June 5, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



801 



the Reliable Nurseryman." R. S. Os- 

 borne, Rochester, N. Y. 



Report of Legislative Committee, 

 \Vm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 



Report of National Council of Hor- 

 ticulture Committee, C. J. Maloy, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



Report of Exhibits Committee, T. B. 

 Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. 



Report of Publicity Committee, J. M. 

 Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Report of Co-operation with Ento- 

 molosrists' Committee, Orlando Harri- 

 son, Berlin, Md. 



Thursday, June 10, Afternoon. 



At one o'clock P. M. — Reception and 

 lunch for Ladies at Genesee Valley 

 Club as guests of the Western New 

 York Nurserymen. A committee to 

 escort the ladies will be in the Hotel 

 lobby at 12.45, noon. 



At two o'clock P. M. — Annual meet- 

 ing of American Protective Associa- 

 tion, T. B. Meehan, Secretary, in the 

 general assembly room. 



At three P. M. — Annual meeting of 

 the Retail Nurserymen's Association, 



< . M. Hoi;i!s 

 Vice-President. 



Guy A. Bryant, Secretary, in general 

 assembly room. 



Thursday, June 10, Evening. 



For the Ladies — Theatre party at the 

 Lyceum Theatre adjoining the hotel, as 

 guests of the Western New York Nur- 

 serymen. Members will kindly give 

 names of their ladies to the Secretary 

 by noon Thursday so arrangements can 

 be made; also call on Secretary for 

 ladles' tickets by 6 P. M., Thursday. 



For the Men — As guests of the West- 

 ern New York Nurserymen, a SMOKER 

 will be given in the Masonic Temple 

 auditorium, at eight P. M. -Some- 

 thing doing every minute," is the 

 promise of those ic charge. 



Friday, June 11, 9 A. M. 



Unfinished Business. Special Orders, 

 if any. Final Resolutions. 



It has been thought wise to leave 

 Friday as much open as possible In 

 order to give the nurserymen oppor- 

 tunity for business intercourse, for 

 looking over the exhibits, visiting nur- 

 series, etc. 



SPECIMEN DAVALLIAS. 



Editor Horticulture: 



Dear Sir: — In regard to Mr. Pope's 

 fine specimen of Davallia fijensis il- 

 lustrated in your issue of May 29, 

 which I rather think to be Davallia f. 

 plumosa as evidenced by the photo- 

 graph, D. fijensis is rather more erect 

 and decidedly paler than its vaiiety 

 plumosa. Both form, however, excel- 

 lent decorative subjects, and, as Mr. 

 .Pope states, the fronds are of great 

 durability when cut. In Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner's collection there is a plant 

 which just now measures five feet nine 

 inches through, and I think that when 

 it makes its second growth this meas- 

 urement will be exceeded. In all prob- 

 ability had Mr. Pope's plant the rhiz- 

 omes trained horizontally on the soil 

 inside the pot or tub it would have 

 formed during the period he has had 

 it, an even larger piece than the speci- 

 men here, inasmuch as our piece was 

 formed of three plants from four-inch 

 pots purchased in the spring of 1906, 

 being repotted twice in light soil since 

 that time. The whole of the rhizomes 

 are carefully kept on the surface of 

 the soil, and no water is ever allowed 

 to get on the foliage, otherwise discol- 

 oration soon takes place. I would be 

 interested to know whether Mr. Pope 

 has any other varieties of this genus, 

 particularly D. pallida, usually known 

 as D. Mooreana, a variety which a few 

 years ago was largely used as an ex- 

 hibition plant. 



Yours very truly, 



VERNON T. SHERWOOD. 



Brookline, Mass. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Brooklyn, N. Y.— J. W. Merritt has 

 opened a florists' supply house at 384 

 Jay St. 



New Haven, Conn. — The Munro Co., 

 florists, are putting up a barn and 

 storehouse. 



Sayre, Pa.— J. B. Knapp has the 

 contract for the scenic garden work 

 around the plant of the Sayre Electric 

 Company. 



Los Angeles, Calif.— T. Takahashi, 

 proprietor of the New Yokohama Nur- 

 sery, was severely injured on May 20 

 by a runaway horse. 



Oskaloosa, la.— The Mahaska Nur- 

 sery & Fruit Farm is the name under 

 which A. Branson will carry on busi- 

 ness on his recently acquired land 

 here. 



Dunkirk, N. Y. — Fire, supposed to 

 have been caused by spontaneous com- 

 bustion, on May 25, in the plant of the 

 Lake Shore Seed Co., did about ?3,000 

 damage. 



Far Rockaway.— Axel Lindstrom, a 

 florist, has been awarded damages of 

 $2,000 bv the New Jersey Telephone 

 Company for the death of his son 

 caused bv dangling wires.— Broo/t/j/H, 

 .Y. r.. Thiifs. 



ALWAYS GOOD. 



HORTICULTURE is always good 

 and a welcome visitor. I wish it all 

 kinds of success. Please find en- 

 closed amount for renewal. 



JOHN McL. CAMERON. 



Buffalo, N. Y. 



PERSONAL. 



James Cottier of Winchendon, Mass., 

 is now with C. H. Hunt. Providence, 

 R. I. 



Joseph Le Clerc of Lexington, Ky., 

 has accepted a position at Olympian 

 Springs. 



Donald Carmichael sailed from Bos- 

 ton on the Allan Line steamship for 

 a visit to the land or heather, on 

 May 28. 



11. M. Mayer, horticulturist at Belle 

 Isle, Detioit, is mentioned as the prob- 

 able successor to William Dilger as 

 superintendent of Belle Isle Park. 



Messrs. Phil. Breitmeyer and J. F. 

 Sullivan of Detroit are participating in 

 the annual excursion of the Board of 

 Commerce— a four days' water trip on 

 the steamer Cleveland. 



Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Weber and 

 their daughter Adele, and Mr. and Mrs. 



C. J. Maloy 

 Cbalrman N. C. H. Committee. 



Theodore Miller and their daughter 

 Dora, all of St. Louis, Mo., will leave 

 about June 15th, for New York from 

 whence they take a steamer to spend 

 the summer seeing the sights of Eu- 

 rope. Their return home will be about 

 September 1st. They will miss the op- 

 portunity of seeing their many friends 

 at the S. A. F. convention this year. 



CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT. 



Enclosed find one dollar to renew 

 my subscription to HORTICULTURE. 

 I am one of your first subscribers and 

 am going to stay by you. Can't do 

 without it. It is getting better and 

 better with every issue. 



H. D. SEELE. 



Elkhart, Ind. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston will have a field day at E. J. 

 Shaylor's peony gardens, Wellesley 

 Hills, on June 17. 



