Febiuary 18, 1911 



HOKTICULTURi: 



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State Horticultural Society elected the 

 following officers: President, F. D. 

 Voris, Neoga: vice-president, Col. J. 

 Maclt Tanner, Springfield; secretary, 

 W. B. ijoyd, Kinmundy; treasurer; 

 J. W. Stanton, Richview. Tlie retir- 

 ing president and vice-president were 

 R. O. Graham, Bloomington, and F. 

 D. Voris, Neoga, respectively, and the 

 secretary and treasurer were reelect- 

 ed. 



The Illinois State Florists' Associa- 

 tion reelected its old officers; presi- 

 dent, C. L. Washburn, Chicago: vice- 

 president, Charles Loveridge, Peoria; 

 secretary. F. L. Washburn, Blooming- 

 ton, and treasurer, J. F. Animann. Ed- 

 wardsville. The other two societies, 

 the Cook County Truck Growers' As- 

 sociation and the Lake Forest Horti- 

 cultural Society, did not elect officers, 

 as it was not an annual meeting tor 

 them. 



The meeting was a distinct success 

 in every way. The speakers were made 

 up of practical horticulturists, includ- 

 ing members of the University of Illi- 

 nois Horticultural Department and 

 professionals from other states. The 

 attendance was large at every session 

 and on every hand there was expres- 

 sion of extreme satisfaction over the 

 good derived. The beautiful silver cup, 

 donated by the B. G. Pratt Company, 

 insecticide manufacturers, to be given 

 for one year to the exhibitor of the 

 best three boxes of apples, was won 

 by J. C. B. Heaton & Son, New Burn- 

 side. The cup is worth about $1.50, and 

 will become the personal property of 

 the man who wins it the second time. 



At the session of the Illinois State 

 Florists' Association .1. C. Vaughan, 

 Chicago, addressed them on "Live Is- 

 sues of the Florists." E. G. Hill, Rich- 

 mond. Indiana, followed on "Some 

 New Things." The closing speech was 

 by H. B. Dorner of the ITuiversity of 

 Illinois on "Work at the Experimen- 

 tal Greenhouses." He explained the 

 work in progress at the Experimental 

 greenhouses and drew conclusions 

 where possible, thus giving the florists 

 much valuable information 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The meeting of this club on Tuesday 

 evening, February 14, was a "rouser" 

 in numbers, fervency and in the abil- 

 ity of the address by Edwin .Jenkins 

 of Lenox. Mass., on Science in Horti- 

 culture. The lecturer recommended 

 that a young gardener, before taking 

 up the courses at the A,gi-icultural 

 Colleges, should have two or three 

 years' practical experience- This sub- 

 ject of scientific versus practical edu- 

 cation is always a fertile one in pro- 

 voking argument and this occasion 

 was no exception to the rule. The 

 gladiators of th(> organization were 

 ready and primed for the fray and it 

 was well along toward the midnight 

 hour when adjournment came. Peter 

 Fisher, Ed. MacMulkin, F. E. Palmer, 

 M. A. Patten. Thos. J. Grey, George 

 Stewart and many others participated 

 and the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 and other colleges were handled with- 

 out gloves. 



Peter Fisher and John Barr showed 

 handsome seedling carnations. From 

 A. Leuthy and the W. W. Edgar Co. 

 came several new and promising azal- 

 eas. Especially fine was 1 adv Roose- 

 velt introduced by Aug. HaerenS. an ■ 

 entindy new tint of pink with large 

 double flowers. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



The meeting on the evening of Tues- 

 day, Feb. 7, was well attended, 80 

 members present. Officers were elect- 

 ed as follows: Presidept, John W. 

 Jones: viee-pref ident, P. S. Randolph; 

 secretary, H. P. Josliu; assistant sec- 

 retary., C. S. Crall: ti-easurer, H. L. 

 Blind; executive committee, E. C. 

 Reineman, Jno. Rader, Neil McCallum. 



The entertainment committee re- 

 ported that they had secured R. Vin- 

 cent, Jr., of White Marsh, Md., for the 

 evening of Feb. 28, who will speak on 

 his travels through Holland and the 

 bulb fields, illustrated by beautiful 

 colored slides. After the lecture re- 

 freshments will be served and a mu- 

 sical programme rendered. 



The auditing committee reported the 

 books of the club correct. A resolu- 

 tion was carried that members whose 

 unpaid dues amount to $4 and over, 

 not including 1911, should receive final 

 notice from the secretary that if their 

 arrears are not paid by March 7, 1911, 



John W. Jones 



I'resident-oli'rt rittsburg Flori.sts' and Gar- 

 deners' Club. 



the date of the next meeting, their 

 names will be brought before tire 

 ckib foi expulsion. 



On retiring from the chair President 

 Burki thanked the club for the cor- 

 dial support given him. During Mr. 

 Burki's three years of office the club 

 has grown in its membership and re- 

 sources, has taken a prominent part 

 in the sisqui-centennial celebration of 

 Pittsburgh, entertained the Carnation 

 Convention and changed its meeting 

 place to the Fort Pitt Hotel. 



It was Carnation night, with a 

 choice display of blooms as follows: 

 Baur & Smith, Indianapolis. Ind., Poca- 

 hontas, a very high-grade crimson: 

 Nic. Zweifel, North Milwaukee, Wis.. 

 Bright Spot, a fine dark pink; A. T. 

 Lorch, Allison Park, De Haven, Pa , 

 a remarkable fine lot of several va- 

 rieties. Baur & Smith received a cer- 

 tificate of merit for Pocahontas and 

 Nic Zweifel, special mention for 

 Bright Spot. Very charming orchids 

 were shown by Dr. Sheaffer of Pitts- 

 burgh and Primula Forbesii rubra by 

 Carl Bechner of Dumont, Pa. 



Subject for next meeting, Roses. 

 H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A highly intelligent audience of 

 nearly one hundred members of this 

 club gathered at the February meet- 

 ing last Monday evening to greet 

 Richard Vincent, of White Marsh, 

 Md., and listen to his entertaining 

 talk on tlie bulb fields of Holland and 

 othei horticulturol observations on 

 his recent Europen visit. 



Routine business was put through 

 before the lecture. Officers' and com- 

 mittees' reports were duly disposed 

 of. Among the latter was a verbal 

 report by H. A. Bunyard on behalf of 

 the transportation committee, which 

 was followed by a vote selecting the 

 Fall River line as the official route to 

 and from the National Flower Show 

 at Boston. A round trip rate of one 

 and three-fifths fare has been granted 

 on the certificate plan. This is avail- 

 able on any and all routes between 

 the two cities, but those who wish to 

 join the club party should make ar- 

 rangements to take the boat leaving 

 ,\ew York at 5 p. m., Friday, March 

 24. An invitation to join with the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia oa 

 March 8, in a trip to Riverton, N. J., 

 as guest of H. A. Dreer. Inc.. was ac- 

 cepted with thanks. 



Mr. Vincent's lecture was illustrat- 

 ed profusely with a series of hand- 

 some lantern slides, many of which 

 were colored. They showed all 

 phases of bulb propagation, growing, 

 flowering and shipping. Views in the' 

 Ghent Exposition, in Belgium horti- 

 cultural establishments, in Kew Gar- 

 dens, in Edinboro, and other centers of 

 interest were included. In closing 

 Mr. Vincent gave an enthusiastic out- 

 line of the preparations being made 

 towards the S. A. F. Convention in 

 Baltimore next August and for the en- 

 tertainment of the large number of 

 visitors expected there from all parts 

 of the country. A hearty rising vote 

 of thanks was extended for his in- 

 teresting address. 



A vase of blooms of new and prom- 

 ising red carnations was exhibited 

 by Wm. Kleinheinz, of Ogontz, Pa. 

 The judges awarded 87 points which 

 entitles it to the Club certificate. Mr. 

 Kleinheinz being called upon made a 

 brief speech. 



SPRINGFIELD FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Springfield, O., Florists' Club, held Feb- 

 ruary 13, w'as one of the most enjoyable 

 and most profitable ever held by that 

 band of enterprising florists. A three- 

 course supper was served at 7 o'cloc^- 

 by the new entertainment committee,, 

 and for a first effoi-t. the consensus of 

 opinion was that they "made good" 



The paper of the evening immediate- 

 ly followed the supper and was read 

 by Wm. H. Reeser, on "Greenhouse 

 .appliances." Mr. Reeser is considered' 

 an authority on greenhouse conven- 

 iences and short cut methods and his 

 papers took a wide scoi)e, describing 

 and recommending up-to-date means 

 of easier and more economical accom- 

 plishment of work, both in green- 

 house and office. His plans for the 

 easier handling of soil, elevating and 

 disposing of ashes from boiler cellar, 

 transportation of heavy flats and econ- 

 omy in use of fuel were received with 

 interest and brought out an interest- 

 ing and profitable discussion. 



The club made another move in the 

 direction of their idea of civic beauty. 

 The latest plan, and one that seems as- 



