November 3, 1906 



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hibition has been a success, until now 

 we are on a sound financial footing, 

 to say nothing of 2000 Ijuttlos and 

 tables which are owned by this or- 

 ganization. It has been said tliat the 

 arrangements for exhibitors is the best 

 of any, where large collections are 

 shown, as space is set apan. and all 

 bottles filled ready for the flowers. 

 There is no doubt but what a larger 

 variety of this beautiful flower is 

 grown here than in any city in New- 

 England. Those who had occasion to 

 visit the show were impressed with 

 the quality of the flowers shown. Not 

 only are the older varieties i;rown, 

 but some fine seedlings have also been 

 brought out. Joseph C. Forbes, clerk 

 of this society, won the silver medal 

 in IflO.'i at Newiwrt with a ruby cactus 

 dahlia named New]Kirt. This year his 

 Rulh Forbes, a magenta decorative 

 was awarded the silver medal at New 

 Bedford. Frost has now killed nearly 

 all the dahlias, and members are dis- 

 cussing which varieties will lie grown 

 in 1907. 



NATIONAL COUNCIL OF HORTI- 

 CULTURE. 



Arrangements have been made for a 

 meeting of the National Council of 

 Horticulture, at Chicago, Friday, No- 

 vember 9, at 10 o'clock A. M. Dele- 

 gates are requested to meet at the 

 flower store of Mr. P. J. Hauswirth, 

 227 Michigan avenue, and from there 

 will go to a room in the jSiuditorium 

 Annex, where the sessions will be 

 held. 



Details for the press bureau work 

 for the coming year will be considered 

 and acted upon, together with the mat- 

 ter of holding a National Congress of 

 Horticulture and Horticultural Exhi- 

 bition at the Jamestown Exposition, 

 In 1907. It is expected that a report 

 will be made by Mr. Robert Craig, 

 who is making a personal visit to the 

 Jamestown Exposition Co. for the pur- 

 pose of investigating the practicability 

 of holding a congress and exhibition. 

 Other matters which should be 

 brought before the Congress will be 

 considered at this time. 



Anyone having thoughts or sugges- 

 tions for the consideration of the 

 Council are asked to corres[>ond with 

 the secretary, or if possible to be pres- 

 ent at the meeting of the Council and 

 present their views. 



H. C. IRISH, Secretary. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The St. Louis Florists' Club will on 

 Thursday afternoon, November 8, hold 

 a chrysanthemum exhibition in con- 

 junction with their regular meeting. 

 The prizes offered for this exhibition 

 amount to $50 devided as follows: 

 For 12 blooms white. $7.5ii, $5.00 and 

 $2.50; 12 blooms yellow, $7.50, $5.00 

 and $2..50; 12 blooms pink, $7..50, $5.00 

 and $2.50. For the best specimen 

 plant, any color, $5.00. President 

 Irish says that this meeting and ex- 

 hibition is open to all florists who 

 wish to attend. The club has some 

 very important matter to bring up 

 which will interest every florist in 

 St. Louis. A number of discussions 

 will be heard, among them being the 

 matter of holding a big flower show 

 next fall which is of vital importance 

 to all the members and florists who are 

 not members. With all these attrac- 



tions one of the largest gatherings 

 of florists ever held in this city is 

 expected. A full report of this meet- 

 ing will be published in HORTICUL- 

 TURE in issue of November 17th. 



MELONS UNDER GLASS. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 Carnation Registered. 



"Mrs. Robert Hartshorne." By Mai- 

 achi Tieney, gardener to Robert Hart- 

 shorne, Highlands. N. .1. A cross be- 

 tween Gen. Macco and Mrs. T. W. 

 Lawson, color bright scarlet, size 

 three to three and one-half inches, 

 with a good strong calyx that does not 

 burst and on strong stiff stems two 

 to three feet long. .-Xn exceptional 

 keeper, flowers having kept fresh 

 from twelve to fifteen days; has a 

 strong clove odor. A good clean grow- 

 er producing an abundance of bloom. 

 ALBERT M. HERR. 



Lancaster. Pa. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Omaha Florists' Club, Omaha, 

 Neb., hold their flower show on No- 

 vember 12-14. 



The Minnesota Horticultural Society 

 will hold its annual meeting in Minne- 

 apolis, December 4-7. 



The Dutchess Co. Horticultural So- 

 ciety holds its annual exhibition in 

 Poughkeepsie, N. Y., November 7 

 and 8. 



The New Hampshire Horticultural 

 Society held its annual exhibition in 

 Meredith during tlie week of October 



At the meeting of the New Orleans 

 Horticultural Society, La., on October 

 18, J. A. Newsham exhibited roses and 

 chrysanthemums: B. M. Wichers, Bos- 

 ton, ferns. Plans were made for a 

 social evening, at which practical 

 means of furthering home industry 

 among the florists will be considered. 



At the annual meeting of the Society 

 of Iowa Florists which closed on Octo- 

 ber 17, officers were elected as follows: 

 President, P. Ewald of Davenport; 

 vice-president. J. Kramer of Cedar 

 Rapids: secretary, Wesley Greene of 

 Des Moines; treasurer, Wm. Harkett 

 of Dubuque. Des Moines was chosen 

 for the next meeting place. 



A CLEMATIS COMPARISON. 



Editor HORTICPLTrRE: 



Dear Sir — It might be inferred from 

 Prof. Waugh's notes on page 391 of 

 HORTICULTURE, that his clematis 

 is a taller or more •'abnormal" grower 

 than mine. My clematis, having been 

 cut to the ground tor propagating pur- 

 poses, made its entire growth from 

 the ground up in a single season. If 

 started off in the spring with several 

 years' growth of wood and a stable 

 to warm it into activity and with some 

 assistance from the contents of the 

 stable there is no knowing to what 

 height it would grow. However this 

 might be, the much greater spread of 

 my vine, as can be very readily seen 

 by comparing the illustrations on 

 pages 485 and 339, marks its wonder- 

 ful growth as something still more 

 "abnormal." Yours truly, 



E. F. DWYER. 



K.v Uiiiry Tolmnn, bpfore the Lake Gi'uevi 



Uardi-ners' uiid Foix?iueu's Assoelii- 



tlon, June 17, 19W. 



The melon I consider one of the 

 finest fruits to grow for summer con- 

 sumption, especially the English va- 

 rieties wlien well grown. They are of 

 a better flavor and appearance, and 

 more firm in the flesh than the Ameri- 

 cans. I tnusi admit some of the lat- 

 ter are of good quality, but as a rule 

 the flesh Is very mushy and soft com- 

 pared with the former. 



The melon is a plant that requires 

 every care as regards ventilating, ty- 

 ing, syringing, watering, etc. 



The best method for growing the 

 above is in houses erected for the pur- 

 pose, esp.^cially for early and late 

 fruits, and even mid-season fruits do 

 better in such than in frames, al- 

 though (here are good fruits cultivat- 

 ed in frames. 



The time for sowing the seeds de- 

 pends upon when the fruits are re- 

 quired for use. They take from 90 

 to 100 days, and very early plants a 

 little longer to have the fruits ready 

 for the table alter sowing the seed. 



The seeds should be sown singly ie 

 clean 3 inch pots in good fibrous loam 

 at the depth of half an inch; give a 

 watering and place in a house with a 

 temperature of not less than 08 de- 

 grees at night; plunge the pots where 

 they can get a little bottom heat, for 

 then when the seedling appears above 

 the soil they will have good, sound, 

 clean seed leaves. As soon as the 

 roots show at the sides of the pots, 

 give them a shift into 6 inch, using a 

 compost as recommended for sowing 

 the seeds. 



Some growers prefer planting them 

 into their fruiting position from 3 inch 

 pots, but I claim that giving them a 

 shift as stated will strengthen the 

 plants considerably. 



The next thing to consider is the 

 planting. The house intended for the 

 puriK)se should be thoroughly cleansed, 

 and it's a good plan to give the wood- 

 work a good coat of paint, and lime- 

 wash the benches. .-Vfter the house is 

 thoroughly dry the loam should be 

 taken in, using that which contains 

 plenty of fibre. an<l has been stacked 

 during the winter months. Do not 

 cut the turfs in too small pieces and 

 place on the bench with a little char- 

 coal and old mortar rubbish incor- 

 porated to a clepth of about 10 Inche.s 

 when made firm. Some growers be- 

 lieve in making their beds as hard as 

 possible, but in my opinion, in so doing, 

 the plants are liable to suffer for the 

 ■want of water, as it cannot pass 

 through the soil freely enough. When 

 the roots of the plants are again show- 

 ing around the sides of the pots, it's 

 time they were planted in their fruit- 

 ing position. 



Place them at a distance of 30 

 inches, keeping the liall of the plant 

 well to the surface, rather than have 

 them below the soil; it's better that 

 they should Ije a little above, for if 

 planted too deeply they are liable to 

 ( ause trouble as the plant.s get older. 



When planted give each a stake for 

 support until they reach the trellis, 

 but do not place the stake through 

 the ball of the plant, as It may injure 

 some of the young roots. 



Give a thorough watering to settle 

 the soil around them. The house will 



