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HOKTICULTUEE 



April 4, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of this Society 

 was held on March 26. A letter was 

 read from the National Association of 

 Gardeners with reference to co-opera- 

 tion. 



W. Robertson spoke on the growing 

 of cinerarias and antirrhinums and 

 Joseph Robinson on carnations. James 

 Duthie also spoke on the growing of 

 schizanthus and Mr. A. Patten on the 

 growing of antirrhinums. A very in- 

 teresting essay on dahlias was read by 

 James Duthie and was greatly enjoyed 

 as Mr. Duthie is a past-master on the 

 growing of the dahlia. An invitation 

 was extended to the members by the 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society 

 to attend a lecture on April 8, on 

 "Home Gardens." 



First prizes were awarded to Wm. 

 Robertson for cinerarias and F. Pet- 

 roccia for violets. Cultural certificate 

 to John Devine for antirrhinums and 

 honorable mention for stocks. Cultural 

 certificate to Wm. Robertson for cin- 

 erarias and to James Duthie for fine 

 collection of pot plants. The silver 

 medals given by Fottler. Fiske, Raw- 

 son Co., of Boston were duly presented 

 to James Duthie and John Sorosick. 



The dates for the shows were set as 

 follows: Summer show, June 18; 

 Dahlia show, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1; Chry- 

 santhemum show Oct. 30. 



W. Robertson will read an essay on 

 Mushrooms at the next meeting, April 

 22. Prizes at the April meeting will 

 be for 3 lettuce, 1 pot campanula, any 

 variety; 8 tulips, any variety. 



F. KiRKMAN, Secy. 



A GREENHOUSE GATHERING. 



Some time ago at one of the meet- 

 ings of the Buffalo Florist Club an in- 

 vitation was extended to the members 

 and also to all fellow florists by S. A. 

 Anderson to spend a short time in in- 

 specting the greenhouses on Elmwood 

 avenue. This took place on Sunday, 

 the 29th, and a delegation of sixty 

 turned out. 



It must be said that the stock In 

 those houses looked in the pink of 

 condition and the Easter stock will be 

 immense. There are genistas, azaleas, 

 Giganteum lilies, hydrangeas, Hybrid 

 roses, Ramblers and Baby Ramblers 

 and any amount of spirea and bulbous 

 stock. A short meeting was called to 

 order by President Eiss. A committee 

 was appointed to draft a resolution on 

 the death of Charles Christensen; S. 

 A. Anderson, Louis Neubeck and W. A. 

 Adams being appointed. Mr. Ander- 

 son, being called upon for a few re- 

 marks, stated that he appreciated the 

 visit. Lunch and cigars were served 

 by the Streit waiters and Joe Streit 

 was all-around superintendent. A very 

 enjoyable afternoon was spent and a 

 hearty vote of thanks extended to Mr. 

 Anderson for his kind hospitality. 



On April 21st, the regular meeting 

 will be held at the club rooms, when 

 President Dunbar of the Rochester 

 Club will give a stereopticon talk on 

 tree culture and in addition Mr. Gillis 

 win show some interesting slides on 

 park views in and about Rochester 

 and Buffalo. Every member and fel- 



low florist is urgently requested to at- 

 tend and to make this a record break- 

 ing meeting. The meml>ership com- 

 mittee are scheming out a new initia- 

 tion which will be used some time in 

 May. 



rie of Milwaukee, Wis. The table dec- 

 oration of acacia sprays, by Thomas 

 Roland was very pretty. 



BOSTON LADIES MEET. 



The ladies of the members of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton, to the number of thirty, were 

 guests of Mrs. W. W. Edgar at her 

 home in Waverley. Mass., on Wednes- 

 day afternoon. April 1. They were 

 most hospitably entertained and had a 

 glorious time getting better acquainted 

 and talking over plans for the recep- 

 tion of visiting ladies at the S. A. F. 

 convention next August. President 

 Kennedy of the Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club was the only gentleman 

 present, but his courage was good and 

 he made a nice little speech to the 

 assembled ladies. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Chas. Rathjen, 813 Center Street, 

 Janesville, Wis., offers for registra- 

 tion the Antirrhinum described below. 

 Any person objecting to the registra- 

 tion or to the use of the proposed 

 name, is requested to communicate 

 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: A seedling of 

 unnamed parents. Growth free and 

 vigorous, about three feet high. Stems 

 very stiff and wiry; does not require 

 staking. Foliage dark green and 

 heavy, requires no disbudding. Flow- 

 ers larger than Ramsburg's "Silver 

 Pink," wide-open, and slightly waved. 

 Color: The entire flower is pink, about 

 the shade of "My Maryland" rose, ex- 

 cepting at the extreme base, which Is 

 wine color and a yellow spot at the 

 lips. It is not affected by aphis. 



Name: Janesville. 

 March 23, 1914. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 Holyoke and Northampton Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Club will be held with 

 George Strugnel, Bonnie Brae Green- 

 houses, Holyoke, Mass., on Tuesday, 

 April 14, 7.30 P. M. 



James Whiting, Sec. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 as no objection has been received or 

 filed to the registration of the Nephrol- 

 epls New York, by George Giatris, 463 

 Summit Street, West Hoboken, N. J., 

 same becomes complete. 



John Young, Secy. 



March 28, 1914. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



Treasurer Harry O. May's report to 

 the American Rose Society at New 

 York for the past year showed total 

 receipts of $3834.26; disbursements, 

 $2880.53; balance in bank, $953.73. 



The second March meeting of the 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society was 

 held on the evening of the 27th. Al- 

 fred Cebelius exhibited a collection of 

 roses, comprising Milady, Double Pink 

 Killarney, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Mrs. 

 Charles Russell. White Killarney and 

 Richmond. President Huss exhibited 

 two pots of Geum Mrs. Bradshaw, a 

 hardy perennial, and the scarlet flow- 

 ers are excellent for bouquets. Each 

 exhibit was awarded a first class certi- 

 ficate. 



Professor A. G. Gulley, of the Con- 

 necticut Agricultural College, ad- 

 dressed the society on Apple Trees to 

 Plant in a Small Family Garden. 



AxFRED Dixon, Sec. 



At the regular meeting of the South- 

 ampton (N. Y.) Horticultural Society 

 held March 5, it was voted to hold the 

 Annual Exhibition of flowers, vege- 

 tables, etc., July 22 and 23. The nec- 

 cessary committees were appointed, 

 and other preliminary matters attend- 

 ed to launching the enterprise with 

 every prospect' of success. At the 

 next regular meeting, March 19, sev- 

 eral communications were received as- 

 suring co-operation and assistance. 

 ■We feel we have every assurance of 

 being able to carry to its final culmi- 

 nation the best show we have ever 

 given, provided of course, that nature 

 does her share, and we have the prop- 

 er amount of sunshine and showers 

 rightly sandwiched. 



The schedule of the June Exhibition 

 to be held in Newport, R. I., under 

 the auspices of the Garden Association 

 and the Horticultural Society, is ready 

 for distribution. Copies can be had 

 on application to William Gray, Sec- 

 retary, Bellevue Ave., Newport, R. I. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston, 

 had as special guests at its monthly 

 dinner at the Parker House, on the 

 evening of April 1, G. A. Dennison of 

 San Francisco, Cal. and William Cur- 



A VISIT TO WAVERLEY, MASS. 



On Saturday, March 28, the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club of Boston en- 

 joyed their annual visit to the plant 

 houses of W. W. Edgar Co., Waverley, 

 to inspect the Easter display. Al- 

 though it was a very disagreeable 

 rainy day about fifty members were in 

 the party. A tour through the houses 

 showed a splendid lot of material for 

 the great spring festival. Finest of 

 all and excelling anything of the kind 

 even seen here was a house of Magna 

 Charta and American Beauty pot 

 plants in bloom. Ramblers are also 

 good, also hydrangeas, acacias, genistas 

 spiraea, azaleas, lilacs, rhododendrons, 

 and liles, the latter numbering 14,000 

 bulbs and uniformly good Rhododen- 

 dron White Pearl was much admired. 

 There are thousands upon thousands 

 of geraniums in bloom all of which 

 will be turned into money at Easter 

 thus leaving room for Decoration Day 

 stock and other spring material with 

 which the long rows of cement frames 

 are filled. 



A bountiful collation was provided 

 and congratulatory remarks were 

 made by President Kennedy, Messrs. 

 Elder, D. Finlayson, P. Miller and 

 others. 



