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HORTICULTURE 



December 21, 1918 



and when to rest them. A letter of 

 condolence was ordered sent the fam- 

 ily of the late A. Hans, one of our 

 memhers who has recently died. Presi- 

 dent-elect Joseph Adler thanked the 

 society for the honor conferred, and 

 with the members' co-operation, trust- 

 ed the society would have, as in the 

 past, a successful administration. Ex- 

 hibits for the next meeting to be held 

 on Wednesday, Jan. 8th, at 2 p. m., 

 are: three poinsettias cut, twenty-five 

 spikes freesias and six ears of field 

 corn. After the meeting a very enjoy- 

 able social entertainment and smoker 

 was held. John W. EVeritt, our popu- 

 lar toastmaster, handled it in his usual 

 good style. Quite a lot of first-class 

 talent was unearthed amongst the 

 members, not forgetting Andy Wil- 

 son's clog dance. 



Habry Goodband, Cor. Sec. 



PLANTS FOREMOST IN POPULARITY FOR CHRiSTViAS. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At the annual meeting of the Mon- 

 treal Gardeners and Florists' Club on 

 December 2, the following officers 

 were elected: President,, J. J. Trevis; 

 vice-president, R. Miller; 2nd vice- 

 president, W. J. Smith; Secretary- 

 treasurer, W. Horobin; associate sec- 

 retary, Mr. McDonald. Executive com- 

 mittee: G. Pascoe, H. J. Eddy, E. 

 Hayward, C. H. Smith, Gibbs and 

 Schoening. Mr. Hayward gave a talk 

 on coke as fuel, favoring its use in 

 greenhouse heating, up to November. 



The following officers were elected 

 at the annual meeting of the Paterson 

 Floricultural Society on December 3: 

 President, Joseph M. Ackerman; vice- 

 president, Charles E. Walker; treas- 

 urer, Andrew N. Bardener; secretary, 

 Sebastian Hubschmitt; financial sec- 

 retary, Joseph A. Wells; trustees, Al- 

 bert Franck, Marion Trobert, Wil- 

 liam Clookie; executive board, Robert 

 Petrie, Albert Franck, Edward Van- 

 derclifte, H. Cummings; auditing com- 

 mittee, P. Lowe, H. Cummings and 

 Albert Franck. A committee to com- 

 plete arrangements for a smoker to 

 be held in the near future was ap- 

 pointed. Its members are C. Walker, 

 R. Petrie. J. Schumacker, H. Cum- 

 mings, A. H. Smith, A. Frank and H. 

 Schofleld. 



Westerly, R. 1. — Charles Munro of 

 New Haven has purchased the green- 

 house property, formerly owned by S. 

 J. Reuter & Son, and will soon open 

 the greenhouses for business. The 

 greenhouse property is one of the 

 largest of its kind in the state and 

 there are few in New England that 

 equal it in size. 



Begouia Mellor 



A NEW SINGLE VIOLET. 



A new violet named Mrs. David 

 Lloyd George, has received the award 

 of merit of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society in London. The petals are 

 deep violet with a few darker mark- 

 ings at their bases. In the centre are 

 four white petaloid stamens forming 

 a light colored eye and a few violet 

 lines appear on each of them. The 

 fragrance is very pronounced and 

 stems long and sturdy. A photograph 

 of the flowers which appears in the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle for November 16 

 makes a very favorable impression 

 and some American grower should 

 give it a trial as soon as possible. 



rive until December 11th. They 

 looked exceptionally good for all 

 their twelve days on the road, espe- 

 cially the incurved white one called 

 Victory. That one did not have a 

 speck, but the bronze variety, Decem- 

 ber Queen, was a bit faded as to 

 color, and rather droopy. The pure 

 yellow variety. Loyalty, resembles the 

 Victory in size and form and looks 

 like a good acquisition. Altogether 

 these three newcomers for late flower- 

 ing reflect credit on their raiser, El- 

 mer D. Smith, and will be welcomed 

 !iy the trade generally. 



NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



A meritorious exhibit of three vases 

 of new chrysanthemums was on view 

 at the establishment of the S. S. Pen- 

 nock Company last week and excited 

 much favorable comment from the 

 growers and other experts. They 

 were sent in by Elmer D. Smith & 

 Co., of Adrian, Michigan, and were 

 intended for the Florists' Club meet- 

 ing, December 2nd. but did not ar- 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Haverhill, Mass.— Willis F. Eaton, 

 florists, 666 Main street, assets, $60, 

 liabilities, $8,076. 



The number of packages of lily 

 bulbs shipped out of Bermuda from 

 December, 1916, to June, 1917, was 

 1000, as compared with 1224 packages 

 from December, 1915, to June, 1916. 

 This is as reported in the Supplement 

 to Commerce Reports just received. 

 Figures for 1918 have not been given. 



