September 21. 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



385 



Lenox Horticultural Society, Lenox, 

 Mass., Oct. 23 and 24. Geo. H. In- 

 stone, Sec'y. 



Wappinger's Dahlia Society, Park 

 Hall. Wappinger's Falls, N. Y., Sept. 

 20 and 2L 



New Jersey Floricultural Society, 

 Orange. N. J., dalilia exhibition, Oct. 4. 

 Henr>- Halbig. Sec'y. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytown. N. Y., Nov. 6, 7 and 8. E. 

 W. Xeubrand. Sec'y. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston. Chrysan- 

 themum show, Nov. 8, 9 and 10. W. P. 

 Rich, Sec'y. 



Maryland State Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Fifth Reg. Armory. Baltimore, 

 Dec. 3 and 4. Thos. B. Symonds, Col- 

 lege Park, Md., Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



"Installation Meeting" took place 

 Thursday afternoon, September 12th. 

 When President Irisli took the chair 

 and opened the meeting there were 

 twenty in attendance. Walter Ret- 

 zer, who is with the St. Louis Seed Co., 

 made application for membership, and 

 two new members were added to the 

 roll, L. M. Van Hook, grower, and D. 

 Hova, a retailer. 



The newly elected officers were duly 

 installed by President Irish, assisted 

 by J. W. Dunford and E. W. Guy, both 

 ex-jiresidents. Those who were in- 

 stalled in turn were: Trustee, Chas. 

 Schoeule; treasurer, Fred H. Weber: 

 secretary, A. .1. Bentzen: vice-presi- 

 dent, G. H. Augermuller, and president, 

 W. C. Young. Each in turn on taking 

 theii respective offices made appro- 

 priate remarks. President Irish, on 

 leaving the chair, also made a neat 

 talk, in which he stated that the mem- 

 bers should stand by the new officers 

 and lend their support as they have in 

 the past, and thanked them for their 

 assistance given him in the past year. 

 lCx-Secretar\" Beneke's report showed 

 that the attendance during the year 

 had averaged 25 per meeting. Ex- 

 Treasurer Bentzen's report shows a 

 good balance to the club's credit. 



President Young stated that a 

 letter from President Stewart of the 

 S. A. F. indicated that St. Louis had 

 sent the largest individual delegation 

 to the convention from the West. Tlte 

 meeting then adjourned to a nearby 

 cafe, where a fine lunch was spread at 

 the expense of the new president, and 

 the plans for the yearly meeting of the 

 club and convention matters were 

 talked over. The next meeting will 

 take place Thursday afternoon, Octo- 

 ber 10, at two o'clock. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Miss Georgie Scorgie is about to 

 open a new flower store in the Medina 

 Building, Somerville, Mass. 



Johnson & Armstrong have taken 

 the Coolidge Bros, greenhouse at 

 South Sudbury, Mass.. and will run it 

 for carnations exclusively. 



WE HAVE JU5T RECEIVED IN PERFECT CONDITIO.N A LARGE SHIPMENT OF 



CATTLEYA MOSSIAE. 



WE HAVE ALSO A LIMITED QUANTITY LEFT OF 



CATTLEYA SCHROEDERAE. 



The above shipments are the finest that have ever reached this country. 

 We have also on hand a number of other Orchids, not yet potted, such as 



Laelia Anceps, L, Autumnalis, Epidendrum 

 Vitellinum, Miltonias, 



IN VARIETN, ETC. 



LAGER & HURRELL, . . . Summit, H. J. 



During Recess 



"Hang Sormu-; care will kill a cat 

 A ftd therefore let' s be merry." 



.Tohn Taylor has just started in the 

 nursery and florist business at Fort 

 Myers, Fla., and would like to receive 

 catalogues of seasonable goods. 



WASHINGTON FLORISTS AT 

 WHITE MARSH. 



On September 17th at 11 o'clock, 

 about forty Washingtouians took the 

 train for Baltimore, where they were 

 met by Mr. Vincent and about one hun- 

 dred of the Monumental City craft. 

 Thence they all proceeded toCowenton, 

 where they exchanged train for farm 

 wagons, which conveyed them to the 

 40-acre dahlia farm of R. Vincent, Jr.. 

 and Sons. They were received here 

 under a large shed beautifully deco- 

 rated with cut dahlias and oak leaves, 

 and were soon busy with a fine dinner 

 served by young ladies, for the benefit 

 of two churches in which Mr. Vincent 

 is interested. 



There are now six new houses under 

 course of construction on the place, 

 and six completed, 30x200 ft., filled 

 with geraniums. After enjoying the 

 dahlia display, which embraces all the 

 finest and newest varieties, the train 

 was scheduled to arrive. It was, how- 

 ever, an hour late, and as it steamed 

 up a heavy rain and electric storm 

 burst, which made all especially inter- 

 ested in getting into their respective 

 coaches. Just before Baltimore was 

 reached on the return, the train bear- 

 ing the florists and families was run 

 into by a heavy New York express, 

 and what would have been a horrible 

 a'icident, was averted only by the snap- 

 ping of the coupling joining engine to 

 train, as the former went crashing 

 down a 20-foot embankment. The only 

 casualty reported was the breaking of 

 the engineer's arm. The accident de- 

 layed train about two hours, so it was 

 8 p. m. before Baltimore was reached. 

 Here the excursionists were met 'uy 

 the Baltimore Florists' Club, part of 

 whom took the ladies to supper, while 

 the others escorted the men to the 

 bowling alley, where Baltimore won 

 two games. All then enjoyed a fine 

 supper ordered by the Baltimore Club. 

 The ladies of Baltimore bowled two 

 games against the Washington ladies, 

 and it goes without saying that the 

 Washington ladies were victorious. 

 There were also in the party five gen- 

 tlemen from the Florists' Club of 

 Philadelphia, who participated in all 

 the festivities with true Philadelphia 

 abandon. 



It was about 1 a. m. when the train 

 finally reached Washington, bearing a 

 crowd very tired but thoroughly grate- 

 ful for preservation from, what might 

 Ir.ive beeti a horrible disaster. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Prof. A. B. McKay, J. F. McKay and 

 R. L. Addkinson are to engage in the 

 florist and nursery business at Madi- 

 son Station, Miss. 



A receiver has been appointed for 

 the Albaugh Nursery cfe Orchard Co., 

 Phoneton, 0. The liabilities of the 

 company are given as $40,000. 



John Ingraham has leased the Sea- 

 wanhaka greenhouses formerly con- 

 ducted by the late V,'. L. Swan at Oy- 

 ster Bay, N. Y'., and will grow carna- 

 tions and orclrids. 



A gang of fern pickers in the woods 

 at Kent, Conn., were arrested and fined 

 a week ago on complaint of the Fel- 

 louris Company of New York who had 

 leased the fern picking rights on that 

 territory. 



At the weekly exhibition of the 

 Worcester County, Mass., Horticultural 

 Society last Thursday, George McWil- 

 liam showed Montreal musk-melons 

 weighing from 19 to 21 1-2 lbs. each, 

 and of delicious flavor. 



John M. .McKenzie, of North Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., will move to his new 

 office and salesroom on Massachusetts 

 avenue, and the old Hutchins green- 

 houses which he has been occupying 

 will be demolished. 



H. C Ostertag, F. W. Pape and C. 

 Young have been appointed to repre- 

 sent the florists of St. Louis on the 

 committee to raise funds to illuminate 

 the city for the Million Population 

 Club's celebration in latter part of 

 October. 



Andrew W'ilson, Summit, N. J., of 

 Plant Oil fame, is making a tour of 

 the florists and gardeners of Boston, 

 Lenox and other New England centres 

 in the interest of his insecticide, the 

 reputation of which had already pre- 

 ceded him, and he is getting a "bar'l 

 of orders." 



STRONG FIELD-GROWN 



HYDRANGEAS 



Ready for 7 in. and 8 in. pots, 



$S.oo and $10.00 per 100. 



Begonia Glorie De Lorraine 



First-class stock. 

 4 ill . $30.00 per ico: 254 in., .$12.00 per i'>.>. 



Field-grown CARNATIONS 



Enchantress, $6.co per 100. 

 Cash , f'leasc. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



McRAE-JENKINSONCO.,CI)eswick, Pa. 



