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HORTICULTURE 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



November 11, 1911 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY 

 OF AMERICA. 



At the executive meeting of the 

 National Sweet Pea Society of Ameri- 

 ca, held at the Parker House, Boston, 

 Mass., November 3rd, President Sim 

 presiding, it was decided that the 

 fourth summer and annual exhibition 

 and convention of the society should 

 be held in Boston, Mass., July 13th 

 and 14th, 1912, in conjunction with the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society's 

 exhibition. Four hundred dollars was 

 set aside to be offered for prizes as 

 follows: $100 for wholesale growers, 

 $100 for private gardeners, $100 for the 

 amateur, $100 for retail florists. 



The above will be in addition to tin- 

 general list of special prizes donated. 

 also apart from the prizes offered by 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Socie- 

 ty. 



There will be a meeting of the 

 schedule committee in Boston about 

 the middle of this month; suggestions 

 and prizes for this schedule are in- 

 Tited. We shall hope to have this pub- 

 lished not later than the first of De- 

 cember. 



HARRY A. BUNYARD, Sec'y. 



342 West 14th St., New York, N. Y. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 



This club held its November meet- 

 ing in its rooms at 1214 F street, N. 

 W., at which place they have decided 

 to continue holding their meetings. 

 The question was put to the club fol- 

 lowing the receipt of the membership 

 committee's report and the vote to stay 

 was unanimous. Louis R. Freeman 

 and Clarence L. Linz representing 

 HORTICULTURE were duly elected to 

 membership. 



The serious illness of William R. 

 Smith was reported to the club and it 

 was voted that a letter be sent him 

 hoping for his speedy recovery. Pres- 

 ident Mayberry reported having visited 

 him only to find him very low. Mr. 

 Smith is known and beloved from coast 

 to coast and the news of his illness 

 will cause sympathetic anxiety every- 

 where. 



Following adjournment the members 

 partook of a buffet supper and listened 

 to the music and other entertainment. 

 This was given in the grotto which 

 was artistically decorated with Ameri- 

 tan flags and bunting for the occasion. 

 C. L. LINZ. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The annual meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society for the 

 •lection of officers for the ensuing 

 year, and the transaction of such other 

 business as may be legally presented, 

 will be held at Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, at 12 o'clock, noon, on Saturday, 

 November 18. 1911. The officers to be 

 elected are a president; a vice-presi- 

 dent (for two years); one trustee (for 

 one year) ; four trustees (for three 

 years); a delegate to the State Board 

 •f Agriculture (for three years); a 

 nominating committee of five mem- 

 bers. The election will be by Austral- 

 ian Ballot and the polls -will be open 

 continuously between the hours ol 

 twelve, noon, and four in the after- 

 noon. WILLIAM P. RICH, Sec v. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



This club held its regular meeting 

 Nov. 2, with a good attendance, in- 

 cluding all the officers. The meeting 

 was somewhat in the nature of a 

 flower show and a very creditable 

 exhibition of the season's blooms 

 awaited the coining of the members. 

 Applicants for membership included 

 Chas. W. Erne, 30 E. Randolph street, 

 Chicago; Edward H. Gale, 108 E. Dela- 

 ware street, Chicago: A. Vander- Pohl, 

 3S11 Harrison street, Chicago; James 

 B. Foley, 26th street and Western ave- 

 nue, Chicago; Isaac Cassidy, 26th 

 street and Western avenue, Chicago; 

 Win. F. Easting, Buffalo, X. Y.; Chas. 

 J. Bond, Naperville, 111.; Louis Lick- 

 enger. Andrew Bensen, Ed. Toeple, 

 Guy French, Tony Gable, Dick Salm, 

 all of Morton Grove, HI. 



An invitation to visit the St. Louis 

 flower show Nov. 7 to 11 was read. 

 Short speeches were made by visitors 

 E. G. Hill. Richmond, Ind., W. R. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., H. Roth, 

 LaFayette. Ind., and R. M. Groves, 

 Adams, Mass. 



The judges on carnations were John 

 Then, John Zeck and H. Yepsen. Three 

 seedlings were exhibited by the Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co., No. 150 scoring 88 

 points, No. 186 86 points and No. 49 

 87 points. Two of these are scarlets, 

 one easily five inches in diameter and 

 the other a dark pink, all to be dis- 

 seminated this season. Mr. Keimels, 

 D. A. Robertson and A. Erickson were 

 the judges of roses. Killarney Queen 

 scored 88 and Double White Killarney 

 87, both exhibited by A. N. Pierson, 

 and a seedling red rose by H. Roth 

 was given special mention. An exhibit 

 of orchids was made by Chas. J. Bond 

 of Naperville, 111., and awarded the club 

 certificate. Mr. Pierson extended invita- 

 tion to the club to attend the meeting 

 of the American Rose Society at De- 

 troit in January, 1912. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



Nothing really happened at the reg- 

 ular monthly meeting of the above 

 club. We all sat through the three 

 hours - waiting — but nothing hap- 

 pened! The meeting was memorable 

 for one thing. It had a good presi- 

 dent in J. Otto Thilow. He rushed 

 things through in spite of interrup- 

 tions and he got all his new commit- 

 tees appointed— just as he had planned 

 them. And by the looks of them, they 

 look like some thinking. As a new 

 shuffle, we haven't had anything like 

 it for many years. How it will work 

 out goodness only knows; but it looks 

 hopeful. Our advice to the president 

 is to boss his job, and above all to 

 pay no attention to the "Wiseheim- 

 ers." 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Flower Show now on in Horti- 

 cultural Hall. Phila., is much better 

 than for four or five years back in 

 arrangement, quantity and quality, 

 both in cut blooms and specimen 

 plants as well as in the decorative de- 

 partments. All greatly ahead— thanks 

 to the hustle of Stroud. Thilow and 

 many others. Full account next week. 



STATE FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION 

 OF INDIANA. 



About fifty florists attended the No- 

 vember meeting of the Indiana State 

 Florists' Association at Richmond last 

 Tuesday at the E. G. Hill Co. green- 

 houses, where the business session 

 of the morning was held. Short talks 

 •were given by W. W. Coles of Koko- 

 mo; J. S. Stuart, Anderson; M. Heller, 

 New Castle; H. L. Weigand, Indianap- 

 olis; N. H. Gano, Martinsville; Theo- 

 dore Dorne'r, Lafayette; Roger Mur- 

 phy, Urbana, Ohio; B. F. Hensley, 

 Knightstown, and W. H. Elverson, New 

 Brighton, Pa. Joseph H. Hill and E. 

 G. Hill also gave short talks on the 

 work they are carrying on. Nine new 

 members were added, making the 

 membership total almost 100. 



At noon a lunchean was served, af- 

 ter which automobiles carried the flor- 

 ists on an inspection trip to the 

 Graves, Gause, Knopf and Lemon 

 greenhouses, and the Advance Ma- 

 chine Company's plant. The next 

 meeting will be at Indianapolis, De- 

 cember 4, and the annual meet'ng will 

 be at the same place, January 17. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 ■ AMERICA. 

 Work of Committees. 



Exhibited by Elmer D. Smith & Co., 

 Adrian, Mich., at Chicago, Nov. 2nd: 



Christy Mathewson, Jap, white, 90 

 points, exhibition scale. 



Smith's Sensation, Jap, pink, Inc., 87 

 points, exhibition scale. 



White Perfection, Jap, Inc., 88 points, 

 commercial scale. 



Exhibited by E. G. Hill Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind.: 



August Daisy, Jap, orange yellow, 87 

 points, exhibition scale. 



August Daisy, Jap, orange yellow, 

 92 points, commercial scale. 



Hirondale, Jap, Inc., pink, 86 points, 

 exhibition scale. 



Hirondale, Jap., Inc., pink. 91 points, 

 commercial scale. 



Petite Yvonne, Jap, white, 81 points, 

 commercial scale. 



CHAS. W. JOHNSON. Secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The meeting of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club on Monday night, Nov. 13, 

 will be ladies' night and a fine enter- 

 tainment is promised. 



One would imagine that the office of 

 president of the New York Florists' 

 Club would be dignified enough to 

 have invitations sent to visit the local 

 shows, but never a one came, and 

 when one considers the good fellow 

 and hard worker that occupies that 

 position at present, along with the 

 vast work done by the club, the neg- 

 lect seems all the more inexcusable. 



The annual meeting of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society and elec- 

 tion of officers took place Friday even- 

 ing, November 3. Herbert Shaw was 

 elected president; Herman Sanford, 

 vice-president; James Salter, clerk; 

 John Jaffrey, treasurer; and Robert A. 

 Mitchell, librarian. The executive 

 committee is: F. F. Brasch, A. E. Par- 

 sons, Joseph Clark, John Chapman and 

 Eric H. Wetterlow. 



