HORTICULTURE 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 



CLUB OF BOSTON. 

 Ladies' Night, Dec. 19. was a gala 

 occasion for members and friends, who 

 turned out to the number of between 

 three and four hundred to listen to an 

 entertaining stereopticon lecture by J. 

 K. M. L. Farquhar. to enjoy music and 

 refreshments, and have a social, happy 

 family time. President Wheeler, who 

 has filled the chair with so much fidel- 

 ity during the past year, opened the 

 order of exercises with beaming coun- 

 tenance and graceful words of wel- 

 come. Excellent music by a mandolin 

 club of talented young ladies, and a 

 stirring bass solo by F. B. Cannell 

 followed, and then Secretary Craig pre- 

 sented his report, showing that the 

 membership of the club had increased 

 from 108 to 252 in the space of one 

 year. He advocated the admission 

 of ladies as members, as had been the 

 custom in the earlier days of the club's 

 history. 



Mr. Farquhar was then introduced, 

 and for the space of an hour gave his 

 audience a personally conducted tour 

 through Japan, throwing on the screen 

 a series of beautiful views illustrating 

 the scenery, vegetation, industries and 

 customs of the Flowery Kingdom. 



Further entertainment by the man- 

 dolin club, the G. and F. Club male 

 quartet and Mr. Cannell, filled out a 

 program of rare enjoyment, after 

 which ice cream and cake and coffee 

 were served with a reckless liberality 

 that would bankrupt any ordinary in- 

 stitution. 



On the exhibition table were F. R. 

 Pierson Company's three sterling car- 

 nation novelties, Winsor, White En- 

 chantress and Helen Miller Gould, 

 staged by Mr. Fotheringham. W. N. 

 Craig showed eleven varieties of La?lia 

 anceps, also L. autumnalis, L. Goldi- 

 ana and L. autumnalis X anceps. 

 President Wheeler showed vases of the 

 old favorite rose Wootton, whose fra- 

 grance has never yet been excelled in 

 a forcing rose. Most of these flowers 

 eventually came into the possession of 

 the young ladies of the mandolin club, 

 as a matter of course. 



AN OUTING. 



On Saturday, the 16th inst., members 

 of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston, enjoyed a field day at Framing- 

 ham and South Framinghani, visiting 

 the greenhouses of J. T. Butterworth, 

 which they found all abloom with 

 orchids, and the carnation houses of 

 S. J. Goddard and William Nicholson, 

 where the Divine flower was found in 

 unexcelled profusion and quality. 

 About sixty members were in the 

 party. Helen Goddard was the centre 

 of attraction, and secured much favor- 

 able comment. All the popular va- 

 rieties and novelties were seen at their 

 best, Fred Burki and Cardinal especial- 

 ly. Fiancee has been throwing a good 

 crop, but is now splitting badly. At 

 Mr. Nicholson's a nice lunch was 

 served. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The program of the annual course 

 of lectures of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society is announced. The 

 lectures will be given on Saturday 

 mornings, beginning at eleven o'clock, 

 and are free to all. After each lecture 

 opportunity will be offered for a full 

 discussion of the subject. The list is 

 as follows: 



January 13— The Possibilities from 

 Insect Parasites, with stereopticon il- 

 lustrations, by Dr. L. O. Howard, 

 Washington. 



January 20 — Garden Accessories, 

 with stereopticon ilustrations, by Lor- 

 ing Underwood, Boston. 



January 27— The Best New England 

 Fruits, General Discussion, opened by 

 E. W. Wood, West Newton. 



February 3 — Abandoned Farms and 

 Their Capabilities, by Prof. W. M. 

 Munson, Orono, Me. 



February 10— Vegetable Growing. 

 General Discussion, opened by Hon. 

 Warren W. Rawson, Arlington. 



February 17— Hardy Flowers, Gener- 

 al Discussion, opened by E. O. Orpet, 

 So. Lancaster. 



February 24— Vegetable Breeding, by 

 Harry F. Hall, Durham, N. H. 



March 3— Tender Flowers. General 

 Discussion, opened by William N. 

 Craig, No. Easton. 



March 10— Small Fruits, General 

 Discussion, opened by Wilfrid Wheel- 

 er, Concord. 



Lecture on Economic Mycology. 

 (Lecturer and date to be announced.) 

 WM. P. RICH, Sec. 

 Dec. 19, 1905. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The regular mid-winter session of 

 the executive board of this body was 

 held at Boston on December 14. The 

 members of the committee present 

 were President Wirth, Secretary Dun- 

 can and Messrs. Zartmann and Worth- 

 en. There were also in attendance the 

 following members of the Association; 

 Messrs. Pettigrew, Fitts, Parker, 

 Amrhyn. Keith, Dawson, Shea and 

 Stewart. The main business was the 

 selection of a place for the next con- 

 vention. Washington, D. C, Harris- 

 burg, Pa., and Toronto, Out., were all 

 in nomination and supported by their 

 advocates and Washington won out as 

 is her custom when she goes into a 

 contest. The convention will be held 

 June 12, 13 and 14. 1906, and President 

 Wirth, Secretary Duncan with Dr. 

 Frank Baker of Washington are the 

 ccnimittee to arrange therefor. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 A meeting of this society was held 

 on Dec. 18, at which there was a large 

 attendance. Four new members were 

 admitted. It was proposed to hold a 

 flower show some time during the com- 

 ing summer, and the matter was placed 

 in the hands of a committee. A. J. 

 Guttman of New York, was a visitor, 

 and exhibited a vase of carnation 

 "Victory," which was awarded a cer- 

 tificate of merit. 



MORRIS CO. (N. J.) GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



Our regular monthly meeting was 

 held on the 13th inst. and the follow- 

 ing ofiit^rs elected for the coming year: 

 President, J. Heeremans; vice-presi- 

 dent, R. M. Schultz; secretary, E. 

 Reagan; treasurer, Wm. Charlton; 

 executive committee, C. H. Totty, R. 

 McMullen, R. Vince, A. Herrington, H. 

 L. Hand, Wm. Muhlmichel, Alex. 

 Brown, A. Mc Kendry, Wm. Duckham, 

 A. H. Seeker, J. R. Halliday, J. R. 

 Mitchell. The newly elected officers 

 made neat speeches of acceptance. A 

 letter from Wm. Duckham. who is in 

 Europe, was read to the society. He 

 gave us his impression of the Glasgow 

 Flower Show and its chrysanthemums 

 in particular. We are expecting an 

 interesting paper on his travels when 

 he returns. 



Our tenth annual smoker will be 

 held in our club rooms, Madison, on 

 Jaunary 10, at 8 P. M. Committee in 

 charge, A. Herrington, C. H. Totty, E. 

 Reagan. Like our flower show, we 

 take great pride in our social affairs, 

 and the aim of the committee will be 

 to have this one, if possible, better 

 than ever before. 



E. REAGAN. 



STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF MARYLAND. 



The annual meeting was held at 

 Baltimore on December 6 and 7. Gov- 

 ernor Warfield and President Remsen 

 of the Johns Hopkins University 

 opened the meeting, and Hon. James 

 S. Harris responded. The address of 

 C. L. Seybold on ornamentals and 

 their uses in beautifying suburban 

 heme grounds and plain home gardens 

 was exceedingly interesting. Among 

 the exhibits of cut flowers that of H. 

 Weber & Sons Co., of Oakland, was 

 noted as especially fine. 



The following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year: President, E. P. 

 Cahill. Hancock; vice-president, O. 

 Harrison, Berlin; vice-presidents from 

 twenty-three counties; secretary- 

 treasurer. Dr. T. B. Symons, State 

 Entomologist, College Park. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club held 

 their meeting Thursday, December 14, 

 with an attendance of 20 members. 

 The flower show committee read their 

 report, and the revising committee of 

 the constitution and by-laws made 

 their report after which all the mem- 

 bers present signed the constitution as 

 charter members of the incorporation 

 of the club. The trustees handed in a 

 list of names of members to lead dis- 

 cussions on various subjects for each 

 meeting of the coming year. 



BANQUET FOR CARNATION SO- 

 CIETY. 



The Boston committee on entertain- 

 ment of the American Carnation 

 Society announces that a banquet will 

 be given the members of that society 

 on the evening of January 25, at the 

 Copley Square Hotel, by the horticul- 

 tural interests of Boston under the 

 auspices of the Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club of 



