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HORTICULTURE 



April 15, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



There was an excellent i-epresenta- 

 tion of the Club's membership present 

 at the April meeting last Monday night 

 and those who came were well repaid. 

 All committees having reported, 

 thanks were extended to Alex McCon- 

 nell for decorative work at the annual 

 dinner and to the many donors of flow- 

 ers. The president was authorized to 

 appoint committees on three recent 

 deaths, viz.: Messrs. Kessler, Sr., 

 Lorenz and Pierkovski, Sr. 



Arthur Cowee gave his promised lec- 

 ture on the Gladiolus, illustrating his 

 remarks with a hundred or more beau- 

 tiful stereopticon views. His talk was 

 exceedingly interesting and his belief 

 in the great future of his favorite flow- 

 er was well substantiated. 



F. R. Pierson, chairman of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show Committee, fal- 

 lowed with a speech concerning that 

 great Boston event, giving especial 

 credit to his colleagues in the worK, 

 praising the unanimity and good fel- 

 lowship displayed throughout and the 

 efficient management of Mr. Campbell. 

 He stated that the receipts would more 

 than cover the entire expenditures, in- 

 cluding |8,000 given in prizes, and that 

 the guarantee fund would be returned 

 intact to the guarantors, with a profit. 

 He expressed the belief that New York 

 will be in position to undertake the 

 fourth National Flower Show. 



J. H. Pepper showed some stereopti- 

 con views of the Flower Show. C. B. 

 Weathered spoke of the hospitality of 

 the Boston gentlemen, and the thanks 

 of the Club were ordered sent to P. 

 Welch and his associates, also to the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton for their entertainment. 



There was a very fine display of 

 sweet peas on the exhibition tables 

 from Wm. Sim, of Cliftondale, Mass., 

 for which a cultural certificate was 

 awarded. Among the varieties shown 

 were Pink Beauty, rose; Helen Keller, 

 variegated: Greenbrook, blush: Wm. 

 J. Stewart, blue; Mrs, Smalley, salmon; 

 Wallacea, lavender: Gov. Port, salmon; 

 Boddington's Snowbird, white; Christ- 

 mas Captain, purple; Mrs. Geo. Lewis, 

 white; Miss Josie Reiley, lilac; Mrs. 

 Dolansky, pink; Watchung, white; 

 Christmas Pink; Le Marquis, violet; 

 Florence Denzer, white; Boddington's 

 Canary, cream; Boddington's Christ- 

 mas, pink; Mrs. Wild, magenta; Mrs. 

 Hannau, rose; Mrs. Totty, blue; Mrs. 

 Sim, salmon. Carnation Wodenethe 

 from Frank C. Witney, of Fishkill, 

 made a very favorable impression and 

 the judges requested to see it again. 

 A Mr. Lord showed a one-piece cut- 

 flower and design box which seemed 

 to meet the approval of florists who 

 were present 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BALTIMORE. 

 At the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 meeting, April 10, it was "Convention 

 Night," and there was the largest 

 gathering of members for many moons, 

 and the consequence was a very en- 

 thusiastic harmonious meeting In 

 which master strokes were accom- 

 plished towards completing the big 



programme for the convention of the 

 S. A. F. & O. H. A guarantee fund 

 running into thousands of dollars was 

 readily subscribed. Committees were 

 all wide awake and vied with each 

 other in reports of great progress. In- 

 dications are that Maryland florists in- 

 tend to maintain the reputation which 

 the state has for hospitality. Not only 

 will the hand of fraternal fellowship 

 be extended to visiting florists, but 

 Lord Baltimore will in addition wel- 

 come visiting florists to Greater Bal- 

 timore. Robt. L. Graham, the new 

 president of the club, said the recent 

 flower show held in Boston was with- 

 out doubt the finest ever held in this 

 country. Hon. Edwin Warfield, ex- 

 governor, was elected an honorary 

 member of the club. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 

 Garden Prizes for the Year. 



The garden and greenhouse commit- 

 tee of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society announce its schedule of prizes 

 for the year. It calls the attention of 

 owners of estates in New England to 

 the premiums offered to encourage the 

 development and ornamentation of pri- 

 vate grounds and the establishment 

 and maintenance of greenhouses for 

 the culture of plants, fruits and vege- 

 tables. 



The H. H. Hunnewell triennial pre- 

 mium will be given for an estate of 

 not less than three acres planted in 

 the most tasteful and effective manner, 

 with the most desirable ornamental 

 trees and shrubs, and kept in the best 

 order tor three consecutive years. This 

 premium, to be awarded but once in 

 three years, is $160. A special prize 

 will be given for an estate in Massa- 

 chusetts of not more than three acres 

 nor less than one acre that shows the 

 best arrangement in planting and that 

 is kept in the best order. 



Silver and bronze medals will be 

 awarded for a garden of spring flower- 

 ing plants, one of summer or fall- 

 flowering plants, a garden or collec- 

 tion of peonies, a garden or collection 

 of hardy roses, a garden or collection 

 of irises, a rock garden, a water gar- 

 den, a fruit garden and a vegetable 

 garden. 



YONKERS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



Ou Friday, 7th inst., a well attended 

 meeting was held and matters of in- 

 terest discussed. The executive com- 

 mittee reported that the June Show 

 will be held on the 14th of that month 

 and all seems favorable for a most suc- 

 cessful exhibition. Some fine melons — 

 "Sutton's Scarlet"— were exhibited by 

 S. Untermyer, superintendent M. Grey, 

 and received cultural commendation. 

 Louis Melliott exhibited the new rose 

 Veltchenblau, but the variety did not 

 impress members as being suitable for 

 forcing. Hamilton Scott was elected 

 president, and Messrs. Rennison and 

 Melliott were selected members of the 

 executive committee. Howard Nichols 

 read an interesting and instructive 

 paper, taking as his subject "Hardy 

 Roses." H. M. B. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society 

 April 11 added another very interest- 

 ing event to the credit of the organ- 

 ization. Two papers were read: The 

 flrst by Alexander MacLellan. who 

 gave a very complete history of the 

 sweet pea family, covering a period 

 from about the year 1650 when it is 

 recorded to have been discovered in 

 the Islands of Cicily and Ceylon and 

 tracing its advances to the present 

 day, speaking of the improvement 

 made in this popular flower since its 

 introducljon in England about 200| 

 years ago. Mr. MacLellan gave due 

 credit to Henry Eckford and others 

 of England also to California growers 

 and members of the Sweet Pea Socie- 

 ty Of this country and paid a high trib- 

 ute to the growers of the superb ex- 

 hibits of that flower seen at the recent 

 National Show in Boston. The other 

 paper was by John Cox, a widely 

 known veteran of the craft who is now 

 here representing the James Veitch 

 concern of Chelsea, England. Mr. 

 Cox had for his subject "Legends of 

 Flowers and Plants of Many Coun- 

 tries," his whole story being prepared 

 in a very amusing and interesting way. 

 A cheerful rising vote of thanks was 

 accorded. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY 

 OF AMERICA. 



The National Sweet Pea Society of 

 America will hold their annual con- 

 vention and summer exhibition at 

 Philadelphia, Pa., June 23rd and 24th, 

 1911, under the auspices of the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society and in 

 connection with their annual Sweet 

 Pea Exhibition. 



A guarantee fund tor a general list 

 of prizes has been headed by our pres- 

 ident, Mr. W. Atlee Burpee, The Henry 

 F. Michell Co., Messrs. Henry A. Dreer, 

 Inc., Arthur T. Boddington and other 

 seed houses contributing. A prelimi- 

 nary schedule will be published in a 

 few days, showing list of prizes, cups, 

 etc., and a general progiam for the 

 convention. Contributions for addi- 

 tional iirizes in the form of cash or 

 cups, etc., are invited from the trade. 



The prize list will amount to about 

 $500, which should act as a great stim- 

 ulus to the lovers of sweet peas and 

 intending exhibitors should make due 

 preparations for this, the third annual 

 exhibition given by our society. 



For further particulars write to: 

 HARRY A. BUNYARD, Sec'y, 



342 West 14th St., New York City. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Tarrytown Horticultural Society 

 held its regular monthly meeting Fri- 

 day evening, March 31, President 

 Brunger in the chair and a good num- 

 ber of members present. The monthly 

 prize for roses offered for this meeting 

 by J. W. Smith was awarded to W. 

 MacBean, Garrison, N. Y., for a flne 

 vase of pink and white Killarney; 

 James Stuart, Mamaroneck, N. Y., sec- 

 ond for a vase cf the same variety. 

 A vote of thanks was awarded to W. 

 G. Gomersall for an able and instruc- 



