January 21, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



76 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the New 

 England Dahlia Society was held in 

 Library Hall of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society on Jan. 11th, 

 1911. The meeting was called to or- 

 der by President Henry W. Kendall. 

 The election of officers for the year 

 resulted as follows: President, J. K. 

 Alexander, East Bridgewater, Mass., 



J. Iv. ALK.XANUER 

 President-elect New England Dahlia Society 



vice-president, N. Allen Lindsey, Mar- 

 blehead, Mass.; secretary. Prof. G. W. 

 Bullard, Medford, Mass.; treasurer, 

 Loring M. Bates, N. Bridgewater; ex- 

 ecutive committee, H. L. Winters, ol 

 Medford, Mass.; W. C. Brady, of Wol- 

 laston, Mass.; A. L. Brown, Marble- 

 head, Mass.; Edward P. Dwyer, Lynn, 

 Mass., and Geo. P. Stillman, Westerly, 

 R. I. The meeting was one of the 

 largest in the history of the Society 

 and many interesting subjects were 

 discussed. The amendments which 

 were presented at the previous annual 

 meeting were acted upon and voted to 

 be placed on file with the e.xception 

 of article IX., which was accepted as 

 follows: 



The Sopiety shall publish once a month 

 a paper <-nlle(l the "Dahlia News" for the 

 dissemmation of information on the dahlia, 

 which paper shall be for sale by the so 

 ciety at one dollar per annnm. 



The following amendment to be add- 

 ed to the by-laws was presented to be 

 voted upon at the next meeting: 



If after due hearing a majority of the 

 executive committee shall be of the opin- 

 ion that any member has acted in a man- 

 ner detrimental to the interests of the 

 society, such committee may recommend 

 to the soclet.y expulsion of such member. 

 The society may lesally expell such mem- 

 ber at any meeting legally held. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



On Tuesday evening, January 17, 

 Horticultural Hall was filled to over- 

 flowing with a merry throng, the occa- 

 sion being Ladies' Night and installa- 

 tion of officers. Formal proceedings 

 were brief. Officers' reports showed 

 ■a prosperous ani harmonious condi- 

 tion, the membership with the addi- 

 tion of ten new applicants numbering 

 422, and the balance in treasury 



amounting to $1,600, a gain of $214 for 

 the year. The average attendance at 

 the meetings during the past year was 

 14S. 



The new officers were duly intro- 

 duced by ex-President Westwood in 

 his inimitable style. 



It was decided that a banquet be 

 held next month. The speaker at the 

 next meeting will be Edwin Jenkins 

 of Lenox, Mass., on the subject of Sci- 

 ence in Horticulture. Date of meeting 

 will be announced later. Wallace R. 

 Pierson being called upon gave a few 

 interesting facts regarding the sensa- 

 tional new roses Prince de Bulgarie 

 and Dark Pink Killarney. Committees 

 were appointed as follows: 



Exhibition — D. Finlayson, Arthur Griffln, 

 W. J. Harvey, A. A. Pembroke, W. A. 

 I'ntten. Geo. M. Anderson, George Page, 

 Kenneth. Finlayson, W. McGillivray, W. 

 E. Fischer, .1. L. Smith, Geoige Shields, 

 W. C. Itust. David Weir and Albert Hatlev. 



Entertainment— P. J. Turley, C. J. Har- 

 ve.y, F. Murray, W. D. Nickerson, John 

 Reid, G. W. Bntterworth, J. P. Van 

 Baarda, W. A. Ha.stings. 



A vote of sympathy was passed on 

 behalf of Julius Heurlin who last week 

 lost one of his boys by scarlet fever 

 and now has another very dangerously 

 ill with the same disease. 



The entertainiuent section was then 

 turned loose and songs were delight- 

 fully rendered by Mrs. McEwen, 

 Messrs Miller and Miss Guttenburg, 

 after which refreshments were served 

 and then the floor was cleared for 

 dancing. It was a very enjoyable af- 

 fair and well managed all through. 



On the exhibition tables were lilacs 

 from W. W. Edgar Co., primroses 

 from Martin Sullivan, violets from H. 

 P. Woods, solanum from T. J. Grey 

 Co., and Roses Prince de Bulgarie 

 and Dark Pink Killarney from A. N. 

 Pierson, both of the latter being 

 awarded a report of superior merit. 



OVERWHELMED! 



A large amount of reading matter 

 which should have appeared this week 

 is unavoidably left over for next is- 

 sue because of lack of space. This 

 includes interesting reports from the 

 following clubs and societies: Pitts- 

 burgh Florists' and Gardeners' Club, 

 Chicago Florists' Club, Horticultural 

 Society of New York, Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club of H. I., St. Louis 

 Florist Club, Westchester and Fair- 

 field Horticulture Society, Worcester 

 County Horticultural Society, Conn. 

 Horticultural Society, Southampton 

 Horticultural Society, N. J. Floricul- 

 tural Society and Nassau County Hor- 

 ticultural Society. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The January meeting of this society 

 was held on the 17th inst., Henry F. 

 Michell, vice-president, in the chair. 

 There were no exhibits and most of 

 the time was taken up with business 

 matters not of general interest to the 

 outside public. A motion was passed 

 inviting the National Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety to hold their annual exhibition 

 in Philadelphia this year, and offer- 

 ing the co-operation of the P. H. S. 

 in that connection. The date for this 

 is not yet fixed, and it is understood 

 that an invitation for the same event 

 is offered by Boston. A report from 



a joint committee of the P. H. S. and 

 the Florists' Club was submitted, and 

 met with approval. The main object 

 of the committee is to endeavor to 

 make the fall exhibition larger and 

 more successful. The general opin- 

 ion seems to be that under the present 

 financial condition of the society, 

 nothing effective can be done without 

 a guarantee fund, and steps are to be 

 taken to put such a fund under way. 

 Some additional prizes were an- 

 nounced for the spring exhibition, 

 March 21-23. William Kleinheinz, 

 president of the National Gardeners' 

 Association, announced that that so- 

 ciety was deeply interested in the suc- 

 cess of the National Flower Show, 

 Boston, March 25th, and urged all 

 members of the P. H. S. to make every 

 effort to attend and reap big benefits 

 from this great event. 



ROCHESTER FLORISTS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION.,^: 



Much friendly competition was 

 aroused by the two tickets placed in 

 the field a month ago, and interest 

 culminated at the election held on the 

 evening of January 9. The following 

 officers were elected, the successful 

 candidates being about evenly divided 

 between the two tickets: President, 

 George B. Hart; vice-president. George 

 J. Keller; secretary, H. B. Stringer 

 (each ticket); treasurer, W. L. Kel- 

 ler; trustees, P. R. Schlegel, Charles 

 Suhr, J. O. Pridmore. The election 

 was made unanimous. 



By the treasurer's report it was 

 shown that the association is in a 

 flourishing condition. President Hart 



George B. Hart 



President-elect Rochester Florists Associa- 

 tion. 



and the newly elected trustees were 

 constituted a committee to consider 

 the advisability of removing the asso- 

 ciation to other quarters. The report 

 will be received at the February meet- 

 ing, as will the report of the banquet 

 committee. 



A woman's auxiliary has been 

 formed with Mrs. W. L. Keller as 

 president. Meetings will be held in 

 the association rooms the second 

 Wednesday in each month. 



