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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



GARDENERS DIARY 



International Flower Show will be held 

 under the auspices of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York and the New York 

 Florists' Club, March 21 to 28, 1914, at 

 Grand Central Palace, New York. 



Chicago Spring Flower Show will be held 

 under the auspices of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety, March 24 to 29, 1914, at Chicago, 111. 



Boston Spring Flower Show will be held 

 under the auspices of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, 1914, at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, Mass. 



. Philadelphia Spring Flower Show will be 

 held under the auspices of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society, 1914, at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Lenox Horticultural Society was held in the 

 Town Hall, Lenox, on Saturday evening, 

 November 1. President McConnachie oc- 

 cupied the chair, but the attendance was 

 hardly up to the usual. The chief business 

 was centered on the Fall Show held the 

 week previous. Financially it was a suc- 

 cess, and the drawings at the door were a 

 good bit in advance of the previous year. It 

 was moved that all bills and premiums be 

 paid, and that the Committee of Arrange- 

 ments be awarded a hearty vote of thanks 

 for their work. For the same show next 

 year the society has already acquired two 

 handsome cups for competition offered by 

 Mr. Gloeekner, Albany, and Messrs. Jos. 

 Breck & Co. through Mr. Van Baarda. 



Mr. Ed. Jenkins gave an interesting talk 

 on his trip to Madison, N. J., where he was 

 competing at the show. 



Several alterations were made regarding 

 the plant groups and vegetable collections 

 for next year. 



JOHN MAIE, 

 Assistant Secretary. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Chrysanthemum night was observed by 

 the Connecticut Horticultural Society on 

 November 6, and several tables were neces- 

 sary to hold the profusion of chrysanthe- 

 mum blooms exhibited by President John 

 F. Huss, from the Goodwin estate, Hart- 

 ford; by Alfred Cebelius, gardener for Rev. 

 Melancthon W. Jacobus, Hartford; by 

 W. S. Mason, of Farmington, gardener for 

 the Pope estate; by Carl Peterson, of West 

 Hartford, from the Whiting green houses; 

 by Louis Chauvy, gardener for Walter L. 

 Goodwin; by A. N. Pierson, of Cromwell, 

 and by T. B. Brown, of Windsor. 



One of the features of the exhibit was 

 a vase of '"William Turner" (Japanese in- 

 curved), shown by Mr. Cebelius, which cre- 

 ated quite a sensation. The flower is a per- 

 fect ball of pure white, some of the blooms 

 measuring 2.3% inches in circumference. 



Among the collection of choice chry- 

 santhemums were the following: Harry 



Converse, a beautiful bronze color; Mary 

 Doiinellan, a splendid golden yellow; Mrs. 

 J. C. Kelley, having deep red petals, reverse 

 lavender; Glenview, a magnificent globe of 

 dark red, reverse light bronze; Br. Engue- 

 hart, bright pink, being a fine variety for 

 cut flowers, and William Duckham, having 

 massive incurved flowei-s. 



Messrs. C. H. Sierman, John Gerard and 

 Gustav Minge were named as judges by the 

 chairman, and they awarded displomas as 

 follows: First-class certificates to Alfred 

 Cebelius and to A. N. Pierson, for exhibit 

 of pompons; to Connecticut Agi'icultural 

 College, for seedling carnations; to War- 

 ren C. Mason, collection of pompons and 

 singles (G6 varieties) ; cultural certificates 

 to Whiting green h,ouses, four vases chry- 

 santhemums; Connecticut Agricultural Col- 

 lege, chrysanthemum sports; T. B. Brown, 

 seedling chrysanthemums; certificates of 

 merit to John F. Huss, three vases singles 

 and eight vases of the large variety; Louis 

 Chauvy, one large vase of assorted; and 

 to W. C. Mason, two vases chrysanthe- 

 mums. H. J. Thompson received "honor- 

 able mention" for potatoes, one weighing 

 2 pounds 6 ounces and the other 2 pounds 

 11 ounces. 



President Huss gave an account of his 

 trip to the flower show of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York, held at the 

 Museum of Natural History, New York 

 City, last Monday, followed by Mr. Alex- 

 ander Gumming, Jr., and Mr. Alfred Ce- 

 belius, who also attended the show. A 

 hearty vote of thanks was extended to the 

 judges and to the exhibitors. Six new 

 candidates were elected to membership. 

 Tlie attendance was the largest this fall, 

 forty members being present. The next 

 meeting will be held on November 25. 



ALFRED DIXON, Secretary. 



ELBERON (N. J.) HORT. SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the El- 

 beron Horticultural Society was held in 

 Firemen's Hall, Elberon, on Monday, No- 

 vember 3, President Geo. Masson presiding, 

 with a good attendance. James Cartright 

 was elected an active member of the So- 

 ciety. The decisions of the judges of tlic 

 evening's exhibits were: Wm. Seymour. 

 Carnations, 75 points; Chas. Duncan, Jr.. 

 Chrj'santhemum Harvard, 82 points. The 

 officers for the ensuing vear were elected as 

 follows: Thos. Hambleton, President; F. T. 

 Eddington, Vice-President; George Masson, 

 Secretary; Wm. Bryan, Assistant Secre; 

 tary; August Grieb, George Masson and 

 Wm. Bryan, Executive Committee. The 

 Boddington medals for horticultiu'e for the 

 year 1913 were won by Wm. R. Seymour 

 (gold); Chas. Duncan (silver), and George 

 ilasson (bronze). The next meeting will 

 be held December 1. 



WM. R. SEYMOUR, 



Asst. Secretary. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY ANNUAL 

 EXHIBITION FOR 1914. 



The Executive Committee of the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society met in New York City 

 Monday, November 10, an'd, pursuant to 

 the resolution of the meeting of the so- 

 ciety held at Minneapolis, decided to hold 

 the annual meeting for 1914 in conjunction 

 with the New York Horticultural Society 

 and New York Florists' Club. The show 

 will be held March 26, 1914, in the Grand 

 Central Palace. 



The management has offered the sum of 

 .$2,500 for a premium to be used by the 

 Rose Society. The E.xecutive Committee 

 has accepted this offer. The premium list 

 will be prepared without delay so far as 

 possible to secure the best results. 



The rules and regulations governing test 



rose gardens, which were presented at the 

 last meeting and submitted for further ex- 

 amination, were carefully gone over and 

 passed as directed at the Minneapolis meet- 

 ing. 



The Rose Test Gardens in view are at 

 Arlington Heights, Washington, D. C; 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., and Min- 

 neapolis, Minn., park system, and also at 

 New Brunswick, N. J. The effort to secure 

 the list of all roses originated in America 

 with their pedigrees has met with much 

 appreciation. This list will be properly ar- 

 ranged and published as far as received in 

 the Annual Bulletin for 1913. Messrs. 

 Robert Simpson and Robert Pyle are ap- 

 pointed to assist the secretary in the work 

 of preparing the Bulletin. 



BEN.JAJHN HA^OIOND, 



Secretary. 



NOVEMBER. 



June is sweet, for then I found thee; 



But November, gray and cold. 

 Weaves warm memories around thee, 



Spun of gold. 



June a rose-time we remember. 



Ere the boy became the man; 

 But in earnest with November, 



Life began. 



Still I see thee, as we threaded 

 Gray woods under grayer skies; 



Strange new hopes and fears were wedded 

 In thine eyes. 



And when these had been translated 

 Into awed and reverent speech, 



Stronglier then our souls mated 

 Each with each. 



Deep with vernal promise laden. 

 As with buds the leafless wood, 



Here was blossoming of the maiden — 

 Womanhood. 



JOS. A. MANDA 



ORCHID EXPERT 

 West Orange New Jersey 



BURPEE'S SEEDS 



PHILADELPHIA 



