January 7, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



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and can tell many anecdotes of his ex- 

 perience along these lines; later he 

 traveU'd for Clucas & Boddington Co., 

 then again with Arthur T. Boddington, 

 where he has been located for the past 

 six years. 



Mr. Bunyard is a life member of the 

 S. A. F., attending in Buffalo in 1SS9, 

 and practically every convention since 

 that time. He is vice-president of the 

 New York Florists' Club, and secre- 

 tary of the National Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety of America, which he organized 

 in 1909, and is an active member in 

 many other horticultural and floricul- 

 tural societies. 



Mr. Bunyard believes that a man's 

 business should be his hobby and 

 should endeavor to educate himself 

 along these lines. He is also a great 

 believer in advertising. Among the 

 other "chores" that he does at odd 

 times is the designing of the covers for 

 the Boddington catalogues. 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Department of Registration. 



As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the Geraniums, "Pan- 

 ama." "White Cloud," "Ruby," "Gen- 

 eral Wooster," "Barnaby Rudge" and 

 "Bright Eyes," by F. H. De Witt, 

 Wooster, Ohio, becomes complete. 

 H. B. DORNER, Secretary. 



December 29, 1910. 



CANADIAN EXPRESS RATES. 



Railway Commission Orders Them 

 Cut. 



Ottawa, Dec. 24. — The Canadian Rail- 

 way Commission has directed the ex- 

 press companies of the Dominion to 

 file lower tariff rates within three 

 months. The commission declares 

 that express rates are too high, and 

 that, as the express companies are 

 owned by the railway companies, there 

 is no occasion tor the existence of sep- 

 arate companies to handle the express 

 business. 



A rate reduction of at least 10 per 

 cent, in through express traffic is or- 

 dered, local rates to be correspond- 

 ingly cut. The existing form of ship- 

 ment contract is ordered abolished. 

 The commision holds in its judgment 

 filed to-day that the present form of 

 contract is unreasonable and designed 

 to enable the companies to escape re- 

 sponsibility for shipments lost or dam- 

 aged. 



The commission affirms that the ex- 

 press companies overpay the railways 

 for accommodations in stations and in- 

 timates that this is a convenient way 

 of disposing of profits which otherwise 

 might be so conspicuously large as to 

 be inconvenient. 



Describing methods of financing in 

 various express and railway compa- 

 nies, the commission points out that 

 the Dominion Express, owned by the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway, is capital- 

 ized and pays dividends on $2,0(10,000, 

 although the railway board could find 

 only $24, .500 cash which had ever been 

 put into capital. In seven years the 

 Dominion Express earned $21,473,686 

 and paid the Canadian Pacific Railway 

 113,409,249, or 63.9 per cent. During the 

 same time the Canadian Express Com- 

 pany, owned by the Grand Trunk Rail- 

 way, earned $13,362,206 and paid the 

 Grand Trunk $8,467,307, or 55.5 per 

 cent, on assets stated as $212,719. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Our last business meeting of the old 

 year was held on the 30th ultimo, at 

 the County building, with a small at- 

 tendance, due partly to the holiday 

 season. Although extremely cold 

 weather, two of our active floricultur- 

 ists risked exposing some valuable 

 flowers; and we were favored with an 

 exhibition of Cypripedlum insigne by 

 J. A. Weber, and primula and Lor- 

 raine begonia by Alex. Gumming, Jr. 

 President Huss appointed three judges, 

 H. L. Metcalfe, John Gerard and 

 Francis Roulier, who awarded a diplo- 

 ma to Mr. Weber, and a diploma and 

 a certificate of merit to Mr. Gum- 

 ming. The following named persons 

 joined at this meeting: W. F. Ruscoe 

 of New Britain. Robert Hunnick of 

 Rockville, and T. F. Keller of Hart- 

 ford. 



Much valuable information was im- 

 parted by the reading, at the presi- 

 dent's request, of three printed arti- 

 cles,— one by Charles Thos. Beasley, 

 of Norwich, on the culture of the Be- 

 gonia Gloire de Lorraine; one by Ed- 

 gar W. Ela, of Woburn, Mass., from 

 the "Dahlia News," on the wintering 

 of dahlia roots; and one by "Jayheft," 

 of Salem, Mass., from the same source, 

 on another way of wintering roots. 

 These papers led to a helpful discus- 

 sion, and it was suggested that the 

 next meeting of our society be spe- 

 cially devoted to making up a sched- 

 ule of addresses to be made and pa- 

 pers to be read at the coming new sea- 

 son's meetings. Secretary Smith 

 promised a paper on the subject of the 

 pear, and Mr. Weber one regarding 

 poinsettias. Other voluntary contribu- 

 tions of this kind are expected. 



We start the new year with a mem- 

 bership of 182, with constantly in- 

 creasing interest in our work, with a 

 harmonious membership, and with 

 great expectations that 1911 will bring 

 us the best and most profitable year 

 in our history. 



GEORGE W. SMITH, Secretary. 

 Melrose, Conn., Jan. 3, 1911. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



President Hendrickson has appoint- 

 ed the following committee to investi- 

 gate the diseases of the gladiolus, 

 each member to work in connection 

 with the experiment stations in the 

 different states: 



New York— Arthur Cowee. Berlin, N. Y. 



Ohio — M. Crawford, Cuyahoga Falls, O. 



Wiscousia — H. H. Bridge, Lake Mills, 

 Wis. 



Massachusetts— L. Merton Gage. Orange, 

 Mass. 



IzKliana — E. Y. Teas, Centerville, Ind. 



Mifhlgan — C. H. Keteham, South Haven, 

 MiPh. 



Connecticut— B. F. White, Terryville, 

 Coun. 



Iowa — G. D. Black, Independence. Iowa. 



New Jersey — I. Leonard, lona, N. J. 



California— Dr. W. Van Fleet, Chlco, 

 Cal. 



Illinois — H. B. Dorrer. Url)ana, 111. 



L. MERTON GAGE, See. 



The next meeting of the Rochester 

 (N. Y.) Florists' Association will he 

 held in its regular meeting room on 

 the evening of January 9, at which 

 time election of officers for the ensuing 

 year and other important matters, be- 

 sides light refre.shments, will be at- 

 tended to. Everybody come. 



PERPETUAL FLOWERING CARNA- 

 TION SOCIETY. 



At the exhibition of the Perpetual 

 Flowering Carnation Society in Lon- 

 don, December 13, the American Car- 

 nation Society offered a challenge cup 

 for three vases of a dozen blooms each 

 of novelties raised in America, the cup 

 to be held by the winner for one year. 

 W. E. Wallace, Eaton Bray, Bedford- 

 shire, was the winner with Dorothy 

 Gordon, May Day and Pink Delight; C. 

 Eugelmann took a second prize. 'The 

 Covent Garden Bowl Trophy and a sil- 

 ver gilt medal was offered as the first 

 prize for two varieties of market car- 

 nations, 60 flowers of each variety, 36 

 to be shown in two vases and 24 in two 

 boxes each, as packed for market. Mr. 

 Wallis was first with Pink Delight and 

 White Perfection; C. Engelmann sec- 

 ond, with Regina and Carola. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co.,- La Fayette, 

 Ind., U. S. A., offered special prizes 

 for 12 blooms of Scarlet Glow, and 

 first prize, was awarded to W. E. Wal- 

 lace; second and third went to G. 

 Lange and E. Engelmann. 



It was stated in the report read at 

 the annual meeting held in the evening 

 that "A practical working arrangement 

 has now been matured between the 

 honorable secretary of the Perpetual 

 Flowering Carnation Society and the 

 secretary of the American Carnation 

 Society, with a view to preventing the 

 duplication of names in either country, 

 and of affording mutual information of 

 interest to growers on both sides of the 

 Atlantic." 



THE FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILA- 

 DELPHIA. 



S. S. Skidelsky was the star attrac- 

 tion at the meeting of the club held 

 on the 3rd inst. Another attraction 

 was an excellent lunch for the mem- 

 bers in lieu of the usual New Year's 

 Day test. Mr. Skidelsky's subject was 

 "Are We Progressive," and he handled 

 this flexible proposition in his usual 

 able manner. We hope to find room 

 in our columns for this valuable con- 

 tribution to current thought . at an 

 early date. J. Otto Thilow, as chair- 

 man of the committee on essays and 

 publication, made interesting an- 

 nouncement of many able speakers for 

 the coming months. William H. Tap- 

 lin will appear in February on "Carna- 

 tions of Today" and A. H. Wohlert in 

 March on "Landscape Gardening." Z. 

 D, Blackistone is on the list for a 

 talk on "Special Sales for Retail 

 Florists." Xavier E. Schmitt of the 

 Park Department and Mrs. Smith, the 

 violet grower, are also to be heard 

 during the year — the dates to be an- 

 nounced later. Adolph Farenwald 

 enlivened the meeting by accusing 

 many of our large gi-owers of pro- 

 ducing calico when the public wanted 

 silk — thereby swamping the market. 

 To judge froin the tone of indigna- 

 tion on this state of affairs calico' 

 ought to be a penitentiary offence. 



The executive committee of the 

 National Sweet Pea Society of 

 America will hold its annual meeting 

 early this month at the Hotel Astor, 

 New York City. W. Atlee Burpee will 

 preside. 



