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HORTICULTURC: 



March 25, 1911 



temperatures, moisture, insects, and 

 failures, attributing the latter in a de- 

 gree to the dryness of the manure 

 when the beds are made. A good dis- 

 cussion followed, most of the mem- 

 bers taking part, and the essayist was 

 accorded a hearty vote of thanks. 



A. J. Loveless was awarded a cer- 

 tificate of merit for a fine vase of 

 Leptosyne maritima. It is rather a 

 pity that this beautiful annual is not 

 more widely grown, as it somewhat 

 resembles the marguerites having 

 large lemon yellow flowers, borne on 

 long stiff stems, fragrant, and very 

 valuable as cut blooms, and can be 

 successfully grown in a temperature 

 of 50 degrees. George Breed was 

 awarded a vote of thanks for a vase 

 of roses — Gold of Ophir. 



The schedules for the forthcoming 

 shows were adopted as read. One new 

 clause was voted, — -namely: That none 

 other than the Society's cards shall 

 be used on exhibits. Exhibitions 

 will be held as follows: Annual and 

 Perennial, July 26th; Fall exhibitions 

 Oct. 25th and 26th. The annual din- 

 ner of the society will be held at the 

 Curtis Hotel, April 18th. The society 

 is forging ahead, having elected 

 thirteen active and three life mem- 

 bers since the New Year. Quite a 

 large delegation will attend the 

 National Flower Show at Boston. 

 GEORGE H. INSTONE, 

 Secretary. 



DAYTON FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The third annual banquet and social 

 session of the Dayton Florists' Club 

 was held Wednesday night, March 1, in 

 the Phillips House. The decorations 

 were a combination of the wares and 

 genius of the different florists and 

 were said to be the best ever put up 

 in the city. Horace M. Frank pre- 

 sided as toastmaster. 



A business meeting was held on 

 Monday evening, March 6, at Mrs. J. F. 

 Young's store on East Fifth street, at 

 which time the following oflicera for 

 the ensuing year were elected: 



President, F. R. Mittman; vice-presi- 

 dent, A. E. Schmidt; secretary, Horace 

 M. Frank; treasurer, George Bartholo- 

 mew. A booster committee was ap- 

 pointed of which C. M. Schaefer is 

 chairman, and a special entertainment 

 committee was also appointed and ar- 

 rangements made to hold a social 

 meeting at the residence of Mr. and 

 Mrs. J. F. Young, 105 Holt street, 

 April 3. 



An invitation from the Cleveland 

 Florist Club was read, inviting the 

 Dayton Florist Club to be their guests 

 at the National Flower Show, which 

 will be held in Boston, March 25. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the March 17 meeting of this so- 

 ciety the members listened to a talk 

 on "Bulb Growing in Holland," by P. 

 J. Van Baarda. A description was 

 given at length of the propagation, 

 culture, digging, storing, drying, sort- 

 ing and packing of Dutch bulbs. Bulb 

 growing in other countries came up 

 for discussion, and it being the 17th 

 of March the fact was brought out that 

 the "Emerald Isle" did something in 

 narcissus, etc., as well as shamrocks. 

 The speaker received a vote of thanks. 

 ROBERT A. MITCHELL. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the meeting on March 10 there 

 was an unusually fine display. Joseph 

 A. Manda had a fine display of rare 

 orchids. Among his collection he had 

 the new hybrid Cypripedium Cham- 

 berlainianum, first time exhibited, 

 which captured a first-class certificate. 

 Lager & Hurrell also had a nice dis- 

 play of orchids. Their Renanthera Im- 

 shootiana was awarded a first-class 

 certificate. Thomas Jones also had a 

 fine show of orchids. 



A committee was appointed to 

 draw up resolutions on the death of 

 Louis Peiker of West Orange. 



Peter Duff, gardener for Mrs. J. C. 

 Brown, read a very instructive paper 

 on "The Culture of Chrysanthemums." 

 He said he keeps the stock plants in 

 cold frames or pits during the winter, 

 and commences propagating the early 

 part of March and all through the 

 month, and when rooted putting into 

 21^-inch or 3-inch pots, then into 

 4-inch. After the roots fill the latter 

 they get their final shift to the 

 benches, boxes and larger pots. The 

 compost used for the first potting is 

 lighter than for the final — four parts 

 loam, one part well rotted horse 

 manure and one part leaf mold and 

 sand put through a seive. For the 

 final potting he makes up his compost 

 in the fall with layers of sod and 

 manure in proportions of four to one, 

 with a sprinkling of lime, bone and 

 soot. He uses the commercial ferti- 

 lizers for feeding during the summer 

 as the plants require it. He uses 

 Nico-fume and Aphine to keep down 

 aphis. In taking the bud, he says, 

 with a few exceptions crowns must 

 he taken to produce the large blooms 

 seen at the exhibitions in the fall. 

 For single-stem plants grown and 

 flowered in 6-inch pots he propagates 

 from May 1 to June 1. and in potting 

 them he packs the soil good and hard 

 in the pots to make the plants stocky. 

 Standards and specimens are propa- 

 gated much earlier in order to pro- 

 duce large plants, and should be 

 pinched often to make them bushy, 

 pinching to stop about the end of 

 July. A few of the stronger shoots 

 can be pinched a little later. 



Awards were as follows: 



Roses. — Thos. Edison, gard. Frank Drews, 

 1)0 points; S. M. and A. Colgate, gard. Wil- 

 liam Keid, 85 points; A. B. .lenliins, gard. 

 Albert F. Larson, 80 points. American 

 Beauties— Franl! Drews, 70 points; AUiert 

 P. Larson, 65 points. Carnations — William 

 Reid, 95 points; Albert F. Lart>on, 75 

 points; Franl< Drews. 65 points. Orobids — 

 William Reid, 90 points; Joseph A. Manda, 

 95 points; Lnger & Unrrell, 03 points; 

 Thomas Jones, 90 points. Carnations — 

 Chas. Hath.iway, gard. Max Srhneider, 90 

 points. Stoclss — Fritz Berglund, 85 points. 

 Cullural r-ertifirates to Max Schneider, vase 

 of narcjssiis and violets; Fritz Perglnnd. 

 c-aso of narcissus; Joseph A. Manda. or- 

 chids. Certlflcate of merit— Thos. Jones, 

 Dendrobium crassinode and Cnlanthe Re.-- 

 neiri; l^agpr & Hurrell. orchids; Lager & 

 Hnrrell. Lycaste orinnta; Frani< Drews, 

 vase of roses; F»-nnlt Drew's. cari>ntions. 

 WILLIAM REin, Sec'y. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY SPRING SHOW. 



A very creditable disnlay was onened 

 on the 21st inst. and continued for 

 three days at the annval Spring Ex- 

 hibition of the Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society. The quality and quan- 

 tity of the exhibits were, we think, 

 distinctly superior to the show of a 

 year ago. The chief features were a 



lavish showing of hyacinths, tulips, 

 daffodils, and other bulbous stock, for 

 the premiums so generously offered by 

 the leading seedsmen of the city. 

 These items showed, almost without 

 exception, well-grown and well-devel- 

 oped plants from extra selected stock 

 of the hundreds of varieties exhibited. 

 Azaleas, lilies, callas, spiveas, cinera- 

 rias, and other Easter subjects added 

 largely to the interest of the show and 

 were unusually well done. Around the 

 front of the stage the Messrs. Dreer 

 had a splendid group of foliage and 

 flowering plants which were highly 

 educational and much admired. The 

 new holly tern (Cyrtomium Roch- 

 fordi) was the most noticeable gem of 

 the collection. The new double white 

 fnarguerite, Mrs. F. Sander, also came 

 in for a good deal of favorable com- 

 ment. It seems to us one of the best 

 things we have seen in that line yet, 

 and we have had several agreeable 

 surprises in recent years. The lovely 

 Dreer fancy caladiums were also well 

 represented and the whole exhibit was 

 given the finishing touch with a gen- 

 erous mingling of cocos and phoenix. 



The principal prize winners were: 

 William Kleinheinz, Joseph Hurley. 

 William Robertson, Samuel Batchelor, 

 John McCleary, John Gaynor, David 

 Aiken, J. W. Geary, Thomas Long and 

 John H. Dodds. 



A feature of the show was a splen- 

 did vase of the new scarlet carnation 

 Miss Dimple Widener, which was orig- 

 inated, grown, and exhibited by Wil- 

 liam Kleinheinz, and graced the mid- 

 dle stairway landing. This new-comer 

 will be heard from yet. 



Messrs. Michell, Waterer, Dreer, 

 and others deserve great credit for the 

 excellent showing made and their lib- 

 eral donations to the prize list. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Our first March meeting was held 

 on the 10th instant, and brought out 

 a splendid exhibition of cineraria 

 plants by President Huss, mostly of 

 the single hybrid kinds, but including 

 a number of the stellata and cactus 

 types. He also showed two blooming 

 amaryllis plants. Certificates ot merit 

 were awarded for the single hybrids 

 cactus and stellata and honorable men- 

 tion for the amaryllis. An appropriate 

 paper was presented by George B. 

 Baker, of New Britain, who gave many 

 useful facts concerning the history, 

 propagation, and culture of the flor- 

 ists' cineraria, as well as the other and 

 less common kinds. Considerable dis- 

 cussion ensued regarding seed germi- 

 nation ot this plant. Some sow the 

 seed on the surface, dampening the 

 soil, and covering lightly with moss. 

 Mr. Balder recommendid sowin.g the 

 seed about an eighth of an inch deep. 



It was decided to hold the annual 

 dahlia exhibition at Hartford on Sept. 

 19-20, and the chrysanthemum exhi- 

 bition on Nov. 7-8. 



Our next meeting on March 24th, 

 will be Greenhouse Rose ni.ght; and 

 we are hoping to be favored with an 

 address by George A. Parser, super- 

 intendent of the city parks of Hart- 

 ford, on the interesting topic of "The 

 Improvement of -Small Homes." 

 GEORGE W. SMITH. 



Secretary. 



