THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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GARDENERS DIARY 



International Flower Show will lie held 

 under the auspices of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York and the New York 

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

 Cirand 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. 



American Sweet Pea Society. Sweet Pea 

 Show, American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, June 27 and 28. 



Lenox Horticultural Society, l^eno.\. Mass, 

 SuuiuMT slu.w, .Julv 22 ami 23. Fall Show, 

 October 22 and 23, 



Monmouth County Horticultural Society. 

 Fall Show, Red Bank, N. J.. Ortober 28 

 and 29. 



Newport Horticultural Society, Newport, 

 K. I. Outdoor show. .June — . 



MONMOUTH COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, 



A meeting of this .■society was held on 

 tliur.sday evening, January 1.5. 1914. with 

 President .John A. Kennedy in the chair. 

 There was a good attendance and several 

 new propositions for membership were re- 

 ceived. After going through the regular 

 routine of business, the election of officers 

 occurred resulting as follows: President, 

 William Metzdorf; vice-president. Philip 

 Bonner; recording secretary, Harry A. Ket- 

 tel: financial secretary. Percy Hicks; cor- 

 responding secretarj', Philip IJonner; treas- 

 urer, Geo. H. Hale. Executive Committee — 

 Philip Bonner, William Dowlen and John A. 

 Kennedy. The anniial exhibition will be 

 held on Wednesday and Thursday, October 

 2S and 29. 1914, 



The next meeting will be held on Friday, 

 ovening, February 20, 1914, at the Mon- 

 mouth Boat Club house at 7:30 p, m. Meet- 

 ings are to be held the third Friday in 

 the month only. PHHJP BON^NER, 



Corresponding Secretary. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The nineteenth ainnial dinner of the 

 above society was held at the Plaza Hotel, 

 Orange, N, .1,, on Monday, February 2, at 

 8 p, m. The tables were beaiitifully deco- 

 rated with the exhibits for the monthly 

 competition and |)roilnced a striking cfTcct. 



The toastmaster of the evening was J. 

 Austin Shaw, who introduced the various 

 speakers in his own inimitable way. W. .\. 

 Manda responded to the toast of "Our 

 Friends Across the Sea." Frederick W. Kel- 

 spy to the "Nurserymen." John E. Lager to 

 the "N. Y. Florist Club." Frank Drews, the 

 former president, to the "Park and Shade 

 Tree Commissioners," Edwin Thomas (presi- 

 dent) to the "Cooil Fellowship of the So- 



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ciety," J. J. Wilson to the "Seedsmen," and 

 Geo. W. Strange to the "Ladies." 



Pianoforte selections were rendered by 

 Geo. E. Lindermann, and vocal numbers 

 by J. Finnegan. 



Prize winners were: First, Jos. A. 

 Manda; second, Max Schneider; third. Wm. 

 Reid. Very truly yours. 



GEO. W. STRANGE, Secretary. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The lilberon Jlorticultural Society held 

 its regular monthly meeting February 2. 

 This being carnation night, the carnation 

 growers of the Elbcron section of Long 

 Branch, New Jersey, turned out strong and 

 made a very creditable exhibition. 



Mr. C. H. Totty, of Madison, N. J., was 

 a welcome visitor, acting as one of the 

 judges. He complimented the growers on 

 the quality of the flowers and especially 

 White Wonder as grown by Mr. George 

 Masson, and Beacon by Mr. Thomas Ham- 

 bleton. They were superb. 



Mr. Sperling, of the Stump & Walter Co., 

 was also in attendance and complimented 

 the growers on their skill. 



The society is in a very flourishing con- 

 dition, thanks to our worthy treasurer. An- 

 ton Bauer. 



Following is a list of the awards: 



Best 12 white White Wonder, first, Geo. 

 Masson. 



Best 12 white White Perfection, second, 

 D. C. Kelly. 



Best 12 light pink Pink Enchantress, 

 first, George Masson: second, Thomas Uam- 

 bleton; third, D. C. Kelly. 



Best 12 dark pink C. W. Ward, first, D. C. 

 Kelly; second, Anthony Bauer. 



Best 12 dark pink Northport, third. John 

 Chinas. 



Best 12 red Beacon, first, Thomas Ham- 

 bleton ; second, John Clunas. 



Sweepstakes in all classes White Wonder, 

 first, George !Masson. 



Sweepstakes in all classes Pink Enchant- 

 ress, first. George Masson. 



Vase of Mignonette, cultural certilicate. 

 D. C. Kelly. 



Vase of Roses, Radiance, cultural certifi- 

 cate, D. C. Kelly, 



Plant of Phalenopsis Schilleriena, cultural 

 certificate, John Clunas. 



Vase of Coelogyne Ciistata, cultural cer- 

 tificate. George Masson. 



Vase of Sweet Peas, honorable mention, 

 C. O. Duncan. 



Pliiiit of .Amaryllis, vote of thanks. 

 WirXl.-\M BRYAN. 

 Assistant Seerct:iry. 



TUXEDO (N. Y.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular montlily meeting was held 

 in the Parish House on February 4. Presi- 

 dent David Mcintosh occupied the chair, 

 and there «as a large attendance of mem- 

 l)ers, Tt was agieed that the society should 

 hold its annual ball some time in May. and 

 also a fall show, the date to be fixed later, 

 and the executive I'ommittee was instructed 

 to get busy cm the schedule which wc ex- 

 pect to have out some time in .Inly. The 

 society has made arrangements to hold a 



series of lectures during the year by men 

 prominent in horticulture; a lecture will 

 be given at every meeting. At the March 

 meeting Simon Hilmers will talk on "The 

 Value of Wild Birds as Insect Destroyers, 

 and Their Protection." This should be very 

 interesting. We are also holding a rose 

 and carnation night on the same date, 

 March 4, when there will be classes for 12 

 and 6 of each color of roses, and 12 and 6 of 

 each color of carnations; and any other ex- 

 hibits that may be put up will be judged 

 according to their merits. All those who 

 wish to exhibit new varieties can do so by 

 sending them to Thomas Wilson, Tuxedo 

 Park, N. Y., who will see to them being 

 properly staged. An exhibit of Primulas, 

 white and lavender P. malacoides, P. ob- 

 conica and three varieties of Sinensis came 

 from Thomas Wilson, for which he was 

 awarded a certificate of culture, the judges 

 being Joe Manda, West Orange, and James 

 Macmachan. 



Mr. Macmachan, our ex-president, has 

 just returned from a six weeks' visit to 

 Scotland and England, and we hope to have 

 an interesting talk from him in the near 

 future. A. H. Bobbink was elected to mem- 

 bership. 



On the afternoon of February 5, some of 

 the members were the guests of Treasurer 

 Simon Hilmers to a rifle shooting compe- 

 tition, when they shot ovi-r .50-foot and 

 7i)-foot ranges. D. S. Millar proved to be 

 the crack shot with 435 points out of a pos- 

 sible 480 at the shorter range; while over 

 the 75-foot range Cliarles Costicki was the 

 best man with 213 points out of a possible 

 2r)0. After the shooting they adjourned to 

 Mr. Hilmers' cottage and were provided 



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