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HORTICULTURE 



June 10, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY'S 

 SHOW. 



As we go to press the peony show 

 of the year, that of the American Pe- 

 ony Society, opens in Philadelphia. 

 We shall have a full account of the 

 prize winners, and other features, in 

 our next issue. On the 6th, two days 

 before the opening, our Philadelphia 

 correspondent reported the following 

 entries, which would indicate that a 

 splendid exhibition of this glorious 

 "once a year" flower has taken place, 

 the best flftys and the best twelves 

 having the largest list of entries, 

 while the other classes all had good 

 representation. Classes 1 to 5 are 

 commercial; 6 to 18, amateur. The 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 

 classes, although numbered 1 to 8, are 

 not the same as the American Peony 

 Society's 1 to 8. C. A. Reeves, of 

 Cleveland, occupied 300 square teet ot 

 space with a general collection not 

 for competition, comprising some loOU 

 blooms. Thomas Meehan & Sons, and 

 The Cottage Gardens Co., both ex- 

 hibited in the competitive class (No. 

 1) for the largest and best collection 

 of named varieties, one bloom of each, 

 for the American Peony Society s pre- 

 mier prize, and no doubt there were 

 others before the, entry list was 

 closed. 



Thomas lleeban & Sous, Gtn., classes 

 ^"cottage Gardens Co., Queens, N. Y., 

 "^ F. B. Van Vorst. Hackeusack, N. J., A. 

 Anderson, gard., 7-13. r^nomistrv 



Prof A P. Saunders, Dept. oi Cuemistry, 

 Haniiltou College, Clinton, _N 1., 6 to 18, 

 ■ilso P II. S. classes 3-O-b-i-s. 



Mrs F S. Kellogg. New -iorli Mills, 

 N Y isame as Saunders). 



('. A. Reeves, 2-3-4-5. j rv i- ir 



Lakeview Nurseries. Cleveland O., lo-lb, 

 and :•.(«! ft. spare not for competition, 1.J00 

 blooms, a general collection, uot for com- 

 petition. M V O 1 J. ll- 



s (i Harris. Tarrytcnvn. N. \., 2-;-i-t>- 

 14-15-16 and P. H. S. 1-.2-5-6-7. ^ ^ , . , 



Geo n. I'eterson, Pairlawn, N. .1.. i-4-a- 

 1-i-lfl and P H. S. 3-5-6-7-8. 



Andorra Nurseries, Cbestnut lliU, I'liHa.. 

 1-2-3-4-5-16. 



The foregoing entries were sent di- 

 rect to David Rust, secretary of P. H. 

 S., Philadelphia. Mr. Fewkes at this 

 writing (June 6th) has not sent in 

 his list of entries, but it looks as if 

 it was going to be "some show." 



Thomas Meehan & Sons offer a 

 prize for the best painting of peonies. 

 Fifty entries have already been made 

 for this. These paintings will be ex- 

 hibited and judged at the peony show. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The program for the annual conven- 

 tion of the American Seed Trade As- 

 sociation has been completed and cop- 

 ies of the program will be sent out to 

 all members of the association by the 

 secretary within a few days. 



There are three entirely new feat- 

 ures on the program this year, which 

 should prove of much benefit to all 

 members in attendance. 



Telegraphic crop reports which will 

 be received from most of the growers 

 in the U. S. and also some from Can- 



ada, giving the very latest crop condi- 

 tions up to Tuesday, June 20th. 



Question box, to provide for general 

 discussion and to obtain information 

 on any subject that is of particular in- 

 terest to any member of the associa- 

 tion. 



Questions may be mailed or handed 

 either to the president or secretary of 

 the association. 



State correspondents. Each state 

 correspondent is asked to make a 

 verbal report if he is present, other- 

 wise a written report, of all legislative 

 matters that have come up in the past 

 year within their state or states. 



The social features of the program 

 have not been forgotten and arrange- 

 ments have been made to enjoy as 

 much as possible of this delightful 

 summer resort, as will permit outside 

 of the regular sessions of the associa- 

 tion. 



The annual banquet will be given on 

 Wednesday evening, June 21st, and 

 arrangements have been made with 

 the hotel, that there will be no extra 

 charge for this banquet to the seeds- 

 men that are guests of the hotel. 



The American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion has not held its annual conven- 

 tion in the State of Massachusetts but 

 once since its organization. Inasmuch 

 as the Massachusetts seedsmen have 

 always taken an active and prominent 

 part in the association, it seems very 

 fitting that the association should ap- 

 point their meeting place in this State 

 again this year. 



Mr. E. L. Page, president of the 

 American Seed Trade Association, in- 

 forms us that he has heard from many 

 of the growers in the V. S. signifying 

 their willingness to send in telegrams 

 (night letter) giving the latest crop 

 conditions in their section up to June 

 20th. 



YONKERS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



At the regular meeting, June 2, the 

 executive committee made a most sat- 

 isfactory report witla regard to the 

 coming show, all prize money being 

 already assured. 



H. Nichols, superintendent for H. 

 Trevor, exhibited a fine collection of 

 sweet peas in twenty varieties and 

 received a cultural commendation. A 

 similar award went to L. Milliot for 

 some fine gloxinias. The next meet- 

 ing. July 7, will be of a social charac- 

 ter. P. Macdonald, T. Mahoney and 

 J. Hoffman were appointed a commit- 

 tee to make arrangements. 



H. M. B. 



UNION CLUB MEETING AT MIL- 

 WAUKEE. 

 Over forty members of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club accepted the hospitality 

 of the Milwaukee Florists' Club on 

 .Tune 1st, reaching that city at 8.30 P. 

 M. via the Chicago-Milwaukee elec- 

 tric. The meeting was turned over to 

 the Chicago boys. President Philpott 

 presiding. A paper on roses was read 

 by Mr. Keimel of Elmhurst, 111. An 

 elaborate Dutch supper was served 

 and the club left for home feeling that 

 they had been royally entertained. A 

 return visit has already been decided 

 upon, the date not yet announced. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 

 The regular monthly meeting of the 

 above club was held on the 6th inst. 

 This meeting was unique in the club's 

 history in having as its essayist of 

 the evening their only lady member, 

 Mrs. Sarah I. Smith, ot Secane, Pa. 

 Her subject, "Violets and Carnations 

 From a Woman's Point of View," was 

 ably handled, and a most frank and 

 charming document. Mrs. Smith was 

 present, but did not have courage 

 enough to take the platform, so the 

 good knight. Sir Otto Thilow, occu- 

 pied the forum in her stead. The es- 

 say committee reported that at the 

 July meeting; they would have as the 

 feature of the evening Paul Huebner 

 on, "Railroad Gardening." Mr. Hueb- 

 ner is the superintendent of the land- 

 scape department of the Reading Rail- 

 road system, and is recognized as one 

 of the ablest in his line of business in 

 the country. Election of new mem- 

 bers, reports of committees, and other 

 routine, took up the balance of the 

 meeting. 



S. A. F. CONVENTION REMINDER. 



Chairman \'incent ot the local com- 

 mittee is sending out as a "Conven- 

 tion Reminder," the following inter- 

 esting statistics of Baltimore, the con- 

 vention city. We take pleasure in 

 presenting, on the opposite page, a 

 diagram of the Armory floor where 

 the exhibition will be staged and the 

 meetings held. It is said to be the 

 finest and most convenient hall ever 

 placed at the disposal of the Society 

 for its annual convention. 

 Some Interesting Facts About Balti- 

 more. 



The first steam railroad in the world — 

 the B. & O., 1S28. 



First monument to the memory ot George 

 Washington. 



The first two cruisers of the present nav,,-. 



The first silk ribbon mill in America. 



The first submarine boat — built l)y Ross 

 Winaus. 



The first College of Dent;\l Surgery. 



The first iron building— the old "Sun" 

 building. 



The first telegraph line— between Balti- 

 more and Washington. 



The first telegraphic dispatch, worded: 

 "What God has wrought." 



The first metal pens used in America. 



The first Medical Society in the United 

 States — organized 1788. 



The first Gas TJsht Company in America. 



The first Water Company in America. 



The first electric railway — Baltimore to 

 II:imi)den. 



The first Lodge of Odd Fellows— 1819. 



The oldest shot tower in the United 

 States -still standing. 



Baltimore packs more oysters and vege- 

 tables than any other city in the world. 



Baltimore is the largest manufacturer of 

 straw goods and fertilizers in the United 

 States. 



Baltimoi-e lias the finest natural forest 

 park in the T'nitcd States in Druid Hill. 



Baltimore i)uilt the largest dry dock in 

 the world The liewey — now in Manilla. 



The best li.'ill in .\merica for the purpose 

 of holding e\hiliitions— 60.1KK) square feet 

 of unohsti-urt^'il floor space. 



The first monument to Christopher Colum- 

 bus. 



The leading clothing manufacturer in the 

 United States. 



The Stai- Spangled Banner was written In 

 Baltimore by Francis Scott Key. 



Baltimore has the finest oysters in the 

 world, fresh every day from the Chesa- 

 peake Bay. 



Baltimore has one of the finest trolley 

 systems in the world, including a line be- 

 t\\een Baltimore and Washington. 



