December 21. 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



865 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The election of ofBcers was the 

 principal business before this club at 

 its regular meeting on Tuesday even- 

 ing. Dec. 17. It was remarked by 

 many that the attendance seemed 

 hardly in keeping with the impor- 

 tance of the occasion, being light as 

 compared with the average attendance 

 at these monthly meetings. This was 

 undoubtedly due to the fact that there 

 was really no contest on to liven 

 things up. there being but one candi- 

 date for each office except vice-presi- 

 dent and executive committee, and it 

 transpired regarding the latter that 

 very few were willing to accept the 

 ,iob. two gentlemen even declining to 

 serve after having been elected bv bal- 

 lot. 



The result of the election was finally 

 decided as follows: President, W. J. 

 Kennedy; vice-president. Herman 

 Bartsch; secretary. W. N. Craig; 

 treasurer, Peter Fisher; executive 

 committee. Peter M. Miller, W. J. Pat- 

 terson, Robert S. Edgar and W. C. 

 Rust. A very good set of officers and 

 the coming year should show some 

 good practical work put through. 

 President-elect Kennedy has given 

 good proof of his sincerity and ability 

 as a presiding officer when, as vice- 

 president he has been called upon to 

 fill the chair during most of the past 

 year on account of the disability of 

 ex-president Pegler. 



Wm. Downs reported for the land- 

 scape class committee that two very 

 excellent instructors, Messrs. Aldrich 

 and Smith had been secured for the 

 season. The course begins this week 

 and class will ineet regularly on Tues- 

 day evenings at Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, for sixteen weeks. An earn- 

 est appeal was made by Mr. Downs to 

 the young men of the club to take ad- 

 vantage of this rare opportunity Lo 

 secure instruction in one of the most 

 lucrative and beneficial fields of horti- 

 cultural skill and W. H. Elliott spoke 

 strongly in the same vein. F. E. 

 Palmer made a report of progress ou 

 behalf of the committee on trade pub- 

 licity and was followed by W. J. 

 Stewart, both speakers urging patience 

 and that the committee be given plen- 

 ty of time to work out something 

 broadly practical. 



As announced in the program, dur- 

 ing the hour in which the tellers were 

 counting up the ballots, Andrew Chris- 

 tensen of Stoneham gave a talk on 

 his recent trij) to the tropics, including 

 the Panama Canal, Jamaica and Costa 

 Rica. The latter, he said, was the 

 most beautiful country he had ever 

 seen. The gigantic work being done 

 in the construction of the canal was 

 graphically told and the strange 

 scenery and wonderful vegetation of 

 the Isthmus and the tropical islands, 

 their people and customs were most 

 delightfully depicted. The address 

 was full of simple yet vivid word- 

 picturing which was thoroughly en- 

 joyed. 



On the exhibition platform was a 

 vase of Carnation Princess Dagmar 

 from Patten & Co.; Cattleya Perci- 



valiana, 18 blooms, from Charles 

 Cooper, gardener for Miss Amy Lowell 

 of Brookline; vase of mixed carna- 

 tions fi'om T: Coles; poinsettias, cycla- 

 men and Lorraine begonias from R. 

 & J. Farquhar & Co.. and two seedling 

 carnations from Littlefield & Wyman 

 of North Abington, which attracted 

 notice by their fine growth and glow- 

 ing pink color. 



Regarding the "double flowered'' 

 poinsettia shown by Messrs. Farquhar, 

 George Anderson declared it to be the 

 only one worth growing, as it lasts 

 longer and holds its leaves better 

 than the old variety. Robert Cameron 

 endorsed this, stating that when the 

 large outside red bracts fall away the 

 smaller ones in the centre expand and 

 take their place, thus maintaining an 

 attractive head for three or four 

 months. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The Florist Club held a very in- 

 teresting meeting, Thursday, Decem- 

 ber 12th, the best attended of the 

 year, the occasion being the pres- 

 ence of President Vincent of the 

 S. A. F. The publicity committee 

 made a written report, and R. J. 

 Windier, chairman, delivered quite an 

 address. At the conclusion a vote was 

 taken as to a standing fund for this 

 committee, which was headed by the 

 club with $50, and before the close of 

 the meeting several hundred dollars 

 was subscribed by the members. A 

 letter was read from President-elect 

 Farquhar of the S. A. F., which was 

 placed in the hands of a committee. 

 Adolph Janeicke, A. J. M^indler. O. K. 

 Danders and F. X. Gorly were elected 

 to membership on clear ballots. Res- 

 olutions on the death of Francis Fill- 

 more were prepared by J. F. Ammann 

 and were adopted by a rising vote. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. sent Car- 

 nation The Herald, and a committee 

 consisting of J. Bourdet, F. Fillmore 

 and W. Blixen reported that the 

 blooms scored 87 points and on mo- 

 tion they were presented to Mrs. Vin- 

 cent. 



President Vincent gave a fine talk 

 on affiliation, publicity and S. A. F. 

 matters and his remarks kept the 

 members in good humor all afternoon. 

 Adolph Janeicke addressed the meet- 

 ing, asking the club to meet at the 

 garden at least twice a year, which 

 was accepted with thanks, the trustees 

 to name the months for these meet- 

 ings. Luther Armstrong, the oldest 

 member of the club, was reported sick 

 at a local hospital and the trustees 

 were ordered to send a bouquet of 

 flowers each week. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 

 Change of Name. 



Notice is hereby given that the name 

 of Gladiolus Dawn (Childsi), listed for 

 several years by John Lewis Childs, 

 Floral Park, N. Y., has been changed 

 to Dawnray. This change has been 

 made voluntarily by Mr. Childs, to ac- 

 celerate the work of the nomenclature 

 committee. 



L. MERTON GAGE. Sec'y. 



South Natick, Mass., Dec. 13, 1912. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



On Friday, Dec. IZ, the committee 

 of awards of the N. Y. Florists' Club 

 visited the establishment of the Cot- 

 tage Gardens Co. to see the new car- 

 nation "Mitchless" growing. It had 

 already received the preliminary cer- 

 tificate of the club. The report will be 

 made public at the next meeting. There 

 was a number of visitors at this place 

 the same day, among them Prank H. 

 Tiaendly, C. H. Totty, John Donald- 

 son. Joseph Fenrich, J. H. Pepper, 

 Walter P. Sheridan, Jos. A. Manda, 

 John Young, of New York and R. H. 

 Cathcart, Newburgh, N. Y. Of the com- 

 mittee there were Chairman A. L. Mil- 

 ler. Robert Simpson, John Miesem and 

 Charles Weber. All were pleased with 

 the splendid condition of the plant 

 and the new cerise carnation "Vivid" 

 made a great impression on the visit- 

 ors. Manager R. T. Brown is making 

 great preparations for his exhibits in 

 the competition classes of ornamental 

 nursery stock and will in addition take 

 a large block of space in the trade 

 exhibition of the International Flower 

 Show. Later the party was taken In 

 automobiles to the greenhouses and 

 nursery of A. L. Miller, Jamaica, 

 whose Christmas stock was nearly 

 all sold. 



The committee of award are going to 

 Northport, L. I., before the new year 

 to the greenhouses of J. D. Cockcroft, 

 to make final scoring on the carna- 

 tion "Northport." 



Among other unintentional and 

 much regretted "slip-ups" incidental 

 upon the final hustle in getting out our 

 holiday number last week was the 

 omission of the name of John Donald- 

 son of Elmhurst, who was elected vice- 

 president of the New York Florists' 

 Club. This evidence of popularity Is 

 well merited by that amiable and ac- 

 complished gentleman. 



The Ladies' Entertainment Commit- 

 tee for the International Flower 

 Show, as appointed by President Man- 

 da, is as follows: Mrs. F. H. Traendly, 

 Miss O'Mara, Mrs. W. F. Sheridan, 

 Mrs. C. H. Totty, Mrs. J. Scott, Mrs. 

 C. B. Weathered, Mrs. A. L. Miller, 

 Mrs. J. B. Nugent, Jr., Mrs. J. A. Man- 

 da. Mrs. J. Donaldson, Mrs. J. Roehrs, 

 Jr., Mrs. H. A. Bunyard, Mrs. Charles 

 Schenck, Mrs. J. H. Pepper, Mrs. W. 

 E. Marshall. Mrs. A. M. Henshaw, Mrs. 

 R. G. Wilson. Mrs. W. H. Slebrecht, 

 Jr., and Mrs. Harry Turner. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



This society held their annual meet- 

 ing on Dec. 9th. The treasurer's re- 

 port proved that the society was in a 

 good financial position. Messrs. Heere- 

 mans, Jenkins, Wingett and Lovelass 

 gave some interesting talks on their 

 visit to the New York and various 

 other shows and all spoke very highly 

 of the new rose, Mrs. Charles Russell. 

 Mr. Cook, of Stumpp & Walter's spoke 

 very favorably of new places build- 

 ing up in the middle west. Alex. Mac- 

 Connachie was elected president; 

 Frank Butler, vice-president; A. J. 

 Loveless, treasurer; G. Instone, secre- 

 tary; W. Hooper, assistant secretary. 

 W. HOOPER, Asst. Sec'y. 



