September 22, 1906 



horticulture: 



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NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The fourth annual fall show of this 

 society was held in the City Hall on 

 September 13, 14 and 15. The judges 

 were Messrs. O. E. Orpet, of Smith 

 Lancaster, and K. Finlayson, of Bos- 

 ton. 



The high character of the entries 

 was gratifying to the promoters of the 

 e.xhibition. The cut-flower tables were 

 well covered with blooms of high 

 standard, and with one or two excep- 

 tions flowers of low grade, splatched 

 and piebald blooms were conspicuous 

 by their absence. The committee 

 was unable to accommodate all appli- 

 cants tor space, and one very success- 

 ful local exhibitor was unable to stage 

 a part of her entries. The stage and 

 floor space were occupied by highly 

 creditable displays of decorative 

 plants. 



Among the successful local ama- 

 teur exhibitors were E. H. Wefer, who 

 captured two silver cuiis: M. McCar- 

 thy, one silver cup. and Joseph C. 

 Forbes, who was awarded a silver cup 

 for the best seedling dahlia, a large 

 magenta pink of the decorative class, 

 which he has named for his daughter, 

 Ruth Forbes, and which is pronounced 

 by competent judges to be a decided 

 acquisition. Among the professional 

 growers, Mrs. H. A. Jahn captured 

 ten first premiums, including three 

 silver cups; W. D. Hathaway and W. 

 F. Turner, each one silver cup. F. L. 

 Tinkham was also a large exhibitor. 

 Premiums were offered for seven vases 

 of six flowers each and were awarded 

 as follows: Yellow, Blanche Keith: 

 white, Kron Prinzess Augusta Vic- 

 toria; red. Standard Bearer; pink, 

 Madame Van Dorn Deal; maroon. Dr. 

 Kirkland; fancy. Gold Medal; any 

 color, Brittania. The premium for 

 ten of any color was awarded to Grand 

 Duke Alexis; for best specimen to 

 Chamanete; for largest specimen 

 flower to Souvenir Gustave De 

 Douzon. James Garthly received a 

 silver medal for crested begonias, 

 bronze medal for finely arranged 

 bench of decorative plants, and the 

 premium for specimen fern, Nephro- 

 lepis elegantissima. Wm. Keith, with 

 N. Piersoni, was a close second. 



The exhibition was a great success, 

 being better attended than any previ- 

 ous show. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the club meeting on last Thurs- 

 day afternoon the newly elected offi- 



cers were installed, also other very 

 important matters came up for dis- 

 cussion. President Ammann was on 

 hand early and opened the meeting as 

 usual, with the old officers at their 

 respective chairs. 



Prof. H. C. Irish, the newly elected 

 president, was duly installed by 

 President Ammann. assisted by Frank 

 Fillmore and John Steidle. The other 

 officers who were installed into office 

 were vice-president, John Connon; 

 secretary, J. J. Beneke; treasurer, A. 

 G. Bentzen, and W. C. Smith as a 

 three-term trustee. 



All the ex-officers, which were J. F. 

 Ammann, John Steidle, Emil Schray, 

 F. H. Meinhardt and Frank Fillmore, 

 who so ably filled their posts the past 

 year, received a vote of thanks. Emil 

 Denker, Wm. C. Young, Frank Ven- 

 uemann, G. Fulgrof, H. C. Bring, Os- 

 car Huettemann and Fred M. Alves 

 were elected to membership. 



President Irish's opening address 

 was well received. He spoke on 

 some very important questions to come 

 before the meeting the coming year. 



Ex-President Ammann also made 

 some well-pointed remarks in his clos- 

 ing address. All the new officers had 

 something to say for the good of the 

 club. 



At the next meeting Messrs. F. C. 

 Weber. Geo. B. Windier, E. W. Guy 

 and Emil Schray will lead important 

 discussions, the last two being laid 

 over from this meeting. The October 

 meeting will be held on Thursday the 

 eleventh. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



This society had its dahlia night on 

 Tuesday evening, 18th, and it was cer- 

 tainly the best in the society's history. 

 The flowers were arranged on long 

 tables the full length of the hall. John 

 Slocombe exhibited about seventy-five 

 varieties, fully one-third of them being 

 new seedlings of his own raising, one 

 of which, a single scarlet fully 8 inches 

 across, was greatly admired by every- 

 body and was awarded a certificate of 

 merit. James H. MacDonald exhibited 

 about one hundred and fifty varieties 

 and also had quite a collection of 

 seedlings. Robert D. Pryde, president 

 of the society, made a very fine exhibit. 

 W. Beattie had on exhibition a beauti- 

 ful display of singles. The schedules 

 for the fall exhibition are now in the 

 printer's hand and will soon be ready 

 for distribution by the secretary, Thos. 

 Pettit, 90 Prospect street. New Haven. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The opening meeting for the season 

 was held at Horticultural Hall on 

 T\iesday evening, September 18, and 

 the officers and active spirits were 

 duly encouraged by a large attendance 

 which gave promise for a prosperous 

 term in the club's history. After .some 

 routine matters had been attended to 

 the special topic of the evening — the 

 Dayton convention and its lessons — 

 was taken up and freely discussed. F. 

 E. Palmer told of his impressions of 

 the meeting, the exhibition, and the 

 social and business advantages gained 

 by those in attendance at Dayton and 

 proved a staunch and enthusiastic 

 friend of the national society and its 

 policies. W. H. Elliott related his ob- 

 servations also, dwelling appreciatively 

 on the wise business methods and 

 openhanded hospitality of the Ca-sh 

 Register Company. Replying to the 

 regret expressed concerning the nu- 

 merical representation of the club's 

 members at the convention. P. Welch 

 asserted that the delegation from Bos- 

 ton made up in genius what it lacked 

 in numbers and advanced in proof 

 thereof the election of one of the num- 

 ber, one of the club's oldest members 

 —as president of the national society. 

 E. O. Orpet spoke adversely of the S. 

 A. F., as having no interests in com- 

 mon with private gardeners, but on 

 being pressed by iMr. Welch, acknowl- 

 edged that he was in the habit of 

 reading the proceedings, papers, etc., 

 as given in the trade papers. The 

 private gardener was scored by W. N. 

 Craig for his reprehensible habits and 

 was urged to take steps for reforma- 

 tion, elevation and consequent higher 

 wages and more conspicuous position. 

 The meeting continued until a late 



hour. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



An enthusiastic meeting of the El- 

 beron Horticultural Society was held 

 on September 10th, President Robert- 

 son in the chair. Three new mem- 

 bers were elected and two more pro- 

 posed. It was decided to have a 

 dahlia show at the next meeting in 

 October. Many prizes were donated 

 by the members present and the out- 

 look is bright for a grand display of 

 this popular flower. 



Some good exhibits were staged, 

 notably a vase of Clematis vitalba. 

 by W. D. Robertson; a vase of Maman 

 Cochet roses, by A. Bauer, and a 

 vase of dahlias, by J. Kennedy. 



SCENES IN BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB OUTING. 



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