September 21, 1912 



HOKTICULTUEE 



409 



Me.; Alexander McPherson, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. ; A. J. Smith, Lake Geneva, 

 Wis. Committee on iinal arrange- 

 ments: Peter Duff, Orange, N. J.; Rob- 

 ert Tyson, Convent, N. J.; Joseph 

 Manda, ^^■est Orange, N. J.; M. C. 

 Ebel, Madison, N. J.; and Austin C. 

 Sayler, New Yorlv, N. Y. 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held its 

 regular monthly meeting last week 

 Thursday afternoon. This was instal- 

 lation meeting and the beginning of a 

 new year. Thirty-five were present, 

 including every officer. All bills were 

 paid and all the old committees re- 

 ported and the club began its new year 

 with a clean slate and 99 members in 

 good standing. All the new officers- 

 elect were present except Vice-Presi- 

 dent-elect Young. W. C. Young and E. 

 A\'. Guy served as installing offices 

 and the following were installed: 

 President, Fred H. Weber,; secretary, 

 J. J. Beneke; treasurer, W. C. Smith; 

 trustees, Wm. Ossick and John Con- 

 non. On leaving the chair President 

 Windier turned over the gavel to Pres- 

 ident Weber with a few appropriate 

 remarks, ending by asking the mem- 

 bers to give their support to the new 

 officers the same as they did to the 

 old. The meeting then adjourned to 

 a nearby cafe where refreshments were 

 served and a very pleasant evening 

 was spent. Ne.xt meeting Oct. 10th. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The fifth annual exhibition of the 

 New England Dahlia Society will be 

 held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on 

 September 20, 21, 22. 



The Seventeenth Annual Flower 

 Show of the Morris County Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Society will be held in 

 the Assembly Hall, Madison, N. J., on 

 Thursday and Friday, October 31st 

 and November 1st, 1912. 



The autumn flower exhibit of the 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society 

 will be held at Providence, R. L, 

 Sept. 24-2.5, in the parlors of the 

 Mathewson Street M. B. Church, and 

 present indications point to one of tha 

 largest shows in years. Si>ecial pre- 

 miums are offered this fall and the ex- 

 tra inducement appears to liave had 

 desired eilect. Sisson & Thurston of 

 Newport, importers and growers of 

 dahlias, have offered a prize tor one 

 dozen varieties, cactus dahlias, new 

 varieties of 1912. George H. Stoddard, 

 also of Newport, has offered a pre- 

 mium for the 20 largest blooms of at 

 least 10 cactus dahlias. 



At the Western Canada Irrigation 

 Congress at Kelowna, B. C. Prof. C. 

 I. Lewis of the Oregon Agricultural 

 College read a very well-considered 

 and instructive paper on "Some 

 Phases of Irrigation," showing where 

 and how systems of irrigation may 

 benefit or possibly injuriously affect 

 the product from fruit orchards. The 

 great problem, according to Prof. 

 Lewis is to teach the grower that irri- 

 gation cannot take the place of tillage 

 and that he should work on the basis 

 of not how much, but how little water 

 is necessary. 



in Lindsley Hall, Orange, N. J., on 

 Friday, September 13th. A communi- 

 cation from the National Flower Show 

 Committee asking the Society to do- 

 nate a prize was laid over for later 

 consideration. 



Lager & Hurrell exhibited Brasso- 

 Cattleya Maronae, which was awarded 

 90 points. Frank Drews got 75 points 

 for dahlias; Max Schneider, 75 for 

 celosias, and Emil Panuska SO for 

 Picus repens variegata and 78 for Cy- 

 pripedium Harrisianum. The seventh 

 annual dahlia show will be lield Sep- 

 tember 27th from 4 to 10 P. M. The 

 schedule provides for 34 classes and 

 the competition is open to all. 



The monthly meeting of the The 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticul- 

 tural Society was held in Greenwich, 

 Conn., on September 13th. A prize 

 of $25 was received from Mr. Chas. 

 Mallory, Portchester, also one of $10 

 from the Wilson Plant Oil Co. J. H. 

 Troy gave a short talk on "Horticul- 

 ture and Its Possibilities." Oscar 

 Fraenkel of Yonkers, also spoke on 

 the same subject, closing his remarks 

 with a few statistics on the results of 

 humus as a fertilizer. On exhibition 

 were collections of grapes from Thos. 

 Ryan; peaches and dahlias from Harry 

 Wilde; peaches from J. Foster, all 

 highly commended. A vote of thanks 

 was accorded Alex. Geddes for French 

 asparagus beans, H. Wilde for clero- 

 dendron and J. Henderson for seedling 

 dahlias. 



The annual dahlia exhibition of the 

 New Haven (Conn.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in Harmonie Hall, New 

 Haven, on September 11 and 12. First 

 prize winners in various classes were 

 as follows: 



Forbes & Keitb, George H. Walter, John 

 Slocombe. George Stlllman, Lewis Ailing, 

 Herbert Clark, Blauehe Davidson, Franli 

 Slieldon, W. H. Goldeiiblum, William F. 

 Yost, Frank Dutl'y, Nathan A. Miller, 

 Thomas Bell. 



Lord & Buruham, gold medal, value $'-0, 

 for best 1*2 blooms of Ameriean seedling 

 not yet in commerce, won by A. F. David- 

 son, Ansonia. 



Silver medal b.v Henry F. Michell Co., 

 won by John FL Slocombe, New Haven. 



Silver cup by John N. Champion & Co.. 

 tor largest exhibit, won by John H. Slo- 

 combe. 



Silver cup by S. H. Moore & Co. for 

 most meritorious exhibit, won by William 

 Tricker, Arlington, N. J., for water lilies, 

 also certificate of merit. 



The judges were Morris Fuld of 

 Philadelphia, Peter Zuger of South 

 Manchester, and Ernest Childs of An- 

 sonia. 



After a two months' intermission 

 the New Jersey Floricultural Society 

 held its first meeting of the season 



The September meeting of the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society was 

 held at Glen Cove, N. Y., September 

 nth. It was voted to offer a silver 

 cup valued at $50 for the National 

 Flower Show to be held in New York 

 next April, the class to be decided on 

 by the management. Mr. Gammock 

 offered a prize for the fall show and 

 Mr. Holloway made an offer of a cash 

 prize for fruit. The judges of the 

 evening's exhibits were Messrs. Gray, 

 Adler and MacDonald, and the awards 

 as follows: 



Honorable mention to Jas. Holloway for 

 a fine collection of outdoor fruit; 1st to H. 

 Boettcher for gladiolus; 1st to J. W. Ever- 

 ett for celery and 1st to H. Gaut for 

 onions. Mr. Gnut's onions were considered 

 by old members to be the best ever ex- 

 hibited at our meetings. 



The next meeting will be held at 

 Glen Cove in connection with the 

 Dahlia Show, October 9th. 



During Recess* 



Cook County Florists' Association. 



The Cook County Florists' Associa- 

 tion, Chicago, organized its bowling 

 league under the leadership of Allie 

 Zech, chairman of tlie sports commit- 

 tee, and will bowl its first game Sept. 

 ISth, at Bensinger's alleys. An alley 

 is reserved for the ladies, who will 

 participate on the opening night, and 

 it is expected that they will be guests 

 frequently during the season. 



The prizes are as follows: Silver 

 cup, by the Cook County Florists' As- 

 sociation, for the man making highest 

 individual average; watch fob, by A. 

 L. Randall Co., for highest single 

 score; stick pins, by J. Michaelson, 

 for highest average man each team; 

 umbrellas, by Zech & Mann, to six 

 highest individuals; fountain pen, by 

 Chicago Carnation Co., to man making 

 highest three game average. $155 in 

 c;ish prizes. 



Membership of the league is as fol- 

 lows: 



KOSES. CAENATIONS. 



A. Fischer W. Lorman 



.1. Bvers P. Bruuke 



(I. G'oerisch E. Armstrong 



1-: \ilker F. Lieberman 



.V Lehman P. McKee 



I. Kreutz F. PotocUa 



J. Curran 



VKiLETS. 

 .T. lluebuer 

 i:. Scluiltz 

 A. Cole 

 .T. Jacobs 

 A. lluebner 

 A. r. Kohlbrandt 

 M. Fink 

 K. W'interson, Jr. 



Chicago Florists' Bowling League. 



The Chicago Florists' Club Bowling 

 League will bowl their first game Sep- 

 tember 24th, the following named 

 members participating. Ernest Farley, 

 chairman of the sports committee, has 

 worked hard and anticipates a good 

 winter's sport. All details are not yet 

 completed, but the names to date are 

 as follows: 



1 2 



\V. Wolf C. Balluff 



F Potocka H. Kruchten 



p Price J. Foerster 



r,' Winterson W. Abramson 



E. Ollinger J. Einwich 



T Waters H. Klunder 



ORCHIDS. 

 J. Zech 

 W. GrofC 

 J. Ross 



G. Economopolus 

 M. Cohen 

 J. Michaelson 

 E. Stenquist 



E. Farley 



F. Krauss 

 Ij. Vaughan 

 J. Degnan 

 J. Bernie 



J. Manusos 



F. Pasterniek 

 J. Kruchten 



G. Asmus 

 V. P.ergmau 

 It. Krone 

 A. I.azoroff 

 L. Wenzel 



A picnic was given September 15th 

 bv the Gardeners' and Florists' Union, 

 No. 10615, Chicago, at Ebert's Grove, 

 Ridge avenue, and though the day was 

 cool it was participated in by about 

 400, who were entertained with games 

 and dancing. 



The State Fair at Springfield, 111., 

 to be held October 4 to 12 offers a 

 very attractive list of premiums for 

 plants, cut flowers, bulbs, window 

 boxes, filled baskets and designs with 

 separate classes for professionals and 

 amateurs. The floricultural premium 

 list carries over $3,000 worth of prizes. 

 Special train will be provided for Chi- 

 cago people. 



On Monday forenoon, Mr. E. H. Wil- 

 son of the Arnold Arboretum ad- 

 dressed the Newport Garden Associa- 

 tion at the residence of Senator Wet- 

 more, on the subject of "Lilies." 



