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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON 



The January iiioctlnt: <>l this clult. 

 accordInK to riistom. wiis LadloB' 

 Night, and wiia well attended by mem- 

 bers and their ladles. Roiillne mat- 

 ters were put throuph rapidly In or- 

 der to Kain time for the entertainment 

 features provided. Ofllrers were In- 

 stalled, all being present except Vice- 

 president Patterson and Messrs. Peter 

 Miller and W. C. Rust. Resolutions of 

 sympathy on the death of W. Atlee 

 Burbee were presented by the commit- 

 tee. W. N. Craip. Duncan FInlayson 

 and Robert Cameron. Othei olTlcers' and 

 committee reports were made. Treas- 

 urer CralK's report for the year being 

 vei->- pleasing. 



Reports of merit on the rose Mme. 

 P. Euler (Prima Donna), and carna- 

 tion Laura Weber and honorable men- 

 tion for new carnation Peace, all ex- 

 hibited by Guttman & Raynor of New- 

 York, were made by the exhibition 

 judges. Nine new members were 

 ele<ted. 



President Methven announced the 

 following committee appointments: 

 Entertainment committee- George W. 

 Haraer. W. .1. Collins, .Tolin Mclntire. 

 Wni. Mix, Harold Edgar. Wni. Wat- 

 son. A. E. Elsenhardt, P. A. Gavin 

 and D. J. Crighton. Membership Wel- 

 come Committee — John F. Uriry. D. .7. 

 Reid, J. R. Ness. .T. L. Russell. Edw. 

 Rose. .John Reid. R. E. Montgomery 

 and Frank Murray. Committee on Ex- 

 hibits— Keaneth FInlayson. R. Cam- 

 eron. Jas. Wheeler. Wm. Downs. S. .T. 

 Goddard. F. E. Palmer. T. H. West- 

 wood. D. FInlayson, .Julius Huerlin. 

 Alex. McKay. Donald McKenzie, A. A. 

 Pembroke. W. H. Judd, Charles Sander 

 and Eber Holmes. 



There was a very classy entertain- 

 ment of music and vaudeville, fol- 

 lowed by ice cream, cake and coffee, 

 after which the company engaged in 

 dancing. The sum of $20 was collect- 

 ed as a New Year's gift for Joe, the 

 ever-obliging janitor of Horticultural 

 Hall. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 



The opening session of the year was 

 held, as usual, in the Carnegie Library. 

 President David Eraser presiding. 

 James Scott, of Elmsford. N. Y.. spoke 

 at some length on the important dif- 

 ferential points of chrysanthemums 

 grown for private and exhibition pur- 

 poses, and those raised in view of the 

 commercial output. The latter subject 

 was specially appropriate, as the busi- 

 ness meeting which preceded his talk 

 decided definitely to have a chrysan- 

 themum show next autumn. Cultural 

 certificates were awarded to the fol- 

 lowing: Mr. McNamara. for a collec- 

 tion of vegetables: Mr. Murphy of 

 Sewickley Heights, cyclamens; Nell 

 Forsythe, "Lyndhurst." Spirea Venus. 

 Farquhar's giant pink and white Prim- 

 ulae sinensis and Lorraine begonias: 

 Thomas Edward T>'ler. Calanthes. Cyp- 

 ripedium Leeanum Clinkaberryanum 

 and Odontoglossums. 



Meetings Next 

 Week p 



Monday. Jan. 24. 



riorlKls" iind (iiirdoiiorti' l'lul> ' 

 Itliuile iKliiiiil, Sniirtz Hull, I'r.. 

 .Ii'ii.i-. I(. I. 



<;iiri|pner«' und I'lnrlHtu' Cluli "< 

 Uiililiiiorr, Klorlst Kxrlinnirp IMill 

 niillliiiore. .Mil 



Tuesday, Jan. 25. 



-Ni-npiprl Ilortliulturul Soclci.v, 

 Newport, U. I. 



'rnrrytowii lliirlli iiltiinil Smii-iy. 

 TiirrylDW M. N. Y. 



Wednesday, Jan. 26. 



Ainorlriin Ciirnalliiii Soiicty, An- 

 nual .Mui'tlii); and Kxlilhillon, St. 

 Kouls. .Mo.. Jiin. M •-•7. 



Oy«ler Hay Horticultural Roilely. 

 tiysliT Hay. .\. Y. 



Friday, Jan. 28. 



(■ iiillrul Ilortlcultiiral Soclrly, 



L'liiiiiiy ItUlK.. Hartford. Conn. 



.Monniniitli County Ilorllrullur .il 

 Siiilitv. Hcd Itank. N. J. 



Pasa.lona Horticultural Soclfty, 

 l':isad.Ii:i. Calif. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



.laiuiiiry :!(i-'i1. St. I.oulh. >I«>. .Vn 

 iiual lonvontion and exhibition of 

 the .\niorlran Carnation Sucioty. 



.Muri'li '•-», Mollni-.-Annual uieet- 

 Inc and cxhlliltlon of the Illinois 

 St.-ile h'lorlsl.s' Association. 



.tiari'li 25-Aiiril i, I'lilladi-lphla.— 

 I'ouilli National Klowor Show of the 

 Soiicly of .MiiiTlcan I'lorisls. Con- 

 vention Hall. Itronil Street and Al- 

 loKheny .Vveniie. 



.April r,-v:. Xeiv York.— Interna- 

 tional I'lowor Show of the Hortl- 

 rultural SiM'hty of New Y'ork an<l 

 the New York I'lorists' CInb. Crand 

 Central Palace. Korty-slxtb Street 

 and Lexington avenue, New Y'ork. 



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SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The annual meeting of this society 

 was held in the court room of the 

 Municipal Building on January ti. The 

 treasurer's report showed a good bal- 

 ance in the bank. The flower show of 

 the |)ast summer was a ' decided suc- 

 cess financially and in all other re- 

 spects. Election of officers resulted as 

 follows: President. Martin McLaugh- 

 lin; vice-president, William A. Mal- 

 colm; secretary, Herbert H, Wells; 

 financial secretary. James Dixon; treas- 

 urer. John Johnson; corresponding sec- 

 retary. Stanley R. Candler: executive 

 committee. V. G. Agar. Ormlston C. 

 Gardner. George Campbell. William 

 A. Frankenbach. the president being 

 chairman ex-offlcio. A committee was 

 appointed to make arrangements for 

 the annual banquet which will occur 

 on the evening of Jan. 27th at the Com- 

 mercial Hotel. Entertainment and 

 music will fill in the time after the 

 dinner is served. 



Please find enclosed one dollar, re- 

 newing my subscription for HORTI- 

 CULTURE anotlier year. In regard to 

 HORTICULTURE, will say that it is 

 first-class in its special field, and in 

 particular its market reports are up-to- 

 date and reliable. 



Belleville, III. H. C. 



NASSAU COUNTY iN. Y.) HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A well attended iiieeling of this so- 

 ilety was held In Pembroke Hall, (ili'ii 

 Cove, on Jan. 1 A communliation 

 in.m the National Assoilatlon of Gar- 

 ileiiers, offering t" supply essays to be 

 ii-ad at our monthly meetings. wu« 

 mianlmouHly accepted. The HUbect for 

 this meeting was "Is Gardening u Pm- 

 i'<-sslon'.'" It was thoroughly enjoyed 

 and appreciated. The judge« made the 

 following awards: freesliis, 1st, Harry 

 C.oodband; poinsi-ttias, Ist, Hobert 

 ,l(ine8; lettuce, Ist. Koberl Jones. Pri- 

 mula malacoldes. by John Everitt, cul- 

 tural certificate. James Duthle exhib- 

 ited six plants of Primula malacoldes 

 Townsendil. which were awarded a cer- 

 tificate of nierii. This primula, which 

 originated with Mr. Duthle, forms a 

 much more compact plant than the 

 older type, while the Individual florets 

 are much larger and the color is a most 

 distinct and pleasing shade of pink. 

 .Mr. Duthle reports that the seed of this 

 variety which he has saved and sown 

 comes almost uniformly true to ty|)e. 

 the percentage reverting to the old 

 type being so small as to be almost 

 negligible. 



Mr. John-son of R. & J. Farquahar & 

 Co. of Boston, and Mr. Earnshaw of 

 the Bon Arbor Chemical Co., Paterson, 

 N. J., were visitors. The annual din- 

 ner will be held at the Oriental Hotel 

 on January 25. 



James McCarthy. Cor. Secretary. 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 club was held Jan. 11th at the resi- 

 dence of George Rocklitte, Holyoke. 

 Mass. Aubrey Butler, the newly elected 

 president, presided over a somewhat 

 smaller attendance than usual, several 

 of the members being grippe victims 

 but there was no lack of vitalit.\ 

 amongst those present. After an un- 

 usually interesting business session, 

 H. Sinclair of Smith's Ferry gave 

 a graphic account of his experiences in 

 the rose growing department of Poehl- 

 mann Bros.. Chicago. The club was 

 honored by a visit from S. S. Skidelsky 

 of Philadelphia, who spoke of the 

 forthcoming .National Flower Show in 

 that city, and expressed the hope of 

 meeting some of the members there. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



This club held one of the best, most 

 interesting and largest attended meet- 

 ings they ever had. The committee 

 which has the coming Carnation So- 

 ciety meeting in charge reported every- 

 thing in readiness. Prof. J. C. Whit- 

 tier, of the Columbia University of 

 Missouri, gave the members an inter- 

 esting talk. There were seven new 

 applicants for membership. The trus- 

 tees are reported to have a big sur- 

 prise in store for the next club meet- 

 ing. Treasurer Smith made a pleas- 

 ing financial report and the question 

 box brought out some interesting dii- 

 cussions. The next meeting will be 

 held Feb. 10 at 2 o'clock. 



