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HORTICULTURE 



December 1G, 1911 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At the annual meeting, held in 

 Royal Arcanum Hall, Stamford, Conn., 

 Friday evening, Decembei 8th, 80 

 members were present and the follow- 

 ing officers were elected for the ensu- 

 ing year: President, James Stuart, 

 Mamaroneck, N. V.; vice-president, 

 Robert Williamson, Greenwich, Conn.; 

 treasurer, Thos. Aitchison, Mama- 

 roneck. N. V.; corresponding sen,' ary. 

 Oscar Adder. Larchmont, X. Y.; finan- 

 cial secretary, .1. B. McArdle, Green- 

 wich, Conn. Executive committee, 

 Chas. Adcock, New Rochelle, N 5 . 

 J. T. Burns. New Canaan. Conn.; Win. 

 Smith, Port Chester, X. Y.; Jas. 

 Aitchison, Stamford, Conn.; P. W. 

 Popp, Mamaroneck, X. Y. 



It was decided to bold our meetings 

 for 1912 in Greenwich, Conn. Mr. J. 

 K. M. L. Farquhar of Boston will lec- 

 ture on "The Gardens of Japan" at 

 the January 12th meeting in Green- 

 wich. The fall chrysanthemum show 

 will be held ai New Rochelle, and the 

 summer rose show at Greenwich, 

 Conn. 



At the close of the meeting a social 

 sesson of one hour's entertainment, 

 cigars and refreshments, provided by 

 our Stamford members, was an appro- 

 priate closing of the many pleasant 

 meetings our society has held there 

 the past year. 



Following is the judges' report on 

 exhibits at meeting, December 8: 



Vase of calanthes — Jas. Stuart, cer- 

 tificate of merit; vase of cernations — 

 Thos. W. Stobo, cultural certificate; 

 collection of vegetables — Robt. Wil- 

 liamson, cultural certificate; cauli- 

 flower, tomatoes and mushrooms. Cy- 

 pripedium insigne— Jas. Foster, hon- 

 orable mention; carnations — Thos. 

 Ryan, honorable mention; sweet peas 



A Peterson, vote of thanks; roses, 



Kaiserin Aug. Victoria — John Grant. 



. of thanks. J. B. McARDLE. Secy. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICU LTU R AL 

 SOCIETY. 



Officers for the ensuing year were 

 elected by the X. J. F. S. at their reg- 

 ular meeting held in Lindsley Hall, 

 Orange, on December Sth. Frank 

 Drews, gardener for the Essex County 

 Country Club, was elected president; 

 Geo. B. Wilson, gardener for Thomas 

 Edison. Llewellyn Park, vice-presf- 

 dent; William Reid, secretary, and 

 Walter AI. Gray, treasurer, were unan- 

 imously both for third 

 terms. It was decided that instead of 

 the annual smoker in February a 

 banquet should be held, to which the 

 ladies should be invited. It was de- 

 cided to continue the monthly compe- 

 tition for points in the various classes 

 next year. These monthly exhibits for 

 points keep up the interest in the so- 

 ciety. Our meetings are always well 

 attended by the members and the pub- 

 lic. 



The silver cup, donated by John K. 

 LeCount. was presented to Lager & 

 Hurrell, who won it last month for the 

 best display of orchids. The presenta- 

 tion speech was made by President 

 Kindsgrab. There was an unusually 

 fine display of carnations, roses, or- 

 chids and other seasonable flowers on 

 exhibition. W. E Marshall & Co., 



X'-w York, donated a prize for the best 

 18 carnations, one or mure varieties, 

 which was won by S. M. & A. Colgate, 

 William Ri id, gardener; second, Chas. 

 Hal haw ay, .Max Schneider, gardener; 

 third, Popken & Collins. 



The following are the awards in the 

 monthly competition for points in 

 Class A. 



Calenthi Veitchi Lagc i ,y Hun-ell. 80 

 [joints; Kpldendrnm cilliarc— Thomas Jones, 

 s .' points; Cypripedium insigne William 

 Reid, 97 points ; vase of carnations- Wil lam 

 Held 95 points. Frank Drews 82 points; 

 vase of roses — William Reid, ss points. 



Class "P.." vase of carnations- Fritz 

 Bergluml. st p,,iiiis; vase of ehrysantue 

 mums Max Schneider, n;> points. 



Certificates were awarded as follows 

 for exhibits not in competition for 

 points: 



' ynripedium insigne Hurrellianuni Lager 

 cic Hurrell, first class cert.; Cyprlpedluiu 

 Minos Yoangi— Lager i\. Hurrell, tirst class 

 cert.; Cypiipedium Niobe- Lager >^ Hur- 

 rell, cert, of merit; vase of carnations — 

 Frank Drews, cert, of merit; bunch of 

 riolets Fritz Berglnnd, cult, cert.; '_' vases 

 of nses George wraignt, cult, cert.: 1 pot 

 mignonette George Wraignt, cert, of 

 merit. 



The results in the annual competi- 

 tion for points, being the points re- 

 ceived at the monthly competitions 

 during the year were as follows in 

 Class A: Commercial orchid class — 

 first. Lager & Hurrell; second, Thomas 

 Jones. Orchids, private gardeners' 

 class — first, William Reid; second, Al- 

 bert F. Larson. Am. Beauty roses — 

 tirst. Frank Drews: second, Albert F. 

 I.tit son. Roses — first, William Reid; 

 second, Frank Drews; third, A. F. 

 Larson. Carnations — first. William 

 Reid; second. Frank Drews; third, A. 

 F. Larson. 



Class B: First. Max Schneider; 

 second, Fritz Berglund. 



WILLIAM REID, Sec'y. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



I he annual meeting of the Elbe>-on 

 Horticultural Society was held on Dec. 

 Ith. when the following named officers 

 installed into their respective 

 chairs for the ensuing year; Presi- 

 dent. James Kennedy; vice-president. 

 Duncan Kelly; treasurer. A. Bauer; 

 seen tary, Benjamin Wyc-koff; corres- 

 ponding secretary, George Masson. 

 The reports of the treasurer, secre- 

 tary and standing committees were 

 submitted and all showed a satisfae- 

 tcuv and excellent condition of the af- 

 fairs of the society. 



In the monthly competition for 

 points during the past year, A. Bauer 

 won out, and he now becomes the 

 owner of the Rickards' Bros.' silver 

 cup which had to be won twice before 

 becoming the property of the winner. 

 In addition to the cup, Air. Bauer was 

 awarded the gold medal: Duncan Kel- 

 ly, scoring the second highest number 

 of points, receiving the silver medal 

 and Win. Seymour the bronze medal, 

 for third. These medals were kindly 

 donated by A. T. Boddington. 



It was decided to continue the 

 monthly competition for points dur- 

 ing the coming year and that suitable 

 prizes be awarded for same. Among 

 the out-of-town visitors present was 

 Jos. A. Alanda of Orange, N. J., presi- 

 dent-elect of the New York Florists' 

 Club. GEORGE MASSON. 



Corres. Sec'y. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



While our club meeting on Dec. 5th 

 was not as largely attended as the No- 

 vember meeting, when we had the 

 chrysanthemum display, yet it was 

 very interesting, made so partly by 

 the varied exhibits, and particularly 

 bj the presence of Elmer D. Smith of 

 Adrian, .Mich. Unfortunately Air. 

 Smith had not been able to be present 

 at our November meeting when his 

 specialty was shown in great variety, 

 but he had with him a large number 

 of life size cuts of chrysanthemums, 

 and with these as texts he talked to 

 us in his modest way of the peculiari- 

 ties of habit and the best methods of 

 propagation of his favorite flower. 

 Asked for a list of the 12 best chrysan- 

 themums for exhibition purposes, Mr. 

 Smith named the following: Alontigny, 

 F. S. Vallis, Harry Conrad, Lenox! 

 Alissouri Boy, AI. Loisseau Rousseau! 

 Wm Turner, Woodmason, Rose Pock- 

 ett, Lady Hopetoun, Morristown, Yel- 

 low Miller. 



Mr. Smith spoke in pleasant terms 

 of the hospitality he was receiving 

 during his short stay in Pittsburgh, 

 and in particular of his visit to the 

 plant of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower 

 Co. at Bakerstown, where he saw 13 

 acres under glass, and was struck with 

 the high average grade of all the 

 stock under cultivation. 



Baur & Steinkamp sent a number of 

 cut blooms of carnation St. Nicholas 

 which attracted much attention. Our 

 expert agreed that if it was a free 

 bloomer, it would be a winner. The 

 judging committee— P. S. Randolph 

 and Robt. Lillie— awarded it a first- 

 class certificate. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. ex- 

 hibited a number of the newer carna- 

 tions and roses which they have had 

 under observation the past season and 

 President Burki of the company com- 

 mented briefly upon them as follows: 



Pink Delight is a good producer, 

 good stiff stem and good color. Prin- 

 cess Charming is a nice flower, but 

 slow; more money in Pink Delight. 

 Bright Spot is well thought of. Glori- 

 osa is a good thing. Sangamo makes 

 a good deal of grass; in fact more 

 grass than money. Of the newer roses 

 Mrs. Aaron Ward proves more free 

 than Melody and My Maryland is a 

 good summer rose. The committee 

 awarded a cultural certificate. 



Jas. Wiseman showed a plant of Er- 

 langea tomentosa — special mention. 

 John Bader Co. showed fine cyclamen 

 and Christmas plants in variety — cul- 

 tural certificate . 



At this point Air. Phillips, gardener 

 for H J. Heinz, called attention to the 

 fact that the American public showed 

 small knowledge of plants as evi- 

 denced by the few varieties called for: 

 in England and Germany a much 

 greater variety is grown, and he 

 thought our florists should endeavor 

 to educate the public to a greater 

 knowledge of plants and bring them 

 to know there were other good things 

 to grow besides Boston ferns. To this 

 answer was made that the florists 

 could not afford to educate the public, 

 and also that the general knowledge 

 of plants shown by the public visiting 



