December 22, 1906 



HORTICULTURE, 



697 



year's subscription to HORTICUL- 

 TURE; and tliis prize was taken by 

 the Fifth Avenue Floral Company, for 

 a very finely g-rown Gloire de Lorraine 

 begonia. At this meetinpr the plan of 

 awarding points, to every exhibitor 

 was commenced; and the Fifth Avenue 

 Floral Company received 20 points for 

 their begonia; John H. Williams 15 

 points for a fine Tarrytown fern; and 

 Sherman Stephens 1,5 points for a 

 Jerusalem cheiTy. The points awarded 

 each meeting night, will be carefully 

 kept account of; and at the end of the 

 season, three prizes will be awarded 

 to the winners of the largest point 

 totals, as follows: $,5.00, $.3.00, and 

 $2.00. For the next meeting M. B. 

 Faxon offered, the special prize of a 

 year's subscription to HORTICUL- 

 TURE to the member bringing in the 

 best six carnations. Walter Buller w^as 

 elected an active member. There was 

 a great amount of routine business to 

 be gone through, and it was a very 

 late hour when the meeting finally 

 adjourned. Amongst other matters 

 vice-president Currie reported that the 

 entry fees, received at the recent chrys- 

 anthemum show, paid one-third of the 

 expenses. The committee on advanc- 

 ing the annual dues, advised leaving 

 them as they are for the present at 

 least. At the close Mrs. M. B. Faxon 

 announced that a lunch bad been pre- 

 pared for the members and friends; 

 and so a long evening ended most 

 pleasantly. As the next regular meet- 

 ing of the club comes December 25th; 

 it was voted to postpone same to 

 January S, 1907. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



One hundred and ten members of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 turned out on last Tuesday evening to 

 listen to a very inspiring and poetical 

 paper by W. H. Wyman on The Craft 

 and the Craftsman. Mr. Wyman held 

 the close attention of his audience and 

 his paper received much enthusiastic 

 comment. The proposed change in the 

 by-laws in reference to nomination of 

 oflicers was defeated by a very close 

 vote, lacking two votes of the neces- 

 sary two-thirds. The secretary's re- 

 port showed that there had been 125 

 new members added to the roll during 

 the year and that the average atten- 

 dance at the meetings had been 118. 

 The landscape study class meets twice 

 a week, with a membership of sixty 

 students. Action was taken favoring 

 an increased salary for the secretary, 

 and recommending that essays and 

 lectures be printed in permanent form. 



A question concerning the relative 

 merits of Dutch and English budded 

 roses for garden culture brought out a 

 lively discussion. Mr. Wyman cham- 

 pioning the Dutch roses as being the 

 better bloomers and good for three or 

 four years' service, and Messrs. Craig, 

 Duncan. Finlayson and others con- 

 demning them as the worst thing ever 

 introduced, dear at any price. 



Ou the exhibition table were vases 

 of variegated Lawson, pink Lawson 

 and seedling Venus from H. A. Stevens 

 Co. Honorable mention was given to 

 pink Lawson. Venus is a pleasing 

 light pink, a little brighter than En- 

 chantress. A vote of thanks was given 

 S. J. r.oddard for Princess of Wales 

 violets and A. Downs foj' Begor.la 

 Plorle de Lorraine. 



NATIONAL CONGRESS OF HORTI- 

 CULTURE. 

 One who would safely navigate the 

 ocean finds it essential to occasionally 

 make observations to establish his 

 exact location. He may have kept a 

 record of the ship's course, know to a 

 nicety the force of the wind and of the 

 ocean currents, the number of revo- 

 lutions of the propeller, and be able 

 to tell just where the ship ought to be, 

 huL experience has taught that in 

 addition to this he must by observa- 

 tions a.scertain just where it is. In 

 like way those who assay to explore 

 the ocean of the unknown should oc- 

 casionaly make observations and com- 

 parisons to ascertain just where they 

 are. We can learn something of this 

 through a more physical exhil)ition 

 of what has been and can be acconi 

 plished, but it is far more important 

 that we come to an exact knowledge 

 of the laws through and by which the 

 results are obtained. This can only 

 come through a conference between 

 those who are studying these laws, for 

 what seems to be a truth to one and 

 under a certain set of conditions tb.' 

 experience of another and under 

 other conditions may show what is 

 only a seeming truth. It is well then 

 for all those who are interested in any 

 particular line of study to meet oc- 

 casionally for council that they may 

 ascertain how much of what we think 

 we know is actually so, to ascertain 

 just how far into the unknown we 

 have sailed. To this end the National 

 Council of Horticulture have thought 

 it wise to call for the meeting of a 

 Congress of the Horticulturists of the 

 world to assemble at Jamestown. 

 Virginia, during the latter part of the 

 exhibition to be held there in 1907 to 

 commemorate the 4noth .Anniversary 

 of the first permanent English set- 

 tlement in what is now the United 

 States. The exact date of the meeting 

 and the formal programme has noi 

 been decided upon, but will be an- 

 nounced later, but in the meantime wc 

 ask all who are interested in pro 

 gressive horticulture to plan to at- 

 tend the Congress and communicate 

 with Mr. Irish. Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den. St. Louis. Missouri. U. S. A., as to 

 what definite subject should be dis- 

 cussed. W. W. TRACY. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Everythin.g is in readiness for the 

 meeting in Toronto, Ont.. Jan. 23d and 

 24th excepting the flowers for the ex- 

 hibition and the attendance. The ex- 

 hibit ought to be notable as the pre- 

 miums offered are good and large and 

 lots of them. The flowers, as soon a-s 

 they enter Canada will have special 

 care from the express company pro- 

 viding the Society label is used. This 

 label can be procured by applying to 

 the Secretary and it will also pass 

 the exhibits through the customs with- 

 out any delay or annoyance. 



The attendance ought to be immense 

 as the papers to be read and the dis- 

 cussions that will come up are un- 

 usually interesting. The rate of one 

 and a third fare will apply to all of the 

 countr>' covered by the Central, Trunk 

 IJne. New England and Canadian 

 Passenger Associations. 



The premium list can be had by ap- 

 plying to the Secretary and in this 

 connection he want-s to publicly 

 apologize to Wm, Scott of Buffalo, N. 



Y., for Inserting the name of another 

 parly In place of his for the Judges. 

 The list of judges should read W. N. 

 Rudd, Mt. Greenwood, 111., Wm. 

 Nicholson, FYamingham, Mass., Wm. 

 Scott, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Jan. IGth is the last day for entries 

 to reach the Secretary. Intending ex- 

 hibitors who have not as yet Joined 

 the Society will please note and apply 

 for the premium list at once so as to 

 get entry blanks and information 

 needed in time to get their entry in, 

 before Jan. IGth. 



JNO. H. DUNLOP, PresidenL 

 ALBERT M. HERR, Secretary. 



Lancaster. Pa. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Secretary-elect P. .1. Hauswinh has 

 tendered to President Kasling his 

 resignation as a director of the Society 

 of American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists and same has been ac- 

 (epted. President Kasting has ap- 

 pointed Theodore Wirlh of Minne- 

 apolis to serve as a director for Mr. 

 Hauswirth's unexpired • term of two 

 years. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Central Park Nursery, Topeka, 

 Kansas. submits for registration 

 canna Magnificent. Foliage green; 

 bloom rich scarlet of extraordinary 

 size; height 4 feet. 



WM. J. STEWART. Secretary. 



A VISIT TO MADBURY, N. H. 



A right joliy party of 23— "Skidoo 

 Party" — representatives of the various 

 Hcrists' stores of Boston left on the 

 1.15 train last Thursday, Dec. 13, for 

 Madbur>-, N. H., at the invitation of W. 

 H. Elliott to visit his "Rose Farm" at 

 the above place. Various refreshments 

 were served, and a good social time 

 was had In our special car on the trip. 

 Arriving at the greenhouses Mr. El- 

 liott headed the crowd and piloted 

 them through that immense house 

 viewing with care a beautiful bench of 

 Safrano roses, followed by Bon Silene. 

 Cusin. Wellesley, Richmond, Killarney 

 and Chatenay. I never saw a more 

 beautiful or healthier lot of plants: 

 the house and contents were certainly 

 in perfection. Richmond and Killar- 

 ney especially called forth words of 

 praise. Two hours were spent pleas- 

 antly and intelligently in this marvel- 

 ous house. Then wo all went through 

 one of those grand old New Hampshire 

 homos, over 100 years old, viewed the 

 stock farm with a fine lot of cattle, 

 again walking back to the green- 

 houses and thence to the depot, and 

 we were soon bouiui for Boston, re- 

 freshments again being served on the 

 car. At Rockingham Junction, Mr. 

 Palmer in a few well chosen words 

 voiced the thanks and pleasure of the 

 visitors, and Mr. Elliott was given 

 three cheers. The excursion was voted 

 one of the most successful and inter- 

 esting afternoons the participants had 

 ever enjoyed. * 



John McLeod of Medford, Mass., 

 lost about $150 worth of celery from 

 smoke arising from the explosion of 

 a lamp in his greenhouse. 



