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jANUAfiy 26, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



543 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOKISTS. 



Directors Appointed. 



Presidept Vaqghan has appointed 

 Messrs. E. V. Hallock, of Queeps, N. \ ., 

 and W. H. Elliott, of Brighton, Mass., 

 to serve as directors fpr the three-year 

 term,"T)«gM»ning January 1, 1905. 



'".'. State Vice-presiderits. , ' 



Also. the. follovring gentlemen to serve 

 as state vice-presidents for the year 

 1905: - 



Alabama — Hugh Seale, Blrmlngbau). 



California— ^Hans Platb, Sau . Fraiiclsco. 

 ■ Colorado — J. A. Valentine, Denver. 

 • Connectlcut-^ohn Coombs, Hartford. 

 . Florida— C. D. Mills, Jacksonville. 



Georgia— iA. 0. Oelachig, Savannah. 



Illinois, S.— John Wlllius, Danville. ' 



Illinois, N.— P. J. HaUBwlrth, Chicago. 



Indiana — Irwin C.VBertermann, Indianapolis. 



Iowa — Theo. Bwaldt, Davenport. 



Kansas— C. P. Mueller, Wichita. 



Louisiana — Sarry Papworth, 'New Orleans. 



Maryland— R. Vincent, Jr., White Marsh. 



Massachusetts — W. W. Edgar, Waverly. 



Massachusetts — Thos. Oollina, Hinsdale. 



Michigan, W.— Henry Smith, Grand Rapids. 



Michigan, E.— R. G. Boehtlnger, Bay City. 



Minnesota— O. J. Olson, St Paul. 



Missouri, B. — ^P. J. Fillmore, St. Louis. 



Missouri, W. — Albert Barbe, Kansas City. 



New Jersey — C. W. Turnley, Haddonfleld. 



New York, W.— F. H. Traendly, New York 

 City. 



New York. B. — George W. McClure, Buffalo. 



North Carolina— James M. Lamb, Fayette- 

 ville. 



Ohio, N.— James Eadle, Cleveland. 



Ohio. S.— H. M. Altlck. Dayton. 



Pennsylvania, E.— H. H. Battles, Phlladel- 

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Rhode Island— Arthur GriflSn, Newport. 



South Cnrollna— C. A. Moss, Spartanburg. 



Texas — H. Kaden, Gainesville. 



Virginia— C. Ponnet. Alexandria. 



Wisconoin — W. A. Kennedy, Milwaukee. 



Wisconsin — George Vatter. Marinette. 



Ontario— T. W. Dnggan. Brampton. 



Wm J. Stewart, Sec'y. 



HISTORY OF DOROTHY FAUST. 



I see in a recent issue of the Beview 

 that the New York chrysanthemum com- 

 mittee through Eugene Dailledouze, chair- 

 man, in passing upon the merits of a 

 chrysanthemum sent to them as Dorothy 

 Faust, declared that it was a known va- 

 riety, Mrs. Robert McArthur. In justice 

 to myself, for I was the exhibitor, I feel 

 I should make some statement and ask a 

 few questions. 



If it is McArthur, how did I get it! 

 I never had, and I do not think anyone 

 else around Philadelphia, had McArthur, 

 else it would have been recognized. 



Four years ago I had a batch of Bon- 

 naffon chrysanthemums in 3-inch pots 

 and, wishing to increase my supply. I took 

 the top out of each. When I benched 

 them I planted all of the original 3-inch 

 lot and all of the plants produced from 

 the top cuttings. When they bloomed, 

 among the latter lot I noticed this white 

 variety, an unusually fine clean flower. I 

 had bought no chrysanthemums at all 

 from any one that year and the year be- 

 fore only a lot of Chadwick from Bobert 

 Craig & Son. Among the original batch 

 of 3-inch Bonnaffon I speak of there was 

 no white. I carefully lifted this stranger 

 among my Bonnaffons and the following 

 year had about twenty-five plants, show- 

 ing it to everyone who came in, and the 

 next year I had quite a bench full. Mr. 

 Craig saw it and so did Mr. Harris. 

 Neither of them knew it and at Mr. 

 ' Craig 's suggestion I sent it to E'. G. Hill, 

 of Bichmond, Ind. He said it was an un- 

 usually fine white but could not help me 

 in naming it. I also sent a flower to El- 

 mer D, Smith and he could not place it. 

 So I wonder, and still the wonder 

 grows, how this could be Mrs. Bobert Mc- 

 Arthur. How did it get among my flow- 



ers? Could it be possible for two flowers 



to be so much alike as to be mistaken 



for one another? 



, If it really is McArthur I am glad to 



find the name for it. The only difference 



it will make to me is that I shall not 



sell any of the stock, and those who wish 



to grow it (^n buy iVicArthur and I shall 



grow my own stock. 



• ■ • • Harry J. Faust. 



THE BOSTON CLUB MEETING. 



As briefly mentioned in last week '9 

 Review, the Gardeners ' and Florists ' 

 Club's meeting at Horticultural Hall on 

 January 17 was an excellent one, the at- 

 tendance being the largest in the history 

 of the club.. The retiring president, J. 

 A. Pettigrew, in a fellcitious speech, cor- 

 dially thanked the members for the ex- 

 cellent support he had received from them 

 during his tenure of office and predicted 

 continued progress under the new board 

 of officers elected. Mr, Pettigrew then 

 handed over the gavel to his successor in 

 office, James Wheeler, who, with the 

 other officers, was installed and intro- 

 duced to the members in proper form. 



Mr. Wheeler, in an excellent speech, 

 expressed his sincere thanks to the mem- 

 bers for the honor conferred upon him 

 and said if he could fill the chair half 

 as well as the retiring president he 

 would do well. He ask^ for co-opera- 

 tiou in making 1905 the club's banner 

 year. Mr. Wheeler was warmly applaud- 

 ed when he sat down. 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar opened a dis- 

 cussion in regard to the form the awards 

 of the club should take. He was anxious 

 they should not duplicate those of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 Quite a number of members confessed 

 their views on the subject, including 

 Messrs. J^'inlayson, Fewkes, Orpet, Stew- 

 art, Anderson, Craig and others, most of 

 the speakers favoring Mr. Farquhar 's 

 suggestigns. 



There were numerous excellent exhib- 

 its on the tables and the president ap- 

 pointed Messrs. Fisher, Fewkes, Downs, 

 Duncan, Finlayson and Craig a commit- 

 tee on awards. They recommended awards 

 as follows: Certificates of superior merit 

 to A. J. Guttman, for Carnation Victory 

 and E. O. Orpet for Cattleya Susannse 

 (C. Skinneri x C. Wameri). Certificates 

 of merit to Charles Sander for Begonia 

 Gloire de Lorraine var. Tunford Hall; 

 to Palmer & Son, Lancaster, N. Y., for 

 Carnation Bed Lawson, and C. W. Ward 

 for Carnations President, Ethel Ward 

 and Robert Craig. Votes of thanks were 

 given to the following: Carnations Oc- 

 toroon, Lieut. Peary and Christmas Eve 

 from C. W. Ward; H. A. Stevens Co. for 

 their new Variegated Lawson, which was 

 certificated at the l>ecember meeting; 

 Carnations Prosperity, White Lawson 

 and Enchantress from Guttman & Web- 

 er; seedling carnations from Backer & 

 Co.; seedling carnations from Thomas 

 Waldie, Beverly, Mass., which included 

 very fine crimson and variegated varie- 

 eties; white seedling carnations from Er- 

 nest E. Wild, Braintree, Mass., a cross 

 between Lawson and Olympia, very prom- 

 ising and one the committee hoped to 

 see again; Begonia Vesuvius from James 

 Wheeler; Mont Blanc sweet peas from 

 William Sim; very fine Lilium Harrisii 

 from Alexander Ogg, carrying thirteen 

 to fifteen flowers per stalk. 



E. O. Orpet, in addition to Cattleya 

 Susannas, shown for the first time in 

 America or Europe, had the following 



seedlings which attracted much atten- 

 tion: LsBlio-cattleya Haroldiana, Cat- 

 tleya X Tbayeriana, Epi-cattleya, auran- 

 ti-media, Lajlio-cattleya epicasta (L. 

 pumila X C. gigas), Lselio-cattleya Co- 

 rona (L. cinnabarina x C. labiata), Lse- 

 }io-cattleya x Milton (C. speciosissima 

 X Brassavola glauca), Leelia x Perrini, 

 also a fine spile of Odontoglossum cris- 

 pum. 



Each of the exhibitors spoke briefiy 

 on his exhibits. Frank Hamilton, of 

 Queens, N. Y., who was present in Mr. 

 Ward's absence, spoke for the Cottage 

 Garden's carnations, stating that they 

 were not selected flowers, but merely 

 such as they were shipping to New York 

 daily. A. J. Guttman responded for 

 Victory, describing its good qualities. 

 He said they had found no faults in this 

 variety so far. Tbey would bench 20,- 

 000 plants of it next season. Charles 

 Sander said Begonia Tunford Hall was 

 a-grand good thing, however much some 

 might decry it. Alexander Ogg said his 

 Lilium Harrisii were grown in a carna- 

 tion temperature and William Sim that 

 his sweet peas were sown in July, grown 

 in solid beds and given a night tempera- 

 ture of 50 degrees. E, O. Orpet spoke 

 briefly on his seedlings, in which he said 

 he supposed many present were not in- 

 terested. Quite a number, however, 

 thought them the most meritorious ex- 

 hibit in the hall. 



It was voted enthusiastically to join 

 in the invitation extended by the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society to the 

 American Carnation S(Jciety to hold its 

 1906 meeting and convention in Boston. 



J. Woodward Manning, being intro- 

 duced, gave an excellent lecture on 

 ' ' The Gardener and Landscape Garden- 

 ing, ' ' which was listened to with the 

 closest attention. Mr. Manning gave nu- 

 merous lantern views to illustrate his 

 lecture. It was regrettable that the 

 lateness of the hour prevented any dis- 

 cussion, as many there present would 

 liked to have spoken on some phases of 

 landscape question. Refreshments were 

 served before the meeting closed, which 

 was about 11 o'clock. All present pro- 

 nounced the meeting so helpful that they 

 felt they must ask more of their friends 

 to join. Thirteen new members were elect- 

 ed during the evening. W. N. Craiq. 



RE-POTTING KENTIAS. 



I have several thousand fine kentiaa 

 iu 2-inch pots ready for shift. Will 

 you kindly tell me if I shall shift 

 them at once or hold till early summer? 

 I cannof givo netter than 60 to 65 de- 

 grees tfimperature. I want this stock 

 ready for 4 -inch stock in the spring of 

 1906. F. R. 



As kentias contine to grow more or 

 less throughout the winter it would be 

 quite proper to repot this stock at once, 

 shifting them from 2-inch to 3-inch 

 pots. By following this plan the 

 plants should be ready for another shift 

 into 4-inch pots by next September or 

 possibly a little earlier than that, and 

 ought to make strong 4-inch stock for 

 the Spring of 1906. 



A night temperature of 60 to 62 de- 

 grees is quite high enough for the ken- 

 tias and will produce better and more 

 stocky plants than if they are kept 

 warmer and the lower temperature is 

 less favorable for the spread of red 

 spider and thrips. W. H. Taplin. 



