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HORTICULTURE 



October 13, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting and 

 floral display of this society took plaee 

 on October 5 with dahlias as the prin- 

 cipal attraction. Prizes had been 

 offered, open to all competitors for the 

 best 24 in six varieties, the best 12 in 

 three varieties and the best vase of 25 

 in variety, and flowers were sent in 

 from a wide territory. While the 

 season has not been favorable, the 

 growth of the dahlia in public favor 

 has increased as was in evidence in 

 exhibits and in the number of visitors, 

 principally ladies, during the evening. 

 The varieties in favor were the cactus 

 and new single strains. Walter M. 

 Gray of Maplewood was the winner of 

 the first prize for the best 12; William 

 Runkle, D. Kindsgrab, gardener, first 

 for the best 24, A. B. Jenkins, George 

 von Qualen, gardener, second; A. C. 

 Van Gaasbeck, William Burnett, gar- 

 dener, for the best vase of 25, Walter 

 Gray, second. For exhibition only, 

 among the most notable were 25 vases 

 from J. C. Williams of Montclair con- 

 taining all the new varieties and from 

 Herbert Bradley, Robt. Cruthers, 

 gardener, 32 varieties, all bearing 

 marks of superior cultivation; vases 

 from A. C. Gillespie, George Oakley, 

 gardener; Mrs. Stewart Hartshorne, A. 

 T. Caparn, gardener: Sidney & Austin 

 Colgate, William Read, gardener; Col. 

 H. A. Potter, William Phillips, gar- 

 dener; Chas. Hathaway, Max S<-hney- 

 der, gardener, the above receiving the 

 society's certificate, and a vase of 

 magnificent Grand Duke Alexis and 

 Cuban Giant with long stems, entered 

 not for competition, by Peter Duff, 

 gardener for John Crosby Brown. 



Fruits were entered by J. C. Wil- 

 liams; vegetables by Stewart Harts- 

 horne, Mrs. W'm. Pierson; orchids 

 from Lager & Hurrell, Joseph A. 

 Manda and William Barr; and decora- 

 tive plants from .John Crosby Brown, 

 William Barr, and William Runkle. 

 The extensive display augers well for 

 the forthcoming fall show in the hall 

 of the Woman's Club of the Oranges 

 to be held November 5 and fi. Two 

 new members were elected and pro- 

 visions made for the fall show. 



PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 

 CLUB. 



The regular meeting of the club on 

 October 2d announced for its subject 

 Surprise. When the members had as- 

 sembled they seemed to think the 

 principal surprise was the absence of 

 Mr. Falconer, superintendent of Alle- 

 gheny Cemetery, the gentleman who 

 had suggested the subject. 



However our president had staged 

 a choice lot of crotons, Ficus pandu- 

 rata, rubber plants, dracenas, aralias 

 and variegated privet in pots from 

 Schenley Park greenhouses. Mr, Burki 

 talked on stem rot in carnations, and 

 Mr. W. J. Smith on window decora- 

 tion and dahlias. 



Mr. Burki thinks that success in 

 growing carnations comes from keep- 

 ing them growing right along from 

 the cutting bench without any check. 

 This is much more important than 

 the time of propagation, whether early 

 or late. He showed ?oine carnations 



taken from the field affected with stem 

 rot, which he thinks may be induced 

 by getting a check on the cutting 

 bench, by planting too deep in the 

 field, or the ground being too wet. He 

 does not think the disease is influ- 

 enced by the soil unless by very old 

 soil in the greenhouse. 



Mr. W. J. Smith showed dahlias in 

 variety from his six-acre field in Ohio, 

 taking up the different kinds and com- 

 m.enting on them. He also spolve on 

 window decoration, and the good and 

 bad taste thereof. Doubtless it was 

 this subject that led a member of the 

 club to suggest that the club recognize 

 the line taste and artistic spirit dis- 

 played in window decoration by one of 

 the largest department stores in Pitts- 

 burg on its recent anniversary. All 

 merchandise was removed from the 

 first floor windows, and on a carpet of 

 green velvet and background of same, 

 ferns and red dahlias were arranged. 

 The effect was extremely rich and 

 beautiful. The secretary was in- 

 structed to send a letter to the firm 

 expresing the appreciation of the club. 



The subject for the November meet- 

 ing is Chrysanthemums. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Last Tuesday evening our club held 

 its first meeting of the month. Presi- 

 dent Stephens was in the chair, and 

 our secretary being ill, M. B. Faxon 

 attended to the records. There was a 

 goodly number present. 



Twenty dollars was appropriated for 

 the purchase of Holland bulbs to be 

 distributed to the various schools. Mr. 

 Curry has this matter in charge; and 

 will also award special sweepstake 

 prizes of $5.00 and $3.00 for the best 

 school gardens. In regard to our new 

 quarters for the club meetings; the 

 committee consisting of Messrs. McKel- 

 lar, Stephens, and Faxon, reported in 

 favor of some rooms in the Brent 

 building, and we hope to be able to 

 hold our next meeting there. While 

 there will be no public exhibition of 

 chrj'santhemums this year, it was de- 

 cided to have a display at the Novem- 

 ber meeting; Messrs. Albert M. Hills, 

 John H. Williams, and Edward Helf- 

 rich, will arrange for the show. An 

 appropriation was made for prizes, 

 and every member is urged to assist. 

 The discussion begun at the last meet- 

 ing, on ways and means of economic 

 financial management, was continued; 

 some very pertinent remarks were 

 made by the president, P. F. Hemer, 

 and M. B. Faxon on this subject. Our 

 club is in a very prosperous condition, 

 but like all growing organizations we 

 require considerable money to carry 

 along the many plans we have made. 

 After a very enjoyable evening, the 

 meeting at a late hour adjourned to 

 Tuesday evening, October 16; when 

 the nominations of officers for the en- 

 suing year will be in order. The new 

 officers take their chairs the first meet- 

 ing in November. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The large and varied exhibit of fruit 

 and flowers at Horticultural Hall on 

 Wednesday and Thursday was a sur- 

 prise even to those most directly in- 

 terested. The fruit filled the centre 

 of the main hall as well as the smaller 

 room; the vegetables were attractively 

 displayed on the sides and at the end 

 of the large room. In the fruit classes 

 alone there were over one hundred ex- 

 hiljitors, over fifty varieties of apples, 

 about the same number of pears and 

 grapes being shown. Gravenstein, 

 khode Island Greening, Maiden's 

 B'ush, Mcintosh and Baldwin were 

 prominent in the apple class. A no- 

 table feature was the display by the 

 State Board of Agriculture of North 

 Carolina, which included some of the 

 finest apples ever shown here. Al- 

 thou.gh they had been collected from 

 all sections of the State, and had trav- 

 elled over 1500 miles, they were in 

 perfect condition. 



The experiment stations of Maine, 

 IJhode Island and Massachusetts were 

 represented by excellent displays. An 

 exhitiit from Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College of apples and pears 

 gi-own on dwarf trees was particular- 

 ly fine, showing what can be attained 

 in this direction. 



Among the larger exhibitors were 

 ICdw. B. Wilder, pears; Jos. S. Chase, 

 grapes; George V. Fletcher, apples, 

 grapes, and an extensive exhibit of 

 peaches; Dr. Kendall, pears, apples 

 and grapes; Elliott Moore, apples. 



The vegetable class comprised the 

 most extensive exhibit ever made in 

 the hall. There were seven very large 

 collections entered for the big prize 

 of JlOO, a large number of entries for 

 the second class, besides a quantity for 

 each of the individual classes of spe- 

 cial prizes. Every class was repre- 

 sented, and every prize was taken. 

 The largest exhibitors were W. W. 

 Rawson, Edward Parker and F. 

 Heeremans. C. H. Metcalf showied 

 a new celery. Golden Pascal. 



At the meeting of the New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society (Conn.) 

 on October 2, John H. Slocombe ex- 

 hibited a new seedling dahlia and a 

 cosmos with flowers of extraordinary 

 size. A certificate of merit waa 

 awarded tUe cosrooa, 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The dahlia show held by this so- 

 ciety on Monday evening, October 1, 

 was a very successful affair. Some 

 fine varieties of cactus, decorative 

 and single dahlias were staged. Cer- 

 tificates of merit were awarded F. R. 

 Pierson Co., Tarrytown, for an exhibit 

 of new dahlias; G. H. Hale, super- 

 intendent for E. D. Adams, Seabright, 

 and James Powlen, superintendent for 

 H. L. Terrell, Seabright, for collec- 

 tions of cactus dahlias. A diploma was 

 given to A. Strohmenger, superin- 

 tendent for Mrs. Chatalong, Seabright, 

 for vase of celosias. Among the mem- 

 bers of the society the principal prize 

 winners were J. Kennedy, for cactus 

 and single dahlias, and outdoor roses; 

 W. D. Robertson, vase of dahlias and 

 outdoor flowers; E. O'Rourke, collec- 

 tion of dahlias and best single flowers; 

 A Bauer, dish of fruit; F. Dettlinger, 

 biinch of violets: A. Greib. vegetables. 

 A very fine exhibit of Cattleya lablata 

 was staged by Peter Murray, super- 

 intendent for S. R. Guigenhelm, 



