December 23, 1911 



K0RTIC1 I. I I B E 



901 



bronze nudal to Hallock & rhorpi 

 new Chrysanthemum "Yum Yum," 

 being five Beedllng 



chrysanthemums staged at this i 

 bibltion, and 1 1 i on new chrj • 



■ nations I ■ 



.\. Way, James Taplin, «'. i. 

 Allen, John Thorpe and William 1 1 

 ilton. An Interei ting featuri ol this 

 exhibition was thai at the close all 



i exhibits wen old 

 auction; one-fifth 



mi ned over to the Penna. Hor- 

 ticultural Society. The exhibition of 

 so many seedlings at this show evi- 

 dent h in following subjects 

 foi an i - aj . the follow li 



Ij : "la i' 



country to head their efforts tow 

 imi'ne. Ing existing 'wers 



by hybridization, or shall wi depend 

 upon the florists of Europe to do this 

 for a 



We now come to the fit si minub 

 this Club, which we have, and which 

 dated October 1, 1887; and under 

 s of commit tees is the i 

 a It tee (John v. i hair- 



man), which had been appointed at the 

 mi;, Sept. 6th, to d 



by .Mrs ( 



ii i in i tote! Lafayette, during the 



ennial Anniversary of the Adop- 

 tion of the Constitution of the I'nited 

 States. There is also a report of the 

 auditing committee w hich shows a 

 • ■ In the Keystone Bank on that 

 date of 1624.95. This, apparently, was 

 principally made up of the money "lefl 

 over" from the '86 Convention, This 

 being tin unui.nl meeting the following 

 officeis were elected; Robert Craig, 

 president; Charles D. Ball, vice-pi 

 dent; Thomas Cartledge, treasurer; U. 

 D I. Fat son, ecr< tarj 



We also notice that a movement 

 had already been started to secure 

 suitable propert] for the purpose of 

 establishing a plant and rut-flower 

 marl, ei. and a special meeting of the 

 Club was ordered to find out how 

 man-. would support the mar- 



i,. i bj -• nding I heir plants and cut- 

 is to it I'" sale A i this meet- 

 ing Charles 1). Ball read a paper on 



"How should horticultural exhibitions 

 be conducted to be a Bnani al as well 

 as artistic success.'" At the November 

 meeting of 1 sst. the Committee on 

 Mai kel lepoi i. d. thai on account of 

 Lnsufflcii nl support and interest, the 

 committee recommended thai nothing 

 !,, dom ' to a Bower market 



at present. ll was then suggested, 

 and finally decided, thai another com- 

 mittee p. appointed to see il a build- 

 ing could not be bought for a club 

 and market combined At this 

 meeting it « as also decidi d to hoi 

 annual dinner on the opening night 

 C rysanthemum Show. A com- 

 nii'lee was also d at this 



ng t.i loo into the matter of ta- 

 in of the Club Tl 



i. al the December 

 ing was "Cui Flowers How they 

 Id be mi 



issign'ed to Robert 

 At the Colli - Mr. Kil 



clined to prepare this essay, where- 

 upon a motion was passed that in fu- 



when a member had bei 

 to read an essay befi club and 



de< lined to do hould be 



$1.00 This resolutii had 



the desired effect, as Mr. Kift read 

 his essay at the January me 

 ( To be continued.) 



GLADIOLUS NOTES. 



Regarding Mr Gag< c plaint 



[ng the Bterllitj ol glad 



Would I w nli pi 



handling I d bulbs will 



bulblets freely, providing thai nor- 

 mally thej are Freel) produced 



periinenis along this line ha 

 ui v <n ne nits regardle 



etc., ol bulbs but t in 

 ihei expi is ne. a, d to i 



what ne the underlying causi 



lllty and fell il i 

 "What is the mailer with the so- 

 called pn This is a very 

 eas\ question equally as easily an 



bw ered t he) a n not bi i 6 t Ight 

 Augusta thus far has proven itself to 

 : j in st all around gladiolus, 

 all thin of all we 1 



a color. We 

 dry folio 



Wot SPI il .11"! ( ice \ e| : ,| . | |i : ,. 



them i li Augusta Is t he one sort that 



has never shown the ill effects Of un- 

 usual and severe ci and this 

 our thinker as to the why. 

 We had practically no ram from Maj 

 1st lo Vug. 17th this season. While 

 we keep the cultivator and weeders 

 going all the time regardless of con- 

 ditions, still under such adverse con- 

 ditions many sorts showed rapid 

 terioration In certain stages of de- 

 velopment, whites as a rule showing 



• ii effects first, then brilliant reds 



With the following whites, viz.: 

 Aline, Alice Carey, Blanche, 10. Kurtz, 

 Europa, Hohenstauffen, Peace, fteine 

 I'.i.ni. lie. etc. it gives one a verj 

 good chance to com] ai e relative 

 vigor, robustness, etc. and above all 

 Augusta showed iis superiority. 



I'lini perhaps is nexl Inst hut this 

 year it showed a very heavy suffusing 

 Of led giving a distinct pinkish cast at 

 a distance hut still a very desirable 

 sort Alongside of these we had many 

 -..'.■diiiiL-s n! purest whiteness thai 

 showed superioi ability to withstand 

 severe adverse conditions, thus 

 vincing us that the system of breed- 

 ing we have followed is scientifically 

 hence practicall) correct. An 

 these seedlings are many with 

 plants taller than Peace, larger flow 

 ■ is than America, clearer white than 

 Europa, larger spikes, very heavy 



petals, large hull's, prolific breeders. 

 ome with only a few and some With 



man] blooms open at ome. 

 Some years ago we had a stock of 



over E bulbs "f tin- grand Isabel. 



It was a very dry season followed by 



IWO Weeks of \el \ el "HIS fol- 



low , 1 1 again by a sudden change to 

 severe dryness and in a few da- 

 could see our gi and i ml more 

 rapidly each day to its doom. When 

 diuLin- time came we had about fifty 



bulbs of which only a few grew. 

 This maj serve as a history witl 

 anj white-; as well 



This s. ason one lot of i. nche 



• fail- 

 ni I i : . ery confidence in it 

 superior sort. 



y. but in W of 



its will not stay with 

 us long owing to I 

 faulty. 



In exl i- - 

 sorts ai .- disint.egn ati\ e. 

 Bred from highly dish 



id rightl) pie- 

 bred at will, and this is true of other 

 colors. 



\n\ iinting maj he i .a 



eliminated at will if right breeding is 



A 1 1 > oi all characters of a plant 

 i or diminished if 

 1 ed. 

 i i Bt HER. • aal Dover, <> 



DAHLIA VARIABILIS. 

 V' . Mr. Edl 



proper name, ol culture have 



C.eni, 



Apropos of the artich- bj Alexander 

 MacLellan, the tion ma) 



apply to growers as well as dealers. 



- ral rule lui 



honest, as tin- world 

 hut Whl a d 



ipiii. 



i hlng 

 done 



now n it i 

 Ini 



I- now men rays like i 



haven't an) thing i ailed 



tor, and also they don't like t 

 turn the mom s ot 



i| o\. I But 



the bulb growers' position is 'd 



li i.- one of special iioii.ii . The 



man must dej ' ' " ' ''■ grow - 



irs word as he will know nothing to 



unary until the following Si 

 -hows up the deal in all its blooming 

 truthfulness, la I the trade give a 

 fair price and then hoi i the gn 



nsible. I paid one ., asm 



per i im Shakespeare gladiolus and 



received Madam Monnaret thai could 



in en pun based the same seas, m 

 \i per 1000, and it kept me bus) 

 for two seasons making tin matter 

 right. However. 1 believe as a gen- 

 , ml statement both Bidi ady to 



put up a square deal. 



\ a rule tin- dahlia is variable, 

 is very dill 

 mm the previous one. An instance 

 on shows this plainly. 

 Mad. Van den 1 )a> 1 is a fine flo 

 This year with me not a pood bloom 

 was found, or one that had a conn 



i did very poorly, 



yet both are good and we look for 

 good work another season. We could 

 a half dozen other varieties that 

 went the same way, yet all 

 and -ome extra good. What causes it 

 can I'll, hut I lay may Inn- 

 i ted some t 

 Perhaps tie moon runs more of the 



9S than WI at- aware of. I • 

 . arly planting hail Pet 



haps lack oi moisture jusi a; th.- form- 

 ation of ii nig burl had its in- 

 Disbudding aud cultivt 

 an large influent i 



a blooms. When 



il! a 



loin of which we know 



■ 



■ ■aim oi tie- Cn ator. 1 



au d ii claim the 



and ' 



rand) Dahlia var 



and 

 and a united front, 

 world thi 

 10m and bulb. 



THOMPSON. 

 ion Harbor, Mich 



