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H O R T I C U L T U R E 



January 23, 1909 



public questions was refreshingly 

 frank and timely. 



How to Control Insects was the 

 title of a lecture by Prof. E. Dwight 

 Sanderson, of the New Hampshire 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, be- 

 fore the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society on Jan. 16. Prof. Sanderson 

 had the largest audience which has 

 been seen at a lecture for a very long 

 time, and the many questions that he 

 was called upon to answer indicated 

 how deeply the public is interested 

 in this subject. 



PERSONAL. 



Harry IC. Klunrter has gone out of 

 business in Chicago and has returned 

 to New York City. 



At the twentv-second annual meet- 

 ing of the State Florists' Association 

 of Indiana, held at Indianapolis on 

 January 12, eamations exhibited wer? 

 recognized as follows: New carnation, 

 by Charles Knopf, of the Charles 

 Knopf Floral Company, RichmonJ, 

 "Adinirftion, " 8r. points cut of a pos- 

 sible 100; "Mrs. Charles Knopf, (» 

 points; "Ruby," 81 points; new carna- 

 tion "Shasta," by Baur & Smith, In- 

 dianapolit, 85 points. Honorable men- 

 tion to B. F. Hensley, Anderson, and 

 Stuart & Hangh, Anderson. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Westwood, Mass.--The gi-eenhouses 

 of Charles S. Damrell were damaged 

 by fire on January 6. 



Ashland, Neb.— In the recent fire 

 that destroyed the greenhouse of Dr. 

 A. S. Mansfelde. many rare plants 

 were lost. 



New Brunswick, N. J.— A fire which 

 started in the boiler house on the 

 morning of January 13 destroyed the 

 rose and carnation houses of R. v\. 

 Johnson. Belleview Farm. The valu- 

 able orchid collection was saved. The 

 loss is estimated at $15,000; no insur- 

 ance. 



Chicago, 111.— Four houses belonging 

 to the plant of the Guardian Angel 

 Orphan Asvlura, Ridge avenue, were 

 completely destroyed by a fire which 

 started in the boiler room on January 

 7 The larger range of houses was 

 saved but the contents were frozen. 

 The loss will aggregate about $6000. 



Alex. Weiczeroski lost his green- 

 houses by fire on the morning of Jan- 

 uary 12. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 The estate of August Dressel. a for- 

 mer florist of Chicago who went into 

 bankruptcy eight years ago, has paid 

 the creditors 100 cents on the dollar 

 and left a balance for the bankrupt. 



Newport, R. I.— Mrs. Goelet, widow 

 of the late Robert Goelet, has ordered 

 two of her Newport greenhouses put 

 out of commission for the purposes of 

 economy, it is said. 



Mrs. Goelet is a sister to George 

 Henry Warren, and her fortune is 

 rated at $20,000,000. 



The Nurservmat: and Seedsman, 

 our well-known English contempo- 

 rary has been purchased and will be 

 published henceforth by \V. J. Bruce 

 & Co 35 Surrey street. Strand, Lon- 

 don W. C. Mr. Bruce is highly 

 spoken of bv acuaintances on this 

 side of the Atlantic and we wish him 

 success. 



Chicago Visitors: F. A. Benthey, Jr., 

 New Ca.stle, Ind.; Mr. Kalisch, of 

 Kalisch Bros. Co., St. Louis, Mo. 



Visitors in Boston— E. J. Fancourt 

 representing S. S. Pennock-Meehan 

 Company, Phila.; Einst Bilterlioff. 

 Berlin, Germany. 



Visitors in Albany: R. R. Hall, rep- 

 resenting J. Stern & Co.. Philadelphia; 

 Morris Cohn, of Wertheimer Bros., 

 New York: R. Greenlaw, representing 

 N. F. McCarthy <»•, Co., Boston. 



Mr. D. J. Coughlin, Newport, R. 1 , 

 who was dangerously ill for several 

 weeks, is now able to attend to his 

 usual duties as gardener for E. Rollins 

 Morse and his many friends are very 

 pleased to see him about again. 



Chicago visitors— C. E. Heite, vice- 

 president of the W. L. Rock Flower 

 Co., Kansas City, Mo.; Geo. Bancroft, 

 Cedar Falls, Iowa; A. T. Pyfer, man- 

 ager Chicago Carnation Co.. Joliet, 

 111.; H. E. Philpot. Winnipeg, Man.; 

 G. W. Johnson, Rockford, 111.; Harry 

 Bock. Burlington. Iowa. 



The Washington florists are very 

 much elated over the fact that one of 

 their number, Wm. F. Gude, has been 

 elected to the highest office in the 

 Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Gude has 

 for a long lime liee'i clo.=ely associated 



W.M. F. GUDK 



with the business interests of Wa'vh- 

 ington. and it is a sub.i'ect fo'- con- 

 gratulation to the Washington public 

 that so representative a man should 

 have been chosen to the presidency of 

 this influential organization. 



The Tonia Pottery Company are 

 sending out a calendar for 1909. The 

 attraction which gives special value to 

 it is "Julia." Julia is appropriately 

 garlanded with roses, and deserves a 

 |ilnce in every florist's olHce. 



During Recess 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



Seldom, indeed, doefe one breathe 

 an atmosphere as full of good nature 

 and fun as there was in Madison on 

 the occasion of the thirteenth annual 

 smoker of the society. The enter- 

 tainment part was preceded by a 

 short business meeting. The secre- 

 tary reported for the year ten month- 

 ly meetings, two special meetings, 

 nine monthly exhibitions, one annual 

 flower show, twenty-eight cultural cer- 

 tificates and eleven certificates of 

 merit were awarded. Sixty-eight 

 members in good standing, ten new 

 members. During the year six re- 

 signed, five to locate in distant places. 

 He further reported that all within 

 the club was harmonious and the pub- 

 lic begins to look on the society as a 

 permanent institution, which we hope 

 will prove true. The treasurer re- 

 ported a cash balance on hand after 

 all bills are paid of $479.01. 



Mr. Herrington. our past president, 

 went through the ceremony of install- 

 ing H. B. Vyse as president. Mr. 

 Vyse began by welcoming the guests 

 in the name of the society, in a neat 

 speech. About one hundred and 

 thirty members and guests partook 

 of the viands and enjoyed the talent, 

 which was very good. Cigars, coffee, 

 sandwiches and "Totty's celebrated 

 punch" were served with a free hand. 

 The inclemency of the weather pre- 

 vented the attendance of many mem- 

 bers, as well as guests from a dis- 

 tance. But we all had a good time. 

 The "Mayor of the Bowery" and Billy 

 Carter were good and, as heretofore, 

 we had lots of local talent in song 

 and recitation, among whom were the 

 Goebel Brothers, John R. Mitchell, 

 Percy Herbert, A. Herrington. Samuel 

 Wyatt. Richard Carey. "Al" and 

 "Billy" Rickards we can't do without, 

 and they made lots of fun for us. 

 \\'ni. Sperling, from Stumpp & Wal- 

 ter. Arthur T. Boddington. Wm. Tur- 

 ner. N. Butterback, Harry Turner and 

 a delegation of our Orange friends 

 helped us to make merry. The sing- 

 ing of Auld Lang Syne and a loud 

 three cheers for the Morris County 

 Society ended an enjoyable time. 



E. REAGAN. Sec'y. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



T'!ie tenth annual dinner of this 

 flcurishing society wa.s held at the 

 Florence Hotel. Tarrytown, N. Y., on 

 Wednesday, January 13. It was in all 

 respects a splendid affair and every- 

 one present was delighted. It was 

 pronounced the best the society has 

 ever had. The menu was a corker. 



IMr. A. H. Brown acted as toast- 

 n'.aster. and speeches were made by J. 

 .\ustin Shaw, M. D. Raymond and 

 Wallace Odell of the local pres.=. Sur- 

 rogate Frank V. Millard, F. R. Pier- 

 son. Robt. E. Patterson of the local 

 1 aiik. Messrs. Dunbar of Dobbs Ferry, 

 Wilson of Chatham. N. J., Lee of 

 WliitePIains, and seyeral others. The 

 tables were prettily decorated with 

 Glorie de Lorraine begonias and car- 

 nations from the different private 

 ■{States and vases cf a variegated sport 

 from carnation Mrs. M. A. Patten and 

 White Killarney from F. R. Pierson Co. 



