November 14, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



689 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The Florists' Club of Wasliingtoa, at 

 their November meeting, were ad- 

 dressed by Richard Vincent, Jr., of 

 White Marsh, Md., and by Prof. Bert 

 W. Anspon, of the ftlaryland Agricul- 

 tural College. Mr. Vincent s talk was 

 on chrysanthemums. In his boyhood 

 days, he said, pompons were the lead- 

 ers, but that later considerable inter- 

 est was taken in the larger varieties, 

 with the result that the former soon 

 lost all favor. About twenty years ago 

 he decided to resurrect the pompons 

 and so successful was he that he soon 

 earned the title of the "father of the 

 pompon." When it was noted that he 

 was going after this business on a 

 large scale, others followed. In con- 

 clusion he declared that he would con- 

 tinue the production of pompons as 

 long as he lived, and told a very amus- 

 ing story of how he had demanded re- 

 cognition of these flowers at a meeting 

 of the chrysanthemum society in New 

 York some ten years ago. 



Prof. Anspon, in telling of the work 

 being accomplished by the Maryland 

 Agricultural College, declared that, for 

 some reason or other, florists as a rule 

 do not co-operate with the colleges as 

 much as they should. The colleges, 

 he said, are trying to aid the florists 

 in the solving of various troubles. He 

 told of the facilities of the college for 

 the classification of plants, of the pro- 

 ductive vafue thereof; qualities of vari- 

 ous fertilizers, and other things of true 

 value to the growers. He roundly 

 scored the latter on this point and 

 urged that advantage be taken of the 

 experiments conducted by the college. 



William F. Gude had a few words to 

 say upon the trip to the Panama Paci- 

 fic Exposition in 1915, and in conclud- 

 ing his remarks extended the members 

 an invitation to visit the chrysanthe- 

 mum show then in progress at the 

 store. This was immediately accepted, 

 but before adjournment a vote of 

 thanks was extended to Mr. Vincent 

 and to Theodore Diedrich, both of 

 whom had on display several vases of 

 small double and single chrysanthe- 

 mums and pompons, and to David G. 

 Grillbortzer, who had sent in a vase of 

 what was conceded to be the finest 

 Killarney Brilliant roses ever seen in 

 this locality at this time of the year. 



sprays of chrysanthemums. At our 

 fall show several persons made glar- 

 ing mistakes, giving the judges and 

 committees unnecessary work. 



A proposition that we hold a floral 

 aad agricultural show combined nex); 

 summer instead of two summer shows 

 was looked upon with great favor, and 

 a committee will be appointed by our 

 next president to draw up some sort 

 of an outline for same. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society was held on Sat- 

 urday, Nov. 7th. Officers were elected 

 for the following year as follows: 

 George Breed, gardener to Mr. Joseph 

 Choate, Stockbrldge, president: Wal- 

 ter Jack, gardener to Mrs. Alexander, 

 Lenox, vice-president; Alfred J. Love- 

 less was again elected treasurer; 

 George Instone, secretary; John Mair, 

 assistant secretary. A motion that 

 the society change Its meeting night 

 to second Wednesday in month will be 

 voted on at next meeting. The judges 

 of the fall show were extended a 

 hearty vote of thanks for services ren- 

 dered, also committee of arrange- 

 ments. 



There was considerable debating on 

 the right and wrong way of exhibiting 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



The club had a good meeting on 

 Nov. 3 in the Fort Pitt Hotel. It was 

 Chrysanthemum Night, which is al- 

 ways a good drawing card. The Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co. showed tha 

 standard commercial sorts. Jno. Cos- 

 toff, gardener for Wm. Flinn at Beech- 

 wood Farms showed a good vase of 

 flowers grown two blooms to a plant. 

 Carl Becherer, gardener at Dixmont 

 Hospital, showed a collection of seed- 

 lings — both singles and doubles. Yel- 

 low Star was a good single, and there 

 were other good ones under numbers. 

 Mr. Becherer is quite active in hybrid- 

 izing and raising seedlings, and we 

 look for something of much value from 

 him one of these days. 



The Bureau of Parks from both the 

 N. S. and Schenley showed good dis- 

 plays. Jno. W. Jones of Schenley 

 Park showed the type — Chrysanthe- 

 mum indicum — and it was interesting 

 to compare it, for example, with Wm. 

 Turner, and note the changes that had 

 been made by man. Mr. Jones thinks 

 Wm. Turner still the best white. T. 

 Tyler with C. D. Armstrong, staged 

 Brasso-Cattleya Heatonensis, Laelio- 

 Cattleya Sunday, Catt. Luegae, and a 

 yellow sport from Anna chrysanthe- 

 mum. To Mr. Becherer was awarded 

 a certificate of merit for his seedling 

 chrysanthemums and to Mr. Tyler a 

 cultural certificate for his orchid nov- 

 elties. To the other exhibitors a vote 

 of thanks. 



At the October meeting P. S. Ran- 

 dolph & Sons invited the club mem- 

 bers to visit their new plant on the 

 afternoon of October 29. The invita- 

 tion was accepted by between thirty 

 and forty members. The affair was very 

 enjoyable and the secretary was in- 

 structed to write a letter to the firm 

 expressing the club's appreciation of 

 their kindness and hospitality. 



M. H. Hart read a paper on the Ef- 

 fect of Electricity on the Soil for 

 which he received a vote of thanks. 

 H. P. JosLix, Sec'y. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The next regular monthly meeting 

 of this club will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall. Boston, on Tuesday even- 

 ing. November 17. at 8 o'clock. W. N. 

 Craig of Brookline will read a paper 

 on The Gardener and His Profession. 

 The annual nomination of officers will 

 be made at this meeting. There will 

 be a good display of late chrysanthe- 

 mums and other flowers. A small 

 number of additional students can be 

 cared for in the landscape classes. A 

 prompt application, however, is neces- 

 sary. 



W. N. Craig, Sec'y. 



ALBANY FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Albany Florist Club was held at the 

 Albany Cut Flower Exchange on 

 Thursday, Nov. 5. President Henkes 

 being on a hunting trip, vice-president 

 Frank R. Bllson took the chair. The 

 cadidates for membership, J. Berg and 

 M. Selinker were elected members. F. 

 A. Danker reported progress as com- 

 mittee for the trip to California next 

 August. Mr. Danker's motion that the 

 club hold a flower show in 1915 was 

 carried, and he was appointed to call 

 on the trustees of the Institute & 

 Historical Society in regard to the use 

 of their hall. 



Nominations on the regular ticket 

 for 1915 are Frank R. Bllson for presi- 

 dent; Thos. F. Tracey for vice-presi- 

 dent; Robert Davidson for secretary; 

 F. Williams for treasure; Geo. Christie, 

 John J. Haggerty and Wm. Qulnn for 

 two-year trustees. The opposition tick- 

 et is Edw. P. Tracey for president; 

 James H. Snyder for vice-president; 

 Robert Davidson for secretary; Fred 

 Henkes for treasurer; Chas. Sanders 

 and Wm. Hannell for two-year trus- 

 tees. An essay was read by F. A. Dan- 

 ker on the culture and use of chrysan- 

 themums both for show and commer- 

 cial use. 



A very fine exhibit of new chrysan- 

 themums was sent by A. N. Plerson 

 and the secretary was Instructed to 

 send a vote of thanks for same. Pres- 

 ident Henkes extended an Invitation 

 to a venison supper on his return 

 from the Adirondacks. The next meet- 

 ing will be held at the Exchange on 

 Thursday Dec. 3, when election of of- 

 ficers will take place. 



The club will have a banquet on 

 Jan. 7, 1915, when installation of the 

 new officers will take place, under 

 charge of L. H. Schaefer, chairman of 

 the entertainment committee. James 

 H. Snyder will give a reading on vio- 

 let growing, their use, deseases and 

 experience he has had with them. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that J. 

 A. Peterson, Cincinnati, Ohio, offers 

 for registration the Begonia described 

 below. Any person objecting to the 

 registration, or to the use of the pro- 

 posed name is requested to communi- 

 cate with the secretary at once. Fall- 

 ing to receive objection to the regis- 

 tration, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Description — New winter-flowering 

 begonia, "Mrs. J. A. Peterson;" seed- 

 ling from Begonia Socotrana x Gloire 

 de Sceaux; flowers deep cerise-pink 

 changing to dark red with age, borne 

 In great profusion from October till 

 March; at its best during December 

 and January; foliage similar to that of 

 Lorraine, but of an Irridescent bronze- 

 red; decidedly distinct from all other 

 varieties. Has been in our possession 

 for the past three years, and its keep- 

 ing qualities are all that could be de- 

 sired. 



Name, "Mrs. J. A. Peterson." 



John Young, Sec'y. 



Nov. 7, 1914. 



