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HORTICULTURE 



February 11, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The February meeting of this club 

 was well attended and there was an 

 excellent display of new and meritori- 

 ous carnations. W. H. Taplin was the 

 speaker of the evening. His paper on 

 "Carnations of Today." we hope to 

 find room for at an early date. It 

 is well worth reading, as IVIr. Tap- 

 lin is a close and intelligent observer 

 and has had special opportunities for 

 giving us the latest on this timely 

 subject — being at the helm in the 

 Dailledouze establishment — a noted 

 place for carnations. The .Joseph 

 Heacock Co. showed a vase of Pink 

 Killarney roses very well colored with 

 strong stems, very fine foliage and 

 large flowers. Richard E. Lange sent 

 a vase of White Enchantress, Pink 

 Enchantress, and Pink Imperial car- 

 nations, showing fine culture. Peyton 

 M. DeWitt showed three vases of his 

 new carnation Pennsylvania — a cerise 

 which was favorably reported on by 

 the committee and characterized as a 

 good commercial variety. He also ex- 

 hibited seedling number 17, a white 

 tinted with pink, seedling number 13, 

 a dark cerise, both of which look very 

 promising, Evenden Pros., Williams- 

 port, Pa., exhibited four new seed- 

 lings: No. 1 crimson. No. 2 white. 

 No. 3 red, and No. 4 variegated. 

 Florex Gardens sent a seedling of a 

 rather" odd color which the committee 

 said they were unable to describe, 

 and which is appropriately named 

 "Mikado" — so our readers can do their 

 best to imagine what a .lapar.ese color 

 is. E. C. Marshall exhibited two 

 ■vases of Pink Delight, which were 

 very fine. Henry Eichholz showed 

 Princess Charming. E. A. Stroud sent 

 Pink Delight and White Perfection, 

 both very well grown. William 

 Kleinheinz brought a splendid vase of 

 his new seedling Miss Dimple 

 Widener, scarlet, 3ti; inches across, 

 cross between Lawson and Lady 

 Bountiful. S. M. Merwarth & Bros, 

 showed a red seedling (also two 

 plants of same), apparently a strong 

 grower and free producer. John 

 Kuhn showed a scarlet seedling, very 

 promising: also some elegant cat- 

 tleyas. 



Henry A. Dreer Co. sent an invita- 

 tion to the club to visit their range 

 of new greenhouses above Riverton, 

 on March .Sth, with the privilege of 

 including also the members of our 

 sister clubs — Washington, Baltimore, 

 Boston and New York. The feature 

 for the March meeting will be an 

 illustrated lecture by Mr. King, of the 

 King Construction Co., on "Green- 

 house Building." Mr. Thilow, on be- 

 half of Mrs. Colfiesh. presented the 

 club with a large framed portrait of 

 her late husband, J. Wni. Colfiesh, 

 who was a charter member and for 

 many .vears the club's treasurer. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the regular meeting Feb. 2, there 

 was a large attendance. C. L. Sherer, 

 Max Cohen, W. F. Kroeschell, E. F. 

 Winterson, Jr., and J. Wolniewiez, all 

 of Chicago were elected to member- 



ship and five new names were pro- 

 posed. A. Zeck gave an interesting re- 

 j)ort of the bowling games played be- 

 tween Chicago and Joliet. P. J. Foley, 

 chairman of transportation committee, 

 lepoited on arrangements for the trip 

 to the National Flower Show at Bos- 

 ton, March 25 to April 2, as being well 

 under way. The club had as guests 

 from out of town, W. F. Kasting, of 

 Buffalo; C. W. Scott, of New York; 

 .\'ic Zweifel, of N. Milwaukee, Wis. 



There was a very fine exhibit of car- 

 nations by the Chicago Carnation Co., 

 consisting of Washington which scored 

 .'•9 |)oints, scarlet seedling lS^6-07, 86 

 points; Princess Charming, 8.^ points. 

 Nic Zweifel showed a large bunch 

 of Bright Spot, which scared 88 

 points, while a white seedling No. 274, 

 was given SO jioints 



Appropriate resolutions on the 

 death of J. W. Klimmer were read. A 

 special meeting will be held on Feb. 

 16th to further the plans for the Bos- 

 ton trip. 



WESTERN NEW YORK HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Western. New York Horticultur- 

 al Society opened its 56th annual con- 

 vention on Jaiuiary 25 at Convention 

 Hall with over two thousand in at- 

 tendance. The features of the opening 

 IMOgramme were President William C. 

 Barry's address, the speech of Dr. 

 Liberty H. Bailey, dean of New York 

 State College of Agriculture at Cor- 

 nell University, on "The Forward 

 Movement in Country Life," and a re- 

 markable extemporaneous talk by 

 Charles D. Barton of Marlton. N. J. 

 who in 1909 raised a $20,000 peach 

 crop. All interest in the second day's 

 session was centered in a debate on 

 the question of top-working nursery 

 stock, with Associate Editor Kains of 

 the American Agriculturist on one side 

 and George T. Powell of Ghent on the 

 other side. 



President Barry's address was punct- 

 uated with practical suggestion and 

 hopeful advice. Referring to the fruit 

 industry he said that veritable gold 

 mines were open to those eastern 

 growers who, imi)ressed with the im- 

 Ijortancp of their work lay a founda- 

 tion tor success, first by giving proper 

 attention to underdraining and fertil- 

 ization, then to varietie?. modern and 

 proved methods of sijraying and prun- 

 ing and thinuing, coupled with good 

 business judgment in the selling of 

 crops. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, 



The annual meeting of the South- 

 ampton, N. Y., Horticultural Society 

 was held on Thursday evening, Jan. 

 5. Officers were elected as follows: 

 President, U. G. Agar; vice-president, 

 Julius W. King; secretary, Benj. C. 

 Palmer; treasurer, A. W. Mcintosh; 

 financial secretary, Frank H. Smith; 

 executive committee. William Fitzpat- 

 rick, John Rennex, Martin McLaugh- 

 lin, William McLeod. The treasurer's 

 report shows a balance on hand of 

 $6^5.55, $500 of which has for some 

 time past been on deposit in the Sag 

 Harbor Savings Bank. Unpaid dues, 



the greater portion of which will be 

 paid bring the balance up $283 more, 

 while as a valuable asset the society 

 owns at a low valuation some $259.19 

 worth of property available and use- 

 ful when they hold their annual ex- 

 hibit. 



The annual exhibit is one of the 

 leading features of this celebrated 

 summer watering place, and the cot- 

 tage contingent turn out en masse to 

 see the beautiful that is produced in 

 the gardens in our grand old town. 



With this annual meeting we close 

 our fourth year, ending the business 

 duties with an oyster supper. The 

 show committee have decided on an 

 annual exhibit to be held the latter 

 part of .Tuly next. 



' BENJ. C. PALMER, 



Secretary. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



One of the most important positions 

 in a public exhibition is that of man- 

 ager, and Mr. Eber Holmes of Mon- 

 trose, Mass., the well-known rosariau, 

 has been appointed to that position 

 for the coming Spring Exhibition at 

 Boston. There will be appointed two 

 sets of judges, because, owing to the 

 week duration of the show, there will 

 be two separate exhibits. Division B 

 being separate from the rest of the 

 Exhibition. Exhibits in all classes ex- 

 cept Division B. are to be staged not 

 later than 2 p. m., Saturday, March 

 25th. The exhibition of these classes 

 will continue Saturday, Sunday and 

 Monday. Division B. will be staged 

 on Friday, March 31st, not later than 

 1 i>. m., and will continue until the 

 end of the exhibition. On Tuesday, 

 Wednesday and Thursday, the space 

 used by the Rose Society will be occu- 

 pied by the Carnation Society. 



Rev. Dr. Spencer S. SuUiger, of Van- 

 couver, Wash,, President of the So- 

 ciety known as the Roearians of the 

 State of Washington, who visited last 

 year's National Exhibition in London, 

 will read a paper at our coming an- 

 nual meeting. Richard \'incent, Jr., 

 of White. Marsh, Md., was at the Inter- 

 national Exhibition of Horticulture at 

 Brussels, Belgium, and he also will 

 furnish a paper upon the "Roses of 

 Europe." 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Sec'y. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



At Horticultural Hall, Boston, on 

 Saturday. February 4, E. B, Dane, 

 gard. Donald McKenzie, showed fine 

 healthy plants in bloom of Cypripe- 

 dium Minos Youngii (Arthurianum 

 pulchellum X Spicerianum) and C. 

 Olivia (tonsum X niveum) and a first- 

 class certificate was awarded for each. 

 He also showed blooms of two very 

 fine forms of Cattleya Trianae. A fine 

 portrait of Cypripedium Olivia was 

 published in HORTICULTURE, Dec. 

 31, 19i0. 



Eleven silver medals, seven bronze 

 medals and over $400 in cash prizes 

 are offered for the midwinter flower 

 show of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, to be held in Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Friday, Satur- 

 day and Sunday, Feb. 24, 25 and 26. 

 Schedules, entry blanks, etc., can be 

 procured from the secretary, W. P. 

 Rich. Horticultural Hall, Boston. 



