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HORTICULTURE 



Ft'bnmry 20. iai6 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The meetiiin i>f iliis cliih Tiu-sdiiy, 

 Feb. 16, was really a small curiiution 

 convention. The best local lalfiit ami 

 what the Buffalo i-onvi-ntiim proved 

 to be the best national talent was pres- 

 ent to (llscnss the carnalioii. It was 

 offlflally carnation and novcliy night 

 and the large attendance attested to 

 the interest taken in this crop. 



James Melhven Keadville and Peter 

 James .Methven of Keadville and Heler 

 Fisher of Ellis were introduced to the 

 club as the new vice-president and 

 new treasurer respectively. These 

 gentlemen were unable to attend the 

 last meeting when the other officers 

 were installed. Following this came 

 a communication from the .\merican 

 Rose Society concerning the scheilule 

 of prizes offered at the Hose Show. 

 .March 18: also one from the S. A. F. 

 & O. H. on the appointment of the 

 president of the club to the board of 

 directors. 



Following this came a talk by Peter 

 Fisher on the Propagation of Carna- 

 tions, very interesting and complete in 

 the details with which this master 

 grower is well conversant. He 

 touched upon the various phases of 

 propagation and culture in the green- 

 house and when he linished his talk 

 raised much discussion and que.5tion- 

 ing from scores of those present. 



S. J. Goddard of Framingham, fol- 

 lowed him with a masterly review ot 

 culture of the carnation outdoors. 

 which resulted in a general discussion 

 from the floor, keeping both speakers 

 busy answering questions for a num- 

 ber of minutes. Tlie principal speak- 

 ers in this discussion were C. S. Stroul 

 of Biddeford, Me. and A. A. Pembroke 

 of N. Beverly, two prominent and suc- 

 cessful carnation men of New Kngland. 

 Wm. Hastings, A. G. Pembroke and 

 Geo. H. Noyes of the Boston Flower 

 Exchange were then called upon to 

 give their views on carnations from 

 the salesmen's standpoint and some in- 

 teresting facts were brought out bear- 

 ing on the popularity of certain var- 

 ieties. Hastings declared that f^ink De- 

 light Rosette and .Matchless were the 

 three varieties selling best with him. 

 Refreshments were then served after 

 which an informal talk took place on 

 the exhibits shown on the tables. 

 These were of the class that called 

 for the admiration and respect of the 

 trade at Buffalo and in quality would 

 have captured the prizes all over a.sain 

 at another convention. 

 The judges' awards were as follows: 



I'criltiiate of nifiit to I.iltli-tli-lil iSc \Vy- 

 iiiaii for Miss TIh-o; ropori of lii^host merit 

 to A. Itoper for AIi<*c <%Miiiit»s and tor 

 <«r:irf. and lionoralilf iiiontioii f^ii- st-edlinp 

 :iliO: rc|>on of liiclK-st niprlt to I'l-tcr Ki.sher 

 for Alice; iciiort of iiiciit to Kd Winkler for 

 Morning (tlow: lionoralde mention to S>. J. 

 (*o<ldard for I>:Mir.'i Welier .'ind vote of 

 tliaTik> for fine mineral ilispiay; cultural 

 oertilicates lo Mi-s. A. Ilenienway for Eu- 

 pliorhla .lacquinaetlorn ami I". \V. I'^letclier 

 for free.-iias. Thanks to .\. .\. I'embroke, J. 

 Nelson and i^tronl's for ;:eneral displays, 



ST, LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The meeting of the Florist Club on 

 Thursday, Feb. 11, was by far the 

 largest and most interesting held for 

 some time. The meeting room was 



livened up some by an exhibition of 

 two large vases of carnations sent by 

 the Chicago Cariuitlon Co. They were 

 their new varieties .\viator and Peer- 

 less Pink, both shown to advantage. 

 A letter was read with great Interest 

 froiu the Kansas City Florist Club on 

 the forming of a Stale Florists' Asso- 

 ciation. This matter will be inon- 

 fully discussed at the .March meeting. 

 .An advertising man from a dally paper 

 was present and s|)oke on the value of 

 advertising all annual events at which 

 llowers are used. It was decided to 

 hold the annual carnation exhibition 

 .at the salesrooms of the Windier 

 Wholesale Floral Co.. on .March 11. 



The chair appointed J. F. Ammann. 

 W. C. Young. E. W. Guy, W. J. Pilcher 

 and R. .1. Windier a committee to ar- 

 range for all committees lo entertain 

 the carnation society next year. The 

 members then listened to J. F. Am- 

 mann who made a report of the Car- 

 antion Society meeting at Buffalo. R. 

 J. Windier, state vice-president spoke 

 on S. A. F. matters, urging the mem- 

 bers t(i join that puciety. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 This society lield a record breaking 

 meeting on Friday evening, Feb. 12, in 

 the County Building, Hartford. This 

 was cyclamen and primrose night, and 

 F"rank Roulier exhibited eight pots of 

 cyclamen and six pots of primula nial- 

 acoides, and Carl Peterson showed a 

 lemon as large as a grape fruit. The 

 judges awarded the cyclamen and pri- 

 mulas a first-class certificate, and the 

 lemon a cultural certificate. Mr. 

 Iluss, the former president, gave a 

 most interesting talk on how to pro- 

 tect the cyclamen from the mite, and 

 also as to the time of sowing the seed 

 and transplanting, and cultivation to 

 maturity. President Mason suggested 

 that the members make better use of 

 the question box. Five new members 

 were added. A lively discussion took 

 place relative to a flower show^ to be 

 held some time in May or early June. 

 It was announced that one of the large 

 seed houses would donate a silver cup 

 as a premium at the fall dahlia show. 

 Ai.KUKn Dixon, Sec'y. 



EXHIBITION OF THE AMERICAN 

 ROSE SOCIETY. 

 The exhibition of the .-Vmerican Ros" 

 Society for .March 18 to 21 inclusive is 

 being taken well in hand by the Bos- 

 ton horticultural interests willi the de- 

 termination to provide an exhibition 

 of the first class. The American Rose 

 Society has already received twenty 

 special prizes besides the regulars. A 

 special prize a little different from 

 anything that has been offered be- 

 fore is made by the Glenfrew Farm. 

 Sewickley. Pa., for the best dozen 

 roses grown by an amateur. There 

 may be two varieties. Amateur gar- 

 deners nor commercial rose growers 

 may not compete, it being solely for 

 amateurs — a silver cup valued at $20. 

 This prize is given to encourage lov- 

 ers of roses as the Englis'.i Rose Soci- 

 ety has been doing for years past. Free 

 tickets will be issued to all members. 

 Bkn.t.kmin H.\.\imom). 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Department of Plant Registration, 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Ihe Swiss Floral Co., East 7th and 

 Hancock streets. I^ortland, Ore., offers 

 for registration the Salvia descilbed 

 below. Any person objecting lo the 

 registration or lo the use of the pro- 

 posed name is requested to communi- 

 cate with the Secretary at once. Fall- 

 ing to receive objection to the registra- 

 tion, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Descrli)tion: A salvia in habit of 

 growth similar to Salvia Bonfire. The 

 corolla or petals, bright scarlet: calix, 

 eieamy while, slightly flushed with a 

 tinge of red on the surface exposed to 

 the sunrays giving the calyx an ap- 

 pearance of salmon pink on while 

 ground. Free and profuse blooming. 

 Result of crossing Salvia Bonfire with 

 Calvia Bavaria. Name — Salvia "Red 

 Cross." 



rublic notice is hereby given that 

 Richard E. Loeben, Gloversvllle, N. Y., 

 offers for registration the Carnation 

 described below : 



Description— Sport of Carnation Be- 

 nora. Growth, foliage and formation 

 of plant identically the same as par- 

 ent. A light red in color, same as red 

 striping in Benora. 



Jiiiiv YoiNc;. Sec'y. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The usual monthly meeting of the 

 Tuxedo Horticultural Society was held 

 in the Parish House on February 3rd. 

 This Society has arranged lo have its 

 annual ladies' evening in April and 

 ball in May. A lecture was given by 

 David Mcintosh on ferns, which was 

 very interesting and was freely dis- 

 cussed. We have arranged to have a 

 lecture al each monthly meeting. The 

 series given last year were well at- 

 tended and brought some fine discus- 

 sion. A specimen plant of Chorozema 

 cordata splendens by Thos. Wilson 

 was awarded a certificate of culture. 

 .\ rose and carnation night will be 

 lield March .3rd for which exhibits are 

 solicited. A Utter was read from C. 

 II. Totty offering the Wells gold, silver 

 and bronze medals for competition at 

 our fall show for the chrysanthemum 

 Mrs. G. G. Mason. 



Thos. Wii>io.N. Sec'y. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A noteworthy feature of the regular 

 monthly meeting of this society was 

 the remarkably fine display of cut 

 flowers and plants. Also the very 

 large and enthusiastic attendance. 

 The meeting was held in Doran's Hall. 

 Greenwich, Conn., Friday evening. 

 Feb. 12. For the annual fall exhi- 

 bition John Canning offers a sweep- 

 stake prize of $20 in gold for the best 

 chrysanthemum bush plant. A. N. 

 Pierson Co. offer special prizes in four 



