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Septembeb 10, 1008. 



posed 6f his well-known collection of or- 

 chids in its entirety to E. B. Dane, of 

 Chestnut Hill. This big addition will 

 make Mr. Dane's collection the finest in 

 America, beyond question. 



The sympathy of many friends goes 

 out to T. D. Hatfield, supeirintendent of 

 the well-known Hunnewell estate in Wel- 

 lesley, in the death of his wife last week, 

 after a brief illness. 



A tour of the Boston park system last 

 week was of particular interest, owing to 

 the wealth of fruit on many of the trees 

 and shrubs. The Crataegus are simply 

 magnificent, while many of the viburnums 

 and pyrus were fine. Viburnuip Opulus 

 and V. cassinoides were specially good. 

 Sorbus nigra, chokeberry, was heavily 

 fruited. Buddleia variabilis, one of 

 Veitch's introductions from western 

 China, with long racemes of fragrant, 

 lilac-colored flowers, was attractive. 



There was a big show of children's 

 exhibits from both home and school gar- 

 dens at Horticultural hall September 5 

 and 6, which filled the main exhibition 

 hall to overflowing. The large attend- 

 ance of the public continues to attest the 

 popularity of these weekly shows. 



The general autumn plant show at 

 Horticultural hall occurs September 11 to 

 13. In cut flowers, dahlias will be the 

 feature and a big show of these is as- 

 sured. There are also numerous classes 

 for fruits and vegetables. 



Remember the club meeting September 

 15. Several members have promised to 

 give vacation experiences in Europe, Ni- 

 agara Falls and elsewhere. There will be 

 some interesting exhibits and a rousing 

 attendance is certain. 



A.. H. Hews & Co. are having a good 

 fall demand for flower pots and pans and 

 are being kept busy at present at their 

 big North Cambridge plant. 



A new Japanese garden is an interest- 

 ing feature on the Larz Anderson estate 

 in Brookline. In the greenhouses the 



better. All stock has made a remarkable 

 growth. 



Mrs. E. M. Wood, widow of E. M. 

 Wood, at one time president of the S. 

 A. F. and proprietor of the well-known 

 Waban Conservatories, presided over by 

 Alex. Montgomery, died September 3, 

 after a short illness. 



The accidental death of J. D. Gal- 

 vin is reported in this week's obituary 

 column. 



Welch Bros, are receiving some fine 

 blooms of the new rose, . My Maryland, 

 from S. J. Reuter, of Westerly, E. I. 



Secretary Fuld anticipates the finest 

 dahlia show eyer held in America, when 

 the New England Dahlia Society will hold 

 its first exhibition in Tremont temple, 

 Boston, September 17 to 19. 



W. N. Ceaig. 



BOATING ON THE MISSISSIPPI. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a snapshot taken of the motor-boat Del- 

 mar, owned by Ed Kalisch, of the Ka- 

 lisch Bros. Floral Co., St. Louis, upon 

 the occasion of their recent fishing trip 

 up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. 

 The launch is of twenty horse-power and 

 two weeks were consumed in the trip. 

 The illustration shows a day's breakfast 

 fresh from the water. 



DETROIT. 



The Market 



All summer along it has been asters 

 and roses, and vice versa, but before long 

 carnations will again be in the swim. 

 Some good stock is already arriving. 

 Good White Enchantress were seen last 

 week, also Winsor and Eose-pink En- 

 chantress. The commission houses have 

 been loaded down all week with asters 

 of only fair quality. Good stock has 

 been readily sold at good prices. 



Just for variety, B. Schroeter had some 



Ed. Kalisch and His Motor Boat, Delmar. 



roses, carnations, mums, Lorraine bego- 

 nias and other crops are looking well. 

 Some extra fine Dendrobium Phalsenopsis 

 were in flower, while Mr. Finlayson has 

 as usual an excellent batch of calanthes. 

 The Bay State Nurseries are having a 

 good fall demand for trees and shrubs. 

 Their extensive nurseries never looked 



fine yellow mums in his window last week, 

 but the demand is lacking. 



Many weddings are announced for the 

 latter part of the month, and for Octo- 

 ber, so some work is in view. 



Qub Meetin£. 

 What might be termed the first meet- 



ing of the season was held September 2. 

 President Brown has his plans pretty 

 well laid out for the coming year and, 

 after making a few remarks about some 

 of the evils in the local retail trade which 

 he hopes to stamp out, he got right down 

 to business. Anyone having anything 

 special to say or to sell is requested to 

 write same on the blackboard, where it 

 will be seen by all. Mr. Brown also 

 thought it would be desirable if each 

 member were provided with the club's 

 membership list in printed form. 



Vice-president M. Bloy addressed the 

 club. The name of J. A. Bissinger, who 

 recently expressed a desire to join the 

 Detroit boys, was received for member- 

 ship and will be acted upon at the next 

 meeting. 



Some time was given over to conven- 

 tion talk. Among the members who spoke 

 were Wm. Dilger, A. Pochelon, Charles 

 Plumb, E. A. Scribner and W. B. Browne. 

 S. S. Skidelsky, who was present, also 

 spoke. Albert Pochelon was thanked for 

 the satisfactory manner in which he han- 

 dled the transportation affairs. J. F. 

 Sullivan gave a short talk about the Wm, 

 Scott memorial. This idea met with the 

 approval of all. It was voted that the 

 club's by-laws be changed so as to ex- 

 empt the secretary and treasurer from 

 dues. Committees appointed by the new 

 president were as follows: Auditing com- 

 mittee, Albert Pochelon, Albert Sylves- 

 ter and Hugo Schroeter; essay commit- 

 tee, J. F. Sullivan, Wm. Dilger and C. H. 

 Maynard; entertainment and exhibition 

 committee, George E. Browne, M. Bloy, 

 Eobert Eahaley, Fred Miesel, Chas. Plumb 

 and August Von Boeselager. 



Michigan State Fair. 



This is the fourth year of the Michi- 

 gan State Fair on the permanent grounds 

 just north of the Detroit city limits. 

 Upon alighting from the car the visitor 

 is confronted by a large display of all 

 kinds of snmbbery, artistically arranged. 

 These are the exhibits of various nursery- 

 men. This year they comprise the ex- 

 hibits of Greening Bros., Ilgenfritz & 

 Sons Co., E. Ferrand & Son and W. W. 

 Essex. Flower beds are the exhibits of 

 local florists. 



Competition in the horticultural de- 

 partment is not keen this year. Not that 

 the florists are not interested in the fair, 

 but those who have tried have found it 

 does not pay to make extensive exhibits. 

 The park board of Detroit has made a 

 large exhibit of plants this year, and the 

 plants, being of such a variety as no 

 commercial house would have, are attract- 

 ing much attention. Eobert Unger, of 

 Belle Isle park, judged the plant exhibits, 

 while Frank Holznagle was judge of the 

 flower exhibits. 



Prizes were awarded as follows: 



Best design In cut flowers, Pontlac Floral Co. 

 first, with an arch with open book; Frank Holz- 

 nagle second, with a wreath; Detroit Floral Co. 

 third, with a lyre; Mrs. F. Uush fourth, with a 

 cross. 



Pontlac Floral Co. first for twenty-fire pink 

 roses, for twenty-flve red roses, and for assort- 

 ment carnations. 



Frank Holznagle first for assortment of roses, 

 Pontlac Floral Co. second. 



Plants were shown by Thomas G'owanlock and 

 Mrs. Fred Rush. 



Flower beds were planted on the grounds by 

 Detroit Floral Co., as follows: Two beds cannas, 

 bed salvia, bed coleus and snapdragon, two beds 

 asters, bed Nutt geranium; by Vangban's Seed 

 Store, Chicago, about five beds and borders of 

 Gladiolus Mrs. Francis King; by I. E^ Ilgen- 

 fritz Son's Co., several beds of cannas. 



Various Notes. 



For several years David Beyer, gar- 

 dener at Grosse Pointe, has been experi- 

 menting with grafting tomatoes on the 

 egg plant, being finally successful. He 

 now has a good stock of a tomato known 



