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HORTICULTURE 



February 18. 1911 



sured of success, is a rose garden, of 

 from three to five acres, to be located 

 in Snyder Park and to be cared for and 

 maintained by the florists, who will 

 asli only that the land be prepared 

 and equipped with trellis work and 

 whatever else is found necessary. 

 This equipment would entail but slight 

 expense while the result would be a 

 bower of beauty such as is seen in the 

 botanical gardens of cities in the old 

 world. The project was thoroughly 

 discussed and a committee composed of 

 John M. Good, Christian Binnig, Ar- 

 thur Leedle, Pearl Bethard and Wm. 

 H. Reeser was instructed to bring the 

 proposition to the attention of the park 

 board as early as possible and report 

 results. 



It is the idea of the florists to con- 

 struct a rose garden in which every 

 variety of this beautiful flower grown 

 by Springfield florists may find a place. 

 They believe that the proposed garden 

 would add materially to the beauty of 

 the park and it would, in addition be 

 an excellent illustration of how to care 

 for roses, and of the results it is possi- 

 ble for any householder to obtain; the 

 establishment of a rose garden of this 

 extent in the park would inspire many 

 residents to beautify their properties 

 with this most fragrant and beautiful 

 flower. 



The committee to whom was referred 

 the matter of furnishing plants and 

 seeds for a large garden to be estab- 

 lished in the park and divided among 

 the schools of the city reported that 

 the park board favored the proposi- 

 tion and pledged the necessary ground 

 for carrying out the plan. The school 

 authorities are also in favor of it and 

 the matter will no doubt soon take 

 definite shape. 



C. W. Unglaub exhibited three beau- 

 tiful plants of Primula obconica. The 

 florets on all the plants were larger 

 than a silver dollar and the plants re- 

 flected great credit on Mr. Unglaub 

 as a successful grower. 



All the Springfield mail order florists 

 report extraordinarily good business 

 for February and the outlook Is for 

 a record-breaking spring trade. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The florist club held a very interest- 

 ing carnation meeting last Thursday 

 afternoon. The attendance was very 

 large, numbering nearly forty includ- 

 ing visitors. There were a lot of new 

 carnation blooms on exhibition. The 

 Chicago Carnation Co. sent Washing- 

 ton, Nic Zweifel staged Brightspot, 

 Henry Eichholz sent Princess Charm- 

 ing and Christmas Cheer, P. M. De 

 Witt, Bridgewater, Pa., sent Pennsyl- 

 vania — the pink Boston Market. The 

 Oakland Floral Co. showed a fine lot 

 of well-grown carnations and extra 

 fine sweet peas. The judges, Messrs. 

 Schinder, Grossart and Held, made the 

 following report: Brightspot, 90 points: 

 Washington, Si; Pennsylvania and 

 Princess Charming, SO points; they 

 also recommended a certificate of mer- 

 it for Brightspot. 



The trustees reported on their plan 

 of entertainment. The matter of the 

 celebration of the club's twentieth an- 

 niversary was left over for the March 

 meeting. 



There were members present of the 

 Retail Florists' Association asking 

 support on their war on "crepe pull- 

 ers," which was freely given. They 

 are now preparing a bill to be intro- 



duced in the city council to prohibit 

 this practice and the club will lend a 

 helping hand. 



The next meeting will take place 

 Thursday afternoon, March 9th, at 2 

 o'clock. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



This prosperous society held a meet- 

 ing on Feb. 8th. The newly elected 

 jjresident took the opportunity to 

 thank the members for the honor in 

 electing him and assured them that he 

 would do everything in his power for 

 the welfare of the society. 



The alteration in the By-Laws ad- 

 mitting assistant gardeners free of 

 initiation was passed. Twelve new 

 candidates were elected to member- 

 ship. 



James Scott of Elmsford, N. Y., will 

 deliver an address on Wednesday, 

 March 1st. An exhibition of season- 

 able flowers will be made at the 

 same meeting. 



An enjoyable evening was spent 

 after the meeting in bowling in which 

 George Thomson made the highest 

 score. 



ALBERT FISCHER, Sec'y. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Club was held at Gude's Hall on the 

 night of Feb. 7. There was an un- 

 usually large attendance Nomina- 

 tions of officers were made as fol- 

 lows: President, E. C. Mayberry; vice- 

 president David G. Grillbortzer; sec- 

 retary, O. A. C. Oehmler; treasurer, 

 Wm. F. Gude; directors, Geo. H. 

 Cooke, W. A. Ballinger, C. A. Shaffer, 

 J. Milton Thomas and J. J. Bickings. 



Sec. Oehmler moved that the 

 Florists' Clubs of Baltimore and Phil- 

 adelphia be invited to join the Wash- 

 ington florists in a trip on March Sth 

 to the place of Henry A. Dreer. 

 Motion was carried. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



Although a genuine old time bliz- 

 zard had been raging all day still a 

 couple of dozen members appeared at 

 the last meeting encouraged by the 

 prospect of listening to a paper on 

 "Retail Store Management," by Mr. 

 Bertermann of Indianapolis. Unfortun- 

 ately the writer of the paper could not 

 come himself and Mr. Sullivan, our 

 local literary star, read the paper in 

 a very apt manner. 



The next meeting of this club, Feb- 

 ruary 20, promises to be not less en- 

 tertaining as Mr. Skidelsky who has 

 favored this club in previous years will 

 again favor us with one of his very 

 valuable essays. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The time is drawing near when the 

 big Flower Show in Boston will be- 

 come a fact. The Toronto Horticul- 

 tural Society lias sent word that they 

 offer the American Rose Society, their 

 silver and bronze medals as first and 

 second prizes for best specimen rf 

 hardy climbing rose, exhibited at this 

 exhibition. In judging, fragrance to 

 count 33 points. 



Eber Holmes of Montrose, Mass., is 

 manager in char,ge of the Rose section, 

 and any inquiry for information re- 

 garding the same addressed to him or 

 to the secretary at Fishkill-on-Hudson, 

 N. Y., will meet with prompt attention. 

 BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Sec'y. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Department of Registration. 

 As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the Rose, "Yellow Baby 

 Rambler," by Jackson & Perkins Com- 

 pany, Newark, Wayne County, New 

 York, becomes complete. 



Registration of Zonal Pelargoniums. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Robert Dukelou, of Rochester, N. Y., 

 offers for registration the Geraniums 

 described below. Any person object- 

 ing to the registration or to the use 

 of the proposed names, is requested to 

 communicate with the Secretary at 

 once. Failing to receive objection to 

 the registration, the same will be 

 made three weeks from this date. 



Raiser's Descriptions. 



Dr. E. M. Moore — Cross between a 

 large, soft pink, single flowered va- 

 riety, name unknown, and a small 

 dark red, single flowered variety, 

 name unknown. Habit strong and vig- 

 orous. Leaves dark green, 31/2 to iVz 

 inches long, and 4 to 5 inches wide,^ 

 with prominent dark bronze zone. 

 Flower clusters on stout spikes 10-12 

 inches long, prominently surmounting 

 the leaves, with 75 to 100 flowers in 

 cluster. Individual flowers single. 1% 

 to 2'/4 inches across. Color, bright 

 vermilion with white eye. 



A. B. Lamberton — Parentage same as 

 above. Habit medium strong. Leaves 

 light green with faintly marked in- 

 conspicuous zone. 3 to 3% inches long, 

 and 3% to 4 inches wide. Flower 

 clusters on very stout spikes 10 to 12 

 inches long, and prominently sur- 

 mounting the leaves with 35 to 40 

 flowers in a cluster. Individual flow- 

 ers single, 134 to 2 inches across. 

 Color, bright orange pink with con- 

 spicuous white eye. 



H. B. DORNER, Sec'y. 



February 9, 1911. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Albany, N. Y., Florists' Club will 

 have a banquet on the evening of 

 Thursday, March 2. 



The Dayton, O., Florists' Club will 

 have its annual banquet at the Philips 

 Hotel March 1. Horace Frank will be 

 toastmaster. 



The New Haven (Conn.) Horticul- 

 tural Society will hold a grand dahlia 

 show some time next September. 

 John H. Slocombe is chairman of the 

 committee on preparations. 



The King Construction Company 

 have given a silver cup to be com- 

 peted for at the National Flower Show 

 in Boston, for the best 30 blooms of 

 anv rose introduced since 1900. 



Miss Laura B. Dawson of Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass., delivered a lecture on 

 Horticulture for Women before the 

 Worcester County Horticultural Socie- 

 ty on February 9. A lar.ge audience 

 listened and some interesting discus- 

 sion followed. 



The Rochester, N. Y., Florists' Asso- 

 ciation have rented new quarters over 

 95 Main street. East. We hope to 

 soon hear that this thriving organiza- 

 tion has secured a site for a perma- 



