June 12, 1915 



HOETICULTUEE 



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NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 New York Florists' Club will be held 

 in the Grand Opera House Building, 

 Eighth avenue and Twenty - third 

 street, on Monday, June 14, at 7.30 

 P. M. This will be the last regular 

 meeting until September. Chairman 

 Max Sibling of the Exhibition Com- 

 mittee requests that a creditable dis- 

 play of seasonable plants and cut flow- 

 ers be made. Mr. Schling's committee 

 will be on hand to see that all exhibits 

 are properly staged. Leonard Barron. 

 Chairman of the Essay and Lecture 

 Committee, announces that Bertrand 

 H. Farr, president of the American 

 Peony Society, will be present and will 

 talk to the members of the Cluli on 

 the work of the Peony Society and 

 give some ideas on peonies and iris 

 as florists' flowers. 



The Flower Show Committee will 

 recommend at this meeting that the 

 profits from the last two flower shows 

 be set aside as a special Flower Show 

 Fund. Action will be taken on this 

 important question at this time. 

 Charles H. Totty, who has just re- 

 turned after a month's visit to the 

 Panama-Pacific Exposition, will speak 

 of the exposition and the many at- 

 tractions of California. 



A meeting of the Board of Trustees 

 will be held at the Secretary's office, 

 Monday at 3.3* P. M., for the purpose 

 of auditing the books and accounts of 

 the Secretary and Treasurer. Any 

 member has the privilege of being 

 present. The House Committee will 

 provide light refreshments as usual. 



IN THE CONVENTION CITY. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 New Carnations Registered. 



Peace — Prosperity x Winsor. Color 

 white. Size 3% to 4 inches. Habit 

 like Winsor. Vigorous grower. Long 

 stiff stems. Can be planted close. By 

 Frank Dinda, Farmingdale, N. Y. 



Olive 'Waiitman— Bacon x Victory. 

 Color scarlet. Size 3 to 4 inches. As 

 free and early as Beacon. As strong 

 and sturdy as Victory in late spring. 

 By Joseph Sakswich, New Hyde Park, 

 N. Y. 



Colorado — Victory and Unnamed 

 seedling. Color dark scarlet. Size 3% 

 inches. A fast grower, but not grassy. 

 Habit resembles Cardinal, but stronger. 

 Color does not fade in strong sunlight. 

 By S. Knudsen, Boulder, Col. 



lied Wing — Unnamed seedling X 

 White Perfection. Color scarlet. Size 

 3 to 3% inches. Strong, robust 

 grower. Very free bloomer, without 

 surplus grass. Almost a non-splitter. 

 Stems long and strong. A fine keeper 

 and shipper. By Wm. Dawson, Willi- 

 mantic, Conn. 



A. F. J. B.vru. Secy. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 

 Important Notice. 

 Owing to the lateness of the season 

 it has been decided to postpone the 

 Annual meeting and Exhibition of the 

 American Peony Society, announced 

 for June 12 and 13, to Saturday and 

 Sunday, June 19 and 20, at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston. 



Arthur H. Fewkks, 

 For the Committee. 



The Court of Palms 

 Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco. 



on Monday evening, June 7th. Sched- 

 ules for the Fall show are now ready 

 and may be had on application to the 

 secretary. The president reminded tlie 

 members of the prize of $10.00 put up 

 by Jos. A. Manda for the one securing 

 the most members during the year 

 1915. There will be an intermission of 

 two months during July and August 

 and on re-opening in September our 

 meeting night falling on Labor Day, 

 we shall hold same the following day 

 at the home of Jos. A. Manda, West 

 Orange. N. J. The feature of the even- 

 ing was a plant of the new lavender- 

 mauve Swainsona Mrs. Joseph A. 

 Manda. It is a striking color and 

 quite distinct from the other varieties. 

 Joseph A. Manda, the exhibitor, re- 

 ceived a first-class certificate and he 

 offered a prize of ?10.00 for the best 

 plant exhibited next year. 



Other awards were as follows: 



Peter Hauck, Jr., carnations, 75 points; 

 Campanula Media, 70 points ; cut flowers. 

 05 points; sweet peas, (iO points; Mrs. Wm. 

 P.arr, Doodia aspera, SO points. Mr.s. Ber- 

 kov, roses, cultural certificate; C. C. Good- 

 rich, peonies, cultural certificate; Peter 

 Hauck, Jr., vegetables, cultural certificate. 

 Gd:o. W. Sri!.\.NCE, Sec'y. 



ture of it was the splendid exhibit 

 from George C. Thomas. He staged 

 one hundred and eighty varieties of 

 teas. This alone was worth going a 

 long way to see. The other exhibits 

 were also extensive and of high qual- 

 ity. Among the prize winners were 

 Rudolph Ellis, gard. Axel Lindroth; 

 John Grebbel, gard. Jas. Fox; J. W 

 Pepper, gard. W. Robertson; John A. 

 Brown, gard. Jos. Goetter; Geo. C. 

 Thomas; Geo. H. McFadden, gard. 

 David Aiken. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Cincinnati Florists' SoLicty's 

 next meeting will be held on Monday 

 evening, June I-l. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the New 

 Jersey Ploricultural Society was held 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICUL- 

 TURISTS. 

 Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that as 

 no objection has been filed, the regis- 

 tration of Canna "City of Portland," 

 by Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., becomes complete. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



June 5, 1915. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The annual rose show of the above 

 society at Horticultural Hall, Phila- 

 delphia, was unexpectedly good and 

 drew excellent crowds. The finest fea- 



At a meeting of the New Bedford 

 (Mass.) Horticultural Society, held in 

 the Public Library on the evening of 

 June 7th, June 17th was decided upon 

 as the date for the Peony Exhibition, 

 subject to change if the peonies are 

 not sufficiently advanced by that time. 



The annual June exhibition of roses, 

 sweet peas, strawberries, hardy flowers 

 etc., by tlie Tarrytown Horticultural 

 Society will be held at the Gymnasium 

 Y. M. C. A. Building, Main Street, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., on Wednesday after- 

 noon and evening, June IGtli, 1915, 

 from 2 until 10 P. M. Admission free. 

 There are 29 classes in this prize 

 schedule. 



An unusual opportunity to see ber- 

 ries and market garden crops grown 

 at their best under irrigation, was of- 

 fered at the meeting of the New 

 Jersey State Horticultural Society, 

 Wednesday, June 9, at the noted Sea- 

 brook Farms, near Bridgeton, N. J. 

 Several addresses were made by prom- 

 inent men and substantial luncheon 

 was served. The Secretary is H. G. 

 Taylor, Riverton, N. J. 



