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HORTlCULTUPi: 



August 24, 1907 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The American Association of Park 

 Superintendents held its annual con- 

 vention in Toronto, Can., August 15-17, 

 with headquarters at the Queen's 

 Hotel and business sessions at the 

 City Hall. The convention was well 

 attended and was one of the most 

 successful gatherings of the association 

 since same launched out into a national 

 society 



Some of the eastern members had 

 difficulty in reaching the convention 

 town in time on account of delay.? 

 while en route, but the program was 

 nevertheless carried out to the letter. 

 The first day was spent on a carriage 

 drive through the city and parks, tak- 

 ing in the most important public 

 buildings and grounds and winding up 

 with the exhibition gronmls and High 

 ParK, where a luncheon was served at 

 the Casino. Here the delegates were 

 welcomed by the chairman of the 

 Public Grounds Committee of the 

 Board of Aldermen, representing the 

 Mayor of Toronto. The very cordial 

 welcome so extended was fittingly re- 

 sponded to by J. F. Cowell of Buffalo. 

 N. Y. Ir. the evening a business ses- 

 sion took place at the City Hall. 

 Theodore Wirth, superintendent of 

 parks of Minneapolis, then read a 

 short paper on Band Concerts in Local 

 or Neighborhood Parks, in which he 

 strongly advocated that such free con- 

 certs be given in the smaller parks, 

 especially in densely populated dis- 

 tricts. The reading of the paper 

 brought forth a lively discussion on 

 this timely subject and the majority 

 of those present expressed themselves 

 as much in sympathy with the sugges- 

 tion. It was near midnight when the 

 session came to an end. 



The second session took place Fri- 

 day morning at which the secretary's 

 and treasurer's reports were received 

 and other association matters were 

 discussed. In the afternoon the dele- 

 gates were treated to a sail over the 

 harbor on a special steamer and the 

 breakwater was visited, also the dif- 

 ferent island parks. This trip took 

 up the entire afternoon and was a 

 very pleasant aft'air ending with a 

 tent luncheon on the lawns and under 

 the trees of the island, the existence 

 of which in place of sandbars and 

 swampy land, the Toronto people 

 very gratefully acknowied.ge to he the 

 result of the work of their faithful 

 and energetic comniissioner and .super- 

 intendent, John Chambers. Some very 

 happy speeches were mad? en the part 

 of both hosts and gi'ests. 



It was indeed a very congenial, 

 sociable and happy party that landed 

 that evening from that little steamer. 

 and so refreshing and invigorating 

 was the air of Lake Ontario that with- 

 out exception every member attended 

 the third business session which took 

 place at 8 p. m. and lasted till after 

 11 o'clock. Mr. John Dunbar of 

 Rochester read a very interesting 

 paper on Trees and Stocks Little Used 

 or Known in Park Work which was 



followed by a general discussion as to 

 the hardiness and adaptability of many 

 specimens mentioned. Dr. Frank 

 Baker of Washington, D. C, followed 

 with a paper in which he thoroughly 

 advocated the use of parks along 

 more utilitarian lines than is at pres- 

 ent the case in many cities; that more 

 attention and room be given to out- 

 door games, school gardens and zoo- 

 logical collections. The suggestion re- 

 garding games, playgrounds, and 

 school gardens was most favorably 

 received by all present. Mr. Wirth 

 was of the opinion tha' zoological 

 gardens were very desirable and in- 

 structive and that all large cities 

 should have them, but that sufficient, 

 special appropriations for such pur- 

 poses should be made, and that no park 

 department already short of funds for 

 the performance of its regular duties, 

 should be burdened with cheap 

 menageries which at their best are but 

 a poor side show and no credit to 

 the department of the city. This view 

 seemed to meet with approval of the 

 majority of the delegates present. This 

 brought the discussions to an end and 

 the final business wa.s the election 

 of officers which resulted as follows: 



President, John F. Cowell, Buffalo, 

 N. y.; vice-presidents, John Chambers, 

 Toronto, Can., W. R. Adams, Omaha, 

 Neb., ,Tohn Dunbar, Rochester, N. Y., 

 G. X. .\mrhyn. New Haven, Conn., J. 

 W. Thompson. Seattle^ Wash., Jackson 

 Dawson, I3oston, Mass.; secretary and 

 treasurer, F. L. Mulford, Harrisburg, 

 Pa. Harrisburg, Chicago, and the 

 Twin Cities were candidates for the 

 next convention and Minneapolis and 

 St. Paul were finally chosen. 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The regular meting of this society 

 was held en August 15. The chrysan- 

 themum show committee reported that 

 they had been imable to secure a suit- 

 able hall, or meet the Indies' Floral 

 Society, as most of the officers and 

 members were away from the city. 

 President Eble exhibited his new fern 

 (yet unnamed), a sport from Anna 

 Foster, which was awarded a certifi- 

 cate of merit. Otto Abele was reported 

 to be slowly improving. P. A. Chopin 

 invited the society to hold the next 

 regular meeting at his residence, 

 which invitation was duly, accepted. 



President Eble, U. J. Virgin and H. 

 Papworth will attend the S. A. P. con- 

 vention. 



GREENWICH GARDENERS' 

 SOCIETY. 



At a meeting of the society held at 

 the store of McMillen & Co.. Green- 

 wich. Ct., President Silas Frost in the 

 chair, the constitution and by-laws 

 were presented by Mr. McMillen and 

 accepted. The executive committee 

 were instructed to have membership 

 blanks printed. The movement to 

 hold a fall flower show was abandoned. 

 Mr. McMillen read a very interesting 

 essay on herbaceous plants, and a 

 lively discussion followed. A vote of 

 thanks w;is tendered him for his essay. 

 The next meeting will be held Septem- 

 ber 4. 



AMERICAN APPLE GROWERS' 

 CONGRESS. 



The apple growers held a two days' 

 convention in St. Louis in the parlors 

 of the Southern Hotel. Nearly every 

 State in the Union was represented 

 and the attendance numbered 150. 

 President Dunlap, Secretary Wilson 

 and Treasurer Green were all present 

 when the meeting was called to order 

 Tuesday morning, August 13th. 



William A. Taylor, promologist of 

 the Department of Agriculture, in an 

 address, declared that the quarantine 

 maintained by Germany on account of 

 the San Jose scale, was unnecessary, 

 inasmuch as the scale did not spread 

 to foreign countries by means of the 

 fruit. Experience of years has proved 

 this, he said. 



Professor Taylor said indications 

 pointed to the removal of restrictions, 

 and that commercial treaties with 

 foreign countries would be beneficial 

 to the fruit growers of the United 

 States. Germany now has a tariff of 

 $1.55 a barrel on American apples, but 

 it is held in abeyance until July, 1908, 

 and a tariff of only 50 cents collected, 

 with the San Jose scale inspection. 



Other speakers were. Professors 

 M. B. White and W. M. Scott, path- 

 ologists of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture; James A. West, Assistant State 

 Entomologist of Illinois: L. A. Good- 

 man, Kansas City; M. L. Dean. Pon- 

 tiac, Mich.; Wesley Green, Des 

 Moines. la., and M. Burton, Indiana. 



On Wednesday the Congress adopted 

 a report of its Committee on Tariff 

 Changes, urging a reciprocity treaty 

 with Germany and France, and the 

 removal by these two countries of the 

 ban on American apples picked from 

 San Jose scale-infected orchards. The 

 crop will be very short this year. 



The principal address of the morn- 

 ing was made by Irl R. Hicks, of St. 

 Louis, on the effect of weather condi- 

 tion on the apple crop. F. H. Simp- 

 son, Flora, 111.; Major J. Mack Tan- 

 ner, Springfield, 111., and Colonel Rich- 

 ard Dalton spoke during the day. 



The meetings were closed with an 

 address by former Lieut.-Gov. Nor- 

 man J. Colman, of St. Louis, who 

 spoke on the pure-food law and its 

 effects on the apple grower and on 

 cider-making. 



Officers of the congress were re- 

 elected: H. M. Dunlap, of Savoy, 111., 

 president; T. C. Wilson, Hannibal, sec- 

 retary; Judge W. R. Wilkinson, of St. 

 Louis, was elected vice-president of 

 the congress and of the Missouri de- 

 partment. 



It was also decided to meet in St. 

 Louis, August 14 and 15, 1908. In the 

 evening the delegates were guests at 

 the Shaw banquet on Invitation of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The club will hold a field day at the 

 Bay Sfate Nurseries, North Abington, 

 on Saturday, August 31st. Members 

 and friends will take the 12.43 train at 

 South Terminal Station. Through the 

 kindness of Mr. Wyman lunch will be 

 served on the arrival of the visitors, 



