June 24, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



915 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



At the Mid-Lent meeting of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists the following 

 appropriations were made for the 

 year 1911: 



Tariff work of the Legislative Committee, 

 $100.00; general work of the Legislative 

 Committee, $100.00; entomolojfist, $50.00; 

 pathologist, $.50.00; botanist. $50.00; annual 

 badges, $75.00; clerical assistance to Sec- 

 retary at annual convention, J.^iO.OO; clerical 

 assistance to Secretary at adjourned meet- 

 ing, $25.00; sports committee, $50.00; Presi- 

 dent's messeuger and assistants, $25.00 or 

 so much of such amounts as might be 

 needed. 



Attention should be called to the 

 work of the entomologist, pathologist 

 and botanist. Prof. H. H. Whetzel of 

 Cornell University is the pathologist 

 and has taken up the study of certain 

 plant diseases upon which he will re- 

 port at the August meeting. Dr. S. A. 

 Forbes, the entomologist, being unable 

 this past year to give the work the 

 proper amount of time, placed it in 

 the hands of Mr. J. J. Davis who pre- 

 sented the report given on pages 34 

 to 42 of the Twenty-sixth annual re- 

 port. This is well worth studying. 

 The botanist. Prof. J. F. Cowell, is 

 always ready to help the members on 

 any botanical question. I call your 

 attention to the work of these officers 

 as it is well worth your support. 



At the same meeting, on motion by 

 Mr. Pierson, seconded by Mr. Kasting, 

 the adoption of the following amend- 

 ment was recommended to the Socie- 

 ty: 



To amend Article IV. Section 2, to 

 read as follows: 



Sec. 2. Fees and Assessments. — Any eli- 

 gible p-^rson may become a member of the 

 Society on the payment of $5.00, and such 

 payment shall cover the annual dues for 

 the balance of the calendar year. The an- 

 nual dues shall be $3.00 per year, payable 

 In advance on the first da.v of January. 

 Any person may become a life member on 

 payment of .$50.00 and be exempt from all 

 further assessments. 



The object of this amendment is to 

 make it possible for any person to be- 

 come a life member of the S. A. F. on 

 the pajonent of $50.00 irrespective of 

 the fact that he is already a member 

 or not. 



A rate of 1 3-5 on the certificate plan 

 has been granted by the Trunk Line 

 Association. The New England, the 

 Central and the Eastern Canadian are 

 still to be heard from. Further in- 

 formation regarding rates will appear 

 later. 



Department of Registration. 



As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the roses, "Ruby 

 Queen," "May Queen," "Pearl Queen" 

 and "Royal Cluster," by The Conard 

 & Jones Company, of West Grove, 

 Pa., becomes complete. 



H. B. DORNER, Sec. 



June 15, 1911. 



were in attendance. The exhibit of 

 flowers was not quite as large as 

 usual, owing to the extreme earliness 

 of the season. The Jewel Nursery, of 

 Lake City, and the Hoyt Nursery, St. 

 Paul, each made fine showings of peo- 

 nies and roses. Some forty varieties 

 of peonies were shown by each nur- 

 sery. Roses were of better quality 

 than usual and of greater variety. A 

 good number of perennials, such as 

 canterbury bells, delphiniums, forget- 

 me-nots, and lilies, were also shown. 

 At noon those in attendance enjoyed 

 a picnic dinner on the campus. The 

 afternoon session consisted of im- 

 promptu talks by a large number of 

 practical horticulturists present. This 

 meeting seemed to be characterized 

 by the large attendance of older horti- 

 culturists and fruit growers of the 

 state, as well as a large number of 

 members of the Rose Society. 



Collections of strawberries were 

 shown by Wyman Elliott, A. Brackett, 

 Mrs. S. R. Spates and Thomas Red- 

 path. This fruit was of fine quality 

 and size. The strawberry crop gen- 

 erally throughout the state is very 

 light, although there is promise of a 

 good crop of apples, plums, grapes and 

 raspberries. The fruit experiment sta- 

 tion of the University showed a large 

 number of seedling strawberries, some 

 of good promise, and a tew hybrid 

 plums, cherries, peaches, etc., which 

 had been raised in the greenhouse. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY 



OF AMERICA. 



Program. 



First Day. Thursday, June 29th, 

 1911. 3 P. M. — Address of welcome; 

 President Burpee's address; secreta- 

 ry's report; nomination of officers for 

 1911; invitations for the next meeting 

 place; paper by Leonard Barron, New 

 York managing editor of the Garden 

 Magazine, "The History of the Sweet 

 Pea"; election of officers. 



7 P. M. — Vote on the next meeting 

 place; paper by Prof. Craig or Mr. 

 Beal, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.; 

 addresses and discussions. 



Second Day. Friday, June 30th, 

 1911. 11 A. M. — Question box; unfin- 

 ished business. 



Afternoon— On the invitation of Mr. 

 W. Atlee Burpee, the members of the 

 National Sweet Pea Society will visit 

 the trial grounds of W. Atlee Burpee 

 & Co., at Fordhook Farms, Doyles- 

 town. Pa. 



MINNESOTA HORTICULTURISTS. 



The annual mid-summer meeting of 

 the Minnesota State Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held at University Farm, St. 

 Anthony Park, June 15th. Between 

 three and four hundred interested hor- 

 ticulturists and ornamental gardeners 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting at Manchester, 

 Mass., of the North Shore Horticul- 

 tural Society on June 16th was the 

 last till September 15th. A committee 

 was appointed to arrange for a picnic 

 probably August 30th. A delegation 

 from the Boston Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club is expected to attend. It is 

 to be a basket picnic. The Society 

 voted to furnish coffee, ice cream and 

 punch. Considerable business was 

 transacted. A discussion committee 

 was appointed for the following year 

 and a vole passed that the Society put 

 a float in the July 4th parade. 



ROBERT A. MITCHELL, Sec'y. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The summer exhibition of the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society was 

 held in connection with the regular 

 monthly meeting at Glen Cove, N. Y., 

 Wednesday evening, June 14. Despite 

 the heavy rains just previous to the 

 show there was quite a good display. 

 Messrs. Duthie, Marshall and John- 

 stone were the judges and their de- 

 cisions were as follows: 



Collection of T. and H. T. roses— 1st, 

 Mrs. B. Stern, gardener G. Augey; 2nd, 

 Mrs. H. L. Pratt, gard. H. Gaut. Var. H. 

 P. roses— 1st. Mrs. B. Stern; 2nd, Capt. J. 

 Delemar, gard R. Marshall. Var. T. and 

 H. T. roses— 1st, Mrs. B. Stern; 2nd, Mrs. 

 H. L. Pratt, gard. F. O. Johnson. Vase of 

 H. P. roses, 1 var. — 1st, Mrs. Bucknall, 

 gard. Geo. Barton; 2nd, Capt. J. Delemar. 

 Vase of H. T. Roses, 1 var.— 1st, Mrs. B. 

 Stern; 2iid, Mrs. H. L. Pratt. Collection 

 of Rambler roses— Mrs. H. L. Pratt. 12 

 sprays Rambler rose, 1 var. — Mrs. B. Stern. 

 Collection herbaceous flowers — Mrs. H. L. 

 Pratt. Vase of peonies — Mrs. Bucknall. 

 Vase perennial delphinium — Mrs. H. L. 

 Pratt. Vase of suapdragon — Mrs. H. L. 

 Pratt. Vase of flowering shrub — J. H. 

 Otley, gard. Jas. McDonald. Vase of or- 

 namental foliage — Mrs. B. Stern. Six var. 

 vegetables — 1st, A. G. Hodenpyle, gard. F. 

 Petroccia; 2nd, J. H. Otley. Lettuce — 1st, 

 A. G. Hodenpyle; 2nd, F. S. Smithers. gard. 

 V. Cleres. Cauliflower — Capt. Delemar. 

 Six var. strawberries — Felix Mense. Twelve 

 largest strawberries — Mrs. H. L. Pratt. 

 Dish any other outdoor fruit — Mrs. H. L. 

 Pratt. 



A certificate of culture was awarded T. 

 A. Hnvemeyer, gard. A. Lahodny, for a 

 very fine display of peonies and hydrangeas; 

 also to F. S. Smithers for cucumbers and 

 to A. G. Hodenpyle for mushrooms. Hon. 

 mention to JohnF. Johnstone for Trache- 

 lium coeruleum; also to F. Petroccia for 

 lettuce. 



Mrs. B. Stern of Roslyn has offered 

 a silver cup for a collection of dahlias 

 at the dahlia show. As there was no 

 competition for the prize which J. In- 

 gram offered for sweet peas at this 

 show Mr. Ingram again offered it for 

 competition at the July meeting for 

 12 varieties sweet peas, 25 sprays of 

 each. The Society's prize will be for 

 sweet peas, 25 pink. 25 white. 25 any 

 other color. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 Society was held on Tuesday evening 

 last. The business done was chiefly 

 pertaining to the Sweet Pea exhibition 

 which will be held on the 29th and 

 30th. Harry A. Buuyard, of New York, 

 secretary of the National Sweet Pea 

 Society, was present, and brought with 

 him the completed schedule, which 

 contains upwards of $500.00 in prizes 

 in addition to quite a variety of silver 

 cups. Some of the members present 

 thought that the dates were a little too 

 early, but after considerable discussion 

 the dates as arranged by the Sweet 

 Pea Society were adopted. The out- 

 look for the exhibition is very good. 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co. alone, will fill 

 a space of 400 square feet with their 

 exhibit. The exhibition will be open 

 from 3 P. M. to 10 P. M. on the 29th, 

 and from 10 A. M. to 6 P. M. on the 

 30th. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co. made an ex- 

 hibit of sweet peas at this meeting 

 for which they were awarded special 

 mention. The exhibit included some 

 very fine seedlings, among them being 

 a seedling from King Edward 7th, and 



