April 25, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 The chief feature of the April meet- 

 ing of this organization was a talk on 

 Orcharding by Prof. R. C. Rees of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College. It 

 was an intelligent and exceedingly in- 

 teresting and practical presentation in 

 concise language of the fundamental 

 principles of apple growing. The out- 

 look for the apple grower in New Eng- 

 land was shown to be promising and 

 good reasons were advanced in proof 

 that there is no danger of the business 

 being overdone. Better methods must 

 be adopted to meet tlie more critical 

 demand. Sites for orchard purposes, 

 the necessity of protection from high 

 winds, soils, drainage, etc., were all 

 touched upon. The lecturer warned 

 against too much faith in untried new 

 candidates, naming several which are 

 not making good in New England as 

 compared with the old staples. The 

 kind and size of trees to plant, (one- 

 year-old being favored) methods of cul- 

 ture, pruning, spraying, (tlie most im- 

 portant single operation in the or- 

 chard), insect and fungus pests, har- 

 vesting and grading were successively 

 considered and then the speaker was 

 plied with a score or more of queries, 

 all of which he answered convincingly. 

 Prof. A. H. Nehrling, successor to 

 Prof. White at Amherst, being called 

 upon, spoke briefly on his plans to 

 make the department more helpful to 

 the florists of the state and made a 

 favorable impression. 



Secretary Craig told of the recent 

 visit of the club to the W. W. Edgar 

 place and of the trip of the landscape 

 class to Brookline where the members 

 were hospitably entertained by F. B. 

 Palmer. Communications were read 

 from M. C. Ebel on "cooperation," 

 from John Young on "afflliation," from 

 Theodore Wirth on the "Convention 

 Garden," and several others. Thomas 

 Roland asked that the matter of S. A. 

 F. affiliation which had been an- 

 nounced for discussion be laid on the 

 table, pending the consideration of the 

 matter by the special committee ap- 

 pointed by the S. A. F. Executive 

 Board at its recent session in Boston 

 and after a brief expression by Mr. 

 Palmer of his ideals for the future uni- 

 ty for the mutual good of all interests, 

 private or commercial, in explanation 

 of his zeal and eagerness in the affilia- 

 tion campaign, Mr. Roland's motion 

 was unanimously carried. 



Notice was given of the Greater 

 New England Agricultural and Indus- 

 trial Exposition to be opened In 

 Springfield shortly and Secretary 

 Craig was confirmed as a representa- 

 tive on the Advisory Board of that pro- 

 ject. 



The sum of $500 was appropriated 

 from the club's treasury towards the 

 entertainment fund for the S. A. F. 

 Convention next August. 



The display of flowers on the plat- 

 form was unusually beautiful. F. E. 

 Palmer showed a pair of standard 

 Dorothy Perkins roses in bloom in 8- 

 inch pots. Secretary Craig was repre- 

 sented by some vases of magnificent 

 antirrhinnms cut from plants which he 



said had been blooming continuously 

 since October 1. He also showed some 

 fine trumpet narcissi. Spanish irises 

 from H. Waldecker & Bros, and hy- 

 drangea from Duncan Finlayson, a 

 specimen plant of a rare Cyrtopodium 

 from Chas. Sander and two vases of 

 very fine antirrhinums with heavy 

 dark foliage, from Peter Fisher com- 

 pletes the list. 



WILLIAM R. NICHOLSON 



We present herewith the portrait of 

 William R. Nicholson, Chairman of 



WiLLi.\M R. Nicholson 



the local Committee on Sports, for the 

 Boston S. A. F. Convention, which was 

 missing from the gallery of portraits 

 in our issue of April 4. Does he look 

 the part? 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICUL- 

 TURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Public Notice is hereby given that 

 Charles L. Baum of Knoxville, Tenn,, 

 offers for registration the carnation 

 described below. Any person objecting 

 to the registration 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. 



Growers Description — A Pure Car- 

 nation Parentage, Boston Market 

 X Lady Bountiful. Fuller than 

 Bountiful and larger — 2% to 3 inches. 

 Well hiKh-built flowers. Very fra- 

 grant. Extra good substance and a 

 long keeper. Bushy growth. No sur- 

 plus grass. Every shoot gives a bloom. 

 Height is 18 to 24 inches. Healthy 

 grower. Easy propagater. Color pure 

 snow white at all times. Full round 

 flower with perfect calyx. Never splits. 

 Will bloom 10 months in the year. The 

 most prolific variety we have ever 

 grown. 



Name: "Dr. Sam." 



John Young, Secretary. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 CLUB. 

 April 16th seemed to be a busy day 

 in Lancaster as we only mustered 

 about 15 for our visiting trip. The 

 first stop was at Ira Landis, Paradise, 

 Pa., and a floral paradise at that with 

 yellow dasies, Mme. Perret pansies, 

 snapdragons, lupins, mignonette, my- 

 osotis and calendula as well as a 

 number of houses to carnations, 

 Scarlet Wonder and Eureka being 

 especially fine. At Elmer and Chas. 

 B. Weaver's sweet peas and carna- 

 tions are found here by the thousands, 

 Chas. B. makes a specialty of peas, and 

 he has a light blue and a light pink 

 that will make a sensation if he ever 

 allows them to get on the market. He 

 also has a seedling of the Spencer 

 type that is an improvement and a 

 beauty. A house of Comfort here re- 

 versed the opinion of a good many on 

 this variety, for it certainly was right 

 up to the mark. Elmer Weaver tried 

 out a house of White Wonder as a 

 second year proposition and had a 

 wonderful crop of flowers with the 

 quality about as good as from the 

 younger plants. At this place we 

 found about 200,000 astor plants In 

 paper pots for their own planting. 



At H. D. Rohrer's his own introduc- 

 tion, Scarlet Wonder, was in evidence, 

 fulfiling the full promise of its name. 

 Orchid-flowering sweet peas were 

 here in quantity. They grow a few side 

 lines in calceolarias, pelargoniums, 

 etc., and every thing is just a little 

 better than any one else has it. Mr. 

 Rohrer is fortunate in having his two 

 sons, Harry and Abraham, with him 

 and to this fact is due part of the 

 quality always found here. 



The meeting was given over to the 

 co-operative buying question and the 

 fiower show, with a side line of ex- 

 hibits of orchid-flowering peas from 

 H. D. Rohrer, a specimen light blue 

 hydrangea, from B. F. Barr, some new 

 geraniums from J. P. Siebold and 

 some Enchantress Supreme carnations 

 from Carl Brackbill. 



The co-operative buying committee 

 called -for a short experience meeting 

 and found that quite a bit of money 

 had been saved by the members, one 

 saving' on a single purchase enough, 

 as he said, to pay his dues in the 

 club for the next ten years. 



The flower show committee consist- 

 ing of A. M. Herr, Rudolph Nagle, 

 Harry Rohrer and Chas. Edgar re- 

 ported having gone as far as they 

 could with arrangements until a date 

 was fixed. The club decided on Nov. 

 5th, 6th and 7th as the best time. The 

 committee reported having secured 

 the co-operation of the various Civic 

 Associations of the city and also hav- 

 ing the amateurs in line for a large 

 exhibit in this class. 



Frank Kohr, Elmer Weaver and H. 

 M. Moore were appointed a committee 

 to arrange for our summer outing and 

 the meeting adjourned to meet May 

 21st. Albert M. Herr. 



