December 11, 191 a 



H R T I C U L T U R E 



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AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



There will be a meeting of the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the American 

 Rose Soiiety on Monday. December 13. 

 at the offiie of Traendly & Schenck, 

 430 Sixth avenue, New York City, at 2 

 P. M. 



We have received notice of the fol- 

 lowing special premiums for the rose 

 exhihition at the coming Philadelphia 

 show: 



Special Premiums. 



Leo Niesscii. IMiil;Hirliihi;i. l';i.. i\ir .")0 

 blooms of ;my new rose not in coinmorre. 

 $25.00. Hess A: S«olioil:i. C)in:ili:i, Ncli.. 

 vase of i"> Opiielia or Husscll. .flO.(XI. Ben- 

 jamin Ilaniniond. Heactm, N. Y., for the 

 prettiest vase of roses, to be deeided Itv 

 vote of tlio ladies, $10.00. William H .Elli- 

 ott, HriKhloii. .Mass.. cash prize, .?2.">.U0. M. 

 Kiee *.V: Co., Philadelpliia. Pa., cash prize. 

 .fKMKI. H. (J. Kerning. Hil2 Pine street. St. 

 l.onis. Mo., eash prize. .$2.'3.0O. (Jude Hros.. 

 W.ashingtiin. D. C. cash prize $2."t.0l). .Tos. 

 Heaerek. W'yneote. Pa., troph,v of $."10.(10. 

 l-'Iorex Gardens. North Wales. Pa.. jroUi 

 medal, valne $2.'3.0U. A. H. Hens & Co.. 

 Cambridge. .Ma.ss.. cash prize $10.00. Geo. 

 Burton. Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia. Pa., 

 cash prize $L'.").O0. Stephen Mortensen. 

 .'^outhamploi]. Pa., cash prize .'fi.'J.OO. 



Spwinis for Kose tiarflen — Philip Breit- 

 meyer. Detroit. Mich.. 1st prize. .'J^Od.dO. 

 L'l il Prize— .1. H. Dunlop. Hidiniond Hill, 

 (intario. $2.5.00: Adolph Farenwald, Kos- 

 lyn. Pa.. $2.5.00; tnited states Cut Flower 

 Co.. Elruira. X. Y., $2.").(KI; Emil Bnetlner. 

 Park Ridgp. 111.. $2.5.00: .Michigan Cut 

 Flower Co.. Detroit. .Mich.. $25.00: Eugene 

 Dailledouze. Brooklyn. N. Y'., $2.5.00: 

 Thomas Roland. Nahant. Mass.. $25.00. 



3d I'rize — A. N. Pierson. Inc.. Cromwell. 

 Conn., $75.00. 



It is expected that these prizes for 

 the Rose Garden may be increased, 

 while several of the prizes so far re- 

 ceived are left with the committee for 

 designation as to their particular use. 



Application is made for the regis- 

 tration of the new roses — William R. 

 Hearst and Little Sunshine, by A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. 



There has been received advice of 

 a shipment of 24 varieties of Holland 

 roses and 12 each of two other varie- 

 ties, from Messrs. Kallen & Lunne- 

 mann, Hoskoop, Holland, for the test 

 garden at Cornell, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The affiliated Rose Society of Syra- 

 cuse, with 266 members, have renewed 

 their annual membership with the 

 American Rose Society. 



Benjamin- H.\mmom>. Sec. 



Beacon, N. Y. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



The cxc utive ciinimittee and otlier 

 interested members of the American 

 Sweet Pea Society held a meeting at 



K.XHllSITKiN BdllTH OF StORRS A HARRISON Co., AT THE ClEVLLAXD FloWEK SlIOW. 



the Hotel Bslmort. New York Citv. on 

 December 4. and it was considered the 

 best meetin:; in the society's history. 

 Among those present were President 

 William Gray, Newport, R. I.; Lester 

 .Morse, San Francisco, Cal.; George W. 

 Kerr, Doylestown, Pa.; A. T. Bodding- 

 ton, W. A. Sperling, J. Harrison Dick 

 and Secretary H. A. Bunyard, all of 

 New York City. Exhibitions are 

 planned for Bar Harbor, Me.; San 

 Francisco. New York and Philadelphia 

 during 1916. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICU LTU RAL 

 SOCIETY. 



-A regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held in Orange. N J., on 

 Monday. Dec. 6. Election of officers 

 took place as follows: Henry Halbig, 

 re-elected president; Max Schneider, 

 vice-president; Edward A. Manda, 

 treasurer; Geo. W. Strange, secretary; 

 Wm. Jorden (chairman i, Andrew Nich- 

 ols, Gustave Christensen. Charles W'. 

 .Ashmead and Rev. L. H. Lighthipe, 

 arbitration committee. 



The monthly competition for the 

 year 1915 resulted as follows: Max 

 Schneider, carnations, 668 points; fo- 

 liage or flowering plant. 707; cut flow- 

 ers, 720; violets, .iOO. Emil Panuska, fo- 

 liage or flowering plant. 740. .Joseph 

 .\. Manda exhibited a fine variety of 

 Cattleya Empress Frederick. 



Grorge W. Strange, Sec. 



ExHiiiiT OF W'ii.fox & Sons at the Houston Snow. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



.V well attended meeting of this club 

 was held on Dec. 7th to listen to a 

 spirited debate between Charles H. 

 Grakelow and W. Frank Therkildson 

 on "Is it wise for the producer to de- 

 pend entirely on the retailer in mar- 

 keting his products." Some excellent 

 points were brought out on both sides, 

 all of them of educative value, espe- 

 cially to the younger element. In 

 addition to this much wit and inerri- 

 nient prevailed and a very enjoyable 

 e\pning was si>ent and the members 

 could hardly believe their eyes when 

 the clock showed quarter of eleven at 

 the wind-up. In addition to the de- 

 bate a lively discussion took place on 

 how to get more members, and the out- 

 come of that was the suspension of 

 the entrance fee for three months so 

 that we can have a whirlwind cam- 

 paign for a thousand new members by 

 next Easter 



The Cornwalls Orchard Farm ex- 

 hibited a new variegated carnation. 

 Wieland & Risch of Chicago sent a fine 

 vase of their new rose Champ Wieland. 

 S. .1. Renter & Son of W'esterly, R. I., 

 exhibited their new light yellow rose 

 Mrs. H. T. Hillas and Chas. H. Totty 

 sent Gorgeous, a light pink rose of fine 

 form. Both the latter were staged by 

 the Pennock-Meehan Co. The Zieger 

 Co. staged some remarkable white and 

 pink double bouvardia with stems 18 

 inches long. Florex Gardens made an 

 excellent exhibit of rose Prima Donna 

 (Mine. P. Euler.) 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



E. W. Breed, of Clinton, for the past 

 four years president of the Worcester 

 County (Mass.) Horticultural Society, 

 declined re-election to that office Wed- 

 nesday evening at the annual meeting 

 of that society. The logical candidate 

 for that office is the senior vice-presi- 

 dent, Arthur ,T. Marble. 



Walter R. Slebreoht, of New York 

 City, was a guest of the Horticultural 

 Club of Boston at its December meet- 

 ing. The banquet table was resplen- 

 dent with carnations from S. ,1. God- 

 (lard ini hiding some superb Dorner 

 seedlings and a vase of Mignonette 

 Farquhar's Universal, also grown by 

 Mr. Goddard. 



