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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



SEPTEMBER 22, 1S98. 



MADISON, N. J. 



Club Notes. 



The regular meeting of Morris Coun- 

 iy Gardeners and Florists was held in 

 Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening. 

 President Duckham in the chair. There 

 was a very large attendance on hand, 

 including some of the associate mem- 

 bers who rarely appear at the regular 

 meetings, but were out on tliis occa- 

 sion with the craft in expectation of 

 -an interesting evening with Professor 

 Byron D. Halsted, of the New Jersey 

 Experiment Station, as the speaker. 



This heing the professor's first ap- 

 pearance before our society he was 

 given a hearty reception on rising to 

 speak. His subject was, "Weather in 

 Its Relation to Growing Crops." By 

 the aid of a large chart displayed upon 

 the wall whereon was a compilation 

 of the rainfall registered in New Jer- 

 sey during the last 1(» years through- 

 out the growing (! months, that is from 

 April to September inclusive, he 

 showed the intimate connection be- 

 tween the weather and the sudden out- 

 break of certain pests and diseases 

 that affected growing crops. He was 

 not there, however, to berate the 

 weather, as after all it was only a 

 condition in the case and not the ac- 

 tual cause. The point he sought to 

 convey, however, was that since their 

 tabulated records proved that under 

 such conditions certain outbreaks 

 might be naturally expected, the alert 

 cultivator by being thus forewarned 

 was virtu:illy forearmed, if he only 

 availed himself of some of the preven- 

 tive measures that had now been prac- 

 tically demonstrated as efficacious. 



After concluding a most interesting 

 talk Professor Halsted invited ques- 

 tions. Mr. Scott was the first to catch 

 the speaker's eye, because he happened 

 to be looking thac way, but there were 

 others all round the room, and the 

 Professor found, as he afterwards took 

 occasion to mention when returning 

 thanks for his cordial reception, that 

 the Morris County Society was a real 

 live one, atd it was a pleasure to at- 

 tend its meetings. 



The monthly exhibitions maintain 

 their interest and volume. J. Jones 

 and J. Robertson divided honors in 

 the vegetable class. W. Duckham 

 brought down some good annuals, and 

 P. Cox had a large display of peren- 

 nials, including a bunch of the Physa- 

 lis Franchetti, which was illustrated 

 in one of the earlier issues of The Re- 

 view. In wild flowers the order of the 

 previous month was reversed, E. Rea- 

 ger winning 15 points for 02 varieties 

 and A. Herrington 14 points for 54 va- 

 rieties. A. 



PLEASANT HILL, MO. 



A fall of hail on the 15th inst. broke 

 between (WO and T<H> liglits of glass on 

 the greenhouses of Mr. Geo. M. Kel- 

 logg. He feels that he was very lucky 

 in not having a heavier loss as the 

 storm was severe. 



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The Harrisii Disease 



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 for 5 hours in a half solution of 



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 Crop short. 



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 n iiiuPQ '^^ $10.00 



• ••• V/l-UlTir Ci/«««« per hundred. 



Will divide into two c.nd tliree. Easily 

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