 

 throws a light on the remarkable suc- 

 cess he has met with as a commercial 

 plant grower, and to call attention to 

 the kind of training from which our 

 best commercial plantsmen spring. 

 Mr. Scott's name is indelibly fixed in 

 the minds of florists everywhere. 

 through its association with the valu- 

 able nephrolepis sport which bears 

 his name. That he will make an able 

 and widely-respected president of the 

 influential New York Florists' Club is 

 a foregone conclusion. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Ncting the present popularity of 

 beech sprays, it is interesting to record 

 tho claim of S. S. Pennock of Phila- 

 delphia as having been the first to in- 

 troiluce and popularize this item. 



The standing of the teams in the 

 Florists' Club bowling tournament up 

 to the l.'ith inst. was as follows: 

 Dunham. 6; Westcott, ?,; Eimerman, 3; 

 Moore, 2; and Connor, 1. A turkey 

 handicap individual tournament takes 

 place on the 18th, 19th. 20th and 21st. 

 All members are eligible to enter. 



Rustic crates are the latest for holly 

 sprays at the H. F. Michell establish- 

 ment. The cases are the usual size, 

 4x;^x2, but with two-inch open spaces 

 between the boards, showing the qual- 

 ity of the green and berries without 

 breaking open the cases. Besides, the 

 rustic boards can be used later for cov- 

 ering window boxes and so forth. It 

 seems an ideal proposition; lighter al- 

 so for freighting. 



Jas. Walker, Youngstown, Ohio, was 

 in Philadelphia recently, purchasing 

 plants, flowers and greens for the 

 Christmas trade. We understand the 

 partnership difficulties of this firm, 

 which have already been publicly 

 noted, are amicably arranged, Mr. 

 Walker being now manager of both 

 the retail shop and the greenhouse 

 plant at Youngstown. Mr. McLean is 

 out of it and at present connected with 

 another concern. It is reported that a 

 very profitable business has been done 

 the past few years. 



The Thorn Hedge Greenhouses, 

 located at Newtown Square, and 

 owned by H. H. Battles, have 

 been distinguished for several sea- 

 sons for the fine quality of their 

 poinsettia crop. This year's cut is 

 panning out as good as ever, and 

 from now until New Year's will be a 

 big factor in the holiday cut flower 

 market. Mr. Samuel S. Pennock at- 

 tends to the distribution of this crop 

 and feels proud of its fine quality. 

 The Thorn Hedge people are also 

 making a reputation for themselves on 

 Karleyense. 



The many friends of David Bearne. 

 who was a prominent figure in Phila- 

 delphia florist circles for over 30 years, 

 and who went to Scotland for his health 

 a year and a half ago, will regret to 

 hear that the change has done him no 

 good, the nervous affection continuing 

 as bad as ever, although his health 

 otherwise is fair, and he still continues 

 to take an active interest in trade 

 happenings on this side of the water. 

 Things are a bit quiet in Thrums, so 

 if any old acquaintance feels like drop- 

 ping him a line occasionally, with the 

 news of the day, it will be appreciated. 

 Address. 21 Newton Bank, Kirriemuir. 

 Scotland. 



Gen. W. J. Palmer and Dr. W. A. 

 Ball have presented to Colorado Col- 

 lege an estate valued at $15,000, situ- 

 ated 21) miles west of Colorado Springs. 

 The purpose of the gift is to establish 

 a school of forestry for the college. 



BUILDING IN MONTREAL. 



Harris & Hopton have bought a 

 property in the West End, and intend 

 removing and building in the spring. 

 During a recent visit to St. Anne's, I 

 found both Messrs. Burrows & Wil- 

 liams building fine new houses, with 

 all the very latest improvements. Nor- 

 ton & Jones built a fine new house at 

 Lachine, and are sending in some fine 

 tomatoes — Crimson Cushion they like 

 the best. A. Gilmore, Montreal West, 

 also built this fall. 



