106 



HORTICULTURE 



August 4, 1906 



is such a man, serving, as he has, year 

 after year and never wavering in hi.- 

 devotion to tlie best interests of the 

 society. 



Let us see to it h-it the office seeks 

 the man in a case wliere tlie man is too 

 modest a gentleman to in air^ way i^eek 

 it himself. ADAM GRAHAM. 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



A TRIP TO CHICAGO. 



r.nnvention visitors who may deride 

 to make a further western trip during 

 the week following the Dayton meet- 

 ing are cordially invited by the Chicago 

 Florists' Club to advise its secretary 

 when they will be in the city in order 

 that an afternoon or evening visit with 

 the club can be arranged. 



P. .J. HAUSWIRTH, President. 



L. H. WINTERSON. Secretary. 



Miss Bessie Evangeline Dornbusch 

 of Dayton will read an original poem, 

 composed by her in honor of the S. 

 A. F. convejition and will read it at 

 the open air fete at Far Hills on Tues- 

 day evening. August 21, after the 

 president's reception. 



THE PRIVATE GROWERS' "PULL." 

 Editor of HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir: — In perusing the columns 

 of the issue of .luly 28, I find a report 

 of a picnic held by the Boston Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club at Wausha- 

 kum Grove, July 2fi. It appears that 

 those assembled at that place indulged 

 in various kinds of sports among which 

 was a tug-of-war between the private 

 and commercial growers. I was 

 astounded to read that the "private 

 growers pulled the commercial men all 

 over the farm." Now, Mr. Editor, 

 don't you think that that is ruldiing it 

 in a little? Are you fully cognizant of 

 the size of that farm? Is it not pos- 

 sible to reduce the farm to something 

 about the size of a back yard of a 5 

 flat house? In spite of the i)ain it 

 occasions, I must admit that the 

 private growers had the pull, as usual, 

 and that generally wins, but, that "all 

 over the tarra" exjiression is as mis- 

 leading as it is humiliating. What 

 ideas will your western readers have of 

 Massachusetts farms when they tind 

 out that the dimensions of this particu- 

 lar farm was aliout :!i; inches in length 

 with no width, and IS inches of that 

 was taken liy right of eminent domain 

 before the pulling started. 



And again, Mr. Editor, I wonder why 

 the starter's pistol barked while the 

 anchor man and captain of the com- 

 mercial team was out of the anchor 

 arranging bis men? And Mr. Editor, 

 when that private aggregation stopped 



in their triumphal tour of the farm, 

 and for some reason or other began 

 slowly to retrace their steps toward 



the starting place, I wonder why that 



pistol barked again after only 1 1-2 



minutes of pulling? 

 I wonder why? 



THOS. F. MATTHEWS. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the Newport 

 Horticultural Society was held Tues- 

 day evening, President MacLellan in 

 the chair. There was a large attend- 

 ance of members, several of whom had 

 exhibits. No attempt at display was 

 made; on the contrary this was pur- 

 posely avoided. It was thought there 

 might be several new things shown but 

 only one made its appearance. Spiraea 

 Davidii. exhibited by Paul Valquard- 

 son, gardener for Mrs. Weld. This 

 spiraea, which was introduced last 

 spring by the Henry A. Dreer Co., of 

 Philadelphia, is a plant of such strik- 

 ing beauty even when cut that every- 

 one who sees it desires to procure it. 

 To emphasize this I may say that sev- 

 eral orders for seed could have been 

 secured at that meeting. Mr. Valquard- 

 son was awarded a first-class certifi- 

 cate of merit, and a gratuity at $5. 



Spiraea Davidii is a strong grower; 

 the spikes shown measured fully six 

 feet; of graceful form; in color a pleas- 

 ing mauve, not exactly what florists 

 like for general utility but very use- 

 ful on occasions. 



Andrew Christensen showed a splen- 

 did specimen of Nephrolepis Scottii, 

 very large yet so perfect that its pres- 

 ence seemed to refute the contention 

 that N. Scottii loses its characteristics 

 on attaining high dimensions. He re- 

 ceived a certificate of merit and a 

 gratuity. 



Collections of dahlias were shown l)y 

 John Marshall and John S. Stoddard, 

 the latter an amateur. Gibson Bros, 

 showed tuberous-rooted begonias and 

 Samuel Speers gooseberries from a 

 bush raised from seed. After the com- 

 mittee, composed of Messrs. James J. 

 Sullivan. Bruce Butterton and Colin 

 Robertson, had completed their work, 

 a very enjoyable social hour was spent. 



There were few of the members that 

 liked the idea, as it meant loss of 

 much time en route. It seems that 

 very few will go to the convention. 



At the next meeting of the club 

 ■ prizes will be awarded for exhibits. 

 President Bayer has offered $3.00 for 

 the best 4 dozen asters, 12 each of 

 white, pink, purple and lavender, 

 variety immaterial, and the club has 

 offered $1.00 for the best collection of 

 cannas of at least 6 varieties, rightly 

 named. It is hoped that by frequently 

 offering prizes in future better attend- 

 ance of the members will be secured. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 

 The schedule of the eleventh annual 

 flower show of the Morris County 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Society has 

 been sent out. The exhibition will 

 take place at the Assembly Rooms, 

 Madison, N. J., on November 1 and 2. 

 Four hundred and fifty dollars in cash 

 prizes is offered for the various 

 classes including chrysanthemums, 

 roses, carnations, violets, vegetables 

 and fruit. Madison is the centre 

 of a renowned tlower growing dis- 

 trict and the Society making its head- 

 quarters there includes in its member- 

 ship a large number of gardeners and 

 florists second to none in the country 

 in ability. The s(jciety does good 

 work and exercises a potent influence 

 for horticultural advancement. Copies 

 of the schedule may be had on appli- 

 cation to secretary E. Reagan, Box :!1S, 

 Morristown, N. J. 



"USEFUL IDEAS." 



I am greatly pleased with HORTI- 

 CULTURE. I get useful ideas from 

 every copy 1 receive, and find it so 

 valuable that 1 should not know how 

 to get along without it. J. E. F. 



Milton, Mass, 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 Kentucky Society of Florists will be 

 held on August 7th at 8 P. M. 



The Summer Show of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society will be 

 held on August 29, on the grounds of 

 the Essex County Club. Manchester, 

 Mass. 



An enjoyable feature of the recent 

 meeting of the Nebraska State Horti- 

 cultural Society at Omaha was the in- 

 vitation and entertainment extended 

 by Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Floth at their 

 new residence and greenhouses on the 

 occasion of the auto ride given the vis- 

 itors by the Omaha Florists' Club. 



The Perry Florists' Association held 

 a convention on July 17-19, in Mason 

 City, at the greenhouses of A. L. 

 Wheeler, president of the association. 

 P. Clausen of Albert Lea, M. H. 

 Wetherbee of Charles City, W. H. 

 Symonds, Decorah, Wm. Perry, Cresco, 

 were among the prominent florists in 

 attendance. 



The New Orleans Horticultural 

 Society held its annual meeting on 

 July 19 at Kolb's, and after the elec- 

 tion of oflicers and other business a 

 supper was served in the cafe. The 

 oflicers elect are: President, Otto 

 Abele; vice-president, C. Louis Sieber; 

 secretary, C. R. Panter; treasurer, 

 John Eblen. The society will hold no 

 meetings during August and Septem- 

 ber. 



TOLEDO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



About fifteen members were present 

 at the meeting of the club last Thurs- 

 day. A letter was read from the 

 Detroit Club suggesting that our 

 boys should meet them in Cleveland or 

 come to Detroit and join them there 

 on a water trip to Cleveland whence 

 they could go together to Dayton. 



PHILADELPHIA PERSONALS. 



Clarence J. Watson, late manager for 

 Samuel S. Pennock is now with the 

 Leo Niessen Co. 



L. Campbell has severed his con- 

 nection with the establishment of 

 Edward Reid. It is rumored that he 

 intends to go into business on his 

 own account. 



Geo. D. Clark, manager of the flower 

 seed and bulb department of Dreer's 

 left New York on the Caledonia, July 

 28. He expects to return in September. 



Robert Glass, for the past seven years 

 in the employment of the Leo Niessen 

 Co. is now with Samuel S. Pennock. 



Among our visitors last week were 

 Harry Holmes of the Holmes Seed 

 Co., Harrisburg, Pa., and W. H. Long- 

 bridge of Jerome B. Rice & Co., Cam- 

 bridge, N. Y. 



W. J. Sherry of the Johnson Seed 

 Co., Harrisburg, Pa., and W. C. Lang- 

 14tli. His destination is Boston and 

 points of interest through the New 

 England states. Mrs. Sherry and 

 daughter will accompany him. 



