December 28, 1912 



HOETICULTUEE 



897 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Department of Plant Registration. 

 Public notice is hereby given that 

 Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc, California, 

 offers for registration the following 

 Sweet Peas, Winter Flowering, Orchid 

 or Spencer type. 



Any person objecting to the regis- 

 tration of the above or to the use of 

 the proposed names is requested to 

 comnumicate with the secretary at 

 once. Failing to receive objection to 

 the registration, the same will be made 

 three weeks from this date. 

 Raiser's Description. 

 "Buterley" — color standard deep 

 rose, wings white. Parentage: Xmas 

 Pink by Countess Spencer. 



"White Buterley" — color pure white, 

 seed white. Parentage: White 

 Spencer by Florence E. Denzer. 



"White Curleyana" — color purest 

 white, seed black. The standard is 

 very large, so are wings and all over 

 curled and twisted. Very large per- 

 centage coming with two or more 

 standards or four wings and all the 

 flowers appearing as double. Parent- 

 age White Blackseeded Spencer by 

 Enchantress. Seedling out 3d genera- 

 tion. 



"Why Not" — color pink self. Par- 

 entage; Countess Spencer X Zvola- 

 nek's Pink. These varieties represent 

 the winter flowering Countess Spencer. 

 "Dolansky Spencer" — color light 

 pink self. Parentage; Countess 

 Spencer X Zvolanek's Pink. Seedling 

 from 3d generation. 



"Hercules" — color standards rosy 

 pink, wings light pink, one of the 

 largest Winter Orchid-flowering. Pa- 

 entage: Countess Spencer X Zvola- 

 nek's Pink. Seedling out 2d genera- 

 tion. 



"Orangine" — color orange self. Par- 

 entage: Orange Late Spencer X Zvol- 

 anek's Orange. Seedling out 3d gen- 

 eration. 



"Salma" — color orange salmon. Par- 

 entage Orange Late Spencer X Zvol- 

 anek's Orange. Seedling out 3d gener- 

 ation. 



"Pincus" — color standard rose pink, 

 wings one shade lighter. Parentp.ge: 

 Rose Pink, Late Spencer X Zvolanek's 

 Pink. Seedling out 2d generation. 



"Apricota" — color apricot pink, par- 

 entage Apricot Late Spencer X Zvola- 

 nek's Pink, Seedling out 2d generation. 

 "Smalley Spencer" — color satiny 

 salmon. Parentage: Apricot Late 

 Spencer X Zvolanek's Pink. Seedling 

 out 2d generation. 



"Mrs. Sim Spencer" — color salmon 

 pink. Parentage: Apricot Late 

 Spencer X Zvolanek's Pink. Seedling 

 out 3d generation. 



"Bohemian" — color rose red self, 

 standard and wings curly and mostly 

 double. Parentage: white blackseeded 

 Spencer X Zvolanek's Enchantress. 

 Seedling out 2d generation. 



"Antionete" — color brilliant clear 

 pink standard and wings curly and 

 mostly double. Parentage: Black- 

 seeded White Late Spencer X Zvola- 

 nek's Enchantress. Seedling out 3d 

 generation. 



"Appleblossom" — color appleblossom 

 pink, standard and wings curly. Par- 

 entage White Blackseeded Spencer X 

 Zvolanek's Enchantress. Seedling out 

 2d generation. 



"Venus" — color cream white in 

 winter, pink blush in summer. Black- 

 seeded. Parentage: white blackseeded 

 Spencer X Zvolanek's Enchantress. 

 Seedling out 3d generation. 



"Orchid Beauty," color rose pink self 

 in winter, with orange blush in sum- 

 mer. Parentage: Rose Pink Spencer 

 X Pink Beauty. Seedling out 2d gen- 

 eration. 



"Cereus" — color Cereus red, im- 

 mense wavy flower. Parentage: Rose 

 Pink Spencer X Xmas Meteor. Seed- 

 ling out 2d generation. 



"Lilaca" — color lilac pink standard, 

 wings lavender pink, extra large 

 wavy flower. Parentage: Lilac 

 Spencer X Zvolanek's Pink. Seedling 

 out 3d generation. 



"Bush Butterfly"^color standard li- 

 lac pink wings, cream white. Parent- 

 age: Xmas Pink X Countess Spencer. 

 Seedling out 3d generation. 



"Sunset" — color standard rose pink, 

 wings lilac pink. Parentage: Rose 

 Pink Spencer X Zvolanek's Pink. 

 Seedling out 2d generation. 



"Azurea" — color dark blue self: Par- 

 entage Walter Wright Spencer X Zvol- 

 anek's Blue. Seedling out 2d genera- 

 tion. 



"Lucifer" — color scarlet self. Par- 

 entage scarlet Spencer X Zvolanek's 

 Crimson. Out 3d generation. 



"Indian" — color brownish purple. 

 Parentage: White Spencer X Zvola- 

 nek's Crimson. Seedling out 3d gen- 

 eration. 



"Evening" — color light rose self. 

 Parentage: Rose Pink Spencer X P. 

 Beauty. Seedling out 2d generation. 



"Jealousy" — color light yellow. Par- 

 entage: White Spencer X Jack Hunter. 

 Seedling out 3d generation. 



"Heaven" — color first opening light 

 lilac, when full open sky-blue laven- 

 der. Parentage: Lavender Spencer X 

 Zvolanek's Blue. Seedling out 3d 

 generation. 



"Bishop" — color bishop-red self. 

 Parentage: White Spencer X 

 Zvolanek's Crimson. Seedling out 3d 

 generation. 



"Flag" — color white ground, orange 

 striped. Parentage: Florence E. Den- 

 zer X Orange Spencer. Seedling out 

 2d generation. 



Blue Stripes" — color ground blue, 

 striped white. Parentage White 

 Spencer X Zvolanek's Crimson. Seed- 

 ling out 3d generation. 



Remarks — All those foregoing va- 

 rieties are strictly Winter bloomers. 

 The foliage is more rounded, but not 

 so strong as in the late flowering 

 Spencers; the height 6 to 10 ft. under 

 glass, 3 to 5 ft., when grown outdoors. 

 The flowers are just the same as the 

 late-flowering Spencers with extra 

 large wavy flowers and exposed or 

 open keel, bearing over 50 per cent, 

 four flowers to each stem and if raised 

 under extra ideal condition many will 

 bear five and six flowers. If sowed 

 August 15th they will begin to bloom 

 in 65 days. If sowed in October, they 

 will begin to bloom in 90 to 100 days. 



according to the weather. After they 

 are about 4 feet high, with each fo- 

 liage springs one stem with extra 

 strong and large flowers. They are 

 just as productive and early as the 

 common old Winter Sweet Pea. 

 ANT. C. ZVOLANEK, Originator. 

 JOHN YOUNG, Secretary. 

 Dec. 20, 1912. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The 23rd annual meeting was held 

 on the 13th inst. First-class certifi- 

 cate was awarded John P. Huss for 

 Glory of Cincinnati, Gloire de Lor- 

 raine, Turnford Hall, and LaPatrie be- 

 gonias; certificate of merit to Warren 

 S. Mason, of Parmington, for bouvar- 

 dia; first-class certificates to J. Alfred 

 Weber for double and single poin- 

 settias; William H. MacKenzie, of 

 Bristol, for sweet peas; Alfred Cebe- 

 lius, of Hartford, for Dreer's Superb 

 Salad tomatoes. Thanks were also ex- 

 tended to Mr. Weber for mushrooms. 

 The president's, treasurer's, and sec- 

 retary's reports all showed the society 

 to be in a fiourishing condition, with 

 a large membership and a goodly sum 

 in the treasury. 



The election of officers resulted as 

 follows: President, John F. Huss; 

 vice-presidents, J. Alfred Weber, Alex. 

 Gumming, Jr., Carl Peterson; secre- 

 tary, George W. Smith; treasurer, W. 

 W. Hunt; librarian, William T. Hall; 

 botanist, George W. Smith; pomolo- 

 gist, C. H. Sierman; executive com- 

 mittee, John Gerard, George B. Baker, 

 George H. Hollister, Howard A. Pin- 

 ney, and Alex. Gumming, Jr. 



All the county vice-presidents were 

 re-elected. The auditing committee 

 added the following kind paragraph to 

 their report: 



"Your committee also wishes to extend 

 their compliments to both the treasurer 

 and the secretary for their neat, accurate, 

 and systematic methods of recording the 

 Society's business." 



GEORGE W. SMITH, Secretary. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The prize list for the coming exhibi- 

 tion as part of the National Flower 

 Show has been issued. There will be 

 additional special prizes. 



The Annual Bulletin for 1912 will be 

 an interesting document. This record 

 of events of the Society is steadily 

 in demand by libraries and students. 



The correspondence up to this date 

 shows that interest is already alive 

 among the growers of roses to make 

 good in New York. No flower show 

 would be complete unless the roses 

 were there in full force. These flower 

 shows are very effective as "trade 

 getters" in this wise: The fame of 

 them goes broad cast. In the city of 

 New York within a radius of twelve 

 miles from the location of the Grand 

 Central Station where the show is to 

 be held, are 5.000,000 people, and to 

 cultivate the taste of this great pop- 

 ulation is the effect. 



There is a place in popular favor 

 for the small roses. The rambler is 

 becoming more and more in evidence 

 the country over. During the growing 

 season, this class of roses, if you look 



