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HOKTICULTURE 



September 18, 1915 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



The meeting of this club, September 

 7, was Gladiolus Night, and in addi- 

 tion to the local exhibits there was a 

 large display from Bidwell & Fobes, 

 Kinsman, O., including some of the 

 newer varieties. We have seldom had 

 before the club an exhibit of gladioli 

 of such all around excellence. Perhaps 

 the least striking of all as shown was 

 the much-advertised E u r o p a, the 

 blooms being very small although they 

 were certainly white. The Secretary 

 was instructed to express the thanks 

 of the club in a letter to Messrs. Bid- 

 well & Fobes. Carl Becherer, gardener 

 at Dixmont Hospital, showed double 

 and single seedling dahlias, the most 

 striking being a large, double-flowered 

 peony dahlia, not yet named, and of 

 a most beautiful deep rich pink. The 

 Bureau of Parks, through Jno, W. 

 Jones, foreman, showed red helianthus, 

 they should make a very striking win- 

 dow decoration. They were grown 

 from seed procured from England. 

 Neil McCallum, president of the club, 

 showed many interesting outdoor flow- 

 ers and grasses from West End Park. 

 Pasquale Fabozzi, gardener for J. C. 

 Trees, showed gladioli and asters. 



I. Roznosky, representing H.F.Michell 

 Co., of Philadelphia, cheered the hearts 

 of those present with his predictions 

 of good fall trade and business. Messrs. 

 Falconer and Knauff who have recent- 

 ly returned from vacation spent in 

 visiting the principal cities of the west 

 and middle west from San Francisco 

 to Cleveland, agreed that in none of 

 the parks of the cities visited did 

 they see such fine specimens of bed- 

 ding as we have in the Pittsburgh 

 Parks, and on resolution it was car- 

 ried by the club that the Superinten- 

 dent of the Parks be requested to liave 

 pictures taken of the bedding for use 

 in the trade papers. 



H. P. JosLiN-. Soc'y. 



PACIFIC COAST HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society held its regular month- 

 ly meeting Sept. 4th, with a large at- 

 tendance. The session was taken up 

 largely with aftermath of the S. A. F. 

 convention. President H. Plath gave 

 a very satisfactory report of the event, 

 which was followed by a short talk 

 from Daniel MacRorie, on matters per- 

 taining to the convention. For the 

 e.xhibition committee, H. Plath an- 

 nounced a dahlia show to be held on 

 Sept. 18 and 19 in the Palace of Hor- 

 ticulture at the exposition, under the 

 auspices of the California State Floral 

 Society and the Alameda County Flo- 

 ral Society. He said eleven prizes 

 would be open for professional grow- 

 ers. For the picnic committee Frank 

 Pelicano recommended a Florists' Day 

 at the Exposition instead of the usual 

 picnic. Following the acceptance of 

 J. Noordink to membership in the so- 

 ciety, several more names were pro- 

 posed by Daniel MacRorie, Including 

 Patrick Welch, Chas. Willis Ward, 

 Wm. F. Kasting, V. J. Gorly and John 

 Morley. The calling of the names 



was greeted with applause, and then 

 more applause when Mr. MacRorie 

 added that some of them had asked for 

 life membership. As there is no pro- 

 vision in the constitution for life mem- 

 bership, a committee was appointed to 

 consider the matter of changing that 

 part of the bylaws. Among the even- 

 ing's exhibits were Victor Podesta's 

 bowling trophy which took 105 points; 

 a display of Deliee and Kaiser Wil- 

 helm dahlias by Frank Pelicano rated 

 at 85 points, and Nephrolepis Piersoni 

 Elegantissima, rated at 85 points. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club had a 

 fine day for their outdoor meeting 

 Sept. 9, which was held on the grounds 

 of the H. J. Weber & Sons Nursery 

 Co. The members came out in large 

 numbers. All those having touring 

 cars placed them in service. The 

 meeting was held in the large packing 

 shed fitted up for the occasion. Frank. 

 George, William and Walter Weber 

 took the visitors in charge and escort- 

 ed them through the grounds. This 

 being installation meeting the cliair 

 ordered all committees to make final 

 reports, as the new officers always be- 

 gin with a clean slate. Ex-Presidents 

 Pitcher and Windier installed the 

 newly elected olficers — Julius Bourdet. 

 president; J. J. Beneke, secretary; 

 W. C. Smith, treasurer. Vice-President 

 Wells and Trustee Ohlweiler, owing to 

 business engagements, were absent. 

 After a general talk the meeting ad- 

 journed and the members were then 

 invited to a fine lunch and cigars. 

 After satisfying the inner man a sec- 

 ond tour was made of the greenhouses 

 and north side grounds. Before leav- 

 ing for home there were three cheers 

 for the hosts, and the day will long be 

 remembered by those who took part. 



MEDFORD (MASS.) HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual fall exhibition of this 

 society was held on Friday, Sept. 10. 

 The Breck-Robinson Nursery Co. put 

 up an excellent display of gladioli and 

 cannas. Quite a collection of fine va- 

 rieties of gladioli was also staged by 

 the Brookland Gardens, S. E. Spencer, 

 proprietor. This gentleman contrib- 

 uted a silver cup for the best basket 

 of gladioli. Joseph Breck & Sons. 

 Fotler, Fiske. Rawson Co., and Breck- 

 Robinson Nursery Co., also contributed 

 prizes. Fine dahlias were exhibited by 

 Mrs. George B. Gill and Mrs. St. Den- 

 nis. The children's classes for flowers 

 and vegetables were keenly contested. 

 The ladies of the society devote a 

 great deal of time and patience to 

 this work and it is bearing fruit. The 

 prize for the best kept home garden 

 for the season was won by Mrs. Ayk- 

 roid. Mrs. Bush's garden showed the 

 greatest improvement. An Italian boy 

 13 years old had the best vegetable 

 garden ; a Chinese boy the best vase 

 of flowers. Wm. N. Craig and Duncan 

 Finlayson of Brookline were the 

 judges. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A regular meeting of this society 

 was held at the house of Joseph A. 

 Manda, West Orange, on Tuesday 

 evening, Sept. 7, 1915. A letter was 

 read from the National Association of 

 Gardeners asking all local societies to 

 affiliate so that should a member leave 

 one society he would immediately be- 

 come a member of another, without 

 payment of further dues, on presenta- 

 tion of a card from the secretary of his 

 society showing him to be in good 

 standing. The society acted favorably 

 on this proposition. Everything is 

 completed for the Dahlia Show. Oct. 4, 

 and schedules will be mailed on appli- 

 cation to the secretary. 



At the close of the meeting refresh- 

 ments were enjoyed at the expense of 

 Mr. Manda. A vote of thanks was re- 

 corded him and all spent a very pleas- 

 ant evening. The awards were as fol- 

 lows: 



Begonia McLance, Peter Hauck, .Tr., 

 gard. Max Schneider, 52 points; dahlias 

 by same, 75 points. Cissus discolor. Wm. 

 Barr. gard. Emil Panuska, 75 points. 

 Coleus Cecil Brown, Mrs. Wm. Barr, 

 certificate of merit. Display of orchids, 

 Joseph A. Manda, first class certificate. 



Geo. W. Stbange, Sec. 



GREYSTONE (R. I.) HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



This society held Its Fifth Annual 

 Exhil)ition on Saturday, Sept. 4, in 

 the Whitehall Assembly Room. 



For quantity as well as quality of 

 the exhibits, the show was easily the 

 best ever held here. John Lewis Childs 

 sent a beautiful collection of gladioli 

 which along with a very fine and com- 

 prehensive collection of asters from 

 Henry A. Dreer of Phila., occupieil the 

 whole of the stage. The dahlias of 

 Wm. Steel, Auburn, R. I., were the 

 best shown in the open classes. 



In the classes for members of the 

 society only, R. J. Murray obtained 

 the most points and won the medal 

 offered by Messrs. Dobbie & Co., of 

 Edinburgh. Ben Steed of Greystone 

 won in both members and open classes 

 with asters. 



Cornelius Hartstra and John Mar- 

 shall of Providence were the judges. 



CLEVELAND FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annua] meeting of the Cleveland 

 Florists' Club held September 13th, 

 resulted in part of the list of officers 

 being changed. Herbert Bate, presi- 

 dent; Al. Ligren, 1st vice-president; 

 Claude Tyler, 2nd vice-president. The 

 old standbys, both of whom have 

 proved their value as faithful officers 

 in the club for the past two j'ears, 

 were re-elected to their respective po- 

 sitions — for secretary, Frank A. Fried- 

 ley and treasurer, Geo. W. Smith. 

 These men have the handling of sev- 

 eral thousand dollars annually, being 

 the funds subscribed by the florists of 

 Cleveland for co-operative advertising. 

 Mr. Knoble assumes the chairmanship 

 of the executive committee and will be 

 assisted by Albert Barber. F. C. W. 

 Brown, F. A. Witthuhn and S. S. Pen- 



