April 8, 1911 



HORTICULTURE. 



531 



• Clubs and Societies 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The meeting of tliis club, lield ou tlie 

 4th inst., was rather slimly attended on 

 account of the bad weatlier. A. E. 

 Wohlert of Narberth, Pa., gave an ex- 

 cellent and interesting address on tree 

 and shrub planting — which we hope to 

 publish in the near future. He laid 

 special stress on the importance of 

 careful packing of stock at the nur- 

 series, and attributed one-half of the 

 failures to this and to exposure of the 

 roots to cold or hot w-inds before plant- 

 ing or heeling in. He recommended 

 broken stone for three feet around the 

 base of a tree on the lawn instead of 

 grass. The writer would like to have 

 Mr. Wohlert explain more fully what 

 the reasons for that might be. Grass 

 is a friend of the human race and while 

 not blazoned with bloom it is at least 

 more cheerful and restful to the vision 

 than broken rock. 



A lively discussion of the recent 

 National Flower Show took place. 

 Commodore Westcott, Charles E. Mee- 

 han, Adolph Farenwald and others 

 made interesting reports of what they 

 had seen and made recommendations 

 for our local guidance from deductions 

 gathered at the show. J. Otto Thilow 

 paid an eloquent tribute to the prize 

 winners from our city and vicinity. 

 Well-grown Lilium longiflorum and 

 American Pillar roses were exhibited 

 at the meeting of H. I. Faust, Merlon. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



The meeting on April 3 was devoted 

 to an exhibition of cut flowers and 

 plants suitable for Easter trade. The 

 growers responded very liberally and 

 it is only to be regretted that these 

 many choice things could not be dis- 

 played in a more fitting way in a 

 large hall and the public be made a 

 witness of the great ability of local 

 growers. There is no doubt that such 

 exhibits as Thomas Brown's carna- 

 tions, comprising 100 each, White En- 

 chantress, Beacon, Dark Pink En- 

 chantress, Pink Delight and new seed- 

 lings, most all with flowers 314 inches 

 diameter on strong stems not less than 

 32 inches long, would capture first 

 prizes amongst a much larger com- 

 petition. Just as strong was Fred 

 Breitmeyer's exhibit of Pink and 

 White Killarney, La Detroit, American 

 Beauty, Canadian Queen and a large 

 assortment of snapdragon. The plant 

 collections shown by Messrs. Plumb. 

 Miesel, Beard Bros., M. Bloy and Fred 

 Rush, covered everything the retailer 

 needs for Easter and were of high 

 quality. Ferd. Kolbe was very good 

 with assorted carnations as well as 

 vases of one variety. 



The Bemb Floral Co. exhibited three 

 very interesting baskets, one with 

 Double Killarney, one with Melody and 

 another with Aaron Ward, all tastily 

 arranged with pussy willows and palms 

 and ribbons. 



Jerry Stock exhibited a fine collec- 

 tion of schizanthus. The Club awarded 

 certificates of merit to Fred Breit- 

 meyer. Charles Plumb, Thomas Brown 

 and Fred Miesel. 



FRANK DANZER. 



A NEW PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY. 



The Bucks County Horticulture So- 

 ciety was organized on March 22nd, at 



The Dutch Garden. 



NatioD.iI Flower Show. 



Doylestown, Pa. Officers: Dr. John H. 

 Washburn, president; S. B. Denlinger, 

 vice-president; J. J. Arney, secretary; 

 S. Paul Woodman, treasurer. Nearly 

 one hundred representative fruit grow- 

 ers and truckers of the locality signed 

 the roll of membership, among them 

 being our old friend Walter P. Fan- 

 couit, professor of horticulture at the 

 National Farm School. Dr. Washburn, 

 the president elect, is dean of the lat- 

 ter institution. The society will meet 

 every three months and the National 

 Farm School will probably be head- 

 quarters. Prof. Surface, state zoolo- 

 gist, has taken an active part. 



monthly session on Monday night, 

 April 3d, and discussed a number of 

 important questions which were re- 

 ported by the different committees. 

 President Sanders presided and all the 

 other officers were present. 



The Bngelmann Botanical Club will 

 hold its regular monthly meeting at 

 Ihe Missouri Botanical Garden. St. 

 Louis, on next Monday night, April 10. 

 Secretary Pring says the meetings of 

 the club have been largely attended 

 by the members and a good sprinkling 

 of visitors. They will make arrange- 

 ments for the club's annual field meet 

 at this meeting. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



The Ladies' Society of American 

 Florists were entertained right royally 

 and thanks are returnable to the 

 Ladies of the Boston Committee and 

 Gardeners and Florists' Club for the 

 good times. Especially did all enjoy 

 the hearty welcome extended by Mrs. 

 W. H. Elliott at her new home in 

 Brighton. Mass., on Friday. And last, 

 but not least, do we mention that the 

 silver vase given for best table decora- 

 tions by the Ladies' S. A. F. was 

 awarded to Hoffman the Florist, of 

 Boston. 



MRS. CHAS. H. MAYNARD. 



Secretary. 



The fall exhibitions of the American 

 Tnslitute of the City of New York, will 

 be held in the rooms of the Institute 

 as follows: Dahlia, Fruit and Vege- 

 table Exhibition. September 19th, 20th 

 and 21st, 1911; Chrysanthemum Exhi- 

 bition, November 1st. 2nd and 3rd, 

 191]. 



WM. A. EAGLESON, Sec, 



Board of Managers'; ' 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The St. Louis Ladles' Home Circle 

 spent a pleasant afternoon in the Lan- 

 gan building on Monday, April 3d, and 

 after an hour's session they adjourned 

 to the bowling alleys, where the rest 

 of the afternoon was passed. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club will 

 meet Thursday afternoon, April 13th, 

 for their regular monthly session. 

 President Connon and Secretary Ben- 

 eke are making efforts for a large at- 

 tendance as there is a great deal of 

 business to transact. 



The report made at Boston by C. B. 

 Meohan. chairman of the committee of 

 the American Rose Society having in 

 hand the establishment of a standard- 

 ization of the grading of roses, favor- 

 ing a grading applying to stems as fol- 

 lows: 9-in., 12-in., 15-iu., IS-in. and 24- 

 in.. and higher as necessary was, on 

 motion accepted by the Society. It 

 will be interesting to note how the 

 growers and dealers in the different 

 rose markets will treat this innova- 

 tion. President Elliott announced 

 that the Stearns Lumber Co., of 

 Neponset, Mass., was desirous of 

 furnishing a convenient scale for 

 gradings as described, and if florists 

 would apply to them same would be 

 gladly furnished. 



The Retail Florists' Association of 

 St. Louis held a good meeting at its 



Danville, Pa. — The Castle Grove 

 Greenhouses whose new greenhouse 

 was reported in our last issue, inform 

 us that the building of this house has 

 not yet been finally decided upon. 



