September 23, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



430a 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The first meeting of the season of 

 this club was held Tuesday evening. 

 September 19, in Horticultural build- 

 ing. The little hall where the meet- 

 ing was held scats 17."> people, and 

 practically every seat was occupied — a 

 pretty good showing for a starter. 



Not much business was done it 

 being the desire of many members to 

 attend the session of the Vegetable 

 Growers' Association in the lecture 

 hall. Resolutions on the recent deaths 

 of F. R. Mathison and John Flood 

 were presented and adopted. Three of 

 the members, Thomas J. Grey. Thomas 

 Pegler and Yv'm. Collins, who have 

 been abroad this summer, were sever- 

 ally called upon and related their 

 experiences and their views on the 

 various countries they visited. Mr. 

 Grey was particularly eloquent in his 

 praise of England and Scotland, and 

 did not overlook Ireland, in all of 

 which places he visited the botanic 

 gardens and other horticultural places. 

 France he found terribly dried up. 

 Mr. Pegler said that at Belfast he saw 

 the finest sweet peas he had ever 

 seen, and the tuberous begonias im- 

 pressed him greatly. He predicted 

 some surprises in the near future in 

 the way of Dickson roses. Kew 

 showed the effect of the dry season. 



A vote of sincere thanks was ex- 

 tended to the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Baltimore for courtesies ex- 

 tended to Boston visitors at the re- 

 cent S. A. F. Convention in that city 



Prof. White of Amherst addressed 

 the meeting, urging that the club get 

 into closer touch with the Agricultural 

 College and endeavor to secure the 

 services and co-operation of this state 

 institution on behalf of floriculture 

 in equal measure with the fruit and 

 market garden and other interests. 

 Agreeably to Prof. White's suggestion, 

 Piesident Miller appointed Messrs. 

 John K. M. L. Farquhar, Robert 

 Cameron, Wm. Sim, Eber Holmes, 

 Peter Fisher, J. A. Pettigrew and 

 Thomas Roland a committee to act on 

 the lines proposed. 



The exhibition table was nicely 

 filled. From W. W. Edgar Co. there 

 was a nice show of seasonable plants 

 — Lorraine, Turnford Hall, and Glory 

 of Cincinnati begonias, cyclamens 

 from Grey's seed, etc. R. & J. Far- 

 quhar & Co. showed Viola cornuta 

 purpurea, a splendid dark flower, per- 

 fectly hardy; also some herbaceous 

 flowers. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 

 At the convention of the S. A. F., 

 held in Baltimore, a joint conference 

 meeting of the American Rose Society, 

 the Carnation Society and the Sweet 

 Pea Society was held. The subject 

 under discussion was an early spring 

 show of all these societies. It was de- 

 termined to try to unite the carnations 

 and the roses in one exhibition, to be 

 held January 10, 1912. At its regular 

 meeting the American Rose Society 

 ratified this action. The Carnation 

 Society having made a date later in 

 the month, awaited final action by its 

 board of directors, which is given. So 



that the dates of January 10, II. 12, 

 1912, are fixed for the annual es 

 tion of the two societies, to be held In 

 the city of Detroit. Hon. Philip B 

 meyer has given assurance that > 

 thing possible will be done locally to 

 make the exhibition successful. 



Detroit is a city of homes and door- 

 yards, and is sure to give a large at- 

 tendance. The Prize Schedule of the 

 Rose Society will be prepared and 

 published without delay. The two 

 medals of the American Rose Society 

 awarded to the Minneapolis Rose So- 

 ciety and at the Annandale Rose Show- 

 have been properly inscribed, cased 

 and delivered. 



The gold medal voted to Mr. M. H. 

 Walsh of Woods Hole, Mass., in rec- 

 ognition of work done by him in the 

 development of the climbing rose, is 

 under way. This is the second gold 

 medal awarded in the history of the 

 American Rose Society. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, 

 Secretary. 



Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The September meeting of the Flor- 

 ist Club was fairly well attended. 

 President Connon, who had presided 

 over the meetings for the past year, 

 opened the meeting. The auditing 

 committee reported that the books of 

 the secretary and treasurer were in 

 first class shape. Letters were read 

 from the Chicago Florists' Club ln- 

 vi ing the members to attend the next 

 meeting, October 5th, and help them 

 celebrate their 25th anniversary, which 

 was accepted and the chair appointed 

 as a committee W. C. Smith, J. J. 

 Beneke. D. Geddes and A. S. Halsted 

 to make arrangements for the trip. 

 The appointment of a committee to 

 assist the Retail Florists' Association 

 to further their bill to prohibit crepe 

 pulling, which is now before the 

 House of Delegates, was laid over for 

 the next meeting. 



Messrs. Guy, Ammann and Fillmore 

 acted as installation officers. Presi- 

 dent-elect Windier had not yet re- 

 turned from his wedding trip, so they 

 proceeded to install Vice-President- 

 elect F. Vennemann, who at once took 

 the chair and was followed into office 

 by Secretary Beneke, Treasurer Smith 

 and Trustee Frank A. Weber. 



The opening of the question box 

 found a number of questions on which 

 lively discussions followed. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 

 The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society held its monthly 

 mepting Sept. 13. About 40 members 

 were present to discuss the schedule 

 and make final arrangements for the 

 show. The schedule will have over SO 

 classes in it when the new special 

 prizes are put on. The National Gar- 

 deners' Association are to hold their 

 convention in Madison this year and 

 at the time of the Flower Show. 

 Many of them are to exhibit here as 

 well — to make their expenses you 

 know. The prizes will be here and 

 we want to give all an equal chance. 



E. R. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 Society was held in Glen Cove, Wed- 

 nesday evening, September 13. The 

 judges for the exhibits were Messrs. 

 Cliffe, Johnson and Marshall, and their 

 decisions were as follows: Society's 

 prizes — Corn, F. Petroccia; potatoes, 

 H. Boetther; melon, S. J. Trepess; 

 honorable mention to E. Brown for 

 peaches; thanks to F. Petroccia for 

 Brussels sprouts. 



Henry Gaut on behalf of Mrs. H. L. 

 Pratt, offered a silver cup as a special 

 prize for the coming fall show. A. 

 Walker on behalf of Mr. R. C. Smith, 

 offered $15 as a special prize for a 

 vase of chrysanthemums, 8 blooms, 

 one variety, for the fall show. These 

 donors were Doth accorded a unani- 

 mous vote of thanks. 



J. N. Hoff of the Alphano Humus 

 Co.. gave a very interesting talk on 

 "Humus, and the Benefits to Be De- 

 rived from Its Use on All Soils," and 

 was given a very hearty vote of 

 thanks. 



The competition in October will be 

 for three heads of celery, vase of pink 

 cosmos and three heads of cabbage. 



E. W. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Chicago Florists' Club have de- 

 cided to place the cost at $1.50 per 

 plate for the banquet to be given Oct. 

 5th. 



The second annual flower show of 

 the allied associations at Andover, 

 Mass., was held on September 2, and 

 was as good as, if not better than that 

 of last year, notwithstanding the very 

 unfavorable weather conditions. 



Members of the Indiana State 

 Florists' Association are planning to 

 charter a special car to go to Newcas- 

 tle, to attend the meeting of the organ- 

 ization, Oct. 3. A. F. J. Baur, the secre- 

 tary, says it is expected that twenty- 

 five florists from Indianapolis and 

 ether cities will compose the party.. 



The New Haven County Horticul- 

 tural Society held a dahlia exhibition 

 at Harmonie hall, New Haven, Conn., 

 Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 6 and 

 7. The managers were John H. Mur- 

 ray, William H. Beattie. David Kydd, 

 John C. Morton, John N. Champion, 

 Frederick H. Writz, Robert Paton, 

 James Kydd and R. Bell, and the ex- 

 hibition was in charge of John H. 

 Slocombe, chairman, and an efficient 

 committee. 



THE CARNATION GROWERS* 

 FRIEND. 



The Fisher Carnation Clip, adver- 

 tised by E. H. Hunt in this issue, is 

 the best device ever offered to the 

 carnation grower for the purpose in- 

 tended. As well stated it is a great 

 saver of time, expense and bother 

 and is also economical for it will last 

 a life-time. Read what thev say about 

 it. 



