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GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 The regular monthly meeting of th ■ 

 Gardeners' ami Florists' Club of Bo 

 ton was held Tuesday night, Decem- 

 ber 19, in Horticultural Hall. The 

 most important business was the elec- 

 tion of officers for the ensuing year. 

 The balloting resulted in the election 

 of Thomas 1'egler, of Wollaston, presi 



Ind.; a fine display of Zonal Pelargo- 

 niums, from W. N. Craig, among which 

 were I'n ul Crampel, an excellent red 

 much used abroad and coming more 

 into use in this country; snapdragons, 

 from II. Huebner, Groton, Mass., 

 among them being a new pink winter- 

 flowering variety which is said to be 

 best from October to March, free-flow- 

 ering, and giving evidence of much 

 promise for the future; azaleas and be- 

 gonias, from W. W. Edgar Co., and a 

 hybrid Freesia. from G. Bleieken. of 

 Framingham. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the American Gladiolus 

 Society was held in Xew York City on 

 December 6th, with the following 

 members present: Arthur Cowee, A. 

 T. Boddington, E. W. Fengar, I. S. 

 Hendrickson. 



The matter of a die and medals was 

 taken up and discussed. It was 

 finally decided to purchase a die and 

 offer ten sets of medals the first year 

 to as many local Horticultural Socie- 

 ties. It was thought best to offer a 

 silver medal for first prize, and 

 bronze medal for second prize, the ten 

 sets of medals to cost $70.00. 



The matter of registration bureau 

 was then taken up. and it was decided 

 to combine this committee with that 

 of the Nomenclature Committee 

 already established, with trial grounds 

 at Ithaca, Xew York, where all tests 

 can be made. Regarding certificates 

 of merit it was the sense of the meet- 



Thomas Pegler 



President-elect Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston. 



dent; William J. Kennedy, of Brook- 

 line, vice-president; William N. Craig, 

 of North Easton, secretary; Peter 

 Fisher, of Ellis, treasurer; Herman H. 

 Bartsch, of Waverley, Peter M. Miller, 

 of Boston, William J. Patterson, of 

 Wollaston, and William Sim, of Clif- 

 tondale, executive committee. 



Fred E. Palmer gave a very inter- 

 esting and instructive talk on "Dyna- 

 mite and Its Uses in Garden and 

 Farm," being his own experience and 

 observations. He was enthusiastic 

 over its employment for time and 

 labor-saving, ease of use and its econ- 

 omy. Some interesting discussion fol- 

 lowed. A report of the outing to 

 Framingham was heard and it was the 

 universal opinion of those who attend- 

 ed that it was one of the most enjoy- 

 able trips -ever taken. It was recom- 

 mended that the club take in more 

 of these field days, as aside from the 

 social side, much business benefit 

 could be secured. Private men may 

 not see any direct benefit from visit- 

 ing commercial places, but they can 

 never know how soon points gleaned 

 from a commercial place may come 

 in handy. About eighty took the trip 

 to Framingham. 



Among the exhibits were noted a 

 vase of red carnation St. Nicholas, 

 from Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, 



William X. Craig 



Secretary Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston. 



ing that these certificates should be 

 awarded only by the Nomenclature 

 Committee, and not by judges ap- 

 pointed for the annual exhibition. 



President Hendrickson has ap- 

 pointed Arthur Cowee and Professor 

 as members of the color chart 

 i ommittee. 



L. MERTON GAGE, 

 Cor. Sec'y. 



WESTERN DAHLIA AND GLADI- 

 OLUS ASSOCIATION. 



The Western Dahlia and Gladiolus 

 Association held its fhst annual meet 

 ing, Friday, Dec. in, at the Hotel Shi r- 

 man, Chicago, and the bulb show at 

 66 Randolph street. The meeting was 

 called to order and adjourned to the 

 rooms with the exhibits, and the pro- 

 gram was carried out with the excep- 

 tion of two papers from members un- 

 able to be present. 



Following the papers on the Gladio- 



Teter Fisher 



Treasure] Gnrdeners' and Florists' Club of 



Boston. 



lus and its Future, by A. E. Kunderd, 

 and Hybridization and Culture by H. 

 W. Koerner, was a general discussion 

 enjoyed by all. Carl Cropp gave some 

 interesting points regarding late de- 

 velopment of the corms of gladiolus 

 and dahlia clumps showing that both 

 plants largely increased in size and 

 solidity late in the fall, but care must 

 be used in not leaving them too late 

 to be injured by severe frosts. He 

 also suggested there might be a profit- 

 able future for the Colvilli type of 

 gladiolus— Blushing Bride and others. 



S. \V. Pike of St. Charles, 111., gave 

 it as his opinion that late develop- 

 ment of the bulbs was decidedly ad- 

 vantageous. The paper on American 

 Bulbs, read by E. S. Thompson, com- 

 pleted the program. 



Business of the association was then 

 taken up. It was decided to appoint 

 a committee on nomenclature, so that 

 the work could be started at once. 

 M. Crawford was appointed as such 

 committee. The proposition to hold 

 an exhibition of flowers in connection 

 with the Society of American Florists, 

 was placed in the hands of the execu- 

 tive committee, to correspond and 

 have charge of the same if decided 

 upon. The annual meeting of the as- 

 sociation for the election of officer- 

 shall be held at the annual bulb show, 

 some time in December of each year, 

 date to be fixed by the executive com- 

 mittee. 



