July 17, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



71 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The July Sth meeting of the Florist 

 Club was by far the most interesting 

 and well attended meeting of the year. 

 When President Bourdet called the 

 meeting to order at 2 P. M. there were 

 nearly fifty members present and all 

 officers, including some who have not 

 been present for some time. Chair- 

 man Rowe of the trustees reported 

 that his committee had everything in 

 readiness for the annual picnic to be 

 held Thursday, July 22, at Remona 

 Park. J. F. Ammann. chairman of the 

 Carnation Society meeting, reported 

 that he had arranged with the Plant- 

 ers Hotel for headquarters for the 

 meeting and exhibition and that the 

 dates were fixed for January 26-27. 

 1916, and with the assurance of all in 

 the trade of their support the meetins 

 will be a great success. 



Joseph Houser, of Webster Grove, 

 invited the members to hold their 

 August meeting at his place, which 

 was accepted. Letters of sympathy 

 were ordered sent to the families of 

 C. Bergestermann and E. Schray. 



The nonlination of officers resulted 

 as follows: President, Jules Bourdet; 

 vice-president. W. S. Wells, Dave 

 Geddis and W. B. Rowe; secretary, 

 J. J. Beneke and William Ossick; 

 treasurer, William C. Smith and 

 Joseph J. Windier; three-year trustee, 

 W. W. Ohweiller, George H. Pring 

 and W. E. Agle. The treasurer's re- 

 port showed the club in splendid 

 financial condition. The annual meet- 

 ing takes place Thursday, August 12. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BALTIMORE. 



A motion of the Gardeners' & Flor- 

 ists' Club of Baltimore, to thank tlie 

 mayor for securing professors of land- 

 scape gardenibg and plant diseases 

 from College Park, Maryland Agricul- 

 tural College, to instruct city yard 

 flower growers, was recently passed; 

 also one thanking the Park Board for 

 the beautiful condition of Druid Hill 

 Park. The discussion finally led to a 

 motion that the club make a tour of 

 inspection of Baltimore's chain of 

 parks. It was carried. Today, July 12, 

 the trip was made, and the members 

 turned out by the score. The line of 

 autos was led by the City Park auto 

 with the Park Board memljers. Rich- 

 ard Vincent, Jr. was early at the start- 

 ing point with a great quantity of line 

 dahlias. Each auto was decorated 

 and every occupant wore a dalilia. 

 The following parks were visited: 

 Wynans, Druid Hill, Gwynn's Falls. 

 CaiToll, Federal Hill. Fort McHenry, 

 Patterson and Clifton. All these parks 

 were found in magnificent condition. 

 Mr. Hamilton, the new president of 

 the club, is a real live wire and has 

 enthused the members so that the 

 meetings are better attended than 

 heretofore. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 At the July meeting of this society 

 a fine display was on the exhibition 

 tables. .\ cultural certificate was 

 awarded to Wm. Morrow for Eucharis 

 amazonica. Honorable mention to 

 O. A. Hunwick for Centaurea macro- 

 cephala; Robert Grunnert. for Spencer 

 sweet peas; Joseph Tiernan, for 

 hardy border carnations and Clarkia 



elegans. The summer show commit- 

 tee reported a substantial sum re- 

 alized from this exhibition. The fall 

 show committee reported progress. 

 The premium list of the fall show is 

 considerably increased by the receipt 

 of a number of very fine offers from 

 friends of the society. The outing 

 committee reported that the annual 

 outing and games will be held at Ed- 

 wards Rye Beach Inn, Rye Beach, 

 N. Y. Games will start promptly at 

 10.30 A. M. A shore dinner will be 

 served at 1 P. .M. Those requiring 

 dinner tickets will please notify Wm. 

 J. Sealey, Byram Shore. Portchester, 

 N. Y. Dinner tickets are $1.50 a per- 

 son. Don't forget the date, August 11. 

 The next meeting will be held August 

 13. P. W. Popp. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



We are desirous of getting into com- 

 munication with the parties named be- 

 low. We will consider it a favor, if 

 they will drop us a postal, giving pres- 

 ent address. Would appreciate the 

 same from anyone else who might 

 know the present whereabouts of any 

 of these parties. The addresses given 

 are in most cases several years old 

 and mail addressed to them has been 

 returned. 



A. E. Boyce. Wellesville. N. S. ; A. E. 

 W.Tlker, Flint, Mich.: M. Wiiuindy, Chica- 

 Ko. 111.; .T. Scott, West Newton, Mass.; 

 Aug. Rabner. Villisci, Iowa ; Otto Mailan- 

 (ler, Niles Centre, 111. : E. McCounell, 

 Sharon, Pa.; W. L. Lewis, Marlboro, 

 Mass.; S. Lenton. Piru City, Cal. ; H. B. 

 Knight, Jersey Cit.v, N. ,T. ; Ingleside Nur- 

 series. Alhambra, Cal. ; C. J. Haettel. Re- 

 dondo Beach. Cal. ; C. M. Frick. Philadel- 

 phia. Pa. ; E. J. Cloud, Avondale. Pa. ; 

 Thos. Carroll, Sutor, Mo.; Jas. Allen, Pater- 

 son, N. J. ; W. C. Jennings. Philadelphia, 

 Pa.; F. C. Harwood. Torquay. England; 

 F. W. Gooding, Middle.sex, England; A. 

 Smith. London, England ; W. J. Smith, 

 London. England ; G. West, Berkshire, 

 England. A. F. J. Baur. Sec'y. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



CHICAGO GRAND FLORAL 

 FESTIVAL. 

 The fall flower show executive com- 

 mittee met at the city offices of Poehl- 

 mann Brothers Company, July 12. 

 There were present A. Henderson, 

 August Poehlmann, Arnold Ringier, 

 George Asmus. E. A. Kanst. Edward 

 Goldenstein. C. W. Johnson. W. J. 

 Keimel, N. P. Miller, H. S. Wilkerson 

 and M. Barker. The report of S. J. 

 Vaubhan on poster was presented and 

 full power was given this committee 

 to proceed as may seem best in the 

 matter of securing suitable design. 

 Plans covering the trade space to be 

 sold In the Coliseum and annex were 

 discussed at length and arrangements 

 made to issue diagram and regula- 

 tions. Approprations aggregating ap- 

 proximately one thousand dollars 

 were made in the gardeners' classes 

 and the preliminary premium list was 

 ordered printed. Chicago Grand Floral 

 Festival was settled upon as the of- 

 ficial name of the exhibition. 



M. B.VKKEK. 



The next meeting of the Albany 

 Florists' Club will be held at Henkes 

 Bros.. Xewtonville. 



White Plains, N. Y.— The Gedney 

 Farm Comi)any lias leased for a term 

 of years to William H. Moon Com- 

 pany, nurserymen, of Morrisville, 

 Pa., a tract of land adjoining the Ged- 

 ney Farm Hotel. 



BOSTON SWEET PEA SHOW. 



The Sweet Pea Show of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society on July 

 10 and II could hardly be called a 

 "sweet pea" show, for tliese particu- 

 lar flowers were in a minority, and 

 had it not been for the exhibitors of 

 hardy garden flowers the display 

 would have been rather limited in ex- 

 tent. For this condition the weather 

 was wholly to blame, the terrific rain 

 storms of the preceding days having 

 practically ruined the sweet peas all 

 over the state. There were some 

 splendid blooms, however, from two 

 or three exhibitors, those of Ed. Jen- 

 kins, of Lenox, and Mrs. T. J. Emery 

 being particularly good as to quality 

 and variety. Wells Beach Sweet Pea 

 Farms was another sweet pea ex- 

 hibitor to whom a word of commenda- 

 tion is due for the manner in whicli 

 the varieties were labelled. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co.. made a 

 very extensive and brilliant display 

 of border perennials. Also an impos- 

 ing table of blooms of Lilium myrio- 

 phyllum which showed this sterling 

 novelty in perfection and permeated 

 the whole hall with its agreeable per- 

 fume. Julius Heurlin showed a hy- 

 brid lily (L. philadelphicum, x L. bul- 

 biferum) bearing a very numerously 

 flowered spike of orange-yellow up- 

 right blooms. The Eastern Nurseries 

 were represented by a grand collec- 

 tion of herbaceous perennial flowers. 

 A good display of garden flowers and 

 well-bloomed plants of Oncidium 

 flexuosum was staged by H. Stewart, 

 gardener for Miss Cornelia Warren, 

 Waltham. 



Very attractive indeed were the ex- 

 hibits of novelty baskets arranged 

 with sweet peas and gypsophila, by 

 Penn the Florist and Boston Cut 

 Flower Co., the former being shown 

 on a background of purple velvet and 

 the latter on soft green velvet. 

 Trachelium cseruleum. shown by 

 Faulkner Farm, attracted notice on 

 account of its delicate beauty. 



Awards for Plants and Flowers. 



Sweet Peas. — Twenty-live spravs, white: 

 1st, Kihvin Jenkins, 2a, Mrs. T. J. Emerv; 

 crimson oi- scarlet. 1st. Edwin Jenkins, 

 ■Jd, Mrs. T. .T. Emory; carmine, 1st. Edwin 

 .lenkins, 2d. Mrs. T. .1. Emery; yellow. 1st, 

 Edwin .Jenkins, 2ii, Col. Charles Pfaff; 

 hUie. 1st. Edwin .Tonkins, 2d, Mrs. T. J. 

 Emery: lihish. 1st. Edwin Jenkins. 2d. Mrs. 

 T. .1. Emery: deep pink, Isl, Edwin Jen- 

 kins. 2d. .Mrs. T. J. Emerv : cream pink, 

 1st. .Mrs. T. J. Emery. 2a. Mrs. T. J. Em- 

 ery : or.inL'e. 1st. Edwin .Tonkins. 2d. Mrs. 

 T. .T. Emery; lavender, 1st. Edwin Jenkins, 

 2d, .Mrs. T. J. Euicry ; purple, 1st, Edwin 

 .lenkins. 2d, Col. Charles PfafT: maroon, 

 1st, Edwin .Tonkins, 2d, Mrs. T. J. Emery; 

 picotee-ed;red. 1st. Edwin .Tonkins. 2d. Mrs. 

 T. J. Emery: striped or flaked rod or rose. 

 Isr, Edwin .Tenklns: bioolor. 1st. Edwin 

 .Tenkiiis. 2d, Mrs, T. .1. Emer.v : strii)ed or 

 flaked Mile or purple. 1st. Edwin Jenkins. 

 2d. Mrs. T. .T. Emery, riei-or.ition of sweet 

 peas: Isi. I'enn. the Florist, silver medal; 

 2d, Boston Cut FIt)wer Co., bronze medal. 

 Iris K.ienipferl— Collection : 1st. Dr. Harris 

 Kennedy. 2il. Miss Cornelia Warren. 3d. 

 Aliss Coiielia Warren. 



Giatniiics— Wells Beach Sweet Pea Farm, 

 display of sweet peas: Gertruile Schulz, 

 bouiini'ts :ind vases of sweet peas; .Tack- 

 son I>.iwson. single liollyhocks : Miss Cor- 

 nelia Warren, liemerocallls. veronica, hy- 

 drangeas. Oneidlom flexuosnm ; T. C. Thnr- 

 low's Sons Co.. horbaocons flowers; Mrs. 

 B. il. Gill, display of flowers. 



Silv<'r nieilals— R. & J. Farnnhar & Co.. 

 dlsplav of herbaceous plants; Eastern 

 Nurseries, dU|)lny of herbaceous plants; 

 George jrelvln, Odonloglossnm laeve. 



TMist ihiss ecrtlflcnte — Jullns Ilourlln, 

 Ilvliiid Illy (LlUum Philadelphicum. L. 

 biill.lf.'rumi. 



Certlllcnte of honorable mention — K. « 

 .T Farquhar & Co., Lllliim regale. 



Cnltiiral eerllflcatc — Faulkner Farm. Tra- 

 clielinin e:ieriileum. 



