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HORTICULTURE 



October 27, 190t; 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 CHICAGO. 



Prepai-aticns for the great exhibi- 

 tion of Nov. 6-n, 190(1, are going for- 

 ward satisfactorily. Posters are ready 

 for distribution. The pictorial subject 

 is a smiling female profile peering out 

 from a group of huge chrysanthemum 

 blooms. The garden and lecture fea- 

 tures which were so well received last" 

 year, are being exploited, and this 

 part of the show is expected to excite 

 great interest among the public. 



A revised premium list has been 

 prepared and is ready for mailing. 

 Material additions have been made to 

 the list of premiums for floral arrange- 

 ments by the retailers, and numerous 

 entries are assured. Much attention 

 is being given to the equipment of the 

 Information Bureau, so that every op- 

 portunity for information on any 

 point which the public may seek may 

 be afforded. It is proposed to estab- 

 lish a "private gardeners' day" as a 

 special feature. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A meeting of this society was held 

 on Oct. 1.5, when two new members 

 were elected. 



Amongst the exhibits shown were a 

 very fine vase of Richmond roses by 

 Peter Murray; a vase of carnations l)y 

 A. Bauer, and a vase of cosmos by A. 

 Grieb. W. D. Robertson exhibited a 

 dish of sweet potatoes, variety Yellow 

 Yam. 



The following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year: President. W. 

 D. Robertson; vice-president, Henry 

 Wood; treasurer, James Kennedy; 

 secretary, George Masson; asst. secre- 

 tary, Fred Dettlinger; and will be in- 

 stalled at the November meeting. 



GEORGE MASSON, Sec'y. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Work of the Committees. 



Chicago, Oct. 13th.— Chrysanthe- 

 mum President Loubet; creamy white, 

 exhibited by the E. G. Hill Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind. Scored 86 points, exhibi- 

 tion scale. 



New York, Oct. 20th.— Chrysanthe- 

 mum President Loubet; creamy white, 

 exhibited by the E. G. Hill Co. 

 Scored 90 points, exhibition scale. 



New York, Oct. 20th.— Mary God- 

 frey; yellow, .Jap. incurved, exhibited 

 by C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J. 

 Scored 85 points, commercial scale. 



New York, Oct. 20th.— Mrs. A. J. 

 Miller; pure white. .lapanese, exhi- 

 bited by C. H. Totty. Scared 87 points, 

 commercial scale. 



Cincinnati, Oct. 20. — Chrysanthemum 

 Director Gerard; yellow, Jap-reflexed, 

 exhibited by the E. G. Hill Co. Scored 

 87 points, commercial scale. 



Cincinnati, Oct. 20. — Chrysanthemum 

 Fusee; light yellow Jap, exhibited by 

 the E. G. Hill Co. Scored 85 points, 

 commercial scale. 



Cincinnati, Oct. 20.— No. 3.3.05, 

 Comoleta; clear bright yellow, ex- 

 hibited .by Nathan Smith & Son, 

 .\drain, Mich. Scored 88 points, com- 

 mercial scale, 



DAVID FRASER, Secretary. 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual meeting of the club was 

 held last Tuesday evening. President 

 Stephens was in the chair, and all the 

 other officers were present, as well as 

 the largest attendance in a very long 

 time. The result of the election was 

 as follows: President, Sherman F. 

 Stephens; vice-president, Robert A. 

 Currie; recording secretary, James 

 McKellar; treasurer, Jacob Reichart; 

 sergeant-at-arms, John H. Williams; 

 tru.stees. Albert Knopf, Gustave Dr.)- 

 liish, Guy H. Wcodrow, George Bau- 

 raan and John Brust. Immediately 

 after the election, the reports of the 

 various outstanding committees were 

 in ord(. r. Vice-President Currie ex- 

 pressed himself as very much pleased 

 with the splendid gardens entered by 

 the school children, in competition for 

 the sweepstake prizes. So varied an 1 

 attractive were the entries that it was 

 necessary in fairness to award two ad 

 ditional prizes; eight schools were 

 .•epresented. A goodly number of 

 hyacinth, tulip, crocus and narcissus 

 bulbs have been sent to ten schools 

 with more to follow. It was voted to 

 change our regular meeting nights 

 from the first and third to the second 

 and fourth Tuesdays of each month. 

 The chrysanthemum show will be held 

 Nov. 1.'!^ at our new rooms in the 

 Brent building. The schediile of prizes 

 has been distributed; and Messrs. M. 

 B. Faxon. William Graff and Richard 

 Sinclair made committee on awards. 

 Messr.s. Faxon and Graff Brothers have 

 also offered special prizes; R. A. Currie 

 was appointed manager of the exhibi- 

 tion. As practically all our growers 

 have signified their intention of tak- 

 ing part, a very interesting show is 

 assured. This chrysanthemum show 

 will bring our members together for 

 their first meeting in the new rooms, 

 where every convenience, including a 

 piano, has been provided. An active 

 and busy winter is before our club. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



The Conard & Jones Company, West 

 Grove, Pa., submit for registration the 

 following: 



Rosa rugosa magniflca, (Rugosa X 

 Victor Hugo). Habit vigorous; flow- 

 ers 5 inches in diameter, double, color 

 bright crimson; foliage resembles 

 rugosa. 



Canna Meteor. Foliage green; flow- 

 ers, large, deep crimson, in enormous 

 trusses; height 5 feet. 



Canna New York. Seedling No. 

 1549, flower true orchid form, un- 

 usually thick petals; foliage veined 

 and splashed with bronze; height, 6 

 to 7 feet. 



C. G. Roebling, Trenton, N. J., sub- 

 mits for registration Laelio-Cattleya 

 Washington A. Roebling 2nd, (Laelia 

 harpophylla x Cattleya granulosa. 

 Flower bright yellow, with pink on 

 lip, bulbs slender, ten inches long, 

 double-leaved; leaves one and one- 

 half inches broad and eight Inches 

 long. 



WM. J. STEWART, Secretary. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Nov. 2, 3 and 4. 

 This is the society's greatest show of 

 the year and it is expected that the 

 display of this Queen of Autumn flower 

 on this occasion will surpass in mag- 

 nificence any previous exhibition. In 

 addition to chrysanthemums there 

 will be a fine showing of other flower- 

 ing plants, orchids, fruits and vege- 

 tables. 



A special feature will be the com- 

 petition for decorated dinner tables, 

 for which three large prizes are of- 

 fered, as follows: First, $75 and a 

 silver gilt medal; 2d, $50 and a silver 

 medal; 3d, $35 and a bronze medal. 



Band concerts will be given every 

 afternoon and evening from 3 to 5 and 

 7.:;o to 9.30. The exhibition will open 

 Friday at 2 o'clock, continuing Satur- 

 day and Sunday from 10 a. m. to 

 111 p. m. 



WM. P. RICH. Secretary. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The oflScers of the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club held a special meeting at the 

 Hotel Rozier on Monday night to ar- 

 range for the chrysanthemum show 

 which will be held in the club rooms 

 at the next meeting, Nov. 8, at 2 

 o'clock. Fifty dollars in prizes will be 

 offered for pink, white and yellow, also 

 for best specimen plant, any color. 

 Talk also drifted on holding a public 

 exhibition next year; this if sanctioned 

 by the club at the next meeting, 

 will exceed any previous efforts. A 

 program was also mapped out for the 

 entertainment of the members during 

 the winter months. The trustees will 

 have entire charge of these affairs; by 

 this the meeting will be made attrac- 

 tive and the attendance greatly in- 

 creased. The meeting was attended 

 by all the officers from President Irish 

 down. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



The club held a very well attended 

 meeting in its new home on the 17th 

 inst. The tnain attractions were a 

 paper by J. F. Sullivan on the violet 

 cultivation in Rhinebeck, N. Y., and 

 -Mr. Hunter's paper on shrubs and 

 herbaceous plants. Mr. Sullivan has 

 just recently spent a couple of weeks 

 in Rhinebeck for the purpose of get- 

 ting any possible clues as to the suc- 

 cessful growing of violets. It seemed 

 a good place to find the reason why it 

 is that our section is falling so far 

 behind in the successful growing of 

 this so very important commercial 

 flower. Mr. Sullivan showed con- 

 clusively that the atmospheric and 

 soil conditions are the primary reasons 

 for the success of our fellow workers 

 at Rhinebeck. 



.Mr. Hunter's paper on shrubs and 

 herbaceous plants focussed the en- 

 tire attention of those present. Its 

 many suggestions as to propagation, 

 cultivation and finally planting out 

 of shrubs and herbaceous plants were 

 very valuable. It was an evening well 

 spent and highly appreciated as such. 



