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June 19, li«15 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The tiocli'ty lu-lii its llrst spring 

 lluuer show uii Jiiiii- lo uiid 11 in 

 lower Tnlty Hull, llurtford. Tlu- viirl 

 Olid oxIiibltK were liiiil out to repre- 

 sent flower l)eds. The central exhibit 

 was n towi-rinK muHs of tropicul 

 plants siirruiinded by a border of 

 ferns. This was staged by President 

 Warren S. Mason, superintendent of 

 the estate of A. A. Pope. KarniinRton, 

 which was also repre.sented by an at- 

 tractive bed of perennials. 



\V. VV. Hunt & t'onipiiny liad u su- 

 perb group of perennials. John F. 

 lluss. superintendent of the Goodwin 

 estate, was another exhibitor in won- 

 derful variety. He also made tho 

 ^t iRe a veritable bower with tropical 

 plants, fancy leaved caladiuir..s and 

 pink spirea. with especially interest- 

 ing primroses never exhibited before, 

 collected in western China by E. H. 

 Wilson, of the Arnold .Arboretum. 



An effective bed was shown by 

 Oscar F. Gritzmacher. of New Britain. 

 .\ very beautiful display of roses, car- 

 nations and sweet peas was shown 

 by Xiel Nelson. A. N. Pierson, Inc.. 

 arranged a long bed of roses, which 

 made a most charming spectacle. 

 Four bridal tables were decorated by 

 John Coombs. Welch and Louis 

 Chauvy. assisted by Miss Benson. 



The design of this remarkable ex- 

 hibit, which was tlie principal topic of 

 discussion in Hartford the past week, 

 was the creation of Walter A. Cook, 

 of Stumpp tc Walter Co.. and the so- 

 ciety lakes this opportunity to thank 

 this jrn.tlenian for his assistance in 

 mailing our tlrsl spring show a grand 

 success. The following are the 

 awards. 



IVreniil.ils. Isl. .Iiiinps ,1. iHiuilwin: liiid. 

 W. W. tliiiil & Co.: rtrrl. .\. X. I'ler.soD, Inc. 

 rilliiis anil rnllaifi- |«l:iiils. 1st. .tuliips .T 



'■ Inin: •.•ml. .Mrs. A. .\. i-opi.; .ird, A. N. 



riiTMin. Iiii-. Iicinnitvil iiiMi's. 1st. WVIili : 

 -ihI. Crifiinlis: vi-ry liij-lily riMniiiincndod! 

 I.'.liis I'hanvy :iii<l .Miss Iti-iiscui. Cnl roses 

 1st. A. X. l-ii'rs<iii. Inc. : -.'lul. Xid NpIsoii ;' 

 ■Jril. frofessiir M. \V. .luii.liiis. BeddlnB 

 I'laiils. 1st. Walter I,. i;iiiidwiii: 2nd, .1 A 

 lirodrili. 



♦ •iTtitl.alfs— W. W. llnni .V c.,.. f„r 1m,x- 

 «oo(l plants: .lolin c. Wjllard. for pansles 

 and lohmibine: Mrs. Wllheliiiiiia SeliRer, 

 for seedlliiB wlilic rainliler rose anil peren- 

 nials: .Spear \ .McMaiiiis. for srroiip of 



palms: .lolin c oinlis. ii.ilins 1 lilies: ,1. 



All.ert Ilroilrl!.. lieddliiL' plants: I Is 



(■h:iiivy, lifldinf plants; .lohn l\ Hnss. 

 rrimiiln Hulleyana : H. U Itltson peren- 

 nials and roses: .1. Vidhoiirne A: Co., 

 pi'onies: Alfred Celielins. roses and cain- 

 jiaiMilas: Park rieparlnient. display of 

 licddlng plants: A. X. I'lerson. Ine.. palms, 

 ro.ses and ent roses: Warren S. Mason 

 perenniai.e: Oscar I", (irit/.nineber. peren- 

 ni.ils: Xiel Xel.snn. ro.ses. earnntions and 

 sweet peas, 



.Tolin I". Ilnss, speiial for hest jreneral 

 e.vhihit, offered liy W.ilter A. Cook. 



The six best exhibits of general 

 merit are to receive the Gardeners" 

 Chronicle of America for one year. 

 The following were selected for this 

 award: W. W. Hunt. Alfred Cebs- 

 lius, Gottfried Boss. Xiel Nelson. J. 

 Albert Brodrib and Louis Chauvy. 

 Ai.mKi) Dixon. S?cy. 



Wethersfield. Conn. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 .\t llic rcnular inei'tliig ot lln' 

 Cliicago Florists' Club, ThiirsdHy. 

 June liith, several important matters 

 were liroiiKlit up and discussed. 



Tlie llower show committee, of whicli 

 Aug. Poelilmann is chairman of 

 flnance; George Asmug of premium 

 list: M. Barker of publicity; Arnold 

 i..ii..,.i.r ui rittiuen cmiioiIk, .«. i'. 

 .Miller of commercial exhibits; J. C. 

 \ auuliaii, iiuster committee; II. W. 

 Wilkerson special lealures and A. 

 tiCMueiBon oi iiauc insiiiuy, u-purtej 

 progress. The committee has not yet 

 secured a place lor holding the show, 

 but an effort Is being made to secure 

 tlie tolisseum. Tlie Club voted to 

 pledge one thousand dollars toward 

 tlie (lower sliow guarantee fund. The 

 lollowing were elected to meniber- 

 slii|,: Ostar Leistner. S19 W. Ran- 

 dolph St.; Theodore Kirclieii, 319 W. 

 iiandolph St.; H. W. Wilkerson, 56 E. 

 Ivandolpli St.; Chas. O. Youngstrand, 

 Moitar Grove. III. 



The subject of the club picnic was 

 tlien discussed and it was decided to 

 nave one, the time and place to be 

 named later. The two committees, 

 "Good of tlie Club," of whicli ,Michae: 

 I'iiih is cliairman. and "Sports Com- 

 mittee," with Wm. Lornian, chairman, 

 will liave charge of the picnic arrange- 

 ments. 



van. bans Seed Stoic exnibited vas- 

 es of iris ana oi peonies and i< reiicu & 

 Salni showed a vase of their Mrs. 

 Russell roses which were appreciated 

 by all. Resolutions were read on the 

 ceath of John Zech and copies were 

 cidered sent to tl.e relatives and mem- 

 bers of the firm. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 

 The St. Louis Kiorist Club cele- 

 biattd its 29th anniversary at its 

 meeting on Thursday, June 10th, in 

 Odd FeJows' Hall. Fifty members 

 were present, among them being six 

 ex-iiresidents. 



After the usual preliminaries had 

 been disposed of the trustees reported 

 that they had arranged to hold the 

 cluo annual outing at Romona Park, 

 Tiairsday, July 22d. The committee 

 on the entertaining of tlie .American 

 Carnation Society reported that they 

 attended the meeting of the County 

 Growers' Association, in Kirkwood, 

 and that this Association will do all 

 in their power to help them in making 

 the meeting a success. 



F. J. Fillmore, E. \V. Guy and W. S. 

 Wells were appointed a committee to 

 draw up resolutions on the deatli of 

 our fellow member, H. J. Weber 

 W. S. Wells. H. C. Irish and W. W. 

 Ohmiller siioke on the possibility of 

 having an Experimental Station estab- 

 lished in St. Louis. .After beins; fully 

 discussed the matter was laid over 

 until next meeting. After all business 

 was transacted the chair called on ex- 

 presidents for a talk, and .Messrs. Fill- 

 more, Guy. Beneke, Irish, Connon and 

 Weber responded with splendid talks, 

 after which President Bourdet ad- 

 dressed the members. 



The next meeting will be July L5. 

 when nomination of officers takes 

 place. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The Spring Show of the Oyster Buy 

 (N. Y.) Horlii'ultiirul Society was held 

 on June lltli. In (|uality as well us 

 ipiantity this show surpassed all our 

 either Spring Shows. The llower classes 

 were Well lUled with excellent stock 

 and the many visitors pronounced the 

 vegelaliles the liest seen this year. 

 .\l<'.ssrH. JolniHlun, .MucGregor and K\- 

 eiilt acted as Judges and turned in the 

 following list of awards: 



I'lillfellon of H. P. roDca: l»t, .Iu». 



I khain. Colleetlou H. T, roBo*: im, 



.las. Duttile: L'lid, P. ,T. King. II. P. roi4en, 

 Willie: Isl, ,Ias. iMitlile; I'nd, Frank Kyle. 

 II. I", roses, idnk : Isl, ,las. Iiuikliam: •jnd, 

 I". .Mills. II. p. roses, any oilier color: 

 l-i. .1. .Sorosl.k: •.'ml. Frank K v le. II Tea 

 rosis, white: Isl, .M. (rXelil; :;iid, I>. 

 Iloiliersall. II. Tea roses, pink: Isl. J. 

 Sorosli-k: I'nd. .M. O'Xelll. II. Tea roses. 

 any other color: 1st, ,1. Dutlilv; I'nd, U. 

 Ilolliersall. Vase cllnililni; roses: Isl, 

 .1. iMickham. Collection of veKelables: Ist, 

 .1. Kubinson; L'nd. II. (iihsou. Lettuce: 

 Isl. J. Holilnson : L'nd, ,1. Soroslck. C'uuU- 

 llnwcr: 1st, II. Ilothersall; •.'iid. J. Itol.ln- 

 son, Calihaiie: 1st, II. lillisoii: 2nd, J. 

 Itoliinson. Heel: Isl, J. Holilnson: 2nd, J. 

 Iiiickhani. Carrots: 1st. .1. Holilnson. 

 Tiirnlps: Isl. Frank livle: L'nd. .las. 

 I nil hie. .'<|iliiacli : 1st, II. (lllison; 2nd, A. 

 Walker. Asparairus: 1st. A. Walker; 2nd, 

 .1. liohliison. Peas: 1st. .1. Ittililiisoii : 2nd, 

 II. i;ilison. Siring Beans: Isl. ,1. Duck- 

 liaio. liadlshes: 1st, A. Walker: 2Md, C. 

 .Mills. Ciii'Uniliers: Jst, .1. Holilnson: 2nd, 

 II. Ilutliersall. Tomatoes: Isl, J. Holiln- 

 son : 2iid, C. .Mills. Onions: 1st, A. Walker; 

 2nd, ,1. Holilnson. .Mushrooms: 1st, J. 

 Holilnson. Str.'iwlierrlcs, collection: 1st, 

 .las. Itnthle: 2n(l. A. Walker. Strawherrles 

 for size: Isl, Jas. Duthle. SIrawlierrles 

 for flavor: Isl, .las. iMillilc: 2nd. Frank 

 Kyle. Dish of any other fruit : Isl, M. 

 o'.N'elU. Collectiuii hardy flowers: 1st, 

 .I.is. Dnthle: 2nd, ,J. .Soroslck. Hardy 

 llowers: Isl. Krank Kyle. (,'ollecllon 

 |ie. lilies: Isl, .1. Hohinson. Vase mixed 

 peonies: 1st. J.Duckham: 2nd. . I. Soroslck. 

 Collection (icrnian Iris: 1st, J. Duckhani. 

 Collection Spanish iris: 1st, .T. Iiuckbani. 

 Vase any other Iris: 1st, II. t^ilbson. Dcl- 

 phlnliinis: 1st. Frank Kyle; 2Dd. A. 

 Walker. Sweet Williams: 1st. H. (Jllison; 

 2nd. ,1. .Soroslck. Dik'itaMs: Isl. II. Clli- 

 sou : 2nd, Frank Kyle. Campanula: 1st, 

 Frank Kyle; 2nd, ,Tas. Duiliie. Hoiii|Uet of 

 lardy flowers: 1st, J. .Soroslck. Spwlmen 

 Palm: 1st. ,Tas. Duthle; 2nd, .1. Soroslck. 

 Specimen fern: Isl. M. 4;ibson: 2nd, .Tas. 

 Iiutliie. S[ieclmeii foliaizc pImiiI : Isl. ,1. 

 Soroslck: 2nd. II. (Mlison. Pol Kprniiiuni: 

 1st. .1. Soroslck: 2nd, H. Cilison. Any other 

 plain in pol : 1st. .1. Holilnson: 2nd. .1 

 Soroslck. Table decoration of roses: 1st, 

 A. Walker: 2iid, Frank Kyle; :ird, D. 

 Hnthersall. Ciillural certitlcate: John 

 Miller, group of Chrysanthemums In It In. 

 pots. 



There were a number waiting admit- 

 tance when the Show was opened and 

 the attendance was unusually large all 

 alternoon and evening. 



AxuKEW R. Ke.nxedy. Sec'y. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Plans were discussed at the June 

 meeting of the Florists' Club of Wash- 

 ington, D. C, for the holding of the 

 annual outing to take place within 

 the next few weeks, and O. A. C. 

 Oehmler, chairman; George W. Hess, 

 W. W. Kimmel, George C. Shaffer and 

 William .Marche, were appointed as a 

 committee to make the necessary ar- 

 rangements. 



Endorsement was given to the 

 campaign now Ijeing carried on by the 

 Detroit (.Mich. I Florist Club for the 

 general beautification of that city 

 through the individual efforts of the 



