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HORTICULTURE 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



May 26, 1906 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 

 ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL 

 HORTICULTURISTS. 

 Outdoor Exhibition at Dayton. 



Growers and introducers of novelties 

 in cannas, asters, geraniums, petunias, 

 roses, and other tender or hardy garden 

 material should not underestimate the 

 value of the opportunity afforded in 

 the plans as formulated by the execu- 

 tive board of the S. A. F. for display- 

 ing and introducing to the public such 

 meritorius new things as they may 

 have to offer. 



The county fair follows directly 

 after the close of the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion and the large local attendance 

 should and doubtless will bring good 

 business to the exhibitors. One 

 prominent grower who has taken a 

 big space states that the proposition 

 promises better than the planting ex- 

 hibit at the World's Fair as a business 

 getter. The catalogue mail trade 

 houses cannot afford to overlook this 

 opportunity. 



Planting is now going on under the 

 supervision of skilled gardeners and all 

 exhibits will have the best of care and 

 full protection throughout the sum- 

 mer. The charge for space is merely 

 nominal. 



For rates and assignment address 

 H. M. ALTICK, Dayton. O.. 



or WM. J. STEWART. Secretary. 

 11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. 



committee was appointed to attend to 

 the planting of flower borders around 

 the Oakhurst school. The exhibit for 

 the next meeting in June will be roses 

 and strawberries. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The Horticultural Society of New- 

 York proposes to hold in the early 

 Fall of 1907. an International Confer- 

 ence on Hardiness and Acclimatization, 

 if there is sufficient general interest 

 evinced to warrant organizing such a 

 gathering. The questions proposed 

 are of supreme importance to horti- 

 culturists, and there is very little, if 

 any, codified matter available in this 

 country. The proceedings of the con- 

 ference would form the substance of a 

 volume of Memoirs of this Society, to 

 be a companion to the Proceedings of 

 the International Conference on Plant 

 Breeding held in 1902. 



Any assistance suggesting lines for 

 discussion, etc.. will be welcomed by 

 the secretary. Leonard Barron, 1269 

 Broadway. New York. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The annual meeting will be held at 

 Washington. D. C, June 12, 13, 14, 

 1906, headquarters to be announced 

 later. 



The program is as follows: June 12, 

 lo A. M.. Opening session; 1 P. M., 

 Field work: 3 P. M., Business meet- 

 ing, papers and discussion. 



June 13. 9 A. M., Field work; 3 P. 

 M., Business meeting, papers and dis- 

 cussion. 



June 14. 9 A. M.. Field work. 



The papers to be read are by Messrs. 

 Pettigrew, Dawson, Brown and Parker. 



If a reasonable number of members 

 can remain, a visit to the Baltimore 

 Park System may be arranged for 

 June 15. A more complete program 

 will be mailed early in June. 



J. W. DUNCAN, 

 Secretary-Treasurer. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of this society on 

 May 7 William H. Wain tendered his 

 resignation as secretary on account of 

 his removal from Elberon, and George 

 Masson was elected to fill the vacancy. 

 A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. 

 Waitt for his faithful service. 



The exhibits of the evening were 

 gladioli by H. Hall; antirrhinums by 

 A. Bauer; flowering shrubs by A. 

 Grieb; lettuce by Fred Dettlinger. A 



COLUMBUS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



During the past two months our 

 meetings have not been as regular or 

 as well attended as they should have 

 been for the good of the club. It is 

 almost impossible to have it otherwise 

 during the busy season — as we all have 

 to work both day and night. Last 

 Tuesday the regular meeting for May 

 took place in our rooms in Iroquois 

 Hall with a fair attendance: President 

 Stephens and secretary McKellar were 

 on hand and in charge of the meeting. 

 Much regular business was transacted. 

 Amongst other matters the committee 

 having charge of the penny packets of 

 flower and vegetable seeds for the 

 public school children, reported that 

 $50.00 will remain as a starter for this 

 work fur 1907, after all bills have been, 

 paid. It is a good work and growing. 

 The next meeting will be Tuesday 

 evening. June 5. 



PEONY NIGHT AT PHILADELPHIA. 



The next regular monthly meeting 

 of the Florists' Club of Philadelphia 

 will be held Tuesday evening, June 5, 

 1906. when there will be an exhibition 

 of peonies. Everybody is invited to 

 send flowers for this event. All in- 

 tending exhibitors will please forward 

 flowers, express charges prepaid, in 

 care of Mr. David Rust, Horticultural 

 Hall, Broad Street, above Spruce, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



C. Betscher. of Canal Dover; Edward 

 Swayne. of Wawaset, and Henry A 

 Dreer, of Riverton, have promised, 

 among others, to send a good exhibit 

 of named varieties, so that the raera- 

 lers can have an opportunity of sizing 

 up the good and bad po'i<3 of the 

 different sorts. 



EDWIN LONSDALE, Sec. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 

 The date of the annual meeting and 

 exhibition of this society at Boston, 

 has been changed to Friday and Sat- 

 urday, June 15 and 16. 



DlAGSAMS OF KxHIUITION HALL FOR D.\VI"N CONTENTION OF S. A. F-, Aim -T 21-24. 1906. 



