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GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON 



There was a very good attendance 

 at the February meeting of this club 

 last Tuesday evening, but a disappoint- 

 ment awaited them in the announce- 

 ment that Mr. Tuthill who had been 

 scheduled to tallv on "Advertising, the 

 Gasolene of Business," would not be 

 able to appear. Between the summer 

 convention preparations, discussion of 

 the exhibits and the relationship of 

 the club to the National Society, the 

 members found plenty to talk about 

 until almost eleven o'clock. Vice-pres- 

 ident Welch of the S. A. F. and 

 ex-president J. K. M. L. Farquhar 

 gave details of what is being done in 

 the way of early preparations for the 

 entertainment of the S. A. F. visitors, 

 next August and for the proposed out- 

 door garden exhibition, which is plan- 

 ned as a feature of that occasion. In 

 accordance with procedure as out- 

 lined by the executive committee Pres- 

 ident Kennedy appointed W. N. Craig. 

 Wm. Sim, Duncan Finlayson. Peter 

 Fisher, Geo. M. Anderson, Wm. Downs, 

 H. H. Bartsch, and J. Duguid as his 

 colleagues on the Club's representa- 

 tion on the general committee of fifty. 



On the exhibition table were the 

 following exhibits: Hadley rose from 

 A. N. Pierson, acknowledged by all to 

 be one of the loveliest forcing roses 

 ever introduced; Ed. Winkler, carna- 

 tion Morning Glow and yellow mar- 

 guerites; S. J. Goddard, four standard 

 varieties of carnations; Peter Fisher, 

 carnations Gorgeous and No. 44, the 

 latter a very handsome mottled flower, 

 somewhat on the order of l^rosperity, 

 but color much deeper than that var- 

 iety; E. H. Borowski, some superb 

 cyclamen plants: W. It. Thornhill. 

 gardener for Mrs. Augustus Hemen- 

 way, Euphorbia Jacquinieflora, and 

 Leptosyne maritima; Thos Roland, 

 winter-flowering Spencer sweet peas; 

 Wm, Sim, sweet peas; Patten & Co., 

 carnation Princess Dagmar. A report 

 of merit was awarded to Hadley rose 

 and a cultural report of merit to Mr. 

 Borowski's cyclamen. Vote of thanks 

 for all the other exhibits. Carnations 

 Matchless from Cottage Gardens Co., 

 Philadelphia Pink from S. S. Skidel- 

 sky & Co., and Champion from F. Dor- 

 ner & Sons Co., which were expected 

 did not arrive, the delay being, no 

 doubt, due to the rough weather. 



In the discussion of the exhibits 

 quite a debate was had on the meth- 

 ods of getting yellow marguerites to 

 bloom in mid-winter. Many cultural 

 ■ points were brought out by the differ- 

 ent speakers, but that this subject is 

 a refractory one under forcing con- 

 ditions was evidently the conviction of 

 all. That it has a demand during the 

 winter season faf beyond the available 

 product was agreed. The successful 

 carrying of the plants through the 

 summer seems to be one of the chief 

 difliculties in the way. 



Quite a lively discussion on the sug- 

 gested plans for co-operation with the 

 S. A. F. In a broad way the senti- 

 ment prevailing among the members 

 seemed to be very friendly and a mo- 

 tion offered by F. E. Palmer express- 

 in.g sympathy with the work of the 

 National Society and a desire to know 

 what its wishes are in this matter was 

 passed unanimously. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The monthly meeting of the St. 

 Louis Florist Club took place on 

 Thursday. Feb. 12th, with 35 members 

 in attendance. The Publicity Com- 

 mittee responded through its chair- 

 man R. J. Windier, who after reading 

 the workings of his committee since 

 its appointment, requested that the 

 committee be discharged owing to the 

 little interest displayed by the local 

 florists in this work. After a general 

 discussion it was voted that the com- 

 mittee be discharged with a vote ot 

 thanks. The trustees made a report as 

 to their plans on the anniversary ban- 

 quet. It was voted to hold said ban- 

 quet in June. The fall flower show 

 came up next and the matter was 

 finally laid over for the March meet- 

 ing. R. J. Windier, State vice-president 

 of the S. A. F. read a letter from 

 President Wirth as to the club's 

 affiliation with the National Society. 

 This after a discussion was highly 

 recommended. 



John Steidel showed a fine vase of 

 a pleasing pink seedling carnation and 

 promised to show a vase later on to 

 be judged. Mr. Jaenicke was down 

 for a lecture on City Gardens but the 

 late hour caused it to be laid over 

 until the March meeting. 



According to Treas. Smith's report 

 the club is well off financially. His 

 report made a great hit with the 

 members. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 P. H. S. was held on the 17th inst. 

 Very little outside of routine matters 

 took place; and nothing worth report- 

 ing except, perhaps, the following new 

 prize for the spring sliow, offered by 

 Lord & Burnham Co.: Best display ot 

 flowering plants, not less than four or 

 more than ten plants; no restriction 

 as to size of pots; prize, twenty-year 

 guaranteed gold watch. There were 

 a number of keen exhibitors present 

 at the meeting and it was significant 

 of their feelings when their right hand 

 went unconsciously to their left 

 hand jxjcket. One of them took his 

 watch out and looked at it. It did 

 seem a little worn and shabby — so 

 of course he immediately made up his 

 mind that the prize was his and of a 

 consequence must belong to him by 

 hook or by crook. Lord & Burnham 

 Co. has made a timely and welcome 

 offering and whoever wins it will de- 

 serve it. 



AMEICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



In reference to the medal awarded 

 at Cleveland, Ohio, to Peter Fisher for 

 having originated the variety Beacon, 

 Secretary Baur of the American Car- 

 nation Society writes as follows: 



"The conditions under which the 

 medal is awarded are as follows: — 



"Whenever a seedling variety shall 

 manifest superiority, commercially, 

 and maintain such superiority for 

 three or more years, the directors may 

 recommend that the originator be 

 given a special gold medal, to be 

 called the 'Medal of Merit.' 



"This medal is considered the very 

 highest honor that could be paid an 

 originator and is supposed to be 

 awarded only in very exceptional 

 cases. This is the first medal awarded 

 under this provision, although it was 

 adopted at the 1908 convention in 

 Washington, D. C." 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The eighth annual dinner of the 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society, 

 was held at the Oriental Hotel, Glen 

 Cove, %. Y., on Thursday evening, 

 February 19. Particulars in next 



J. B. Norton, physiologist of the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture at Washington, delivered the lec- 

 ture before the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society Saturday afternoon. 

 February 14. His subject was "Mak- 

 ing a New Kind of Asparagus." 



Problems of soil fertility in green- 

 houses and other matters of interest 

 to florists were discussed by Acting 

 Superintendent F. J. Sievera and C. V. 

 Holsinger, Milwaukee County Agricul- 

 tural school, before the Milwaukee 

 Florists' club. Feb. 5. 



At the last meeting of the North 

 Shore. Mass. Horticultural Society, 

 held Feb. 6, F. J. Elder, of the Lord 

 & Burnham Co., gave the members a 

 very interesting and instructive lecture 

 on Greenhouse Construction and Heat- 

 ing. There was a good attendance. 



The annual report of the proceed- 

 ings of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists and Ornamental Horticulturists, 

 for the year 1913 has been received 

 ' from secretary John Young. It is a 

 volume of 316 pages very comprehen- 

 sive in its contents and bearing un- 

 mistakable evidence that this organi- 

 zation, now in its thirtieth year is rap- 

 idly growing in membership, strength 

 and usefulness. 



The New London Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its monthly meeting on the 

 12th inst. A fine exhibit ot carnations 

 was the chief feature. Among those 

 shown were Princess Dagmar from 

 Patten & Co., Tewksbury, Mass., and 

 Benora from Edward Smith, New Lon- 

 don; other varieties were shown by 

 different gardeners from the Pequot 



The Service Bureau 



OF THE 



National Association Of 

 Gardeners 



Is maintained tor tlie purpose of providing opportunities for efflcieot 

 Mnd ambitious men engaged in tlie profession of gardening. 

 TLis department of tlie Association is at the disposal of tliose wlio 

 may require tbe services of oapaliie superintendents, gardeners or as- 



sist.int f?ardeuers. Addioss 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary - - - Madison, N. J. 

 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



