August 14, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 club was held on August 3rd at 916 P 

 street, with President Kramer in the 

 chair and Jas. S. Carbery acting sec- 

 retary. A vote of thanks was tendered 

 Geo. Shaffer and committee for the suc- 

 cessful way in which the recent out- 

 ing was managed, also to Supt. Theo- 

 dore King of Old Dominion R. R. for 

 courtesies shown. (See "During Re- 

 cess.") 



It was voted that at the auto flower 

 parade on Sept. 30th, the club enter 

 a touring car decorated entirely with 

 natural flowers, not in competition. A 

 good part of the evening was spent in 

 discussing the respective merits of the 

 natural and artificial flowers for deco- 

 rating cars. The concensus of opinion 

 was in favor of natural flowers. 



A cash donation was made tor the 

 committee to use for the purchase of 

 flowers to decorate the car, and also 

 for a cup to be awarded the hand- 

 somest car decorated entirely with nat- 

 ural flowers. 



The acting secretary was instructed 

 to ascertain from the Chamber of Com- 

 merce their attitude in regard to deco- 

 rating with natural instead of artificial 

 material; also to ask their views in re- 

 gard to having two sets of judges, if 

 both kinds of flowers are to be used, 

 and to request that the club be allowed 

 to appoint the judges for natural flower 

 cars of out-of-town men. 



President Kramer announced that the 

 forthcoming flower show will be held 

 at the old Masonic Temple from No- 

 vember 7th to 14th. 



MARKET GARDENERS' PICNIC. 



The first annual outing of the Mar- 

 ket Gardeners' Association of Boston, 

 will be held at Paddock's Island, Bos- 

 ton Harbor, Saturday, Aug. 14. Boats 

 leave Rowe's Wharf at 6.20 a. m., then 

 hourly from 9.20 a. m. to 8.20 p. m. 



The list of events includes the usual 

 races, ball game, jumping, etc., and a 

 juicy time is promised. The seed 

 stores and various market establish- 

 ments have contributed silver cups 

 for everything. The cups, numbering 

 about two dozen, have been on dis- 

 play in the windows of H. E. Fiske 

 Seed Co., and Schlegel & Fottler Co., 

 and made a dazzling attraction for the 

 market district. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular meeting of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society, August 6, 

 the discussion was on "What Are 

 Hardy Perennials?" and "Culture of 

 Physotegia." The silver cup offered by 

 Mrs. Philip Dexter tor best and largest 

 collection of vegetables to be competed 

 for at the August show (August 25-26), 

 was on exhibition. 



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CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The grange at West Bath, Me., are 

 planning for a flower show in August. 



The Iowa florists wil hold their an- 

 nual meeting in Des Moines on Sep- 

 tember 1. 



The National Nut Growers' Associa- 

 tion will hold their annual convention 

 at Albany, Georgia, October 12, 13, 

 14. 



Secretary William Stuart of Bur- 

 lington, is soliciting funds to be ap- 

 plied to an exhibit of the Vermont 

 Horticultural Society at the New Eng- 

 land Fruit Show in October. 



Horticultural displays wil be one of 

 the leading features of the Ohio State 

 Fair and Industrial Exposition at Co- 

 lumbus, August 30, 31, September 1, 

 2, 3. Liberal premiums are offered for 

 fruits and flowers. 



The Omaha (Nebr.), Florists' Club 

 held their picnic at Manawa, July 29, 

 under the able management of L. Hen- 

 derson, Geo, Sorenson, Oscar Herman 

 and Secretary Hess. All the florists 

 closed their places of business for the 

 afternoon. 



The Inter-Town Dahlia Association 

 met at the home of P. E. Carmody, in 

 Ansonia, Conn., on August 2, and dis- 

 cussed plans for the approaching 

 show. September 18 was selected as 

 the date and Peter Zuger of Hart- 

 ford, was chosen as judge. 



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The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 of Boston will hold a field day at the 

 nurseries of W. B. Whittier & Co., 

 Framingham, Mass., on Saturday, Aug- 

 ust 14. They will leave Park Square, 

 Boston, at 1 "o'clock in the Boston and 

 Worcester electrics; running time, 

 one hour; fare 20 cents. 



The Northern Indiana Florists' As- 

 sociation held their annual meeting at 

 Winona Lake on July 20. They were 

 entertained by the Warsaw florists in 



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the morning and at lunch. There 

 were present, W, W, and D. C. Noble, 

 Columbia City; Fred King, Rens- 

 selaer: Geo, Paster, Arthur Bieberlck,. 

 and wife, Huntington; W, E. Hand and 

 wife, G. W. Stumpner and wife, Ar- 

 gos; L. Isenbarger, Winona Lake; J.^ 

 H, Shelton, Rochester. 



Ollicers were elected as follows: 

 President, W. W. Dedrick; vice-presi- 

 dent, Harry White; secretary and^ 

 treasurer, J. H. Shelton. 



