AuRUSt 10, 1918 



HORTICULTUBE 



the next regular meeting. There will 

 ■be special classes open for children 

 and for War gardens. It was decided 

 to carry all members that are in the 

 service without remuneration ui.til the 

 end of the war and to procure a serv- 

 ice flag. Anton Pederson was pre- 

 sented with a cut glass vase by the 

 society in appreciation of his efforts 

 in their behalf, particularly for the 

 fine work he did in connectinn with 

 the July Show. 



Mr. Bischke addressed the society 

 on Chrysanthemums, in particular in 

 regard to the taking ot buds His 

 address was highly interesting and 

 much appreciated by the members. A 

 number of fine exhibits were dis- 

 played by the following members: 

 Phlox and gladiolus, honorable men- 

 tion, to A. Bischke; Cereus grandi- 

 flora. Queen of the Night, cultural 

 certificate to A. Bischke: Cabbage 

 Succession and Bantam Evergreen 

 corn, hon. men. to A. Bischke: Onion 

 Ailsa Craig, to Wm. Whitten. honorable 

 mention. A cultural certificate was 

 awarded James Foster for Musk 

 Melon, Royal Sovereign. A vase of 

 roses and annuals by Joseph Tose, a 

 vote of thanks. Michael Smith car- 

 ried off a cultural certificate for an 

 extra fine display of Lilium tigri^um. 

 A. Alius, Cattleya Adula, honorable 

 mention. Anton Pederson also received 

 honorable mention for tomato '•S'tam- 

 ford Beauty." This is a new tomato 

 which originated with Mr. Pederson 

 and was put out last year for the first 

 time, and so far, has made a wonder- 

 ful showing. A letter was read from 

 A. P. Wezel, who is in the service, in 

 which he speaks of the "bit" he hopes 

 to do for his adopted country. At the 

 next regular meeting which fulls on 

 Sept. 6th, many matters of interest 

 will be taken up and full details of the 

 coming exhibition will be arranged. 

 W. J. Rice. Cor. Secy. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS 



The National Association of Garden- 

 ers will hold their annual convention 

 this year in Cleveland, Sept. 24. 25, 26, 

 with headquarters at the Hollenden. 

 This was announced by President 

 Robert Weeks, who has appointed the 

 following committee to take care ot 

 local convention matters: Herman 

 Knoble, chairman, Walter E. Cook, 

 Frank A. Friedley, M. A. Vinson, R. 

 P. Bryden, Luther Wells and H. P. 

 Rapley. A tentative program has 

 been arranged as follows: Tuesday, 

 24th, 10 a. m., executive meeting; 2 

 p. m. Opening session of convention 

 in assembly room at the Hrllenden, 

 address of welcome bv JIayor Davis. 



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of Cleveland, response by President 

 Robert Weeks. Evening, lecture by 

 a well known man, the Cleveland 

 Florists' Club and the Garden Club to 

 be guests of the evening, Wednesday, 

 25th. the election of officers and in the 

 afternoon, an auto trip tendered visit- 

 ing gardeners through the parks and 

 to leading estates. The feature of the 

 26th will be bowling match between 

 the Cleveland Florists' Club team and 

 the Gardeners. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 

 Rose Registration 

 The following request has been re- 

 ceived for registration of a rose and 

 this has been approved by the Rose 

 Registration Committee. Unless ob- 

 jections are received within three 

 weeks from the date of this publica- 



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 ently accepted: 



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 Multiflora; Freedom of bloom and 

 lasting quality — Among the best, 

 moderate. 



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