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HORTICULTURE 



November 30, 1918 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 

 Our last meeting started with a visit- 

 ing trip somewliat hampered in num- 

 bers on account of the labor situation. 

 but there were a round dozen of us 

 and three max;hines. The first stop 

 was made at the establishment of I'. 

 D. Rohrer where we found the usual 

 good batch of carnations nearly all 

 Supreme and Matchless, a house of 

 sweet peas, one of calendula and myo- 

 sotis and a number of houses filled 

 with chrysanthemums, in addition to 

 their cut flower business they are 

 heavy growers of primula and cycla- 

 men and a bed of callas that had been 

 moved over from the establishment of 

 Lemon L-andis before the fuel situation 

 had been settled, Mr. Landis having 

 his houses planted to winter vegetables. 

 The B. F. Barr greenhouses were 

 next visited and here we found the 

 usual display of plants and flowers 

 grown to supply his large retail trade 

 at the store. The new boiler house is 

 a model of efiBciency and almost fire 

 proof. Rudolph Nagle was the next 

 stop and here we found the usual 

 winter supply of flowers as well as 

 several houses of sweet peas among 

 which is an extra fine white sport of 

 Yarrawa that he expects to work up 

 into a regular stock. Enos Kohr's was 

 the last place visited and here the 

 chrysanthemums also were cleaned up 

 and the houses will be run without 

 heat for the winter. His immense 

 carnation houses are planted to three 

 varieties. Matchless, Mrs. C. W. Ward 

 and Alice. The cut has been enor- 

 mous all through Oct.. so that if there 

 is any one in this section will make 

 money out of carnations this season 

 it is our friend Enos. The help prob- 

 lem is partly served by the employ- 

 ment of women for tying, cutting and 

 disbudding carnations. 



The evening meeting was held in 

 the store room of R. F. Barr, our 

 regular place having been comman- 

 deered by the War Work Committee. 

 The paper for discussion was the one 

 written by Mr. PoUworth on the Com- 

 mission House of the Future, and was 

 discussed by the various members 

 with the consensus of opinion being 

 that the grower and the commission 

 man should be in hearty co-operation 

 with each other all the time and 

 plantings should be discussed and de- 

 cided a year ahead whenever prac- 

 tical. 



M. J. Brinton gave us what he is 



pleased to call a rambling talk but 

 which is always full of good advice, 

 and he thought that the past year had 

 taught us all to get more out of our 

 places with less expense and that many 

 hitherto undiscovered leaks would be 

 eliminated and work for better efli- 

 ciency in the business. He also em- 

 phasized the fact that good business 

 policy was not to invest our money 

 in new glass as fast as it is made but 

 to have some in reserve for Just such 

 occasions as we have experienced the 

 past year. He recommended that the 

 club get in touch with W. G. McAdoo 

 and write a petition asking for i)etter 

 express service for cut flowers and 

 plants, said petition to be signed by 

 every member. Tliis was unanimous- 

 ly agreed to and it is hoped every 

 club in the United States will follow 

 suit. 



The club invested from its treasury 

 $300.00 in Liberty Bonds, which made 

 a pretty near 100 per cent, investment. 



A Victory Social Session will be 

 held in the Brenneman Building on 

 Tuesday evening, Dec. 10th, with 

 Messrs. A. F. Strickler, I^emon Landis 

 and H. K. Rohrer managing it. There 

 will be bowling, billiards, pool, cards 

 and eats. 



Albebt M. Hekk. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY 



The monthly meeting and exhibit of 

 this society was held in Glen Cove, 

 N. Y., Nov. 13th. Each chrysanthe- 

 mum class was won by Jas. McCarthy. 

 Thomas Twiggs special for the 12 

 heaviest potatoes was won by Frank 

 Petroccia. Cultural certificate to Frank 

 Petroccia for lettuce, honorable men- 

 tion to John Donibrowski for seedling 

 anemone chrysanthemums. James Hoi- 

 loway exhibited 43 potatoes from one 

 tuber planted on Aug. 24th and upon 

 request made a few remarks upon this 

 exhibit which were quite interesting. 

 A letter of condolence was ordered 

 sent to the family of the late Mrs. C. 

 F. Cartledge and to Herman Boutcher, 

 a member of this society who has just 

 recently lost his wife. President Robt. 

 Jones generously donated $10.00 to be 

 used as prizes for table decorations 

 by gardeners' assistants at our next 

 meeting, Dec. 11th. The society's 

 prize classes are: 25 brussels sprouts. 

 6 leeks and 50 single violets. The presi- 

 dent announced that as the next meet- 

 ing will be the annual meeting and 

 election of officers, it wi'l commence 



xt 6.45 p. m. sharp, and it is hoped as 

 many members as possible will attend. 

 It was decided to hold a smoker at the 

 conclusion of this meeting. 



Habry Goodband, Cor. Secy. 



NEW ENGLAND GARDENERS' CON- 

 FERENCE. 



The gardeners' New England con- 

 ference held under the auspices of 

 the Boston and vicinity members of 

 the National Association of Garden- 

 ers at Horticultural Hall on Friday 

 evening, Nov. 22nd, was called to 

 order by Wm. N. Craig, acting as 

 chairman, who in a stirring patriotic 

 address called attention to what the 

 United States and her Allies have re- 

 cently achieved but warned that there 

 is still much to be done before world 

 democracy becomes a reality. In his 

 remarks, Mr. Craig referred to the 

 wonderful services rendered by the 

 War Gardens, but stated that this 

 work also is not completed, as pro- 

 duction and conservation in the next 

 few years will be as necessary as at 

 any time during the war. Mr. Craig 

 outlined the program of the evening, 

 briefly referred to the several sub- 

 jects to come up for discussion, and 

 then read a letter from Robert Wee' 

 of Cleveland, president of the national 

 association, regretting liis inability to 

 attend the conference and mentioning 

 some of the problems which will con- 

 front the .gardeners during the post- 

 war period, recommending them to 

 the conference for consideration. 



Mr. Craig introduced H. D. Hemen- 

 way of the National War Garden Com- 

 mission. Washington, D. C. who an- 

 nounced that the planting done in the 

 War Gardens during the last two 

 years will be taken up this coming 

 year by the 'Victory Gardens, as it is 

 more essential than ever that food be 

 produced F. O. B. the kitchen door. 

 The speaker presented some figures 

 of the amount of production and the 

 number of gardeners eng;aged in War 

 Gardens, which were astounding in 

 their enormity. He made the state- 

 ment that unless the United States 

 provided food for Russia next year 

 starvation would be widespread over 

 that country, and that official records 

 show that thousands of people, among ^ 

 them principally children, starved to T 

 death in the streets last year. Other 

 countries must be provided for but 

 Russia appears to be the greatest suf- 

 ferer through the halting in crop cul- 

 tivation. It was stated by Mr. Hem- 



