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HORTICULTURE 



July 27, 1912 



fully decorated in the club's colors. 

 Brief remarks by President Greiver, 

 Mr. Neubeck, Wm. Legg, W. A. Adams 

 and others were appreciated. All in 

 all, it was a very successful outing, 

 and the committee is to be congratu- 

 lated upon its success. E. C. B. 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



On Tuesday, July 23. a party of hor- 

 ticultural people from Boston enjoyed 

 an auto trip to Dreamwold. Thos. W. 

 Lawson's farm at Scituate. Mass., as 

 guests of Edward MacMulkin. The 

 party included; J. K. M. L. Parquhar, 

 Judge C. W. Hoitt. E. H. Wilson, M. 

 H. Norton, E. Allan Peirce, Thos. A. 

 Cox, H. Huebner. Thos. Roland, W. 

 Hastings, T. J. Grey. W. R. Nichol- 

 son, W. J. Stewart. After an interest- 

 ing inspection of the famous stables, 

 kennels, barns and gardens, the visi- 

 tors were lavishly entertained by Mr. 

 MacMulkin at his farm house at Sea 

 View. 



The Minneapolis Florists' Associa- 

 tion held their annual picnic at Spring 

 Park, Lake Minnetonka, on July 18th. 



INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION OF 

 HORTICULTURE, 1913. 



The Secretary of Agriculture has re- 

 ceived through the Secretary of State 

 official notification from the Imperial 

 Embassy of Russia at Washington, D. 

 C, that under the patronage of his 

 majesty, the Emperor of Russia, an 

 International Exposition of Horticul- 

 ture will be held at St. Petersburg 

 during the spring of the year 1913. 



The Exposition will comprise the 

 following sections: 



I. Floriculture, 



II. Decorativp lim-tirultui-p-. <A1 (Jreen- 

 liouse; (B) Outdnor. 



III. Pomology. 



IV. Fresh fruits aud those kept natu- 

 rallv during tlie winter. 



V. Vegetables and marliet-garden plants. 



VI. Presei'vation and use of fruits and 

 i-egetables. 



VII. Grains. 



VIII. Apiculture and agriculture. 



IX. House plants. 



X. Scientific section. 



XI. School section. 



XII. Tools, instruments and apparatus 



XIII. Floral art. 



XIV. Commercial section. 



The organization of the Exposition 

 is in charge of an executive committee 

 under the direction of A. de Jaczew- 

 ski, Vice-President of the Imperial 

 Society of Horticulture of Russia. 

 President; and M. K. Borowski, Gen- 

 eral Secretary of the Society, Secre- 

 tary. 



Requests for registration should be 

 addressed to the executive committee 

 care of the Bureau of the Imperial 

 Society of Horticulture of Russia, 

 Quai de la Cour, 32, St. Petersburg, 

 Russia, on or before February 1, 1913, 

 by Russian exhibitors, and not later 

 tlian January 1, 1913, by foreign ex- 

 hibitors. 



Provisional and foreign exhibitors 

 who can not themselves or by their 

 representatives be present to receive 

 their exhibits should send them pre- 

 paid to the Bureau of the Imperial 

 Society of Horticulture. Exhibits not 

 prepaid will not be accepted and the 

 Society will not assume any responsi- 

 bility therefor. The committee will 

 receive exhibits sent prepaid by rail- 

 way or steamship and will put them 

 in position at the expense of the ex- 

 hibitor. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



There will be a meeting of the Board 

 of Directors of the American Carnation 

 Society at Chicago at 9.30 o'clock on 

 Thursday, August 22nd. Members who 

 are in attendance at the convention 

 are invited to meet with the board. 

 The schedule of premiums for the 

 National Flower Show in April, 1913, 

 will be made up at this meeting. Any- 

 one wishing to offer a special premium 

 for carnations will kindly advise the 

 undersigned. The following specials 

 have already been pledged: 



By Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, 111. 

 Gold medal, value $25.00 for 12 largest 

 carnation blooms. 



By S. M. Merwarth & Bro., Easton, 

 Pa. $50.00 in three prizes for 100 

 blooms of carnation Comfort. 



By Thos. W. Lawson, Boston, Mass. 

 Silver cup, value $50.00. Class not yet 

 named. 



By Hitchings & Co., New York, N. Y. 

 The Hitchings cup, value $30.00, Sweep- 

 stakes in Section A. 



New Carnations Registered. 



By Richard Diener & Co., Mountain 

 View, Cal. California Giant — Prosper- 

 ity X Enchantress. White with lemon 

 tint in centre. Occasional faint mark- 

 ings of red, as in Prosperity. Size, 5 

 to ti inches. Upright, vigorous habit. 

 Stiff stem, 3 feet in length. Produces 

 15 blooms per plant. Strong clove 

 scent. Papaver-shaped calyx. 



By Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass. Gor- 

 geous — Parentage not given. Color 

 Persian red. Size, 4 inches and over. 

 Plant extremely robust and healthy. 

 Exceptionally long stems, and stiff. 

 Guard petals of bloom broad and well 

 arranged, centre high and not too full. 

 Free for a strictly fancy sort. 



By Thos. F. Brown, Greenfield, Mich. 

 Magnificence— Winona X Beacon. True 

 pink. Size, 31/2 inches. Habit extra 

 good. Early and productive. Calyx 

 does not split. Good stem and well- 

 formed flower. 



By Cottage Gardens Co., Queens. N. 

 Y. Matchless— White Perfection X 

 Alma Ward. Color, pure white. Size, 

 3% to 4 inches. Vigorous habit with 

 long wiry stem. Very prolific. Flow- 

 ers possess extraordinary substance. 



By R. Witterstaetter, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. Pres. J, A. Valentine — Aristo- 

 crat X Enchantress. Bright shell 

 pink. Size, 3% inches. Strong habit, 

 with heavy leathery foliage. Stems 

 strong and stiff, curving slightly. Mod- 

 erately free. 



By Traendly & Schenck, New York, 

 N. Y. Salmon Beauty — Salmon-col- 

 ored sport from Enchantress. Stronger 

 and more vigorous than the original 

 Enchantress. 



By The E. G. Hill Co.. Richmond. 

 Ind. The Commodore — Victory x Seed- 

 ling. Color, velvety deep scarlet. Just 

 over 3 inches. Bluish grass of me- 

 dium size. Healthy and very free in 

 growth. Free in flower. Stiff stem 

 throughout the season. Never splits. 



By Chicago Carnation Co.. Joliet. 111. 

 The Herald — Seedling cross. Color, 

 scarlet. Size, 3 to 3% inches. Robust 

 upright growth, with very stiff stems. 

 Free bloomer and good habit. 



By Scott Bros., Elmsford, N. Y. Wm. 



Bccles — Beacon x Victory. Scarlet. 

 Size, 3% inches. Partakes of Victory 

 in habit. Stems, 21/2 to 3 feet and 

 hold flower rigid. Non-bursting calyx. 

 Sweet perfume. 



A. F. J, BAUR, Secretary. 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' CLUB 

 OF RHODE ISLAND. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Club of Rhode Island 

 was held at their headquarters in 

 Providence, July 15th, with a small at- 

 tendance. 



The annual outing of the club, which 

 was to have been held next month at 

 the Rhode Island State College, has 

 been called off. This decision was 

 reached at the meeting after hearing 

 the sentiment of many of the members 

 and a general discussion of the trip. 

 Last year the club went to Kingston 

 and the trip was a profitable one. 

 This year some of those who went 

 there last year did not care to go 

 again. 



Last winter, Robert Johnston, H. J. 

 Wheeler and Eugene McCarron were 

 chosen a committee to plan the outing 

 and it was with the object of having 

 an instructive and pleasure trip com- 

 bined that they decided on the King- 

 ston College. S. A. G. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At the annual meeting of the New 

 Orleans (La.) Horticultural Society on 

 July 11, H. Doescher was electedpresi- 

 dent; Max Schernuck, vice-president; 

 C A, Panter, re-elected secretary; and 

 John Bbling, re-elected treasurer. The 

 society voted to have its annual holi- 

 day in Grand Isle. 



Angelo J. Rossi, president of the 

 Pacific Coast Horticultural Society, H.. 

 Plath and D. MacRorie have been ap- 

 pointed by the Pacific Coast Society 

 as a delegation to the S. A. F. Con- 

 vention in Chicago to present a cordial 

 invitation for the 1915 sessions of that 

 body to be held in San Francisco. 



The monthly meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 at Glen Cove, N. Y.. on July 10th, 

 with a good attendance. Vice-Presi- 

 dent Barton occupied the chair. A 

 question was raised as to moving the ' 

 society's headquarters from Glen Cove 

 to Mineola and considerable discus- 

 sion followed, many of the older mem- 

 bers being in favor of the move. It 

 was decided to lay the matter over for 

 further consideration. It being sweet 

 pea night there was a very fine dis- 

 play. H. Boettcher was awarded first 

 for 25 sprays, pink, white and any 

 otlier color. Thanks of society was 

 awarded to G. Barton for collection 

 of sweet peas and honorable mention 

 to J. Marmoili for lettuce. A letter 

 was read from J. G. McNicol accept- 

 ing an invitation to act as judge at 

 the fall exhibition. Mrs. H. L. Pratt 

 offered a silver cup for table decora- 

 tion. It was decided to hold the 

 Dahlia Show on Oct, 9th. Prizes are 

 oftered at the next meeting for asters, 

 muskmelon and sweet corn, 



JAMES MacDONALD. Cor. Sec. 



