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HORTICULTURE, 



June 15, 1907 



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NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting for .Tune, the last until 

 September, on Monday evening, 10th 

 inst., was a very interesting one al- 

 though no special topic had been as- 

 signed for consideration and there 

 were 55 members present. The subject 

 of a club room, rented or. owned, was 

 discussed at lengtb and was left for 

 settlement by the board of trustees. J. 

 C. Vaughan, who was a visitor, made 

 some remarks relative to the National 

 Flower Show to be held in Chicago, 

 and F. H. Traendly stated that it was 

 understood that all the money required 

 for this affair had been guaranteed. 

 The outing committee reported all 

 ready for the picnic of July 2, with 

 program of sporting events all ready 

 and ample list of trophies. W. P. 

 Craig was present with an exhibit of 

 Nephrolepis Amerpohlii, which the 

 judges honored w ith a certificate of 

 merit. Committees were appointed as 

 follows: Transportation to S. A. F. 

 convention at Philadelphia next Au- 

 gust, Messrs. F. H. Traendly, John 

 Young, J. B. Nngent; resolutions on 

 death of lather of E. V. Hallock, Alex. 

 AVallace, Patrick O'Mara, John Birnie; 

 on death of Julius Kretschmar, John 

 Scott, Patrick O'Mara, A. Jaennecke. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society held its regular meet- 

 ing June 7, President McGregor in 

 the chair. John D. Morrison gave a 

 very interesting and instructive lec- 

 ture on insect pests. On June 21 

 Wra. Miller of Lynn will speak on 

 Panama and the West Indies. The 

 show committee wish to announce 

 that owing to the backward season 

 the rose show will be held at a later 

 date than printed in the schedule, 

 due notice of which will be given 

 later. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Elberon Horticultural Society, 

 Hlbercn, N. J., will hold their rose 

 and strawberry show on June 17. 



The Lynn Horticultural Society, 

 Lynn, Mass., held their meeting on 

 June 'i, and listened to interesting ad- 

 dresses by E. F. Dwyer on peonies 

 and Rev. C. L. Peterson on The Se- 

 quoia tree of California. The annual 

 rose exhibition will be held on June 

 22. 



vania held its closing meeting on June 

 &. A reception was held in the Botan- 

 ical Garden in the afternoon. In the 

 evening the honorary president C. C. 

 Harrison gave the introductory ad- 

 dress, Studies in Economic Botany 

 were discussed by R. H. True, and 

 IJr. U. Gildersleeve spoke of The 

 relations of bacteria and plant dis- 

 eases. Stories of the familiar flowers 

 were given by various members. 



TO LAY OUT A TENNIS COURT. 

 Dear Editor; — 



Would you give me the measure- 

 ments and directions for laying out a 

 tennis court, through your valuable 

 paper, HORTICULTURE. 



Thanking you for the same and 

 trusting to see a reply in due time. 

 Sincerely yours, 



W. McK. 



The correct dimensions of a tennis 

 court, can be best found in a little 

 10 cent publication by Spaulding, the 

 athletic outfitters, who have branches 

 in nearly all the large cities. Besides 

 dimensions many practical hints are 

 also given. The pamphlet can be pro- 

 cured in any sporting goods store. 

 It would be impossible to lay down 

 any one rule or method tor construct- 

 ing a court as the position, nature of 

 the available drainage and several 

 other things have to be taken into 

 consideration, the two chief objects 

 to attain being a perfectly drained 

 court, and a surface that will keep 

 perfectly smooth, damp enough so that 

 it will not "dust," and at the same 

 time not adhere to the tennis shoes ot 

 the players. The most perfect sur- 

 face I ever saw was only attained after 

 many things had been tried. The body 

 of the court was built about 18 inches 

 with stone, starting with cobbles and 

 finishing off with the finest gravel, but 

 every thing we tried, from all kinds 

 of sand, sifted ashes, etc., would not 

 give the necessary "firm" footing. At 

 last we ran across a seam in a gravel 

 pit, that was gravel and very coarse 

 sand with small particles ot clayey 

 loam in it. This material when 

 dampened and well rolled proved per- 

 fect and held for a season at a time. 

 CHARLES INGRAM. 



The Botanical Society ot Pennsyl- 



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OBITUARY. 



Julius Kretschmar, aged 62 years, 

 died at his home, Lincoln Road, Flat- 

 bush, N. Y., on Saturday, June 8. The 

 funeral took place on Tuesday, June 

 11. Mr. Kretschmar was for many 

 years a member of the Society of 



Julius Kkktschmak. 



American Florists and the New York 

 Florists' Club. He was formerly in 

 business in Flathush and afterwords 

 at West Nyack with his brother, H. G. 

 Kretsc.hmar. For some time he has 

 been in precarious health. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 A Peony Check List. Including the 

 leading varieties of Peonies of which 

 authentic descriptions can be found in 

 horticultural literature. Prepared by 

 John Eliot Coit with the co-operation 

 of the committee on nomenclature of 

 the American Peonv Society. Pub- 

 lished at the N. ¥.' State College of 

 .■Vgriculture at Cornell University. In 

 compiling this list of 2706 peony 

 names, with numerous references, Mr, 

 Colt has plainly performed a most 

 arduous task. No claim is made for 

 perfection or completeness but a good 

 beginning has been made and with the 

 foundation now laid the further prose- 

 oition of this useful work will be less 

 difficult. The list is arranged alpha- 

 bet ically. Every one interested in the 

 peony will want a copy. 



