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HORTICULTURE 



March 1, 1913 



periment Station in Hartford, Feb- 

 ruary 12th, the following officers were 

 elected: President, T. E. Boroughs^ 

 Deep River; vice-president, Stevens' 

 Hoytt, New Canaan; secretary, F. L. 

 Thomas, Manchester; treasurer, W. 

 W. Hunt, Hartford. A banquet fol- 

 lowed the meeting at Oneco Hotel. 

 The program included an address on 

 "Fertilizers," by Prof. E. H. Jenkins 

 of the Connecticut Agricultural Col- 

 lege; "The Replacement of Nursery 

 Stock and Its Evils," by C. R. Burr 

 of Hartford, and an illustrated lecture 

 on Japanese gardens, by C. F. Coe 

 of New Haven. 



ANOTHER NEW HYDRANGEA. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia, Tuesday even- 

 ing, March 4th, will be one of the most 

 important of the season and will equal 

 if not surpass in interest the two 

 splendid meetings we have already 

 had in January and February. This 

 March meeting will go down in history 

 as "President's Night," and will be ad- 

 dressed by President Thilow, who will 

 give one of his celebrated illustrated 

 lectures enhanced by stereopticon 

 views taken by the lecturer during a 

 recent trip. Maybe there will be some 

 refreshments on the side. Come one; 

 come all. Show your appreciation of 

 one of the best presiding olficers we 

 have ever had. This is "his night." 

 Lower hall, instead of the club room. 



The Premium List for the June Ex- 

 hibition at Newport, R. L, has been re- 

 ceived, together with a Supplementary 

 List of special prizes offered by par- 

 ties in the trade. Among the latter 

 are Lord & Burnham Co., J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Co., A. N. Pierson, Joseph A. 

 Manda, H. A. Dreer, C. H. Totty, 

 Aphine Mfg. Co., Hitchings & Co., 

 Weeber & Don. Jos. Breck & Sons and 

 Bobbink & Atkins. The exhibition is 

 to be a joint affair of the Newport 

 Garden Association and the Newport 

 Horticultural Society at Harbour 

 Court, the estate of Mrs. John Nicho- 

 las Brown. The dates are Wednesday 

 and Thursday, June 25 and 26. Copies 

 of the complete schedule may be ob- 

 tained from the secretary of the New- 

 port Horticultural Society, D. J. 

 Coughlin. 



At the February meeting of the 

 Cleveland (Ohio) Florists' Club, there 

 was a superb display of flowers, car- 

 nations being especially prominent. 

 Among the exhibitors were the J. M. 

 Gasser Company, who made a splen- 

 did display of sweet peas and rare tu- 

 lips; Scott Bros., Elmsford, N. Y., car- 

 nations Wm. Eccles, British Triumph 

 and Lady Northclifte; G. S. Ramsburg, 

 Somersworth, N. H., silver-pink snap- 

 dragon; S. S. Skidelsky & Co., the 

 sensational new carnation Philadel- 

 phia; Cleveland Cut Flower Com- 

 pany, carnations; Charles Bartels, 

 freesias; G. A. Barber, Beloit, Ohio, 

 carnations and sweet peas; J. D. Cock- 

 croft, S. M. Merwarth & Bros.. E. G. 

 Hill Company and Dailledouze Bros., 

 carnations. 



The regular scheduled meeting cf 

 the Florists' Club of Washington has 

 been postponed one week on account 

 of Inauguration Day being next Tues- 

 day. At this meeting will take place 

 the election of officers. There are sev- 

 eral nominees for each position and 

 sides are being good-naturedly taken 

 by the friends of earh. It will prob- 



Conrti-sy of H. A. Dyct-y. 



Avalanche 



ably take the votes of the entire or- 

 ganization to decide between Messrs. 

 Bauer, Giilbortzer and Oehmler for 

 president unless one of them drops 

 out, which their adherents refuse to 

 allow. 



After the routine of business had 

 been disposed of President Lee an- 

 nounced that the evening had been 

 sec apart for the entertainment of the 

 ladies. A committee had arranged a 

 musical pi'ogram which was followed 

 by dancing, at both of which great 

 talent was displayed. Refreshments 

 were served and everyone seemed to 

 be enjoying themselves. There were 

 7.5 present. Great credit is due the 

 committee of arrangements and all 

 who took part, for it was a success 

 from start to finish. 



E. TRETHEWEY, Cor. Sec. 



NEW YORK NOTES. 



The store of Mignon, florist, 509 

 -Madison avenue, which opened last 

 October, is displaying a "To Rent" 

 sign. 



It is said that both the Wana- 

 niaker and Lord & Taylor stores are 

 planning to open roof garden plant 

 and flower departments. 



A rearrangement of office, ice chests, 

 etc., in the wholesale flower estab- 

 lishment on W. 2Sth street has been 

 nride, very much improving it. 

 ■ The old proposition for using Union 

 Square for an open air flower market 

 has been revived and the daily papers 

 generally make favorable comment on 

 the project. 



The New York Cut Flower Company 

 has acquired the lease of another en- 

 tire floor in the Coogan Building and 

 many important changes as to tenants, 

 etc., are now in order. 



Wm. Trumpore, buyer for Small's 

 New York store, who has been at the 

 French Hospital in West 34th street 

 for the past three weeks, is now con- 

 valescing nicely and has been cheered 

 by visits of a large number of friends. 



We are greatly pleased to be able 

 to announce ihat J. Austin Shaw has 

 passed safely through the critical 

 stage of his sickness and is now rap- 

 idly recovering. He will soon be able 

 to go home from the hospital. 



Charles Millang's suit against the 

 City of New York for $25,000 for bod- 

 ily injuries received one year ago 

 when his automobile was overturned 

 by reason of a defect in the highway, 

 has resulted in a disagreement by the 

 jury. 



John Young, secretary of the S. A. 

 F., has been suffering for a week with 

 carbuncles, and on the day on which 

 he was to start for the executive meet- 

 ing in Minneapolis was ordered to the 

 Roosevelt Hospital by his physician, 

 v.'here he underwent an operation Sun- 

 day noon. 



The Greek ball, one of the most con- 

 spicuous events of the year in New 

 York floral circles, was held at Ter- 

 race Gardens on Thursday night, Feb- 

 ruary 20th. There was a tremendous 

 crowd and the 2Sth street contingent, 

 resplendent in dress suits, did full 

 justice to the occasion. 



As stated in advertisement on an- 

 other page the wholesale florist firm 

 of Siebrecht & Siebrecht has dissolved. 

 The old business will be continued by 

 George C. Siebrecht at 109 W. 2Sth 

 street, while Walter R. Siebrecht has 

 taken a part of the store at 129 W. 

 28th street with George Saltford. 



Harry A. Bunyard and Charles H. 

 Totty left for Minneapolis at noon on 

 Sunday. February 23rd, on the "Black 

 Diamond" express of the Lehigh Val- 

 ley R. R. Mr. Bunyard took along 

 with him the papers and records of 

 Secretary Young who was unable to 

 attend the S. A. F. executive board 

 meeting on account of sickness. 



Visitors: John Dodds, Philadelphia; 

 Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; 

 Harry Quint, Boston, Mass. 



Mobile, Ala. — At a meeting of the 

 Mobile Floral and Horticultural So- 

 ciety held in the rooms of the Cham- 

 ber of Commerce it was decided to 

 inaugurate the plan of growing plants 

 in windows, the Mobile Electric Com- 

 pany's buildings to be the starting 

 point for this scheme. The members 

 of the society presented stated that 

 they were desirous of showing the peo- 

 ple of Mobile the possibilities of win- 

 dow decoration. 



Star or Wonder Blackberry 



A wonder indeed! in growtb. In ex- 

 cellence, in productiveness. Berries 

 Lirge and luscious, be.irs in clusters 

 like a grnpe for two months. A single 

 plant has yielded over two bushels In 

 a year. Headquarters for St. Regis 

 Everbearing, the best red Easpberry, 

 and Caco by far the choicest of all 

 hardy Grapes. A full assortment of 

 Strawberries. Raspberries, Klac kberries, 

 Grapes, Currants and Gooseberries; 

 Garden Roots, Hardy Per- 

 ennial Plants, Shrubs and 

 Vines. Evergreen and Shade 

 Trees. Roses, Hedge Plants. 

 ';tc. niu.strated descriptive 

 catalog repleie with cul- 

 tural Instrncfions. free to 

 everybody. Established 1S7S; 

 200 acres: quality unsur- 

 passed ; prices low. 



I T.LOVEIT, 80X153. Little Silver, N.i. 



The New Sargent Rose 



stock Limited, $1.80 each. 

 Also Lady Duncan, Dawson, Daybreak, 

 Farquhar. Wm. Egau and Minnie Dawson. 



EASTERN NURSERIESJamaica Plain, Mass. 



HENRY S. DAWSON, Manager. 



