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HORTICULTURE 



February 13, 1915 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



PITTSBURGH FLORrSTS* AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



Till' cliiU miTtinn of Kolnuar.v I'liO 

 wus held in I lit' l)lg lOiiKlisli ruoiii of 

 till' Fort Pitt Hotel with a large at- 

 ti'iidanfr of members. 



The eliH-tloii of ofBi'ers for the year 

 1!M."« resulted In the retention without 

 change of (lie oflleers for IStll, viz.: 



I'ri-sidi'nl, Ni'll M<Onlliiiii: vKt-prcsldciit, 

 IC. C Keliu-iniiii : trviisuriT, T. r. Liini^hiins; 

 K<i-rettiry, II. 1'. JusHii; iiKslstnnt scerctary, 

 W. A. Cliirkc. 



Exwullvo ('uiiiiiilttci': I'. S. Unndolpb, 

 r. H. Siiiuplo. A. I'rlslikorii. 



There was a remarkably fine exhibit 

 of roses from the E. G. Hill Co. of 

 Kii'hmond, Ind., and of blooming be- 

 gonias from J. A. Peterson & Sons, 

 Cincinnati, together with a number of 

 exhibits from home growers, all of 

 which are mi'ntioncd in detail by the 

 judging comniitlef. as follows: 



Uosr li..i).s|,.i- lir^int.v (i:. C. Hill Oil.)- 

 A iiiiipnilti'cnt nisf with Inuj; stiff .steiii.s 

 niid crinisoii-si-iirk't llo\vt*rs, tinii nci-k. de- 

 Uoiously frjifiraiit. with :ui cxct'lk'iit ivcord 

 of good furriii}^. froc'-hlooiDiiig iiiKilitlcs: 

 llrst class corlitlcate. 



Uosc L:k1.v Alice Stanley (E. C. IIIII Co.) 

 ~A lirlglit. Marylaiid-pluk rose; full beads, 

 tine follaito, good stems: highly com- 

 mended. 



Kose Ophelia lE. fi. Hill Co.)— A very 

 lovely Enchantress-pink rose. One of the 

 best and most protltjilile roses ever dis- 

 trilitited liy our llorlsts. It has lieen 

 widely tricrl. and I he behavior has been 

 excellent. The siiceimens sul)nntled for 

 our consiflcration are snptM-ti; hl;;hly con»- 

 mended. 



liogonia Jlrs. .T. A. IVlcrson (.1. A. I'eter- 

 son A: Sonsi — A very di-ep red pink : splen- 

 didly flowered and promlslnj.' hlfihly as 

 one of the best of tlie type. .Xs a Christ- 

 mas begonia it surpasses everything else in 

 the way of this class of begonias ; lirst class 

 certilicat.'. 



llegonia Melior il'eterson) — One of the 

 finest of all the pink begonias. Superior 

 to Cincinnati, and has given great sads- 

 faclion wherever grown; highly com- 

 mended. 



liegonia Clory of Cincinnati (Peterson) — 

 Very finely growing small plants; exceed- 

 ingly free-llowering; highly commended. 



Cyclamen pcrslcum gigauteum (Peter- 

 .son) — A line wliitc flowered specimen; cul- 

 tural certificate. 



• iielogyne crisiata (Pittsburgh Cut 

 l-'lciwer t.'o.l — I'^inely flowered spe<-imen : 

 cultural cortifi<':ile. 



Iiendrobinm nohlle (Walter James) — Two 

 finely llowereil plants in 4 In. pots; cultural 

 certiticato. 



Primula malacoides (T. Tyler) — Primula 

 nialai'oidcs in good lilooni, and showing 

 doul>le flowers, 



Messrs. Langhans and BurUi. who 

 were present at the Carnation Conven- 

 tion in Huffalo spoke warmly of the 

 business-lilie character of the conven- 

 tion and the successful manner in 

 which all business was handled. The 

 decoration of the banquet hall in which 

 carnations were the only flowers used, 

 was spolven of as artistic and beauti- 

 ful, and attention was called in par- 

 ticular to the keeping qualities of the 

 carnations exhibited as being in ad- 

 vance of former years. It was felt that 

 breeders should work toward fragrance 

 and keei)ing qualities in carnations in 

 order to keep the flower in its place 

 in the estimation of the public. 



In the course of the discussion on 

 carnations it was brought out that 

 Yellow Prince was the best of the yel- 

 lows, and that it brought top-notch 

 prices in the Chicago market, although 

 this might be owing in part to the 

 small quantity of yellow carnations 

 grown. 



Knill Krnn of the Standard Cheiii- 

 iifii Co, of I'lttsluirgh then gave a talk 

 on Kadium, and especially the Inllu- 

 ence of radio-active isirth iti platit 

 growth and crop production. Itadluni 

 is not a plant food. Its ellect seems to 

 be on the order of lime in bringing 

 about conditions in the soil in tnaking 

 the plant food therein more available 

 for plant use. It is evident that the 

 experimentation with radio-active 

 earth Is only in its infancy, but enough 

 has been demonstrated to atlra<'t uni- 

 versal interest, and to cause the liveli- 

 est atleullon from all Interested In 

 horticulture. 



Profs. Garner and Hose of the t'ni- 

 versity of Pittsburgh were present and 

 promised to have something of great 

 interest to bring before the club at the 

 April meeting. 



H. P. .lost.i.v. Secretary, 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO 

 ClATION, 



Our Tenth Annual Convculiou takes 

 place in the I'^loricultuial Building on 

 the I'niversity grounds, at I'lbana, 111., 

 .March 2-". You are cordially invited 

 to attend, and bring a few flowers with 

 you. to help, as usual, in making the 

 exhibition feature a grand success. 

 Express shipments should be sent pre- 

 paid, care of 100 Floricultural B\iild- 

 ing, Trbana, Illinois. 



Following is the programme: 



Opening Session : Tuesday, March 2, 

 :; o'clock. 



Welcome: Dr. E. Davenport. Dean of 

 College of Agriculture. President's Ad- 

 dress: H. E. Smith. Danville, III. Re- 

 port of Secretary: ,1 . F. Auimann, Kd- 

 wardsville. Ill, Report of Treasurer: F, 

 Tv. Washluirn, Bloomington. Report of 

 .\dvisory Coniniittee: W. N, Rudd, Morgan 

 Park. Ill, Report on Fertilizer Work; F. 

 W. ^Iuncie. I'rbana. Ill,; Report on Patho- 

 logical Work: (i. L, Peltier. Frbana. 111. 



t'ntinished liusiness: New Husiness; 

 C.eneral Discussion: Nomination and Elec- 

 tion of oniiers: Adjournment. 



.\fter the meeting the greenhouses will 

 111' open for inspei'tlon. The research and 

 instructional stall will oe on duty and will 

 he pleased to answer all (luesfions. 



Smoker: A smoker will he held at 8 

 P. M. Secure tickets at the secretary's 

 desk. 



Welcome: Prof, .T, C, lilair. Mead of the 

 Department of Ilortiiulturo, "What the 

 Division of Floriculture is Trying to Do." 

 H. n. Dorncr. Assistant I'rofessor of Florl- 

 ciiltiire, "Landscape Cardening." R. R. 

 Root. Assistant Professor of Landscape 

 <:.'irdening, 



Wednesday. March ."{: The day will be 

 spi-nt in an inspection of the greenhouses 

 and other I'niversity buildings. 



J. F. Ammax.n. Sec'y. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAiMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



President Patrick Welch has ap- 

 pointed .1. G. Esler, Saddle River. N. J.. 

 State Vice President of New .Jersey in 

 place of .Joseph A. Manda. who de- 

 clined the appointment. 



' .John Y'ofN<:, Sec'v. 



Feb. 6. 191.5. 



tVIASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 Mid-Wlnter Exhibition. 



The midwinter cxblbllliin at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, on Saturday 

 and Sunday. February ti and 7, was a 

 very brilliant and pleasing show, par 

 licularly not,able in carnations, or- 

 chids, primroses and l.,orraiiie bego- 

 nias. Prizes were awarded in the 

 plant classes to Mrs. J. L. Gardner, 

 W. \V. Edgar Co., Mrs. Frederick 

 Ayer, Wni. Whitman. Weld Garden, .J. 

 T. Btilterworth. lO, S. Draper. Miss 

 Cornelia Warren and others. The car- 

 nation prince's of .\ew Knglaiid. S. .1. 

 Goddarti. A. A. Pembroke. Strout's, 

 Patten & Co. and .John A. Nelson sat 

 down on the prizes in that section in 

 short order and Esty Bros, and Wm. 

 Sim did the same with the violet 

 prizes. A. Uoper won a silver medal 

 with Alice Coombs and Patten & Co. 

 got honorable mention for Sunbeam 

 larnation. Certificates of merit were 

 given to Mrs. .1, L. Gardner for Jas- 

 minuni primulinum ami Weld Gar- 

 dens for Cymbidiuni seedling IC. in- 

 signe x C. Wiganianum. N. T. Kidder 

 received honorable mention for seed- 

 ling amaryllis. The fruit and vege- 

 table displays were very creditable. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton will be held at Horticultural Hall. 

 Boston, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 16. 

 1915. at 8 P, M. It will be Carnation 

 and Novelty Night, and the display of 

 flowers promises to be one ot the finest 

 in the club's history. There will be 

 short practical talks on various phases 

 of carnation culture by several special- 

 ists. Practically all the novelties be- 

 ing introduced this season, and new 

 additional seedlings, will be on exhibi 

 tion, and the meeting promises to be 

 one of the most important yet held. 



The annual club banquet will be 

 held at the New American House 

 March 10. Tickets will be on sale at 

 the next Club meeting and may be 

 had on application to any of the Club's 

 officers or executive committee. 



Wm. N, Cuvrc, Sec'y. 



A de.sire having been expressed by 

 several members for a modification of 

 the rules to govern the membership 

 prize contest, a new set of rules has 

 been prepared by President Welch 

 and same will shortly be published. 



ALBANY FLORIST CLUB. 



The monthly meeting of the Albany 

 Florist Club was held at the Albany 

 Cut Flower Exchange on Thursday 

 evening, Feb. 4, about RO members 

 present. A long discussion took place 

 on the flower show to be given 

 in the Albany Historical & Art Soci- 

 ety Hall. The date has not been de- 

 cided upon as yet, but there was some 

 talk of having it between Nov. 11 and 

 Nov, 20. F. A. Danker reportel as 

 chairman of the committee that the 

 Historical & Art Society would give 

 the hall free of charge and spoke of 

 having a competitive flower show as 

 usual with prizes for the best exhibits. 

 E. P, Tracey advocated doing away 

 with competition, his idea being to 

 have each florist take a section of 

 this beautiful hall and decorate it to 



