December 15, 1906 



HORTICULTURE, 



671 



HERE YOU ARE -START THEM FOR EASTER 



SPIR.EAS, COMPACrv Mll/IiFLOKA, ASTlLUOllUvS FLOKIIJl NOA. 75e |H>r (|..z., XI. ir. imp H»0. 



hlPEKBE TTx' lur Uoz., is^.-H* per 100. II. WITTE, XI.. JO per do/,. 



JAPOMCA, llu' old lavorile. W.lc per Uoz., S4.00 per 100- 



LILIUM LONCIFLORUM MULTIFLORUM 



7 to O, 30(> bulbs in I'asf, 

 '^^o.OO per luO. S45,00 per lOOO. 



QUALITY BRAND 



9 to 10, ioo bulbs 111 Cilse. 

 S8.60 li«r IOO, 880.00 per 1000. 



EARLY FLOWERING 



GLADIOLUS COLVILLi 



ALBA (The Bride) 75c per IOO, $6.00 per lOOO. BUUSHING BRIDE SI.OO per IOO, $9.50 per lOOO. 



RUBRA 60c per IOO. $5. CO per lOOO. PEACH BLOSSOM Lovely^ $2.75 per IOO, $25, OO per lOOO, 



ALL STANDARD GOODS AND WORTH THE MONEY 



ARTHUR T. BODDIIMGTON, 342 West 14 St., NEW YORK 



shown. The display of plants and 

 flowers was the largest ever made by 

 the society. The awards in roses went 

 to George Morrison with American 

 Beauty; other reds and pink, Steven- 

 son Bros, and John Coolv; white. John 

 Cook and I. H. Moss. In carnations, 

 I. H. Moss took three first; best 

 American seedling ever disseminated. 

 The H. Weber & Sons Co., 1st, John 

 Cook, 2nd; best collection ot bulbs 

 and roots, R. Vincent & Son. Special 

 mention was made of the wreath of 

 camellias by Edward Kress. Numer- 

 ous premiums were awarded on fruit 

 and vegetables of which there was a 

 remarkable showing and on which un- 

 stinted praise was worthily bestowed. 



SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



This society was organized at Chat- 

 tanooga, Tenn.. May 22d. 190«. The 

 purpose of the organization is the 

 mutual business and social benefits to 

 members and the improving and en- 

 larging of trade conditions in southern 

 territorj-. 



Forty-six charter members were en- 

 rolled, officers elected, a liberal and 

 practical constitution adopted and ar- 

 rangements made for the holding of a 

 convention of florists at New Orleans 

 in the near future. 



The constitution admits to member- 

 ship professional and amateur florists, 

 horticulturists, seedsmen, dealers in 

 supplies and implements incidental to 

 the trade and others having allied in- 

 terests 



There is so much in prospect for the 

 betterment of floricultural and horti- 

 cultural conditions in the south — a sec- 

 tion especially adapted to these opera- 

 tions — through organization, that an 

 earnest appeal is made to all who are 

 directly or indirectly interested to 

 lend a hand in extending encourage- 

 ment and substantial support by 

 promptly sending in to the under- 

 signed, or directly to the treasurer, 

 their application for membership and 

 the modest sum of one dollar, which 

 the constitution requires as annual 

 dues. J. F. WILSON. Secretary. 



PROPOSED FLOWER SHOW AT 

 ST. LOUIS. 



The St. Louis Florist Club at its 

 November meeting, voted in favor of 

 holding a "Mammoth Flower Show" 

 in St. Louis, under the auspices of the 



club, in November, 1907, provided that 

 a guarantee fund of Ten Thousand 

 Dollars ($10,000.00) for premiums and 

 other expenses of running said show 

 is subscribed by bona fide subscrip- 

 tions, twenty-five per cent, of which 

 is to be actually paid in and placed 

 into the hands of the Treasurer on or 

 before June 1st, 1907. Additional call 

 of twenty-flve per cent, of the subscrip- 

 tion will be made if deemed necessary 

 on or before November 1st, 1907. 



After defraying all legitimate ex- 

 penses incurred, the amount subscribed 

 will be refunded to the several sub- 

 scribers in full or pro rata, according 

 to circumstances. Should any surplus 

 funds remain after paying all ex- 

 penses and refunding subscriptions, 

 the same is to be apportioned among 

 the several Orphans' Homes of St. 

 Louis and St. Louis County in pro- 

 portion to the number of children 

 cared for in each, — to be determined 

 by a committee especially appointed 

 for the purpose. 



The undersigned committee, ap- 

 pointed by the president, is anxious 

 to make a good report at the next 

 meeting and therefore urges every one 

 interested in the cause, to subscribe 

 to the Guarantee Fund and to report 

 such subscription as he may make and 

 also the approximate amount that can 

 be raised for the cause among friends, 

 to the Secretary of the Club, before 

 December 10th, in time for the next 

 meeting of the Club. 



Ftank A. Weber, A. G. Bentzen, 

 Wm. C. Smith, Committee. 



J. J. BENEKE, Sec'y, 

 1216 Olive St. 



THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 

 More Prizes. 

 The President of the Washington 

 Florists' Club, Mr. Peter Bisset, noti- 

 fies us that Mrs. S. C. Briggs offers 

 a cash prize of $10.00 for six or more 

 blooms of any new rose never before 

 exhibited. This prize is given espec- 

 ially to encourage private gardeners, 

 who would be likely to show six 

 blooms but would not be able owing 

 to limited space to show a greater 

 number. 



Messrs. H. F. Mlchell & Co., of 

 Philadelphia offer a cup valued at 

 $2.'i.00 for a vase of Richmond rose to 

 be exhibited next March and Miss M. 

 1. Hammond, of Fishkill-on-Hudson, 

 N. Y., offers a $.5.00 gold piece for the 

 prettiest exhibition in the hall, to be 



decided by some three Washington 

 ladies visiting the exhibition. 



BENJAMIN HA.M.MOND, 

 Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The State Horticultural Society of 

 Oregon will meet at Portland January 

 S-10. An interesting feature will be 

 a demonstration of power spraying ap- 

 paratus. 



The Detroit Florist Club's Christmas 

 exhibit was spoiled on account of the 

 slush and rain prevailing that night. 

 The only notable exhibit staged was a 

 fine lot of cyclamens and Jerusalem 

 cherries grown by Fred Miesel. 



The election of officers of the 

 Kentucky Society of Florists resulted 

 as follows: Mrs. C. B. Thompson, 

 president; August R. Bauraer, vice- 

 iiresident; Fred L. Schulz, secretary; 

 Joseph Wettle, treasurer; Louis Kirch, 

 financial secretary; Ross Walker, 

 sergeant-at-arms; H. Kleinstarink. 

 trustee, and Robert Campbell, honor- 

 ary member. 



STATEMENT OF PLANT IMPORTS. 

 There were entered at the port of 

 New York during the week ending De- 

 cember 11, ]!i06, the following plants, 

 etc. : 



From Holland:— McHutchison & 

 Co., 6 cases plants; P. Ouwerkerk, 2 

 cs. trees; Stumpp & Walter Co., 7 cs. 

 do.; Vaughan's Seed Store, 3 cs. roots; 

 R. M. Ward & Co., 16 cs. plants; H. 

 Frank Darrow. ?.5 cs. do.; W. Elliott 

 & Sons, 20 cs. trees; Sundry forward- 

 ers. 2 cs. trees, 50 cs. plants, 37 cs. 

 flower roots. 



From Belgium:— Peter Henderson 

 & Co., 2 cs. bulbs; Sundry forwarders, 

 1 cs. do., 1 cs. plants. 



From Germany:— Aug. Rolker & 

 Sons. 3 cs. plants. 10 cs. lily of the val- 

 ley; Sundry forwarders, 468 cs. lily of 

 the valley; general order, 713 cs. do.; 

 Sundry consi.gners, 93 cs. do.. 53 cs. 

 plants. 



From England:— Aug. Rolker & 

 Sons. 9 cs. plants; Sundry forwarders, 

 4 cs. plants. 5 cs. trees. 2 cs. bulbs and 

 plants. 



Plant prospects for Christmas in 

 Chicago are excellent and there will 

 be more and better stock than ever 

 before, especially of ardislas, Lorraine 

 begonias and Ficus pandurata. 



