September 15, 1906 



HORTI CULTURE 



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NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The meeting of the club on Tuesday 

 evening, Sept. 4, was interesting, not 

 only from the display of gladioli and 

 asters, but from the yarns of the mem- 

 bers returned trom Dayton convention 

 and from vacation across the water. 

 It was evident that the summer out- 

 ings had done everybody good. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., showed 

 his Gold Medal collection of gladioli in 

 three sections, white, pink and red, 

 and dark. Under name were shown 

 Rosella, Baron Hulot, a dark purple, 

 Mephistopheles, Scarsdale — something 

 after the order of America, but darker 

 — and Jane Dieulafoy, a good white 

 with dark red blotch in the throat; 

 the latter perhaps the best shown 

 under name. The collection had many 

 varieties and considering the long 

 distance travelled was in good shape 

 and of unusual excellence. 



The Cushman Gladiolus Co., 

 Sylvania, 0., showed two vases of 

 gladiolus seedlings, a vase of seed- 

 ling dahlias, one of which, a 

 scarlet, attracted favorable com- 

 ment from all, and the dahlia 

 Sylvia, said by one of our members 

 who has used it quite a deal, to be a 

 very good keeper. It was out of sea- 

 son for the gladioli with the Cushman 

 Co. they wrote, but the flowers they 

 did send were attractive, and made 

 one wish that the season was at its 

 height. 



Arthur Banning, Kinsman, 0., sent 

 a large collection of gladioli aud being 

 a comparatively near grower his stock 

 came in first-class shape, and showed 

 to great advantage. Under the name 

 were America of an even higher grade 

 of excellence than is usual for this 

 admirable variety; a pink seedling No. 

 12; a vase of "1900" with extremely 

 long stems; Madame Monneret; the 

 good old standby Augusta, grown to 

 perfection; pink seedling No. 2; Prin- 

 ceps, Octoroon and for the star of the 

 collection a new yellow or cream 

 seedling No. 1. This attracted as 

 much comment as did America when 

 first shown, and should it prove an 

 equally good grower will make a 

 worthy. sister to that popular variety. 

 Schenley Park Greenhouses, Pittsburg, 

 showed an attractive collection of 

 Semple asters in all the popular colors. 

 After the flowers had been fully In- 

 spected and discussed came the Flo- 

 rists' Convention; it seemed to be the 

 opinion that while there was nothing 

 to criticise unfavorably at Dayton, yet 

 the smaller cities like Dayton and 

 Asheville are at a disadvantage in 

 many respects compared with the 

 larger cities, especially when it comes 

 to drawing the attendance. 



There is nothing like travelling 

 abroad to take the conceit out of one. 

 One of our members who was across 

 the pond this summer went down into 

 Wales to see an old gardener under 

 whom he had worked as a boy, per- 

 haps thirty years ago. The old man 

 was now foreman on the estate of a 

 lord in Wales, and our member hugged 

 himself in gleeful anticipation of how 

 he would take the old man down with 

 his stories of carnations and flowers 

 in the States, but when his friend took 

 him into the greenhouse and showed 



him carnations in pots with '.i ft. 

 stems and into another house where 

 they were picking sweet peas from 

 step ladders, the vines being 12 ft. 

 long, our man had nothing to say 

 about the States. 



The next meeting of the club is to 

 be a "Surprise." H. P. JOSLIN. 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The ninth annual convention of this 

 organization was held on August 29 

 and 30 at Guelph, Ontario, and in 

 point of attendance and interest was 

 one of the best thus far. Prof. J. B. 

 Reynolds extended a welcome to the 

 visitors which was eloquently re- 

 sponded to by A. C. Wilshire. Presi- 

 dent Fendley made an acceptable 

 presiding officer and the reports of 

 secretary Ewing and treasurer Sim- 

 mers showed the society to be pros- 

 perous. Papers were presented by 

 Prof. R. Harcourt on Fertilizers, John 

 Morgan on Carnations. J. H. Dunlop 

 on Roses, Prof. T. D. Jarvis on Green- 

 house Insect Pests, on Greenhouse 

 Heating by R. W. King, on Conifers 

 by George Vair and on the Retail 

 Trade by W. C. Hall. Officers for the 

 coming year were elected as follows: 

 President. W. J. Lawrence, Toronto; 

 vice-presidents, John Walsh, Mon- 

 treal, and E. Dale, Brampton; secre- 

 tary, A. H. Ewing, Woodstock: treas- 

 urer, Herman Simmers. Toronto. Lon- 

 don, Ont., was selected as the next 

 meeting place. There was an inter- 

 esting trade exhibition in connection 

 with the meeting. The visitors were 

 the guests of the Guelph Horticul- 

 tural Society on Thursday, at which 

 time a cut glass table set was pre- 

 sented to president William Fendley. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Last Tuesday evening the regular 

 September meeting of the club was 

 held in Iroquois Hall. Vice-president 

 Curry was in the chair, and secretary 

 McKeller attended to the records. 

 Apart from the regular routine busi- 

 ness of the evening the most important 

 matter for consideration was the ques- 

 tion of whether or not our club would 

 hold a chrysanthemum show this fall. 

 A special committee consisting of 

 Messrs. M. B. Faxon, chairman, 

 Woodrow, Knopf, Stephens and Mc- 

 Keller, who were chosen some time 

 ago to investigate this matter, re- 

 ported that it seemed best to recom- 

 mend that no show be held this fall, 

 but that in November, 1907, our so- 

 cietv hold a grand chrysanthemum 

 exhibition. This view of the matter 

 was approved by the club, and the 

 same committee was chosen to take 

 charge of the matter. The next meet- 

 ing of the club wi!M)e held Tuesday 

 evening, September ISth. 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



The annual chrysanthemum show 

 and exhibition of palms, ferns, orchids, 

 roses, carnations, violets, etc., of the 

 American Institute will take place at 

 the Berkeley Lyceum Building. 19 and 

 21 West 41th street. New York, on 

 November 7. S, and 9. The schedule 

 of prizes is a generous one and should 

 bring out a splendid show. Copies 

 can be had on application t.) Leonard 

 Barron, secretary. Horticultural 'jec- 

 tion. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



.\t the recent annual exhibition the 

 following special awards were made: 



First Class Certificate of Merit to H. 

 A. Dreer, for display of Aquatics; 

 Blue Hill Nurseries, for Liatris pycon- 

 stachya superba. 



Honorable Mention to Blue Hill 

 Nurseries for Lathyrus latifollus Pink 

 Gem; H. H. Rogers, tor Begonia 

 grandiflora erecta cristata; A. F. 

 Esterlirook, for display of foliage 

 plants; H. A. Dreer Inc., for Adian- 

 tum scutum ramosum; Adiantura 

 macrophyllum album striatum; As- 

 paragus Ducheni; Maranta GouUeti; 

 and Pteris Childsii. 



Silver medal to .Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College for display of fruits. 



It will be children's day at Horti- 

 cultural Hall next Saturday, Septem- 

 ber 15, when the second exhibition of 

 the products of children's gardens will 

 be lield. 



Five prizes are offered for the best 

 general collection from a school 

 garden and five for the best general 

 collection from a child's home garden. 

 All the plants, flowers, and vegetables 

 shown must be the results of the work 

 of the children in every way. This 

 exhibition is a part of the work of 

 the Committee on Children's Gardens 

 of the .Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety of which Henry Saxton Adams is 

 the chairman. The object in view is 

 to encourage a taste for gardening 

 among the children and to direct at- 

 tention to the enjoyments and ad- 

 vantages of the rural life. There is a 

 wide-spread interest throughout the 

 country in this children's garden 

 movement and it has received the in- 

 dorsement of many leading educators. 

 The exhibition, which is free to all. 

 will be open from 2 to 4 o'clock. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 

 The next meeting of this club will 

 be held in Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 on Tuesday evening, September IS, at 

 8 p. m. Addresses will be given by 

 members who have been away during 

 the summer and have entertaining 

 experiences to relate of what they 

 have seen and heard abroad, at the 

 Dayton Convention and elsewhere. 

 Much business of practical value will 

 come up and a very large attendance 

 is looked for. 



NEW DAHLIA SOCIETY LAUNCHED 

 On Sept. 5, during the dahlia show 

 held at the Horticultural Hall, at Bos- 

 ton, a dahlia society was formed. The 

 temporary officers were chosen, which 

 consisted of H. F. Burt of Taunton, as 

 chairman, and Maiirice Fuld of Bos- 

 ton, as secretary. A committee of five 

 was appointed to arrange for another 

 meeting to perfect details and elect 

 permanent officers. Over twenty-five 

 enthusiastic dahlia growers were 

 present and willing to sign their 

 names as members of this new society. 

 The secretary reports that he has up 

 to now about seventy-five names on 

 his list and expects one hundred 

 names before the society Is launched. 

 There seems to be a great Interest 

 aroused over the dahlia, and no doubt 

 the new society will flourish. 



