August 29, L908 



HORTICULTURE 



287 



Early in the winter the wave of finan- 

 cial depression struck Baltimore and 

 of course the florists had to 

 suffer first, which meant low prices 

 for flowers, while expenses went 

 merrily along. During the spring 

 the rainy weather interfered with 

 planting out, to lie followed with 

 no rain during June and July, causing 

 a drought during which i he weeds 

 even refused to grow, consequently 

 there are many small carnal ion plants 

 iieing housed which have a tendency 

 to keep the supply down somewhat, 

 early in the season. Roses are in fine 

 shape. 



During the past year Maryland has 

 made great strides towards becoming 

 a horticultural center. The South es- 

 pecially recognizing the fact that 

 nowhere else can better roses, violets, 

 carnations, etc., be secured than 

 through the Baltimore Florist Ex- 

 change, which is the main distribut- 

 ing point for the growers and the 

 leading factor in making Maryland 

 horticulture what it is, handling fully 

 four-fifths of all the wholesale cut 

 flower trade of the state. 



Very little has been done in the line 

 of building, the general aim being to 

 make the present facilities produce 

 more and better results than the past. 

 Although the bedding out season did 

 not commence, until late, causing some 

 apprehension of the final results, as 

 far as we can learn the business done 

 was up to the average, and nearly all 

 available stock disposed of. Quite a 

 few new estates are being planted and 

 building up of the suburban districts 

 is creating an increased demand for 

 this line of stock. 



Maryland is again at the front with 

 a grand new rose in John Cook's "My 

 Maryland," which is destined to rank 

 among the best standards of the 

 future. Stevenson Bros.' new carna- 

 tion Splendor promises to be pennant 

 winner. Maryland claims the best 

 and largest collection of geraniums 

 arid in dahlias will rank second to 

 none in the country. 



The Baltimore Gardeners' Club and 

 Maryland State Horticultural Society 

 are in flourishing condition. 



Fred Bauer has been experimenting 

 with Harrisii lilies and having ob- 

 tained some wonderful results may be 

 expected to be heard from in the near 

 future. 



The Stale Good Roads law passed 

 by the legislatuie carries with it an 

 appropriation of one million dollars 

 for improvement of the roads through- 

 out the state. 



RICHARD A. VINCENT, 



State Vice-President. 



SOME NEW GLADIOLI. 



In the big exhibit of gladioli by A. 

 Cowee at Niagara Falls were the fol- 

 lowing sterling novelties: War, scar- 

 let ; Peace, pure white with peacock 

 feather mark in throat; La Luna, 

 creamy white with wine color throat 

 marking: A. Dimmock. mottled pink 

 and yellow: Dawn, salmon with 

 orange throat; Afterglow, salmon with 

 bluish throat; Blue Jay, blue with 

 white and yellow in throat; Victory, 

 yellow; Empire, scarlet. These are 

 all Groff seedlings. Princess Alteri, 

 pure white with carmine throat and 

 Lady Howard De Walden. canary with 

 carmine markings in throat, both Le- 

 moine productions, were also much 

 admired. 



During Recess 



THE CONVENTION BOWLING CON- 

 TESTS. 



Tin' S. A. F. bowling games wen 

 held as per schedule at the Palace 

 Bowling Alleys. Buffalo, on Friday 

 P. M., August 21. The arrangements 

 were excellent and very much to the 

 credit of the committee, George W. 

 McClure, E. A. Slattery and Rowland 

 Cloudsley who had worked very hard 

 to make the event a success. 

 Team Contests. 



The W. F. Kasting cup for highest 

 single game was won by Philadelphia, 

 score S46. The Whildin cup for 

 highest total in three games and the 

 Traendly cup for same, were won 

 by Buffalo, score 2278. The Michell 

 trophy for second highest in three 

 games was won by New York, score 

 2254. The scores of the remaining 

 teams for the three games were as 

 follows: Washington. 217*1; Philadel- 

 phia, 2160; Baltimore. 2137; Cleve- 

 land, 1990; Detroit, 1974. 



Highest individual game in team 

 contest, J. S. Fenrich (N. Y.), 210. 

 Highest individual total in three team 

 games, R. McLennan (Wash.), 538. 

 Greatest number of strikes in three 

 team games, C. L. Seybold (Balto.). 

 Greatest number of spares in three 

 team games, W. Robertson (Phila.), 

 The Brunswick-Balke-Collander Co. 

 diamond medal for individual cham- 

 pionship of the S. A. F. was won by 

 C. L. Seybold (Balto.). 



Men's Individual Contests. 



l'rize and Winner. Score. 



1. Ever-ready pot-cover cup (Greversj, 



J. Miesem 371 



2. Diamond curt buttons, 1'. Olson.... ."44 



3. Suit case. \V. L. Rock 332 



■1. Hag, Geo. Asinus 331 



5. Gillette razor (S. S. Pennock), C. 



McKellar 317 



6. $5.00 in gold (Benj. Hammond). .1. 



Strict 30:1 



7. I mbrella, D. Scott 297 



8. Set limbics, p. Kessler 296 



9. Set brushes, W. B. Marshall 293 



10. Fountain pen (A. Adams), R. 



Cloudsley 28S 



11. S.ivnor knife (O. W. Clark & Son), 



A. It. Brenner 287 



Booby prize (watch), G. E. McClure, Jr., 

 presented by H Bunyard. 



Ladies' Individual. 



Prize and Winner. 



1. Green vase (C. S. Yaegle Roseville 



I'. Co.), Mrs. McKellar 



2. Umbrella (A. T. B lington), Mr-. 



Asdics 



::. sell bag, Mrs. Kreitliug 



4. Gold locket (Geo. Asmus), Mrs. 



Winterson 



5. \V I cup, Miss Cook 



i.. S. A I', pin il'ivs. Mrs. Kasting), 



Mrs. Reeehert 



7. Clock (Wertheimer), Mrs. Hans 



wirth 



s. Buckle, Mr-. Golsner 



9. Beauty pin. Mrs. Cook 



1". Beautv pin. Mrs i aldson 



11. Bolt ribbon (Schloss Bros.), Mrs. 

 I P. tier 



Bowling Team Scores Complete. 

 < I l'\ I LAND. 



1'. Schmidt 107 



c. Smith 1 17 



F. 'I uethey 121 



G. Hart 138 



ii Iraham 155 



668 

 BUFFALO. 



C. Sandiford 151 



W. B. Scott 133 



F. Mansfield 176 



.1. Spiedel 157 



G. McClure 158 



774 707 



ore. 



2.".' I 



24 s 

 236 



2.:.". 

 231 



223 



217 

 ■_Ji K l 

 199 

 L98 



193 



NEW IORK. 



I enrich 161 210 132 



I aldson 176 179 134 



Man.l.i 1"7 91 12.; 



S brioner 157 139 143 



( lia.lwick 159 . 193 147 



760 812 682 

 DETROIT. 



N. Sullivan 106 135 162 



\l Bloy 105 135 Hi 



I. Sullivan 112 150 10s 



.1. I. Sullivan 11" 148 12 > 



4'. Uolznagel 112 147 160 



545 715 681, 

 WASHINGTON. 



Cooke ' 122 160 121 



Shaffer 126 14'.' 14" 



McLenmon 19S 163 177 



Barry 117 158 130 



Ernest 115 135 153 



67S 765 733 

 PHILADELPHIA. 



W. Robertson 135 182 167 



W. Cites 116 144 157 



J. Dodils IS" 114 17'.i 



I . Adeibeger 113 83 176 



D.T.Connor 113 134 167 



657 657 846 

 BALTIMORE. 



Riehm 1 132 137 144 



Mo.ss ..• 102 113 16s 



Brown 127 145 109 



Lehr 134 172 144 



Seybold 156 166 ISs 



651 733 753 



ELBERON (N. J.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The first annual outing and clam- 

 bake of the above society was held on 

 Wednesday, August 12th, at Port-au- 

 Peak Woods (Shrewsbury River). 

 One hundred and fifty in all, mostly 

 gardeners with their families, enjoyed 

 a very fine day. The entertainment 

 committee, N. Logan, W. Robertson, 

 James Kennedy, H. Wood and A. 

 Bauer, worked very hard to make it 

 a success, and won the society's thanks 

 for their well-directed efforts. 



Several very exciting games were 

 played and some valuable prizes were 

 presented to the lucky winners. The 

 base ball game between the Monmouth 

 Horticultural Society and Elberon Hor- 

 ticultural Society was a very exciting 

 contest. The score stands 5 to 5 — a tie, 

 and no prize was awarded. Monmouth 

 won the tug of war. Fifteen ladies ran 

 in the .""-yards' ladies' race, and Mrs. 

 Metzdorf of Oceanic captured the first 

 prize. In running-hop-skip^and-jump 

 Jos. Hennessv was the winner. 



A. BAUER, See'y. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 of Boston will have an outing at the 

 New England Nurseries, Bedford, 

 Mass.. on Saturday, Sept. 5. 



CORRECTIONS. 

 In Seed Trade Notes, issue of August 

 l 7 .. the last word but one at the foot 

 of the column, should be "quantities" 

 instead of "qualities". 



In Mr. Koehler's article on A Kal- 

 mia Plantation in Maine, Page 205, in 

 fourteenth line, second column, read 

 nine hundred plants instead of "one 

 hundred." 



A correspondent calls attention to an 

 error in our account of the exposition 

 at Gand, wherein our notes wrongly 

 placed Gand in Holland, instead of 

 Belgium. We plead guilty. 



