December 15, 1906 h^^di-i^.t, ^ 



HOKTICULT U R E 669 



I Once Used, Always Used! \ 



jKoral Letters and Emblems! 



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4 possible with any other process. S 



* ARTIFICIAL POINSETTIAS I 



I KOR»L MANUFACTURING CC, 26 Hawley Sheet, Boslon. ,., „.,3,,,, » 



PITTSBURGH AND ALLEGHENY murh anrl ti.of *k„ u, ^^ ^~ 



FLORISTS- AND GARDENERS' wout be Liter ms''°retJL^"°'', " ^"'- ^"""^ HORTICULTURAL 



CLUB . "^'•'•7^. HIS leruarks made a SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of the club, Decern- has'' be™n" in^'"califOTnia ^'r'"i'' vl!*." '^^'^ executive committee of the St 



her 4 there was a goodly display of spoke on his impressions of that state' ^'"^'^ Horticultural Society held their 



pot plants in illustration of the sub- The .Tanuary meetlnr will hi J "-egular monthly meeting at the resi- 



ject of the meeting, "Christmas plants smoker. <lence of Mr. Fred H. Meinhardt. The 



and how to present them to the pub- NEW JERSEY FLORICULTIirai committee in session adopted applica- 

 lic in the most attractive way." Geo. cnnc-rv "'-'"-'"'^'- tion forms, and an attractive folder to 

 McKae showed Primula obconica and 5>uciETY. 1,5 distributed at large which contains 

 poinsettia; Thos. Jenkinson, excep- ^"^ regular monthly meeting and extracts from the by-laws of the so- 

 tionally fine begonia Glorie de Lor- annual election of this society took ciety and sets forth the objects, aims 

 raine, pink and white; H. S. Price, be- P'^'^<^ "n December 7th. Final reports and privileges of the society of which 

 gonias and primulas Sutton's strain; 'n regard to the recent fall .show were some of the most important are: To 

 Western Penitentiary, Waller James, made by the secretary and treasurer, give at least one creditable flower 

 gardener, begonias; Jno. Bader, be- showing a deficit of $125, which will show each year to its members and in- 

 gonias; Randolph & McClements, ar- ^^^'^ to be paid from the treasury or vited guests; act as authority in hortl- 

 aucarias, Ficuc pandurata, dracaenas, ^^ niet by one or more of the society's cultural questions pertaining to the 

 Phoenix Robelini; Blind Bros., Ota- patrons. The election resulted in the best methods of amateur gardening; 

 heite oranges, ardisias, azaleas, poin- following officers for the ensuing year: give instructive public lectures relating 

 settias; some of their pots were ad- President, W. J. Bennett, gardener for to beautifying home surroundings; 

 vantageously covered with crepe ■'^- f'- Van Gaasbeck; vice-president, issue bulletins on the care of plants in 

 paper; Phipps Conservatories, fine cy- Arthur T. Caparn, superintendent for the house or conservatory, and in 

 clan. en; David Fraser cut blooms of estate of Stewart Hartshorn, Esq.; every manner assist the public in their 

 cyclamen and Primula obconica; John secretary, Henry Halbig, gardener for horticultural wants. The privileges 

 E. Haines, Imperial and Pink Imperial George Graves; treasurer, William are so inviting that members have 

 carnations; B. K. & B. Floral Co., Read, gardener for S. & A. Colgate. asked to be enrolled without sollcita- 

 Richmond, Ind., carnations Purity and The annual competition for the month- tion, besides this the folder bears the 

 Superior, the former a very attractive b' floral display was closed, and the endorsements and signatures of the 

 white with full center, the latter a winners' names hitherto designated by president of the Civic League of SL 

 bright pink. numbers, announced with their aver- Louis, Dr. Wm. Trelease, Director Mis- 

 Mr. W. A. Clarke in his address said ages: General— first, Peter Duff with souri Botanical Garden, F. W. Taylor, 

 that the great bulk of plants used in an average of 92+; second, William Chief Department of Agriculture and 

 Pittsburgh was shipped in from other Read, 8S+. Special Orchid — first. Horticulture, Louisiana Purchase Ex- 

 points and it would seem that the Arthur Bodwell, 90+; second. Lager position, and others, all of whom have 

 money thus expended could be kept at and Hurrell, 92 for only 10 months. volunteered to '-stand by the ship." At 

 home by the growers if they would put Special for gardeners without glass — the next regular meeting preparations 

 good plants on the market. The most Arthur T. Caparn, 85+. Attention was will be made for the first grand an- 

 taking plant for Christmas was the called by the secretary to the fact of uual meeting in January, 

 poinsettia; the most attractive way of Lager and Hurrell having entered A resolution was offered and adopted 

 arrangement, in baskets with pans. A after the competition was under way, to endorse Mr. Wm. Young for state 

 grower of poor stuff should be told his the average for ten months only run- vice-president of the S. A. F. for Mis- 

 stock is poor; too much salve is given ning but fifteen points behind their souri east 

 to growers; if they grew one-third as competitor. J. B. DAVIS. OTTO G. KOENIG, Secretary. 



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