THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



911 



GARDENERS DIARY 



International Flower Show will be held 

 under the auspices of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York and the New Yorls- 

 Florists' Club, March 21 to 28, 1014, at 

 Grand Central Palace, New York. 



Chicago Spring Flower Show will be held 

 under the auspices of tlie Horticultural So- 

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



Philadelphia Spring Flower Show will be 

 held under tlie auspices of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society, 1914, at llorticul- 

 tiirai Hall. I'liihulclphia, Pa.. March 21. 



American Sweet Pea Society. Sweet Pea 

 Show, American iluseum of Natural His- 

 tory, June 2" and 28. 



Lenox Horticultural Society, Lenox. Mass. 

 Summer Show, .lulv 22 and 23. Fall Show. 

 October 22 :uk1 2;!.' 



Monmouth County Horticultural Society. 

 Fall Slunv, Ked JUuik. X. .T.. ()i-t(iber 2S 

 and 29. 



Newport Horticultural Society, Newport, 

 P. I. .luue Show, .lune 24 and 2o. Summer 

 show. .Au.u'ust 12 and T.'i. 



Royal Horticultural Society, London. 

 Enghuid. Sjiring Show. Chelsea. May 19- 

 21 : Summer l^how, Holland House. June ;30- 

 July 1-2. 



Scranton Florists' Show, Spring' Show. 

 Town Hall. Seraulou, Pa.. Mareh 31- 

 April I. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The meeting of the New Jersey Flori- 

 cultural Society at Orange on Monday 

 evening, Jlarch 2, had a very jjoor attend- 

 ance on account of the storm. Vice-Presi- 

 dent Henry Halbig occupied the chair in 

 the absence of the president. We had quite 

 an interesting meeting, and proceedings 

 were taken on the Annual Dahlia. Fruit 

 and Vegetable Show to be held in October. 

 A prize of $5 was awarded to Max Schnei- 

 der for a fine specimen of Begonia Glory of 

 Cincinnati and $3 to John Hoffman for a 

 splendid vase of sweet peas. 



GEO. W. STRANGE. 



Secretary. 



OYSTER BAY (N. Y.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the Oyster Bay 

 (N. Y.l Horticultural Society was held on 

 Wednesday. February 2.5. A letter was 

 read from the Country Life Permanent Ex- 

 position inviting the members to attend 

 the flower show, also stating that Friday, 

 March 6 would be gardeners' day. All 

 those who were inclined to show were ad- 

 vised to enter at once. The judges made 

 awards as follows: .T. Duthie. first for cycla- 

 men; John Soros ie. first for narcissus: 

 Frank Petroecia, first for Whitlof chicory. 

 James Duthie received honorable mention 

 for a fine exhibit of Primula malacoides, a 

 great improvement on the ordinary type, 

 also for a collection of pink freesia. .Tames 

 Duckham received honorable mention for an 

 excellent pot of Lilium Harrisii. which 

 showed skillful growing, and John Sorosie, 

 for some very fine petunias. 



.James Duthie gave a very interesting 

 talk on cyclamen growing and answered 



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several questions in respect to the cyclamen 

 grub. James Duckham spoke on Lilium 

 growing, and John Sorosie spoke on nar- 

 cissus forcing. John Ingi-am and Joseph 

 Robinson were accorded a hearty vote of 

 thanks for their work at the dinner. The 

 secretary was also instructed to write to 

 Burnett Bros, and thank them for the 

 unisic thev rendered at the dinner. 



F. KURKilAN, Secretary. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the New 

 Bedford Horticultural Society was held 

 Mouday evening, March 2. 'Phe schedules 

 for the season's shows were completed and 

 referred to the executive committee. The 

 couunittee plans to have schedules ready 

 for intending exhibitors early in April. An 

 interesting discussion followed concerning 

 the merits and demerits of the freezing 

 process for keeping cut flowers. One mem- 

 ber told of having a bunch of paper white 

 narcissus frozen solid into a pitcher of 

 water, and when thawed found they were 

 alisolutely unharmed, except for the ab- 

 sence of odor, and the flowers kept in fine 

 condition for ten days. 



H. A. Jahn exhibited a vase of a seedling 

 carnation from plants which h;vd been ab- 

 solutely frozen for six days. At the time 

 of a cold snap in January the roof of his 

 carnation house Avas blown olT and the 

 plants exposed to the rigors of a high wind 

 and a temperature of 2 degrees below zero 

 for severiil hours. The plants remained in 

 a frozen condition for six days, and when 

 finally thawed all were black except this 

 one variety. Suow was used in the thaw- 

 ing process. The flowers exhibited were in 

 fine condition, foliage good and stems rigid. 

 'WM. F. TURNER. 



sinig, and a very enjoyable evening came 

 to a close. 



F. KIRKIIAM, Secretary. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting was held in 

 the Parish House on ilarch .5. President 

 David Mcintosh in the chair. The main fea- 

 tures of the evening were the rose and car- 

 nation night and a lecture from Mr. Simon 

 liilniers on the "Value of Wild Birds as In- 

 sect Destroyers and Their Protection," which 

 proved to be of great interest to our pro- 

 fession as gardeners. The president called 

 a recess to allow the judges to go over the 

 exhibits, which were the finest the society 

 ever held at its monthly mc^eting. Although 

 there was not nuicL competition, there were 

 entries in most of the classes. There were 

 some very fine exhibits from the commercial 

 glowers. During the recess refreshments 

 of coffee and cakes were provided by the 

 president, which were partaken of heartily 

 by all those present, and music by the Tux- 

 edo orchestra. 



Two new members were elected — Charles 

 ): .Sill :ni<l Einil Helms. 



The next meeting will be held in the 

 Parish House on April 1, when Mr. Maurice 

 Fuld will lecture on "The Progressive Age 

 as Applied to Horticulture." 



The judges for the evening were for the 

 commercial exhibits ilessrs. Tansey, Millar 

 and JIcMachou ; for the private exhibits, 

 Messrs. Barth, E. Wilson and Sheppard. 

 THO.MAS WH.SON, Secretary. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



I' 1 lar luoiitlily meeting of the above 

 society was held in the Town Hall, Lenox, on 

 Saturday evening, ilarch 7. President Mc- 

 Connachie occupied the chair, ami the meet- 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual dinner of the above society, 

 held at the East Norwich Hotel recently. 

 was a decided success. The Committee of 

 Arrangements deserve great credit. 



Plates were laid for 100, but owing to 

 the severe weather some of our friends 

 would not venture out. 



The menu was excellent, in accord with 

 which East Norwich Hotel is noted. 



President J. T. Ingram introduced our 

 "ell-known friend yi. (', Fbel. who acted as 

 toastmaster in his usual jovial way. 



A very ha]>])y incident occurred when ex- 

 President James Duthie was presented with 

 a fine fountain pen on behalf of some of 

 the members as a token of appreciation of 

 his service while president. Mr. Duthie 

 responded in a pleasing manner, and as- 

 sured us of his support in the future. 



Among the speakers were John Everett. 

 B. Wilson. Mr. Johnson, Sam Burnett, of 

 Burnett Bros.: Mr. Hays, of H. Dreers: 

 Mr. Disbrow, Oyster Bav: D. Hickman, of 

 Bobbink & Atkiiis: Jlr. .fohnson, of McNiffs. 

 and Charles Mazel. 



The evening was enlivened with some fine 

 musicians, among whom were the well- 

 known sons of George Burnett. 



The usual song ".\uld Lang Svne" was 



Th e An d qr r/^Way 



is to grow, train and frequently 

 transplant trees and shrubs of 

 distinctive varieties, so that 

 specimens are produced which 

 will make landscape of beauty 

 in moiubs rather than years. 



Sec .\ndorra! See the robust 

 Lindens, the quick growing Pin 

 Oaks, the Norway Maples, the 

 splendid shrubs that are here in 

 transplanted large sizes. 



Sec Andorra! Write if you 

 cannot come. Our experience 

 and unmatched stock are at 

 your coininand. Spring cata- 

 Irirr,ie now ready. 



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