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Harvey, vice-president of the New 

 Hampshire Horticultural Society; J. 

 W. Clark, the new president of the 

 Massachusetts i-'ruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion; Prof, F. C. Sears of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultui-al ■ College; Edwin 

 H. Burliugame, secretary of the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society; Dr. Geo. 

 M. Twitchell of Augusta, Me.; A. War- 

 ren Patch of Boston, and Joseph K. 

 Greene. The Midgley Quartet, com- 

 posed of Leonard C. Midgley, Mrs. Har- 

 ry Hildreth, and Mr. and Mrs. Percy 

 G. Forbes, sang selections, while Mr. 

 Forbes and Mr. Midgley sang two 

 duets. The exercises closed with a se- 

 lection by the quartet. 



The guests adjourned to the .nain 

 hall, where the Light Infantry Orches- 

 tra played for dancing until 12 o'clock. 



SPRING FLOWER SHOW. 



The annual spring Hower show of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston. Friday to Monday, 

 March 20 to 23. 



The displays of spring bulbous 

 plants, including tulips, narcissi, hya- 

 cinths, and lilies, at this exhibition 

 will exceed in magnitude and bril- 

 liancy any previous efforts of the So- 

 ciety. 



Other notable features will be the 

 collections of Easter flowering plants, 

 herbaceous spiraeas, acacias, azaleas, 

 ericas, and orchids from private es- 

 tates in the vicinity of Boston, while 

 many commercial floriculturists of 

 this and other States will contribute 

 the best products of their greenhouses. 



Roses, carnations, and violets will 

 be largely represented and the sched- 

 ule calls also for collections of winter 

 apples and vegetables. 



In response to an often expressed 

 desire by visitors to the Society's ex- 

 hibitions and to increase their educa- 

 tional value a professional expert 

 gardener will be in constant attend- 

 ance to answer questions and to fur- 

 nish information concernin.g the ex- 

 hibits. 



There will be music by a ladies' or- 

 chestra of eight musicians every after- 

 noon and evening from " to 5 and from 

 7.30 to 9.30. 



The exhibition will open BYiday, 

 March 20, at 12 o'clock, continuing un- 

 til Mondav, March 23, from 10 a. m. to 

 10 p. m. 



WM. P. RICH, Secretary. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



On the evening of Friday, March 6th, 

 the Buffalo Florists' Club held their 

 annual banquet, smoker and election 

 of officers. Not only in numbers, but 

 in every other respect, the meeting and 

 banquet were the most successful in 

 years. 



After the installation of officers and 

 the regular routine ot business had 

 been transacted, the members enjoyed 

 the smoker immensely: there was 

 something doing every minute. All 

 features of the entertainment were ex- 

 cellent, and the committee is to be 

 congratulated on securing such talent 

 as was had. 



Louis Neubeck, acting as toastmas- 

 ter, was of rare worth and held the 

 attention of the members throughout. 

 The first speaker of the evening was 

 William Legg, the Club's past secre- 

 tary, whose remarks were interesting 

 and to the point. Among the other 



members who were heard from were 

 Wiliam Scott. Wiliam F. Kasting, 

 Charles Keitsch and others, 



E. C. B. 



SOME TOLEDO FLORISTS. 



The Florists' Club visited last Sun- 

 day afternoon the establishments of C. 

 Kaminski, John Gratopp, Harry Heinl 

 and Chas. Koelker & Sons. Kaminski 

 has two houses and caters to the re- 

 tail trade. Gratopp's range, which is 

 quite extensive, is planted mostly in 

 carnations, which are in solid benches, 

 fringed by parsley, mainly for the 

 looks of it, for parsley does not pay 

 this year. A large house, 41x100, erect- 

 ed late la^t fall, is intended for roses, 

 but at the present time contains let- 

 tuce. At Heinl's houses, about the 

 largest place in town, the cut of roses 

 and carnations has been verj' satis- 

 factory. Mr. Heinl is a strong be- 

 liever in pot-grown carnations. He 

 grows also a large amount of bedding 

 plants, which are sold every year at 

 planting season for 5c. each, no pots 

 and no delivery. Chas. Koelker & 

 Sons' place is taken care of by his two 

 boys. Roses and carnations are the 

 main crop besides bedding plants, etc , 

 as used in every retail store. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The bi-monthly meeting of this so- 

 ciety was held March 5th, President 

 Clark in the chair. After the election 

 ot members and other routine business 

 J. Griffin read a very interesting paper 

 on Vegetable Growing, which was fol- 

 lowed by a profitable discussion. It 

 was decided to hold a banquet after 

 our next meeting, Thursday, March 

 3 9th. U. G. AGER. 



AN ASTER GROWING CONTEST. 



Entry to Altimo Culture Co.'s 

 $250.00 Prize Aster Growing Contest 

 is Free to All. 



W^e desire to inform those who 

 have received our Aster Book, that, 

 the condition requiring competitors to 

 purchase some part of their seed from 

 us is no longer required. We will send 

 a card for entry Free — whether you 

 buy seed from us or not — Similar va- 

 rieties to those grown from "Altimo" 

 Brand Seed will be considered in com- 

 petition for the regular prizes; and 

 any variety superior to "Altimo" 

 Brand Varieties will be considered in 

 competition for the special prize. 



If you have good seed of fine varie- 

 ties you stand in a good way to win. 

 provided you are a good grower. If 

 your varieties are run out then you 

 better get some first class seed from 

 us. At any rate, we leave this to you. 

 but we want you to compete for the 

 prizes. 



We want a lot ot competitors for 

 our prizes; a big contest, that the 

 prizes will really go to the best Aster 

 Growers in America. This can only 

 be provided the best Aster Growers 

 compete for the prizes. Some of the 

 best have already approved our plan 

 and express enthusiasm over it and 

 we appreciate the same, but we want 

 to hear from every Aster Grower In 

 America, so write for competition card 

 today. 



Yours for success. 

 ALTIMO CULTURE CO.. 

 Canfield, Ohio. 



Obituary 



Henry F. Rauss. 

 Henry F. Rauss, of Detroit, Mich., 

 died on February 26, aged 49. He was 

 connected with the greenhouses at 

 Belle Isle previous to his long illness. 

 A widow and children sui^'ive him. 



Austin Craig Apgar. 



Prof. Austin Craig Apgar, a promi- 

 nent botanist, die<l at his home in 

 Trenton, N. J , on March 5. He was 

 an extensive contributor to periodicals 

 and the author of several books on 

 trees. 



Robert B. Leuchars. 



Robert B. Leuchars, a well-known 

 writer on subjects horticultural and 

 floricultural, died in Brookllne, Mass., 

 aged S5. He retired from active busi- 

 ness as a landscape gardener some 

 twenty-five years ago. 



William Sabin. 

 William Sabin, of Bridgeport, Pa., 

 died on February 26, aged 72. He was 

 born in Staffordshire, England, btit 

 since 1888 had been in this country, 

 first as florist, and later as sexton of 

 the Bridgeport cemetery. 



Allen Dodge. 

 Allen Dodge, the oldest employe of 

 the Department of Agriculture in 

 Washington, died at his home in that 

 city March at the age of eighty-five 

 years. He was a native of the District 

 of Columbia and had been a pomolo- 

 gist in the department for twenty- 

 seven years. 



Frank Cummings, Sr. 

 Frank Cummings, Sr., died in Meri- 

 dian, Miss., on February 23, at the age 

 of 83. Mr. Cummings was at the head 

 of the F'rank Cummings Bulb & Plant 

 Co., having conducted this business for 

 seven years. A son and two grandsons 

 now comprise the firm, and they will 

 retain the title as it now stands. 



Prof. Kellerman. 

 Word has been received from the 

 American minister at Guatemala City 

 of the death last Sunday ot malarial 

 fever of Professor Kellerman, head of 

 the botanical department at the Ohio 

 State Univei-sity, who was studying 

 the flora there. He was 50 years old 

 and a graduate of Cornell University. 



John E. Mitchell. 

 John E. Mitchell, who for many 

 years has conducted extensive green- 

 houses in Beverly, Mass., passed away 

 on March 3, at the age of 71. Mr. 

 Mitchell was born in Huntley, Scot- 

 land; was of quiet, modest manner; 

 unostentatious in his charities, and 

 will be greatly missed. A widow, a 

 daughter and a son who have been as- 

 sociated with him in the business, sur- 

 vive him 



