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HORTICUL rr UK 



Soptombor 15, 1917 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



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NEW YORK FLORISTS' CUJB. 

 The opi'liiliK liieeliliK ot Ihls club 

 for the new season, held on Monday 

 night, September 10. was an unprece- 

 dentedly large and lively gaiherlnp 

 for September, there being not far 

 from one hundred and lUty members 

 present and these largely comprising 

 the most prominent and active men 

 In the trade. The inspiring effect oC 

 the recent national convention was 

 meeting and In the character of the 

 plainly evident in this enthusiastic 

 proceedings. There was a remark- 

 able group of exhibits on the show 

 tables, most sensational among these 

 being the big display of plants and 

 bulbs sent by C. W. Ward from Eu- 

 reka, Cal. These comprised "Dutch" 

 hyacinths, tulips of various classes, 

 narcissi in the leading forcing kinds, 

 crocuses, rhododendrons, azaleas, box- 

 woods, retenosporas. etc., all of which 

 things we have been accustomed to 

 get from abroad. So far as can be 

 judged by appearance, Mr. Ward has 

 fully demonstrated the practicability 

 of home production of all these spe- 

 cialties. In quality as shown they 

 were all very fine. Cost of produc- 

 tion, freight, and qualities under forc- 

 ing conditions have yet to be asser- 

 talned but Mr. Ward has certainly 

 conferred an inestimable boon on the 

 American trade in what he has been 

 able to accomplish thus far and the 

 outlook is most encouraging. 



Much interest was taken in a seed- 

 ling dahlia of entirely new type shown 

 by W. A. Manda as No. 1,000. The 

 flowers, glowing crimson in color, are 

 enormous, eight to ten inches across, 

 while the plants run not over two feet 

 in height, wide spreading and the 

 flowers set close down on the massive 

 foliage, no staking being required. A 

 cultural certificate was awarded. The 

 new rose Columbia, shown by C. H. 

 Totty. also came in for much admir- 

 ing attention. Dahlias in many colors 

 and zinnias were nicely shown by 

 W. A. Finger, of Hicksville. and Victor 

 Zuber & Son. of Whitestone. were also 

 represented by a fine set of dahlias; 

 The soft pink dahlia Elsie Burgess 

 was especially admired in the Finger 

 display. Several large exhibits from 

 New England growers were expected 

 but were delayed in transportation. 

 Mr. Manda invited the committee and 

 such of the members as should choose 

 to go to South Orange and see his 

 dahlia as growing there. 



After several convention committees 

 had presented their reports and had 

 been duly thanked, a considerable por- 

 tion of the evening was devoted to a 

 discussion of the business publicity 

 movement and the practical campaign 

 tentatively inaugurated at the S. A. 

 F. convention. There were some 

 "red-hot" speeches, several personal 

 subscriptions to the fund already 

 started were handed in and a propo- 

 sition to immediately appropriate 

 the sum ot five hundred or even 



MEETINGS NEXT WEEK. » 

 Monday, Sept. 17. 



Kclnilt 1'Morli.tB' Chih. Iloiiib Fl. i 

 Hull. Dftrolt. .Mlfh. 



IloiiHtiin KlorlBtB' dull. ("liiiiiilMr i. 

 of CoinmrTiv KimiiiH. IIoiiKton. Ti'i. i 



Ni'« .lirsi-y I'lcirlriillurnl Socii'tv 

 iiriiiik'.-. .N. .1. 



Tuesday, Sept. 18 



i;nr<lfncrB' iind FlorUtB' Club nf 

 linston. Horticultural Hiill, BoBtoii, 

 Mass. 



(WinlfnoFB' nnd Florists' Club "'f 

 uiitarlo. St. George's Hall, Toruiil". 

 Cud. 



Mliiiifsotu State Florists' Assocln 

 tloii. .Mlniieai)oll8. Minn. 



PennBVlvaiila Ilorlleultural Sn 

 cicty. Horticultural Hall, Phllad.-I- 

 phla, I'a. 



Wednesday, Sept. 19 



j|j Khoik- Islanil Horticultural .■<.) 

 clctv. Public Library, ProvliJenc-. 

 il It. I. 



ll Tarrytown Horticultural Society. 

 (\ Tarrytown, .\. Y. 



!' Thursday, Sept. 20 



Essex County Florists Club 

 Kreuper- Auditorium. Newark. N. .1. ' 

 New Orleans Horticultural Society, 

 i Association of Commerce BIdg.. N' " 



Orleans. La. 

 ili North Westchester County Horti- 

 1 cultural Society, Mt. Klsco. N. Y. 

 1 1 Taconia Florists' Association, Mac- 

 cabee Hall, Tacoma. Wash. 

 Friday, Sept. 21 



I'i North Shore Horticultural Society. 

 Manchester. Mass. 



Saturday, Sept. 22 



tlj Dobbs Ferry Gardeners' Associa- 

 1: tion, Dobb's Ferry, N. Y. 



one thousand dollars from the 

 club treasury was warmly supported 

 by several. Calm counsel prevailed, 

 however, and the whole subject was 

 left open for a month's consideration. 

 Charles H. Totty. president-elect of 

 the S. A. P., was called upon for a 

 speech and his optimistic words were 

 received with warm approval. Favor- 

 able action was taken for a ladies' 

 night in the near future under the di- 

 rection of the house committee. 



Much of the pleasure of the mem- 

 bers, more especially those who are 

 not smokers, at the meetings of the 

 New York Florists' Club is spoiled by 

 the almost insufferable conditions of 

 smoke-laden air in the badly venti- 

 lated hall in which the meetings are 

 held. The room is very inadequate 

 for a gathering of the size of that 

 here described and burning eyes and 

 vocal chords arc the penalty that 

 many members liave to pay. 



STAMFORD (CONN.) HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting held 

 on Sept. 7th was well attended. There 

 «'.is a largo number of exhibits and 

 I tilof amongst the awards wa« a cul- 

 tural cerlillcate to Anthoii Pederson 

 for a new Tomato named "Stamford 

 Beauty." This variety has already 

 won two certificates of merit, and 

 seems to possess all the lino points 

 that go to make up a first-class ex- 

 hibition or culinary tomato. Other 

 awards were as follows: — Adolph 

 Alius for Begonia "Miss Lalng," 

 James Foster for collection of vege- 

 tables, A. Whltlau for "Marvin" melon, 

 Alex Geddes for onion "Allsa Craig," 

 and pear "Clapp's Favourite" shown 

 by A. V. Carver, were all highly com- 

 mended. The following received a 

 vote of thanks: — A. Pederson for Al- 

 lamanda Hendersonii, A. Aluis for 

 everbearing raspberry, Michael Smith 

 for collection of roses, A. Wynne for 

 collection of phlox, and the Quality 

 Seed Store of Stamford for an exhibit 

 ot ornamental vases and pans for 

 plants. First Fall Show to be held 

 Nov. 2 and 3 gives promise of being a 

 great success, and the show commit- 

 tee were able to announce that Messrs. 

 J. H. Troy ot New Rochelle, Wallace 

 R. Peirson of Cromwell, and Wil- 

 liam Scott ot Elmstord, had con- 

 sented to act as judges. Mr. A. 

 Wynne read an instructive paper 

 on Snapdragons, and it was evident 

 that this capable grower had given 

 the members the benefit of his long 

 experience in the cultivation of these 

 flowers. He was followed by Mr. Bart- 

 lett who gave a very interesting talk 

 on "Native and Foreign Nuts" with 

 a brief outline of what the Northern 

 Nut-growers Association is doing in 

 this section ot the country towards 

 the raising ot profitable nuts of the 

 different varieties. The question box 

 was well patronized and brought 

 forth some interesting discussions on 

 the various topics. At the next meet- 

 ing. Oct. .5th. Mr. Foster will read a 

 paper on Mushrooms. 



W. A. Kino, Cor. Secy. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



This society will hold a Dahlia Ex- 

 hibition on Saturday and Sunday, Sep- 

 tember 22nd and 2.3rd, in the Museum 

 building. New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park. The exhibition is open 

 free to the public on Sattirday from 2 

 to ') and on Sunday from 10 to 5. 

 Schedules are now ready for distribu- 

 tion and may be had by addressing the 

 secretary, George V. Nash. New York 

 Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. 

 City. 



George V. Nash, Secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Auburn Rose Association has 

 been formed at a meeting of a group 

 of enthusiastic rose growers held In 

 the Chamber ot Commerce rooms at 

 Auburn, N. Y. 



The second annual Sayville. N. Y., 

 flower and vegetable show, which was 

 held on Aug. 29-30. under the auspices 

 of the Sayville Garden Club, in St. 

 Lawrence's Auditorium, was largely 

 attended by the people from Babylon, 

 Bayshore. Islip. Bayport. Bluepoint, 

 Patchogue and Bellport, and was a 

 success in all respects. 



