April 6, 1907 



HORTICULTURE. 



Thayer Barnes of the Garden Maga- 

 zine. 



Tbe schedule for the May exhibition, 

 which will be held as usual in the Mu- 



EXHIBITION OF THE SCRANTON FLORISTS' CLUB. 



ANTOX SCHUl^rilElS, 

 Presldeut, Scranton Florists' Club 



seum Building of the New York Bo- 

 tanical Garden, is already in the print- 

 ers' hands and will be ready in a few 

 (lays for distribution. The dates for 

 the exhibition are May 8th and 9th. 

 The annual meeting of the society 



Notes on the exhibition illustrated 

 herewith were published in our issue 

 of last week. We should add to the 

 list of awards therein mentioned, hon- 

 orable mention to T. B. McClintock 



year and a half old and has already 

 a membership of seventy-five. Month- 

 ly meetings are held at each of which 

 members' exhibits are held to which 

 points of excellence are awarded and 

 the exhibitor showing the largest num- 



T. B. McClintock, 



Socretary, Sorauton Florists' Club 



takes place on Wednesday, May 8th, 

 on which occasion the address will be 

 made by G. T. Powell, "Renovating the 

 Old Orchard." 



Cash prizes are offered by the Horti- 

 cultural Society of N. Y. and the N. 

 Y. Botanical Garden, and the Society's 

 medals may also be awarded to meri- 

 torious exhibits, as well as cash prizes 

 unlisted. 



Copies of the schedule may be had 

 on application to the office of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society, room 60, 55 Liberty 

 street. New York, 



for old and new style baskets and foi- 

 floral display. This was the first an- 

 nual spring flower show of the club 

 and the first of its kind to be held in 

 Scranton. Admission was free to the 

 public. The Florists' Club is but a 



ber of points at the end of one year 

 will be entitled to a silver cup. The 

 officers of the club are Anton Schul- 

 theis, president; Edgar McConnell, 

 vice-president; T. B. McClintock, sec- 

 retary; Wm. MacDonald, tieasurer. 



The Continental Nurseries of Frank- 

 lin, Mass., under the management of 

 Mr. M. J. Van Leewen, have made 

 connections with several Holland firms 

 to represent them in the sale of their 

 stock here. As the commencement of 



this venture they received a large ship- 

 ment of stock last week by S. S. Stat- 

 endam. Mr. Van Leewen, who is a 

 native of Holland, will devote much 

 of his attention to the introduction 

 of and give a large corner of the nur- 

 series to Holland-grown stock. 



