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HORTICULTURE 



August 10, 1912 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 

 There was a moderate attendance 

 at the regular monthly club meeting 

 on the 6th inst. Reports were made 

 by the transportation, hotel, and sports 

 committees. It was decided in the 

 matter of transportation to go with 

 the Baltimore and Washington contin- 

 gents. If the Pennsylvania Railroad is 

 decided on. then it will be the 8.40 

 train Monday morning, and join the 

 Southerners at Harrisburg. If the 

 Baltimore & Ohio, then the 10.17 train, 

 picking up the others at Baltimore 

 and Washington. The fares. Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad, one way. $18.25; party 

 ticket (10 or more), $16.35. Baltimore 

 & Ohio. $17.00; party ticket, $15.40. 

 All members will be duly notified by 

 postal. No decision was made on ho- 

 tels, but a full and detailed report 

 was given by the committee. The 

 Grand Pacific and the Sherman seemed 

 to be the prime favorites — and as Ed. 

 Winterson said about the Sherman — 

 were "our best bets." The sports com- 

 mittee reported that they had been un- 

 able to get a bowling team for the con- 

 vention in the usual way; and it was 

 decided that the matter be left to 

 John Dodds to pick a team from those 

 who attend at Chicago. If John Dodds 

 does not go, then the duty to devolve 

 on John Westcott. The following pub- 

 licity committee to co-operate with the 

 New York Club at Chicago was ap- 

 pointed: Joseph Heacock, E. J. Fan- 

 court, Albert M. Herr. The essay 

 committee are arranging to have a re- 

 view of the convention for the Septem- 

 ber meeting. 



A NEW ROSE. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



A regular meeting of the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society will be held on next 

 Monday evening at the Flower Mar 

 ket. 



The Florists' Club of Washington at 

 its meeting on August 6 pledged the 

 sum of $200 towards the proposed 

 Smith Memorial. The following mem- 

 bers were appointed on a committee 

 to consider the matter: William F. 

 Gude, D. G. Grilbortzer, E. C. May- 

 berry, O. A. Oehmler, and George Field. 

 The flower and vegetable e.xhibition 

 of the Lenox Horticultural Society will 

 be held at Town Hall. Lenox, Mass., 

 Thursday. August 22nd. The fall ex- 

 hibition will be held at Town Hall, 

 Thursday and Friday, October 24th and 

 25th. Schedules can be had by apply- 

 ing to G. H. Instone, Secretary. 



The Southampton (N. Y.) Horticul- 

 tural Society held its annual exhibition 

 at the Art Museum grounds on 

 Wednesday and Thursday last. The 

 135 classes were filled to overflowing 

 and a brilliant and most interesting 

 display was the result. A full list of 

 the awards appears in the Southamp- 

 ton Press. 



The August exhibition of flowers, 

 fruits, and vegetables by the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society will be 

 held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on 

 Saturday and Sunday, August In and 

 11. Gladioli, phloxes, China asters, 

 and seasonable annuals will be the 

 chief features of the floral display. 

 Apples, pears, peaches, and plums will 

 be shown for the first time this sea- 

 son, while exhibits of vegetables will 

 be of no less interest. In addition to 

 the prizes offered by the Society the 

 American Gladiolus Society offers a sil- 

 ver and a bronze medal for the best 

 exhibit of gladioli, to be competed for 



Edward Kress of Baltimore, has pro- 

 duced the handsome new rose herewith 

 illustrated, by crossing Gruss an Tep- 

 litz and Etoile de France. This was 

 five yeai-s ago. and Mr. Kress declares 

 he now has "the best dark red ever- 

 blooming rose for garden culture that 

 has been produced in the last fifty 

 years." On several occasions during the 

 past two years he has exhibited at the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Balti- 

 more magnificent blooms and last year 

 a committee of ten appointed from the 



Club, visited Mr. Kress and inspected 

 in the early spring over 200 plants he 

 had in a cold greenhouse, which at the 

 time were in full bloom, some of the 

 open blooms measuring six inches in 

 diameter, and exquisitely fragrant. 

 The Club awarded Mr. Kress a certi- 

 ficate of merit. This rose is perfectly 

 hardy and has stood this past winter 

 16 below zero. 



The photograph is from plants 

 growing in two-and-a-half, and four- 

 inch pots. 



by amateurs only. The exhibition is 

 free and will be open Saturday from 

 12 M. to 6 P. M. and Sunday from 2 to 

 P. M. 



ST. LOUIS NOTES. 



The American Apple Growers will 

 hold their annual meeting at the 

 Planters Hotel, Thursday, Aug. 22. T. 

 C. Wilson is secretary. 



The Bentzen Base Ball Club played 

 the Sanders team Sunday and were 

 beaten by a score of 7 to 6. Mullan- 

 phy and Grimm & Gorly also have 

 base ball teams. 



W. W. Chenoweth, secretary of 

 the State Board of Horticulture, has 

 resigned to accept a position as in- 

 structor in Horticulture at Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College at Amherst, 

 Mass. 



We are going to have a large dele- 

 gation from here to the S. A. F. con- 

 vention next week according to P. H. 

 Weber, State V. P. The delegation 

 will he the largest that has yet at- 

 tended a convention from here. 



Ulrich Burkhardt, an old employee, 

 is now in charge of the gate at the 

 main entrance of Shaw's Garden, tak- 

 ing the place of Mrs. Asberghous who 

 has held the position the past 22 

 years. Friends are now at work get- 

 ting indorsement for her reinstate- 

 ment. Things have changed greatly 

 at the garden since Dr. Wm. Trelease 

 and Prof. Irish departed. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



J. Hooper Hetherington will spend 

 his vacation at Atlantic City. N. J. 



The Senate on Wednesday last 

 agreed to the conference report on the 

 .Agricultural Appropriation Bill carry- 

 ing $17,000,000 for the fiscal year's 

 work. 



Mrs. Theodore Diedrich. accompa- 

 nied by her son, Henry, has left her 

 home in Congress Heights. D. C, for 

 Europe. They will spend the balance 

 of the summer in Germany. 



At a joint meeting of the outing 

 committee of the Florists' Club of 

 Washington and Kallipolis Grotto, it 

 was decided to hold another outing at 

 Chesapeake Beach on Friday. August 

 23rd. Practically the same program 

 that was planned for July 24th will be 

 carried out. 



As a result of a decision of the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission free 

 delivery of freight from the Penn., B. 

 & 0., and the Philadelphia. Baltimore 

 and AVashington stations will be al- 

 lowed the merchants along Fourteenth 

 street between Florida avenue and 

 Park road. N. W. The merchants 

 claimed they were being discriminated 

 against as the Georgetown district, 

 further distant, enjoyed the free de- 

 livery of freight and the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission upheld their 

 contention. 



