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HORTICULTURE 



July 18. 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



There was a fine attendance at the 

 meeting of the W. & F. Society, at 

 Greenwich, Conn., on Friday eve.. July 

 10. The Summer Show committee 

 made their final report showing a grat- 

 ifying cash balance, and together with 

 "W. J. Sealy under whose able manage- 

 ment ■ the exhibit was staged, re- 

 ceived the thanks of the society. 

 Prizes for the Fall show will 

 be offered for outdoor and indoor 

 grown flowers, fruits and vegetables; 

 dinner table decorations and other flor- 

 al decorative work. The exhibition will 

 be held in Germania Hall, New Ro- 

 chelle, N. Y.. November 4. 5. and 6. 



The annual outing will be held Au- 

 gust 11, at Edwards' Rye Beach Hotel. 

 Athletic sports of all kinds will be pro- 

 vided including football, base ball, tug 

 of war. etc: races and other games 

 and pastimes will be provided for the 

 ladies and little folks. Regarding 

 lunch, everybody may suit themselves, 

 there will be an excellent shore dinner 

 provided, however, at $1.50 a person. 

 Those requiring tickets for the dinner 

 will kindly notify W. J. Sealey, Port- 

 chester, N. Y., at an early date, so that 

 ample provision may be made, and 

 "half-portions" avoided. Games will 

 start promptly at 10.30 A. M. 



The exhibition tables were well filled. 

 A grand specimen of the new geranium 

 "Helen Michell" in a 4-inch pot from 

 Alex Marshall was awarded a C. C. 

 The same exhibitor was highly com- 

 mended for a vase of climbing rose 

 American Pillar and a cattleya hybrid; 

 James Stuart was highly commended 

 for a fine display of hollyhocks. A vote 

 of thanks was awarded to the other 

 exhibitors as follows: Lilium auratum 

 from F. Lagerstem; Achillea Perry's 

 White from A. Bieschke; Japan iris 

 from John McAllister; Lathyrus lati- 

 folius from E. Johnson; rose Blush 

 Rambler from A. Whitelaw; Alla- 

 manda Shotti from P. W. Popp. Carter 

 & Co., Inc. offer prizes for 25 fruits of 

 their "Sunrise" tomato at the fall show. 

 The schedule of the fall show which 

 will be issued soon will be very com- 

 plete and good prizes of cash, also 

 gold, silver and bronze medals, cut 

 glass and silverware articles offered. 



NEW BEDFORD (MASS.) HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New Bedford Horticultural Society was 

 held in Library Hall, Monday evening, 

 July 6. 



Although it was novelty night very 

 few new things appeared on the tables. 

 One novelty, the Daily Mail rose, was 

 severely criticized by some and strong- 

 ly defended by others. Ail agreed that 

 the color was exceptional, but some 

 complained of weak necks. The dis- 

 play consisted principally of climbing 

 roses with A. J. Pish holding first 

 place. This grower is evidently follow- 

 ing Heinz lead with his "57 varieties 

 of pickles" for he has 55 varieties of 

 climbing rose. At our recent rose show 

 he staged 13 vases of large-flowered 

 climbers and 10 entirely different kinds 

 at this meeting. 



Wm. F. Ti-uxer. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The annual change of oflicers in the 

 American Rose Society dates from the 

 first of July. At the last annual meet- 

 ing Wallace R. Pierson was re-elected 

 president, Robert Pyle, vice-president, 

 Harry O. May. treasurer, Benjamin 

 Hammond, secretary, and Messrs. Au- 

 gust F. Poehlmann. J. H. Dunlop. 

 Frank R. Pierson, S. S. Pennock. Rob- 

 ert Simpson were re-elected as execu- 

 tive committee, the only change being 

 that of Louis J. Renter of Westerly. R. 

 I., taking the place of Eber Holmes of 

 Montrose, Mass. The affiliated Rose 

 Society of Syracuse received a silver 

 medal and two bronze medals. At their 

 recent rose show James M. Gilbert 

 won the silver medal and J. A. Frank 

 Neal and Miss Leta Gallup won the 

 bronze medals. 



The American Rose Society will 

 have a full meeting at the Convention 

 in Boston in August, and various mat- 

 ters of decided interest to every rose 

 grower will be brought up. The Hub- 

 bard medal will be awarded during the 

 Boston Convention, the winner being 

 M. H. Walsh of Woods Hole. Mass.. 

 for the rose Excelsa. and John Cook of 

 Baltimore, Md., received a silver medal 

 for the rose Radiance, awarded at the 

 Hartford Gardens. 



In traveling over the country the 

 past few weeks it appears that Ram- 

 bler roses were never so prominently 

 seen in all manner of places as during 

 the present season, indicating that the 

 use of roses for home decoration has 

 increased wonderfully within recent 

 years. 



Bex JAM IX H.viiMoxu, Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The Florist Club held a very inter- 

 esting meeting on Thursday afternoon, 

 July 9, with the largest attendance of 

 the year. The trustees reported 

 final settlement of the late ban- 

 quet and also reported everything 

 in readiness for the annual pic- 

 nic. The club appropriated the 

 usual amount for expenses. R. J. 

 Windier, state vice-president of the 

 S. A. F., reported that the fare to the 

 Boston convention will be $35 for the 

 round trip from here to Chicago, 

 thence to Boston on the "President's 

 special" with the Chicago Florists' 

 Club. The following members were 

 nominated for the different offices: 

 President. Jules Bourdet; vice-presi- 

 dent, W. S. Wells; secretary, J. J. 

 Beneke; treasurer, William C. Smith; 

 trustees, William C. Young, Gust. 

 Grossarts and W. A. Rowe. Other 

 nominations can be made at the next 

 meeting when the election will be held. 



Quite a lengthy discussion arose as 

 to holding of the meetings at night to 

 which the out-of-town members greatly 

 objected. The matter will be fur- 

 ther discussed at the next meeting. 



During the afternoon the trustees 

 handed out cigars and all spent a 

 pleasant few hours. The next meeting 

 takes place August 13th. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Sweet Pea Show, held at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, on July 11 and 

 12 attracted a large crowd of admirers. 

 In the general classes for sweet peas 

 the prizes were awarded mostly to 

 Mrs. W. B. Leeds, Charles Pfaff, Miss 

 Fanny Foster and Mrs. Lester Leland. 

 For the best decoration of sweet peas 

 Penn the Florist was 1st and Boston 

 Cut Flower Co., 2nd. There was quite 

 a list of amateur classes which were 

 creditably filled. R. & J. Farquhar &■ 

 Co. made a grand display of herbaceous 

 garden bloom which won for them a 

 silver medal. Mrs. J. M. Sears was 

 awarded a certificate of merit for a col- 

 lection of superb delphiniums, and 

 Mrs. Lester Leland a cultural certifi- 

 cate for achimines. In addition to the 

 foregoing there were displays of hardy 

 flowers from Old Town Nurseries, 

 Eastern Nurseries, Miss Cornelia War- 

 ren and others, H. T. roses from A. W. 

 Preston, Lilium Hansoni and delphini- 

 ums from Wm. Whitman. Japan iris 

 from T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co., gladioli 

 from Mrs. Frederick Ayer, etc. 



THE SEA TRIP FROM BALTIMORE 

 TO BOSTON. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., writes as fol- 

 lows concerning this interesting con- 

 vention trip: 



My Dear Sir — I think that the prom- 

 ise of a large party per ship from Bal- 

 timore to Boston will be fulfilled. We 

 have a number booked from Baltimore 

 and Washington is looming up with 

 Gude in the lead. Our friends from 

 Pittsburgh will be well represented, so 

 alto,gether we expect to fill the ship. 

 We leave Baltimore Friday evening, 

 Aug. 14, at 6 P. M., and next morning, 

 6 A. M. at Newport News, from 

 whence we will take the trolley to Old 

 Point, taking lunch at the Hotel Cham- 

 berline, crossing later on to Ocean 

 View, possibly Cape Henry and Vir- 

 ginia Beach, getting on our steamer 

 again at Norfolk at 6 P. M.. and arriv- 

 ing in Boston Monday morning. .August 

 17. This is expected to be one of the 

 best outings our people have ever had; 

 at least, that is my aim. 



NEWPORT SUMMER SHOW. 



The Newport Horticultural Society 

 and the Newport Garden Club are mak- 

 ing active preparations for a joint 

 show on August 13, 14 and 15 at Bel- 

 court which is one of the estates of 

 Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont. The location 

 of this place is between Bellevue ave- 

 nue and Ledge road near the famous 

 Bailey's Beach. Most of the exhibits 

 will be arranged about the lawn, but 

 the more tender things such as green- 

 house plants will be staged in the large 

 court of the spacious mansion of Bel- 

 court. 



The schedule of exhibits, which will 

 be ready soon, includes a large variety 

 of horticultural products, with premi- 

 ums which should bring out good com- 

 petition from far and near. The com- 

 mittee of arrangements from the Hor- 

 ticultural Society also gives promise of 

 a successful exhibition, as its member- 



