January 16, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



73 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The inaugural meeting of tlie 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 was held at Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, on Saturday, Jan. U, and Presi- 

 dent J. K. M. L. Farquhar presented 

 his third annual inaugural address. It 

 showed a net gain of 98 members for 

 1914, and the largest income from 

 membership fees of any one year, with 

 a single exception. During the year 

 the sum of $7035, inclusive of medals, 

 was distributed in prizes and gratui- 

 ties. Financially the society stands 

 about as it did one year ago. Mr. 

 Farquhar contended that receipts from 

 life membership should be added to 

 the permanent fund and the income 

 only expended. He urged the neces- 

 sity of a remodeling of the interioi 

 of the building and stated that the 

 trustees have under consideration a 



J. K. M. L. F.\RQUUAR 



Inaugurated for a Tbird Term as President 



of the Massachusetts Horticultural 



Society. 



plan for practical rearrangement of 

 the interior, so that the halls will be 

 a source of substantial revenue with- 

 out change of the beautiful exterior. 

 Among the recommendations by 

 President Farquhar were fewer and 

 larger exhibitions during the year 

 and the constituting of a committee 

 on Horticultural Progress to study 

 closely the activities of the various 

 committees of the society and to ad- 

 vise as to its future policy. He spoke 

 enthusiastically upon the achievement 

 of the Convention Garden in the Fen- 

 way in connection with the S. A. F. 

 Convention last summer, the success 

 of which was due in a large measure 

 to this society and its members and 

 expressed gratification that the garden 

 is to be further developed and per- 

 manently maintained by the City of 

 Boston. The visit of the garden com- 

 mittee to Lenox last summer was also 

 alluded to as a movement pregnant 

 with lasting benefit to horticulture in 

 Massachusetts. 



The tone of his address was optimis- 

 tic and inspiring thoughout. The ad- 

 dress of the president was followed 

 by the annual reports of secretary, 

 treasurer and chairmen of the various 

 standing committees. On the exhibi- 

 tion table were some lovely orchid 

 groups. F. J. Dolansky was represent- 

 ed by a large group of Cattleya Trl- 

 anae. Including the white form. Col. 

 Charles Pfaff, gard. George Melvin 

 staged a superb specimen of Lselia 

 anceps, bearing 23 spikes of flowers. 



E. B. Dane, gard. Donald Mackenzie, 

 sent Chysis aurea and Cymbidium 

 Gottianuni (eburneuni x insigne) 

 which was much admired. 



Free Lecture Course. 



The lecture committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society has is- 

 sued a program of lectures and dis- 

 cussions on horticultural subjects to 

 he given at Horticultural Hall on Sat- 

 urdays during January. February and 

 March. These lectures are free and 

 the various topics will be treated by 

 recognized authorities in the different 

 lines. 



The program is as follows: 



January 16. — "Selection and Care of 

 House Plants," Frederick E. Palmer, Brook- 

 line. 



January .30. — Conference on Garden Plan- 

 ning and Planting. Conducted by the StalT 

 of the Mass. Agricultural College. 10.00 

 A. M., "Trees and Shrubs for Home 

 Grounds," Prof. A. K. Harrison; 10.45 A. M.. 

 "(larden Planning," P. H. Ellwood, Jr.; 

 11.30 A. M., "Garden Furnishings," Prof. 



F. A. Waugh ; 1.30 P. M., "Practical Man- 

 agement of the Home Flower Garden," 

 Prof. A. H. Nehrling; 2..30 P. M., "Her 

 baceous Annuals and Perennials," A. S. 

 Thurston. 



February 6. — 'The Home Vegetable Gar- 

 den," H. F. Tompson, Amherst. 



February 13. — Conference on Fruit Grow- 

 ing. Arranged by the Mass. Agricultural 

 College. 10.00 A. M., "Grafting and Bud- 

 ding," Prof. W. W. Chenoweth; 11.00 A. M., 

 "Pruning," Prof. F. C. Sears; 1.30 P. M., 

 "Spraying," Prof. R. W. Rees: 2.45 P. M., 

 "Small Fruits." Hon. Wilfrid Wheeler. 



February 27. — "The Culture of Hardy 

 Shrubs." Arthur E. Thatcher. Bar Harbor. 

 Maine. 



March 6. — "The Insect Outlook for New 

 England," Dr. H. T. Fernald, Amherst. 



March 13. — "Hardy Herbaceous Flowers," 

 W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J. 



March 27. — "Diseases of the Peony," 

 illustrated, Prof., H. H. Whetzell. Ithaca. 

 N. Y. (The .lohn Lewis Russell Lecture.) 

 Wm. P. Rich, Sec'y. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



A copy of the full report of the ex- 

 amining committees for 1914 has been 

 received and varieties receiving 85 

 points or more are as follows: 



fiolden Queen. Xlarigold, Crystal (!em. 

 No. 3-.54-12, Algonnc, Calumet, Silver KlijK, 

 M.'inkota, Modello. Kewauee, Tekonsha, 

 Niza, Riidi, Illona, Vpt^i, Zora and Neola, 

 all of which were exhibited by Elmer D. 

 Smith A: Co.. Adrian, .Mich. 



Antigone. Veliow Seedling. Bob Pulling 

 and Earl Kilchiner. e.\hil)ilod by Cbas. H. 

 Tott.v, Madison. X. J. 



StralTiird. exhibited bv Edward A. Stroud. 

 Strair.ird. Pa. 



Yellow Ivory .Supreme, by Henry Elch- 

 holz, U':).vncsb(»ro, Pa. 



.Mt. Greenwood, by Mt. Greenwood Cem. 

 .\sso.. MorL'an Park. HI. 



No. !t2 and White Chieftain, exhibited by 

 The E. <;.,IIill Co.. Ricliniond, Ind. 



I'oa<e and .\o. S-ini2. exhibited by H. W. 

 Rieman, Indianapolis, ind. 



Harvest .Moon, exhibited by A. N. Pier- 

 son. Cromwell. Conn. 



Miss Marbclla French and Miss Pauline 

 Anderson, exhibited by Poehlmnnn Bros. 

 Co . Morton Grove, III. 



ROCHESTER FLORISTS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The annual meeting and election of 

 officers of this association took place 

 Monday night, January 11. Officers 

 elected for the ensuing year are as 

 follows: President Charles H. Vick; 

 vice president, Harry E. Bates; treas- 

 urer, William L. Keller; secretary, H. 

 B. Stringer; trustees, John Dunbar, 

 George J. Keller, Edwin P. Wilson. 

 The meeting was the most enthusi- 

 astic one the association has had for 

 many a day and the spirit displayed 

 seemed to augur well for the future. 

 With such efficient leaders the pros- 

 pects are surely bright and rosy. 



We are glad to have the opportunity 

 to congratulate the Rochester frater- 

 nity on their choice of so sterling a 

 man as Charles H. Vick as their leader. 

 "Charlie" Vick is admired and beloved 

 by everyone whose good fortune it is 



Charles H. Vici^, 

 Presldent-Elect, Eochestei-. 



to know him. The prosperity and 

 prestige which the association has at- 

 tained has been due in no small meas- 

 ure to his amiable traits and in the 

 success of the Rochester exhibitions 

 his unselfish and untiring zeal has 

 counted for much. 



The vice-president, Mr. Bates is a 

 worthy running mate as are indeed all 

 the other gentlemen associated with 

 him in the official duties of the year. 

 "Do it tor Rochester" will be some- 

 thing more than a printed phrase un- 

 der their leadership. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



The following appointments are an- 

 nounced by President John W. Everitt 

 of the National Association of Garden- 

 ers for the year 1915: 



Directors for llirce years; William H. 

 Waile. Yonkers, N. Y. ; William N. Crnlg, 

 Urookline, Mass.; Edward Kirk, Bar Har- 

 b.ir. Me.: John W. Johnston, Glen Cove, 

 N. Y.; Carl U. Fohn, Colorado Springs, 

 Colo.; Peter Johnsen, Dallas. Icxas; 

 Thomas Proctor, Lenox. Mass. Cciminllteo 



