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HORTICULTURE 



November 10, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



THE NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA 

 SOCIETY. 



The first meeting of the new dahlia 

 society was held at Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, on Friday evening, November 

 6, when permanent organization was 

 effected, and officers chosen as follows: 

 President, H. F. Burt, of Taunton; 

 vice-president, Wm. F. Turner, New 

 Bedford; secretary, Maurice Fuld, Bos- 

 ton; treasurer, N. Allen Lindsey, Mar- 

 blehead; executive board — H. E. Jolin- 

 son, Brockton; G. H. Walker, N. 

 Dighton; H. W. Kendall, Newton; L. 

 M. Bates, Brockton; W. D. Moon, 

 Lynn. 



The name chosen was the New Eng- 

 land Dahlia Society. The aim will be 

 to secure more uniformity in schedules 

 at exhibitions and in judging dahlias; 

 to establish a standard nomenclature, 

 and to award recognition to new va- 

 rieties of sterling merit. It was sug- 

 gested that the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society be asked to add a 

 class of 50 dahlias to their schedule, 

 and to substitute for the class of 18 

 a class of 24. 



Valuable literature will be prepared 

 by the best professional and amateur 

 growers of the flower. The society 

 starts with a membership of 95. Mem- 

 bers from outside of New England will 

 be accepted. 



MONMOUTH HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The show at Red Bank last week 

 was the best in the history of this so- 

 ciety. Two floors of the town hall 

 were fully cccupied by the exhibits. 

 Awards were made as follows: 



Twenty-five chrysanthemum blooms, 

 William Turner first; thirty-six 

 blooms, William Turner first, George 

 Hale second: twelve blooms, George 

 Hale first, Anton Bauer second; eigh- 

 teen blooms, George Hale first, Nich- 

 olas Bntterbach second; six yellowi, 

 pinks, crimsons, bronzes, white or any 

 other six varieties, William Turner 

 first, George Hale second; group of 

 chrysanthemum plants, Anton Bauer 

 first, Nicholas Butterbach second; 

 three specimen bush plants, George 

 Hale first. H. A. Kettel second; one 

 bush plant, George Hale first, William 

 Dowlen second: anemone, George Hale 

 first, H. A. Kettel second. 



Group of foliage plants, H. A. Ket- 

 tel first, Nicholas Butterbach second; 

 specimen palm. Nicholas Butterbach 

 first, H. A. Kettel second; specimen 

 foliage plant, William Turner first. 

 George Hale second; six ferns, dis- 

 tinct varieties, Nicholas Butterbach 

 first, George Hale second; American 

 Beauty roses, W. W. Kennedy first, 

 George Hale second: Bridesmaid, Nich- 

 olas Butterbach first, W. W. Kennedy 

 second; vase any other variety, Nich- 

 olas Butterbach first, W. W. Kennedy 

 second. 



Carnations, prizes divided between 

 William Turner, W. W. Kennedy, H 

 A. Kettel and M. Tierney. 



Fruits, prizes divided between 

 George R. Kuhn, George Hale, H. A. 

 Kettel and W. W. Kennedy; green- 

 house grapas, William Turner first, 

 George Hale second. 



The judges were James Blair, Chas 

 H. Totty and Peter Duff. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The eleventh annual flower show of 

 the Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society, took place in Madi- 

 son on the 1st and 2nd inst. It was a 

 great success in many ways. Its ar- 

 rangement from an artistic point of 

 view was all that could be desired. 

 The stage was decorated with palms, 

 crotons, farleyense, fern, chrysanthe- 

 mums and masses of Clerodendron 

 fallax. Duckham's central group was 

 a feature as usual. His new single 

 chrysanthemums took the visitors by 

 storm. The Farquhar silver cup for 

 two vases of carnations was won by 

 Wm. Duckham again and now is his 

 for keeps. Robt. Craig and White 

 Lawson brought him the prize. 



The biggest thing in the show is 

 always the groups of chrysanthemums 

 and foliage plants. These were closely 

 contested, there being four groups, J. 

 Heeremans came out first, J. Downing, 

 second, and H. B. Vyse, third. A 

 specimen plant of Pandanus Sanderi 

 from Mr. Duckham reached from floor 

 to ceiling, R. Vince had specimens of 

 Adiantum Farleyense in 12 in. pots. 

 To duplicate his house of this fern, 

 you would have to search two or three 

 states. Lager & Hurrell staged a fine 

 group of orchids. Two of them were 

 awarded special certificate of merit, 

 Cattleya labiata alba, and Oncidium 

 ornithorhynchum album. C. H. Totty 

 was in evidence with his new chrysan- 

 themums. His white Wm. Duckham 

 was vry fine. Judge awarded certi- 

 ficates for the following: White, Wm. 

 Duckham, Miss Miriam Hankey, Mrs. 

 Henry Barnes. Mrs. Geo. Hunt, Mrs. 

 A. T. Miller and A. L. Stevens. 



A decorative display of new single 

 chrysanthemums from Totty made a 

 fine hit. J. N. May from Summit came 

 up with carnations and pompons; a 

 first in each case. Peter Duff was here 

 as usual with his specimen chrysan- 

 themums. A surprising thing was that 

 the only double violet exhibit had to 

 come from Syracuse. Among the sin- 

 gle violets we had the heralded Gov. 

 Herrick. In chrysanthemums Beatrice 

 May covered herself with glory; noth- 

 ing touched her in white, Morton F. 

 Plant while fine, did not show up equal 

 to last year. Winsor carnation from 

 F. R. Pierson Co., was fine and got a 

 certificate. Roses were much better 

 than anticipated, Richmond is the 

 rose here, and she was a credit even 

 to herself. The following are on the 

 roll of honor for first prizes: R. Vince, 

 J. Heeremans, J. Fraser, A. R. Ken- 

 nedy, J. N. May. R. M. Schultz, L. M. 

 Noe, L. A. Noe, Wm. Duckham, C. H. 

 Totty, E. Reagan, J. T. Wagner, T. L. 

 Moore, H. A. Neuner, Peter Duff, J. 

 Downing, H. B. Vyse. 



The judges were Fred. Heeremans, 

 A. J. Loveless and A. H. Wingett all 

 of Lenox, Mass. It took them three 

 hours to judge, but they did it well and 

 gave general satisfaction. 



E. REAGAN. 



THE 



•LADIES' AUXILIARY" 

 THE S. A. F. 



OF 



The following circular is being sent 

 out to ladies directly connected or 

 associated with the horticultural pro- 

 fession and the committee, fearing 

 that some might be overlooked, have 

 decided to give it wider circulation 

 through the medium of the horticul- 

 tural press. 



My Dear Friend: 



While at the S. A. F. Convention at 

 Dayton, Ohio, a few ladies seeing so 

 many with whom they were not ac- 

 quainted, took it upon themselves to 

 call a meeting on Friday, August 24th 

 to consider a pin for identification. 

 Mrs. W. J. Vesey of Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 was chosen chairman, and tour ladles 

 to confer with her, Mrs. E. A. Scribner, 

 Detroit, Miss Tillie Meinhardt, St. 

 Louis. Mrs. John Sibson, Philadelphia, 

 Mrs. Charles H. Maynard, Detroit, and 

 it was voted to leave the selection of 

 the pin with them. 



On September the 11th • another 

 meeting was held at the home of the 

 chairman, Mrs. W. J. Vesey, Fort 

 Wayne, where the Auxiliary question 

 was put under the same committee. 

 Mrs. Scribner was appointed treasurer, 

 Mrs. .Maynard secretary. It was voted 

 to call a meeting at Philadelphia next 

 summer at the date of the S. A. F. 

 In the meantime we wish to get as 

 many ladies to join as Charter Mem- 

 bers before January 1st, as possible. 

 Fee for joining including pin $3.00, 

 annual dues thereafter $1.00. First 

 year to end January, 1908. We wish 

 your hearty co-operation in forming 

 a society of our own, where we can 

 get to know each other socially and 

 educationally. We have quite a list 

 of members as a start, and prospects 

 are good for a large society. Applica- 

 tions for membership and pin may be 

 sent to the Secretary, Mrs. Charles H. 

 Maynard, 219 Horton Ave., Detroit, 

 Mich. 



Very truly, 



THE COMMITTEE. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting and 

 floral display of the New Jersey Flori- 

 cultural Society was held on Nov. 2 

 at its rooms in Orange. Orchids and 

 chrysanthemums were in force. 



Lager & Hurrell, A. W. Bodwell, EM- 

 win Thomas, Peter Duff, Wm. Reid, 

 George Oakley, Arthur T. Caparn, 

 Charles Ashmead, Max Schneider, D. 

 Kindsgrab, and J. N. May were all rep- 

 resented ■ by creditable exhibits of 

 plants and flowers. A Cattleya labiata 

 with nine flowers on the spike was 

 among Mr. Thomas' contributions. 



The fall shew was discussed and all 

 the preliminary details finished, with 

 reports from all sources promising a 

 successful exhibition on the 5th and 

 6th in East Orange. Donations of va- 

 rious prizes from Peter Henderson & 

 Co., J. M. Thorburn & Co., Vaughan's 

 Seed Store, F. W. Kelsey, Charles H. 

 Totty and others were announced. 



