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HORTICULTURE 



September 30, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



WESTERN DAHLIA AND GLADIO- 

 LUS SOCIETY. 

 The initial meeting of the Western 

 Dahlia and Gladiolus Society was 

 called to order at the Denison 

 Hotel, Indianapolis, Ind., at 1.30 P. M., 

 Tuesday, September 26th, President 

 Barnes of Spencer, Ind., in the chair. 

 The exhibition at Wiegand's di- 

 viding the attendance adjourn- 

 ment was made to that estab- 

 lishment to meet at 8 P. M. Di- 

 rector E. E. Stewart presided at the 

 evening meeting in the absence of 

 President Barnes, who was called 

 home because of illness in the fam- 

 ily. Homer Wiegand was made sec- 

 retary pro tern. Eleven new mem- 

 bers were recorded, which included 

 prominent growers in the middle 

 west. President-Elect Vincent of the 

 S. A. P. wrote expressing regret at 

 his inability to attend and asked that 

 his name be recorded as a member. 

 Committees were appointed to take 

 up in the immediate future the most 

 pressing work of the new organiza- 

 tion — first, on co-operation for the 

 Chicago show in August; second, on 

 nomenclature; third, on premiums 

 and specials for the Chicago meeting. 

 A rising vote of thanks was extended 

 A. Wiegand & Sons for their courtesy 

 in supplying exhibition space, as- 

 sistance in staging and entertainment 

 of the officers. After further discus- 

 sion and examination of exhibits the 

 convention adjourned subject to call 

 of President Barnes. 



As early as 6 A. M. Messrs. Stewart, 

 Barnes and others representing va- 

 rious exhibitors were on hand at the 

 big Wiegand conservatory on North 

 Illinois street. On account of late ar- 

 rival of some exhibits the staging was 

 somewhat delayed; however, the ex- 

 hibition was ready by noon. Presi- 

 dent Barnes supplied something like 

 6,000 blooms of dahlias in many types 

 and forms. W. E. Stewart staged 

 seventy-five varieties of gladioli which 

 came through in fine condition and 

 showed up well considering the late- 

 ness of the season. One of his new 

 ones, somewhat resembling Mrs. 

 Frances King, is called Michigan. He 

 also showed President Taft and 

 Golden Queen. Vaughan's seed store 

 6ent from Western Springs, dahlias 

 and gladioli in about thirty kinds. 

 The latter included Mastodon and 

 Chas. L. Hutchinson. Wiegand & 

 Sons had advertised the event in the 

 daily papers and the attendance of 

 the general public and amateur grow- 

 ers of these flowers was good both in 

 afternoon and evening. 



H. L. WIEGAND. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



President Elmer D. Smith an- 

 nounces the following committees to 

 examine new chrysanthemums for the 

 ensuing year: 



Boston — Wm. Nicholson, chairman; 

 Jame3 Wheeler, Alex. Montgomery. 

 Ship flowers to Boston Flower Ex- 

 change, C. Park street, care of chair- 

 man. 



New York— Eugene Dailledouze, 

 chairman; Wm. H. Duckman, A. Har- 

 rington. Ship flowers to New York 

 Cut Flower Co., 55 26th street, care 

 of chairman. 



Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge, 

 chairman; John Westcott, S. S. Pen- 

 nock. Ship flowers to A B. Cartledge, 

 1514 Chestnut street. 



Cincinnati — R. Witterstaetter, chair- 

 man; James Allen, Henry Schwarz. 

 Ship flowers to chairman, Jabez El- 

 liott Flower Market, care janitor. 



Chicago — J. B. Deamud, chairman; 

 E. A. Wood, T. E. Waters. Ship 

 flowers to J. B. Deamud, 51 Wabash 

 avenue. 



Shipments should be made to ar- 

 rive by 2 P. M. on examination days 

 to receive attention from the commit- 

 tee. Must be prepaid to destination 

 and an entry fee of $2 should be for- 

 warded to the secretary not later than 

 Tuesday of the week they are to be 

 examined, or it may accompany the 

 blooms. Seedlings and sprouts are 

 both eligible to be shown before these 

 committees provided the raiser has 

 given them two years' trial to deter- 

 mine their true character. Special at- 

 tention is called to the rule that 

 sprouts, to receive a certificate, must 

 pass at least three of the five com- 

 mittees. The committees will be in 

 session to examine such exhibits as 

 may be submitted on October 7, 14, 

 21 and 28, and November 4, 11, 18 

 and 25. 



CHAS. W. JOHNSON. 

 Morgan Park, 111. 



TEXAS NURSERYMEN'S ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The eleventh annual meeting of this 

 association was held at Waco, Texas, 

 on September 12 and 13. There were 

 many interesting papers and discus- 

 sions. Officers were all re-elected, as 

 follows 



President, J. R. Maysew, Waxa- 

 hachie; vice-president, J. R. Down- 

 ing, Wichita Falls; secretary-treas- 

 urer, J. S. Kerr, Sherman. 



A vote was passed approving of the 

 establishment of a U. S. parcels post. 



A resolution approving the pro- 

 posed national inspection law, with 

 the exception of paragraph 7, was 

 adopted. A committee composed of 

 C. C. Mayhew, E. W. Kirkpatrick and 

 R. H. Bushway was appointed to con- 

 fer with the committee from the 

 American Association of Nurserymen, 

 relative to the revision of this law as 

 regards paragraph 7. 



The next meeting place will be de- 

 termined at the Farmers' Congress 

 in July. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Loyd C. Bunch, of Fredonia, Kansas, 

 offers for registration the Begonia de- 

 scribed below. Any person objecting 

 to the registration or to the use of the 

 proposed name, is requested to com- 

 municate with the Secretary at once. 

 Failing to receive objection to the reg- 

 istration, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Description.— Sport of Feastii, habits 

 of growth etc., identical with Feastii 

 with the exception that the edge of 

 the leaf is crested or fluted around the 

 entire circumference of leaf. 



Name, "Feastii Bunchii." 



H. B. DORNER, Secretary. 



Sept. 21, 1911. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY 



At the dahlia show in Hartford, last 

 week, the following special prizes were 

 awarded: 



C. H. Sierman prizes, $15, for best 

 specimen dahlia plants in pots not ex- 

 ceeding ten inches in diameter — best 

 ten plants, $10, J. A. Weber, Hart- 

 ford; best five plants, $5, A. Righanzi, 

 Hartford. 



Arthur T. Boddington prizes, $10, for 

 collection of vegetables, twelve species 

 —First, $6, J. A. Weber, Hartford: 

 second, $4, John F. Huss, Hartford. 



Henry A. Dreer prizes, $5, for three 

 blooms of dahlias Rheinkonig and 

 Philadelphia— First, $3, William F. 

 Jost, East Haven: second, $2, not 

 awarded. 



Pittsburg Steel Company prizes, one 

 ten-rod roll of special poultry and gar- 

 den fencing (value $6), for best col- 

 lection of fruit, George W. Smith, Mel- 

 rose. 



O. V. Zangen prize, $5, for best 

 vase of twenty-five cactus dahlias to 

 consist of at least twelve commercial 

 varieties — John H. Slocombe, New Ha- 

 ven. 



In the regular prize list John H. 

 Slocombe, J. F. Huss, J. A. Weber, N. 

 Nelson, Geo. W. Smith and W. F. 

 Jost figured among the winners of 

 first premiums. 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety held an interesting meeting in 

 the public library at Providence, 

 Wednesday evening, September 20. 

 A new seedling decorative dahlia 

 originated by Harry V. Mayo of Bris- 

 tol and named Nettie V. Mayo, was on 

 exhibition at the meeting and on the 

 recommendation of the committee on 

 awards the society voted a certificate 

 of merit. It has long, incurving pet- 

 als lemon yellow with carmine tips. 

 The flower was first exhibited at New- 

 port a year ago this fall where it was 

 awarded a premium. The subject of 

 discussion for the evening was 

 "Growing and Packing of Fruit," by 

 A. Warren Patch of Boston. The so- 

 ciety voted to become a member of 

 the State League of Improvement So- 

 cieties of Rhode Island. At the next 

 meeting a lecture upon "Flowering 

 Bulbs for the Garden and Home" will 

 be given by W. N. Craig of North 

 Easton, Mass., followed by a discus- 

 sion by the members. S. A. G. 



GOOD TIME COMING 

 Acceptances have been received from 

 the florists' clubs of Milwaukee, De- 

 troit. St. Louis and Cincinnati to the 

 celebration on Oct. 5th, of the 25th 

 anniversary of the organization of the 

 Chicago Club. The large dining room 

 adjoining the club room at the Union 

 Restaurant will be used for the ban- 

 quet and will be fittingly decorated. 

 F. F. Benthoy, oldest living past pres- 

 ident of the club will be toast-master 

 and Elmer D. Smith of Adrian, Mich., 

 will read a paper on Chrysanthemums. 



