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HORTICULTURE 



March 7, 1908 



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FORMOSA 



LIUUM LONGIFLORUM 



Ask your dealer for our own special grown stock or write us direct for quota- 

 tions. Only a limited quantity available for the coming season 1908 De- 

 livery will be made the first part of August. The bulbs are thoroughly 

 ripened one month before the Bermuda Harrisii and are considered far 

 superior in quality as they are entirely free from disease. 

 Careful trials were made for two years and were so successful that we 

 imported over 300 cases last season. Our cases will be marked Y. N. Co. 



Orders for this Season Must Be in Our 



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Hands by MARCH 15. 



. YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., Ltd., 31 Barclay Street, NEW YORK | 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The meeting of this society was held 

 in County Building, Hartford, on Feb- 

 ruary 2S, President Huss in the chair. 

 It was cyclamen night and the attend- 

 ance was unusually large, about thir- 

 ty-five members being present. Pres. 

 Huss named Messrs. Sierman, Vid- 

 hourne and Gerard as judges, and the 

 awards were as follows : 



Certificates of merit to C. Peterson 

 for two specimen cyclamen plants; J. 

 F. Huss for six varieties cyclamen 

 and Cineraria .stellata; A. J. Weber, for 

 Cineraria stellata; diploma to P. Zuger, 

 six specimen plants of Primula obconi- 

 ca. W. N. Shumway of Berlin exhibi- 

 ted for the first time a seedling carna- 

 tion of the Enchantress type, color 

 deep pink. He has grown this carna- 

 tion for five years, and says it is prac- 

 tically a non-splitter; a strong grower, 

 and equally as prolific as its parent 

 A special judging committee awarded 

 this promising variety a certificate of 

 merit. F. Roulier read an excellent 

 paper on cyclamen culture. Mr. Rou- 

 lier is one of our most successful cy- 

 clamen growers, and the skilful way in 

 which he treated his subject was 

 heartily applauded. The paper was 

 followed by a lively discussion on the 

 advisability of saving old bulbs. The 

 general opinion was that while an oc- 

 casional specimen plant could be pro- 

 duced from a bulb, the most profitable 

 way would be to grow them annually 



from seed. G. W. Smith was appointed 

 delegate to attend the convention of 

 the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' As- 

 sociation, March 11 and 12, at Wor- 

 cester, Mass. 



ALEX CUMMING, .TR., Sec 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A largely attended meeting of this 

 society was he'd Tuesday evening last. 

 ■Tames Robertson occupied the chair in 

 the unavoidable absence of President 

 Allan. Robert Cameron read a paper 

 on "Annuals and Biennials," which 

 proved verj' interesting and full cf 

 facts well worth knowing, told in such 

 a way that even to those who may 

 have been aware of many of them, 

 there was a freshness that pleased and 

 instructed. The paper was carefully 

 prepared, evidently with the view of 

 disarming criticism; it was well re- 

 ceived and favorably commented up- 

 on and Mr. Cameron was awarded the 

 thanks of the society at its conclusion. 



There were on exhibition a number 

 of seedling carnations from John Mar- 

 shall. James J. Sullivan, Stewart 

 Ritchie and Bruce Butterton. as 

 judges, recommended that the society's 

 silver medal be awarded to Mr. Mar- 

 shall for a red seedling named New- 

 port, and a certificate of merit for a 

 white, end the recommendations were 

 adopted. Newport is good in color, 

 substance of flower and length and 

 strength of stem. Mr. John Beaton ac- 

 companied Mr. Cameron. 



ILLINOIS STATE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



AVe have received a copy of the 

 transactions of the Illinois State Hor- 

 ticultural Society for 1907 which shows, 

 in its contents, that this organization 

 is doing spirited work and endeavoring 

 to fulfil its mission for the practical 

 advancement of horticulture in its 

 jurisdiction. 



Besides the papers and discussions 

 at the 1907 annual meeting of the 

 State Horticultural Society the book 

 contains the proceedings of the meet- 

 ings of the Northern, Central and 

 Southern Illinois Societies for 1907, 

 and much other information of practi- 

 cal value. The papers on "Problems 

 in Co-operative Marketing," by J. B. 

 Graves, of Missouri, and "Forestry for 

 Illinois," by Prof. T. J. Burrill, of the 

 University of Illinois, are of especial 

 interest just now. The book contains 

 a fine portrait of the late Edgar San- 

 ders. 



Any person paying one dollar may 

 become an annual member of the So- 

 ciety and receive a copy of this book 

 postpaid Upon application copies of 

 the book will be furnished school and 

 other libraries of the State, and to 

 local Horticultural Societies. Appli- 

 cants are expected to pay express 

 charges or send stamps to cover 

 postage. 



All communications should be ad- 

 dressed to W. B. Lloyd, Secretary, 

 Kinmundy, 111. 



