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HORTICULTURE 



February 25, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The main feature of the evening 

 of February 14 was a lecture on "Or- 

 chids and Their Culture," by Walter 

 Eglinton, a Veitch graduate who has 

 for the past few years been in charge 

 of the orchid department at the Oscar 

 Schultz establishment in this city and 

 has improved the collection under his 

 care to such an extent that he is now 

 admitted to be an expert of the front 

 rank. 



Mr. Eglinton said the orchid is just- 

 ly entitled to be called the queen of 

 all flowers, and that their value as a 

 commercial flower has not yet been 

 fully realized in this country. The 

 odontoglossums he said deserved 

 much more recognition on account of 

 their value in producing graceful deco- 

 rative effects and the cool treatment 

 they require in summer can easily be 

 provided in a pi-operly shaded house 

 with some arrangement to distribute 

 water over it to help keep the glass 

 cool. Potting should be done only at the 

 time when new roots make a start, 

 and the ordinary orchid pots are bet- 

 ter than baskets or boards as plants 

 can be kept under better control in 

 the pots and can be shifted when 

 necessary with less damage. The reg- 

 ular orchid peat is the best material 

 for potting. Speaking of feeding, he 

 said his method is to dampen the 

 paths in the houses about closing time 

 with manure water, the vapor of 

 which is inhaled by the leaves of the 

 plants, but great care should be taken 

 rot to overfeed as very vigorous 

 growths do not produce as good flow- 

 ers as do the medium sized ones. In 

 raising seedlings great patience is 

 needed to nurse them through their 

 small stage. Damping off is one of 

 the greatest troubles. Slugs and othtn- 

 pests are also to be guarded against. 

 Six years Is about the average time 



required to bring seedlings to the 

 (lowering stage but some have been 

 known to take seventeen years. 



Mr. Eglinton talked without notes 

 and was aided in his lecture by a col- 

 lection of cut orchids grown by him- 

 self. Among them was a cattleya of 

 unnamed variety which had been in 

 its open state for ten weeks, and was 

 in perfect condition, and on being ex- 

 amined by a committee was awardocl 

 a certificate of merit. The lecturer, 

 after answering many questions, was 

 tendered a unanimous rising vote of 

 thanks. 



A business meeting followed, when 

 the adoption of a premium schedule for 

 the June show was the chief business. 

 Several new features are included in 

 this, the main one being a table deco- 

 ration by gardeners' assistants; climb- 

 ing roses in pots is also added and 

 the usual collection of vegetables is 

 replaced by a class for each of the 

 main vegetables in season at that 

 time. J. R. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



Members of the Detroit Club turned 

 out well to listen to S. S. Skidelsky on 

 "The Drummer as a Factor in Horti- 

 culture." In the absence ol the essay- 

 ist, M. Bloy read the paper. We hope 

 to publish it in full in a later issue. 



Mr. Bloy said that he felt especially 

 pleased with the essayist's reference to 

 the drummers' assistance in s lectlng 

 novelties which is far supeiior to the 

 system of choosing from highly col- 

 ored prints of the olden times. Mr. 

 Sullivan dwelt on the value of the 

 drummer as a dessiminator of knowl- 

 edge but felt like condemning tnat 

 drummer most vigorously who refuses 

 to attend the meeting of any club just 

 because such meeting is a poor place 

 to take orders. J. .1. Karins of Dreer's, 

 who was present, gave a very interest- 

 ing talk on the florist business on tne 

 Pacific Coast. FRANK DANZER. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURE SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticul- 

 ture Society was held February 10th 

 with an attendance of 60 members, 

 giving ample proof that the Society 

 will flourish into a well-known horti- 

 culture society within a short time. 

 Scott Bros., of Elmsford, N. Y., were 

 awarded a certificate of merit for scar- 

 let carnation William Eccles, a cross 

 between Victory and Beacon; fully as 

 large as Beacon, and much fuller in 

 the center than Victory, rich glowin.:? 

 scarlet, with the perfume of the clove 

 carnation. Scott Bros, are to be con- 

 gratulated in securing this sterling 

 novelty, which will easily out-class 

 anything we have today in this special 

 color. A. Bieschke, gardener to Wm. 

 Ziegler, of Noroton, was also awarded 

 a certificate of merit for Oncidium 

 splendidum. 



A vote of thanks was accorded to 

 James Aitchison, gardener to M. J. 

 Borg, of Stamford, who showed three 

 plants of Cineraria hybrida, also a 

 vote of thanks to James Stuart, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. F. A. Constable, Mama- 

 roneck, N. Y., for carnation May Day. 



The next meeting will be Friday 

 f'vening at 8 p. m., March 10th, in the 

 Royal Arcanum Hall, Stamford, Conn. 



MARTIN M. BENEDEK, Sec'y. 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



R. C, Salter. Geo. B. Ha t, W. L. 

 Keller and Chas. H. Vick have been 

 appointed to represent the Rochester 

 Florists' Association before the New 

 York legislature in advocacy of the 

 bill providing suitable greenhouses at 

 Cornell for horticultural experiment 

 and instruction. 



Indications are for a very large and 

 showy display of pot plants, forced 

 spring bulbs, orchids, roses, carna- 

 tions, sweet peas, etc., at the mid-win- 

 ter show to be held in Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, on Friday, Saturday and 

 Sunday, February 24, 25 and 26. 



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