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iroirr I CULTURE 



April 10, 1916 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The next regular iiioetiiiR of tlie Now 

 York FlorlsiB' IMiib will be lieUl In the 

 Grand Opera House Huildlng. IClKlith 

 avenue anil Twenly-lliird street, Mon- 

 day. April 12tli, at 7.30 o'clock I'. M. 

 Tills will be Sweet Pea and Orchid 

 Night and exhibits of sweet peas and 

 orchids are Invited. The members 

 should make a special effort to see that 

 the display of these flowers excels In 

 (luallty the display of roses made at 

 the last meeting. 



It Is expected that a preliminary re- 

 port regarding the recent Flower 

 Show, showing the receipts and dis- 

 bursements, win be made at this time. 

 .\t present the Indications are that this 

 report will be very favorable. 



Mr. Robert Pyle will be the essayist 

 of the evening. His subject: "Among 

 the Roses at Home and Abroad," illus- 

 trated by a superb lot of hintern slides 

 made direct in natural colors by the 

 Lumlere process. 



The following letter has been sent 

 to all members: 



"A meeting of the Transportation 

 Committee will be held at the office 

 of R. J. Irwin, 108 West 28th street, 

 at 3.00 P. M., April 12. The object of 

 this meeting is to decide on a route to 

 the S. A. F, & 0. H. Convention to be 

 held in San Francisco. August 17 to 19. 

 All members of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club who contemplate going to 

 the Convention are cordially invited 

 to attend this meeting and express 

 their views as to which route they 

 would prefer. 



There will be at the meeting a rep- 

 resentative railroad man who will be 

 pleased to answer all questions and ex- 

 plain to us the different routes which 

 may be taken to San Francisco and 

 the time and cost of eacli. He will be 

 glad to give eaih member individual 

 attention and lay out their route com- 

 ing back, as probably the members 

 will return by difl'erent routes. It is 

 a long journey from New Y'ork to San 

 Francisco and we want to secure all 

 the comforts we can to help make tlie 

 journey a pleasant one. By all going 

 together, these comforts can be se- 

 cured and individuals receive better 

 attention. A special train with spe- 

 cial attendants is a possiliilily. 



The Committee desires all who can, 

 to attend the meeting in |)erson. If 

 you cannot tome, send in your prefer- 

 ence as to route, and how many of 

 you and your family or friends are 

 going. Come to the meeting if pos- 

 sible. If not, write a letter to Roman 

 J. Irwin, 108 West 28th street. New 

 Y^ork City. 



The photographs an description of 

 the Panama Exhibition so far pub- 

 lished, has estal)lisherl the fad that it 

 is far ahead of anytliing of its kind 

 the world has ever seen. Those who 

 have already seen it are most enthu- 

 siastic over it and say that the photos 

 but feebly express the beauty and 

 charm of the PIxhibition. The Flor- 

 ists of the West are planning to give 

 the Florists of the East a Royal Wel- 



come. Don't fall to attend the meet- 

 ing or express your preference us to 

 route. 



Y'ours very truly. 

 Tiios It. i>K FiiitKST, Chairman 

 Transportation Committee." 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The regular nuiutlily meeting was 

 held on the t'lth inst. It was a very 

 dull and uninteresting function and 

 consisted mostly of routine matters. 

 The only little bit of ginger in It was 

 when tlie commodore got up and want- 

 ed to know about this flower show the 

 S. A. F. is to hold in Philadelphia In 

 191t). .lohn is an ardent lover of this 

 old burg and hates the idea of its (the 

 burg) being given a black eye. His 

 feeling now, seems to be well ex- 

 pressed in one of W. S. Gilberts' gems: 



"nil til lio wafted away 

 I'roiii tills black Aceldama of sorrow. 

 Where tbe dust of an earthy today 

 Is the earth of a dusty tomorrow." 



Among the new members elected it 

 gives us pleasure to record the name 

 of Stuart H. Miller, our latest and 

 most hustling recruit to the ranks of 

 the commission men. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its regular semi-monthly 

 meeting April 2nd at Manchester, 

 Mass. R. H. Wilkins of the Essex Co. 

 Agricultural School gave a very in- 

 structive lecture on poultry, speaking 

 chiefly on breeding for egg production. 

 The sum of fifty dollars was appropri- 

 ated to be given as prizes to the school 

 children among the North Shore for the 

 best exhibits of vegetables and flowers 

 at the annual exhibition. The show 

 committee awarded a bronze medal to 

 Alfred E. Parsons for seedling schizan- 

 thus, a vote of thanks to P. Maillard 

 for radishes and to Ernest Townsend 

 for gardenias and Darwin tulips. At 

 the next meeting, April IGth, S. J. Con- 

 nolly will lecture on the Panama 

 Canal. W. T. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The Nomenclature Committee of the 

 .-\nierican Gladiolus Society has ap- 

 Iiroved the application of John H. 

 Umpleby, Lake View, N. Y.. to register 

 Gladiolus Mrs. A. C. Real. 



Mrs. A. C. Real (Umpleby's 385). 

 Color rosy white, blotched Lincoln red, 

 and with the median line shading to 

 old carmine red. A fine color and an 

 attractive blotch. The buds are quite 

 salmony when they first open. Stamen 

 filaments pinkish. Anthers light lav- 

 ender. The flowers are well arranged. 

 Bloom large, tube curved medium 

 slender, medium long. Segments un- 

 equal, connivent. the upper horizontal 

 and broad, the lower reflexed and nar 

 rower. Season early. Spike tall, erect 

 often curved; two or three to a conn, 

 and producing a good number of flow- 

 ers. Growth vigorous, well furnished 

 with medium broad leaves. Corms 

 large. Originated by John H. Umpleby. 

 Lake View, N. Y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The Clniinnatl Florist Society's reg- 

 ular meeting will he held on Monday 

 evening, .\prll 12. 



A public meetlnK of the Society for 

 the Protection of Native Plants will be 

 held on Saturday, Aphll 17, at 10.30 A. 

 .M., in lh(> Lecture R<K)m of the Boston 

 Society of .Natural History, 234 Berke- 

 ley street. Prof. Merritt L. Fernald of 

 Harvard University will speak on 

 "Some Reasons Why Our Indigenous 

 Plants Need Protection." Offlcers for 

 the ensuing year will be elected, and 

 other business transacted. 



The April meeting of the Lewlston 

 and Auburn (Me.) Gardeners' Union 

 was held at the rooms of the Lewlston 

 Chamber of Commerce April 2, with 

 a large attendance. The greater part 

 of the time was taken up in a discus- 

 sion of the plans for the spring flower 

 exhibition, the fall exhibition, chil- 

 dren's gardens and publicity. The next 

 meeting will be held at the Auburn 

 municipal court room, Friday, May 7. 



A meeting of the New Bedford, 

 .Mass., Horticultural Society was held 

 in the Public Library building on the 

 evening of .\pril 5. President Roy be- 

 ing absent, F. C. Barrows presided. 

 The entertainment committee reported 

 that all arrangements had been made 

 for the annual banquet to be given 

 .■\pril 8. The flowers for the occasion 

 are to be furnished by James Garthley 

 and Post & Gray. The schedule com- 

 mittee reported having arranged for 

 four shows. For these a few changes 

 have been made in favor of amateurs. 

 There are to be cups, cash prizes and 

 stock. 



Fk.vnk L. Gh.w. 



COMING EVENTS. 

 Shows. 



New York, N. Y., .May 8-9. — Exhibition 

 of Hon. Soc. of N. Y. in Bot. Od., Bronx. 

 (Tlio March and April shows will be 

 omitted.) 



San Franolsco, Cal., Juno 4. — American 

 Rwcpt Pea Society's special show In con- 

 nection nllli the Exposition, 



Newport, K. I., July 8-9. — Annual show 

 and meeting of American Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety, in connection with Newport Garden 

 Assoc, and Newport Hort Soc. 



Lenox, MiiwH., July 27-28. — Summer ex- 

 hibition of Lenox Hurllcultiiral Society. 



Oranffe. N. ,1., Oct. 4. — Tenth Annual 

 Dalilia, l'"rult, (ihxlloli and Vegetable Show 

 of N. J. Florlcultural Society. Geo. W. 

 Stranjie, Sec, IH Jackson St. 



New York, N. Y., Nov, 4-7. — Aiinunl Au- 

 tumn exhibition of Hort. Soc. of New York, 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Cleveland, O., Nov. 10-14. — Annual show 

 anil meeting of Clirysanthemum Society of 

 America. Chas. W. Johnson, Sec., 2226 

 Fairfax Ave., Morgan Park, ill. 



Meetings. 



Netvark, N. J.. .April II.— Weln, Obst A 

 Gartenbau Vercln, 15 Newark St. Peter 

 Callle, Sec, 111 Avon Ave. 



New Orlean.H, La., .April 11. — Gardeners' 

 Mutu.'il Protective Association, 114 Ei- 

 chanse Alley. John Parr, Sec, 4539 North 

 Uampart St. 



Kaltimore, Mil.. .April 12. — Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Baltimore, Florists' Ex- 

 change Hall, St. Paul and Franklin Sts. 

 Noah F. Flitton, Sec, Gwynn Falls Park, 

 Sta. F., Baltimore. 



Cincinnati, O., April 12.— Cincinnati Flo- 

 rists' Society, Jabez Elliott Flower .Mar- 

 ket. Alex. Ostendorp, Sec 



