February 19, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



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ANNUAL BANQUET GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB OF BOSTON. 



points, same conditions as previous. 

 Arawana, crimson, by A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc., 85 points. Alice, by A. N. Pier- 

 son. Inc.. thanks. Mrs. J. F. Marsden, 

 lively pinlf. by Fowler Marsden, Far 

 Rockaway. Red Wing, by W. A. Daw- 

 son, 85 points. Improved Enchant- 

 ress, by Peter Beurlein. thanks. P. W. 

 Popp, Roman hyacinths. Mrs. J. F. 

 Marsden, Nancy and Old Gold ap- 

 peared to have suffered from frost in 

 transit and the judges expressed a de- 

 sire to see them under more favorable 

 conditions. 



CHICAGO TO MOLINE. 



Illinois State Florists' Convention. 



At the February meeting of the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club the Rock Island 

 Railroad was selected as the route to 

 the annual convention and exhibition 

 of the Illinois State Florists' Associa- 

 tion, to be held at Moline. Marrh 7-8, 

 the members leaving the Roik Island 

 station on Train No. 7, Tuesday, 

 March 7, at 10 A. M.. due at Moline 

 1.53 P. M.. the opening business ses- 

 sion being called for 2.00 P. .M. that 

 day. The one-way fare is ^.'i.oS. There 

 are no party or other special rates on 

 this trip. 



Other Rock Island trains lor those 

 who can not leave on the cluti train 

 are as follows: Leave Chitago 3.45 

 P. M.. due .Moline 8.15 P. .M. Leave 

 Chicago 6.00 P. M., due Moline 10.03 

 P. M. Leave Chicago 1.30 A. M., due 

 Moline 5.55 A. M. Lower berths are 

 $1.50, upper berths, $1.25. 



Some Inconvenience may be avoided 

 by securing round-trip tickets of W. 

 D. McFarland. Passenger .Agent, 50 

 West Adams street. Mr. .McFarland 

 will reserve seats for those who se- 

 cure their tickets in advance. 



MiciiAEr. Bahkbk, 

 Chairman Transportation Committee. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The monthly meeting and exhibi- 

 tion held in The Museum of Natural 

 History on February 16 was a success 

 and considering tlie arctic weather and 

 its effect on frail humanity the event 

 was more than what the average suc- 

 cess means and the members of the 

 Society, who are doing splendid mis- 

 sionary work, can well feel proud of 

 their achievement. 



There was a most creditable table 

 of cut orchids. James Stuart won 1st 

 on collection: J. W. Smith 2nd. A. .1. 

 Manda got 1st on his fine display and 

 Clement Moore 2nd. Joseph Tiernan 

 won special for three vases of cat- 

 tleyas. Lager & Hurrell were also 

 awarded a special for their display. 

 Cattleyas predominated in all the 

 above. P. W. Popp was there as usual 

 with finely grown roses getting 1st on 

 vase of 2.5; James Stuart 1st on 50 

 Killarney Queen and J. W. Smith 2nd: 

 special to Fred Iluyler for lloosier 

 Heauty. Not the most valuable by a 

 long way, but by far the most meritori- 

 ous exhibit at the show was the vase 

 containing 100 sprays of Rose Queen 

 sweet peas shown by Geo. Masson — 

 they were very beautiful; 2nd went to 

 J. W. Smith. Dobbink & Atkins de- 

 servedly won a silver medal for a dis- 

 play of spring flowers in pots. Anton 

 Bauer was 1st on freesia. E. Yeandle 

 2nd; special to Arthur Golding who 

 also got a special for 3 spikes of lilies, 

 and specials for bulbous (lowers lo 

 Arthur Golding's Golden Spur; J. \V. 

 Smith for carnations; James Stuart 

 for Hudrtleia. 1st to J. \V. Smith for 

 white antirrhinum and 2nd to .\ntoii 

 Bauer for yellow. The greatest treat 

 was an illustrated lecture on "Iris 



Gardens" by Arthur Herrington. Beau- 

 tiful colored pictures and enchanting 

 views of American and old-country 

 gardens where Iris reigns — along with 

 practical portrayal and a fund of use- 

 ful information eloquently put, made 

 Arthur Herrington's letture on the 

 Iris family a great treat. 



J. IVERA DoM.AX. 



HOLVOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



A meeting of this club was held 

 Feb. 8. with E. J. Canning, Northamp- 

 ton, and members turned out in good 

 uumber. It was decided to change the 

 meeting night henceforth from the 

 second to the first Tuesday. On be- 

 half of the members. G. H. Sinclair 

 presented James Whiting with a gold 

 stick pin, in appreciation of his good 

 work as secretary for the past four 

 years. 



Instead of the usual essay, each 

 member was asked to bring a question 

 on a slip of paper. These were shuf- 

 fled and drawn and five minutes al- 

 lowed for each answer. The plan was 

 a great success; each member had to 

 say something and the questions asked 

 were real live ones which uncorked 

 much useful information. Exhibits of 

 good quality added greatly to the in- 

 terest of the meeting. 



F. D. Keyes & Son staged a vase of 

 Carnation Gorgeous and a large speci- 

 men cyclamen. G. H. Sinclair brought 

 a fine spike of Clivia miniata and 

 vases of sweet peas Mrs. Sim and 

 Christmas Pink. D. J. Gallivan showed 

 a fruiting plant of Ficus pandurata 

 and H. K. Downer hyacinths La Gran- 

 desse and cvclamen. 



H. E. D. 



