HOKTICULTUEE 



September 4, 1915 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



A meetiug of the American Rose 

 Society was held at 10 o'clock Thurs- 

 day morning, August 19, at the Civic 

 Center Auditorium at San Francisco, 

 Cal. In the absence of Wallace R. 

 Pierson, due to his illness, Robert 

 Pyle, of West Grove, Pa., was made 

 chairman pro tern, Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, secretary, being in attendance. 



Action was taken confirming the 

 action of the Executive Committee 

 with reference to the publication of 

 the Annual Bulletin, which will be in 

 charge of the J. Horace McFarland 

 Company, Harrisburg, Pa., with Mr. 

 McFarland as editor, and Mr. Ham- 

 mond, chairman of the Bulletin Com- 

 mittee; the scope to be practically 

 doubled, and circulation to be ob- 

 tained through the medium of offers in 

 florists' catalogues as well as through 

 affiliated societies. Action was taken 

 inviting affiliation of the Pacific Coast 

 Rose Society and general approval 

 was expressed of the adoption of such 

 a policy. 



It is usual at these meetings of the 

 Rose Society to install the officers- 

 elect ; but Mr. S. S. Pennock took of- 

 fice at the last meeting of the Execu- 

 tive Committee in Philadelphia. The 

 absence of Ex-President Pierson was 

 imiversally regretted. 



Among those present were Professor 

 Beat of Cornell, and Professor Mul- 

 ford, of Washington, D. C. The meet- 

 ing adjourned to reconvene at the 

 Cleveland Flower Show in November. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The club will hold a field day at the 

 nurseries of the Breck-Robinson Co., 

 Lexington, Mass., on Sept. 11. Trans- 

 portation will be provided for all mem- 

 bers and friends, who can take the 

 train leaving the North Station, Bos- 

 ton, at 1.51 P. M. The train stops at 

 the nurseries. Those preferring to 

 travel via electric cars can take a Cam- 

 bridge tunnel train at Park street, 

 transferring at Harvard Square to an 

 Arlington, Lowell or Lexington car, all 

 of which pass the nurseries. 



Club meetings at Horticultiiral Hall 

 will be resumed on Sept. 21. There 

 will be special exhibits of gladioli and 

 dahlias. Several prominent members, 

 some of whom have recently visited 

 the Pacific slope, will give vacation ex- 

 periences which should prove interest- 

 ing. W. N. Craio. Sec. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



A committee appointed by President 

 Gray, to pass upon the sweet peas 

 grown in Newport on account of C. C. 

 Morse & Co., California, have awarded 

 certificates to the following varieties: 

 .Tessie Cuthbertson, New Miriam Beav- 

 er and Duplex W. T. Hutchins. 



(Signed) 

 .T.WIK.S RdMEItTSON, Wir,i,i.\M Mackav, 



Ctirisiian' M. Bogiioi.]-. Com. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



On Friday evening, Aug. 27. this so- 

 ciety held its first regular meeting 



succeeding the usual two-months vaca- 

 tion. Vice-President Hollister pre- 

 sided. A collection of asters by G. 

 Ogren, gard. for Mrs. \V. H. Bulkeley, 

 was awarded a certificate of merit. 



The subject of bleaching celery was 

 brought up for discussion, one member 

 advocating the paper collar, so-called, 

 inasmuch as one man could cover 

 more plants in one hour by its use 

 than he could hill-np in a day. The 

 chairman stated that the elm leaf 

 beetle was not in evidence around 

 Hartford this year. He had found eggs 

 but they were dead. 



At the close of the meeting the ex- 

 ecutive committee went into session 

 to discuss plans for the Dahlia Show 



Mj!S. Joii.n Vallaxce 



President-Eleit Ladies' Society of Americin 

 Florists. 



to be held the latter part of September. 

 By the entries already received this 

 show will be the best ever held in 

 Hartford. The society will hold its 

 next regular meeting on Septemljer 10. 

 Ai.FUEi) DixoN. Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS MEETINGS FOR SEP- 

 TEMBER. 



St. Louis County Growers' Associa- 

 tion, September 1. 



St. Louis Florist Club, Thursday 

 afternoon, Sept. 9, at Nursery, Mo., on 

 the grounds of the H. J. Weber Nur- 

 sery Co. 



"The Lady Florists' Home Circle, 

 Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 8, at the 

 home of Mrs. John L. Koenig, 2307 

 Clarence avenue. 



Retail Florists' Association, Monday 

 evening, Sept. 20. 



A NEW ASSOCIATION. 



Prof. H. C. Irish was selected sec- 

 retary of a new association which was 

 formed here last week to be known as 

 the American Association of Apple 

 Growers. This meeting was held at the 

 Planters Hotel, St. Louis. Tlie following 

 compose the Executive Committee: 

 H. M. Dunlop of Savoy, 111., chairman. 



Thos. Bregger of Champaign, 111., Prof. 

 W. A. Ruth of Urbana, 111., H. W. 

 Funk of Normal, 111., and T. C. Wilson 

 of St. Louis, Mo. This committee will 

 hold a conference in St. Louis next 

 March, when plans will be made to 

 enlarge the association and a call for 

 a general convention of apple growers 

 to be held next August. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The dahlia growers of Attleboro, 

 Mass., have organized with Charles 

 Sleeper, president; George L. Cobb, 

 secretary; W. C. Corey, treasurer. 



The Twentieth Annual Flower Show 

 of the Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society will be held Oct. 28- 

 29, 1915, in Assembly Hall, Madison, 

 N. J. Edw.\bd Reagax. Sec'y. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Oyster Bay, N. Y., Horticultural Soci- 

 ety was held on Wednesday evening, 

 Aug. 25th. On the exhibition tables 

 there were a fine lot of flowers, fruit 

 and vegetables. Prizes and diplomas 

 were won by Alfred Walker, Henry 

 Gibson, James Duckham, Frank Pe- 

 troccia, Katrine Hoyt, Chas. Milburn 

 and John T. Ingram. 



Prizes were received from the fol- 

 lowing for the fall shows: A. T. Bod- 

 dington Co., P. D. Cravath, Wm. L. 

 Swan, Stumpp & Walter Co., P. Hen- 

 derson & Co., A. N. Pierson, Inc.; 

 Weeber & Don, A. Strauss, Geo. S. 

 Brewster, Mrs. W. R. Coe, J. M. Thor- 

 hurn Co., Mrs. W. D. Straight. A prize 

 of fifteen dollars was donated to the 

 National Dahlia Society. Schedules 

 for the Dahlia Show to be held in 

 October are now ready and can be 

 obtained by sending to the secretary 

 for same. 



A. R. Kennedy, Sec'y. 



COMING EVENTS. 



Shows. 



Rochester, N. \'., Aug. 30 to Sept. 11. — 



Roeliester Exposition and Flower Show. 



Boston, Sept. 11-12. — Dahlia and Fruit 

 Exhibition, Massachusetts Horticultural 



Society. 



Providence, R. I.. Sept. 10-17.— September 

 Exhibition, Rhode Island Horticultural 



Society, Narra^'aiisett Hotel. 



New Haven. Conn., .Sept. 10-1". — Eighty- 

 third annual exliibition of the New Haven 

 County Hortiouluiral Soiiety to be held in 

 Harmonie Hall. W. C. iMcIntosh. Sec, 925 

 Howard Ave., New Haven. 



Hartford, Conn.. Sept. 22-23.^Annual 

 Dahlia exhibition of the Connecticut Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Unity Hall, Pratt St. 

 Alfred Dixon, Sec, Wethersfleld. 



Portland, Ore.. Sept. 23-25.— Annual Show 



of the Northwest National Dahlia Society. 



N,« York, N. v., Sept. 24-20.- American 



Palilin Society's first exhibilion. Museum 

 (.r Natural History. 



RoHton Oct. 2-s.— October Show Massa- 

 chusetts 'Horticultural Society. 



