March 8, 1013 



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COOK COUNTY FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



At the meeting of the Cook County 

 (III.) Florists' Association, February 

 20th, there was a fine exhibition of car- 

 nations. Among them were the fol- 

 lowing: William Eccles, from Scott 

 Bros., although Injured in transit made 

 a favorable impression. Lady North- 

 cliffe, from same exhibitor, was greatly 

 admired and was given a club certifi- 

 cate. Seedlings, from James Aldous & 

 Son, Iowa City, la., looked promising. 

 Seedlings, from A. Anderson, Moline, 

 111., one fine scarlet receiving a club 

 certificate and the others being highly 

 complimented. Seedlings, from Black- 

 man Floral Co., Bvansvllle, Ind., one 

 •being given a club certificate. North- 

 port, from J. D. Cockcroft, awaded 

 club certificate. Seedling, No. 246, from 

 Chicago Carnation Co.. Scott shade of 

 pink 89 points and certificate of merit; 

 The Herald, by this firm, showed up 

 very fine. Spencer sweet peas, from 

 A. F. Amllng & Co., best ever shown 

 before the club. Rose Mrs. Charles 

 Russell, from Waban Rose Conserva- 

 tories, Natick, Mass., and carnation 

 Philadelphia, arrived one day too late 

 but were shown at the store of the Chi- 

 cago Carnation Company and created 

 quite a sensation. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The club held a field day with W. 

 W. Edgar Co., Waverley, on Saturday, 

 March 8, 1913. Members and friends 

 took train in Cambridge subway, leav- 

 ing Park street at 2 P. M. 



At the regular club meeting on 

 March 18, Edwin Jenkins of Lenox will 

 lecture on "Sweet Peas," and their 

 culture outdoors. There will be fine 

 exhibits of sweet peas on this occa- 

 sion. Matters pertaining to the com- 

 ing S. A. F. International Show in New 

 York will come up, as well as other 

 business of importance. 



W. N. Cbaig, Secretary. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Englemann liotanical Club will 

 hold its regular monthly meeting on 

 next Monday night, March 10, at the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden. St. Louis. 



The Retail Florists' Association of 

 St. Louis will meet on Monday night, 

 March 17th, when F. H. Weber will 

 read a paper on "The Daily Routine 

 Work of a Retail FIov,-er Store." 



The spring show of the Pennsylva- 

 nia Horticultural Society will open 

 March ISth. continuing during the 19th 

 and 20th, at Horticultural Hall, Broad 

 and Locust streets. Prize lists and 

 other information may be obtained of 

 David Rust, secretary. 



received more entries than ever before 

 and every promise is given that it will 

 eclipse those of former years. The en- 

 tries thus far include practically all 

 the big private estates as well as the 

 professional growers. The First Corps 

 Cadet Orchestra will furnish the mu- 

 sic. 



An excellent paper on "The New 

 Carnations," was read at the last meet- 

 ing of Lancaster County (Pa.) Florists' 

 Club by Elmer Weaver, C. Akehurst & 

 Son, Cottage Gardens Co., E. G. H'll 

 Co., and Henry Rohrer all exhibited 

 seedlings. Among the visitors were 

 Walter Mott, representing Benj. Ham- 

 mond, Fishkill, N. Y.; C. U. Liggitt. 

 representing S. S. Pennock-Meehan 

 Co., Philadelphia, and L. I. Bolton, 

 Holtwood, Pa. 



The ninth annual convention of the 

 Canadian Seed Growers' Association 

 will be held at Ottawa, Ont., Thursday 

 and Friday, March 6th and 7th. The 

 programme includes papers on "Thick- 

 ness of seeding in cereal grains," by 

 Prof. C. A. Zavitz, O. A, C. Guelph, 

 Ont,; "Statistics on the Production, Se- 

 lection and Cleaning of Seed on Cana- 

 dian Farms," by C. F. Nunnick, Agri- 

 culturist to Commission of Conserva- 

 tion, Ottawa; "Results of two years' 

 work in testing Field Root Seeds of 

 Commerce to prove genuineness of 

 stock," by E. D. Eddy, Seed Branch, 

 Ottawa; "Methods of improving Seed 

 supply of Field Roots and Vegetable 

 crops in Canada," by G. H. Clark, Seed 

 Commissioner, Ottawa, and "The pro- 

 duction of Garden Vegetable Seeds in 

 Canada," by W. T. Macoun, C. E. Farm, 

 Ottawa, Ont. 



The Florist Club of St. Louis will 

 hold its monthly meeting on Thursday 

 afternoon, March 13, at 2 o'clock. The 

 Carnation Exhibition will be held the 

 same day at 1316 Pine street and will 

 be attended by the members after the 

 meeting. Growers of new varieties 

 would do well to send a few blooms. 



The annual spring show of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society, to 

 be held March 14-16. has up to dale 



E. W. McLellan of Burlingame, Cal., 



was a guest at the meeting of the 

 Horticultural Club of Boston at the 

 Parker House on Wednesday evening, 

 March 5. Peter Fisher read a care- 

 fully prepared paper on "The Carna- 

 tion: Its History and Development," 

 and James F. M. Parquhar gave an ac- 

 count of his recent trip abroad. Mr. 

 McLellan entertained the membership 

 with a pleasing and instructive talk. 

 Mr. Fisher showed a superb vase of 

 his great new carnation Gorgeous, also 

 blooms of a pink novelty which will 

 be the carnation sensation for next 

 season. William Sim contributed a 

 fine show of sweet peas. Mr. Farquhar 

 showed a plant in bloom of a new hy- 

 brid azalea — leditolia x Kaempteri. In 

 the absence of the president of the 

 club, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Wm. J. 

 Stewart acted as chairman. 



A SIGN OF SPRING. 



"Still lie tlie sheltering snows undimmed 

 and white. 

 And reigns cold February's silence still; 

 No sign of spring, save that the catkins 

 fill. 

 And willow stems grow daily red and 

 bright." 



— H. H. Jackson. 

 But — 



The annual opening at New York's 

 plant auction rooms, 42 Vesey street, 

 fakes place this year on "Tuesday, 

 March 11. The plant buying contin- 

 gent will be there in force and the vet- 

 eran auctioneer, W. J. Elliott, will 

 swing the hammer at the behest of 

 the enterprising purchaser. Give 

 him the wink. 



During Recess* 



International Flower Show Bowling 

 Tournament. 



A meeting of the bowling committee 

 of the National Association of Garden- 

 ers in charge of the National Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Bowling Tourna- 

 ment was held at the Murray Hill Ho- 

 tel, New York City, on Tuesday after- 

 noon, February 25th. The following 

 members were present: John Dodds, 

 Wyncote, Pa,; William Robertson, 

 Jenklntown, Pa., James Stuart, Mama- 

 roneck, N. Y.; John Everitt, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y.; A. Bauer, Deal, N. J.; 

 President William H. Waite, Yonkers, 

 N. Y., of the National Association of 

 Gardeners, and Secretary M. C. Ebel, 

 of Madison, N. J., were also present. 



All arrangements were completed to 

 hold the bowling tournament on 

 Thumm's bowling allevs, Broadway 

 and 31st street. New York, on Wednes- 

 day, April 9th. One entire floor, con- 

 sisting of 12 alleys, has been engaged 

 and additional alleys reserved on the 

 next floor if they are required. The 

 entire day will be given over to the 

 tournament. As has already been re- 

 ported, the bowling will be open to 

 members of the Society of American 

 Florists and members of the National 

 Association of Gardeners. Teams of 

 three men, members of any local flor- 

 ists' or gardeners' society or club, and 

 members either of the N. A. G. or S. A 

 F. will be eligible in the team tourna- 

 ment. Some of the members of the 

 committee reported that they have had 

 advice from several southern and west- 

 ern cities that local club teams are 

 practicing to enter and it is the hope 

 of the association that every local so- 

 ciety, or club, will be represented by & 

 team. 



President Waite, of the N. A. G., of- 

 fers a piece of silver, value of $50, as a 

 sweepstake prize, to be competed for 

 by the three members of the S. A. F. 

 and three members of the N. A. G. 

 making the highest scores of the tour- 

 nament. Ex-President Logan offers a 

 silver cup for the greatest number of 

 strikes made in the tournament in 

 three games, the sweepstake contest 

 excluded. Secretary Ebel offers a sli- 

 ver cup for the highest score made in 

 the tournament, the sweepstake con- 

 test excluded. Treasurer James Stuart 

 offeys three prizes of the value of $30, 

 for the winning team of three men, 

 members from a local gardening or 

 florists' club, and members of either 

 the N. A. G. or S. A. F. A silver cup 

 is offered for the highest number of 

 spares in the tournament in three 

 games, the sweepstake contest ex- 

 cluded. A long list of prizes is oTered 

 for the individual tournament to which 

 the committee expects to add consider- 

 able before the event. 



Everything indicates that the tour- 

 nament, which will occur during the 

 week of the International Flower 

 Show in New York, will be an Inter- 

 esting affair. It will probably bring 

 ers among the gardeners and florists 

 than were ever before gathered to- 

 gether in a bowling tournament. 



Further information, If desired, can 

 be obtained by addressing M, C. Ebel, 

 Secretary of the N. A. G.. Madison, 

 N. J. 



