December 29. 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



681 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



The W. T. Hutchins Memorial. 

 Dear Mr. Editor: 



The American Sweet Pea Society, 

 realizing tlie great impetus given to 

 tlie culture of Sweet Peas in America 

 by the late Rev. W. T. Hutchins, have 

 issued the undernoted call to all 

 sweet pea lovers and horticulturists 

 generally. Our object is to raise suffi- 

 cient funds to purchase a loving cup, 

 value $250, the cup to be competed for 

 annually at our exhibitions, never to 

 be won outright. 



The following contributions have al- 

 ready been promised: 



Mrs. Sykea, $25; Peter Henderson & Co., 

 $25; Stumpp & Walter Co., ?10; Stecher 

 Lithograph Co., $25; W. Atlee Burpee Co., 

 $25; Henry P. Mlchell Co., $5; L. D. Waller 

 Seed Co., $5; Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., 

 $5; Frank G. Cuthbertson, $5; Florists' 

 Exchange, $5.00. 



Further contributions will be appre- 

 ciated and acknowledged by the un- 

 dersigned. 

 "The Sweet Pea has a keel that was 



meant to seek all shores; 

 It has wings that were meant to fly 



across all continents; 

 It has a standard that is friendly to 



all nations; 

 .\nd it has a fragrance like the uni- 

 versal Gospel. 

 Yea, a sweet prophecy of welcome 



everywhere 

 That has been abundantly fulfilled." 



If for no other reason than the crea- 

 tion of the above immortal lines the 

 name of the late Rev. W. T. Hutchins 

 will live for all time among sweet 

 pea enthusiasts. They were embodied 

 in his address at the Sweet Pea Bi- 

 centenary celebration held in Ix)ndon 

 in 1900, and have been quoted times 

 out of number since then. 



It Is doubtful if anyone in this coun- 

 try did as much to popularize the 

 sweet pea, Mr. Hutchins recognizing 

 the great value of this beautiful an- 

 nual about the time that the first Eck- 

 ford varieties were introduced. By his 

 interesting articles on the Sweet Pea 

 which appeared in many of our maga- 

 zines, he quickly brought hosts of 

 friends to the shrine of our fragrant 

 flower. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society therefore 

 think it fitting that the name of Mr. 

 Hutchins should be kept green among 

 our members, and with that end in 

 view we are anxious to raise sufficient 

 funds to purchase a large silver cup 

 to be competed for annually at our ex- 

 hibitions, the trophy to be called the 

 W. T. Hutchins Memorial Cup. May 

 I call upon you to assist this most 

 worthy object? Geobge W. Kerb. 



President American Sweet Pea 

 Society. Doylestown, Penna. 



Meetings Next Week 



Tuesday Jan. 1. 



Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Holyoke and Northampton, Mass. 



Lake Geneva Gardeners' and Fore- 

 men's Association, Horticultural 

 Hnll, Lake Geneva, Wis. 



Los Angeles County Horticultural 

 Society, Los Angeles, Cal. 



Pateraon Florlcultural Society, Y. 

 M. C. A. Bldg., Paterson, N. J. 



Florists' Club of Philadelphia, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Pittsburgh Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club Fort Pitt Hotel, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa, 



Wednesday, Jan. 2. ||{||i| 



J|i|| Tuxedo Horticultural Society, 

 Tuxedo Park, N. Y. 



Thursday, Jan. 3. 



Albany Florists' Club, Albany, 

 N. Y. 



Reading (Pa.) Florists' Associa- 

 tion, Reading, Pa. 



Southampton Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Odd Fellows Hall, Southamp- 

 ton, N. Y. 



Friday, Jan. 4. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 Manchester, Mass. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 Lake Forest, 111. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society, 

 Pasadena, Cal. 



People's Park Cottage Gardeners' 

 Association, Paterson, N. J. 



Yonkers Horticultural Society, 

 Yonkers, N. Y. 



Saturday, Jan. 5. 



Pacific Coast Horticultural Society, 

 San Francisco, Cal. 



Presidents, Dr. Robert Huey, Henry 

 F. Michell, Robert Craig. William 

 Kleinheinz; Treasurer, S. W. Keith; 

 secretary, David Rust; Professor of 

 Botany, Stewardson Brown; Profes- 

 sor of Horticultural Chemistry, Dr. 

 John Marshall; Professor of Entomol- 

 ogy. Dr. Henry Skinner; Professor of 

 Biology, Dr. Ida A. Keller; Executive 

 Council, John W. Pepper, Edward A. 

 Schmidt, H. A. Poth. J. Otto Thilow, 

 Thomas W. Logan, James Boyd, C. F. 

 C. Stout. D.wiD Rust, Secy. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the annual meeting of this socie- 

 ty, held at Griffith Hall, 1420 Chestnut 

 street, Philadelphia, on December 

 18th, the following officers were elect- 

 ed for 1918: 



President, C. Hartman Kulin; Vice- 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of this society 

 was held recently In the County Build- 

 ing, Hartford, President G. H. Hollis- 

 ter, presiding. The following officers 

 for the year 1918 were elected: Pres- 

 ident, G. H. Hollister; first-vice-presi- 

 dent, S. H. Deming; 2nd vice-presi- 

 dent. Howard Semf, New Britain; 3rd 

 vice-president, Oscar Gritzmacher, 

 New Britain; treasurer, W. W. Hunt; 

 secretary, Alfred Dixon; librarian, 

 Wm. T. Hall; botanist, John Willard; 

 pomologist, C. H, Sierman. 



Alex Cumming, Jr., rose expert at 

 the Cromwell Gardens, reported that 

 the rose growers were responding in 

 fine shape to the call for roses for 

 the beds in the rose gardens at Eliz- 

 abeth Park, where the American Rose 

 Society will hold its annual conven- 

 tion next year. The roses will be main- 

 tained by the growers for two years, 

 after which time they will be turned 

 over to the Park Commissioners for 

 whatever disposition they may decide 

 upon. Alfred Dixon, Secy. 



Weathersfleld. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held in Hubbard's Hall, 

 Greenwich, Conn., on Friday evening, 

 Dec. 14th. It was unfortunate that It 

 was such a stormy night as it was 

 election night, and this affected the 

 attendance some. The exhibition ta- 

 bles were rather light. James Stuart 

 got the monthly prize for an orchid 

 plant and Thos. Aitchison for vase of 

 carnations. The new officers are: 

 President, P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck; 

 vice-president, James Linalne, Rye; 

 secretary, J. B. McArdle, Greenwich; 

 treasurer, Robt. "Williamson, Green- 

 wich; cor. secretary, John Conroy, 

 Greenwich. The new members of the 

 executive committee are James Tough 

 and Thomas Aitchison of Mamaroneck 

 and John Orr of Rye. 



The new president is well known In 

 horticultural circles and his officers 

 are all "live wires'' so we are sure to 

 have another successful year. Mr. 

 Whitton, the retiring presjdent, has 

 been a very popular official, as he has 

 not been absent one meeting since he 

 took office. We are sorry to report 

 that our secretary, Mr. McArdle has 

 to go south for his health and I am 

 sure it is the wish of the members 

 that he will come back in a short 

 time renewed in health. 



Alex. Claekson. 



GIFT TO MR. AND MRS. R. 

 VINCENT, JR. 



The officers of the American Dahlia 

 Society sent the following communi- 

 cation to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Vin- 

 cent, Jr., on the occasion of their 

 golden wedding, Dec. 26, 1917: 

 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Vincent: 



We, the officers of the American 

 Dahlia Society, count it a privilege to 

 be allowed to join in the salutations 

 that greet you on this morning of the 

 fiftieth anniversary of your married 

 life. 



We feel honored to have you, Mr. 

 Vincent, as president of the American 

 Dahlia Society, a society which you 

 were instrumental in calling into ex- 

 istence. 



To mark this solemn, happy and 

 unique occasion in your own and Mrs. 

 Vincent's life, and as a small, but per- 

 manent testimonial, we send you this 

 gold crumpet dish, and with it our 

 united hope and wishes for the contin- 

 uance of that blessing on your lives 

 that has been, In such large measure, 

 vouchsafed in the fifty years that are 

 passed. 



Signed on behalf of the whole body 

 of officers. 



J. Habwson Dice, Secy. 



The Southampton (N. Y.) Horticul- 

 tural Society has decided not to hold 

 its annual banquet this year. The an- 

 nual meeting will be held in Odd Fel- 

 lows Ilall. on .Tanuary 3. and subjects 

 announced for competition are: "The 

 best six vegetables," "best flowering 

 plant" and "best foliage plant." 



