October 7, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 





NEWPORT'S NEW GARDEN ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The Oardeo Association In New 

 is the name ol a Bocletj recently or- 

 ganized by wealthy summer residents 

 and owners of Important Its 



officers are: I'resideut, Mrs. I Town- 

 send Burden; rice-president, Mrs. \v. 

 Btorrs Wells; secretary, Mrs. Charles 

 B\ Hoffman; executive committee, Mrs. 

 1. T. Burden, Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyurd, 

 \l- Hope Slater, Mrs. Hugh D. Au- 

 chinrfoss, Mrs Hamilton Fish Web- 

 ster. Mrs, Frank K. Bturges, Mrs. Van 

 Allen, Mrs. W. Storrs Wells, Mrs. C. 

 Hoffman, Mrs. French Vanderbilt, Mrs. 

 E. B. Andrews, Miss Edith Wetniore, 

 Mrs. George L. Hives, Mrs. D. 11. Fear 

 nig ;iinl Miss Mary Uwynn. 



The Objects as appears in the official 

 circulars are— First: To Increase 

 knowledge of owners of gardens in 

 Newport by means of lectures and 

 practical talks in the garden during 

 the summer months by well known au- 

 thorities. Second: To provide a cor- 

 respondlng secretary who will keep 

 the association in touch with the de- 

 velopment of new ideas and improve- 

 ments in the vaj flowers 

 among the Beedsmen ami gardens <>i 

 France, Germany, England and tie 

 east. Third: To establish a bureau 

 where the seeds of novelties from 

 abroad can be obtained. Forth: To 

 levelop by means of illustrated lec- 

 tures on ttie gardens ol England, Italy 

 and other countries mote art, Individ- 

 uality, sentiment and variety in the 

 planting ol Mowers, shrubs, etc. Fifth: 

 To increase the practical knowledge 

 oi the care of trees and plants by de- 

 monstrating the methods used in 

 Europe in the cultivation of (lowers, 

 fruit and vegetables and in forestry. 



The gardening craft within the In- 

 fluence of this association, especially 

 those in charge of estates expect that 

 much good may be done by the new 

 movement, anticipating that owners 

 of estates will have more of their at- 

 tention directed to horticultural pur- 

 suits with the result that gardeners 

 will get more assistance and encour- 

 agement in their work than is the 

 rule at present, so the outlook points 

 to a mutual benefit. 



JAMES ROBERTSON. 



Newport. R. 1. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The October meeting of the Florists' 

 Club of Washington was held in the 

 store of Gude Bros., 1214 F street, N. 

 W., Tuesday last, with President May- 

 berry in the chair. The committee 

 having in charge the matter of obtain- 

 ing new quarters reported thai the 

 e Hall on Twelfth street, N. W., 

 was available for the purpose and 

 there were other halls equally favor- 

 able. They were granted nsion 

 of time until the next meeting, at 

 which a full report ma\ lie expected. 

 Other matters of local interest only 

 were brought up for discussion, follow- 

 ing which an adjournment was taken. 



The members then broke up into 

 smaller groups to discuss such mat- 

 ters as interested them individually 

 and later, upon suggestion of Mr. 



Schmid, they went in a body to inspect 

 the Moose Hall, referred to earlier in 

 the evening. This was found to con- 

 sist ot two exceptionally large rooms, 

 one for business purposes, the other 

 for the preparation of such refresh- 

 ments as may be furnished from time 

 to time, or as a banquet hall. The 

 members were favorably impressed 

 with this and action will be taken at 

 the November meeting of the club. 

 CLARENCE L. LINZ. 



ELBERON (N. J.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A regular meeting of this Society 

 was held in Fireman's Hall, Elberon, 

 N. J., on Monday evening, October 

 2nd, with President James Kennedy 

 presiding. This being the meeting for 

 nomination of officers for the ensuing 

 year, brought a very large attendance. 

 There were three new applicants elect- 

 ed members of the Society. 



The judges of the monthly exhibits 

 wer, \\'m. Tricker. August Grieb and 

 Peter Murray and their decisions are 

 as follows: To A. Bauer, for Cattleya 

 labiata, 80 points: D. C. Kelly, for 

 Leek American Flag. 75 ; and Wm. 

 Seymour, for Sanseveria zealanlca 

 The Chrysanthemum Show was dis- 

 cussed and it was decided to hold it 

 in the casino at Asbury Park, instead 

 of in Long Branch as in former years. 

 The dates .ne changed from Novem- 

 ber 1-2 to November 7-8. 



WM. R, SEYMOUR, 

 Cor. Sec y 



HORTICULTURAL CLUB OF BOS- 

 TON. 

 This new organization held its Octo- 

 ber session at the Parker House on 

 Wednesday evening. 1th inst. Among 

 the gentlemen present from a distance 

 were W. A. Manda. South Orange. X 

 J., Judge C. W. Hoitt, Nashua, X. H.. 

 F. R. Piersou. Tarrytown, N. Y., and 

 F. Gomer Waterer, Bagshot, England, 

 the latter gentleman being the es- 

 pecial guest of the club. A stirring 

 communication from Professor Charles 

 Sargent was read. Its keynote was 

 the desirability of a closer sympathy 

 and co-oporation between the scien- 

 tilie institutions and the commercial 

 horticulturist and this timely subject 

 elicited some ringing speeches in ap- 

 proval. New lilies and new hardy 

 chrysanthemums adorned the banquet 

 table, 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Resolutions on the death of John 

 Birnie, adopted at the September meet- 

 ing: 



When is: We, the members ol 

 York Florists' Club, arc overwhelmed with 



sorrow hy the loss of our fellow mlicr, 



John Birnie, whom <;•"] called !•• Eternal 

 in Ail- loth. 1911. while In the midst 

 of the activities of the annual convention 

 "f the Soclet.i ..f American Florists in the 

 City ot Ball linnre, Mil.. " e d< 

 passing of this rugged figure who for 

 j en rs hi a i -•■ H an honored mi 

 of ttiis organisation ami one of i'- 

 earnest supporters. Mr. Bimle's It 

 In the welfare of the New York Fli 

 Club was anient and disinterested, 

 steadfastly refused the highest lienors in 



the gift of the .-Mil. He was belovi 

 tlo- friends w tie knew his many adn 

 qualities "f mind and heart a hater ..f all 

 forms ,,f pretense, nbsi est in 



thought and deed, and to those who had 



. a fi leadahlp "f un- 



. ,i loyalty. His success In business 



. d ..a a thorough Iti i 

 ailing and ability t.. accomplish re- 

 i probity of character that eom- 

 aianded the respect of ids friends. 



Therefore be it resolved: 'that we, the 

 m. nil. its of the New Y..r;. Florists' Club, 

 with a keen sense of the loss we have 



i to tender our deep sym- 



i.. Mis Birnie ami family In this 



hour of their bereavement, and ask that a 



esolutlons be sat. mined to 



Hi. m and s cop) oread upon the records 



of the . lub. 



CHARLB8 II. TOTTY 

 BARRY A BUNYARD, 

 « ALTER I' SHERIDAN, 

 Committee. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The St. Louis Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation will hold a regular monthly 

 meeting on Monday night, October 

 '.dli. in the Knights of Columbus Hall. 



The Chrysanthemum Exhibition of 

 the Elberon Horticultural Society will 

 .Id tit the Casino. Asbury Park, 

 New Nov, 7-8, 1911- Particu- 



lars of Wm. Seymour, West End, X. J. 



The St. Louis Florist Club will hold 

 its meeting on next week Thursday af- 

 ternoon, October 12th, at 2 o'clock. 

 All the new officers will be at their 

 posts and the trustees have arranged 

 for a pleasant afternoon. 



The executive committee of the SL 

 Louis Horticultural Society have de- 

 thal the flower show will be 

 held in the Coliseum building the first 

 week in Xovember. In conjunction 

 with the usual Shaw prizes a liberal 

 amount was put aside for awards. The 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 will meet here in the same week. 



Thomas .1. Grey of Boston talked be- 

 fore the New Bedford Horticultural 

 Society on Monday evening, October 2, 

 mi his recent trip to various countries 

 of Europe. Mr Grey was the guest of 

 the society and had a most hearty re- 

 ception. He is hooked for a similar 

 talk at the meeting of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society on Friday 

 evening of this week. 



The Cincinnati Florists' Society will 

 hold a grand chrysanthemum and flow- 

 .i show in Horticultural Hall. Mush 

 Hall. November 13 to 18. at which 

 in prizes will he gi 



An illustrated lecture by Richard 

 Vincent of Whit.- Marsh. Md . on his 

 trip through Holland showing the bulb 

 fields in full bloom will be delivered. 

 I'll.- Cincinnati Commercial Associa- 

 tion and the Cincinnati Passenger com- 

 the railroads will assist to 

 In o in the show. 



The tall show ol the Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club ol Rhode Island was 

 discu meeting of the members 



Saturday i and action taken on 



mmunicatlon from the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society. An offer 



50 was made by the Horticultural 



encourage the exhibition of 



Mowers by the club and it was accept- 



William Hill. Alexander Macrae 

 and E. A. Appleton were appointed a 

 i ommittee to confer with the Horti- 

 cultural Society. The committee will 

 n port Oct 



