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Wholoaalo Florists 



Telephones Farragut, 558, 2036, 2037 



101 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK 



"NOVELTY NIGHT" AT CHICAGO. 



The ojiiuial Novelty Night, which 

 has become an important event with 

 the Chicago Florists' Club, tooli place 

 Feb. loth and was a great success. The 

 exhibit and meeting took place at the 

 Morrison Hotel, when most of the 

 business was suspended and the dis- 

 play of new varieties of roses, carna- 

 tions, plants, etc., held first place. The 

 exhibition included the following: 



Novelty freesias, by Alois Frey, 

 Crown Point. Ind.; Purity freesia. W. 

 H. Amlinp. May wood. 111.; Carnations 

 Aviator and Superb, J. D. Thompson 

 Carnation Co., Joliet, 111.; Carnation 

 Alice, C. C. Pollworth, Milwaukee, 

 Wis.; Hoosier Beauty and Tipperary 

 roses by E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; 

 Roses, bark Russell and Mrs. Bayard 

 Thayer, by Waban Rose Conservato- 

 ries, Natick, Mass.; Carnations, seed- 

 ling No. 12.V11. Nancy. Rosalia and Old 

 Gold, by F. Dorner & Sons Co., La Fay- 

 ette, Ind.; red seedling carnation No. 

 .3010. .lohn A. Then. Chicago; seedling 

 carnation No. 2124, Henry Symonds, 

 Decorah, Iowa; carnation Belle Wash- 

 burn. Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, 

 111.; Fire flame roses, Geo. Weiland, 

 Evanston. 111.; Canna Firebrand, 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, 111.; 

 carnation seedlings from Floriculture 

 Dept. University of Illinois, Kirrett 

 Bros., Morton Grove, 111., and Mt. 

 Greenwood Cemetery Association, 

 Morgan Park, 111.; carnations Merry 

 Christmas and Polyanna, from Baur & 

 Steinkamp, Indianapolis. Ind.; primu- 



las from Fred Lemon & Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; violets from ,\I. C. Gunter- 

 berg; cyclamen blooms from E. Rober, 

 Willmette, 111.; blooming plants from 

 A. H. Schneider, Oak Park, III. 



The judges were as follows: Roses 

 — George. Wienhoeber, George Schu- 

 man, Ernil Relchling. Carnations — 

 Fred H. Lemon, C. W. .Johnson, H. B. 

 Dorner. Plants— W. A. Manda, W. E. 

 Tricker, H. N. Bruns. 



E. G. Hill read a paper on roses 

 which was greatly enjoyed and he was 

 the recipient of a rising vote of thanks. 

 Out of town visitors were C. C. Poll- 

 worth, Milwaukee, Wis.; H. B. Dorner, 

 Urbana, 111.; W. A. Manda, South 

 Orange, N. J.; Fred H. Lemon, Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; Alois Frev, Crown Point, 

 Ind.; S. S. Skidelsky, Philadelphia. Pa.; 

 A. F. J. Baur, Indianapolis, Ind.; P. W. 

 Peterson. Joliet, 111.; E. G. Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; and all took part in the 

 general speech making which closed 

 the meeting. Among other things, the 

 meeting of the Illinois State Florists' 

 Association at Moline, March 7th and 

 8th, and the National Flower Show at 

 Philadelphia, were discussed. 



The following applications for mem- 

 bership in the Chicago Florists' Club 

 were made: A. F. J. Baur, Indianap- 

 olis. Ind.; Wni. Graham, 84 E. Jackson 

 Boul., Chicago; W. A. .Manda, South 

 Orange, N. J.; Peter Schaefer, 36 So. 

 Wabash avenue, Chicago; D. D. P. Roy. 

 168 So. Michigan avenue, Chicago. 



Rose Pbima Do.\xa (Mme. P. Euleb). 



NASSAU CO. (N. Y.) HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 above society was held in Pembroke 

 Hall, Glen Cove, on Wednesday, Feb. 

 9, and was very well attended. An 

 offer was received of a silver cup for 

 10 varieties of Gladiolus, 6 spikes of 

 each, to be competed for at our Dahlia 

 Show in October. In the competitive 

 exhibits Robert Jones made a clean 

 sweep of all three classes, with carna- 

 tions Matchless, Philadelphia and 

 Princess Dagmar. 



John F. Johnstone read a very in- 

 !• listing essay on "Botany and Its 

 L'.^c to a Gardener In His Work," in 

 which he clearly demonstrated how- 

 very valuable a knowledge of botany 

 is to a gardener. The essay on "Young 

 Gardeners and Their Opportunities in 

 .America," by Henry Gibson, was also 

 read. Robert Jones announced that 

 he would give a prize of $5 at our 

 next meeting for the best 12 carna- 

 tions. J.vMES McCarthy, Cor. Sec. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



"Rose Night" of this society was 

 held in Hartford on Friday evening, 

 Feb. 11. .\. »\. Pierson, Inc., exhibited 

 Jonkcer .Mock. Hoosier Beauty, Mrs. 

 Wm. Handolph Hearst, Ophelia. Killai'- 

 ney Queen, Red Radiance, Fire Flame, 





Carnation Laura Webeb. 



Lady Alice Stanley, Sunburst, Hadley, 

 Scott Key, Double White Killarney, 

 Willomere, Harry Kirk, and .Mrs. 

 (Jeorge Shawyer. Freesia llybrida 

 were exhibited by J. F. Huss. N.- 

 Slocombe, of Farmington, exhibited a 

 seedling acacia. The roses received 

 a first-class certificrate, the freesias a 

 cultural certificate and special men- 

 tion, and the acacia a cultural certifi- 

 cate. 



The question box brought up the ad- 

 visability of employing warm water 

 in watering plants. G. Ogren exhib- 

 ited some narcissi that had been 

 watered with water at a temperature 

 of 120 degrees. Tests seemed to prove 

 that it made little difference whether 

 hot or cold water was used. Robert 

 C. Smallwood gave a talk on rose cul- 

 ture and Mr. Huss gave an instructive 

 talk on growing freesias. The next 

 meeting will be on February 25th. 

 Alfred Dixon, Sec'y. 



