January 23, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



107 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The Florist Club held a most inter- 

 esting monthly meetinj; Thursday 

 afternoon January 14th, '.',', members 

 were present, encluding all the offi- 

 cers. There was an exhibition of 

 roses. A fine vase of Hoosier Beauty 

 from the E. G. Hill Co.. attracted a 

 great deal of attention, also a fine 

 lot of Ophelia sent by Ammann Co., 

 Edwardsville, 111. The reports brought 

 in by the Spring Flower Show com- 

 mittee did not give encouragement (or 

 holding the show and it was decided 

 to drop it for this season. The trustees 

 reported on the club's entertainment 

 and dance which takes place Jan. 27 at 

 Westminster Hall. Tickets are selling 

 well and all indications point to a suc- 

 cessful affair. 



It was decided after a discussion to 

 extend an invitation to the American 

 Carnation Society to hold its 1916 

 meeting in St. Louis. The club is 

 backed up in this by the local conven- 

 tion and publicity bureau and a mem- 

 ber of the club has been delegated to 

 attend the meeting at Buffalo next 

 week and extend an invitation in per- 

 son. 



H. C. Irish of the State Board of 

 Horticulture, reported as to a State 

 appropriation to advance floriculture 

 and state exhibition this report was 

 followed by J. F. Ammann, who told 

 the members how the Illinois State 

 Florists' Association was organized 

 and how it obtained its ajipropriation 

 from the state. After a lengthy dis- 

 cussion it was voted that the club 

 secretary write to the Kansas City 

 Florists' Club as to the advisability of 

 organizing a Missouri State Florists' 

 Association and have the matter up 

 for discussion at the February meet- 

 ing. The committee reported on the 

 new rose Hoosier Beauty as follows: 

 "We, the committee, believe that the 

 red rose Hoosier Beauty exhibited by 

 E. G. Hill Co. is an improvement over 

 any red rose in commerce." 



The question box brought out a good 

 discussion, after which the meeting ad- 

 journed. 



noted Continental traveler living in 

 Rochester. Programs may be secured 

 from and membership tees sent to 

 John Hall. Secretary-Treasurer, 204 

 Granite Building. Rochester, N. Y. 



the nost elaborate of any ever given 

 by the society. 



WESTERN NEW YORK HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The indications are that the sixtieth 

 anniversary of this time-honored or- 

 ganization will be one of the most suc- 

 cessful it has ever had. Entries in the 

 competitive fruit exhibit classes, to- 

 gether with the non-competitive ex- 

 hibits, will severely tax the space 

 available in the exhibition annex of 

 the great Convention Hall, Rochester, 

 N. Y. The dates of the meeting are 

 January 27tli. 28th and 29tli, and the 

 program is a iiuulel in its galaxy of 

 speakers— practical growers and exper- 

 iment station men- as also in its popu- 

 lar round table schedules for discus- 

 sion on small fruits and vegetables. 

 Three exhibition rooms. 100x128 feet 

 each, will be filled with spraying appa- 

 ratus in motion, tractors, apple grad- 

 ers, spray chemicals, and the large in- 

 sect and fungous diseases displays of 

 the Geneva Experiment Station and 

 Cornell. Then, on Thursday evening, 

 Jan. 28th. the evening of the second 

 day's meeting, members and their 

 friends are invited to an entertainment 

 of great excellence, which will consist 

 of an opening concert by Rochester's 

 favorite made quartette, followed by 

 an illustrated lecture on Italy, by a 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular fortnightly meeting of 

 this society was held in the County 

 Building, Hartford, Friday evening, 

 January S. President Mason an- 

 nounced the following committees: 



Executive — John F. Huss, G. H. Holl- 

 ister, W. W. Hunt, Oscar F. Gritz- 

 macher. C. H. Slemian. Publicity- 

 James M. Adams, Edward Brassill. 

 Alfred Dixon. 



President Mason exhibited a fine 



The Sixtieth Annual Meeting of the 

 Western New York Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held at Convention Hall, 

 Rochester, on January 27, 28 and 29. 

 The program of the sessions and the 

 prizes for the fruit exhibits, neatly 

 bound, has been sent out by Secretary 

 John Hall and copies may be had from 

 him on request. His address is 204 

 Granite Building, Rochester, N. Y. 



PliESlDli.NT M.\S0N 



collection of camellias, Chorizema 

 illitifolia and Clerodendrou Balfouri 

 from the conservatories of Mrs. A. A. 

 Pope of Farmington. Alex Cumming, 

 Jr., of A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, staged 

 Burtdleia asiatica. A cultural certifi- 

 cate was awarded to each exhibit. 



President Mason's proposition of a 

 spring flower show was endorsed with 

 much enthusiasm. Same will be given 

 the last of May or early in June. 



Ai.FHKu Uixox. Secy. 



Wethersfleld. Conn. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club, 

 of Baltimore, will have a Ladies' 

 Night on January 2.5. 



The following named committee was 

 appointed at Farmers' Week, in New 

 Brunswick. N. J., to arrange a meet- 

 ing for the formation of a State asso- 

 ciation of nurserymen: L. C. Bobbink 

 of Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford; Mr. 

 Flemer of the F. and F. Nurseries, 

 Springfield; J. L. Lovett of the Mon- 

 mouth Nurseries, Little Silver. 



.\ Dutch garden will be an import- 

 ant feature of Worcester County Hor- 

 ticultural Society's spring exhibit of 

 Howcrs and plants which will be held 

 March 4 and ."> in Horticultural Hall. 

 Worcester, Mass. Judging from plans 

 outlined for the Dutch Garden and its 

 sotting, the spring show will be one of 



Since the organization of the Ameri- 

 can Gladiolus Society, the annual 

 show have been held in conjunction 

 with the conventions of the Society 

 of American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists. As the convention 

 this year will be held at San Fran- 

 cisco and this is too great a distance 

 from the majority of growers, it has 

 been deemed best to hold our annual 

 show at Newport, R. I., on August 18 

 and 19, upon invitation of the local 



Society. „ , 



H. YouELL, Sec y, 



Syracuse, N. Y. 



The first meeting of the New Lon- 

 don (Conn.) Horticultural Society for 

 1915 was held on the 14th ist. when 

 Edward A. Smith gave an interesting 

 paper on "The Culture of Carnations 

 The tables were filled with Primula 

 malacoides, freesias and carnations 

 White Wonder, Matchless, Enchant- 

 ress Supreme, Gloriosa, Princess Dag- 

 mar, Benora, Mrs. C. W. Barron 

 Northport and several others The 

 Februarv meeting will be Ladies 

 Night when the lady members will 

 take entire charge. H. E. L. 



Chirles F Tansill of the Department 

 of Agriculture, has been elected presi- 

 dent of the Brookland Rose Society of 

 Washington, D. C. the other officers 

 being Dr. William Turner, vice presi- 

 dent! Mrs. Margaret B. Downmg, sec- 

 retary, and Miss Carrie Harrison, sec- 

 retary The society adopted a resoU; 

 Uon bv which it will become afliliated 

 wUh the American Rose Society The 

 next meeting will be held on February 

 20 at which time F. L. Mulford. o the 

 Department of Agriculture, ^vho is in 

 charge of the government rose garden 

 at -Arlington, Va., will give a talk on 

 "The Pruning of the Rose. There 

 wis a large attendance and many plans 

 were laid for the coming year. 



The Indiana St^tTFIorists' Associa- 

 tion held its annual meeting m In- 

 dianapolis, on Tuesday. January 1-. 

 There was a very interesting exhib - 

 Uon among which were some superb 

 vases of roses and carnations from F. 

 R Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y.. \^- 

 Frank & Sons, Portland, md: Baur & 

 Steinkamp. F. Dorner & Sons' Co Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia: Berter- 

 man Bros, and others. A vase of E 

 H Wilson's beautiful and fragrant 

 Chinese introduction Buddleia asiatica 

 was much admired. There^was a ban- 

 quet in the evening, OfT'cers were 

 elected as follows: '''"f' "™;'/ -i,^; 

 Vesey Ft. Wayne. Ind.; first vlce- 

 pres.", John Hartje, Indianapolis: sec- 

 ond viro-pres.. J. D. Connor, Jr.. A\a- 

 bash; treas. Homer WIegand; secy, 

 Oliver E. Steinkamp, Indianapolis. 



