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HORTICULTURE. 



December 1, 1903 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NATIONAL COUNCIL OF HORTI- 

 CULTURE. 



A meeting of the National Council of 

 Horticulture was held at the Audi- 

 torium Annex, Chicago, Nov. 9 and 10, 

 190f.. There were present Messrs. J. C. 

 Vaushan. C. E. Kendel, W. F. Kasting, 

 Professor L. R. Taft, Professor W. W. 

 Tracy, H. C. Irish, J. H. Burdett, E. 

 V. Hallock and John N. May. 



Mr. Burdett gave an exhaustive re- 

 port on the press bureau work as con- 

 ducted during the past year after 

 which detailed plans for the contin- 

 uation of the service were considered. 

 The relative merits of the clipping 

 sheet used by the American Civic 

 Association as compared with the plan 

 of the council by sending mimeograph 

 copies ot matter for publication direct 

 to large papers and to press syndicates 

 was discussed and it was voted to con- 

 tinue the latter plan and to begin an- 

 other series of articles early in the new 

 year. 



Reports were made of an unusual de- 

 mand for certain seeds the cause of 

 which had been traced direct to its ex- 

 ploitation through the press bureau 

 last spring. 



A list of subjects to be written up 

 for the coming year was presented by 

 Mr. Kendel, and the secretary was in- 

 structed to correspond with nursery- 

 men and florists for further subjects. 



A report was read from .Mr. Robert 

 Craig on a visit to the .Jamestown Ex- 

 position Company in the interests of a 

 horticulture exhibition and congress. 

 It showed that the Exposition Com- 

 pany was not in a position to offer 

 cash premiums for a special horticul- 

 tural exhibition, but in his opinion the 

 project could be successfully carried 

 nut if the money was guaranteed by 

 individuals. It was voted to arrange 

 for a horticultural congress at Nor- 

 folk during the exposition period, and 

 Professor W. W. Tracy was appointed 

 to draft a call to supplement the one 

 which had been issued and to arrange 

 a preliminary program. 



H. C. IRISH, Secretary. 



sent one vase of chrysanthemum 

 Golden Dome, and one of Mile. Jeanne 

 Rosette, a Paris novelty. It is to be 

 regretted that these flowers arrived 

 one day too late. 



After listening to the very interest- 

 ing paper of Mr. Knope, the inner 

 man was well taken care of. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



November 21 was a banner evening 

 for the Detroit Florist Club, the oc- 

 casion being the annual chrysanthe- 

 mum show and a paper by Herman 

 Knope on chrysanthemum cultivation. 

 Among the most striking exhibits 

 were: John Breitmeyer's Sons, thir- 

 ty-five commercial varieties. Fred 

 Pautke had an elegant vase of twenty- 

 five varieties of chrysanthemums, al- 

 so a very good vase of carnation En- 

 chantress, and elicited a good deal of 

 favorable discussion with his new 

 seedling Asparagus Sprengeri. The 

 Park Boulevard Department made a 

 striking display of specimen pot 

 plants of chrysanthemums, also many 

 beautiful and interesting decorative 

 plants old and new. Other interest- 

 ing exhibits were well-grown chrysan- 

 themums from T. M. Dick.^on of 

 Northville and Stahden of Sand Hill, 

 roses I,a Detroit and Richmond from 

 Robt. Klagge, carnations Rose Pink 

 Enchantress from B. Sohroeter, Pink 

 Lawson from A. von Boeslager, and 

 Red Riding Hood and .Aristocrat from 

 Chicago Carnation Co. E. G. Hill had 



MORRIS COUNTY (N. J.) GARDEN- 

 ERS' AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The November meeting was held on 

 the 21st inst, being postponed one 

 week to allow many members to re- 

 turn from various points where they 

 were exhibiting. All appeared satis- 

 fled at their treatment away from 

 home and the honors they secured. 

 The Chicago contingent went as far 

 as Denver to breathe the fresh air of 

 the Rockies, and they had a satistied 

 look when they returned. Twenty 

 members were present. Nomination 

 of officers was the main business. 

 Richard Vince and Robt. M. Schultz 

 are candidates for president, Percy 

 Herbert for vice-president. Wm. 

 Charlton, our veteran treasurer, was 

 reported ill and for the present desired 

 to be relieved from office. Nomina- 

 tions for this office were Wm. Charl- 

 ton and Wm. Duckham; for secretary, 

 E. Reagan. Vince had a grand vase 

 of carnation White Perfection, secur- 

 ing a cultural certificate. Totty had a 

 dozen Miriam Hanke.? chrysanthe- 

 mums, the best of any pinks we saw 

 this year. By request Totty is to tell 

 how the new chrysanthemums showed 

 up at the exhibitions this fall at our 

 next meeting. One new member was 

 elected and three proposed. 



E. REACAN. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society held their meeting on 

 November 19, President Robertson in 

 the chair. The questions from the 

 Question Box were very generally dis- 

 cussed. W. D. Robertson was awarded 

 the gold medal presented by George 

 Steele of Shrewsbury Nurseries for the 

 member scoring the highest number of 

 points during the past year for exhibits 

 at the regular meetings; also a certifi- 

 cate of merit for a magnificent speci- 

 men of Microlepia hirta cristata shown 

 at this meeting. A. Bauer exhibited a 

 good vase of carnation Victory; J. 

 Kennedy hardy chrysanthemums; F. 

 Dittlinger had some nice vegetables. 

 GEORGE MASSON, Secretary. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Chicago, Nov. 10. Miss Clay Frick. 

 White sport of Duckham. Exhibited 

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

 91 points commercial scale. 



Chicago, Nov. 10. Mile. Cleabaune. 

 Pink. Exhibited by the E. G. Hill Co. 

 Scored SO points commercial scale. 



Chicago, Nov. 10. Incandescent. 

 Brorze and gold. Exhibited by the E. 

 G. Hill Co. Scored 86 points commer- 

 cial scale. 



Chicago, Nov. 10. Mile. Semon 

 Jossier. Cream and white, incurved. 

 Exhibited by the E. G. Hill Co. Scored 

 S9 points commercial scale. 



Chicago, Nov. 10. Dubuisson Fou- 

 bert. Light and yellow, refiexed. Ex- 

 hibited by the E. G. Hill Co. Scored 

 S7 points exhibition scale. 



Chicago, Nov. 10. Alice Roosevelt. 

 I'ream white. Exhibited by the E. G. 

 Hill Co. Scored SO points commercial 

 scale. 



Chicago, Nov. 10. Detroyet. Silvery 

 pink, refiexed. Exhibited by the E. G. 

 Hill Co. Scored 89 points exhibition 

 scale. 



New York, Nov. 10. General 

 Picquart. Lilac, silver reverse. Ex- 

 hibited by Howard Nlcols, Yonkers, 

 N. Y. Scored S5 points commercial and 

 85 points exhibition scale. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 12. Sadie May 

 Stremler. Sport of queen. Exhibited 

 by J. S. Stremler, Princeton, Ky. 

 Scored 84 points commercial scale. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 17. Golden Dome. 

 Sport of Yellow Eaton. Exhibited by 

 John A. Macrae, Providence, R. I. 

 Scored SO points commercial and 86 

 I'xhiliition scale. 



New York, Nov. 17. Golden Dome. 

 Sport of Yellow Eaton. Yellow. Ex- 

 hibited by John A. Macrae, Providence, 

 R. I. Scored 89 points commercial 

 scale. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 14. Sadie May 

 Stremler. Sport of Queen. Exhibited 

 by J. S. Stremler, Princeton, Ky. 

 Scored 74 points commercial scale. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 17. No. 34 3-05. 

 Daybreak. Pink, Jap incurved. Ex- 

 hibited by Nathan Smith, Adrian, 

 Mich. Scored 83 points commercial 

 scale. DAVID ERASER, Secy. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The New Orleans Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its meeting on November 15 

 and a fine display of chrysanthemums 

 was made. In addition to the local 

 florists, — Messrs. J. A. Newsham, Abele 

 Bros., M. Cook & Son, Metairie Ridge 

 Nursery Co.,— E. G. Hill Co. of Rich- 

 mond, Ind., and B. M. Wicher, Gretna, 

 La, were represented. Arrangements 

 were made for a public meeting in 

 Progressive Union Hall, to be ad- 

 dressed by Prof. Newall on Pests and 

 Botany. C. W. Eichling, Paul Abele 

 and J. Steckler were appointed to pre- 

 pare a memorial on the death of 

 Charles Weis, a charter member of the 

 society. P. A. Chopin, C. B. Panter 

 and R. Eichling were appointed to re- 

 vise the constitution and by-laws. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



H. C. Irish, president of the St. 

 Louis Florist Club, called a meeting 

 of the officers at the Hotel Rozier on 

 last Thursday night for the purpose 

 of laying out plans for the raising of 

 the flower show fund. Plans were dis- 

 cussed and a substantial amount was 

 subscribed by those present. A pro- 

 gram was also mapped out for an in- 

 teresting meeting the second Thurs- 

 day afternoon. There were present 

 Carl Beyer, J. J. Bencke, Vice-Presi- 

 dent Connon, P. A. Weber, A. J. Bent- 

 zen and W. C. Smith. 



THE LADIES' AUXILIARY. 



Mrs. Charles H. Maynard reports 

 that the ladies are sending in their 

 fees to join the Auxiliary to the S. A. 

 F. and O. H. very promptly, and with 

 their checks come words of congratu- 

 lation on its success. She writes; 

 "Ladies don't wait; keep me busy, and 

 we will meet at Philadelphia next sum- 

 mer." 



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