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HO RTI CULTURE 



October 17, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



This club met on the evening of 

 October 6, in the Fort Pitt Hotel, and 

 the members thoroughly enjoyed the 

 dahlia display which had been ar- 

 ranged. Carl Becherer, gardener at 

 Dixmont Hospital, showed a notable 

 collection of dahlias, many ot them 

 seedlings, strong in collarette vari- 

 eties. The blaze of color in his vari- 

 eties was remarkable, all of which 

 were from tubers planted June 15. 

 Among his exhibits were some flowers 

 of the wild dahlia as found growing 

 in the mountains of Mexico, single, 

 long-stemmed and brick-red in color. 

 Wm. Thomson, Jr.. gardener for W. 

 P. Snyder, Sewickley Heights, showed 

 a well-grown collection of standard 

 varieties. Cultural certificates were 

 awarded to Messrs. Becherer and 

 Thomson. 



R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., of White 

 Marsh, Md., made a striking display 

 of large blooms. Some of the out- 

 standing varieties were; Beloit, Geisha. 

 Hon, R. L. Borden, Jack's Discovery 

 and Jack's Pink. H. C. Knauft of Pitts- 

 burgh, N. S.. showed roses grown in the 

 open, W. R. Smith, Gloire de Dijon and 

 Bouquet d'Or thrifty and well-grown. 

 The thanks of the club were given to 

 the exhibitors. J. W. Jones spoke appre- 

 ciatively ot Dreer's Garden on the pier 

 at Atlantic City and President McCal- 

 lum told of a recent visit to Boston 

 and the Arnold Arboretum. In Boston 

 he was pleased with the bedding which 

 achieved pleasing results by the use 

 of unusual combinations, as for ex- 

 ample Pandanus Veitchii, Ficus elas- 

 tica with snapdragons between. Of 

 the Arboretum and Jackson Dawson 

 he could not say too much in praise. 

 For a street tree adapted to Pitts- 

 burgh conditions, the Crimean linden 

 was mentioned. 



P. S. Randolph extended an invita- 

 tion to visit his new plant at Sandy 

 Creek on October 29 for a day's out- 

 ing. The invitation was accepted with 

 H. P. Josi.iN. Sec'y. 



thanks. 



AMERICAN CEMETERY SUPERIN- 

 TENDENTS. 

 The Association of American Ceme- 

 tery Superintendents held a two-day 

 session at the Planters Hotel, St. 

 Louis, and the third day at the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden last week. 

 Discussions took place on floral decor- 

 ations and landscape gardening fea- 

 tures in cemeteries. "Flower Display 

 Without Rain." a paper by W. E. 

 Ohlweiler, general manager of the gar- 

 den, and "Pictures in a Park Ceme- 

 tery," by John Noyes, landscape gar- 

 dener, were the features of the meet- 

 ing at the Botanical Garden. Officers 

 were elected as follows: President, 

 Thomas Wallis, Rose Hill Cemetery, 

 Chicago; Vice-President, James War- 

 ren, Providence, R. I.; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, B. Lawsou, Jr.. Chicago; 

 Executive Committee. H. S. Adams, 

 Boston; W. P. Jones, Pittsburgh and 

 J. A. Reed. Canton, Ohio. After the 

 meeting the members were guests of 

 the directors of the Botanical Garden 

 at a luncheon. One hundred members 

 were in attendance. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



A very interesting meeting of the 

 Florist Club was held last week. A 

 spring flower sliow was discussed and 

 laid over until the next meeting for 

 further consideration. H. W. Ohlweil- 

 er, Geo. H. Pring and C. W. Garrett, 

 all of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 

 were elected to membership. 



Joe Hauser of Kirkwood had on ex- 

 hibition his new single red dahlia 

 which was highly commended by the 

 committee. Mr. Hauser invited all to 

 visit his dahlia farm. Neatly painted 

 signs were ordered to be placed in all 

 the wholesale houses inviting florists 

 to join the club and advertise the 

 meeting days and place of holding 

 them. The next meeting will be held 

 on November 12, at 2 o'clock. 



George Burton, 

 rrcsident-elect Florists' ("lub of Philadel- 



phiM. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of this society, Oc- 

 tober 5, the subject "After the frost. 

 What?" proved a drawing card, bring- 

 ing out a good attendance and started 

 a very pleasing and instructive dis- 

 cussion. Fall planting and winter pro- 

 tection were discussed so earnestly 

 that the closing time arrived before 

 we had half covered the ground and 

 so the subject will be continued in 

 our next. H. A. Jahn, the speaker 

 of the evening, proved very versatile 

 in answering questions, while his 

 chronic good nature kept the members 

 in a state of merriment. 



Among the exhibits of the evening 

 was a fine display of dahlias by Jose 

 S. Figuerido of this city, easily tak- 

 ing premier honors. John P. Rooney 

 showed his seedling peony-flowered 

 dahlia — Mrs. Fred'k Grinnell. This 

 looks like a good thing, color medium 

 pink, form good with stems 2 to .3 feet 

 long. The raiser claims exceptional 

 keeping qualities for his seedling. 



Arrangements for the coming Chry- 

 santhemum Show were left to the ex- 

 ecutive committee. Wm. F. Turner. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



There was a large attendance at the 

 October meeting of this Society. The 

 fall show committee reported every- 

 thing in readiness for a successful ex- 

 hibition. Attractive prizes of cash, 

 silver cups, cut glass and silverware 

 are offered in the schedule which may 

 be had from the secretary of the ex- 

 hibition committee. Oscar Addor, 

 Larchmont, N. Y. The show will be 

 held in Germania Hall, New Rochelle, 

 N. Y., November 4-5-6. A committee 

 was appointed to draft resolutions of 

 sympathy with the bereaved family 

 of the late Henry Darlington, who 

 was a life member of the society and 

 whose interest in its welfare was ap- 

 preciated by the entire membership. 

 Nathan F. Barrett of New Rochelle, N. 

 Y.. lectured on "Landscape Architect- 

 ure" in a pleasing manner and a ris- 

 ing vote of thanks was accorded him. 

 A tine display of seasonable flowers, 

 fruits and vegetables was on the ex- 

 hibition tables. The special prize of- 

 fered by Robt. Allen of Greenwich. 

 Conn., for the best six varieties of 

 vegetables was won by J. B. Andrews. 

 Cultural certificates were awarded to 

 the following: Robt. Williamson for 

 collection of vegetables; E. Laurs, 

 onions; P. W. Popp. dahlias all types, 

 shown on long stems; Robert William- 

 son received honorable mention for 

 peaches, melons and English walnuts. 

 The thanks of the society was extended 

 to John Conroy for seedling chrysan- 

 themums ( Mrs. H. Robinson x Chel- 

 toni) ; Robt. Grunnert for carnations; 

 Jas. Stuart, for hardy early flowering 

 chrysanthemum "Normandie;" Carl 

 Hankenson for Hadley roses and 

 chrysanthemums; John Beck & Sons, 

 Golden Glow; John B. Andrew, apples; 

 Jas. Stuart, Conochlinium coelestinum. 

 The next meeting will be held Novem- 

 ber 13. P. W. Popr, Cor. Sec'y 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



About seventy-five members were 

 present on the occasion of the Octo- 

 ber meeting of the New York Florists' 

 Club, last Monday evening, and it was 

 a very interesting meeting all through. 

 Richard Vincent. Jr., ot Whitemarsh, 

 Md., was the lecturer of the evening, 

 his subject being "Scotland." His talk 

 was illustrated by handsome stereopti- 

 con views showing places of great 

 natural beauty and historic interest, 

 among which the haunts of Robert 

 Burns were especially prominent, and 

 the lecturer interspersed his remarks 

 with quotations from Burns' poems. 

 In this connection he urged the cause 

 of the Wm. R. Smith Memorial to be 

 erected in Washington, advising that 

 it take the form of a garden school 

 where young men could secure educa- 

 tion in gardening. 



Prior to the lecture various routine 

 matters were disposed of. The report 

 of the outing committee presented by 

 AV. E. Marshall showed a clean slate 

 and no deficit, which was duly ap- 

 plauded. It was agreed that the No- 

 vember meeting be Ladies' Night. W. 

 F. Sheridan, Emil Schloss and J. R. 

 Lewis were appointed a committee to 



