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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



BOSTON MIDWINTER FLOWER SHOW. 



Tlie main exhibition halls of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society were tilled 

 on February G and 7 on the occasion of the 

 Boston Midwinter Flower Show. Pot plant.s 

 were of splendid i|uality and competition 

 was quite keen. Awards in some of these 

 classes were as follows : 



.Six pots Freesias: 1st, (ieorge Page, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Frederick Ayer; 2d, H. Stew- 

 art, gardener to Miss Cornelia Warren; 3d, 

 E. H. \\'etterlow. gardener to Mrs. Lester 

 Leland. 



Six Hegonia Cloire de Lorraine: 1st, Wil- 

 liam Thatcher, gardener to Mrs. .J. L. Gard- 

 ner : 2d, W. W. Edgar Co.; 3d, Alex. JlcKay. 

 gardener to E. A. Clark. 



Eight Prumula Simensis: 1st and 2d, M. 

 Sullivan, gardener to William Whitman: od. 

 \\illiam Thatcher. 



Eight Prumula Stellata: 1st, William 

 Thatcher; 2d, Martin Sullivan. 



Eight Prumula Oliconiea: 1st and 2(1, M:\r- 

 tin Sullivan; 3d. William Thatclier. 



Eight Prumula Jlalacoides: 1st. Martin 

 Sullivan; 2d. A. .J. New ell, garilener to E. S. 

 Draper: 3d. William riiatclier. 



Eight Komau Hyacinths: Lst, William 

 Thatcher; 2d, JIartiu Sullivan; od, Duncan 

 Finlayson, gardener to Larz Anderson. 



Six Polyanthus Narcissus: 1st, William 

 Thatcher. 



Six Calanthes: 1st. William Thatcher. 



Three Orchids other than Calanthes: 1st. 

 Duncan Finlavson; 2d, J. T. Buttervvorth: 

 3d, William Thatclier. 



Specimen Oicliid: 1st. 1). Finlayson; 2d, 

 J. T. Butterworth ; 3d, William Thatcher. 



There was a magnitlcent dis|)lay of carna- 

 tions in the private gardeners' class. Ceorge 

 Page took lirst and second aud Alex. ^Ic- 

 Kay third. 



George Page had a beautiful group of 

 Ericas and a grand specimen of Acacia. 

 Walter Angus, gardener to A. Lyman, had 

 a collection of Camellias; Martin Sullivan 

 and H. Stewart liad line groujis of hanl 

 wooded and other i)huits. Willi;im ilartin. 

 gardener to N. T. Kidder, luid hue seedling 

 Amaryllis: one carried fourteen Howers on 

 three spikes to the bulb. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' AND 

 FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual dinner of the Morris County 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Society was held 

 at Piper's Hotel, Morristown, N. .J., on Tues- 

 day evening, .January 19. The dining hall 

 ami tables were beautifully decorated with 

 jilants and flowers. Many out-of-town 

 friends of the society were on hand. A fine 

 nuisical programme was presented, and from 

 the time the members and their friends sat 

 down at the tables until nearly midnight, 

 when "Auld Lang S^'ne" was sung, good fel- 

 lowship prevailed. 



Robert Craig, of Philadelphia, was intro- 

 duced as toastmaster by President Percy 

 Witne.v, and he performed his duties to per- 

 fection. Telegrams were received from -lohn 

 W. Everitt, Glen Cove, N. Y., president of 

 the National Association of Gardeners, and 

 from George C. Watson, Pliiladelphia. ex- 

 pressing their regrets at not being present. 

 The following toasts were responded to: 

 "The Morris County Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Society," Wm. Duckham; "The Society 

 of American Florists," Charles H. Totty; 

 "The .American Sweet Pea Society." Harry 

 A. Bunyard; "The New York Spring Flower 

 Show," Richard G. Holloman: "Our Good 

 Fellows." J. Austin ShaAV; "The Horticul- 

 tural Press." J. Harrison Dick; "The Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners," M. C. Ebel: 

 "Ornamental Horticulture." Arthur Herring- 

 ton; "The Ladies." Joseph A. JIanda. 



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SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The above society held its regular meet- 

 ing in the Odd Fellows Hall. Southampton, 

 nn February 4. when there was a good at- 

 tendance of members, and with President 

 -MiLoughlin in the chair. 



The visitor of the evening was Mr. An- 

 drew Kennedy, who addressed the members 

 at some length on interesting topics, one of 

 the chief items of which was a discussion of 

 the ])ro|iosed .sclu'me of the mutual co-oper- 

 ating lietween horticidtvu'al societies. The 

 nuMuliers decided in its favor, and promised 

 their support. 



;\1. .]'. (iuilfoyle. the local llorist. wa^ 

 awarded an award of merit for tAvo extra 

 fine vases of carnations. An essay was read 

 by S. R. Candler on "'Schizantlins and Their 

 Culture"; then there was a good discussion. 



It was decided to hold the annual (lower 

 show in Southampton on .Inly 28 ami 2!), 

 101.); list of ]n-i7.es to be issued later. 



Two new members were elected as active 

 members of the societv — Jlr. H. Elswortli 

 and Jlr. Charles Fulton". 



Tile ne.xt meeting of the society Mill be 

 held on Febnuirv l.S. 



S. R. CANDLEl!. 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GARDEN- 

 ERS' CLUB. 



The club meeting of February 2 was held 

 at the Fort Pitt Hotel with a large attend- 

 ance of members. 



The election of officers for the year Ifll.i 

 resulted in the retention without change of 

 the otl'cers for 11114. viz.; 



President. Neil McCallum; vice-president. 

 E. C. Reineman; treasurer, T. P. Langhans; 

 secretary, H. P. Joslin; assistant secretary. 

 W. A. Clarke; Executive Committee: P. S. 

 Randolph; C. H. Sample. A. Frishkorn. 



There was a remarkably line exhibit of 

 roses from the E. G. Hill Company of Rich- 

 mond, Ind., and of blooming begonias in pots 

 from A. J. Peterson & Sons, Cincinnati, to- 

 gether with a number of exhibits from home 

 growers. 



Mr. Emil Kraft, of Pittsburgh, gave a talk 

 on radium, and especially the influence of 

 radio-active earth in plant growth and crop 

 production. First ilcscribing the discovery 

 of radium, he showed by lantern slides the 

 ore-liclds in Colorado and the reduction of 

 the ore ami the extraction of radium, 400 

 tons of radium ore being reijnired to produce 

 on an average 1.5Va grains of radium. After 

 the radium is extracted the residue is left 

 in a liiiely powdered condition, and it is the 

 iipplii-ation of this to the soil and the re- 

 sults therefrom that florists are iirincipally 

 interested. The powdered radium ore was 

 applied to the land in the proportions of 

 2.'), .")(!. 100 and 200 pounds per acre. The 

 result of the experiments showed that an 

 excess of radium would decrease the crop. 

 For example, on tnrnii)S the .50-pound plat 

 showed better results than those with either 

 hirger or smaller amounts of the powdered 

 ore. The effect on lawn grass was specially 

 marked in increased yield. On the other 

 hand, some experiments in the South have 

 shown very little results. 



It is evident that the ex|ierimeiitation 

 with radio-active earth is only in its in- 

 fancy, but enough has been demonstrated to 

 attract universal interest, and to caiise the 

 liveliest attention from all interested in 

 horticulture. 



H. P. .JOSLIN, Secretarv. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Tux- 

 edo Horticultural Society w-as held on Feb- 

 ruary 3 President Frederick Rake in the 

 chair. There was a good attendance of 

 nu'mbers present. The society has arranged 



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