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HORTICULTURE 



December 19, 1908 



American Beauties 

 Teas 



Carnations 

 Lily of the Valley 

 Violets 

 Orchids 

 Gardenias 

 Lilies 

 Narcissus 

 Hyacinths 

 Smilax 

 Asparagus, Etc. 



Phone 1664-1GG5 Mad. Sqr. 



ALEXANDER J. GUTTMAN 



The Wholesale Florist of N. Y. 



Florists ofthe United States and Canada 



Gentlemen, — 



You can order from us and rely on the best of 

 everything in the line of Cut Flowers at the right prices. " Quantum 

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34 West 28th Street 



BAR HARBOR HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Par Harbor Horticultural Socie- 

 ty's rooms were formally opened for 

 the winter on the evening of Dec. 3rd 

 at its regular business meeting for De- 

 ler, when its charter closed with 

 a membership of about two hundred. 



i 'ractically every gardener in the 

 vicinity has joined the society as well 

 as many of the leading business men 

 in the town, three of its ministers and 

 most of the professional men, besides 

 many summer residents. 



Over one hundred members were 

 present, including the president, 

 George B. Dorr, who came down from 

 Boston to preside at the meeting and 

 be present at the opening of the rooms, 

 in the arrangement of which for the 

 Society's winter use he has taken the 

 greatest personal interest, spending on 

 it uot a little work and time. 



The rooms were beautifully decor- 

 ated with great taste by a special com- 

 mittee consisting of Wm. T. Burton, 

 John Renwick and Joseph Kirk. Very 

 artistic garlands were skilfully made 

 by a committee consisting of John 

 Brown, Clifford Came and Keneth Mc- 

 Lean, assisted by others. Flowering 

 and decorative plants were furnished 

 by members of the society. 



Secretary Chas. S. Shand made a 

 few very appropriate remarks upon the 

 aim and object of the society, empha- 

 sizing the seriousness of its purpose 

 in the promotion of good gardening 

 and scientific horticulture at Bar 

 Harbor. 



At the close of the meting an orches- 

 tra provided by the musical committee, 

 of which C. S. Shand was the chair- 

 man, was much enjoyed, while the 

 inner man was most generously pro- 

 vided for hy the social committee, over 

 whose welcome to the members Mr. 

 Edward Kirk presided most genially 

 and effectively, assisted by Messrs. 

 Stalford, Renwick, Came, Morris, 

 Denery and Dow. Later in the i 

 ing speeches from the Rev. Stephen H. 

 Green and Senator L. B. 1 > 

 much enjoyed, their humor causing not 

 a little merriment. A smoker and 

 much pleasant talk together, with 

 cards, checkers, chess, and other games 



brought the evening to an end most 

 pleasantly. 



A well-prepared paper upon the 

 winter protection of plants was read 

 at the weekly meeting, Dec 10th, by 

 Wm. T. Burton, chairman of the com- 

 mittee on lectures and discussions, a 

 recognized authority on this subject, 

 which is one of vital interest to the 

 gardeners here, ft was well received 

 and followed hy much educational dis- 

 cussion -by Messrs. Shand, Stalford, 

 Styles, Renwick, Fillietaz and others. 



A paper by Mr. Styles upon Tea and 

 hybrid tea roses will be given Dec. 

 17th. WILLIAM MILLER. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 

 The annual meeting of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society was held Satur- 

 day, Dec. 5th, and was largely attended. 

 Letters were read from several of the 

 judges at the recent exhibition, con- 

 gratulating the members upon the 

 magnificent display and questioning 

 if the same exhibit could be duplicated 

 outside of Lenox. The treasurer and 

 secretary read their annual reports, 

 which showed the society to be in a 

 prosperous condition both financially 

 and otherwise. The following were 

 elected officers for the ensuing term: 

 President, Allan Jenkins; vice-presi- 

 dent, Ernest Marsh; treasurer, F. 

 Heeremans; secretary, George II. In- 

 stone. 



Befoie leaving the chair, President 

 Jack thanked the members for their 

 loyal support during his term, and as- 

 sured them that although out of office, 

 his interest in the society would not 

 diminish, and trusted that the same 

 good feeling would always exist among 

 ih. members, tie also dwelt at length 

 upon the good work the society has 

 done, to further the interest of horti- 

 culture, and the high esteem in which 

 the society was held. E. J. Norman, 

 Erskine Park, was accorded a hearty 

 vote of thanks for some exceptionally 

 fine Flamingo carnations, the color 

 being especially good. The newly- 

 elected president, A. Jenkins, has lately 

 I,, en appointi d superintendent on the 

 S. P. Sholter estate. 



GEORGE H. 1XSTOXE. Sec'y. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORiSTS' 



CLUB OF BALTIMORE. 



The semi-monthly meeting was held 

 Monday, the 14th. The attendance 

 was excellent. R. Vincent, Jr., gave 

 an interesting talk on what he saw 

 in Europe. 



Mr. Vincent having been in Eng- 

 land in the spring and early summer, 

 the surprising quantity of hardy and 

 half-hardy spring flowering material 

 used by our cousins across the At- 

 lantic attracted his particular atten- 

 tion. 



The fact is that at many places 

 where the family leave the home in 

 the early summer to travel, spring bed- 

 ding, as it is called, is made a special 

 feature and almost everywhere Uncle 

 John pays considerable attention to 

 spring embellishment of the flower 

 garden. Although they have a longer 

 springtime than we have, where "win- 

 ter lingers in the lap of spring" and 

 we not infrequently pass with a bound 

 from chilling frosts to midsummer 

 Ik at. yet, nevertheless, there is abund- 

 ant opportunity for improvement in 

 our almost universal lack of florai 

 adornment in the spring season. 



It is not absolutely necessary that 

 we have for so many months of the 

 year so large a surface of stark, bare 

 beds to look at, which might by a 

 liitle skill be rendered beautiful, not, 

 of course, by the garishness of sub- 

 tropical gardening, albeit none the less 

 delightful because the coloring is of 

 a more subdued character. 



Our gardeners' clubs and other or- 

 ganizations would do well to bring 

 matters of this nature before their 

 meetings occasionally and those who 

 possess the knowledge might impart 

 it to their less fortunate fellow crafts- 

 men, thereby awakening an interest in 

 those matters tending to break the 

 monotony of a season of coleus and 

 (annas to be followed by a much 

 longer season of barrenness. Althougn 

 sociability and good fellowship ought 

 always to be a prominent feature at 

 these gatherings of the clans, the ele- 

 vation of the profession should be the 

 predominating factor. 



