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HORTICULTURE 



March 25, 1911 



Officers of the Gardeners^ and Florists' Club of Boston 



1't.TER FiSHEK 



Treasurer 



Peter M. Miller 

 President 



Thomas Pegler 

 Vice-President 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



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 25th 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. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 

 New Roses on Exhibition at Boston. 



Brant-Hentz Flower Co. registers for 

 exhibit a new rose, "Madison." and 

 they say: "This new rose is a cross 

 between Bride, Pearl and Meteor, has 

 foliage resembling the holly, flowers 

 white, resembling Bride, large buds; 

 the plants will bloom five flowers to 

 the Bride's three. There is very little 

 blind wood and cuts continually 

 throughout the whole year." 



E. G. Hill Co. will show his new 

 Rose, "Sunburst." Stockton & Howe 

 bring out one called "Princeton." 

 S. J. Renter & Son bring out two new 

 Roses. "Double improved White Kil- 

 larney," is pure white sport from the 

 Waban strain of White Killarney. 

 Bud double the size of the ordinary 

 White Killarney, a larger plant with 

 heavy deep-colored foliage. "Cerise 

 Pink Killarney," is deep pink sport 

 from Killarney, having a velvety sheen 

 and beautiful shading and a heavier 

 bud. 



The foregoing new roses are entered 

 for the American Rose Society's gold 

 medal as are also the following: Mel- 

 ody and Double Killarney from Robert 

 Scott & Son, Sport from Chatenay from 

 Exeter Rose Conservatories, Sport 

 from Killarney from F. R. Pierson Co., 



and three crackerjacks from A. N. 

 Pierson. 



Gude Bros, will show H, P. roses in 

 pots and M. *H. Walsh will make the 

 most magnificent show of Ramblers 

 t'ver put up, including several new in- 

 troductions. In the cut flower classes 

 there are as many as forty entries in 

 some cases. Myer & Samtman will 

 send 100 Hilda specials. 



The Rose represents CO per cent, of 

 the value of commercial flowers raised 

 in the United States, and there is no- 

 where in the world where flowers grow 

 but what the rose stands out with un- 

 questioned prominence. The develop- 

 ment of outside roses is apparent to 

 anyone who travels over this country 

 today and the nurseryman and plant 

 growers have a chance to show what 

 they can do on the second division of 



this exhibition, which is given up en- 

 tirely to i)ot roses. 



Meetings at Boston. 



Provision has been made for three 

 meetings. Tne first is to be a general 

 I'cport meeting and it is expected that 

 two able papers of great interest to 

 all growers of roses will be presented. 

 The second meeting will be the' gen- 

 eral business meeting for election of 

 officers and choice of location for next 

 meeting, and the third meeting is de- 

 voted to the report of Dr. S. S. Sul- 

 liger concerning the National Rose 

 Show of England. Richard Vincent, 

 .Jr., of Whitemarsh, Md., who went to 

 Brussels, will report on his trip, and 

 W. G. MacKendrick of Toronto, Can., 

 will prepare a paper. These three 

 meetings are hoped to be of popular 

 interest. 



The State Florist's Association of In- 

 diana a year ago made application to 

 the Rose Society that it go there in 

 1912. and an official invitation to meet 

 in the city of Indianapolis in 1912 has 

 been received. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



F. R. Pierson, chairman. National 

 Flower Show, has requested the Secre- 

 tary of the Ladies' Society to issue an 

 order for members' season tickets to 

 all who have paid their dues for 1911. 

 Members will find the Secretary at Ex- 

 hibition Hall ready to receive dues and 

 issue orders. Be sure to bring your 

 order, as no duplicate will be issued. 

 Please wear your badge pin. 



MRS. J. V. PHILLIPS, Pres. 



MRS. CHAS. H. MAYNARD, Sec'y. 



Robert Cameron 



Meniher of Examining Committee, National 



Flower Show. 



We are informed that the Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners will have their 

 meeting at Boston on Wednesday P. 

 M., March 29, same to be followed by 

 a dinner at which Chas H. Totty will 

 be toastmaster. 



