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HOETICULTUBE 



February 7, 1914 



practically an associate membership. 

 This has been made possible through 

 the kindness of the trustees of the 

 Public Library, who have granted the 

 use of the first floor of their beautiful 

 ■building together -with janitor service, 

 provided no admission was charged. 

 At this meeting plans were evolved 

 for four free shows the coming sea- 

 son, viz.: Peony show early in June; 

 Rose show the latter part of the same 

 month; Dahlia and general flower 

 show in September; Chrysanthemum 

 show early in November. The annual 

 banquet will be held on the 19th of 

 this month and the annual clam-bake 

 in August, tor which the entertain- 

 ment committee are making elaborate 

 plans. Altogether this bids fair to be 

 the banner year for this society. An 

 entertainment committee was ap- 

 pointed consisting of W. P. Turner, 

 chairman, James McVicker and 

 Oeorge H. Reynolds, 



William F. Turner. 



'FRANCIS SCOTT KEY" 



HLBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Elberon (N. J.) Horticultural 

 Society held its regular monthly 

 meeting Feb. 2. This being carnatibn 

 night, the carnation growers of the 

 Elberon section of Long Branch 

 turned out strong and made a very 

 ■creditable exhibition. C. H. Totty, of 

 Madison, N. J., was a welcome visi- 

 tor, acting as one of the judges. He 

 complimented the growers on the 

 quality of the flowers, and especially 

 White Wonder, as grown by George 

 Masson, and Beacon by Thomas Ham- 

 bleton. They were superb. Mr. Sper- 

 ling, of the Stumpp & Walter Co.. 

 was also in attendance and compli- 

 mented the growers on their skill. 



Following is a list of the awards: 



Carnation.s — White: George Masson 1st 

 with White Wonder; D. C. Kelly 2(1. White 

 Perfection. Light pinlt : George Masson 

 1st with Piuii Enchantress; Thomas Ham- 

 bleton 2d, Pink Enchantress; D. C. Kell.v 

 3d, Pinii Enchantress. Dark Pink : D. C. 

 Kelly 1st with C. W. Ward; Anthony 

 Bauer 2d, C. W. Ward: John Chinas 3d. 

 Northport. Red : Thomas Hamhleton 1st 

 with Beacon ; John Clunas 2d. Beacon. 

 Sweepstakes in all classes : George Masson 

 1st with White Wonder ; George Masson 

 2d. Pink Enchantress. 



D- C. Kelly, cultnral certificates for mig- 

 nonette and Rose Radiance; John Clunas, 

 cultural certificat^e for Phalaenopsis Schil- 

 leriana ; C. O. Duncan, cultural certificate 

 for Coelogyne cristata ; George Masson, 

 honorable mention for sweet peas. 



Wm. Bryan. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON 



The next regular monthly meeting 

 of the club will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Tuesday even- 

 ing, Feb. 17, 1914, at 8 p. m. The 

 lecture of the evening will be by L. 

 W. C. Tuthill of New York, on 'Adver- 

 tising, the Gasolene of Business." It 

 will be carnation night, and many of 

 the 1914 novelties, as well as all the 

 more popular standard varieties will 

 be shown. 



The annual club bajiquet will be held 

 at Horticultural Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 

 24. Reception, 5.30 to 6 o'clock. Ban- 

 quet at 6. Following the entertain- 

 ment and post prandial exercises, 

 dancing will be enjoyed. Tickets are 

 now on sale and may be had from any 

 of the oflicers or members of the ex- 

 ecutive committee. 



W. N. Cbaig, Sec. 



New Rose by John Cook— A seeding from Cardinal and an unnamed seedling; a 

 strong, vigorous grower, very large flowers, with extra long stems. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The regular meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society will be held on 

 Monday, Feb. 8, at the club rooms. 



Green of Fremont, J. R. Simonton of 

 Falls City, Charles Faulkner of 

 Omaha, Lewis Henderson and others. 



Arrangements are being made for a 

 flower show and trade exhibit in the 

 Mayer building, Erie, Pa., on Marcn 

 9th to 14th. , 



As a token of appreciation of his 

 services as president, the Pasadema, 

 (Cal.) Horticultural Association pre- 

 sented to James G. McGillivray, re- 

 tiring president, a gold watch, on the 

 evening of Jan. 16th. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston, 

 had as guests at its monthly meeting 

 on Wednesday evening, Feb. 4, Dr. 

 George E. Stone of Amherst, Mass., 

 and Dr. J. J. Kennedy of Readville. 

 The topic discussed was Progress in 

 Rose Hybridization. 



J. 1. Donlan, former secretary of 

 the old New York Gardener's Society 

 says there is a movement on foot to 

 get that organization active again. He 

 will be glad to hear from any of the 

 old members who are interested, at 

 133 West 28th street, New York City. 



The Nebraska State Association of 

 Florists held its annual meeting Jan- 

 uary 20th at the Lindell Hotel in Lin- 

 coln. Ed. Williams of Grand Island 

 was elected president and Lewis Hen- 

 derson of Omaha, secretary. Ad- 

 dresses were made by Charles H. 



At a meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee of the Horticultural Society of 

 Chicago, January 27, it was decided 

 that owing to the difficulty of secur- 

 ing a desirable place to hold the ex- 

 hibition no spring show will be held 

 this year. 



MicHAEi. Barker, Sec. pro tern. 



The following officers were elected at 

 the sixth annual meeting of the Boston 

 Retail Florists' Club: Thos. F. Galvin, 

 Jr., president; Henry Comley, vice 

 president; Benjamin H. Green, secre- 

 tary; Julius Zinn, treasurer; Henry 

 Penn, Sam Wax, N. Silverman, F. H. 

 Houghton and Ed. McMulkin, di- 

 rectors. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., is agitating a 

 proposition for an excursion by water 

 to the S. A. P. convention in Boston 

 next August. Many in Baltimore, 

 Washington and neighborhood have 

 already looked favorably upon the 

 proposition, and Mr. Vincent expects 

 that others from Pittsburgh, Cincin- 

 nati and elsewhere may be induced to 

 join. If a party sufficiently large can 

 be secured, it is proposed to secure 

 a special steamer from Baltimore on 

 the Merchants' & Miners' line. All 

 interested should communicate with 

 Mr. Vincent at White Marsh, Md., 

 who will be able to give cost of trip, 

 etc. 



