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HORTICULTUEE 



July 11, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 



If any doubt had previously taken 

 possession of a single nurseryman re- 

 garding tlie success or non-success of 

 the Cleveland convention of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Nurserymen, such 

 a question would have been quickly 

 settled if he could have stood in the 

 rotunda of the Hollenden Hotel on the 

 morning of June 24th. Never In the 

 history of nurserymen's conventions 

 was a more representative and en- 

 thusiastic aggregation of "the sons of 

 the soil" assembled as that which was 

 at the Sixth City. 



"Business ilrst" was in the atmos- 

 phere, and when President J. B. Pilk- 

 ington. of Portland. Oregon, sounded 

 the call to order, several hundred 

 members responded. We have already 

 given a brief resume of some of the 

 business that was transacted after the 

 opening invocation by "Father" Harri- 

 son, of York. Neb., and the address of 

 the president and officers' reports. If 

 any of the papers read were more val- 

 uable than others, then we would 

 name that by Prof. E. R. Lake. U. S. 

 Pomologist, Dept. of Agriculture, on 

 "How to Secure a Uniform and Correct 

 System of Nomenclature in Nursery- 

 men's Catalogs"; and the other. "Fit- 

 ting Trees to Climate and Soil," by 

 Henry Hicks, Westbury. L. I.. N. Y. 



Cropping out of the action last year 

 at the Portland Convention, regarding 

 uniform horticultural laws, a tentative 

 bill was presented and a special com- 

 mittee was named to confer with the 

 joint committee appointed last year to 

 consider said bill and report back to 

 this convention. This committee rec- 

 ommended that the tentative bill be 

 referred to the joint committee and 

 further recommended that that body 

 redraft the bill, incorporating these 

 features as far as possible and take 

 measures to secure its adoption by the 

 Association of Economic Entomolo- 

 gists and any other interested bodies. 

 It is felt that the ultimate adoption of 

 this bill will not only strengthen and 

 foster the interests of nurserymen, but 

 also of fruit growers and all allied hor- 

 ticultural interests. 



As stated in our notes last week. 

 Secretary John Hall asked the Associ- 

 ation to accept his resignation, which 

 was reluctantly accepted and compli- 

 mentary resolutions passed. Subse- 

 quently, after prolonged discussion, 

 the selection of secretary was placed 

 in the hands of the executive commit- 

 tee, and the present secretary consent- 

 ed to continue till his successor is ap- 

 pointed. It is generally believed that 

 after the executive committee have 

 held a conference with him. no change 

 will take place. It would be very diffi- 

 cult for the Association to replace Mr. 

 Hall. The date of 1915 meeting is to 

 be determined by referendum conduct- 

 ed by the secretary. 



7th, marked the close of the business 

 sessions of the Pittsburgh Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Club until September. 

 It was the sense of the club that at the 

 September meeting the secretary 

 should present a list of the delinquent 

 members and amounts delinquent for 

 the action of the club in open meeting. 

 There were quite a number of exhib- 

 its, and the president appointed as 

 judging committee Messrs. Jno. W. 

 Jones and Robert Lilley. who awarded 

 to T. J. Malcomson. gardener for A. R. 

 Peacock, a cultural certificate for two 

 baskets of achimenes. Jno. Costoff. 

 gardener for Wm. Flinn, brought 

 double hollylocks. 



G. Wessenauer of Sewickley brought 

 Asclepias tuberosa and there was con- 

 siderable talk among the members as 

 to why this pleasing flower was not 

 taken into cultivation In this vicinity 

 and grown more largely for market. H. 

 C. Knauff of North Side. Pittsburgh, 

 showed roses Conrad Ferdinand Mey- 

 er. Alister Stella Gray and Gloire de 

 Dijon. Mr. Knauff said that with a lit- 

 tle protection he had no trouble in 

 bringing the latter through our w-in- 

 ters, and he was very much pleased 

 "with its flowering. The president dis- 

 played some interesting centaureas 

 and rudbeckia. 



The matter of attending the conven- 

 tion of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists at Boston in August was brought 

 up, and especially the going by way of 

 Baltimore and via the Merchants & 

 Miners Transportation Co.'s Steam- 

 ship Line. Apparently not a large 

 number of florists from Pittsburgh will 

 attend the convention in Boston, but 

 those who are going spoke favorably 

 of the steamboat trip, and were ad- 

 vised to get in touch as promptly as 

 possible with Robert Hunter. Agent 

 Merchants & Miners Transportation 

 Co.. Bessemer Building, Pittsburgh, 

 and make their reservations of state- 

 rooms, or they will be too late. It is 

 not necessary to make the round trip 

 by steamboat; any so desiring can re- 

 turn from Boston by rail. 



In accordance with the usual cus- 

 tom there will be no club meeting until 

 the first Tuesday in September. 



H. P. JoSLiN, Sec'y. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' & GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



An interesting little meeting at the 

 Fort Pitt Hotel on the night of July 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



Preliminary schedule of prizes for 

 the annual exhibition of gladiolus 

 blooms to be held at Boston, Mass., 

 August 18-19-20, 1914. 



OPEN CL.\SS 



VauKban's Seed Store — $10.00 for best 25 

 spikes Gladiolus Mrs. Francis King; 

 Vaughan silver medal, best 2.5 spikes 

 Chicago Wbite; .$5.00 for best 25 blooms 

 Vaugban's new Primullnus Sunbeam. 



E. E. Stewart— $5.00, 12 spikes Black 

 Beauty ; S5.00, 12 spikes Golden Queen • 

 S5.00, 12 spikes Lucille; .$5.00, 12 spikes 

 Michigan. 



W. E. JFryer— $5.00, 6 spikes Mrs. W. E. 

 Fryer. 



T. A. Havemeyer— $10.00. 6 spikes White; 

 $10.00, 6 spikes Pink or shades of Pink; 

 $10.00, 6 spikes Yellow; $10.00, 6 spikes 

 Blue or Lavender; $10.00. spikes Red or 

 shades of Ked ; $10.00, G spikes any other 

 color. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co.— $10.00, collec- 

 tion, ten varieties, 6 spikes each. 



H. W. Koerner — $5.00. 12 spikes Ameri- 

 can Wonder; $5.00, 12 spikes Twilight 

 Chief; $5.00, 12 spikes American Giant. 



.Jacob Thomann & Sous — .$5.00, 25 spikes 

 any wblte variety. 



-Montague Chamberlain — $10.00, White 

 seedling, 3 spikes; .$10.00. Yellow seedling, 

 ?. spikes; $10.00. Pink seedling, 3 spikes. 



Matthew Crawford- .50 bulbs of White 

 Lady, for best red variety never before 

 exhibited. 



A. H. Austin Co. — $5.00, gladiolus corsage 

 l)Ouquet. Other flowers or green may be 

 used. 



Bidwell & Forbes— Silver medal for best 

 vase 25 spikes Niagara ; do. for Panama. 



AMATEUR OB G.\RDEXERS' CLAS.S 



John Lewis Childs— $10.00, first prize, 

 .$5.00, second, for ten vases Gladiolus Childsi 

 oauied varieties. 



li. W. Koerner — .$5.00, 12 spikes American 

 Wonder; $5.00, 12 spikes Twilight Chief; 

 .$.j.0O, 12 spikes American Giant. 



Knight & Struck Co.— $3.00. first prize, 

 $2.00, second, for 3 spikes Mrs. Frank 

 Pendleton; $3.00. first, $2.00, second, for 3 

 spikes Badenia. 



"The Modern Gladiolus Grower"— Silver 

 cup valued at $15. for largest and best dis- 

 play of mixed aud named varieties, to con- 

 tain at least six named varieties, correctly 

 labeled, 3 spikes each. 



.Jacob Thomann & Sons— ?5.00, 3 spikes 

 of any white variety. 



L. Merton Gage — $5.00, vase of 10 varie- 

 ties, one spike each. 



G. D. Black— 60 bulbs Golden King, vase 

 of vellow varieties. 



American Gladiolus Society— Silver medal 

 and bronze medal, best exhibit of at least 

 fifteen varieties, 3 spikes each, correctly 

 labeled. 



L. Mebtox Gage, Sec. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The July meeting of the Philadel- 

 phia Club was taken up mainly with a 

 discussion of the various routes to the 

 convention in August. Sentiment was 

 very much divided but it was finally 

 decided to go by Reading R. R. and 

 Metropolitan steamship line. This did 

 not meet the views of the transporta- 

 tion committee, so they resigned, and 

 Leo Niessen was appointed chairman 

 of a new transportation committee 

 with power to add. The picnic com- 

 mittee reported a surplus of $58 from 

 the Schuetzen Park outing. This was 

 passed to a special fund for the bene- 

 fit of next year's picnic. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Chicago Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation held their annual election, Mon- 

 day, July 6th. The old officers were 

 re-elected and Rudolph Ellsworth add- 

 ed to the board of directors. 



The annual meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society will be held on 

 Monday, July 13th, at the club rooms. 

 The annual election of officers for the 

 ensuing year will be held. 



A special Rose Night was held by 

 the New London Horticultural Society 

 on 'Wednesday. July 1- The tables were 

 crowded with fiowers from the local 

 gardens and a large display was sent 

 by A. N. Plerson, Inc., Cromwell. The 

 speaker was Alex Gumming, Jr., who 

 gave a most interesting talk on the 

 different varieties and treatment of 

 them. The attendance was all any- 

 body could expect as the night turned 

 out wet, but it showed the enthusiasm 

 of the flower lovers. The next meet- 

 ing is Sweet Pea Night. H. L. 



