March 18, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



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oli and when different names have 

 been given to the same variety?" 

 Opened by A. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. 



National Society of Gardeners. 

 Fourth Day — Evening Session. 

 In the hands of Boston Horists. 



FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1911. 



Fifth Day — Morning Session. 



S. A. F. & O. H. 



9:00 A. M. President's address. Re- 

 port of the secretary. Report of the 

 treasurer. Preliminary report of Na- 

 tional Flower Show committee. Mis- 

 cellaneous business. 



Fifth Day — Afternoon Session. 

 S. A. F. & O. H. 



2:00 P. M. 10-minute talks by presi- 

 dents of various societies: George As- 

 mus, president, S. A. F. & 0. H.; Fred 

 Burki, president, A. C. S.; W. H. El- 

 liott, president, A. R. S. ; Elmer D. 

 Smith, president, C. S. A.; W. Atlee 

 Burpee, president. N. S. P. A.; I. S. 

 Hendrickson, president, A. G. S.; J. A. 

 Valentine, president, F. T. D.; William 

 Kleinheinz, president, N. S. G. 



Fifth Day — Evening Session. 

 S. A. F. & O. H. 



8:00 P. M. Illustrated lecture, 

 "Trees, Shrubs and Flowering Plants,"' 

 John Dunbar, Asst. Sui)t, of Parks, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



SATURDAY, APRIL 1. 1911. 



Sixth Day — Morning Session. 



S. A. F. & O. H. 



9:00 A. M. Unfinished business. Ad- 

 journment. 



ADDITIONAL PRIZES. 



The National Flower Show Com- 

 mittee announces the following addi- 

 tional prizes to the schedule; 



No. 44(j. Kiug L'oustruotiou Co., prize for 

 vase of 30 blooms of any rose introduced 

 since Jan. 1, 1VXH>; silver cup. 



No. 447. Uisplav of cut lilac blooms; 1st 

 prize, .flo.uo; 2iid. $10.01). 



No. 448. Display of cut blooms of lily of 

 the valley; 1st prize. .fl.5.tlO; 2nd, $10.00. 



No. 44(1. Uisplav of cut blooms of Amaryl- 

 lis; Ist prize, $l.j.OO; ;2nd, $r>.00. 



No. 450. Display of blooms of Marguer- 

 ites: 1st prize, $10.00; 2nd, $5.00. 



All to be staged Saturday, March 25; 

 judging at 3 P. M. 



No. 451. Ladies' S. A. F. prize (or the 

 best table decoration, silver cup. 



No. 452. Boston Flower Exchange prize 

 for the best floral design, originality to 

 count 25 points; 1st prize. $50.00; 2nd. 

 $30.00; 3rd, $20.00. 



To be staged Friday, March 31st: judg- 

 ing at 3 P. M. 

 The National Society of Gardeners 



will also offer about thirty silver cups 

 and numerous medals for prizes to be 

 competed for at the National Flower 

 Show, schedule of which society will 

 be issued in a few days. 



By order of the President, notice 

 is hereby given that the mid-lent 

 meeting of the Executive Board of the 

 Society of American Florists and Or- 

 namental Horticulturists will be held 

 at Boston, Mass., from March 25th 

 until April 3rd with an adjourned 

 meeting to be held at Baltimore on 

 April 4th. Meetings are called at Bos- 

 ton for 9 A. M. each morning from 

 March 25tb to April 3rd inclusive. 

 The meeting at Baltimore is called for 

 10 A. M. on April 4th and will remain 

 in session until all business is dis- 

 posed of. 



H. B. DORNER, 

 Secretary S. A. F. 



OUR BRITISH VISITORS. 



The party of British tourists which 

 sailed for the United States last Sat- 

 urday includes a quartette of Covent 

 Garden growers, namely: — G. Prickett 

 who excels in chrysanthemums, one of 

 the oldest members of the National 

 Chrysanthemum Society, W. A. Cull 

 and G. Pratley who grow ferns and pot 

 l)lants by the million, and L. M. Graves 

 in the front rank with cyclamens and 

 l)rimulas. Roses will be represented 

 by J. Brown of W. & J. Brown, Stam- 

 ford: hardy flowers by .J. S. Gunn of 

 Gunn & Sons, Birmingham who grow 

 and show phlox and hardy flowers 

 second to none; the carnation by C. 

 Engelmann, the raiser of Carola, one 

 of the best growers and keenest hy- 

 bridizers, also by J. S. Brunton, one of 

 the originators and Chairman of the 

 Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society 

 since its inceijtion. The Horticultural 

 Sundries ti'ade will be represented by 

 S. South of London and E. Barker of 

 .Manchester, etc. 



Should any American friends desire 

 to correspond with members of the 

 party, they should address letters to — 

 Care Messrs. Thos. Cook & Sons, 1200 

 Broadway, New York. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual banquet and flower show 

 which was held by the Buffalo Florists' 

 Club last week was a decided success. 



Officers for ensuing year were elect- 

 fd as follows: President, George Mc- 

 Clure, Jr.; vice-president, Joseph 

 Sangster; secretary. Wm. Legg; fi- 

 nancial secretary, J. Deutscher; treas- 

 urer, Chas. Sandiford; directors, W. J. 



Palmer, W. A. Adams, Chas. Guenther. 



The banquet hall was beautifully 

 decorated. New varieties in roses 

 were sent by A. N. Pierson, including 

 Lady Cromwell, a shell-pink sport of 

 My Maryland, Prince de Bulgarie, Re- 

 liance and Dark Pink Killarney. The 

 new red carnation. Bonfire, and Aaron 

 Ward roses came from E. G. Hill & 

 C(j.; Rainbow carnation from Wanoka 

 Greenhouse; carnations from F. Dor- 

 ner & Son and Chicago Carnation Co.; 

 the new light pink Ideal from N. C. 

 Stroh, Attica: carnations from C. T. 

 Guenther and W. J. Palmer & Son; 

 White and Pink Killarney and Rich- 

 mond roses from Erie Floral Co. ; 

 Sweet peas from Wm. Ehmann. The 

 members were much taken up with 

 the fine display of blooms. 



A fine programme of entertainment 

 was arranged by the committee in- 

 cluding lantern slides by O. G. Gilles 

 consisting not alone of cartoons of 

 the members but some interesting 

 slides of bridal bouquets, table and 

 church decorations, landscapes and 

 winter scenes at Niagara Falls. 



The able toastmaster, Wm, F. Kast- 

 ing, called on many for a few re- 

 marks and those heard from were well 

 appreciated. An invitation was read 

 from the Rochester Bowling Club to 

 induce every member of the Buffalo 

 Bowlers to join in the return match on 

 March 8th. E. C. B. 



ST. LOUIS RETAIL FLORISTS' AS- 

 SOCIATION. 



The Retail Florists' Association held 

 its monthly meeting on March 6th. 

 The meeting was well attended and 

 they voted favorably to condemn any 

 wholesaler, local or outside, who sold 

 flowers to any local department 

 stores having no regular floral depart- 

 ment. The report of the "crepe pull- 

 ing" committee was received and will 

 be acted upon at the next meeting. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



On Saturday night, March 18, occurs 

 the annual dinner of . the New Yorlf 

 Florists" Club at Shanley's. We un- 

 derstand that the sale of tickets for 

 the event has been unprecedented, 

 liractically every seat being sold in ad- 

 vance. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston will have its regular monthly 

 meeting next Tuesday evening, March 

 21, and this being the last meeting be- 

 fore the opening of the National 

 Flower Show, a large attendance is 

 anticipated. 



Visiting Florists at Dreer's Eiverview Establishment, March 8, 1911. 



