January 18, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



77 



The Latest Irish and English Hybrid-Tea 

 Roses of Prominent Specialists 



ALEXANDER DICKSON & SON'S* INTRODUCTIONS. 



C. W. Cowan. Large, warm carmine cerise. 



Dut'h^ss of Sutherland. A delirate warm rose-pink. 



George Dickson. Dickson's Gold Medal crimson. 



Verna Mackay. Very free bright lemon. 



Mr8. Frank Bray. Rich deep coppery-ecru, au improved 



Mme. Ravary. 

 Mrs. Herbert Hawksworth. Large satiny creamy-white. 



HUGH DICKSON'S INTRODICTIONS. 



King Georgre V. Rich blackish crimson. 



Mr8. Sam Ro§s. Pale straw, with chamois shading. 



McGREDY & SON'S INTRODUCTIONS. 



British Qneen. McGredy's great white Gold Medal va- 

 riety. 



Earl of Gosford. A splendd dark crimson. 



Mrs. Wallace H. Rowe. Distinct bright Sweet Pea 

 mauve. 



Mrs. Mulr MacKean. A perfect bright carmine-crimson 



W5I. PAFL & SONS' INTRODUCTIONS. 

 MrH. Charles Hunter. A pleasing large rose color. 

 Nerissa. An immense creamy-yellow. 

 Ophelia. Perfect shaped salmon-flesh shaded rose. 



For full descriptions see our Garden Book for 191.T. 

 We will furnish the above varieties to the trade in strong 

 imported budded plants, at $2.00 each; $20.00 per dozen, 

 or the collection of 15 varieties, one of each for $2.5.00. 



HENRY A. DREER, Inc. 



714 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



The above priceM are intended for the trade only 



itfw Hybrid Tea George Dickson ( Dickson's Gold Medal Crimson) 



suggested that the Society go on rec- 

 ord as advocating the appointment of 

 one professional gardener on every 

 park and shade tree commission In the 

 various municipalities and counties In 

 the state. The Society adopted a res- 

 olution to that effect. The officers and 

 members adopted the word "optimism" 

 as their slogan for the ensuing year. 

 In the monthly competition for 

 points awards were made as follows: 



Emil Panuaka — Cineraria, 75 points; 

 Cyprlpedium Dauthierii. 70. William 

 Reld— Koses, 80; carnations. 85. Frank 

 Drews — Sweet peas, 45: cyclamen, 90; 

 stocks. 75. George B. Wilson — Roses. 83. 

 John Dervan — Roses, 85. Max Schneider — 

 Carnations, 90; sweet peas, 55; hyacinths, 

 60. Fritz Ber£rlaiid — C;irn;iti<ins. 7."). 



The judges were Charles W. Ash- 

 mead, Henry Halblg and George W. 

 Strange. 



JOHN DERVAN, Secretary. 



MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT GROW- 

 ERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The Massachusetts Fruit Growers' 

 Association closed their convention In 

 Boston with a banquet at the Hotel 

 Commonwealth on Friday evening, 

 January 10. Many prominent fruit 

 men from various sections of New 

 England were at the dinner, and all 

 talked in a distinctly hopeful spirit re- 

 garding the future of New England as 

 a fruit producing section. Among the 

 speakers were J. M. Barnes, president 

 of the Connecticut Pomological So- 

 ciety, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, president 



of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, Geo. H. Ellis, chairman of the 

 agricultural committee of the Boston 

 Chamber of Commerce, Vice-president 

 W. H. Conant of the Maine Pomologi- 

 cal Society, E. W. Breed, president of 

 the Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society, C. W. Barker, president of the 

 New Hampshire Horticultural Society, 

 ex-Secretary Ellsworth and Secretary 

 Wheeler of the Massachusetts State 

 Board of Agriculture and E. M. Bowen 

 of the Rhode Island Horticultural 

 Society. President H. L. Frost of the 

 Fruit Growers' Association presided. 



ROCHESTER FLORISTS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



A large and enthusiastic meeting of 

 the Rochester Florists' Association 

 was held Monday, Jan. 13th. Officers 

 for the ensuing year were elected as 

 follows: 



President — John Dunbar; vlce-pres. — 

 George Arnold: secretary — H. B. Stringer: 

 treasurer — W. L. Keller: trustees — W. H. 

 Dildine. William Perie and A. H. Salter: 

 delegates to the N. Y. State Federation of 

 Florists' Clubs — John Dunbar. George Ar- 

 nold. F. W. Vick, E. R. Fry: representa- 

 tives to board of managers of the Roches- 

 ter Industrial Exposition Association — 

 John Dunbar. George B. Hart. Charles H. 

 Viok. F. W. Vick. C. B. Ogston. 



Three new members were elected. 

 Harry C. Bates represen,tating the 

 Lord & Burnham Co.'s Rochester office, 

 entertained the members to a buffet 

 luncheon, which all enjoyed. President 

 Dunbar made an admirable address, 

 expressing his thanks for being hon- 



ored with a re-election and very san- 

 guine for the association's future. 



Regret was expressed that Charles 

 H. Vick was unable to attend on ac- 

 count of a severe cold. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The National Flower Show commit- 

 tee have set aside April 8th as Glad- 

 iolus Day at the National Flower 

 Show in New York. Intending exhib- 

 itors will please take note, and en- 

 deavor to make a good show of blooms 

 for that day. Send me a postal card 

 so that you may receive the splendid 

 schedule of prizes which will be dis- 

 tributed in due time. 



L. MERTON GAGE, Cor. Sec'y. 



South Natick, Mass. 



NEW CALANTHES. 



On Saturday, January 11, at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, George McWil- 

 liam exhibited, and was awarded a 

 silver medal for Calanthe Laselliana. 

 This is the result of a cross between 

 C. oculata gigantea and C. McWil- 

 lianiii. The flowers are glistening 

 white of very large size and form an 

 enormous spike. Mr. MeWilliam re- 

 ceived a similar award on December 

 21st, for Calanthe Whitinae (C. 

 Sandhurstiana X. C. Whitineana). 



Alongside Mr. McWilliam's exhibit 

 last Saturday was a group of veritable 

 orchid gems from E. B. Dane which 

 included the lovely Cypripedium Bol- 

 tonianum, for which a iirst class cerlfl- 

 cate of merit was bestowed. 



