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HORTICULTURE 



March 11, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICUL- 

 TURISTS. 



Department of Registration. 



As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice Is hereby given that the 

 registration of the geraniums, "Dr. E. 

 M. Moore" and "A. B. Lamberton," by- 

 Robert Dukelou, of Rochester, New 

 York, becomes complete. 



Public notice is hereby given that A. 

 N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, Connec- 

 ticut, offer for registration the roses 

 described below. Any person objecting 

 to the registration or to the use of the 

 proposed names, is requested to com- 

 municate with the secretary at once. 

 Falling to receive objection to the reg- 

 istration, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Double White Killarney: A sport 

 of White Killarney originating with 

 the J. A. Budlong & Son Co., Auburn, 

 R. I., in January, 1910. It is stronger 

 In growth than the parent, with the 

 same general characteristics of foliage 

 and growth. The flower is pure white 

 in color, with an average of from forty 

 to forty-five petals. It is a wonderful 

 improvement over the parent, having 

 size and substance in summer, when 

 White Killarney is comparatively sin- 

 gle. The variety will be disseminated 

 by A. N. Pierson, Inc., in 1912. 



Killarney Queen: A deep pink sport 

 of Killarney originating with the J. A. 

 Budlong & Son Co., Auburn, R. I., in 

 1909, that has the high color of Dark 

 Pink Killarney with an increased vigor 

 in growth. It compares among Kll- 

 larneys as American Beauty does with 

 other varieties, the stem and foliage 

 being much heavier, and the petals 

 nearly twice the size of the petals of 

 Killarney. The variety will be dissem- 

 inated by A. N. Pierson, Inc., in 1912. 



Additional S. A. F. Appointments. 



The following gentlemen have been 

 appointed as state vice-presidents: 



Massachusetts East, W. A. Hastings, 

 Boston; Massachusetts West, G. H. 

 Sinclair, Holyoke; Pennsylvania West, 

 W. J. Smith, Pittsburgh. 



Convention Notes. 



The following letter has been sent 

 to all the members of the society: 



It has been ordered that each mem- 

 ber in good standing, of the S. A. F. & 

 O. H. and allied societies holding meet- 

 ings and exhibitions in conjunction 

 with the National Flower Show in Bos- 

 ton on March 25th to April 1st, shall 

 be entitled to one members' season 

 ticket admitting the owner to the ex- 

 hibition hall. Only one ticket, how- 

 ever, will be issued to any one person 

 even though he belong to several so- 

 cieties. These tickets will be non- 

 transferable and will be collected and 

 canceled it found in hands other than 

 the owners. 



In compliance with the directions of 

 the President, orders for members' sea- 

 son tickets are being sent to all mem- 

 bers of the S. A. F. & O. H. in good 

 standing; tbat is to all those who have 

 paid their 1911 dues or are Lite or 

 Pioneer members. These orders must 

 be presented to the proper oificials at 

 the exhibition hall and be exchanged 



for regular members' tickets. These 

 orders must be presented uy the own- 

 ers in person as all orders presented 

 by others than the owners will be 

 taken up and canceled. 



Be snre and bring your order with 

 !)oii as the duties of the secretary's 

 office are such that it will be impossi- 

 ble for him to issue duplicate orders. 

 This rule n-ill be enforced. 



If your order is not enclosed with 

 this letter, send your dues for 1911 

 so as to reach the secretary's office 

 before March 20th and the order will 

 be mailed to you. It your dues reach 

 here after that date your order may 

 be secured at the secretary's office at 

 the Exhibition Hall. Kindly give this 

 your attention now and save much 

 confusion at the time of the meeting. 



A rate of one and three-fifths (1 3-5) 

 on the certificate plan has been granted 

 by the New England and Trunk Line 

 Associations. The Southeastern and 

 Western Associations have refused to 

 grant rates owing to small numbers 

 and 2-cent rate now in existence. The 

 Central Association and Eastern Ca- 

 nadian Association will report early in 

 March and their decisions will be pre- 

 sented in the trade journals. 



You cannot afford to miss the great- 

 est flower show ever held. Come. 



All Lite and Pioneer members and 

 tliose annual members who have paid 

 their dues tor 1911 have received their 

 orders tor membership tickets. 



It has been decided not to have head- 

 quarters for the S. A. F. at Boston. 

 The statement that one Boston hotel 

 was selected as headquarters was not 

 official. 



H. B. DORNER, Sec'y. 



WORCESTER COUNTY (MASS.) 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Wednesday evening, March 8, will 

 long be remembered by the members 

 of the Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society and their guests as a gala 

 night. No less than 350 sat down to 

 the 21st annual reunion and banquet 

 in Horticultural Hall, Worcester, and 

 made merry with friendly intercourse 

 and congratulation, music and elo- 

 quence and, finally, dancing. Presi- 

 dent E. W. Breed should feel highly 

 elated over the splendid response to 

 the Society's invitation to get to- 

 gether under its banner and talk of 

 the past, plan for the future, and 

 demonstrate by numbers and enthu- 

 siasm how strong the horticultural 

 sentiment exists in "the Heart of the 

 Commonwealth." 



Among the invited guests who 

 graced the festive board and made 

 speeches in the post-prandial section 

 of the occasion were: C. W. Parker, 

 president of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society; W. P. Rich, sec- 

 retary of that body; R. M. Bowen, 

 treasurer Rhode Island Horticultural 

 Society; Thos. Hope, president of that 

 body: Rev. W. T. Hutchins, of sweet 

 pea fame; S. T. Maynard, president 

 New England Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion; Hon. James Logan, mayor ot 

 Worcester; Chas. T. Tatman, presi- 

 dent ot the Board ot Trade. President 

 Breed officiated as toastmaster. The 

 halls were beautifully decorated under 

 the direction of Secretary L. C. 

 Midgley. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



One of the best attended meetings in 

 years took place on the 7th inst., the 

 attraction being the illustrated lecture 

 by L. R. King, president of the King 

 Construction Co., who delighted his 

 audience with a plain unvarnished tale 

 of structural work and interior me- 

 chanical arrangements. The photo- 

 graphs of actual work thrown on the 

 screen were lucidly explained so that 

 the most inexpert could easily under- 

 stand, and a more educational or valu- 

 able exposition in this important de- 

 velopment has seldom been given to 

 the members ot the craft. The com- 

 mittee who arranged for this excellent 

 educative feature are to be highly 

 commended. J. Otto Tbilow has again 

 shown in a masterly way how commit- 

 tees can lead in the march of progress. 



Adolph Farenwald again brought up 

 the matter of the Ciub's having a 

 spring celebration in the shape of a 

 banquet. Most of the members favored 

 the congenial spirit in which Mr. 

 Farenwald urged this, but the lack of 

 some special occasion to celebrate 

 seemed to hold back the enthusiasm. 

 The matter was left in the hands of 

 the committee. William H. Wanger, 

 David Adam, George Hampton, and H. 

 Wintzer were elected to membership 

 and seven new members were proposed 

 and referred tor action to the next 

 monthly meeting. 



Samuel Batchelor exhibited a splen- 

 did vase ot Dorothy Gordon carnations 

 and received a very complimentary re- 

 port from the committee. Some hyper- 

 critical members had a good deal to 

 .say about the similarity between this 

 variety and Rose Pink Enchantress, 

 but the committee side-stepped the 

 issue very cleverly and came out with 

 flying colors. In the absence of Joseph 

 Heacock. who is attending to his sena- 

 torial duties in Harrisburg, the vice- 

 Ijresident. Alfred Burton, accepted the 

 chair. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



There was a good attendance at the 

 regular meeting, Feb. 2Sth, and the fol- 

 lowing were elected to membership: 

 Harry I. Gray, of Desplaines, 111.; Wm. 

 Wolf, 570S Emerald avenue, Chicago; 

 Robt. E. Newcomb, f^4 Randolph street; 

 Edw. Goldstein. ,«4 Randolph street; C. 

 A. Beatty, 355 Dearborn street. 



The transportation committee re- 

 ported all arrangements comnleted for 

 the trip to the National Flower Show 

 at Boston. The train leaves the La 

 Salle St. Station over the Lake Shore 

 road March 23rd, at 5.30 P. M., reach- 

 ing Boston March 24th, S,30 P. M. As 

 the transportation arrangements are 

 all completed the special meeting 

 scheduled for March 14 was called oft. 



There was an exhibition ot carna- 

 tions from Dorner's, Lafayette, Ind., in 

 which Glorioso showed up finely and 

 won 86 points. White wonder," how- 

 ever, arrived in poor condition and 

 was not shown. Members were disap- 

 pointed in not having the collection of 

 new roses from A. N. Pierson's that 

 was expected, as they arrived too late. 



The April meeting will include on 

 its program interesting papers on and 

 discussion of fertilizers by those inter- 

 ested in the manufacture and sale of 

 those products. 



