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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Jiujutlily meeting of the >>'assau 

 County Iloriicultnral Society was held April 



5 at Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, with Presi- 

 dent PI. Gaut in the chair. 



Special prizes for the society's fall shows 

 were received from the following seed and 

 nursery firms : Shimp & Walter. Burnett 

 Bros., Peter Henderson & Co.. A. T. Bod- 

 dington, W. E. Marshall & Co., Vaughau's 

 Seed Store, Julius Roehers, F. E. Conine 

 and M. Stapelton. 



A letter was read from the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners on the subject of co- 

 operation, inviting all societies interested in 

 the movement to form a committee of three, 

 to be known as the Local Co-operative Com- 

 mittee, to work hand in hand with the similar 

 committee of the N. A. G. 



New members : Mr. Edw. Rorke, Locust 

 Valley, L. I. ; Leon Mamfroy, Roslyn, L. I. 

 Mrs. W. A. Rossiter, Glen Cove, to honorary 

 membership. 



Judges for the monthly exhibits: S. J. 

 Trepess, Jas. Duthie, Geo. Ashworth. Awards 

 as follows : 12 large trumpet Narcissus — 

 First, J. W. Everitt. 12 early single Tulips 

 — First, H. Gattt. 1 pan Hyacinths — First. 

 F. Honeyman. H. Gaut was awarded 

 Cultural Certificate for a very fine specimen 

 of greenhouse grown vegetables and herbs in 

 12 varieties. P. Honeyman was awarded 

 Cultural Certificate for a fine specimen 

 Schizanthus. H. Gaut, Cultural Certificate. 

 2 pans Holland Iris. Jas. McCarthy, vase 

 Carnations, and Jas. Macdonald, vase double 

 Tulips, both Hon. Mention. 



Mr. Wilkinson, of New York State De- 

 partment of Agriculture, gave an interesting 

 and instructive address on "Home Gardens," 

 which was heartily applauded at the close. 

 Mr. P. E. Conine also addressed the meeting 

 on request. 



Mr. J. J. Levesson, of the Brooklyn Parks. 

 will give an illustrated lecture on "The Trees 

 of Long Island" on Thursday afternoon. 

 May 7, at the Glen Theatre, Glen Cove. 



Jas. Duthie, Oyster Bay, brought up for 

 discussion the subject of the quality of 

 vegetables shown at the New York State 

 Fair, held at Syracuse, N. Y., mentioned by 

 Mr. Wilkinson in his lecture, said vegetables 

 being usually a table loaded with a collection 

 of monstrosities of the vegetable kingdom, 

 instead of a quality Al exhibit, such as is 

 staged by the average private gardener at 

 our local shows. "Let quality and not size 

 be the watchword." 



Dates of this society's shows for 1914 : 

 Rose Show, June 9 ; Dahlia Show, October 



6 : Chrysanthemum Show ; October 29 and 30. 



Exhibits for next meeting. Wednesday. 

 May 13, at 7 p. m. : 12 (mixed) Darwin 

 Tulips, 1 vase flowering Shrub and 3 heads 

 Lettuce. 



HARRY JONES. 



Corresponding Secretary. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the New 

 .Jersey Floricultural Society was held in the 

 Jr. O. U. A. M. Hall. Main and Park 

 streets. Orange, N. J., on April fi. 1914. 

 President Edwin Thomas in the chair and 

 23 members present. It was decided to hold 

 the Annual Fruit, Vegetable. Dahlia and 

 Gladiolus Show in October, and to make 

 same the event of the season. The society 

 will also hold a Sweet Pea Show in July. 



A prize of $5 was awarded to Sidney and 

 A. M. Colgate for Trisopelia Suavis, also $3 

 to Mrs. Henry Graves for a fine Cattleya 

 SchrodersR, and $2 to Peter Hauck, Jr.. for 

 a fine speci.xien of Genista. 



The society wishes to thank the vnriou 



seed houses that so kindlv uonated to th( 

 October Show, 1914. 



GEO. W. STRANGE, 



Secretary. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular meeting of the Oyster Bay 

 Horticultural Society was held on March 

 2G, with President John T. Ingram in the 

 chair. 



A letter was read from the N. A. G. with 

 reference to co-operation . It was received 

 favorably, but with the wish for further 

 information. 



W. Robertson received the Society Prize 

 for Cineraria, and Frank Petroccia for 

 Violets. John Devine received Cultural 

 Certificate for a very fine exhibit of 

 Antirrhinums, also Honorable Mention for 

 a fine vase of stocks. 



Joseph Robertson received Honorable 

 -Mention for a vase of well grown Carna- 

 tions. W. Robertson Cultural Certificate for 

 three specimen plants of Cineraria. 



Wm. James Duthie put up a fine oO-foot 

 group of Flowering plants, which very 

 deservingly received a Cultural Certificate. 



W. Robertson spoke on the growing of 

 Cineraria and Antirrhinums, and Joseph 

 Robinson spoke on Carnation growing. 

 James Duthie spoke on growing Schizanthus 

 and A. Pattern on Antirrhenums. 



The Silver Medals kindly donated to the 

 society by Fottler, Friske and Rawson Co.. 

 Boston, were presented to .Tames Duthie and 

 .John Sorosick. The date of the summer 

 show was set for June 18. The Dahlia 

 Show. September 30 and October 1, and the 

 Chrysanthemum Show for October 30. 



A very interesting essay was read by 

 James Duthie on Dahlia growing and was 

 greatly enjoyed, as Mr. Duthie is a past 

 master with that flower. 



An invitation was extended the members 

 by the Nassau County Horticultural Society 

 to attend a lecture on "Home Gardens" on 

 April 8. 



W. Robertson will read an essa.v on 

 "Mushrooms" at the next meeting, April 22. 

 F. KIRKHAM. 



Secretary. 



ELBERON (N. J.) HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the El- 

 beron Horticultural Society was held on 

 Monday evening, April 6, with a large at- 

 tendance. A cultural certificate was 

 awarded to Robert Allen for a trained 

 specimen of Rose Hiawatha, also a cultural 

 certificate to John Chinas for a plant of 

 Cattleya. The schedule of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum show, to be held November 3, 4 and 5 

 at Asbury Park, was adopted and ordered 

 to be sent to the printer for early distribu- 

 tion. Several applications for membership 

 were received and acted upon. 



WILLIAM BRYAN. 



BERNARDSVILLE (N. J.) HORTICUL- 

 TURAL AND AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The above society held its regular 

 monthly meeting in the Horticultural Hall, 

 Monday. April 6, President J. F. Anderson 

 in the chair. It was well attended. Messrs. 

 D. Neal, Khuen and Olivette were appointed 

 to judge the numerous exhibits staged by 

 the members in the point competition. The 

 preliminary schedule for the annual Summer 

 show was read and approved of by the meet- 

 ing. There were three elections to active 

 uunnbership and the following nominations 

 were made: J. Dunn, D. Morpis, A. Reed, 

 A. R. Quimby, J. Nissen and TranbuU. The 



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 W. G. CARTER. 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



NARCISSUS BIFLORUS. 



Two peculiarities distinguish Narcissus 

 biflorus from all other members of the Nar- 

 cissus family. First, it blooms in June ; 

 never in the spring. All spring-flowering 

 bulbs have bloomed and passed away before 

 X. hiflorus sends up its flower stalks. The 

 second peculiarity is that its flowers appear 

 in pairs ; never one, never three or more, but 

 just two, invariably two blooms. They bud 

 and expand simultaneously. Though not so 

 pronounced, it has another characteristic of 

 its own, in the odor which is distinctly bal- 

 samic. It suggests bruised balsam leaves or 

 crushed resinous pine needles with an es- 

 sence of spice intermingled. 



The flowers are cup-and-saucer form. The 

 cup is deep chrome yellow, the saucer or 

 perianth flake white. The flower stems are 

 straight, clean and about six inches tall. I 

 have known J\'. biflorus since my earliest 

 days, but not by the name here given. It 

 was one of the components of all gardens 

 of the old South, and yet one of the com- 

 monest of bulbous flowers, known as the 

 ".June Narcissus." For some unaccountable 

 reason, it either never had a place in cata- 

 logues of popular bulbs, or has been dis- 

 carded for such a length of time that in no 

 catalogues, either of past date or current, 

 can I find it. I wanted to order the bulbs 

 for ray city garden, but could not find a 

 dealer that understood my order. They all 

 substituted N. poeticus and other well-known 

 kinds. I finally sent to the old plantation 

 and had them dug up from where they had 

 grown and naturalized themselves for so 

 many years that the bulbs were crowded to- 

 gether in layers. This crowding of starved 

 and neglected bulbs is the only thing I ever 

 knew to make A", biflorus barren of blooms. 



The plant is one of the hardiest and most 

 prolific of all the narcissi, multiplying and 

 blooming with unfailing regularity for years 

 and years with almost no culture. T\Tien 

 the roses, pinks and poppies make the June 

 garden brilliant, this pure white narcissus 

 adds the charm of sweet simplicit.v. 



E. A. LIPPMAN c"r-e^hous'e 



M^m J-l« M^KM. A lTl.f-&ll SHADING 



No. 6 High Street. Morristown, N. J. 



AFTER manv years' experience in Green- 

 liouse work, witb Lord & Btirnham Com- 

 pany, in the glazing and painting depart- 

 ment. I am convinced that what is most needed 

 in this line is a good shading, and I am pleased 

 to advise you that I have the rail thinj:, which 

 I am sure you will find to be just what you are 

 looking: for. 



This shading is beneficial to the painted wood, 

 OS it does not contain any gasoline or naphtha 

 which would destroy the paint. In addition, it 

 is beneficial to the glass also, for you will find 

 that when the shading is removed the glass re- 

 tains its former brilliancy. 



As to its application, this is a very easy 

 matter. It can be either sprayed on or put on 

 with a soft brush. For real good work, however, 

 I would recommend the use of a soft brush. 



Another advantage of this shading is that when 

 it is no longer needed, it can be removed without 

 any difficulty, leaving the glass, as before stated, 

 with its original brilliancy. 



I am making this up in gallon cans, in three 

 shades — light green, light bine and pure white. 

 When ordering", kindly mention the color desired. 



I trust that you will kindly favor me with a 

 trial order to prove its worth, after which I have 

 no doubt whatever but that you will continue Its 



Mention the Gardeners* Chronicle whe 



write. 



