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HORTICULTUEE 



February 1, 1913 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The following committees for 1913 

 have been appointed by President Ken- 

 nedy: Exhibits, William Sim (chair- 

 man), C. Holbrow, Wm. Patterson, T. 

 H. Westwood, H. M. Robinson, Alex. 

 McKay, Eber Holmes, John Campbell, 

 W. O. Niclterson, A. K. Rogers, Joshua 

 Lawsen, Chas. Sander, K. Finlayson, 

 W. H. Elliott, J. Van Leuwen, A. P. 

 Calder, Sr., Henry Penn, Geo. M. An- 

 derson and Donald McKenzie; Enter- 

 tainment, P. J. Turley (chairman), 

 John Reid, J. W. Hamer, G. W. Butter- 

 worth, A. G. Sawyer, Geo. H. Noyes, 

 Peter McManus, J. M. Brickley, Frank 

 Murray, W. E. Fischer, W. A. Hast- 

 ings. 



February 18 will be "Carnation 

 Night" at the club, with short papers 

 by special noted experts. Numerous ex- 

 hibits of novelties and standard vari- 

 eties will be staged. It will also be 

 "Application Night" and a big addition 

 of new members is promised. Presi- 

 dent Kennedy will make an address 

 which will contain many new sugges- 

 tions. The National Flower Show and 

 other matters will also come up for 

 discussion. W. N. CRAIG, Sec. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The fall exhibition of this society 

 will be held from October 31st to No- 

 vember 4th, inclusive, at the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History. The 

 announcement is made thus early so 

 that other societies may avoid, as far 

 as possible, conflicting with this date. 



A special feature of this exhibition 

 will be a silver cup, valued at $100.00, 

 offered by the Society for twelve vases 

 of chrysanthemums, in twelve vari- 

 eties, three blooms of each, stems 18 

 Inches long. It is expected that this 

 will result in keen competition. An- 

 nouncement is made at this early date 

 so that ample time may be given for 

 preparation. The exhibition commit- 

 tee is now at work on a schedule 

 which will be issued early in the 

 spring. GEORGE V. NASH, Sec. 



The Syracuse Rose Society has 

 elected a delegation of six members to 

 attend the meeting of the Federation 

 of Florists' Clubs which is to be held 

 at Ithaca, New York, on Feb. 12th. 



The Western Dahlia & Gladiolus As- 

 sociation will hold its annual meeting 

 and bulb show in Chicago on Febru- 

 ary 7 and 8, at 66 E. Randolph St. The 

 program includes a number of inter- 

 esting essays. 



The New Bedford (Mass.) Horticul- 

 tural Society will hold a banquet in 

 the Parker House on Thursday eve- 

 ning, Feb. 6. The speakers will be 

 John K. M. L. Parquhar, president of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, and David F. Roy of Marion. 



President E. G. Hill of the Florists' 

 Hail Association has appointed Mr. 

 J. F. Ammann of Edwardsville. 111., 

 vice-president of the Florists' Hail As- 

 sociation, to fill the unexpired term 

 caused by the death of Mr. John T. 

 Temple. 



The schedule of prizes tor the exhi- 



Why Failures Result 



The following- is an abstract from a communication received : 



* ' / would like you to advise me how much Aphine lo use The reason I mal^e 



this inquiry of you direct is, I used Aphine In my house {for green aphis) in a mixture of 

 one teaspoontul* to each quart of water without success .... This is the way Aphine Was 

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(*DlRECTlONS. — Si-\ teaspoonsful.) 



Had the inquirer followed directions, instead of accepting: advice of the 

 friend, his results would have been different 



In this instance Aphine was not condemned, but information sought of 

 the manufacturer and advice griven in reply — carefully follow directions 

 — then your results will be satisfactory. 



How many, failing to get satisfactory results from a product after using 

 according to some one's suggestions not following directions, have con- 

 demned that product ; whereas, investigation may have turned failure 

 into success for you ? 



*'THE WISE MAN SEEKETH KNOWLEDGE" 



For full information see advertisement, page 168. 



Special prices on quantity to commercial growers. 



bitlon of Forced Gladiolus Blooms to 

 be held in connection with the Nation- 

 al Flower Show of the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists at New York has been 

 issued by the American Gladiolus So- 

 ciety. Copies can be had on applica- 

 tion to the secretary, L. Merton Gage, 

 South Natick, Mass. Gladiolus Day 

 will be April 8. 



Special prizes from members of tlie 

 Newport summer colony will be a fea- 

 ture of the joint flower show of the 

 Newport Horticultural Society and the 

 Garden Association at Newport in 

 June. 



The Horticultural Society is made up 

 for the most part of gardeners of the 

 summer residents, while the Garden 

 Association is an exclusive summer 

 colony organization, inaugurated last 

 year for the purpose of urging the 

 beautifying of the summer estates. 



Those that have already offered 

 prizes are Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster, 

 Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman, Mrs. Arnold 

 Hague, Mrs. William Grosvenor, Mrs. 

 George L. Rives, Mrs. I. Townsend 

 Burden, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and Mrs. 

 Frederick Pearson. 



The seventh annual banquet of the 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society 

 was held at the Oriental Hotel, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y., January 23. About 100 

 well-known men were present at the 

 gathering, including representatives 

 of various horticultural societies of 

 New York State and New Jersey as 

 well as of Long Island. Arthur Her- 

 rington of Madison, N. J., acted as 

 toastmaster and introduced the first 

 speaker, W. H. Siebrecht, president of 

 the New York Florists' Club. Mr. Sie- 

 brecht spoke on the National Flower 

 Show and urged the Glen Cove So- 

 ciety to use its efforts to aid in the 

 success of the exhibition. E. J. Brown, 

 president of the Nassau County Horti- 

 cultural Society, presented to John F. 

 Johnson, who has just retired as presi- 

 dent, a token of esteem from the So- 

 ciety. Mr. Johnson accepted with a 

 few words of appreciation. 



NEW GLADIOLI REGISTERED. 



Public notice Is hereby given that 

 the following named varieties of glad- 

 ioli have been registered by the No- 



menclature Committee of the Ameri- 

 can Gladiolus Society for the origina- 

 tor John Lewis Childs, Plowerfield, 

 N. Y.: 



Fireflare. — Bright, soft salmon-rose, with 

 Ijeautifully marked and rayed center. 

 Flowers large, perfect and of great sub- 

 stance. Spikes stout, compact and perfect 

 in form. 



Fireking. — Long graceful spikes showing 

 lialf a dozen immense blooms open at the 

 same time. Color intense Are scarlet. 

 -More brilliant than Breuchleyensis, Cardi- 

 nal, Mrs. Francis King or any other 

 variety. It Is perfectly grand, and will be- 

 come the leading cut-flower variety of its 

 color. 



Mrs. F. M. Lupton.— A distinct light 

 rose, equal to Panama or America. Large, 

 wide-spreading flower and long perfect 

 spike. 



Uareray. — Large, wide-spreading flower 

 of a rare bright lilac-pink, with carmine 

 flaked throat. It is a very rare and most 

 beautiful and desirable shade of color. 



Shedowa.— Soft, delicate pink flower, ex- 

 quisitely marked and mottled in center. 

 Enormous spike and large, wide-spreading 

 flower of perfect form. 



Southampton. — An immense spike of 

 large flowers. Color a soft orange-rose, 

 sometimes slightly flaked. White bars 

 and light yellow throat. This is quite a 

 distinct and most pleasing color, and a 

 splendid flower In every way. 



All of the above are of Chlldsll typa 



Star or Wonder Blackberry 



A wonder indeed! in growth, in ex- 

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 like a grape for two months. A single 

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 Everbearing, the best red Raspberry, 

 and Caco by far the choicest of all 

 hardy Grapes. A full assortment of 

 Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, 

 Grapes, Currants and Gooseberries; 

 Garden Roots, Hardy Per- 

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 Vines. Evergreen and Shade 

 Trees, Roses, Hedge Plants, 

 'tc. Illustrated descriptive 

 catalog replete with cul- 

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