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H O RTI CULTU RE 



October 21, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The New Jersey Floricultural So- 

 ciety held their sixth annual Dahlia 

 Show in Lindsley Hall, Orange, N. J., 

 Friday afternoon and evening, Octo- 

 ber 13th. On account of the dahlias 

 being so late in flowering this year, 

 there were not so many entries as 

 usual, but" the quality of the exhibits 

 was excellent and the show was well 

 patronized by the public. Lager & 

 Hurrell, Summit, Joseph A. Manda, 

 West Orange, and Thos. Jones, Short 

 Hills, put fine displays of orchids, Jo- 

 seph A. Manda receiving first-class cer- 

 tificates; Lager & Hurrell, cultural 

 certificate. William Tricker, Arling- 

 ton, N. J., showed a fine collection of 

 outdoor roses, for which he received 

 a first-class certificate. He also 

 showed Aconitum Fischeri and Actea 

 japonica, and was awarded cultural 

 certificate. 



Walter M. Gray, Maplewood, N. J., 

 carried off the gold medal offered by 

 Lord & Burnham Co. for the best 60 

 dahlias, Show, Decorative and Cactus, 

 20 flowers of each. He was also first 

 for 12 Show, 12 Decorative, and 12 

 Cactus, each in three varieties, six 

 pink Cactus in two varieties, and one 

 Decorative. Charles Hathaway, Max 

 Schneider, gardener, was first for six 

 maroon; Manton B. Metcalf, Geo. 

 Wraight, gardener, second; A. B. Jen- 

 kins, Fritz Berglund, gardener, third. 

 M. B. Metcalf, first for six white 

 Show; Charles Hathaway, second. M. 



B. Metcalf, first for six pink Show 

 and six red Decorative. A. B. Jenkins, 

 first for six red Show and for 50 Sin- 

 gle. Thomas Edison, George B. Wil- 

 son, gardener, first for six Cactus. 

 Mrs. Peirson, Charles Ashmead, gar- 

 dener, first for seedling dahlias not 

 yet disseminated. 



Certificates of merit were awarded 

 to A. C. Yon Gaasbeck for dahlias; 

 Mrs. Wm. Barr, Emuel Pannucka, gar- 

 dener, for seedling dahlias; S. M. & A. 

 Colgate, Wm. Reid, gardener, for Be- 

 gonia Gloire de Lorraine, Killarney 

 roses, dahlias, roses; Charles Hatha- 

 way, for chrysanthemums; Wm. Run- 

 kle, D. Kindsgrab. gardener, for dah- 

 lias and apples; Walter M. Gray, for 

 dahlias; A. B. Jenkins, for orchid 

 plants, and George M. Wardwell, for 

 dahlias. Certificate of culture to A. 



C. Von Gaasbeck, John Derven, gar- 

 dener, for Killarney and Bridesmaid 

 roses. 



In the monthly competition for 

 points the following awards were 

 made. Class A: S. M. k A. Col- 

 gate, vase carnations, 87; roses, 82; 

 Oncidium varicosum, 93. Lager & 

 Hurrell, Laelio-Cattleya luminosa, 94. 

 Thos. Jones, Cattleya labiata. 92. 

 Class B: A. B. Jenkins, vase roses, 

 87. Charles Hathaway, celosias, 85. 



The judges were Arthur T. Caparn, 

 Peter Duff, and James Carswell. 



The Society is making arrangements 

 for its annual Chrysanthemum Show 

 to be held on Friday afternoon and 

 evening, November 10th, at No. 240 

 Main street. The silver cup offered 

 by John R. LeCount has been put up 

 for the best display of orchids, space 

 not to exceed 25 square feet, second 

 prize to be given by friends of the 

 Society. Three prizes are offered by 

 the Society for the best 12 blooms of 

 chrysanthemums, six varieties, two 



blooms of each. Two special prizes 

 have also been donated by Elmer D. 

 Smith, Adrian, Mich., for the best vase 

 of six novelty chrvsanthemums of 

 1911. WILLIAM REID, Sec'y. 



WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



At the annual fall exhibit of the 

 Worcester County Horticultural Socie- 

 ty in Horticultural Hall, Worcester, 

 Mass., October 12, there was an excel- 

 lent showing of fruit, also a display of 

 hardy shrubs by William Anderson, 

 gardener for Bayard Thayer of Lan- 

 caster and stove plants from George 

 McWilliam, gardener for G. Marston 

 Whitin of Whitinsville, These latter 

 were arranged in a mound effect in 

 the center of the hall, and made a 

 pleasing contrast to the many colors 

 of the fruit, arranged on the surround- 

 ing tables. 



The platform of the hall was banked 

 with palms from the H. F. A. Lange 

 greenhouse. 



The annual dinner at 12.30 o'clock 

 was followed by a short program of 

 speeches. President Edward W. Breed 

 of Clinton presided, and spoke of the 

 loss to the society in the death of 

 Adin A. Hixon, who served for over 20 

 years as secretary and treasurer, and 

 the company gave three minutes' si- 

 lence in his memory. 



J. Lewis Ellsworth, secretary of the 

 state board of agriculture, spoke brief- 

 ly of apple growing methods in the 

 west. 



W. D. Ross announced the awards 

 on ensilage corn competition for 

 which he had offered a premium of $50 

 in gold. The award was won by Mrs, 

 H. W. Harris of Adrian, Mich., who 

 produced over G8 tons on an acre of 

 ground. 



Other speakers were J. K, Greene, 

 and Dr. Geo. E. Francis, and a demon- 

 stration of apple packing was given by 

 J. B. Castner oi Hood River, Ore. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The October meeting of the Cin- 

 cinnati Florists' Society was well at- 

 tended. The executive committee of 

 the flower show reported that J. M. 

 McCullough's Sons Co., J. Chas. Mc- 

 Cullough and R. Witterstaetter had do- 

 nated silver cups for prizes. Messrs. 

 Phil. Breitmeyer, Otto Koenig and I. 

 Bertermann have consented to act as 

 judges. Wm. Sunderbruch, Jr., Chas. 

 Witterstaetter, Jos. Beran, Emmet 

 Suttmiller, Ed Bossmeyer and Harry 

 Sunderhaus were, under a suspension 

 of the rules, elected to membership by 

 acclamation. A committee consisting 

 of C. E. Critchell, P. J. dinger and C. 

 H. Hoffmeister was appointed to sub- 

 mit plans for entertaining visiting 

 florists. 



The invitation of A. Ostendarp and 

 A. C. Huhman, Jr., of the Cincinnati 

 Cut Flower Exchange, to hold the 

 meeting on Saturday, November 11th, 

 at their place of business was ac- 

 cepted. A special meet ng will be held 

 at the club rooms on October 23rd. 



E. G. Hill of Richmond, Ind., was on 

 hand. He showed a vase of his yellow 

 rose Sunburst, that gained the admir- 

 ation of all by its fine points. Mr. Hill 

 also talked entertainingly of European 

 shows, especially in "merrie olde 

 England." 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



This club held its second meeting of 

 the season on Tuesday evening, the 

 17th and there was a large attendance 

 of members. After the minutes of the 

 last meeting had been approved J. K. 

 M. L. Farquhar made some very in- 

 teresting remarks respecting the 

 closer affiliation of the club with Am- 

 herst College and reported what the 

 committee had done with regard to 

 the suggestion from Prof. White that 

 the committee spend three days in in- 

 specting the greenhouses and other 

 work. Mr. Farquhar thought that a 

 sub-committee of three members 

 should be appointed and it would be 

 possible for them to see and report 

 upon all there was to be seen at Am- 

 herst in a much shorter space of time. 

 It was resolved that further time be 

 allowed. Three new members were 

 elected, and among the visitors was 

 Mr. E. O. Orpet, Lake Forest, 111. 



The subject for the evening was 

 bulbs, Wm. Patterson, Wollaston, 

 Mass., being the first speaker. He em- 

 phasized the value of obtaining good 

 hard bulbs and said that for pots and 

 boxes the best compost consisted of two- 

 thirds loam- and one-third well-rotted 

 manure. It is important to get the 

 bulbs potted as son as possible after 

 arrival and not allow them to become 

 hard frozen while in the open. The 

 medium growing varieties, he said, 

 were preferable to late growing ones 

 for market work. 



Robert Cameron read a very inter- 

 esting paper on Bulbs for Bedding 

 Purposes and referred specially to 

 some of the more beautiful and un- 

 common sorts. He spoke highly of the 

 naturalizing of bulbs which has been 

 so successfully practiced in the park 

 system of Boston and hoped this would 

 be the means of inducing others to do 

 likewise. Mr. Cameron mentioned the 

 best varieties in each section but he 

 referred particularly to the new Poetaz 

 varieties and fully emphasized' their 

 value. This speaker made special 

 mention of the fact that bulbs were 

 generally kept much too dry in Ameri- 

 can seed stores and it was necessary to 

 go to Europe to get the best. John 

 Duguid of Natick, gave a talk on Plant- 

 ing Bulbs in Grass, etc., giving in de- 

 tail the best methods of procedure. 



Exhibits were not numerous but very- 

 noticeable were R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co.'s displays of Viola cornuta pur- 

 purea, a fine rich purple variety and 

 four vases of roses — viz. Radiance, 

 Lady Hillingdon, Prince de Bulgarie 

 and Mrs. Aaron Ward. From S. J. 

 Goddard, Framingham, came carna- 

 tions, the new White Wonder being 

 very promising. Wm. Downs showed 

 a fine branching specimen of Celosia 

 Tbomsonii pyramidalis. evidently a 

 good type. Chrysanthemums in varie- 

 ty came from W. \V. Edgar, Waverley, 

 and from James Wheeler a fine vase of 

 Enchantress carnation. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held a 

 very interesting meeting on Thursday 

 afternoon, Oct. 12th, in Odd Fellows' 

 Hall. Vice-President Vennemann 

 opened the meeting and Ex-President 

 Fillmore at once proceeded to install 

 President-Elect Robert J. Windier, who 



