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HORTICULTURE 



February 19, 1916 



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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



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GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 At the rcgulnr meeting Tuesday 

 evening, Feb. 16tli, there was an at- 

 tendance of i/U, and 9 new members 

 were ele.ted. As this was Carnation 

 N'lpht there were a number of very 

 fine exhibits, Including the following: 

 S. J. Goddard. a lar^e illsiilay. includ- 

 ing quite a number of Fred Dorner's 

 new seedlings, one of which. Rosalia, 

 received an award of merit; also a 

 very fine vase of a new crimson seed- 

 ling, No. 1612, which received an award 

 of merit; also vases of Pinit Sensation 

 and Good Cheer. Cottage Gardens Com- 

 pany, Queens, N. Y., showed the vari- 

 ety Crystal White, which received an 

 award of merit and Cottage .Maid, 

 which received honorable mention. A. 

 A. Pembroice showed Ro.sette. R. K. 

 Wfidsworth had a vase of his new 

 light pink seedlini;. K. K. Farr 

 showed Harry I-^enn and Benora very 

 finely grown. Littlefield & Wyman 

 had a splendid vase of Miss Theo. C. 

 S. Strout showed vases of Pocahontas, 

 Matchless, Beacon and Champion. 

 Peter Fisher had a fine vase of Alice 

 and also a new mottled variety called 

 Flailed Beauty. T. J. Grey Company 

 showed imperial Eclipse Mignonette. 

 H. J. Borowski & Sons had a large dis- 

 play of cyclamens which received an 

 award of merit. 



There were short talks by quite a 

 number of carnation specialists; S. J. 

 Goddard spoke on the recent carnation 

 convention at St. Louis and compared 

 eastern and western carnations; C. S. 

 Strout gave a similar talk, and David 

 Ward, of the Cottage Gardens Com- 

 pany. Queens, N. Y., spoke of the con- 

 vention and the new varieties shown 

 there. Wm. Downs discussed carna- 

 tions from the private growers' stand- 

 point. Peter Fisher spoke on the pro- 

 pagation of carnations and cultural 

 methods, and James Wheeler, Geo. M. 

 Anderson and others took part in the 

 general discussion. 



R. W. Curtis, a member of the club, 

 who is now assistant professor of 

 I^andscape Architecture at Ithica. N. 

 Y., gave a very interesting talk. There 

 was also a lengthy discussion regard- 

 ing the wages of assistant gardeners. 

 .John H. Staiford, of Bar Harbor, 

 made a very interesting speech in re- 

 gard to the coming sweet pea exhibi- 

 tion in Bar Harbor in July, and ar- 

 rangements are being made for a large 

 delegation from Boston to be present. 

 It was voted that a special prize of 

 $25 be offered for award at that exhi- 

 bition. There was also considerable 

 talk concerning transportation to the 

 National Flower Show in Philadelphia 

 next month, arrangements for which 

 were left in the hands of a committee. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 

 The American Rose Society is likely 

 to have an extra large display at the 

 National Flower Show in Philadelphia 

 from March 25 to April 2. The prize 

 list is growing. Since the i)ublication 

 of 42 special prizes (besides the regu- 

 lars) we have received prizes from the 

 following: 



Meetings Next 

 Week 



Monday, Feb. 21. 



Di'triili 1 |.rl»ls' tliil>. lik'iiib Kloriil 

 Hull. Dctrnll. .\ll<h. 



Hi'UHliiii I'lcirlsls' Cliil), Choint)CT 

 of t'oiiimi-rcc KixiiiiH. Ilnusloii, Tex. 



New JerHey Klorlcultunil Society. 

 OninRe, N. J. 



Tuesday, Feb. 22. 



Newport Ilurr linitiiral Society, 

 Newport, K. I. 



Tiirrylowii llnrticiilliiriil Society, 

 Til rry town. N. Y. 



Wednesday, Feb. 23. 



Ulster r.MV ll..rllrulliir;il S".letv. 

 Oyster Biiy. N. V. 



Friday, Feb. 25. 



Conneclliul Ilortkiillunil Society. 

 County Itldg.. Uurtford. Coun. 



Monmoulli County Horticultural 

 Society. Iteil Bunk. N. .1. 



Piisiiilenii Hortlcultunil Society, 

 Pnsiiflena, Calif. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



March 7-8. M«>line. — .Annual meet- 

 ing and exiiiliitlon of tlie Illinois 

 .State Florists' Association. 



March 17, 18, 19, Boaton.— Spring 

 Exhibition Mafleachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, Horticultural Hull. 



.March 2,'>-April 2, Phlladrlplila.— 

 ('■"ourth National Flower Show of the 

 Society of .American Florists, Con- 

 vention Hall, Broad Street and Al- 

 legheny .Avenue. 



April 5-1?, New York. — Interna- 

 tional Flower Show of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New Yorl< and 

 the New York Florists' Club, Grand 

 Central Palace. Forty-sixth Street 

 and Lexington Avenue. New York. 



May 10, 14, Boston.— Mny Show 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 Horticultural Hall. 



Malcolm Franklin, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 $25; William L. Rock Flower Co., 

 Kansas City, Mo., $10; Henry Penn, 

 Boston, Mass., $10; Mann & Brown, 

 Richmond, Va., $10. 



George E. Campbell, Erdenheim, 

 P. O., Pa., has been appointed and has 

 accepted the important office of man- 

 ager of the rose exhibits. Entry 

 blanks will be ready in a few days. 



A list of judges comprising men of 

 the first class have been named to fill 

 the various positions. Up to this 

 writing the following have accepted: 

 Hon. Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, Mich.; 

 Frank H. Traendly. New York City; 

 Wm. J. Palmer. Buffalo, N. Y.; Eugene 

 DalUedouze. Flatbush. Brooklyn, X. Y. 



The Rose Garden for which prizes 

 are offered of $500 for first. $400 for 

 second and $.'500 for third, will make a 

 most interesting display and appears 

 now to be an assured successful feat- 

 ure of the exhibition. 



The Annual Bulletin is now in press 

 and it copies in a great measure the 

 general character of the Annual as 

 issued by the National Rose Society 

 of England. It will contain various 

 illustrations and is edited by J. Horace 

 McFarland, of Harrisburg, Pa. 



We have more paid subscriptions for 

 the year to date than usual. 



Ben.i.\min Hammond. Sec'y. 



Beacon, N. Y. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



'I'lif meeting of this club un Monday 

 ••veiling, Feb. 14, was full of Interest 

 and well attended, ronsldi-ring the 

 storm of the preceding day and the 

 severe cold. Secretary Young present- 

 ed a report of the club's condition, 

 showing a membership of 441 and 

 other substantial evidences of sound 

 prosperity. Flower show enthusiasm 

 was at high pitch. The usiiul annual 

 ban(|uet was decided upon, dancing to 

 be a part of the entertainment, and 

 with J. B. DeForest as chairman. The 

 annual outing was abandoned by a 

 unanimous vote. 



A. L. Miller reported for the com- 

 mittee on New York Day at the Na- 

 tional Flower Show in Philadelphia, 

 stating that arrangements had been 

 completed for a special train leaving 

 at 10 a. m., .March 28, on the Penna 

 R. R., with special low party rate, and 

 urged that all who propose to partici- 

 pate should notify him as soon as pos- 

 sible so that the dinner which Is 

 planned for may be adequately pre- 

 pared. John Young made a rosy re- 

 port on the outlook for the New York 

 Spring Show and was followed in simi- 

 lar strain by A. Herrington speaking 

 from the standpoint of the competitive 

 section. Mr. Herrington emphasized 

 the necessity of careful attention to 

 the special rules which make It obli- 

 gatory that plant group entries be 

 made on or before March 20 and other 

 entries on or before March 31, these 

 dates being the limit for such entries 

 respectively, after which a cash pen- 

 alty will be exacted from every ex- 

 hibitor %vhose entry is late. 



After the intermission, J. H. Pepper 

 read an interesting paper on the his- 

 tory, development, present status and 

 future outlook of the carnation, and 

 a lively discussion followed on the 

 question of whether the carnation 

 had yet reached the zenith of its pros- 

 perity and what are the reasons for 

 the apparent short duration of the 

 blooms of the present-day varieties. 



J. Harrison Dick presented resolu- 

 tions on the death of Dr. John Mar- 

 shall. 



The carnation novelty exhibits were 

 of exceptional beauty, splendid blooms 

 borne on stems stout and long. The 

 varieties and awards as reported by 

 the judges were as follows: 



Laddie, a light pink seedling of Pink 

 Delight, from F. Dorner & Sons Co., 

 represented by R. J. Irwin, 86 points 

 and preliminary certificate. Rosalia, 

 cerise, by same exhibitor, 85 points. 

 Nancy, light pink, by same exhibitor, 

 highly commended. Old Gold, varie- 

 gated, by same exhibitor. Mrs. J. H. 

 Pepper, white and carmine striped, by 

 Henry Weston, 85 points; final certi- 

 ficate subject to special inspection by 

 committee of three. Alma Gluck, light 

 pink, by Henry Weston, 85 points; 

 final certificate subject to inspection 

 by committee of three. Cottage Maid, 

 light pink, by Cottage Gardens Co., 86 

 points; final certificate subject to in- 

 spection by committee of three. Crys- 

 tal White, by Cottage Gardens Co., 85 



