November 24, 1917 



HOETICULTUKE 



549 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The regular meeting of the club was 

 held Tuesday evening, Nov. 20th, with 

 an attendance of 150. Five new mem- 

 bers were elected. There was a nota- 

 ble display of flowers, on which the 

 following awards were made: Eng- 

 lish winter-flowering begonias from 

 Peter Arnott, Chestnut Hill, eight va- 

 rieties, cultural report of merit; L.igus- 

 trum vulgare foliocum from Wm. H. 

 Judd; six varieties of splendid carna- 

 tions from S. J. Goddard; Anemone- 

 flowered chrysanthemums from W. D. 

 Nickerson, Haverhill ; chrysanthemums 

 Innocenca and H. J. Heinz and \V. N. 

 Craig; rose Mrs. Henry Winnett from 

 Cromwell Gardens, report of superior 

 merit; collection of decorative chrys- 

 anthemums from Cromwell Gardens; 

 collection of decorative chrysanthe- 

 mums from Charles H. Totty, Madison, 

 N. J., report of merit; unnamed pink 

 seedling rose from Chas. E. Holbrow, 

 Brighton; chrysanthemums from Jani- 

 ten & WoUrath, Waltham; a white 

 sport of Carnation Pink Delight from 

 C. S. Strout, Biddeford, Me., honorable 

 mention; Carnation Snow White from 

 C. S. Strout, report of merit. Vote of 

 thanks to all the foregoing except 

 where awards are otherwise noted. 



There was a long discussion on 

 flower publicity participated in by 

 Messrs. Goddard, Palmer, Wheeler, 

 Finlayson, Cameron, Craig and others, 

 and it was voted to contribute $50 to 

 the publicity campaign. It was also 

 voted to offer $25 as a special prize at 

 the exhibition of the American Carna- 

 tion Society to be held in Boston in 

 January. 



A communication was read from the 

 National Association of Gardeners 

 relative to the convention to be held 

 in Chicago early in December. A re- 

 port of the recent successful vegetable 

 show given by the club was read. A 

 number of members who won prizes 

 have returned the money to the treas- 

 urer so that the total cost to the club 

 for conducting the show was only $50. 



Nominations for officers were made 

 as follows: President, A. K. Rogers; 

 after eleven men had declined to run, 

 C. P. Sweetser accepted the nomina- 

 tion for vice-president; treasurer, S. J. 

 Goddard; secretary, W. N. Craig; ex- 

 ecutive committee, James Methven, 

 Wm. H. Judd, James Donald, Fred J. 

 Elder, W. G. Wyman, Geo. W. Hamer, 

 Duncan F. Hill and Richard Calvert. 



Short addresses were made by Wal- 

 ter Mott, representing Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, Beacon, N. Y., and Mr. Lacava 

 of Cromwell Gardens. 



Instructive talks on the propagation 

 of evergreens were given by W. H. 

 Judd, A. E. Robinson and John Kirke- 

 gaard. 



It was unanimously voted to cut out 

 all lunches at the club meetings "for 

 the duration of the war." 



Meetings Next Week] 



Monday, Nov. 26. 



Florists' and G.irdeners' Club of 

 Kliode Isl-TUd, Sw.irtz Hall, Provi- 

 dence, R. 1. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore, Florists Exchange Hall, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



Tuesday, Nov. 27. 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 Xewport, R. I. 



Tarrytowu Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytowu. N. Y. 



Wednesday, Nov. 28. 

 Oyster Bay Horticultural Society, 

 Oyster Bay, N. ¥. 



and proved the society to be in a good 

 financial condition, and the secretary's 

 report was also most encouraging. 



Edwin Jenkins, president pro tern, 

 then asked the society for a donation 

 to aid the good work of the Y. M. C. 

 A. Red Cross Triangle Branch and 

 $25.00 was donated for this purpose. 



The election of officers resulted as 

 follows: President — Robert Scott, su- 

 perintendent of the Holmesdale estate, 

 Pittsfleld; vice-president — J. Johnson, 

 of Blythewood Farm, Pittsfleld; treas- 

 urer — Alfred Loveless, re-elected; sec- 

 retary — Henry Heeremans, re-elected; 

 delegate to State Board of Agriculture 

 —Alfred H. Wingett. 



Henry Heeremans, Secy. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



The annual meeting of this society 

 was held in the Lenox (Mass.) town 

 hall on November 14th. The treas- 

 urer's report was most satisfactory 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The regular meeting was held Nov. 

 7th at the greenhouses of G. H. Sin- 

 clair & Son, Holyoke. The chief fea- 

 ture of the meeting was the contest 

 for the Skinner cup, offered for twelve 

 chrysanthemums, one variety. The 

 cup was won for the second time by 

 G. H. Sinclair with massive blooms 

 of Yellow Turner. James Whiting of 

 the Mass. Agricultural College, last 

 year's winner, was a close second 

 with shapely blooms of Wm. Turner, 

 but a trifle past their best. F. D. 

 Keyes & Son and Gallivan Bros., also 

 competed and were placed in the order 

 named. The judging was done by 

 Donald MacGregor, sup't of the Ly- 

 man estate, Northampton. H. E. Dow- 

 ner exhibited sprays of Chrysanthe- 

 mum indicum. After a brief business 

 session the rest of the evening was 

 devoted to social entertainment with 

 wives and lady friends taking part. 

 H. E. D. 



WORCESTER FLORISTS ORGANIZE 



Ten florists of Worcester county, 

 Mass., met in the library of Horticul- 

 tural hall, Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 

 31, and organized a club to be known 

 as the Worcester County Florists' 

 Club. 



These officers were chosen: Presi- 

 dent, A. H. Lange; vice-president, W. 

 J. Wood, and secretary and treasurer, 

 Harry I. Randall. It is hoped florists 

 from all over Worcester county will 

 join the new organization, and if more 

 information is desired would-be mem- 

 bers are invited to get into touch with 

 the secretary or other officers of the 

 club. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The 13th annual chrysanthemum 

 show of this society was held in Glen 

 Cove, N. Y., on Nov. 1st and 2nd. 

 Competition was strong in all the 47 

 classes. The flowers as usual w^ere 

 of the finest size and quality. The 

 vegetables, roses, carnations, violets 

 and decorative work were all good. 

 Particularly deserving of notice were 

 the specimen bush and standard 

 chrysanthemums Hooper Pierson ex- 

 hibited by Robert Marshall, a standard 

 single Miss May Pope, shown by 

 James McCarthy and a very tastefully 

 arranged group by Robert Jones. A 

 great effort was made by all exhibitors 

 to make this show a success for the 

 Red Cross and the highest praise is 

 due to them. Exhibitors competed for 

 prize cards only. The winners on 

 plants were Robert Jones, Robeii; 

 Marshall and Jas. McCarthy; cut 

 blooms, Robert Marshall, Geo. Fergu- 

 son, Robert Jones and Jas. McCarthy; 

 single hardy varieties, Mrs. F. B. 

 Pratt. The silver cup for best collec- 

 tion of hardy sorts was won by John 

 W. Everitt. Other prize winners were 

 Thomas Twigg, Geo. Ferguson, Jos. 

 Robinson, W. Churchill and Robert 

 Jones. Violets, John W. Everitt, 

 Robert Jones and Wm. Noonan. De- 

 corative work, table decoration, 1st, 

 Jos. Robinson; 2nd, John W. Everitt; 

 3rd, Robert Jones; 4th, Wm. Noonan. 

 Vegetables, 12 kinds, 1st, Henry Gaut; 

 2nd, Robert Jones; 9 kinds, 1st, Frank 

 Petroccia; 2nd, Wm. Noonan. In the 

 non-competitive class Robert Marshall 

 exhibited a large fan-shaped Lady 

 Lydia, a fine plant well worthy of the 

 cultural certificate awarded it. A. N. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Ct., exhibited Rose 

 Mrs. Henry Winnett, which was award- 

 ed a certificate of merit. James 

 Gladstone, as usual, made a most ef- 

 ficient manager, assisted by Harry 

 Goodband. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 society was held on November 14. 

 Awards were as follows: Jas. Mc- 

 Carthy 1st for chrysanthemums in all 

 three classes. An extensive display 

 of outdoor-grown seedling chrysanthe- 

 mums by Henry Gaut was awarded a 

 certificate of merit. Violets Princess 

 of Wales and cauliflower, certificate 

 of merit to P. Petroccia. Honorable 

 mention to J. Mastroaini for cauli- 

 flower. Best table decoration by as- 

 sistant gardeners, 1st, Henry Mishel- 

 son; 2nd, Norman Bruce; 3rd, Carl 

 Peterson; 4th, Geo. Ford. It was un- 

 animously agreed not to hold our an- 

 nual smoker, but instead each mem- 

 ber present contributed to the Christ- 

 mas Kit Fund of the Red Cross. Ex- 

 hibits for the annual meeting to be 

 held on Wednesday, December 12. are 

 three heads of lettuce, pot or pan of 

 Lorraine-type begonia and pot or pan 

 of Roman hyacinths. 



Habry Goodband, Cor. Sec. 



