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HORTICULTURE 



December 18, 1915 



were awarded. It was thought the 

 pink astilbes would make fine Christ- 

 mas plants. 



Our President read an extract from 

 a noted scientist on the origin of 

 kissing. What has started our Presi- 

 dent on this investigation we cannot 

 imagine, and we are awaiting further 

 developments with great interest. 



At the January meeting the elec- 

 tion of officers for 1916 will take place. 

 H. P. JosLiN, Secretary. 



PHIPPS CONSERVATORIES, SCHENLEY PARK, PITTSBURGH. 



WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The semi-monthly session of this 

 society In Pittsburgh last Wednesday 

 evening, was characterized by a fine 

 display of poinsettias, cyclamen, Lor- 

 raine begonias and ardisias, by the 

 various gardeners. The original in- 

 tention was to have had a talk on 

 "Christmas Decorations," by one of 

 the local florists, but owing to the rush 

 attendant upon the approaching holi- 

 day season in commercial circles, this 

 was, unfortunately, precluded. The 

 first regular session of the new society 

 was held on the first inst., when six- 

 teen new associate members were re- 

 ported by the vice-president, Superin- 

 tendent William Allen of the Home- 

 wood Cemetery. All are members of 

 the Garden Club of Allegheny County 

 and joined at the annual meeting of 

 the same, when Mr. Allen made a rep- 

 resentative visit in the interest of his 

 organization. 



Thomas Edward Tyler, who has 

 charge of the orchid houses of Charles 

 D. Armstrong, had an exhibition of 

 Cypripediums in variety, including sev- 

 eral fine types of Sander:T», to which 

 he devotes an entire house. There 

 was also a display of late chrysanthe- 

 mums (single and pompons) by Mr. 

 Huyler, chrysanthemum grower for 

 the Phipps Conservatory. Mr. Huyler 

 stated that his experience was that 

 the single varieties were usually 

 pinched too late in the season, thereby 

 precluding the desirable long stems. 

 The next session of the society on 

 January fifth, will be devoted to a dis- 

 cussion on the advisability of giving 

 the first annual Chrysanthemum Show 



CLEVELAND FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the last meeting of the Cleve- 

 land Florists' Club it was decided to 

 have a banquet and jollification in 

 celebration of the November Show, 

 which was a success from practically 

 every angle. The premiums are all 

 paid with a very few exceptions, there 

 being some delay in a few cases, which 

 will soon be straightened out. The 

 club voted to go after the National 

 Flower Show for 1918, and President 

 H. Bate appointed the following com- 

 mittee: H. P. Knoble, chairman; Chas. 

 Russell, Timothy Smith, F. C. W. 

 Brown, Geo. Bate and F. A. Friedley. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



J. Stanley Giles, president; Harry C. 

 Huesman, vice-president, and Ballmer 

 H. Lauck, secretary and treasurer, 

 were re-elected to serve for the ensu- 

 ing year at a meeting of the Reading 

 (Pa.) Florists' Association, held In 

 Moore's Hall, Dec. 2. There was a 

 discussion on the Carnation. A social 

 hour followed the meeting. 



The 49th annual meeting of the 

 Minneapolis Horticultural Society was 



It has been our privilege and pleas- 

 ure, from time to time, to regale our 

 readers with descriptions of the peri- 

 odical public floral exhibitions that 

 have been given in the Phipps Con- 

 servatories, together with occasional 

 interior views of these great winter 

 gardens which mean so much for Pitts- 

 burgh horticulture. No doubt the gen- 



in session last week with a large at- 

 tendence and great enthusiasm. The 

 program was carried out and every 

 thing was at high tide with weather 

 delightful and a splendid exhibit of 

 fruit and vegetables. The membership 

 is now over 3,400 and an effort is be- 

 ing made to win it up to 4,000. It is 

 now the largest in America if not in 

 the world. 



A very few members attended the 

 monthly meeting of the Lenox Horti- 

 cultural Society on December 9th. A 

 request from the Nassau Horticultural 

 Society that this society co-operate in 

 their plan for membership transfer 

 for members changing place of resi- 

 dence was unanimously agreed to. Mr. 

 Loveless gave a very interesting talk 

 on his visit to the Cleveland show. 

 The next meeting will be held on 

 January 12th. 



The New London Horticultural 

 Society at its annual meeting elected 

 officers as follows: Pres'dent, Donald 

 Miller; first vice president, Gustav 

 Neumann : second vice president, E. 

 Robinson: secretary, Stanley Joraan; 

 financial secretary, William J. Mor- 

 gan: treasurer, Simon L. Ewald: 

 librarian, Herbert Lickman; executive 

 committee, Alfred Flowers, John Ma- 

 loney, Thomas Leydon, Edward A. 

 Smith, W. J. Schoonman, Miss Harriet 

 Allen, Mrs. Joseph Beebe, Mrs. C. W. 

 Nichols. 



The Southampton, N. Y.. Horticul- 

 tural Society held its regular fort- 

 nightly meeting on Dec. 2nd. The 

 talk of the evening was on "Sweet 

 Peas Under Glass," when W. McCleod, 

 superintendent for Mrs. Horace Rus- 

 sell, gave a very interesting, cultural 

 address. Mr. McCleod has proved to 

 be a very skillful cultivator of these 

 beautiful winter flowers. The next 

 meeting will be held on Dec. 16th at 

 8 P. M. in Odd Fellows Hall, South- 

 ampton. 



eral exterior view accompanying these 

 notes will be particularly interesting, 

 now that the question of great public 

 conservatories in park reservations is 

 coming so strongly to the front. A 

 place of resort, full of tropical luxuri- 

 ance in the dreary months of winter, 

 constitutes an unrivalled attraction 

 and delight for all classes of people. 



The members of the Norwood (Pa.) 

 Horticultural Society held their annual 

 election of officers December 6. Dr. 

 John A. Borneman was chosen presi- 

 dent; John S. High, vice-president; 

 Dr. H. A. Ickes, secretary, and Harry 

 L. Deppen. treasurer. William L. Ed- 

 ward, a florist of Norwood, delivered 

 an address on the "Care of Home 

 Plants During Winter." It was de- 

 cided that in the future, instead of 

 having the regular flower show in 

 September, the Society would hold a 

 show early in September of each year 

 for early fall flowers, to be followed 

 in October by a show especially for 

 chrysanthemums and dahlias, the idea 

 being to promote the growth of the 

 latter. 



The annual meeting of the Con- 

 necticut Horticultural society was 

 held at the county building, Friday 

 evening. George H. Hollister, super- 

 intendent of Keney park, was elected 

 president, and was welcomed to his 

 new position by the retiring president 

 Warren S. Mason, with congratula- 

 tions and good wishes. The other 

 officers elected were: First vice- 

 president, Frank Roulier; second vice- 

 president, Fred Boss; third vice-presi- 

 dent, 0, F. Gritzmacher; treasurer, W. 

 W. Hunt; secretary, Alfred Dixon; 

 librarian, William T. Hall; botanist, 

 J. Vidbourne; pomologist, C. H. Sier- 

 man. 



An unusually fine exhibit of poin- 

 settias was shown by Alfred Cebelius. 

 It was awarded a first-class certificate. 

 The judges were Alexander Gumming, 

 Jr.. Frank Roulier, and A. Righenzi. 

 John P. Huss gave an interesting ac- 

 count of the meeting of the National 

 Gardeners' Association in Boston, and 

 introduced William Kleinheinz, of 

 Ogontz, Penn.; Joseph Manda, of 

 West Orange, N. J., and P. W. Popp, 

 of Mamaroneck, N. Y. All three gave 

 interesting talks. 



