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HORTICULTURE 



March 29, 1913 



Goos, Bettendorf, la.; financial secre- 

 tary, C. A. Anderson; treasurer, Julius 

 Staack. The next meeting will be at 

 H. M. Bills', Davenport, la. 



The regular meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' & Gardeners' Club of Rhode 

 Island was held in Swarfs Lodge Hall. 

 Providence, Monday evening, March 17 

 with a small attendance. Aside from 

 several routine matters, nothing of im- 

 parlance was taken up. Present indi- 

 cations are that few of the leading 

 florists of this city and vicinity will 

 be among those present at the Na- 

 tional Flower Show which takes place 

 in New York next month. Those who 

 are determined to be on hand are Mr. 

 and Mrs. Robert Johnston, Albert 

 Holscher, Joseph A. Kopelman and 

 Olney H. Williams. 



At the March meeting of the Roches- 

 ter (N. Y.) Florists' Association the 

 following resolutions were adopted: 



Whereas, The growth of floriculture and 

 the production of flowers and vegetables 

 under glass has been the most notable in 

 horticulture in this state in recent years 

 and the large capital and number of people 

 now employed demand that the increasing 

 number of problems which threaten the in- 

 dustry, and with which the individual grow- 

 er cannot cope because of lack of scientific 

 knowledge, be given consideration by the 

 agricultural experiment station; and 



Whereas, No provision has hitherto been 

 made to equip the agricultural college and 

 experiment station to carry on scientific 

 Investigations relating to greenhouse crops, 

 be it 



Resolved, That the Rochester Florists' 

 Association, at its monthly meeting, heart- 

 ily Indorses the efforts of the New York 

 State Federation of Florists' Clubs to se- 

 cure the passage of a bill by the Legisla- 

 ture making suitable appropriations for 

 providing equipment for the teaching of 

 floriculture and vegetable gardening. 



The publication In a daily paper of 

 interviews with clergymen in Roch- 

 ester in regard to the "high cost 

 of dying," in which the clergy de- 

 nounced the use of flowers at funerals 

 as a sinful extravagance, was the 

 cause of much discussion at the March 

 meeting of the Rochester Florists' As- 

 sociation. A resolution was offered 

 making it a misdemeanor for any 

 member of the association to either 

 give or lend flowers or plants of any 

 kind to an organization, and that a 

 card bearing words to that effect be 

 posted in each store. It was decided 

 to defer the matter to the next meet- 

 ing. A. H. Seeker read an admirable 

 paper on the "Indoor and Outdoor 

 Growing of Sweet Peas." Mr. Se^^ker 

 has promised a paper on the "Diseases 

 of the Sweet Peas," at a later date. At 

 the next meeting R. G. Salter will en- 

 tertain the members with a paper en 

 "The Flower Business of Rochester." 



Between 300 and 400 people attended 

 the annual reunion and banquet of the 

 Worcester County Horticultural So- 

 ciety in Horticultural Hall, Worcester, 

 Mass.. March 12. The program in- 

 cluded a reception from 6 to 6.30 

 o'clock, banquet at 6.30 o'clock, fol- 

 lowed by speeohmaking and dancing 

 from 9.30 o'clock until midnight. 

 Guests and speakers were Lieut.-Gov. 

 David I. Walsh, Mayor George M. 

 Wright, William P. Rich, Boston, sec- 

 retary of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society; Wilfrid Wheeler, secre- 

 tary of the State Board of Agriculture; 

 Walter D, Ross, president of the Wor- 

 cester County Agricultural Soci^tv; 

 Harold L. Frost, president of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Fruit Growers' Association; 

 Joseph K. Greene, C. L. Gold. West 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET 



A FINE LOT-PERFECT CONDITION 

 For Immediate SHipment, at RigHt Prices 



2i_ A ri $3.00 per 100 

 in A PI $25.00 per 1,000 

 *"•*'*• $835.00 per 10,000 



18 to 24 In *22 50 ... pe"/ 1,000 



lU *W fcT ill. $300.00 per 10,000 



C. R. BURR & CO., Manchester, Conn. 



Cornwall, Ct., vice-president of the 

 Connecticut Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion, and R. M. Bowen, vice-president 

 of the Rhode Island Fruit Growers' 

 Association. Edward W. Breed, presi- 

 dent of the Worcester County Horti- 

 cultural Society presided at the din- 

 ner. 



One of the most interesting meetings 

 held since the New Orleans Horti- 

 cultural Society was formed took place 

 March 19th, and as a result of a gen- 

 eral discussion on the topic of "Tree 

 Planting" it was decided to invite Dr. 

 Joseph Holt, president of the Park- 

 ing Commission, to make an address 

 at the next meeting on the various 

 phases of the ordinance under which 

 it is conducted. 



It was also decided in future to hold 

 the meetings at the Progressive Union. 

 In leaving Kolb's Restaurant, a room 

 on the upper floor for many years be- 

 ing at the disposal of the society, it 

 was determined that the generosity of 

 Conrad Kolb should he formally noted 

 in a letter of appreciation. 



The society plans to have many in- 

 teresting features in connection with 

 its future meetings. Including ad- 

 dresses, not only by members, but 

 others, on various topics, at which a 

 round robin discussion will be in or- 

 der. This will make the organization 

 a factor in the development of the 

 city, and it is expected to attract much 

 favorable attention and build up the 

 membership. The social features will 

 not be overlooked, because their value 

 is recognized. There will be displays 

 of plants and flowers, and as a whole 

 the society never had a brighter fu- 

 ture. 



A few things which the Tariff Com- 

 mittee of the American Association of 

 Nurserymen has accomplished: 



Secured a tariff equitable and satis- 

 factory to nurserymen. Had the duty 

 upon French fruit stocks made per 

 1,000, doing away with the old-time 

 controversies over valuation. The 

 committee recently visited Washing- 

 ton, and expects to prevent the threat- 

 ened tariff reduction. The work of 

 this committee has been of Immense 

 value to nurserymen. 



The Transportation Committee of 

 this Association is also a wide-awake 

 part of the Association, and has saved 

 more than the membership fee of ev- 

 ery individual nurseryman in the land. 



It has had classifications defined and 

 freight rates reduced. It has caused 

 railroads to give carloads rates for 

 less than carload lots, etc.. etc. 



The Legislative Committees have 

 prevented much unwise and unfair 



legislation, both State and Federal; 

 and at this time are testing the consti- 

 tutionality of several state laws which 

 operate injuriously to nursery busi- 

 ness interests. 



The Committees on Publicity, Root 

 Gall, Standardization of Grades, etc., 

 have done and are still doing equally 

 good work. Like the watchman on the 

 tower, these committees must be con- 

 stantly on the alert, for there is no 

 limit to the necessity for eternal vigi- 

 lance. 



LOMPOC (CAL.) NOTES. 



Anton O. Zvolanek left for the East, 

 March 20, en route for the great Nat- 

 ional Flower Show, to be held in New 

 York, stopping off occasionally on his 

 way — at St. Louis, for instance, Chi- 

 cago and other important points. On 

 same day H. W. Buckbee of Rockford, 

 111., called at Floradale. This is the 

 thirty-ninth visit Mr. Buckbee has 

 made to California and he enjoys his 

 trips annually. He admires the way 

 much of the vegetation behaves in the 

 Golden State. He is enthusiastic about 

 the 11000 cup offered by the Panama 

 Pacific International Exposition for a 

 new rose to be exhibited in San Fran- 

 cisco, 1915, and he tried his very best 

 to impart that enthusiasm to the 

 working force at Burpee's Floradale 

 Seed Farm. Mr. Buckbee was shown 

 the stock of rose seedlings on hand 

 and, while they appeared small and 

 not at all promising, he said "keep at 

 it, you'll get there all right." 



The Spencerized winter flowering 

 sweet peas are surely attracting a lot 

 of attention these times. It is stated 

 on reliable authority that the winter 

 flowering types of sweet peas when 

 Spencerized are much more satisfac- 

 tory as a cut-flower industry than are 

 the original. Geo. W. Kerr, the sweet 

 pea expert at Burpee's Fordhook, 

 Penna., Seed Farm, has been hard at 

 work doing his level best to give us 

 all the color types and shades in the 

 winter flowering section, and seeds 

 have been forwarded to Floradale for 

 seed growing purposes. In addition to 

 about two acres of mixed Spencerized 

 winter flowering varieties we have 

 three of Prince Edward of York, twen- 

 ty-five Countess Spencer types, and all 

 through the various color shade sec- 

 tions, aggregating nearly three hun- 

 dred, which, as will be understood, 

 means some detail, and from indica- 

 tions we had last year from same 

 source, some startling novelties are in 

 store for those who are interested in 

 this branch of sweet pea growing for 

 cut flowers in winter time. E. L. 



