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HORTICULTURE 



July 14, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



PHILADELPHIA CLUB HONORS 

 MR. DICKSON. 

 Mr, Hugh Dickson of Newtownards, 

 Ireland, the noted rose grower, was 

 the guest of honor at a banquet given 

 by the Florists' Club of Philadelphia 

 at Dooner's Hotel on the 6th inst. 

 Thomas B. Meehan, president of the 

 club, acted as chairman and Robert 

 Craig as toastmaster. Mr. Dickson, in 

 returning thanks for the compliment 

 paid him spoke feelingly of the great 

 pleasure it afforded him to again 

 greet his many Philadelphia friends 

 after an interval of twelve years, and 

 commended on the great progress and 

 development made by the horticultural 

 interests in that time. Dr. Robert G. 

 Huey paid an eloquent tribute to the 

 guest of the evening and to the rose, 

 his favorite flower. Wm. F. Gude of 

 Washington responded to the toast of 

 "Our Country" in his usual excellent 

 style. P. Joseph Lynch of the Dingee 

 & Conard Co., gave one of the most 

 stirring addresses of the evening, his 

 subject being "Ireland," an address 

 full of fire and eloquence such as could 

 emanate only from one in love with 

 his subject and gifted with the fervid 

 temperament of the ancient Gaels. 

 Alexander B. Scott of Sharon Hill, to 

 whose keen insight and business en- 

 thusiasm we owe much of the popu- 

 larity of the Newtownard roses in this 

 countrj', spoke very interestingly of 

 the many weeks he spent among the 

 new roses at Newtownards last .summer. 

 His remarks were of more than pass- 

 ing value and we hope to give them in 

 full at an early date. Among others 

 who spoke were William K, Harris, 

 Antoine Wintzer, Jno, Westcott. Sam- 

 uel S, Pennock, Edward H, Flood, 

 Adolph F'arenwald, Dr, TuU, Henry 

 F. Michell, Jno. W. Dunham. Robert 

 Kift and G. C. Watson. A pleasing 

 feature of the occasion was the sing- 

 ing of the "Brave old Duke of York" 

 by Edwin Lonsdale as was also the 

 rendering of several Irish melodies by 

 Edward Dooner including "Oft In the 

 Stilly Night," "Kilkenny" and "Kill- 

 arney" — the latter especially being 

 very appropriate and much appreci- 

 ated. The singing of "Auld lang syne" 

 by the company brought to a close 

 five hours of the happiest comming- 

 ling of good fare and good fellowship 

 ^an old accustomed feast intellectual 

 and gastronomic such as none of those 

 present will soon forget. The table 

 decorations were the contribution of 

 Mr, George Craig, 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Paul Niehoff, Leighton, Pa., sub- 

 mits for registration rose Aurora: 

 seedling from Bon Silene x Souvenir 

 du President Carnot. Flowers large 

 and full. Color light pink with a 

 deeper shading in the centre. Growth 

 very strong. Foliage dark green. 

 Stems 4 to 5 feet long. Very prolific 

 with no tendency to go dormant during 

 winter. 



This is the rose which Mr. Niehoff 

 recently exhibited under the name of 

 Columbia. On being informed that 

 another rose had already been regis- 

 tered with the S. A. F. as Columbia he 

 withdrew his claim and the rose will 

 be disseminated as Aurora. 



WM. J. STEWART, Secretary. 



OTTAWA HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The June meeting of this society 

 was held in St. John's hall on the 

 26th, and the floral display surpassed 

 all previous efforts. Among the prize 

 winners W. G, Black and J, McGrady 

 were close rivals on roses; W. H. 

 Snelling, H, Bayes, G. A. White, R. B. 

 \Vhyte, R. Currie, secured the prizes 

 on peonies. W, T. Macoun spoke on 

 the best perennial for Ottawa gardens, 

 and R, B Whyte gave a talk on the 

 Herbert strawberry, a new berry which 

 he has originated. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting of 

 this club was held Monday evening, 

 July 2, in Iroquois Hall. President 

 Stephens and secretary McKellar were 

 in charge of the meeting; the attend- 

 ance was the largest of the season. 

 It was a gala night for those present; 

 the entertainment committee, com- 

 posed of Messrs, Bauman, Reichart, and 

 McKeliar, had not only arranged a 

 smoker but had also provided a most 

 acceptable lunch for the hot night it 

 was. The members enjoyed them- 

 selves greatly and it was a very late 

 hour when the meeting adjourned. 

 The most important matter of the 

 evening was the vote to hold the an- 

 nual picnic next Thursday, July 12 at 

 Buckeye Lake, a distance of some 

 thirty miles from Columbus. The 

 outing committee, of which Messrs. 

 McKellar, Metzmaier, Reichart, Bau- 

 man, and Curry are members, will ar- 

 range a program consisting of sports 

 of all kinds. It is expected that some 

 eighty to a hundred will take part in 

 what will be an old-fashioned basket 

 picnic. As many of the members will 

 attend the convention, it was deemed 

 advisable to have the picnic early so 

 it could in no way interfere with the 

 Dayton trip. It looks now as if some 

 thirty or forty of the craft here would 

 attend. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New Jersey Floricultural Society was 

 held on July 6, Letters to and from 

 the United States Express Co,, and a 

 paper on the Dahlia, by Walter Gray 

 of Maplewood. N. J., were read. In 

 the competitive floral display, high 

 points were awarded Lager & Hurrell 

 for a vanda and two Cattleya Gas- 

 kelliana, and William Barr, Arthur 

 Bodwell, gardener, for Cattleya gigas; 

 while among the flowers for exhibition 

 Julius Roehrs Company were awarded 

 a certificate of merit for Dendrobium 

 Phala;nopsis Schroederianum and 

 Lager & Hurrell, a first class certifi- 

 cate for Vanda Miss A. Joacquim, the 

 latter being exhibited for the first 

 time. A specimen hydrangea with 200 

 blooms from John Crosby Brown, 

 Peter Duff, gardener, two Ananassa 

 var. from Wm. Barr, a specimen fern, 

 Scottii. from the Colgates, William 

 Deal, gardener, attracted attention. 

 The tal)les were filled with fruits, 

 vegetables and herbaceous plants 

 from the well known neighboring 

 estates. JOSEPH B. DAVIS. 



ELBERON (N.J.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A meeting of this society was held 

 on Monday, July 2, president W. D. 

 Robertson in the chair, with a good 

 attendance of members. Some flne 

 exhibits were shown, notably a col- 

 lection of cannas by A. Bauer, which 

 was awarded a certificate of merit. 

 Collections of cut flowers were shown 

 by H. Hall, Ben Wycoff, and A. Bauer. 

 W. D. Robertson exhibited a vase of 

 chrysanthemum maximum. The prize 

 of the evening which was awarded by 

 Mr. Kennedy of Red Bank, for a col- 

 lection of vegetables, was won by F. 

 Dettlinger. J. Kennedy and A. Greib 

 exhibited vegetables. 



This society holds its first flower 

 show on July 13 and 14 



GEORGE MASSON, Secretary, 



WASHINGTON FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The chairman of the Outing Com- 

 mittee of the Washington Florists' 

 Club would like to have all of the re- 

 turn postals in by July 20th in order 

 to make arrangements for the banquet. 

 Please state how many friends you 

 will bring. Tickets for the banquet 

 can be procured at any of the retail 

 stores. There is a good time in store, 

 so don't fail to be present. Charles 

 McCauley, Secretary. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The first in the series of Saturday 

 exhibitions was held at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, on July 7. Hardy roses, 

 Kaempfer's iris, campanulas, delphin- 

 iums, herbaceous flowers in variety 

 and orchids were shown in excellent 

 form by many contributors. Duncan 

 Finlayson was awarded a certificate 

 of merit for superior cultivation of 

 Dendrobium thyrsiflorum, honorable 

 mention w'as given Mrs, Frederick 

 Ayer for marguerite Queen Alexandra 

 and a vote of thanks was given the 

 Boston Park Department for a dis- 

 play of the Farquhar rose, exhibited 

 by J, W, Duncan, There was an ex- 

 ceptionally fine showing of small 

 fruits and choice vegetables. The dis- 

 play of children's garden products at- 

 tracted much attention. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



An exhibition of annuals and peren- 

 nials will be held by the Lenox Hor- 

 ticultural Society (Mass,) on August 

 15, 



The Retail Florists' Association of 

 Milwaukee, Wis., was organized on 

 June 29 with the following officers: 

 President, Mrs. F. B. Davis; vice- 

 president, Wm, Edlefsen; secretary, 

 A, B. Loufbourow; treasurer, Mrs, 

 Ida Baumgarten. In connection with 

 the business meeting a banquet was 

 held at the Republican House. 



