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H O R T I C U L T U R E 



October 6, 190S 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The meeting of the Newport Horti- 

 cultural Society, held Tuesday even- 

 ing last, of necessity resolved itself 

 into a good sized exhibition of plants, 

 flowers, fruit and vegetables. At the 

 exhibition held in August, dahlias 

 were far from being at their best, and 

 as the popularity of these flowers has 

 in no way diminished, it was primarily 

 on their account that the exhibition 

 of Tuesday evening was arranged. 

 The display of cactus flowered and 

 single dahlias was very creditable, the 

 local growers showing better blooms 

 than were ever seen here before. Wm. 

 F. Turner, New Bedford, showed some 

 blooms of the cactus type that were 

 a revelation to our local enthusiasts. 

 James Robertson, James J. Sullivan, 

 Samuel Watson, James Boyd. Colin 

 Robertson and W. S. Sissen were the 

 most successful dahlia exhibitors. 

 James Robertson scored a great suc- 

 cess with his seedling single, which 

 made a magnificent showing in a large 

 vase. 



Samuel Watson exhibited a good 

 seedling of the type of Nymphoea, 

 which promises to be a very useful 

 variety for bedding and cutting. James 

 J. Sullivan showed a red decorative 

 seedling much resembling Catherine 

 Duer in color and form, not so large 

 or full nor on the whole as good a 

 flower, but superior in stem. W. F. 

 Turner staged several of the best of 

 the introductions of 1906 in cactus 

 dahlias. 



Richard Gardner showed oncidiums 

 cattleyas and anthuriums; John Mar- 

 shall, cattleyas and gladioli; David 

 Mcintosh, dracaenas; Samuel Speers, 

 a large collection of pears; Mr. John 

 Baumgartner, a collection of hot house 

 and out-door fruit. In addition to 

 dahlias, Colin Robertson showed well- 

 grown crotons and a large collection 

 of vegetables. Messrs. G. S. Stod- 

 dard, George Taylor and Albert John- 

 son also showed dahlias. Alex. Main 

 received an award for a fancy basket 

 of flowers made up with dahlia Cath- 

 erine Duer principally. James Boyd 

 showed carnations and American 

 Beauty roses. 



The judges were David Smith of 

 Stranraer, Scotland; Bruce Butter- 

 ton and Stewart Ritchie. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 

 A general discussion as to ways and 

 means for the 1907 S. A. P. convention 

 which meets in Philadelphia next 

 August, and the annual election of 

 officers, were the principal features of 

 the monthly meeting of the Philadel- 

 phia club which took place on the 

 2nd inst. Samuel S. Pennock was 

 elected president; Frederick Hahman, 

 vice-president; Edwin Lonsdale, sec- 

 retary, and J. William Colflesh, treas- 

 urer. B. G. Hill & Co. sent an ex- 

 hibit of their new hydrangea which 

 attracted a great deal of interest, 

 Arborescens grandiflora alba is the 

 euphonious title it sails under. The 

 blooms are large, of the purest snow 

 white, and in form resembling the 

 old Hortensia variety. This looks 

 like a valuable addition to our list of 

 shrubs if all that is said of it be true, 



not only for outside but for green- 

 house culture. 



The subject selected for next meet- 

 ing, November 6th, was chrysanthe- 

 mums for exhibition. William Rob- 

 ertson was given the honor of telling 

 what he knows on this topic. If he 

 can talk anyway near as good as he 

 can grow prize winning chrysanthe- 

 mums there will be something doing 

 at next meeting. All the experts are 

 looking forward to hearing some good 

 straight talk from a man who 

 thoroughly knows his subject. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



President Duckham has announced 

 the committees to examine seedlings 

 and sports on dates as follows: Octo- 

 ber 6, 13, 20 and 27, November 3, 10, 

 17 and 24, 1906. 



Exhibits to receive attention from 

 the committees must in all cases be 

 prepaid to destination, and the entry 

 fee of $2 should be forwarded to the 

 secretary not later than Tuesday of the 

 week preceding examination, or may 

 accompany the blooms. Special atten- 

 tion is called to the rule requiring 

 that sports, to receive a certificate, 

 must pass three committees. 



NEW YORK. — Eugene Dailledouze, 

 chairman, care of New York Cut 

 Flower Company, 55-57 Twenty-sixth 

 street; William Turner, Thomas 

 Head. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA.— A. B. Cart- 

 ledge, chairman, 1514 Chestnut street; 

 John Westcott, Wm. K. Harris. Ship 

 flowers in care of the chairman. 



BOSTON, MASS.— E. A. Wood, 

 chairman; Wm. Nicholson, James 

 Wheeler. Ship to Boston Flower 

 Market, care of the chairman. 



CINCINNATI, 0.— R. Witterstaet- 

 ter, chairman; James Allen, Wm. Jack- 

 son. Ship to Jabez Elliott Flower 

 Market, care of janitor. 



CHICAGO, ILL.— J. S. Wilson, chair- 

 man; J. B. Deamud and George Wien- 

 hoeber. Ship care of J. B. Deamud, 

 51 Wabash avenue. 



The ofiicial scales of the C. S. A. are 

 as follows: 



For Commercial For Exhibition 



Purposes. Purposes, 



Color 20 Color 10 



Form 15 Stem ."5 



Fullness 10 Foliage 5 



Stem 15 Fullness 15 



Foliage 15 Form 15 



Substance 15 Depth 15 



Size 10 Size 35 



Total 100 Total 100 



DAVID ERASER, Secretary. 

 Pittsburg, Pa. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 Carnations Registered. 



By F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, 

 Ind. Red Chief, an even, clear shade 

 of scarlet, very early and exception- 

 ally free; Bonnie Maid, edged white 

 and shaded to a pink center; Winona, 

 a clear medium pink. 



ALBERT M. HERR, Secretary. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The opening meeting for the winter 

 session of the Horticultural Society of 

 New York will be held on Wednesday, 

 October 10th, in the Museum Build- 

 ing of the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den. In connection with the meeting, 

 there will be an exhibition of hardy 

 flowers, etc., which will be continued 

 on Thursday. Specimens of interest 

 are solicited. The exhibition not being 

 of a competitive character, the awards 

 will be made on the merits of the in- 

 dividual exhibits. Further applica- 

 tion can be made to the Secretary, 

 Leonard Barron, 133 East 16th street, 

 New York City. 



The Wappingers Dahlia Society 

 held their sixth annual exhibit in Park 

 Hall, M''appingers Falls, N. Y., on Sep- 

 tember 21 and 22. Although the dis- 

 play of dahlias was not up to last 

 year's standard it was conceded to be 

 a success. The schedule contained 

 117 classes. Wm. P. Clyde, gardener 

 H. J. Osterhoudt, won the silver 

 cup for the best collection of dahlias 

 and the Sunny Field Nursery Co.'s 

 prize for the best collection of her- 

 baceous flowers. The judge of ex- 

 hibits was George H. Hale of Sea- 

 bright, N. J. 



PERSONAL. 



Mr. and Mrs. John Lambert, of Fall 

 River, Mass., observed their fifteenth 

 wedding anniversary on September 22. 



Maurice E. Cook, of the firm of H. 

 A. Cook & Sons, of Shrewsbury, 

 Mass., and Carrie Eunice Harrington, 

 were married on September 26. 



James McKellar, with Graff Bros,, 

 Columbus, Ohio, was taken suddenly 

 sick last week, and his friends in the 

 craft fear a fever. Mr. McKellar is the 

 secretary of the Columbus Florists' 

 Club. 



Visitors in Boston this week: E. D. 

 Sturtevant, Hollywood, Cal., John 

 Waterer, Bagshot, England, A. M. 

 Rennie, Providence, R. I., A. Hans, 

 Stamford, Conn., S. B. Dicks, London, 

 England. 



R. L. Adams, well known as a fre- 

 quent contributor to HORTICULTURE 

 on entomological and other topics, 

 has taken a position in the California 

 Experiment Station, Berkeley, Cal., 

 under Prof. R. E. Smith, where he 

 will be engaged in special work on 

 the pear blight. 



NEWPORT NOTES. 



John Daly has been appointed gar- 

 dener to Mrs. John Nicholas Brown, 

 and J. Smith has dropped into Mr. 

 Daley's place at Mrs. Grosvenor's. 



F. L. Zeigler for the past week had 

 a daily exhibition of dahlia blooms in 

 bis store windows for the guidance of 

 intending purchasers for next season's 

 planting; good idea isn't it? 



Mr. Pembroke Jones, who recently 

 purchased the Havemeyer estate, in- 

 tends to completely change the char- 

 acter of the grounds. The chief neces- 

 saries for the attainment of that end 

 he considers choice evergreens in 

 large numbers. 



Last week the greenhouses of Philip 

 Caswell in Middletown were sold at 

 auction, to be moved off in thirty 

 days; poor prices ruled at the sale. 

 Carl Jurgens bought one house and 

 Messrs. Rowland of Jamestown, and 

 Pockham of Middletown bought one 

 each, and Robert Curry and others 

 bought the rest; to be torn down. 



