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HOETICULTURE 



October 23, 1915 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 

 Lecture by E. H. Wilson. 

 The members of this club spent a 

 most enjoyable evening on Tuesday, 

 October 19. listening to the portrayal 

 by E. H. Wilson, of the natural and 

 horticultural features of Japan as ob- 

 served by him on his second expedi- 

 tion to the Flowery Kingdom. Mr. 

 Wilson's address was illustrated by a 

 series of colored lantern slides of great 

 beauty and the lecture was full of not 

 only interesting but instructive infor- 

 mation. Japan is very rich in woody 

 floral resources, the number of species 

 indigenous there exceeding that found 

 In any other section of the northern 

 hemisphere. The Japanese display 

 great fondness for tree bloom, but, 

 with possibly three exceptions, they 

 care nothing for herbaceous flowers. 

 These exceptions are the irises, 

 peonies and moon flowers. Highest in 

 their affection stand the cherries, and 

 the time of cherry blooming is turned 

 into a series of holidays and great re- 

 joicing. Regarding the Japan cher- 

 ries -Mr. Wilson said that a principal 

 <!ause of their frequent failure in this 

 country is that they are worked on an 

 unsuitable stock. He recommended 

 Prunus Sargentii as well adapted for 

 use as a grafting stock. Moutan peo- 

 nies, which give such unsatisfactory 

 results usually, do so because they 

 are grafted on a very vigorous stock 

 which suckers and in a very few years 

 kills out the grafted variety. He ad- 

 ■vised the roots of the herbaceous 

 peony as a preferable stock, but the 

 process of producing a plant by this 

 method is much more tedious and the 

 Japs find it commercially unremuner- 

 ative. Incidental to his remarks on 

 the longiflorum lily industry Mr. Wil- 

 son predicted that the "Regal Lily" of 

 China will eventually take the place of 

 the longiflorum as an Easter snecialtv. 

 It was a surprise to learn that the 

 art of Japanese gardens really origi- 

 nated in China. Mr. Wilson uredicted 

 a bright future for Azalea Kaempferi 

 as a forcing subject for florists' use. 

 Other Business. 

 It was anno\mped that the annual 

 club banquet will take place at the 

 New American House on February 9. 



On the proposition from the Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners for a plan of affiliat- 

 ing membership it was voted that any 

 visitor from other bodies would be 

 Tnade welcome but could not enjoy the 

 privilege of voting until he had be- 

 come a regular member of the club. 



A $50 silver cup was appropriated for 

 award at tne Spring Show of the Mass. 

 H< rticultural Sici.^ty for twelve cycla- 

 men plants, three or more colors. 



A letter was received from Max 

 Schling, of New York, in response to 

 the invitation to address the club on 

 this occasion, regretting his inability 

 to comply at present and the loss to 

 liim in missing the opportunity to meet 

 the members and get acquainted. An 

 invitation for members to visit the 

 Cleveland Flower §how was cordially 

 received. 



The exhibits of the evening in- 

 cluded a group of seedling dahlias 

 from W. A. Manda, a collection of 

 flowering and foliage plants from 

 W. W. Edgar Co.. Buddleias from 

 W. N. Craig, and a large vase of the 

 pink carnation novelty Miss Theo 

 from Littletield & Wyman. 



Emit Buettner of Park Ridge, 111., and 

 John H. Dunlop of Toronto, Ont. 



Benjamin Hammond. Sec'y. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 

 The Executive Committee of the 

 American Rose Society held a meeting 

 in New York City. President Pennock 

 presiding. The matter of the annual 

 bulletin, with the proceedings for 1915 

 was gone over, with the plan of mak- 

 ing improvement in this publication. 

 The J. H. McFarland Co., of Harris- 

 burg, made a proposition to issue the 

 same in a much better form than here- 

 tofore, and this proposition was ac- 

 cepted, and the same will come out 

 after the first of January, embodying 

 the transactions of the year, with col- 

 ored illustrations. 



The matter of cost of affiliated mem- 

 bership was gone over with some de- 

 tail. At present the affiliated member- 

 ship is ten cents for each member, and 

 after careful consideration it was 

 moved that the associate membership 

 be changed from ten cents to twenty- 

 five cents per member; this change 

 to be put into effect January 1, 1916. 

 The premium list for the exhibit of 

 1916, to be held in Philadelphia at the 

 National Flower Show from March 25, 

 to April 2, was submitted and gone 

 over carefully, covering roses in pots 

 and tubs, table decorations, blooms by 

 commercial growers and blooms by pri- 

 vate growers. The total amount of 

 premiums to be awarded is $2,500. The 

 final adjustment of the schedule of 

 prizes was referred to a committee of 

 Messrs. Pennock and Renter to ar- 

 range. 



C. T. Tansill of the Washington Test 

 Garden Committee tendered his resig- 

 nation. Wm. F. Gude of Washington, 

 was selected to fill the vacancy, and 

 Mr. Gude has accepted the position. 

 '^ new rose was reported for registra- 

 tion and the same was referred for 

 proper consideration. 



The Cleveland Flower Show to be 

 held from November 10 to 14, was 

 carefully gone over and arrangement 

 made to call a regular meeting of the 

 Society at that time, for the considera- 

 tion of any matters pertaining to the 

 best interests of the Society. 



The Cleveland Flower Show has 

 placed at the disposal of the American 

 Rose Society, the sum of $700 in prizes. 

 There has been added to that a spe- 

 cial prize of $25 by Robert Scott & 

 Son. of Sharon Hill. Pa., for 50 blooms 

 of Killarney Brilliant rose, A. N. Pier- 

 son, Inc.. offers $25 for the best 50 

 blooms of the rose Hadley and Benja- 

 min Hammond offers a cash prize of 

 $10 for the prettiest exhibition of 

 roses, same to be decided by vote of 

 the lady visitors, a silver cup is of- 

 fered by the Lamborn Floral Co., of 

 Alliance. C. a silver medal, by 

 Vaughans Seed Store of New York and 

 Chicago, and $10 in cash by W. .\t\ee 

 Burpee & Co. 



The judees for tlie American Rose 

 Society at the Cleveland show are 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 

 The Essay Committee made the fol- 

 lowing report at the October Meeting. 



NOVEMBER MEETING. 



Debate: "Is it good for the busi- 

 ness at large to keep flower vendors 

 off the street." 



Affirmative, assigned to William 

 Graham. 



Negative, assigned to Robert A. 

 Craig. 



In the event of the negative vote 

 winning, the Club to prepare a peti- 

 tion and present to councils to remove 

 present restrictions back to their old- 

 time status for the good of the busi- 

 ness in general and in conformity with 

 the principles of liberty the world over. 



DECEMBER MEETING. 



Debate: "Is it wise for the pro- 

 ducer to depend entirely on the enter- 

 prise of the retailer for marketing 

 his products." 



Affirmative, assigned to Chas. H. 

 Grakelow. 



Negative, assigned to W. Frank Ther- 

 kildson. 



In the event of the negative winning, 

 steps to be taken by the Club at this 

 meeting to put the suggestions of the 

 speaker into practise, for the general 

 benefit l)ut not to the disadvantage of 

 any one branch of the trade. 



.lANUARY JIEETIXG. 



Debate: "Is a grower or his agent 

 entitled to sell both at wholesale and 

 retail." 



Afflrmative. assigned to Wm. H. 

 Taplin. 



Negative, assigned to Arthur A. Nies- 

 sen. 



In the event of the negative winning, 

 the Club shall pass a resolution de- 

 fining the proper ethics to be observed 

 by its members, in regard to the ques- 

 tion. 



Rl'IJi OF DEBATE. 



It is the understanding that the prin- 

 cipal speakers shall have the floor 

 first, in rebuttal and sur-rebuttal, after 

 which the subject is open to general 

 discussion from the floor, at the con- 

 clusion of which a vote shall be taken. 



The report of the Essay Committee 

 was on regular motion approved. 



David Rt;.st. Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The Florist Club held its last out- 

 door meeting on Thursday afternoon, 

 October 14. at the home of its presi- 

 dent. The meeting was the largest 

 on record, no less than eighty mem- 

 bers greeting the officers, as well as 

 a number of visitors, and it was a fine 

 compliment to President Bourdet, who 

 at the opening was presented with a 

 handsome gavel by the lady members 

 of his family. A letter from the 

 Cleveland Florists' Club inviting the 

 members to Cleveland next month was 

 read and acted upon by the chair ap- 

 pointing Messrs. Geddis, Berning and 

 Pitcher a transportation committee. 



W. T. Wells as vice-president and 



