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HORTICULTURE 



May 24, 1913 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS- 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The meeting ot this club on Tues- 

 day evening. May 20. was remarkably 

 well attended, notwithstanding the 

 very busv time with everybody. The 

 promised talk by Wilfrid Wheeler, sec- 

 retary of the State Board ot Agricul- 

 ture, on fruit growing, was undoubted- 

 ly the drawing card and the interest 

 thus shown was a good index of the 

 feeling among the gardeners in regard 

 to this now reviving industry in Mass- 

 achusetts. Mr. Wheeler's talk was 

 mostly extempore and exceedingly 

 practical. He has been a close student 

 of the fruit industry and knows his 

 .subject in all its details. His address 

 was devoted to the growing of fruit 

 commercially rather than as a home 

 garden occupation. He declared Mass- 

 achusetts soil and climate to be well 

 adapted to fruit culture. The apple is 

 found to do unexpectedly well in Cape 

 Cod sands and the supposedly worth- 

 less gravel of Essex County is produc- 

 ing apples and other fruits equal m 

 beauty and much superior in qualit> 

 to that grown in Oregon. As to climate 

 New England is especially favored, or- 

 chard heaters not being needed and 

 he instanced in support of this, the 

 great damage suffered in Maryland, 

 New Jersey and other southerly points 

 by the recent freeze which scarcely 

 touched Massachusetts. He advocated 

 the growing of legumes to build up 

 the soil and heavy fertilizing every 

 year while the trees are young in or- 

 der to induce early bearing. Of the 

 small fruits, he gave particular atten- 

 tion to the strawberry, a specialty on 

 which he has long been a recognized 

 authoritv. The Marshall he regarded 

 as still the best garden variety, doing 

 particularly good near the salt water, 

 but lacking good shipping qualities. In 

 the multitude of varieties catalogued 

 there is a considerable difference in 

 their susceptibility to injury from frost 

 —a point that it is well to consider 

 when planting on a large scale. In 

 feeding strawberries caution is neces- 

 sary not to give too much nitrogen 

 which makes the fruit soft and insipid. 

 In reference to spraying and its im- 

 portance in orchard operations he ad- 

 vised to spray for scale insects in the 

 coldest weather and said that it was 

 a common fault to overspray. which is 

 simply wasteful. After the conclusion 

 of the lecture many questions were 

 propounded and promptly answered. 



W. H. Elliott outlined, for the bene- 

 fit of those intending to visit his place 

 at Madbury on the following day, the 

 arrangements that had been made re- 

 garding special train and the program 

 ot entertainment. A communication 

 received from the Chicago Florists' 

 Club regarding special train between 

 Chicago and Minneapolis next August, 

 was referred to the executive commit- 

 tee. .Tames Wheeler announced a 

 change of date for the .Tune exhibitions 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, the peony show being shifted 



from June 21-22 to June 14-15, and the 

 rhododendron show being set for June 



7-8. 



A committee was appointed to pre- 

 pare resolutions on the death of W. B. 

 Robb and a vote was unanimously 

 passed instructing the secretary to 

 send flowers as a cheering gift to John 

 Barr, who is at the hospital after un- 

 dergoing a very serious operation. 



MORRIS COUNTY (N. J.) GARDEN- 

 ERS' AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



We had a full house at the regular 

 meeting of the 14th Inst., and every 

 member was well repajd. Arthur 

 Herrington gave an illustrated lecture 

 on "Tree Planting." It was a mas- 

 terly effort throughout and was much 

 appreciated. The trees shown in the 

 views were quite large, many of the 

 deciduous ones having a root-system 

 diameter of over 20 feet. A round of 

 applause and a rising vote of thanks 

 was given to the lecturer. 



J. Lindabury. gardener to Robt. D. 

 Foote, Morristown, brought down a 

 beautiful specimen of Cattleya gigas 

 having over 30 blooms. He was 

 awarded a silver medal. 



Vegetables will be made a special 

 feature of our next Fall Show, which 

 will be held October 27 and 28. The 

 "Madison class" 1st prize $75.00, 2nd, 

 $50.00, 3rd $25.00, ought to bring out 

 some good stuff. It is to be hoped 

 that members of our sister societies 

 will help us to make this exhibit 

 worthy ot the name of Madison by 

 coming down here and putting up ex- 

 hibits, for this is an open class. We 

 will have the usual vegetable class be- 

 sides. The citizens of Madison are 

 getting up the prizes and we want to 

 give them the worth of their money 

 by showing them some good vege- 

 tables. E. R. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Messrs. R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons Co., 

 of Whitemarsh, Md., offer for registra- 

 tion, the following Geranium (zonal 

 pelargonium) : 



Name: Geranium Maryland. 



Description; A semi-double Gerani- 

 um, the result of a cross of Alphonse 

 Ricard and La Pilote, showing the 

 character of growth and habit ot 

 blooming of La Pilote combined with 

 the size and substance of the Al- 

 phonse Ricard. The color is a most 

 dazzling, fiery red. The florets aver- 

 age about 2 inches in diameter. The 

 foliage has a heavy chocolate zone. 

 John Young, Secretary. 



May 10th, 1913. 



As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given as to the 

 registration of the Geranium, "Ameri- 

 can Beauty," by John Bauscher of 

 Freeport, 111., becoming complete. 



John Yot-ng. Secretary. 



May 15th, 1913. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular meeting held at Man- 

 chester, Mass., Friday evening, May 

 2nd, the members listened to an ad- 

 dress on the "Culture of Gladioli," by 

 B. Hammond Tracy. In the discussion 

 which followed some good points were 

 brought out. On the show tables were 

 a nice display of Antirrhinum and Cal- 

 ceolaria from A. E. Parsons, and a 

 superb vase of carnation Princess 

 Dagmar from Patten & Co. The show 

 committee awarded to each exhibitor 

 a certificate of merit. There was a 

 good attendance. 



At the meeting of May 16 we were 

 treated to a very practical talk on 

 "Greenhouse Flowering Plants," by 

 George Stewart of Medford, who haade 

 a plea for a larger use of many of the 

 old-time varieties which were more in 

 evidence in our boyhood days, than at 

 the present time. Full cultural direc- 

 tions were given. At the close, a ris- 

 ing vote of thanks was tendered to 

 Mr. Stewart. 



James Salter, Secretary. 



PENNSYLVANIA FORESTRY ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The Pennsylvania Forestry Associa- 

 tion held an exhibition and conven- 

 tion in Horticultural Hall, Philadel- 

 phia, week of May 19th to 24th. 

 Among the speakers were H. A. Sur- 

 face, "Forest Pests"; J. A. Ferguson, 

 "What Foresty Can Accomplish"; J. 

 W. Harshberger, "North American 

 Forests"; N. F. Davis. "Chestnuts on 

 Waste Lands"; J. C. Williams, "Chest- 

 nut Blight"; H. S. Graves, "National 

 Forests"; S. B. Elliott, "Lumber For- 

 estry"; Witmer Stone, "Bird IJte"; 

 J. T. Rothrock, "Deforested Pennsyl- 

 vania." The exhibits were mostly of 

 the photographic order, and were high- 

 ly instructive and interesting. Out- 

 side of the pictures, the lumber in- 

 terests put up elaborate displays of 

 timber samples in the dried and pol- 

 ished state. On the whole the gala 

 week was very successful, of high 

 educational value to the public, and 

 reflected great credit on all concerned. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 

 PREMIUMS. 



The cash premiums have all been 

 awarded and distributed as have also 

 the silver cups so generously donated 

 by different parties. 



Checks have been mailed to the 

 Rose, Carnation, Sweet Pea and Glad- 

 iolus Societies some two weeks ago. 



The committee is making this fact 

 public at this time so that if any win- 

 ner has not received his prizes in full 

 he will kindly communicate at once 

 with the Secretary. John Young. 54 

 West 2Sth street. New York. 



The medals will be sent out as soon 

 as they are received from the mint 

 and a complete report ot the show 

 will be submitted to the S. A. F. and 

 O. H.. at the convention in August. 



The Flower Show Committee begs 

 to publicly thank every individual and 

 society that helped to contribute to- 

 ward the success of this exhibition. 

 Chari.es H. Tottt, 

 Chairman National Flower Show. 



