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HOETICULTURE 



January 10, ifll4 



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1914 CATALOGUE 



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Clubs and Societies 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 above Society was held in the town 

 hall, Lenox, Mass.. on Saturday even- 

 ing, Jan. ord. The chief business was 

 the altering of the by-laws to provide 

 that the Society hold its annual meet- 

 ing in November instead of December. 

 Two exhibitions will be held this year, 

 but the summer show will be held on 

 July 22nd and 2;!rd instead of the same 

 dates in August as has always been the 

 custom in previous years. The reason 

 for the alteration is to have more 

 classes for sweet peas, as the other 

 show was rather late for them. The 

 dates for the fall show are Oct. 22nd 

 and 23rd. The following prizes have 

 been donated: C. H. Totty, $15 for 

 new chrysanthemum James Frazer, 

 J. M. Thorburn & Co., silver cup for 

 collection of twelve varieties of vege- 

 tables; Knight & Struck, $10 for any 

 class the Society likes to offer it for; 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., ?10 for same. 

 The date for the annual ball is Feb. 6. 

 John Maib, Asst. Sec. 



I have nothing but good things to say of 

 the summer show. Every courtesy was 

 shown me by the officers, making the visit 

 enjoyable. It was said the exhibit of 

 Howers was not as large as in former 

 years, owing, no doubt, to the drought of 

 the season ; while the quantity of flowers 

 was small, the quality was high as the 

 hall was well filled with vegetables and 

 flowers. 



In the vegetable classes there was a fine 

 display. I have never seen better, and 

 there was much higher interest in the 

 awards by growers, than in the flower 

 classes. There was a fine exhibit of hot- 

 house grapes. The school exhibit of 

 flowers and vegetables, although small, was 

 very creditable and worthy of high compli- 

 ments. Respectfully submitted. 



(Signed) ALBERT ELLSWORTH, 



Inspcitor. 



Inspector's Report on Lenox Show. 



Athol, Mass., November 1, 1013. 

 Wilfrid Wheeler, Esq., Secretary State 

 Board of Agriculture, Boston, Mass. 

 Dear Sir: It was my pleasure to visit 

 the annual August exhibition of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society, but because of sick- 

 ness was unable to be present in October 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The meeting on Tuesday evening 

 last was known as "Rose Night." The 

 chief exhibitors at this meeting were 

 as follows: A. Doemling, Lansdowne, 

 Pa.; a very fine lot of roses, one vase 

 each of Radiance, Milady, Queen and 

 Mrs. Russell. The last named variety 

 was exceptionally good in color and 

 stem. A. N. Pierson Co., Cromwell. 

 Conn.; new rose Hadley, which cre- 

 ated a very good impression. Stephen 

 Mortenson, Southampton, Pa.; double 

 White Killarney, all very fine blooms. 

 Joseph Heacock Co., Roelofs, Pa., 

 Pink Killarney, White Killarney, Ra- 

 diance and Richmond. George Burton, 

 Wyndmoor, Pa., new sport from My 

 Maryland, named "Aurora," a good 

 light pink, and very fragrant. John 

 Stephenson's Sons, Oak Lane, Phila., 



Sunburst; well grown. A. Faren- 

 wald, Roslyn, Pa., Mrs. George Shaw- 

 yer, showing remarkable growth and 

 good color. W. A. Leonard, Lans- 

 downe, Pa., Double White Killarney. 

 Robert Scott & Sons, Sharon Hill, Pa., 

 Killarney Brilliant; good color and 

 very good foliage. 



Adolf Farenwald gave a talk on 

 "Affiliation." There was quite a dis- 

 cussion following the reading of this 

 paper, but the consensus of opinion 

 seemed to be that affiliation between 

 the S. A. F. and the Florists' Clubs 

 would not get through as proposed, 

 at present. 



The February meeting will be 

 "Carnation Night," at which time ex- 

 hibits of new and choice carnations 

 are invited. The essay committee an- 

 nounced that they will have a very 

 prominent carnation man to talk to us 

 on that evening. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that as 

 no objection has been received or filed 

 to the registration of the chrysanthe- 

 mum, 'Mary Ellen," by Frederick 

 Xaeerstam, Belle Haven, Greenwich, 

 Connecticut, and the Chrysanthemum, 

 "Lena Baum," by Charles L. Baum of 

 Knoxville, Tenn., and the Begonia, 

 "Florence Davenport," 

 Davenport, Watertown, 

 same become complete. 

 John 

 December 27, 1913. 



by Alfred 

 Mass., the 



Young, Sec'y. 



