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HORTICULTURE 



October 20, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



A very large- and attentive audience 

 greeted Mr. J. B. Velie of the Lord & 

 Burnham Company, the essayist of the 

 evening at the October meeting of this 

 club. Mr. Velie's very practical pap:r 

 on greenhouse construction appears 

 on another page of this issue and will 

 well repay a careful perusal. After its 

 presentation the essayist was plie1 

 with a f.eries of questions by the 

 members, a summary of which wth 

 the answers given is herewith re- 

 corded. What are the advantages or 

 disadvantages of the "King construc- 

 tion?" There is an advantage in light 

 on account of the absence of posts and 

 the trussed roof is very strong so long 

 as nothing gives way, but one break 

 is apt to be disastrous for the entire 

 series. Is the wooden or the iron 

 frame house the warmer? No ap- 

 parent difference. Here M. A. Patteu 

 stated that he found the iron house 

 the cooler of the two. Which style 

 of house shows greatest percentage of 

 glass breakage? No material differ 

 ence. Mr. Patten found 5ii per cent, 

 less breakage on iron house, attrib- 

 utable to the swelling and shrinkin.u: 

 of the wood. What is the comparative 

 durability of the iron foot piece and 

 the cypress post? Cast iron is prac- 

 tically indestructible in the ground: 

 cypress is good for 15 years; wrought 

 iron is no better than cypress, unless 

 galvanized or set in concrete. What is 

 the reasonable limit in width of bouse? 

 Forty feet; nothing is saved by build- 

 ing wider as trussing adds to cost. 

 What are the limits of efficiency in 

 height? With ordinary pitch of roof 

 no house will be too high. Alexander 

 Montgomery endorsed this and said 

 there was everything in favor of the 

 high house; more easv to heat and 

 more even in temperature. Wnat is 

 the limit to the length of a house? 

 The length of the field. What difffr- 

 ence in growing qualities of curvi- 

 linear or plain pitch roof house? Very 

 slight if any. Is iron today as good 

 as that used twentv years ago? De- 

 cidedly not; very little wrought iron 

 is on the market now and must take 

 steel. Is concrete wall or brick with 

 air space the best. In concrete the 

 air space promotes dryness and is 

 preferable: brick is better built solid. 

 What is 'he best stvle of ventilation? 

 Continuous ventilation on both sides 

 of the ridge. How should it open? 

 Hinged at ridge and onen at header 

 is preferable. Mr. Montgomery inter- 

 jected that for a low house— say up to 

 14 ft. high— it is much easier to keep 

 down mil:iew if the ventilator opens 

 at ridge, with hinsre at header. Air 

 circulation is fatal to mildew; dead 

 air promotes it. Mr. Velie was ac- 

 corded a hearty vote of thanks. 



Mr. Pettigrew reported for the com- 

 mittee on landscape studv classes that 

 a prospectus would be is.sucd in a few 

 days giving full details, and that a 

 competent instructor had been locat'-d. 



On the exhibition tables were ex- 

 hibits which were e:<amined and 

 awards made as follows bv the judges; 

 Lars Anderson, n. Pinlaysoii. gar- 

 dener, two fine specimens of Dendro- 



bium Phalaenopsis; report of merit for 

 superior culture. H. A. Stevens, Pink 

 Lawson and a white seedling carna- 

 tion, honorable mention for each; J. 

 Chase, spacimen pot plant of chrysan- 

 themum Polly Rose, vote of thanks: 

 W. D. Nickerson, three specimen 

 trained zonal geraniums, first and sec- 

 ond sp.icial prizes; Mr. Allen, Mt. 

 Auburn cemetery, dwarf hardy phlox, 

 s;x inches in height, in full bloom 

 since last July. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Nassau County (N. Y.) Horti- 

 cultural Society held its regtUar 

 monthly meeting at the usual place 

 en Wednesday, October 10th. The at- 

 tendance was unusually large. Presi- 

 dent Harrison occupied the chair. Six 

 new members were elected to active 

 membership. The show room looked 

 a blaze of color with the monthly ex- 

 hibit of flowers. In the point class 

 H. F. Myers scored 93 2-3 points with 

 carnations and fruits; J. F. Johnst3n, 

 vn 2-3 with vase of Countess of Lons- 

 dale dahlias; F. Mense, 812-3 with 

 I unch of single violets; S. J. Trepess, 

 81 1-3 with vase of single dahlias, 

 '^. F. Myer was awarded the prize for 

 the best collection of outdoor flowers. 

 The prize for the best collection ot 

 six varieties of outdoor flowers was 

 won by S. J. Trepess. Other members 

 showing in this class were H. Mate 

 and A. laneckc. 



This is the last meeting before the 

 society's annual show to be held on 

 October 31st and November 1st, so 

 that the chief business was the prepa- 

 ration for the show. Special prizes 

 are coming in. Stumpp and Walter 

 Co. give $10 for 100 sin,gle and 100 

 double violets; Rickards Bros., $10 for 

 table of foliage plants. 12x3 feet pots 

 not to exr-eed C inches: society's prize, 

 $1,5 for best collection of carnations 

 for commercial members. C-ertificates 

 of merit will be awarded for merito- 

 rious seedlings. Mrs. Paul Dana gives 

 books for best 10 chrysanthemums, 

 distinct varieties. 



JOHN F. JOHNSTON. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A meeting of this club was held on 

 Thursday afternoon of the past week. 

 Twenty were in attendance and all the 

 newly elected officers in their places. 

 Prof. H. C. Irish presiding. The 

 article in the trade papers regarding 

 Councilman Rolfe's bill to stop crepe 

 pulling was discussed, and the matter 

 laid over until the next meeting. It 

 was decided to send notices to all flor- 

 ists outside of the club and to the 

 press when anything special was goin.g 

 on. Henry Braun led a discussion on 

 growing bulbs as it is done in Holland, 

 followed by President Irish and F. J. 

 Fillmore. It was voted to oppose hold- 

 ing the S. A. F. convention in Novem- 

 ber. The questions from the box 

 brought out animated discu<-sions. 



The next meetin.g will be held on 

 Nov. 8 at 2 o'clock. It will be the 

 annual chrysanthemtim show and the 

 trustees will be in charge; $50 in 

 prizes will be offered. A. J. Bentzen 

 will lead a discussion on cyclamens 

 and Harry Yf)ung on .growing poinset- 

 tias in pans, and cut flowers. 



WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society held their a'nnual fall exhibi- 

 tion of fruit and vegetables on Thurs- 

 day. Oct. 11, and the display of fruit 

 was excellent, with the exception of 

 pears, which showed somewhat of a 

 decline, traceable to the effects of the 

 San Jose scale, which is working 

 havoc among the fruit trees of this 

 vicinity. Sheldon and Bosc were the 

 principal pears exhibited. The dis- 

 ])lay of apples was unusually good, 

 there being 33 entries of Baldwins. A 

 few nice peaches were shown, and 

 George McWilliam, gardener for G. 

 .\1arston Whitin, had a very nice dis- 

 play of hothouse grapes. 



In the vegetables, Chas. Greenwood 

 exhibited 6 golden Hubbard squashes 

 weighing 11 lbs. each that were fine 

 specimens. E. M. Bruce had leeks of 

 mammoth size. At this exhibition 

 there is no special call for flowers, 

 but, Mr. McWilliam staged orchids, 

 dipladenias, and lapagerias. M. F. 

 Kelsey showed dahlias of unusual ex- 

 cellence and perfection. A. W. Hixon 

 .■showed tuberous begonias of mam- 

 moth size. 



The annual dinner was served at 

 12.30, followe<i by speeches from prom- 

 inent horticulturists, among whom 

 was Sec. T. K. Bruner of the state 

 Ijoard- of agriculture of North Caro- 

 lina. This man exhibited some fine 

 specimens of apples grown in his 

 State. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



Report of the Nominating Commit- 

 tee; officers nominated for 1907: Presi- 

 dent. Stephen M. Weld, of Dedham; 

 vice-president (for two years), Charles 

 S, Sargent, of Brookline; trustees (for 

 three years), William N. Craig, of 

 North Easton. Arthur F. Estabrook of 

 Bo:-:ton, John K. .M, L. Farquhar of Bos- 

 ton. Arthur D. Hill of Boston; nomi- 

 nating committee, Arthur F. Esta- 

 brook of Boston, Warren H. Heustis 

 of Belmont, William Nicholson of 

 Framingham. Loring Underwood of 

 Belmont, Edward B. Wilder of Boston. 



Signed: James H. Bowditch, Rob- 

 ert Cameron, T. D. Hatfield, Charles 

 W. Parker, William H. Spooner, nomi- 

 nating committee 1906. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



On Wednesday, October 3, the club 

 had its first meeting in the new hall 

 which the Michigan Cut Flower Ex- 

 change, with proverbial liberality, 

 donated for its use. The new quarters 

 are commodious, and the opportunity 

 of having ad.ioining space for exhibits, 

 etc., which has not been possible in 

 the past, is much appreciated. With 

 President Dilger at the helm a pros- 

 perous season is assured. 



A. Pautke brought to the meeting a 

 chrysanthemum bug, which selects 

 leaves as its habitat, burrowing itself 

 into the leaf from the edge. It can- 

 not, therefore, be detected or attacked 

 until its destructive work is accom- 

 plished and shows itself on the leaf. 



