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HORTICULTURE 



March 18, 191i 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The attendance at the March meet- 

 ing was nearly 100. Mr. O'Mara re- 

 ported hopefully on the recent trip 

 to Albany on beUal_f of the appropria- 

 tion for greenhouses at Cornell. Mr. 

 Totty told of the similar movement 

 in New Jersey for greenhouses at New 

 Brunswick. Mr. Weathered reported 

 on the outlook for the club dinner, 

 March IS, and Secretary Young re- 

 ported on behalf of the Outing Com- 

 mittee that the outing would be on 

 June 2'8 at Wetzel's Point Grove. 

 •'Souvenir Program" will be discontin- 

 ued. 



Frank McMahon of Seabright, N. J., 

 addressed the meeting on the dangers 

 of gas distribution under pressure 

 through old and short-lived pipe and 

 protested against permitting its use 

 as deadly to street trees. Many mem- 

 bers participated in the discussion. 

 Mr. Weathered said he had never 

 known of a wrought iron pipe lasting 

 over 10 years. He says all pipe used 

 now is steel tubing and five years 

 is the limit of its life. Mr. Berry 

 spoke of pipes, cast iron, lasting 60 

 years. Mr. O'Mara referred to a case 

 in Jersey where a man collected dam- 

 ages for leaking gas, and thought a 

 municipality could collect damages 

 for injured trees by gas. Mr. Totty 

 referred to Mr. Simpson's experience 

 at Clifton, N. J., and a suit for dam- 

 ages he is bringing against the com- 

 pany. The subject was referred to 

 the legislative committee. Mr. Bun- 

 yard's report recommending the Pall 

 River Line route to the Boston Exhi- 

 bition was approved. Mr. Siebrecht 

 reported that the Board of Aldermen 

 bad passed the resolution for the 

 new flower market and that on April 

 1 the Canal Street market would move 

 to space between First and Second 

 avenues, the permanent market to be 

 ready by July 1. A committee was 

 appointed to meet the English visitors 

 due to arrive on Friday and extend to 

 them an invitation to the club dinner. 

 Five minute talks on various practical 

 topics were made by A. L. Miller, John 

 Birnie, H. A. Bunyard, E. S. Hendrick- 

 son, Jas. T. Scott, Robert E. Berry 

 and Harry Turner. 



The committee on awards reported 

 on visit to C. H. Totty to inspect car- 

 nation Wodenethe and gave 93 points 

 to that fine variety, which entitles it 

 to a certificate. They also reported 88 

 points and a certificate to Wm. Klein- 

 heinz of Ogontz, Pa., for carnation 

 Dimple Widener. 



Among the exhibits on the tables 

 ■were the following: L. P. Lord, Frost- 

 proof Plant Box; Chas. Weber, carna- 

 tion Brooklyn and seedling. No. 2; 

 Wm. Eccles, carnations; Howard Gould 

 carnations; A. C. Zvolanek, 75 varie- 

 ties of sweet peas. Certificates were 

 recommended by the judges for Mr. 

 Zvolanek and Mr. Lord; cultural cer- 

 tificate for Mr. Eccles, and "highly 

 commended" for Mr. Weber. 



tions and other cut flowers were good. 

 David Mcintosh, George Thomson and 

 Simon Hilmers were appointed judges 

 and they awarded the following prizes: 



Roses. Class A— D. S. Miller, Klllarney. 

 first; D. S. Miller. Bridesaiairt, second; 

 Joseph Tansey. Bridesmaid, tiiird ; D. S. 

 Miller, Wliite Killarney, first; D. S. Miller, 

 Bride, second; .Joseph Tansey, Bride, third; 

 Joseph Tansey, Richmond, first. Class B — 

 Albert Fischer, Bridesmaid, first. 



Carnations. Class A — D. S. Miller, Rose 

 Pinli, first; Joseph Tansey, Alma Ward, 

 first; D. S. Miller, White Enchantress, 

 second; Joseph Tansey, Red. first; D. S. 

 Miller, second. Class B — Patricls Cassedy, 

 Red. first; Albert Fischer, Enchantress and 

 White Enchantress, first. 



Sweet Peas. Albert Fischer, Xmas white, 

 first; pinl£, second. 



Violets. Patricli Cassedy, first. 



Honorable Mention to Albert Fischer for 

 Antirrhinum and to Win. Hastings for a 

 very fine display of cut flowers. First 

 Class Certificate of Merit to Albert Fischer 

 for Cattleya Percivaliana. 



A very interesting lecture was given 

 on "Botany as an Aid to Horticulture," 

 by James Scott, Elmsford, N. Y. Mr. 

 Scott combined the scientific and prac- 

 tical in a way one seldom hears from 

 the botanist. He dissected a carnation 

 flower, explaining its various parts 

 and their uses. He dwelt particularly 

 on the color of the petals and the part 

 they play in attracting insects for the 

 purpose of polonization and showing 

 how fertilization takes place. He ex- 

 plained at length how the leaves ab- 

 sorb the carbon-dioxide of the atmos- 

 phere, liberating the oxygen and give 

 it back in a free state. Then how the 

 carbon that was left in the store of 

 the leaf was combined with the hydro- 

 gen and oxygen that was drawn up 

 from the roots by capillary attraction 

 and to form starch which had again to 

 be changed to dextrine or grape sugar 

 in order to flow freely down the plant 

 cells. 



At the close of the lecture Mr. Mc- 

 intosh asked what ingredients the 

 plant took up by means of the roots. 

 Mr. Scott gave the names of six or 

 seven essential ingredients. Mr. Mc- 

 intosh was particularly anxious to 

 know what influence bacteria had in 

 the soil. Mr. Scott explained that it 

 was particularly useful in rendering 

 many of the ingredients more avail- 

 able. The society extended a hearty 

 vote of thanks to Mr. Scott. 



ALBERT FISCHER, Sec. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



A regular meeting was held by this 

 society on Wednesday evening, March 

 1st. There was a very good attend- 

 ance. The exhibits of roses, carna- 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the committee to ar- 

 range for the next exhibition of the 

 American Peony Society to be held un- 

 der the auspices of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society in Horticultural 

 Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., next June was 

 held at the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society's rooms on Wednesday after- 

 noon, March 1, 1911. 



There was a full attendance of the 

 committee as follows: Bertrand H. 

 Farr, President of the American Peony 

 Society, chairman; J. H. Humphreys 

 of the Andorra Nurseries, H. C, Simm 

 of Henry A. Dreer Co., S. Mendelson 

 Meehan of Thomas Meehan & Sons, 

 and J. H. Styer of Concordville, Pa. 

 Also present David Rust, secretary of 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 

 and R. T. Brown of the Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., New York. 



The meeting was very enthusiastic 

 and gave encouraging promise of a 



most successful exhibition next June. 

 The committee were gratified to re- 

 ceive the offer of a number of special 

 premiums from different firms and 

 were assured by Mr. Rust of the hearty 

 co-operation of the Pennsylvania Hor- 

 ticultural Society and other local ex- 

 hibitors. It is intended if possible, to 

 arrange the date so that the local mid- 

 season varieties will be in their prime, 

 which will allow exhibitors from the 

 north to send their earlier varieties 

 and those from the south will be en- 

 abled to exhibit their later kinds. 



YONKERS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A largely attended meeting of this 

 society was held on Friday, March 3rd. 

 It was decided that the tall exhibition 

 be so arranged that the date will not 

 clash with other shows in the New 

 York district. A committee was ap- 

 pointed to get busy and arrange for a 

 clam bake, the date to be decided later. 



R. Cochrane's prize brought out 

 quite an ariay of exhibits. Messrs. 

 Wright, Hoffman and Hebach were ap- 

 pointed judges and reported as fol- 

 lows; First, Lilium Harrisii var. 

 Jamesii, finely shown by S. Untermyer, 

 Sup't A. Herrington; second, violet 

 Princess of Wales, fiom W. B. Trevor, 

 Sup't H. Nichols. Gardenias from the 

 Lilienthol estate, Sup't H. Scott re- 

 ceived honorable mention. The new 

 carnation White House, showing per- 

 fect quality, was finely exhibited by C. 

 H. Totty, of Madison, N. J. Next regu- 

 lar meeting is to take the form of a 

 social evening, being given over to 

 music and refreshments, with a prize 

 for the most meritorious exhibit. 



H. M. B. 



HUNTINGTON HORTICULTURAL 

 AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual carnation exhibition of 

 this society was held on Feb. 23. The 

 awards were as follows: 



H. T. & A. H. Funnel! for dark pinlj car- 

 nations, white carnations, freesias, mignon- 

 ette and spring flowers. R. W. Deforest, 

 gardener Robt. Hillocli. first for Enchan- 

 tress. L. D. Hurd first for scarlet carna- 

 tions and sweet peas. Kramer Bros., 

 Farmlngdale. first for carnati ns and 

 specimen blooming plant. W. J. Matheson. 

 gardener Jos. Kirby, first for violets. 



Kramer Bros, were given a certifi- 

 cate of merit for a new Asparagus 

 phimosus originating with them, and 

 for a seedling carnation of fine color, 

 form and stem. H. T. & A. H. F^innell 

 received a cultural certificate for cy- 

 clamen, and James Kirby honorable 

 mention for Primula obconica and nar- 

 cissus. James Duthie was the judge. 

 A, H. Funnell, Sec. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



At the regular monthly meeting of 

 the Tarrytown Horticultural Society 

 held on Friday evening. February 

 27. favorable action was taken on a 

 communication from the New York 

 Florists' Club asking the co-operation 

 of this Society in securing the pas- 

 sage of a bill appropriating $50,000 

 to erect greenhouses at Cornell for 

 experimental purposes. 



It was announced that the fall show 

 will be held October 31 to November 

 2nd in Music Hall, Tarrytown. Sub- 

 ject and exhibits for the next meet- 

 ing will be Roses and Bulbous Flow- 

 ers. GEO. McINTOSH, 



Cor. Sec'y. 



