HORTICULTURE 



January 1, 1910 



SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK 



January 1st to January 8th, 

 1910 



Ali Silk Mesh Netting 



Economical, effective, dainty. Ties up 

 well, and being all silk with good body, 

 holds its shape. Just the thing for 

 wedding bouquets and design work. 



Reduced prices for this week only: — 



6 inch 4 cents. 

 14 inch 8 cents. 



COLORS : — White, pink, nile, violet, purple and yellow. (Pieces contain about 35 yds.) 



M. RICE & CO. 



LEADING 



FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE 



Of America 



1220 RACE STREET 



Phila. 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



Program of lectures and discussions 

 •during the season of 1910, to be held 

 at Horticultural Hall, 300 Massachu- 

 setts avenue, Boston, Saturdays, at 11 

 o'clock, a. m.: 



January 1. — Inaugural Meeting. 

 President's Address. Annual Reports. 



January S. — Plant Hunting in the 

 Heart of China. Stereopticon Illustra- 

 tions. By E. H. Wilson, Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, Jamaica Plain. 



January 15. — The Use of Water in 

 Commercial Gardening. By H. M. 

 Howard, West Newton. 



January 22. — A Study of Continental 

 Landscape Gardening. Stereopticon 

 Illustrations. By Albert D. Taylor, 

 M. S. R., Ithaca, N. Y. 



January 29. — Apple Growing in New 

 England as a Business. Stereopticon 

 Illustrations. By E. Cyrus Miller, 

 Haydenville. 



February S. — How New Races of 

 Plants Arise Through Hybridization. 

 By Ezra Brainerd, Middlebury, Vt. 



February 12. — Some Practical Re- 

 Jiults of Investigations of Diseases of 

 Trees on Structural Timber. Stere- 

 opticon Illustrations. By Dr. Hermann 

 von Schrenk, St. Louis, Mo. (The 

 John Lewis Russell Lecture). 



February 19. — -The New Agriculture 

 and Its Significance to New England. 

 By G. C. Sevey, Editor New England 

 Homestead, Springfield. 



February 26. — Exhibition of Plants, 

 Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables. 



March 5. — Horticulture as a Profes- 



sion for Women. By Miss Laura 

 Blanchard Dawson, Jamaica Plain. 



March 12. — Lilies in the Home 

 Garden. Stereopticon Illustrations. By 

 E. S. Miller, Wading River, N. Y. 



March 19.— The Dietetic Value of 

 Fruit. By Prof. Wm. R. Lazenby, 

 State University, Columbus, O. 



Wm. J. Stewart, Chairman; J. A. 

 Pcttigrew, Wm. P Rich, Miss Mary L. 

 Ware, Prof. F. A. Waugh, Committee 

 on Lectures and Publications. 



A NOTABLE EXHIBITION. 

 The Lecture Hall in Horticultural 

 Building, Boston, is occupied this week 

 and next by a superb collection of pho- 

 tographs of scenes in the heart of 

 China, taken by E. H. Wilson during 

 his explorations in that country for 

 the Arnold Arboretum. There are 720 

 of these pictures which depict wonder- 

 ful natural scenery, some being taken 

 at an elevation of from 11,000 to 15,000 

 feet. Many new as well as old famil- 

 iar trees and shrubs and herbaceous 

 plants are shown in their natural char- 

 acter and environment, some of them 

 attaining dimensions far beyond any 

 specimens under cultivation. One can 

 spend hours inspecting this remark- 

 able exhibition which represents an ex- 

 penditure of much time and labor. Mr. 

 Wilson will lecture on his Chinese 

 travels, before the Massachusetts Hor- 



ticultural Society on Saturday, January 

 S, at 11 a. m., and will show a series 

 of stereopticon views of great interest 

 and beauty. 



The Commercial Florists' Associa- 

 tion of Rochester, N. Y., is rapidly 

 growing, having now a membership 

 of 125. The next meeting, January 

 10, will bo held in the new and com- 

 modious club room where facilities 

 are excellent for social as well as 

 business proceedings. Enthusiasm 

 regarding the S. A. F. Convention for 

 next August grows steadily. 



APHINE 



The new insecticide dis- 

 covery that kills plant 

 lice of every species. 



Effective indoors and 

 outdoors. 



Send for Descriptive Cir- 

 cular. 



George E. Talmadge, Inc. 



MADISON, N.J. 



