May 22, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



683 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



As briefly announced in our last is- 

 sue, on -May lOtli in New York a group 

 of twenty dahlia enthusiasts met and 

 formed an organization under the 

 name of the American Dahlia Society. 



The purpose of this organization 

 will be to promote knowledge of the 

 dahlia and gain for this flower the rec- 

 ognition that it deserves from the 

 -American people. It is the intention 

 of the organization to issue an inform- 

 ation bulletin from time to time to its 

 members and to hold at least one Na- 

 tional Show each year which will be 

 supported by local shows throughoui 

 the country at that period of the year 

 vvliich is most favorable to the show- 

 ing of dahlias in that locality. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, 

 Md., was elected president and Joseph 

 J. Lane of The Garden Magazine, New 

 \ork City, was elected secretary. Four 

 vice-presidents were elected — George 

 L. Stillman for the East, E. Stanley 

 Brown for the North, L. K. Peacock 

 for the South and W. W. Wilmoro for 

 the West. 



This organization plans to hold a 

 Dahlia Show In New York City during 

 the month of 'September of this year. 

 Members joining before Septem!)er 1, 

 will come in as charter members. Fur- 

 ther information may be obtained by 

 writing to the secretary. 



Minutes of Meeting at Grand Hotel, 

 New York. 



The meeting was the outcome of dill- 

 gent work carried on by Richard 

 Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh. .\Id., 

 since the flower show which took 

 place in New York a few months ago. 

 At that time the idea came to .Mr. 

 Vincent for a national organization de- 

 voted to the promotion of knowledge 

 of the Dahlia in this country and after 

 writing to 150 people he received such 

 enthusiastic response that he felt en- 

 couraged to call a meeting for organi- 

 zation and the gathering on Monday 

 was the result. 



Among those present were — E. Stan- 

 lev Brown, Dahlia Farm, East Mor- 

 iches, L. I., N. Y.; F. H. Hall, Editor 

 and Librarian of Experiment Station 

 at Geneva, N. Y.; J. Harrison Dick, 

 Florists' Exchange, New York City; 

 Harry A. Bunyard. President N. Y. 

 Florists' Club, New York City; George 

 Stillman, Grower, Westerley, R. 1.: 

 James Kirby, Huntington, L. I.; I'. B. 

 Rigby, New York City; William J. 

 Stewart, Editor Horticui-tube, Boston, 

 Mass.; I. H. Hendrickson, of John 

 Lewis Childs Co., Flowerfield, N. Y.; 

 M. C. Ebel, Gardeners' Chronicle, Madi- 

 son, N. J.; Hugo Kind, Hammondtown. 

 N. J.; Frank R. Austin, Tuckcrtown. 

 N. J.; James Duthie, Oyster Bay, N. 

 T.; John W. Merritt, Farmingclalc, L. 

 I., N. Y.; J. Austin Shaw, Florists' Re- 

 view, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; J. R. Benjamin. 

 Calverton, L. I., N. Y.; L. K. Peacock, 

 Peacock Dahlia Farm, Berlin, N. J.; 

 George W. Kerr, Doylestown, Penn.; 

 John S. Vincent,- White Marsh, Md.; 

 R. Vincent, Jr., White Marsh, Md.; J. 

 J. Lane, Garden Magazine, New York 

 City. 



Great enthusiasm prevailed through- 



out tiie meeting, which augured well 

 for the success of this new organiza- 

 tion. A constitution was adopted at 

 this meeting and the following few 

 facts taken from the constitution may 

 prove of interest to the readers. 



There are three types of memjership 

 — active, associate and honorary. Dues 

 ot the organization are as follows — 

 Inititation fee $1.00. Annual dues 

 fchall be $2.00 for active membership 

 and $1.00 for associate membership, 

 which amounts will be payable in ad- 

 vance. Those members joining before 

 the annual meeting in September will 

 be accepted as charter members. An 

 honorary member shall be such person 

 as by financial or other contribution 

 to the advancement of the Interests of 

 this society shall be considered worthy 

 of the honor by the executive com- 

 mittee. 



A list of officers are as follows — 

 President, Richard Vincent, Jr., White 

 Marsh, Md.; Secretary, Joseph J. Lane, 

 Garden Magazine, New York; Treas- 

 urer, Frank R. Austin, Tuckerton, 

 N. J. 



Executive Committee — George W. 

 Kerr, I. H. Hendrickson, James Duth- 

 ie, John S. Vincent, Hugo Kind. 



Committee on Nomenclature — E. 

 Stanley Brown, James Kirby. L. K. 

 Peacock, Leonard Barron. 



M.ASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



The annual May Exhibition at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, on Saturday and 

 Sunday, 15th and 16th inst., was up to 

 the standard of its predecessors in the 

 display of late flowering tulips, calce- 

 olarias, narcissi, etc. 



F. J. Dolansky won a silver medal 

 with an exceptionally fine display of 

 Cattleya Mossias and E. B. Dane got a 

 similar award for Brasso-Cattleya 

 Warneri. A cultural certificate was 

 given William Thatcher, gardener to 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner, for superior culti- 

 vation of Clarkia elegans var. Orange 

 King. S. R. Cowey received a certifi- 

 cate of honorable mention for display 

 of zonal pelargoniums and carnations. 

 The principal exhibits were from the 

 leading private estates, including E. A. 

 Clark, Mrs. C. G. Weld, Mrs. Lester 

 Leland, Miss Cornelia Warren, Weld 

 Garden. Faulkner Farm. Mrs. Freder- 

 ick Ayer. Wm. Whitman. A. W. Pres- 

 ton, Mrs. J. L. Gardner; also A. M. 

 Davenport and James Wheeler in the 

 trade. 



TEXAS STATE FLORISTS' CONVEN- 

 TION. 



Notice the change of date of the 

 Texas State Florists' Association's 

 Convention at Ft. Worth, Texas. Due 

 to the fact that this date conflicted 

 with other State meetings, and as a 

 number of the florists in the State fell 

 that a week earlier would be of better 

 advantage to the florists in general, 

 the date has been changed from July 

 1.'5 and 14, to Tuesday and Wednesday. 

 July G and 7. We feel that this date 

 will give us better attendance— there- 

 fore we make the change. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



At the Executive Committee meeting 

 of the American Rose Society held in 

 New York City, May 10th, the regis- 

 tration of the new rose — Champ Weil- 

 and — was ordered published. The de- 

 scription of it is as follows by Messrs. 

 Weiland & Risch, Chicago: 



"A sport of Piuk Killarney, originatins; 

 in our estnhlislimeut at Evanston, 111., and 

 under deepest scrutiny for the past tbree 

 seasons. Buds large and full. Color a 

 bright clear glistening pink, inner and re- 

 verse side of petals identical and fadeless. 

 More free than the parent and more sweet- 

 ly scented. Foliage of a glowing reddish 

 character prevalent from planting time to 

 end ot season. It may be said that this 

 rose represents a distinct advance in 

 growth and grandeur over any of its 

 predecessors." 



According to the rules adopted by 

 the American Rose Society for regis- 

 tration of new roses, at the end of 

 three weeks if there is no objection re- 

 ceived it will stand as a registered 

 variety. 



The June Rose Show to be held in 

 Bronx Park was a matter of discus- 

 sion and it was resolved to offer one 

 silver and two bronze medals as spe- 

 cial prizes in addition to the regular 

 prizes offered in the schedule of the 

 New York Horticultural Society, that 

 is, to offer these three medals as 

 sweepstake prizes for the following: 



A silver medal for the best collec- 

 tion of outdoor grown roses. 



A bronze medal for the best vase of 

 hybrid teas outdoor grown. 



A bronze medal for the best vase of 

 hybrid perpetuals outdoor grown. 



The matter of affiliated societies was 

 considered. The societies that have 

 already joined under the present ar- 

 rangement are: The Syracuse Rose 

 Society, Rev. E. M. Mills, president, 

 with 244 members; Garden Associa- 

 tion of Newport, R. I.. Dr. Roderick 

 Terry, president, with 100 members; 

 The Newport Garden Club of Newport, 

 R. I., Mrs. C. F. Hoffman, president, 

 with 50 members: the Brooklands 

 Rose Society of Brooklands, D. C, Mrs. 

 Carrie Harrison, secretary, with 39 

 members; the Country Club of Joplin. 

 Mo., Burt W. Lyon, president, with 72 

 members. 



Bexj.\min Ham.mond, Sec'y. 



Beacon. N. Y., May 15, 1915. 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



This club held its -May meeting, 

 Mav 11. in the Gallivan Bros, green- 

 house at Smith' Ferry. A large at- 

 tendance was present to hear Mr. N. 

 Hennessey, ot Northampton, read a 

 paper on "Violet Culture." Mr. 

 Downer, of the Smith College green- 

 houses exhibited some specimens of 

 "Cliinese I anlcrn plants." 



During the evening the members of 

 the club presented Mr. and Mrs. 

 Daniel J. Gallivan with a large cut 

 glass dish. E. J. Canning making the 

 presentation speech. Mrs. Gallivan 

 served a dainty buffet lunch. 



The June meeting will be held with 

 O. D. .Mlyn, of Holyoke, Mass. 



