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HORTICULTURE 



October 23, 190» 



IF YOU COULD SEE OUR. BULBS 



You would place an order with us at once. They are large, sound, smooth, bright colored ; 

 just the kind for forcing or outdoor planting. Although we have had the hrgest trade so far in 

 the history of this concern, we shall not be satisfied until we get YOUR order. 



SPECIAL BAF^GAIN 



As an inducement for a general order of bulbs, we offer Mixed Double Hyacinths, for a 

 few days only, at $2.35 per hundred. This is the same grade catalogued at $2.75. This offer 

 is made for orders of not less than 50 bulbs, and only to those who mention this paper. 



BETTER SEND US AN ORDER TODAY 



JAMES VICK'S SONS, - Rochester, N.Y. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The Executive Committee ot the 

 American Rose Society held a meeting 

 in New York City, and it was decided 

 to issue a second edition of the sup- 

 plementary schedule for the exhibition 

 of 1910, to be held in the American 

 Museum of Natural History, New York 

 city, with the list of additional special 

 prizes that have been offered. 



President Poehlmann urges the New 

 York people to do their best in ijoih 

 growing material and in making prizrs 

 of such character that the display will 

 out-do what was offered at Chi:-ago. 

 Vice-President Pierson responds that; 

 if if is possible they will put up such 

 a show here in New York that it will 

 attract the attendance of tens of 

 thousands of people because of its 

 beauty, its surroundings and extent, 

 and every effort should be made to 

 get a list of special prizes that would 

 tempt efforts upon the part of the besi 

 growers of all kinds — amateur or com- 

 mercial — (o show up what they can do. 

 New York city is the greatest rose 

 market in all America. Part of the 

 work of the American Rose Society, as 

 stated in its by-laws is, "To increase 

 the general interest in the culUvariira 

 and to improve the standard ot ex- 

 cellence of the rose for all the people 

 and to make it especially useful to 

 amateurs." 



On the 12th of October, there assem- 

 bled before the Union Free School of 

 Fishkill Landing, N. Y., a company of 



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^^ Aphine will i/o all yon claim for ily 

 and triore," — says Chas. H. Totly. 



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MA DISON, N . J. 



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over five hundred to listen to the re- 

 port, ot a Home Garden Committee, 

 comprised of the Rev, Dr. MacCuUum, 

 Ut. W. J. Pralatowski, and Mr. Frank 

 Tully. the street commissioner. For 

 six mouths this committee had been 

 overlooking the gardens of the village, 

 one of which w-as that ot Mrs. Amelia 

 Lefevere, a colored woman, who hal 

 a front yard devott d exclusively to 

 roses and so well kept thai it attracted 

 tlie .i^eneral attention, and as an en- 

 couragement for home amateurs, the 

 Araericfin Rose Society at its meeting 

 iu Cincinuati, voted a silver medal to 

 be awarded in recognition of this ex- 

 cellent example of amateur work. 

 When the medal was presented to her, 

 the whole company clapped most lust- 

 ily and nothing occurred that was of 

 more public interest than this partic- 

 ular act. The committee also made 

 mention of two children's gardens 

 which were really a credit to anyone. 

 It was resolved at the meeting of 

 the executive committee to hold a 

 meeting of the Rose Society on No- 

 vember 3rd, 1909, at the horticultural 

 exhibition to be held in -New York at 

 the Museum of Natural History. 

 BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Secy. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



A banquet will be given at Dooner's 

 Hotel, 10th street above Chestnut, on 

 Thursday evening, October 28, 1909, at 

 7 o'clock, as a testimonial to Mr. Ed- 

 win Lonsdale, who is leaving this city 

 early in November to take up his resi- 

 dence in California. All members of 

 The Florists' Club, also any friends of 

 Mr. Lonsdale in the allied horticul- 

 tural professions, are cordially invited 

 to paiticipate. The subscription is $0 

 per peison. 



In order to make proper arrange- 

 ments, replies should be sent at once 

 to David Rust, Secretary, The Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia, Horticultural 

 Hall, Broad street above Spruce, Phila- 

 delphia. 



No provision will be made for any- 

 one who has not replied by nooni on 

 Monday, October 25tb. 



JOHN WESTCOTT, 

 FRED'K HAHMAN, 

 GEO. C. WATSON, 



Committee. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



By an error in making up our sched- i 

 ules or prize lists, the dates for the 

 coming chrysanthemum exhibition at 

 Putnam Phalanx Hall, Hartford, were 

 set down as November 4 and 5, where- 

 as they sholtld have been November 3 

 and 4. To avoid confusion, after the 

 mistake was discovered, an effort was 

 made to procure the use of the hall for 

 the 4th and 5th, but it was found that 

 other parties had engaged it for th" 

 5th. Entry blanks are now being sent 

 out, and should be returned to the sec- 

 retary ty November 1st. 



Nathan F. Peck, one of our long- ; 

 time and esteemed members, has a 

 pn,wpaw tree now iu full bearing, and 

 is enjoying its toothsome, custard-like 

 fruit. The tree has stood for about 

 ten years in his beautiful grounds on 

 Niles street, Hartford; and its consti- 

 iLution seems to be perfectly hardy, 

 having withstood, in the winter of 

 ]ti03-4, a temperature of nearly 40 de- 

 grees below zero, when thousands of 

 trees were killed in this state, and 

 some entire orchards nearly destroyed. 

 Tlie pawi>aw fruit is very perishable, 

 las.ting but a dav or two after being 

 picked. GEORGE W. SMITH, 



Secretary. 



J-'or othtr Ctul> ard Society Heivs see page ^Q3- 



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