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HORTICULTURE 



January 16, 1909 



twenty feet on either side, conse- 

 quently 40 feet apart is considered the 

 proper distance, while drains laid at 

 three feet or less should be corresi)ond- 

 ingly closer together. 



Is bleeding injurious lo vines or 

 trees? The general opinion was that 

 bleeding as it is underslood hoilicul- 

 turally was not necessarily dangerous 

 to vines or trees in a thoroughly 

 he-althy condition, and while it is not 

 reoomniended to wilfully prune vines 

 or trees when they are apt to bleed, 

 numerous instances were cited where 

 maple and birch trees had bled pro- 

 fusely and yet showed no signs of ma- 

 terial injury. 



Why is it that standard fruit trees 

 are planted in preference to pyramid 

 or bush? The consensus of opinion 

 was that pyramid or bush trees were 

 preferable to standards in many ways. 

 First, that nearly three times as many 

 could be planted per acre, they were 

 much easier to prune and keep clean 

 and could be got into full bearing in 

 , lesser time, and better fruit could be 

 produced, but they were not so long- 

 ; lived as standards. 



Visitors: J. Beaton, of R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co.; T. J. Grey, Boston, 

 and Jas. B. McArdle. New York. 



G. H. INSTONE, Secretary. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



' The next regular monthly meeting 

 j o£ the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 of Boston will be held at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, on Tuesday evening, 

 : Jan. 19. This being the first meeting 

 ; G* the year the officers elected at the 

 ; December meeting will be installed. 

 : Following the custom adopted for sev- 

 1 leral years past, ladies are cordially 

 i Invited to be present on this occasion. 

 j^An appropriate entertainment will be 

 |-'furnished and the exhibition table will 

 iibe, as usual, an attractive feature. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The fifth annual meeting of the Ala- 

 bama State Horticultural Society will 

 be held in Mobile, January 26th and 

 27 th. 



A. E. Chilman, gardener for Mrs. 

 Bowen, lectured upon Gladiolus be- 

 fore the Mt. Desert Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Bar Harbor, Me., on January 

 14. 



At the annual meeting of the Cum- 

 berland County (Me.) Horticultural 

 Society on January 6, J. L. Robinson 

 ' was chosen president and Dr. C. H. 

 Leighton of Westbrook, secretary. 



"Small fruit culture" is the subject 

 of the conference scheduled by the 

 Worcester County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, W-orce?ter, Mass., for Jan. 21, 

 and Wilfrid Wheeler of Concord, 

 Mass., is the chief speaker. 



The next lecture before the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society will be 

 given by Prof. E. Dwight Sanderson, 

 Durham. N. H., on January 16, at 11 

 o'clock, in Horticultural Hall, Boston. 

 Subject. Garden Insects and how to 

 control them. 



The Albany Florist Club held its an- 

 nual meeting on January 7 and elected 

 the following officers: President, F. 

 Goldring; vice-president, F. Henkes; 

 treasurer, F. A. Danker; secretary, J. 

 Butts; trustees, W. C. King, A. E. 

 Whittle, P. Hyde, E. Meaney, F. Snare, 

 W. Kurth. After the meeting a spread 

 was enjoyed at German Hall. 

 The Southampton (X. Y.) Horticul- 



tural Society met on Jan. 7 and 

 elected officers for 1909 as follows: 

 President, W. F. Halsey; vice-presi- 

 dent, U. G. Ager; secretary, B. C. 

 Palmer; treasurer, Julius King. 

 During the winter a course of lec- 

 tures will be carried on, the first one 

 to be given on Jan. 21, by H. B. Ful- 

 lerton; subject, "The lure of the 

 land." 



The Virginia State Horticultural So- 

 ciety met at Lynchburg on Jan. 7 and 

 had a profitable session. Dr.' J. B. 

 Emmerson advocated the growing of 

 chestnuts, and Hon. A. McNeill of Ot- 

 tawa, Canada, urged co-operation in 

 selling fruit. The Emmerson cup went 

 to Dr. Parsons of Massie's Mills for 

 best collection of apples. Officers were 

 elected as follows: President, W. W. 

 Sproule; treasurer, Walter Whately; 

 secretarj', H. L. Price, Blacksburg. 



DURING RECESS. 



The Astoria Florists' Bowling Club 

 on Thursday journeyed to Flatbush in 



Philip F. Kesslek. 



Wm. H Siebrecht's large touring car. 

 After visiting the different greenhouses 

 and enjoying a good supper, they pro- 

 ceeded to the bowling alleys and took 

 up the business of the evening. Mr. 

 Kessler of the Astorias offered three 

 valuable prizes for the three highest 

 scores in the second game. Although 

 Mr. Kessler made the highest score, 

 he of course did not compete. The 

 result is shown below: 



FLATBUSH. Ai^TORIA. 



Zeller 124 Einsmann 1S.j 



P. DaUledouze... 137 Donaldson ITS 



H. Dailledouze... 177 Mii-som 150 



Wocker 14.> W. H. Siebrecht. 115 



Reilly 124 Jacobsoii 167 



Schmutz 131) H. Siolireclit 9l' 



Sclimutz, .Jr lOB Lawreiue 143 



O. H 1.32 Kossler 1S3 



BKggreo 112 Siebrecht, Jr 96 



1193 1259 



The prize winners were J. Donald- 

 son, H. Dailledouze and P. Jacobson. 

 The Astorias invited the Flatbush Club 

 to come to their alleys some time in 

 Febniarj'. 



OBITUARY. 



J. T. Montgomery. 

 J. T. Montgomery, a carnation spe- 

 cialist of Toughkenamon, Pa., died on 

 Januaiw 1, after a brief illness. 



S. S. Brenneman. 



S. S. Brerneman of Webb City, Mo., 

 died December 26, aged 62. He was 

 born at Harrisonburg, Va., and had 

 conducted a florist business in Webb 

 City since 1896. 



George Burnham. 



George Burnham, who was early 

 identified with the corn packing indus- 

 try of the country, and is well known 

 among the seedsmen, died at his home 

 in Portland, Me., on January 1. 



S. L. Smith. 



Samuel L. Smith, at one time em- 

 ployed in the greenhouses of H. L. 

 Crawford at North Easton, Mass., died 

 in Brockton on January 4, at the age 

 of 46. A widow, three sons and a 

 daughter survive him. 



Lewis B. Paine. 

 Lewis B. Paine, who with his two 

 sons has been engaged in the florist 

 business in Randolph, Mass., for sev- 

 eral years,' passed away on January 1, 

 at the age of 63. A widow, three 

 daughters and three sons survive 

 him. 



Robert Smith. 



Robert Smith, for many years a gar- 

 dener at Wellesley College, died at his 

 home in Dorchester, Mass., on Decem- 

 ber 5. It is thought that grief over 

 the sudden death on Sunday previous 

 of his wife, to whom he had been 

 married over a half-century, was the 

 cause. He was born in Scotland In 

 1S36 and came to this country in 1854. 

 Four children survive him. 



Martin Griffin. 



Martin Griffin, who came to this 

 idunlry almost 55 .vears ago from Ire- 

 land and who has been for the past 

 .'ill years florist to the Treasury De- 

 partment at Washington, died at his 

 liome in that city, January 9th. Two 

 .\ ears ago, in trying to save his wife, 

 who was burned to death, he was badly 

 burned, and within the past year has 

 had to give up all business. He is 

 survived by five sons and three daugh- 

 ters. 



Carew Sanders. 



The shock caused by the burning 

 of his residence at 5738 Vernon ave- 

 nue, St. Louis, Sunday, from which, a 

 helpless invalid, he was rescued by 

 his nurse, Mrs. Enis Halton, hastened 

 the death of Carew Sanders, 82 years 

 old. He died Wednesday evening, 

 Jan. 6, at St. Luke's Hospital. , 



Mr. Sanders was a well-known flor- 

 ist and writer on horticulture. He 

 conducted the Sanders nurseries at 

 5600 Delmar avenue until 20 years 

 ago, when he retired and turned the 

 business over to his son. C. C. San- 

 ders. For many years Mr. Sanders 

 contributed to horticultural magazines 

 and journals, and was interested in 

 the "city beautiful" movement. 



He was • born in Sussex, Eng. He 



