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UOKTICULTURE 



March 8. 19: 



NEW ENGLAND NURSERYMEN'S 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The first annual meeting of the New 

 England Nurserymen's Association 

 was held at Horticultural Hall, Wor- 

 cester, Mass., Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day, February 25th and 26th, 1913. 



Promptly at 1.30 o'clock, Tuesday 

 afternoon. President Manning called 

 the meeting to order and delivered his 

 address, which was full of practical 

 suggestions for the good of the organi- 

 zation. After the appointment of sev 

 eral committees the fiist subject on 

 the program was then taken up, Dr. H. 

 T. Fernald, State Nursery Inspector in 

 Massachusetts, giving a vigorous and 

 pracUcal address on the Laws, Rules 

 and Regulations governing Interstate- 

 Shipments and Importations of Nur- 

 sery Stock as related to the New Eug 

 land States, and particularly as to 

 what is known as the "quarantined 

 district." He was followed by Dr. W. 

 S Regan, who is in charge of the 

 inspection work in Massachusetts, who 

 stated that eighteen new pests had 

 been received on imported stock so 

 far this season. 



Dr. Fernald gave a very interesting 

 account of the hearing which was held 

 before the Federal Horticultural Board, 

 at Washington. Messrs. Burr and 

 Hoyt gave an account of the inspec- 

 tion work in Connecticut. Messrs 

 Clarke and Greaton spoke tor Rhode 

 Island and Mr. A. P. Home for New 

 Hampshire. In the discussion which 

 followed, it was brought out that New 

 England seemed to be unduly adver- 

 tised as a section of the United States 

 where all kinds of pests originate, and 

 it was recommended that steps be 

 taken to counteract this injustice. Dr. 

 Fernald was asked to assist, and it 

 was moved that the president appoint 

 a publicity committee to take up the 

 matter and endeavor to influence the 

 agricultural press in our behalf. W. 

 H Wyman, North Abington, Mass., E. 

 L Coe, New Haven, Conn., and Daniel 

 A. Clarke, Fiskeville, R. I., were ap- 

 pointed such committee. 



At 4.00 o'clock, H. P. Kelsey ot 

 Salem, Mass., spoke on "New Eng- 

 land Transportation Problems." He 

 gave a good description of the way 

 shipments are being handled by rail- 

 road and steamship lines, both in and 

 outside New England and showed how 

 the present system of moving and trac- 

 ing freight shipments is gradually 

 breaking down. A spirited and profit- 

 able discussion followed. 



At 6.00 o'clock the annual dinner was 

 served at Hotel Warren. At 8.00 

 o'clock, a goodly number assembled at 

 Horticultural Hall to hear Ernest L. 

 Coe, of New Haven, Conn., give his 

 illustrated lecture on Japan, the pub- 

 lic being invited. 



On Wednesday morning the election 

 of officers for the ensuing year re- 

 sulted as follows: President, Harlan 

 P Kelsey, Salem, Mass.; vice-presi- 

 dent, John R. Barnes, Yalesville, 

 Conn.; secretary, Charles Adams, 



Springfield, Mass.; treasurer, V. A. 

 Vanicek, Newport, R. I.; executive 

 committee, the officers above and W. 

 W. Hunt, Hartford, Conn., C. H. Grea- 

 ton, Providence, R. I.-, and A. P. Home, 

 Manchester, N. H. 



Invitations to hold next meeting 

 were received from Worcester, Mass., 

 and Hartford, Conn. It was voted 

 unanimously to hold the next annual 

 meeting at Hartford, Conn., in Feb- 

 ruary, 1914. 



Daniel A. Clarke, Fiskeville, R. I., 

 then gave his paper on "New Introduc- 

 tions and Plants Nurserymen Should 

 Grow." Mr. Clarke gave a list and de- 

 scription of many new trees and 

 shrubs which have been tested out at 

 Arnold Arboretum, and of some re- 

 cently introduced from China by Mr. 

 Wilson. John R. Barnes, Yalesville, 

 Conn., spoke on "Winter Storage 

 Houses." At the afternoon session, 

 Stephen Hoyt, New Canaan, Conn., pre- 

 sented the subject of "Moving Large 

 Trees," with illustrations of his ma- 

 chines and appliances. V. A. Vanicek, 

 Newport, R. I., took Mr. Stevens' place 

 on the program, and spoke on the sub- 

 ject of "Propagation." Resolutions 

 were passed thanking the Worcester 

 Horticultural Society and Mr. Breed, 

 its president, for courtesies extended; 

 Mr. Coe, for his entertaining lecture, 

 and the retiring officers for their serv- 

 ices. 



CARNATION NIGHT AT MADISON, 

 N. J. 



The .Morris County Caideners' and 

 Florists' Society will hold their An- 

 nual Carnation Night on the evening 

 of March 12th at their meeting rooms 

 in Madison, N. J. This has been a 

 big night with us for the past ten 

 years, and we are trying to have this 

 one better than ever. We expect some 

 member to read an esfay on Carnation 

 Cultivation, and all the giowers here 

 are going to show the standard varie- 

 ties. We would appeal through Hor- 

 TicuLTxntE to the introducers of 

 novelties to send us some. Let our 

 gardeners and florists as well as the 

 public see them just as they are; 1913 

 has a grand list of candidates. Let 

 us have all of them we can, here. Send 

 in care ot C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J.. 

 and a dozen ot us will get to work and 

 put them up to the best advantage. 

 Edward Reagan, Sec'y. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



At the regular monthly meeting of 

 this Society held on Monday, March 

 3rd, the exhibits were very fine and 

 made quite a large display. A very 

 interesting paper was read by William 

 Turner of Oceanic, N. J., on "The Cul- 

 ture of Orchids," an interesting discus- 

 sion following. Exhibits and awards 

 were as follows: 



Geo. Masson— tulip Pride of Haarlem, 90; 

 Wm K Seymour— lily of valley, 87; Chas. 

 O Duncan— carnation Wbite Encliantress. 

 75: Clias. Ru.'isell— stocl; Queen Alexandra. 

 80 Certificates of culture were awarded 

 to D C. Kelly for gardenias and Franli 

 Eddineton for Amaryllis; also a certiBoate 

 of merit to Wm. K. Seymour for wbite seed 

 ling caruotion. 



Wm. R. SEYMOtJR, 

 Assistant Secretary. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 above club was held on the 4th inst., 

 and was one ot the most notable of 

 the season. It was "president's night" 

 and the president, J. Otto Thilow, 

 made a stirring and inspiring address 

 to the members, and also gave them 

 one of bis stereopticon lectures about 

 one ot his recent journeys. He also 

 provided refreshments as a crowning 

 compliment to the evening's entertain- 

 ment. The attendance of the mem- 

 bers, many of them accompanied by 

 their women folks, was large and a 

 deserved compliment to one of the 

 best presiding officers the club has 

 ever had — and they have had some 

 very distinguished gentlemen in the 

 chair during the past twenty-five years. 

 A committee was appointed to get 

 up a party tor "Pennsylvania Day" at 

 the National Flower Show — Adolph 

 Farenwald, Samuel S. Pennock, John 

 Bui ton, Dennis T. Connor, John West- 

 cott and Edward Reid. Committee on 

 transportation for the Minneai oils 

 convention was also ordered appointed 

 at once; but the personnel of same has 

 not yet been announced. 



Among the interestiug exhibits were 

 a fine vase ot Milady rose f.om A. N. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; one flower 

 of Juliet rose, from S. Mortensen, 

 Southampton; vase of Mrs, Russell 

 rose from Alex. Montgomery— all ot 

 which were shown by the Pennock- 

 Meehan Co. Vase of Scarlet Wonder 

 Carnation from H. D. Rohrer, Lancas- 

 ter, Pa. From Scott & Son came four 

 fine exhibits: namely— Irish Fire 

 Flame, Double Pink Killarney, 

 Double White Killarney and Killar- 

 ney Brilliant. Mignonette and Easter 

 lilies were shown by Hoehl and Faust. 

 Our opinion ot all of the foregoing 

 has already been published in your 

 columns with the exception ot the 

 Juliet rose from Mortensen, the Scarlet 

 Wonder Carnation from Rohrer, and 

 Killarney Brilliant from Scott. As to 

 Juliet, it is a pink with darker center, 

 rather flat in formation, very full, fo- 

 liage remarkably distinctive; looks as 

 if it had rugosa blood in it. Further 

 than that— who can tell, from one 

 flower! 



Rohrer's Scarlet Wonder certainly 

 shows up splendidly in artificial light 

 Well formed flower, pure in color, fair- 

 ly stiff stem ot good length, medium 

 as to size. There seems nothing phe- 

 nomenal about this— yet it may be a 

 fine market variety— one ot what they 

 call the "bread and butter" sorts. 

 There is need of something ot the kind 

 to help out Beacon which has become 

 so lazy and unprofitable ot late. Kil- 

 larney Brilliant I have heard so many 

 good words about that I think I had 

 better not commit myself this time— 

 until I have- seen more ot it. It will 

 not be sent out until 1914 or 191.5. You 

 see how careful I am with those dollar- 

 a-word opinions Horticulture pays 

 me tor London papers please copy. 



G. 0. W. 



