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HORTICULTURE 



November 18, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' SOCIETY. 



Our expectations for a rousing meet- 

 ing on Nov. 7th were abundantly real- 

 ized, for ii was Chrysanthemum Night, 

 which always brings out a good at- 

 tendance The display of varieties was 

 large and the quality good, and as has 

 happened before at our meetings, the 

 graceful and artistic singles competed 

 strongly with the big doubles. 



C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., showed 

 in doubles. Win. Turner, Lady Car- 

 michael and Annie L. Angus. Of these 

 Wm. Turner drew special attention 

 from the growers as a good commer- 

 cial variety. It is a big white with 

 the Appleton shape. Mr. Totty also 

 exhibited a collection of singles, of 

 which the most striking were Sylvia 

 Slade and Hilda Wells, both crimson 

 and E. Nottell, cream white. Merstham 

 Gem and Emma L. Davis were also 

 noticeable. The judging committee, 

 Neil McCallum and David Fraser, 

 awarded to Mr. Totty a cultural certifi- 

 cate for his display, considering Wm. 

 Turner the best of the new doubles, 

 and Sylvia Slade and E. Nottell the 

 best singles of their color ever shown 

 before the club. 



Mr. Jenkinson, gardener for A. H. 

 Peacock, showed 3 vases of standard 

 doubles. For the private conservatory 

 he considered Yellow Miller the best 

 yellow and Beatrice May, the best 

 white. 'Ihe committee awarded him a 

 cultural certificate. 



W. A. Morten, an enthusiastic ama- 

 teur, showed a vase of standard varie- 

 ties grown under difficulties, which the 

 committee considered a credit to him 

 and awarded him a cultural certifi- 

 cate. Mr. Phillips, gardener for H. J. 

 Heinz had a good display for which 

 he was awarded a certificate of merit. 



Fred Wissenbach, showed single 

 and double chrysanthemums and Celo- 

 sia. Pride of Castle Gould; cultural 

 certificate. Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. 

 showed fine single and double chrysan- 

 themums. Among the singles Mary 

 Richardson and Jno Gossimler were 

 noticeable, and Lady Lee, a white, 

 was especially charming. Of the 

 doubles, Fred Burki, speaking for the 

 Company, especially likes Thanksgiv- 

 ing Queen, a fine white. Brutus is the 

 only bronze he grows. Maud Dean al- 

 ways comes good and can be planted 

 close. Appleton is still a good com- 

 mercial yellow. The committee award- 

 ed a cultural certificate and highly 

 commended Appleton. 



Homewood Cemetery, Wm. Allen, 

 supt., showed a fine collection of 

 doubles and a vase of blooms; certifi- 

 cate of merit. Walter James, gardener 

 for Rev. Hilliard, Pittsburgh, showed 

 collection of cut blooms— cultural cer- 

 tifies i 



C. H. Godwin of Godwin Bros., 

 Bridgeville, showed standard commer- 

 cials He thinks Early Snow the best 

 earlv white, and called attention to the 

 fact" that he found the early varieties 

 keep better than the late ones; certifi- 

 cate of merit. Randolph & McClem- 

 ents, among yellows like Negoya, 

 which stands handling and lasts well, 

 and Mrs. Geo. Wells and Clara Wells; 

 certificate of merit. 



The Bureau of Parks had an inter- 



esting collection. No variety attracts 

 more attention at the Park green- 

 houses than Reine du Japon, the petals 

 of which air something like a cactus 

 dahlia but longer and finer. They 

 think Wm. Turner the best white 

 double, and they certainly grow it to 

 perfection; cultural certificate. Elliott 

 Nursery Co. showed an Euonymus 

 that they think better than radicans. 

 Subject for next meeting — Every- 

 body Bring a Plant. 



H. P. JOSL1N, Sec'y. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society 

 was held in Pembroke Hall. President 

 Trepess presiding on Thursday even- 

 ing, Nov. 9th. The manager of the 

 fall show, Geo. Barton, and all those 

 that helped him in his many and 

 arduous duties received a very hearty 

 vote of thanks from the members. Fe- 

 lix Mense offered a gold medal for the 

 best 100 single violets to be competed 

 for at the December meeting. 



President Trepess took occasion to 

 present to Henry Gaut the Stumpp & 

 Walter silver cup which he won at 

 the fall show for the best group of 

 chrysanthemums, also the Mrs. F. S 

 Smithers cup for the best collection of 

 hardy chrysanthemums. Henry Cliffe 

 was presented with the Rickards Bros 

 cup which he won for the best 18 

 blooms of chrysanthemums. 



The result of the competition for the 

 society's prize was as follows: 



Chrysanthemums, pink, Henry Gaut: 

 white, Henry Cliffe; yellow, Paul Reul. 

 For two vases of seedling chrysanthe- 

 mums a certificate of merit was award- 

 ed John F. Johnstone. For tomatoes 

 Stirling Castle, honorable mention to 

 F. Petroccia. For lettuce, cultural cer- 

 tificate to F. Petroccia. 



The Society's prize in December will 

 be for carnations, 12 white, 12 pink, 12 

 red. The election of officers will be 

 held at the December meeting and that 

 meeting and all others until further 

 notice will be held in the afternoons, 

 at 2 p. m. 



E. WESTLAKE. Cor. Sec'y. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS* CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



At the meeting on the 14th there 

 was a large attendance, the princ.pal 

 business being nomination of officers 

 for next year. The result was as fol- 

 lows: For president, Thomas Pegler; 

 vice-president, Wm. J. Kennedy; sec- 

 retary, W. N. Craig; treasurer, Peter 

 Fisher: executive committee, W. J. 

 Patterson. Peter Miller, Herman 

 Bartch, J. Van Baarda, A. E. Thatcher. 



On motion of J. K. M. L. Farquh r 

 the sum of $50 was donated towards 

 the Sweet Pea Society of America 

 im ting to be held in Boston next 

 July. 



In the absence of a special lecture, 

 Mr. Van der Vort gave an interesting 

 short talk, speaking chiefly of some 

 of the better flowering shrubs. 



A very spirited discussion took 

 place regarding closer relations with 

 Amherst Co"ege. Seven new members 

 were proposed. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



An important meeting of this So- 

 ciety was held on the evening of Nov. 

 14, the principal business being to con- 

 sider the matter of co-operating with 

 the new "Garden Association" in hold- 

 ing an out-door exhibition next June, 

 as the Association some time ago sug- 

 gested to the Society. After opening 

 the meeting President Meikle stated 

 that J. McLeish, A. MacLellan and 

 himself as a committee from the So- 

 ciety had had an interesting interview 

 with officers of the Association and 

 learned that that organization is 

 planning to have a very extensive dis- 

 play with many new and foreign ideas 

 worked into the arrangements. It is 

 expected that some of the features 

 will be fancy plantings of shrubs, 

 evergreens, annual and perennial 

 plants in flower, and that encourage- 

 ment will be given to bring exhibits 

 from far and near. The exhibition 

 will also be somewhat of a society 

 event as the members of the Associa- 

 tion are mostly owners of Newport 

 estates. The information given about 

 the plan of co-operation seemed to be 

 agreeable to the members present, and 

 it was unanimously voted to join in 

 the undertaking. 



Another pleasing feature of the 

 meeting was the presentation of the 

 silver cups to winners at the Sep- 

 tember Show. The honor of present- 

 ing these was given to Treasurer A. K. 

 McMahon, who made a very pleasant 

 speech in each case. John Mahan. 

 gardener for H. D. Anchincloss, was 

 the recipient of the Henry A. Dreer cup 

 for collection of hardy perennial flow- 

 ers, and also the Joseph Breck & Sons 

 cup for collection of annuals. Wm. 

 Grey is the happy possessor of the 

 Stumpp & Walter Co. cup for a collec- 

 tion of vegetables, and J. Robertson is 

 now the owner of the Rickards Bros.' 

 cup for a table decoration. This pleas- 

 ing ceremony was closely followed by 

 rounds of cigars from the cup owners. 



J. R. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The club held a very interesting 

 meeting last week, Nov. 9. It was the 

 largest attended meeting the club has 

 had for many years • no less than 

 90 being present. It was also noted 

 for many distinguished visitors from 

 different parts of the country. Among 

 them were President Asmus, President- 

 Elect Vincent, Jr. and Vice-President- 

 Elect Poehlemann of the Society of 

 American Florists, H. A. Philpott and 

 A. T. Pyfer, president and secretary of 

 the Chicago Florists' Club, Elmer D. 

 Smith, C. H. Totty, W. H. Duci ham, 

 E Mann, A. F. J. Bauer, Wallace R. 

 Pierson, Phil. Foley, C. W. Johnson and 

 W. J. Vesey. Jr. The meeting ad- 

 journed early to Lippe's Cafe for a din- 

 ner with all the visitors at the head 

 table. After a good meal President 

 Windier made an address of welcome 

 and announced Fred. Ammann as 

 toastmaster, who drew out some en- 

 joyable speeches from the guests. At 

 the close of the talks the party were 

 taken in a body to the flower show at 

 the Coliseum. 



