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HORTICULTURE 



June 17, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF NEW YORK. 



A meeting of the society, accom- 

 panied by an exhibition, was held Sat- 

 urday, June 10th, at the New Yorlc 

 Botanical Garden, in Bronx Park. The 

 exhibition, which was held in the base- 

 ment of the large Museum building, 

 was also open on the following day, 

 Sunday. Prizes were offered for roses, 

 peonies, shrubs and trees, and herbace- 

 ous plants. Mr. T. A. Havemeyer made 

 a large exhibit of peonies, irises, and 

 rhododendrons and azaleas. Mrs. F. A. 

 Constable sent a collection of choice 

 peonies and roses. A large collection 

 of roses was staged by Gen. E. A. 

 McAlpin. The display of peonies by 

 the Cottage Gardens Co. was superb. 



The next exhibition will occur at the 

 same place, the Museum building of 

 the New York Botanical Garden, on 

 Saturday and Sunday, July 1st and 2d. 

 Prizes will be offered for Japanese 

 ir'ses, outdoor roses, sweet peas, herb- 

 aceous plants, shrubs and trees and 

 vegetables. Address all communica- 

 tions to the secretary, George V. Nash, 

 New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 

 Park; N. Y. City, who will be glad to 

 send shedules. 



The following are the awards made 

 at the exhibition held on June 10th ' 

 and 11th; 



Tliree white peonies. 6 flowers ot eacli, 

 T A Havemeyer, A. Labodny gardeuer, 

 lii'st; 3 ligtit pink, 6 flowers ot eacli, T. A. 

 Havemeyer. first; 3 rose, G flowers of eacb, 

 T A Havemeyer, first. Collection or smgle 

 peonies, T. A". Havemeyer, first. General 

 collection. Cottage Gardens Co., first; Mrs. 

 F A. Constable, Jas. Stuart gardener, sec- 

 ond. Hardy roses, Geu. K. A. McAlpin, 

 John Woodcock gardener, first; Mrs. F. A. 

 Constable, second. Flowering shrubs and 

 irees, H. Parlingtou, V. W. I'opp gardener, 

 f rst. Hardy rhododendrons and azaleas. 1. 

 A. Havemeyer, first. Irises, T. A. Have- 

 meyer, first; John Lewis Childs, second. 

 Best orchid plant, C. Moore, J. P. Moss- 

 man gardener. Special prizes were award- 

 ed to: John Lewis Chikls, certificate ot 

 merit tor I'hlladelpbus V'irgiual: Bobbink & 

 Atkius, special mention tor a collection ot 

 herbaceous plants; John Lewis Childs. spe- 

 lial mention for a collection of gladioli; 

 Julius Hiiehrs Co., special mention for a 

 lollectiun of cut orchids; T. A. Havemeyer. 

 special mention tor a collectiiui of hydran- 

 geas. 



GEORGE V. NASH, Secretary. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 



Extract from report ot John Hall. Secretary. 

 Presented at St. Louis meeting, June 14. 



It is to be regretted that in large 

 organizations of such practical value 

 as this there are annually recurring 

 fluctuations in the membership. Over 

 forty of those whose names were on 

 last year's list failed to renew the cur- 

 rent year. Each one of these delin- 

 quents has received from the secretary 

 at least two, and, in some cases, more 

 reminders of the importance of renew- 

 ing. But there is another and a 

 brighter side to the situation. He 

 early began to surmise that there 

 would be a shrinkage, and being some- 

 what of an optimist is not easily dis- 

 couraged. Heeding the declaration of 

 Richelieu that "there is no such thing 



as fail," he at once entered upon a 

 widespread campaign after new ma- 

 terial. This has resulted in our not 

 only making up the loss referred to 

 but of bringing the enrollment for this 

 year to a point over thirty in excess of 

 last year's registration. If members 

 have not already made an analysis of 

 the membership roll with reference to 

 representation by localities we com- 

 mend such a study as affording con- 

 siderable food for thought and some 

 interest as well. As an illustration I 

 will mention the states having repre- 

 sentation of six or more, viz.: 



Colorado, G Iowa, 12 



C(nnecticut, G Kansas. 21 



Illinois, 25 Michigan, 20 



inaiaua 15 Missouri, 19 



Nebraska, 10 Oklahoma, C 



New Jersey, 8 Oregon, 6 



New York, 78 Tennessee, 13 



Ohio, 28 Texas. 9 



I trust that this reference may 

 awaken a new interest among mem- 

 bers, even to the creating of a friendly 

 rivalry to see which state can next 

 year make the largest addition to its 

 present representation. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 

 Dec. 14, 1010, to June 3, 1911. 



1910 



I'ec. 14. Balance after closing last 



year's account $233.65 



Ull 



June 3. From Memberships 1.8.50.00 



Advts. in Badge 



Book 662.00 



Extra Badges 25.50 



" Exchange .40 



Codes 30 



$2,771.85 

 1910 



Dec. 14. Cash to C. L. Yates, Treas. $233.65 

 1911 



June 3. 2.500.00 



•• in Union Trust Bank. 38.20 



$2,771.85 

 I'his .imonnt will be added to by unpaid 

 liills and new memberships. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At the regular meeting held in Stam- 

 ford, Conn., F^'iday evening, June 9th, 

 S.5 members were present. The pre- 

 liminary schedules for the fall show 

 were distributed, Pres. Stuart appoint- 

 ed a committee of seven to assume 

 charge of the floral display connected 

 with "Wonderland" Fair and Bazaar, 

 to be held in Stamford, June 14-17, for 

 Die benefit of the Day Nursery. 



The Society will hold its first an- 

 nual outing and games next month, ex- 

 "cutive committee to make arrange- 

 ments and report at July meeting. 



Judges' report on exhibits was as 

 follows: Chas. Adcock, lettuce, four 

 varieties; Jas. Stuart. Aquilegia long- 

 spurred hybrids, and Carrillo & Bald- 

 win, Dendrobium thyrsiflorum, highly 

 commended; A. S. Peterson, Jas. Aitchi- 

 son. peonies, and P. W. Popp, peonies 

 and Spiraea Queen Alexandra, vote of 

 thanks. 



Several new members were intro- 

 duced and much impressed with our 

 large attendance and fine exhibits. 

 Pres. Stuart spoke of the large number 

 of classes in schedule for fall show 

 and urged the members to secure 

 prizes for same, which without doubt 

 will be Lhe largest and best ever held 

 in this section. 



J. B. McARDLE, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



The American Peony Society con- 

 vened at Philadelphia, Pa., on the af- 

 ternoon of June S, as briefly recorded 

 in our last week's issue. 



Winthrop H. Thurlow, in the absence 

 of A. H. Fewkes, acted as secretary. 



Address of President Farr at Opening 

 of Philadelphia Meeting. 



The passing of another year marks 

 the ninth in the history of the Ameri- 

 can Peony Society, and it is gratify- 

 ing to see again so many faces that 

 have become familiar from having met 

 them as regular attendants of so many 

 former meetings. This loyalty of the 

 older members, the steady increase in 

 membership ot the society, and the in- 

 teiest taken in the present exhibit 

 are encouraging evidences of the con- 

 tinued popularity of the Peony, and of 

 the enthusiasm which still animates 

 the members of its society. Though 

 but a handful in numbers you are to 

 be congratulated on the success which 

 has so far attended your efforts, for 

 the solution of the problem of the 

 Peony nomenclature is such a vast and 

 difficult undertaking that it would not 

 have been surprising had the work 

 ended in failure. That such is not the 

 case is due to the perseverance and de- 

 termination of the members of the so- 

 ciety aided by the efficient support 

 given by the authorities of Cornell 

 University, and the generous contribu- 

 tion of plants from the most prominent 

 growers in this country and in Europe. 

 Small as our membership is, it is 

 doubtful if any similar society has ever 

 conceived, carried out and concluded 

 an operation of this kind on anything 

 like as complete and comprehensive a 

 scale as the Peony test at Cornell. 



For the information of those who 

 have not kept fully in touch with the 

 work at Ithaca I will state that there 

 have been two bulletins published in 

 addition to the preliminaiy check list 

 and a third is now ready for the 

 printer, covering the work accom- 

 plished to date. The first bulletin pre- 

 pared by Dr. J. Elliott Colt contains a 

 history of the Peony, notes on cultiva- 

 tion, etc., and the preliminary work of 

 nomenclature with a description of 

 some fifty varieties. The second bulle- 

 tin known as No. 278, covers the work 

 of the special committee in 1909, when 

 the principal work of identifying the 

 vast collection in the Cornell plots 

 consisting of 1933 lots under approxi- 

 mately 1000 names, was seriously be- 

 gun. Descriptions in detail were 

 taken in 235 varieties besides revising 

 the descriptions of the 50 varieties of 

 the pi-evious bulletin which were taken 

 before the plants w-ere mature, and it 

 was found necessary to alter the de- 

 scriptions in many cases after seeing 

 the mature plants, making altogether 

 2S5 varieties, of which descriptions 

 were published up to 1910. In the year 

 1910, 2S5 additional varieties were 

 identified and described together with 

 55 synonyms; also a list of 100 best 

 varieties for cut-flower purposes and 

 100 best varieties for landscape effects 

 were added, all this to be comprised in 

 the next bulletin soon to be printed, 

 making altogether about 570 varieties 

 that have been described in every de- 

 tail of foliage, habit of growth, frag- 



