November 24, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



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TWO NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENTS 



Stephen M. Weld. President tlect Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



Gen. S. M. Weld, who has been elected president of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultuial Society, is a native of 

 Jamaica Plain. Mass.. is 65 years of age, and lives now 

 in Dedham, where has has a beautiful estate. He is an 

 enthusiastic patron of horticulture and the products from 

 his place have been frequently seen on the exhibition 

 tables at Horticultural Hall. Gen. Weld served through 

 the civil war and made a brilliant record. He has amassed 

 a fortune in the woollen and cotton industry. His family 

 have been connected with the Horticultural Society since 

 its founding, over SO years ago. 



Thomas H. Westwood, President-elect Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club, of Boston. 



Thomas H. Westwood, the newly-elected president of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, has been an 

 enthusiastic and faithful member of that organization 

 from its early days and has served as its vice president 

 for the past four years. For sixteen years Mr. Westwood 

 has been head gardener at Forest Hills Cemetery, bring- 

 ing to the position the experience of a lifetime devoted 

 to gardening pursuits in Scotland and America. He is a 

 native of Kirkcaldy, Scotland— Peter Henderson's birth- 

 place—and is in the prime of life. He will make an In- 

 dustrious, earnest president. 



promising seedlings; H. F. Littlefield 

 had four vases of roses of excellent 

 quality, also a vase of the new violet 

 having a reddish shade. There was a 

 fine showing of palms and ferns which 

 were contributed by Messrs. Littlefield, 

 Lange, Breed, Book and Hixon. E. 

 W. Breed had two hanging baskets of 

 nephrolepis, being very large speci- 

 mens. There was a splendid showing 

 of apples in the library, the premiums 

 coming from the Eames fund. The at- 

 tendance was very large. 



The annual meeting of the Worces- 

 ter County Horticultural Society was 

 held on Wednesday, November 7. 

 Secretary Hixon's report reviewed the 

 society's work and the exhibitions held 

 during the year. Treasurer Paine an- 

 nounced all bills paid and $2000 on de- 

 posit. President Hadwen and Secre- 

 tary Hixon were unanimously re-elect- 

 ed. Nathaniel Paine, who has served 

 the society as treasurer for IC years, 

 declined a re-election and Chas. S. 

 Bacon was chosen for the position. 

 Messrs. Rice, Draper and Marble were 

 chosen vice-presidents. Several 



changes were made in the board of 

 trustees. 



E. W. BREED. 



GARDENERS' CLUB OF BALTIMORE 



The exhibition by this club at the 

 new hall of the Florists' Exchange 

 was a gratifying success. The quality 

 of the exhibits throughout was ex- 

 ceptionally good. Messrs. Gude, Bis- 

 set and Bauer of Washington acted 

 as judges, and conspicuous among the 

 other visitors was P. R. Pierson whose 

 exhibit of carnation Winsor was a 

 special feature of the show. Another 

 exhibit of extraordinary Interest was 

 that of John Cook which comprised 

 three new roses, the immaculate 

 Aladonna — a most beautiful flower — 

 and two others as yet unnamed but 

 of almost equal merit. 



A great specimen of Begonia Haag- 

 eana perfect in every point was shown 

 by Mrs. H. Barton, gardener George 

 Morrison. Mrs. T. H. Garrett, gar- 

 dener Chas. U.ner, made a fine display 

 of palms and other exotic plants. 

 Halliday Bros, and I. H. Moss also 

 contributed a large number of deco- 

 rative plants. Henry Fisher had an 

 exceedingly well-grown collection of 

 ferns including handsome specimens 



of Nephrolepis Whitmanil. Quite an 

 astonishment for this time of the 

 year was the almost complete collec- 

 tion of fancy leaved caladlums shown 

 by Charles Uffler. 



In chrysanthemums the display of 

 pompons by R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons 

 was a great attraction. Standard* 

 and single-stem pots from C. R. Dlf- 

 fenderfer, gardener C. M. Wagner, 

 and specimen blooms from Halliday 

 Bros., E. Herman, G. A. Lolze, H. 

 Weber & Son and Hannlgan were all 

 noticeably fine. Roses and carnatloos 

 were shown by Moss, Cook, Anderson, 

 Madson and others, and F. G. Burger 

 displayed some artistic design worlc 



The Gardeners' Club of Baltimore 

 will have hereafter the fine hall, up 

 stairs, in the Florists' Exchange build- 

 ing for their meeting place. The 

 Exchange has expended $28,000 on this 

 building. The main floor will be used 

 for wholesale flower purposes. On 

 Tuesday night last a supper was given 

 in honor of the judges and visitors 

 which was attended by about sixty 

 members and their friends all of 

 whom congratulated the Baltimore 

 florists on their beautiful new home. 

 C. L. SEYBOLD. 



