November 17, 1906 



This matter will be decided by the in- 

 comiag officers. 



The President-Elect. 



President-elect Alfred J. Loveless 

 was born at Laugford, Soinci-set. Eng- 

 land, and at nineteen years of age was 

 appointed head gardener in the Lang- 

 ford House gardens. Two years later 

 he resigned this position to talve 

 charge of the gardens of the Earl of 

 Kenmare. where among the large col- 

 lection of herbaceous plants he learned 

 bis first lessons of color massing in 

 herbaceous borders. His career in 

 .■\merica began at the age of T.\ on St. 

 Patrick's day. when almost imme- 

 diately on his arrival lie secured a 

 position in the gardens of W. B. Dins- 

 more. For the past eleven years Mr. 

 Loveless has been superintendent of 

 the estate of .John Sloane, Lenox, Mass., 

 where he has found abundant oppor- 

 tunity to display the artistic slciU that 

 is his by inheritance. The Lenox 

 Horticultural Society, of which Mr. 

 Loveless is an ex-president, is one of 

 the largest and most influential or- 

 ganizations in the State. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Chicago. Oct. 27. Chr.\-santbemum 

 Mme. Loisseau Rosseau; pink. Ex- 

 hibited by The E. G. Hill Co., Rich- 

 mond. Ind. Scored 82 points exhibi- 

 tion scale. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 3. Ongawa; bronze; 

 Jap. incurved. Scored 88 points ex- 

 hibition scale. 



Chicago. Nov. od. Claremont. Yel- 

 low. Exhibited by Adam Wolnewicrz, 

 Chicago, 111. Scored 80 points, com- 

 mercial scale. 



Boston, Nov. 3d. White sport of 

 Wm. Duckham. Jap. incurved. Ex- 

 hibited by Chas. H. Totty, Madison, 

 N. J. Scored 86 points commercial and 

 SS points exhibition scale. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 6th. Mile. E. 

 Chabanne. Light pink, loose incurved. 

 Exhibited by the E. G. Hill Co.. Rich- 

 mond, Ind. Scored 87 points com- 

 mercial and 87 exhibition scale. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 10th. Charles 

 Ragee. Ivory white, incurved. Ex- 

 hibited by John Fries, Newport, Ky. 

 Scored 86 points commercial scale. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 10th. No. 74-4-05. 

 Pink, Jap. incurved. Exhibited by 

 Nathan Smith & Sons, Adrian, Mich. 

 Scored 83 points commercial scale. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 10th. No. 55-4-05. 

 Bronze, Jap retiexed. Exhibited by 

 Nathan Smith & Sons, Adrian, Mich. 

 Scored SO points exhibition scale. 



DAVID FRASER, Secy. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 

 The next regular monthly meeting 

 of the club will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall. Boston, on Tuesday even- 

 ing, November 20, at 8 o'clock. The 

 principal business of the evening will 

 be the election of officers. The nom- 

 inating committee will, according to 

 instructions, lu'ing in two sets of 

 names for the several offices. Some 

 very interesting exhiluts are promised 

 for this meeting, which will undoubt- 

 edly be the most largely attended of 

 any in the club's history. 



The prospectus for landscape gar- 

 dening classes has been sent to all 

 members and it is hoped to organize a 

 large class on November 20. 



W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



horticulture: 



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NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB 

 LADIES' NIGHT. 



The meeting of the New York Club 

 on Monday evening was chrysanthe- 

 mum ni.ght. ladies' night, and a mu- 

 sical night all in one. And at its close 

 the verdict was "tlie l)est meeting the 

 club has ever held." The result was 

 especially gi-cUifying to President 

 Scott, and lie sliowed his appreciation 

 by proposing three new members. 



Owing to severe lameness, the result 

 of an accident a year ago, Mr. Scott 

 was unable to be present until late in 

 the evening. The vice-president was 

 also unavoidably detained, and it 

 seemed like old times to see the genial 

 ex-president, Patrick O'Mara, tempo- 

 rarily presiding. He rushed the busi- 

 ness through in parliamentary style 

 and at a record speed, that the even- 

 ing might largely lie devoted to the 

 lady guests, of whom more than one 

 hundred attended. 



Fully 240 all together filled the 

 rooms, as they have never been filled 

 by flower lovers and sellers and grow- 

 ers before. The resolutions on the 

 death of Paul R. B. Pierson were read 

 by Alex. AVallace, on the death of the 

 mother of .Mrs. Geo. Burnett by Mr. 

 Wheeler. Both tributes were touching 

 and eulogistic to the memory of the 

 departed. Later, the death of the 

 father of Philip Kessler was noted, 

 and a committee consisting of J. H. 

 Pepper. Walter F. Sheridan and F. H. 

 Traendly appointed to draw up suit- 

 able resolutions for presentation at the 

 next meeting in December. A letter 

 from .Sanil. Thorne was read, apprecia- 

 tive of the courtesy of tlie club, in vot- 

 ing unanimously in behalf of his hon- 

 orary memlieisliip. which he gracefully 

 accepted. 



At the December meeting, the sec- 

 ond Tuesday of the month, the follow- 

 ing candidates for the offices of the 

 club will know their fate: For presi- 

 dent. Charles H. Totty of Madison, N. 

 J, John B. Nugent of New York; for 

 vice-president, A. J. Manda of Brook- 

 lyn. N. Y., Harry May of Summit. N. 

 J.; for secretary. John Young of New 

 York, Alex. J. Guttman of New York; 

 tor treasurer, Chas. B. Weathered of 

 N?w York, L. W. Wheeler of New 

 York; for trustees. John Scott of Flat- 

 bush, Walter F. Sheridan of New York. 

 V. H. Hallock of Queens. N. Y., Theo. 

 Roehrs. Jr.. of Rutherford, N. J., .Tohn 

 Donaldson of Elmhurst, L. 1., and 

 Chas. Lenker of Freeport. N. Y. 



The exhibits were choice, and the 

 thanks of the club to the generous 

 givers of the flowers were cordial and 

 unanimous. 



Visitors were: H. H. Barrows. Whit- 

 man. Mass.; M. A. Patten. Tewkesbury. 

 Mass.. and Peter Fisher, of Ellis, Mass. 

 Mr, Fisher showed a vase of Beacon 

 carnation, to which the judges award- 

 ed 87 points anil a preliminary certi- 

 ficate. A similar award with 85 points 

 was given Paul Niehoff for his rose 

 Aurora. Rose-pink Enchantress and 

 Victory won a vote of thanks for Gutt- 

 man & Weber. C. H. Totty showed 

 chrysanthemum White Duckham. 

 which received 89 points and a pre- 

 liminary certificate. H. Turner, gar- 

 dener for Howard Gould, received a 

 cultural certificate for three vases of 

 chrysanthemum, and the same award 

 was given to Andrew McDonald, gar- 

 dener for J. B. Duke, for chrysanthe- 

 mum flowers. H. H, Barrows showed 



Nephrolepsis Whitmanil in splendid 

 form, and C. W. Ward staged some 

 elegant carnations, including a vase of 

 one hundred seedlings, a vote of 

 thanks being recorded for each. 



.\ll the flowers were distributed 

 amongst the ladies at the close of the 

 dinner, and the artists were also 

 liandsomely remembered. It was a 

 walking flower garden that meandered 

 homeward at nii<lnight. 



The programme was long and varied 

 and reflected credit upon Jno. B. Nu- 

 gent, the chairman of the entertain- 

 ment committee, and all who combined 

 to make the evening such a success. 

 Mr. Wilson, one of the new members, 

 luoved himself a versatile artist in 

 fancy dancing, violin solos, and eccen- 

 tric musical eftects. The Clan McDon- 

 ald Glee Club, fifteen strong, came 

 over from Brooklyn with Pres. Scott, 

 and Scotch melodies were many and 

 delightfully rendered. The Misses 

 iiirnie danced prettily in highland cos- 

 tume to the music of the bagpipes by 

 their distinguished father, and were 

 encored again and a,gain. Professor 

 Lusk gave banjo and piano solos, and 

 Prof. Russell sang and played most 

 acceptably. The Misses Howard, Pol- 

 lock, Cooper, Hafer. and Mrs. Foljay 

 are all artists and their singing was 

 lieyond criticism. Miss Bamett is an 

 elocutionist of great talent and thrilled 

 the company with her tragic rendering. 

 The club's own talent the Rickards 

 Bros., were in .great voice and made 

 the rafters ring. While the ladies 

 feasted, the bagpipes and the male 

 surplus made melody of its kind. 

 .Altogether it was a record evening. 



PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The subject of the club meeting 

 Tuesday evening, November 6. was 

 chrysanthemums. Of the large flower- 

 ing, greenhouse varieties, Chas. H. 

 Totty. Madison, N. J., showed six of 

 a fine white shaded delicate pink. If 

 these had been labeled, the label has 

 unfortunately become lost, but they at- 

 tracted much favorable attention. 



E. G. Hill. Richmond, Ind.. had a 

 large display under French names. 



Among the local growers, A. R. Pea- 

 cock, gardener Thomas Jenkinson, 

 The Phipps Conservatories, Schenley 

 Park. Jno. W. Jones, foreman, William 

 Westhoff. De Haven, Blind Bros., West 

 View-, McRae & Jenkins, showed ex- 

 tensive and well developed collections; 

 the Pittsburg Florists' Exchange, 

 good commercial varieties; Messrs. 

 Godwin Bros.. Brid.geville, a sport from 

 Ivory; Charles Peterson, East Llver- 

 liool. O.. an unnamed light cream sport 

 from Yellow Queen. Hardy outdoor 

 chrysanthemums were shown by R. 

 Vincent & Sons. White Marsh, Md., 

 and Thos. Meehan & Sons, Philadelphia, 

 showed their entire list of 51 varieties. 

 Carnations were shown by Messrs. Pea- 

 cock of Pittsburg and Westhoff of De 

 Haven. Messrs. Shrivie, Falconer and 

 Randolph were appointed a committee 

 to pass upon the merits of the chrys- 

 anthemums shown. 



The siib.lect for the December meet- 

 ing is Christmas plants and how to 

 present them to the public In the most 

 attractive way; seven members were 

 appointed to give five minute talks on 

 this subject. H. P. JOSLIN. 



