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horticulture: 



September 29, 1906- 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety's annual exhibition of fruits and 

 vegetables will be held at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day, October 10 and 11. 



Much interest is being shown in this 

 exhibition, as it is the first exclusive 

 fruit and vegetables show that has 

 been held for some years, and the com- 

 mittee in charge propose to make it a 

 grand success. 



The fruit schedule offers fifty-eight 

 classes of from one to five prizes each, 

 amounting to $450.00, in addition to 

 medals. Besides the prizes for the 

 standard varieties of fruits, two offers 

 are made under the Benjamin H. 

 Pierce Fund for a new seedling apple 

 and pear. 



For vegetables thirty-nine classes 

 are open with three to five prizes each, 

 aggregating $400.00. Of special inter- 

 est in this department will be the dec- 

 orative displays for which large prizes 

 are offered, there being seven of these 

 ranging from $5.00 up to $50.00. 



All persons interested in fruit and 

 vegetable culture are invited to send 

 their best specimens to this exhibition 

 and to attend themselves. It will be 

 an educational opportunity, and will 

 excite enthusiasm and stimulate inter- 

 est in these two great departments of 

 the Society's work. The admission will 

 be free. 



Copies of the schedule of prizes can 

 be had on application to William P. 

 Rich. Secretary, Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Last Tuesday evening the last regu- 

 lar meeting for September was held 

 at our rooms in Iroquois Hall. Presi- 

 dent Stephens and Secretary McKellar 

 had charge of the meeting; all the 

 other ofBcers were on hand. There was 

 a large amount of business to be dis- 

 posed of. Amongst other matters, the 

 question of increasing the annual dues 

 was discussed at length, resulting in .t 

 committee, consisting of Woodrow, 

 Faxon and Wedemeyer, being chosen 

 to investigate and report at the next 

 meeting. Vice-President Curry was 

 appointed to award the prizes for the 

 best school gardens. The perennial 

 question of better quarters for the club 

 again revived. Our members are now 

 In real earnest and something must be 

 done. McKellar and Faxon were em- 

 powered to find a suitable club room. 

 Another active member was added to 

 our rolls in the person of Edward Hel- 

 frich, who is the florist and gardener 

 at the Imbecile Institution. As the 

 annual election of officers takes place 

 the last meeting in October, nomina- 

 tions will be in order at the next 

 meeting. M. B. Faxon and Guy H. 

 Woodrow addressed the club on eco- 

 nomic questions of management, and 

 a discussion followed. The next meet- 

 ing will be Tuesday evening, October 2. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Department of Plant Registration. 



Ceneral Park Nursery, Topeka, Kan- 

 sas, submits for registration the fol- 

 lowing cannas: 



Sunburst, a seedling of Souvenir de 

 Antoine Crozy. Identical in foliage 

 and habit with its parent. Bloom dif- 

 fers in that there is no yellow edging, 

 but large yellow blotches on the under 

 side. The flower is large, bright crim- 

 son in color, and truss is rigidly up- 

 right. 



Topeka. a seedling of Charles Hen- 

 derson. Foliage very heavy and glau- 

 cous, habit extremely sturdy, compact 

 and robust. Bloom larger than Hen- 

 derson, color rich crimson with dis- 

 tinct bright yellow shading along the 

 lower edge of staminodia. 



WM. J. STEWART, Secretary. 



PASADENA GARDENERS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The regular meeting of the Pasadena 

 Gardeners' Association was held on 

 September 14 in the G. A. R. hall. 

 Vice-President John Blake occupied 

 the chair. This was one of the most 

 interesting meetings of the season. 

 Otto Heutchy, who has just returned 

 from a trip to Europe, gave a very in- 

 teresting talk upon his travels and 

 what was doing over the seas. The 

 meeting was well attended. The sec- 

 retary stated that the Spring Flower 

 Show had proved a complete success 

 in every way. and the interest evinced 

 l)y exhibitors and visitors alike showed 

 that the efforts of the association 

 towards the encouragement of horti- 

 culture and floriculture were appre- 

 ciated and was a source of much satis- 

 faction to the promoters of the ex- 

 hibition. The report showing that 

 there is still money on hand for the 

 building up of another show, it was 

 finally decided to hold one early in the 

 spring of 1907. 



HERBERT E. GEORGE. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 Carnation Registered. 



By Dailledouze Bros., Flatbush, N. 

 Y. "Welcome," a pink sport of Mrs. 

 T. W. Liawson, the color of a Brides- 

 maid rose. Identical with its parent 

 excepting in color and calyx which 

 seldom bursts. Color and habit per- 

 manently fixed; now in its fourth year. 



N. B. This variety is registered 

 provisionally and subject to the ap- 

 proval of the .fudges at the show in 

 Toronto, Canada, next January. 



ALBERT M. HBRR, 



Lancaster, Pa. Secretary, 



The clambake, which has become an 

 annual feature with the Dutchess 

 County Horticultural Society (N. Y.), 

 was given under the auspices of W. C. 

 Russell, manager of the Diedrich place, 

 Millbrook, on the afternoon of Septem- 

 ber 19th. Mr. Russell was assisted by 

 Wm. Knauss, E. Lyman Brown and 

 Robert Good of the society. 



AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The Kansas City meeting of this 

 great national society was one of the 

 most notable in its history. It wa.s 

 held in the heart of the rapidly-de- 

 veloping middle west, and was at- 

 tended by a representative gathering 

 of noted ixsmologists from all parts of 

 the country. It follows that an in- 

 teresting and valuable report is the 

 lesult. This report was distributed to 

 all members in good standing by 

 Secretary John Craig, of Ithaca, N. Y., 

 early in September. It is available to 

 all who become members of the organi- 

 zation. It is made \ip of three princi- 

 pal divisions. First, a record of th& 

 papers presented and discussions 

 which followed during the three days' 

 sessions. Second, a valuable chapter 

 giving the horticultural history of six 

 of the states of the southwest — ab- 

 solutely new historical data. Third, 

 the reports of the standing commit- 

 tees of the society, including one on 

 inspection of apples; one on score- 

 card judging; and the exceedingly 

 comprehensive report of the general 

 fruit committee which authoritatively 

 depicts the condition of the fruit in- 

 dustry in all its phases in every state 

 in the union as well as the newer de- 

 pendencies and the provinces of 

 Canada. Membership in this national 

 society is open to amateur and pro- 

 fessional fruit growers alike. The 

 president is L. A. Goodman, Kansas 

 City, Mo.; L. R. Taft, Agricultural 

 College, Mich.; secretary, John Craig, 

 Ithaca. N. Y. 



THE TORONTO GARDENERS' AND 

 FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



This association held their regular 

 monthly meeting in St. George's hall, 

 September 18, with a large attendance. 

 Reports of representatives to the 

 Ontario florists' exhibition to be held 

 in Massey hall, November 6-10 indicate 

 that this will be the most successful 

 chrysanthemum show ever held in 

 Canada. The famous Black Dike Band 

 of Lancashire, England, has been pro- 

 cured at great expense and will play 

 twice each day and one-way first-class 

 fare has been secured on the railways. 



T. Manton gave a very interesting 

 address on "The Summer Care of 

 Orchids in our Climate" and showed 

 plants of Cattleya Trianae and labiata. 

 He advised growing them outside from 

 June to September first, with only a 

 slat covering to break the strong rays 

 of the sun, constant syringing with 

 rain or soft water, and a potting com- 

 post of leaf soil and crocks with a 

 bit of fern root on the surface for the 

 top root to cling to. An interesting 

 discussion followed. 



The association is already beginning 

 to get a hustle on for the visit of the 

 American Carnation Society in Janu- 

 ary. A committee of three or four 

 from each of the horticultural societies 

 in. Toronto will form a board of man- 

 agement and entertainment, and the 

 event promises to be a memorable one. 

 E. P. COLLINS. Secy. 



