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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The second monthly exhibition was 

 held, in conjunction with the meeting, 

 at the American Museum of Natural 

 History on Wednesday, March 8. The 

 initial monthly exhibition in February 

 was very encouraging, but the present 

 one was much more so, being large 

 and better attended. Cyclamens and 

 carnations held the center of the stage, 

 but there were many other exhibits, 

 among which were orchids, bulbous 

 stuff, and cut flowers. The display of 

 cyclamens was superb, and the compe- 

 tition in the carnations was very keen. 

 Below will be found a list of the pre- 

 miums awarded. 



The next exhibition will take place 

 at the same place on Wednesday, April 

 12, and will be devoted primarily to 

 the plants and flowers which are as- 

 sociated with Easter. The schedules 

 will soon be ready for distribution, and 

 will be sent, upon application to the 

 secretary, George V. Nash, New York 

 Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. 

 City. 



Premiums awarded March 8. 1911 — 



Best vase of (.'aruations, Winthrop Sargent, 

 Prank B. Witney, gardener, silver medal. 



3 vases of carnations, 3 kinds, 12 flowers 

 of each, Mrs. Myron I. Borg, James 

 Aitchison, gardener, first; J. J. Uiker, 

 Thos. W. Stobo, gardener, second. 



12 scarlet carnations, Mrs. Myron I. Borg. 

 first; Henry Goldman, Anton Bauer, gar- 

 dener, second. 



12 Wiusor-shade carnations, Mlas C. A. 

 Bliss, J. T. Burns, gardener, first; J. J. 

 Riker. second. 



12 Enchantress-shade carnations, Mrs. My- 

 ron 1. Borg, first; J. J. Riker, second. 



12 crimson carnations, W. W. Hero.v, A. 

 Wynne, gardener, first; Miss C. A. Bliss, 

 second. 



12 Lawsou-shade carnations, Henry Siegel, 

 Thos. Aitchison, gardener, first; Henry 

 Goldman, second. 



12 white carnations, Adolph Lewisohn, John 

 Canning, gardener, first; J. J. Riker, sec- 

 . ond. 



50 blooms of carnations, arranged tor ef- 

 fect. Henry Slegel, first. 



30 plants of cyclamen. Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable, James Stuart, gardener, first; 

 Mrs. H. B. Gilbert. Robert Stobo, gar- 

 dener, second. 



5 plants of cyclamen, Henry Siegel. first. 



1 plant of cyclamen, Henry Siegel. first; 

 Mrs, F. A. Constable, second. 



3 plants of cineraria, Chas. Mallory. Wm. 

 J. Sealey, gardener, first: Adolph Lewi- 

 sohn, second. 



Group of orchids, F. V. Bnrton. Wm. Cor- 

 des, gardener, special prize, silver medal. 



Sweet peas, stocks and daffodils. W. W. 

 Heroy. special prize. 



Plant of Dendrobium thyrsiflorum. Mrs. F. 

 B. Van Vorst. A. Anderson, gardener, 

 special prize. 



Vase of Antirrhinums. R. Delafleld. Wm. 

 Brock, gardener, special prize. 



Plant of Cypripediura Iris. J. A. Manda, 

 special prize, silver medal. 



Dish of mushrooms. Miss C. A. Bliss, spe- 

 cial prize. „ „ , 



7 vases of sweet peas, A. C. Zvolanek, cer- 

 tificate of merit. 



Fine varietv of Cattleya Schroederae, Lager 

 & Hurrell, special prize, silver medal. 



Vases of hippeastrums. Primula Kewensis. 

 and carnation May Day. Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable, special prize. 



Seedling carnation. Wm. Bccles, Scott 



Bros., certificate of merit. 



GEO. V. NASH, Sec'y, 



This plan provides handsome prizes 

 at the end of the year to the three 

 members having the highest number 

 of points gained from helping the so- 

 ciety in various ways, a specially pre- 

 pared scale of points regulating the 

 competition. The reading of a paper 

 at each meeting is bringing out unex- 

 pected talent and doing much good. 

 This evening the paper was on "Tuber- 

 ous Begonias," by Paul Volquardsen, 

 who had previously qualified for the 

 task through the high-class exhibits he 

 has from time to time placed before 

 the society. In growing tuberous be- 

 gonias outdoors, the speaker said, an 

 ideal situation is where they will be 

 shaded from the sun from about 10 

 A. M. to 2 P. M., but not under trees, 

 as the drip from branches has a bad 

 effect on them. They also succeed well 

 in the full sun if watered thoroughly 

 every day during dry weather. A rich 

 soil is also necessary from the very 

 start. A mulch of a suitable loose 

 material is also good. Bulbs one year 

 old are best for all round use, but 

 seedlings make a fine display in late 

 summer. Comparing them with gera- 

 niums they give a much more gor- 

 geous effect and require shorter treat- 

 ment under glass previous to planting 

 out. 



The exhibits at this meeting were 

 extra good, including two orchid 

 plants of the Dendrobium Wardianum 

 types from Oscar Schultz. who was 

 awarded a bronze medal for one and 

 a first class certificate for the other. 

 Fredrick Franco also exhibited a seed- 

 ling H. T. rose plant of considerable 

 promise, which was awarded honora- 

 ble mention. 



The paper at the next meeting will 

 be on "Horticulture in the South," by 

 Frank .Jenkins. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The meeting of this society, March 

 14, was well attended and full of inter- 

 est, indicating success to the plan 

 adopted at the beginning of the year 

 to make meetings more attractive. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 club on Tuesday evening, March 21. 

 was a big one and much interest was 

 manifested in the discussion of the 

 preparations for club hospitalities to 

 the National Flower Show visitors — 

 matters which are hardly within the 

 scope of a public report. Suffice it to 

 say that the club will be on deck for 

 anything concerning the comfort and 

 pleasure of all strangers who show up. 

 Fifty members volunteered to serve on 

 Sunday afternoon as escorts to any 

 children who may be present under the 

 free admission privilege. 



The question box. when opened, dis- 

 closed a query as to why so many 

 forcing tulips had gone "blind" this 

 season. Mr. Farquhar explained the 

 phenomenon satisfactorily as being 

 dtre to peaty soil as affected by a very 

 wet growing season and the conse- 

 quent harvesting of the bulbs in an 

 immature condition. Bulbs from sandy 

 districts, on the contrary, would under 

 these conditions ripen normally and 

 flower satisfactorily. Another question 

 was in reference to the culture of gar- 

 denias, which, by the way was fully 

 treated in last week's issue of HORTI- 

 CULTURE. Mr. Finlayson replied 

 briefly. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



"Rose night" brought out a good at- 

 tendance on the evening of March 7th. 



On Feb. 28th Mr. Vincent, of White 

 Marsh, Md., had given a talk before 

 the club on his trip through the Hol- 

 land bulb fields, illustrated by lantern 

 slides. The entertainment commit- 

 tee's report on this event, by Mr. 

 Langhans was pleasantly received. 



Mr. Cook, representing the Passen- 

 ger Dept. of the New York Central 

 lines was present, and presented the 

 claims of his line tor transportation to 

 the Boston Flower Show. A transpor- 

 tation committee was named, composed 

 of James Wiseman, T. P. Langhans 

 and E. C. Reineman, and it was sug- 

 gested they get in touch with the 

 Penna. R. R., as many of the members 

 desired to go to Boston via Philadel- 

 phia and New York. 



A fine display of roses, carnations 

 and flowering plants was staged. The 

 judges— Wm. Falconer, Fred Burki,. 

 and H. L. Blind made awards as fol- 

 lows: 



To E. G. Hill Co., certificate of merit 

 for Carnation Bonfire, and a certificate ot 

 merit for Rose, Mrs. Aaron Ward. To E. 

 W. Garland, Finleyville, Pa., a certificate 

 of merit each for carnation seedling — one 

 pink, one white. To Bertermann Bros. Co., 

 cultural commendation for carnation, J. 

 Whitcomb Riley. Geo. J. Learzaf, cultu- 

 ral commendation for vase of Carnations 

 grown under the unfavorable conditions of 

 the city. Randolph & McClements, first 

 class certificate for Jasminum primulinum. 

 and a certificate of merit for group of 

 plants, W. A. Morten, certificate of merit 

 for crimson-flowered Primula obconica. 

 Walter James, cultural commendation for 

 Dendrobium nobile. Frank Crook, Primula 

 obconica. lultural commendation. Pitts- 

 liurg Cut Flower, for roses, certificate of 

 merit. I'hipps ('onservatories. for Ciner- 

 arias, cultural certificate. Chas. H. Totty, 

 Madison. N. J., for Carnation Wodenethe — 

 an immense white.-.-a first class certificate, 

 and for rose. Lady Ilillingdon. a certificate 

 ot merit. Phipps Conservatories, for group' 

 of Hyacinths, Narcissus and Cinerarias, 

 cultural commendation, and also for Toxl- 

 cophlaca spectabiliK, a South African ever- 

 green shrub full of fragrant white blos- 

 soms. 



In connection with roses Mr. Burki 

 stated his belief that the use of blind 

 wood for cuttings was responsible for 

 the deterioration of Bride and Brides- 

 maid. 



Mr. Neil McCallum showed colored 

 plates of the newer daffodils, and Mr. 

 Langhans spoke of a recent trip with 

 Mr. Burki among the growers in the 

 Chicago district, and of the vast differ- 

 ences observed, even in the large es- 

 tablishments, in the use of up-to-date 

 and efiicient methods. 



The subject for the April meeting 

 will be "Easter Flowers." 



H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



One of the most interesting and in- 

 structive meetings held by the society 

 for some time was presided over by 

 President Foulsham on Saturday, 

 March 4th and was very largely at- 

 tended, and the members were amply 

 rewarded by hearing a practical paper 

 on Mushroom Culture by W. Jack. 

 The essayist dealt with the minutest 

 detail from the preparing of the 

 rhanure, making of beds, spawning. 



