Juue 4, 1910 



HORTICULTURE, 



857 



A BLUE ROSE 



The New Rambler fVioIet Blue) , hailed 

 by the German rose growers as the 

 forerunner of a genuinely cornflower 

 blue rose, is a seedling of Crimson 

 Rambler, very vigorous and hardy, and 

 free blooming. 



Send for description and price. 



ELLWANGER &. BARRY 



IVfount Hope Nurseries ROCHESXER, N. Y. 



The Greatest 



Rose Novelty 



of the Century 



It flowered with us this sea- 

 son and was greatly admired. 



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PEACOCK'S PEERLESS DAHLIAS 



PIPI n DOHT^ •'««='' R»*«> Fringed 20th Century, 

 nCl^U r^yJKJ l O, Rose pink Century, Virginia Haule, 

 Big Chief, $3.50 p« doz., $25.00 per lOO. Best cut tlowei sorts, 

 $1.00 per doz., $5.00 per too. 



PEACOCK DAHLIA FARMS, 7u'^c'I^o"n''T!;: i 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 



Committees for the Denver Conven- 

 tion are constituted as follows; 



Entertainment Committee — F. A. 

 Weber, F. H. Stanuard, Peter Young- 

 ers, J. W. Hill, C. G. Ferguson, A. M. 

 Ferguson and Geo. B. Fravert. 



Finance Committee — Peter Youngers, 

 J. W. Hill, F. H. Stannard, J. A. Lope- 

 man, A. M. Ferguson, C. C. Mayhew 

 and F. A. Weber. 



Local Entertainment Committee — A. 

 M. Ferguson, Geo. B. Fravert, C. R. 

 Root, J. A. Valentine, C. G. Ferguson, 

 Mrs. C. G. Ferguson, Mrs. C. R. Root 

 and Mrs, J. A. Valentine. 



Press Committee — Wm. Campbell, J. 

 W. Hill and Peter Youngers. 



Committee on Entertainment of 

 Ladies — C. G. Ferguson, C. R. Root, J. 

 A. Valentine. Mrs. C. G. Ferguson, Mrs. 

 C. R. Root and Mrs. J. A. Valentine. 



Committee on "Moffat Trip" — Enter- 

 tainment and Local Committees. 



General Reception Committee — The 

 Western Nurserymen. 



Entertainment Program. 



June 7th — Receiving delegates by 

 Local Committee. 



.Tune 8th — 2 p. m.. Ladies will be 

 given "Sight Seeing" Trip through City 

 of Denver — in automobiles — as guests 

 of the Denver Convention League, in 

 connection with the Western Nursery- 

 men. 



June 9th — 2 p. m.. Ladies will be 

 given Matinee party at the Broadway 

 Theatre, as guests of the Denver Con- 

 vention League, in connection with the 

 Western Nurserymen. 



.Tune 10th — 9 a. m.. Trip over the 

 Moffat Route to Corona, and inter- 

 mediate points of interest by "Special 

 Train." Luncheon and Refreshments 

 will be served on train by a leading 

 Denver Caterer, returning to Denver 

 about 7 p. m., as guest of the "Western 

 Nurserymen." 



The Entertainment Committee is 

 planning other features, which will be 

 announced on the first day of meeting. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



At Horticultural Hall, Boston, Mass., 

 on Fi-iday afternoon, May 27th, the 

 American Gladiolus Society was formed. 



A permanent organization was effected 

 with 75 charter members, and a Con- 

 stitution and By-Laws were adopted. 

 There was great enthusiasm manifest 

 from beginning to end, and the new 

 society starts in with very brilliant 

 prospects. 



The meeting was called to order by 

 Maurice Fuld of Boston, who by his 

 voluntary efforts deserves great credit 

 for bringing the gladiolus people to- 

 gether. Mr. Fuld stated the purpose 

 of the meeting, and then introduced 

 Professor G. E. Stone of Amherst Col- 

 lege, who presided over the meeting. 

 Professor Stone gave a very interest- 

 ing talk on floriculture, and its rela- 

 tion to the farm and home, and re- 

 ceived hearty applause. A paper by 

 H. Youell of Syracuse, N. Y., giving 

 the history of the first varieties of 

 Gladiolus Gandavensis hybrids was 

 listened to with evident appreciation 

 and interest. 



The society has accepted an invita- 

 tion to meet with the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists at their annual exhibi- 

 tion at Rochester, N. Y., in August. 



The Department of Horticulture of 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., has 

 tendered the use of their trial grounds 

 for the growing and testing of varie- 

 ties of gladioli, and the offer was ac- 

 cepted with a lively vote of thanks. 

 A sincere vote of thanks was also ex- 

 tended to the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society for the use of their hall, 

 to Professor Stone for the able manner 

 in which he presided, to Mr. H. Youell 

 for his most interesting essay, and to 

 the Society of American Florists for 

 their kind invitation to meet with 

 them at Rochester. 



The meeting was enlivened by spirit- 

 ed but friendly discussion In which the 

 following gentlemen took part: Arthur 

 Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.; Arthur T. Bod- 

 dington, New York City; Montague 

 Chamberlain, Boston; Maurice Fuld 

 Boston; J. K. Alexander, East Bridge- 

 water, Mass.; Robert Cameron of 

 Harvard Botanic Gardens; Eugene 

 Fischer, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; L S. 

 Heudrickson, Floral Park, N. Y.; Pro- 

 fessor L, B. Judson of Cornell Uni- 

 versity; Carl Cropp, Chicago; and L. 

 Merton Gage, Orange, Mass. The fol- 



WARD'S Lily Bulbs 



'NOT HOW CHEAP— 

 BUT HOW GOOD." 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



12 West Broadway, - - • New York 



lowing officers were elected to serve 

 for one year; 



President — I. S. Hendrickson, Floral 

 Park, N. Y. 



Vice-President — E. H. Cushman, Syl- 

 vania, Ohio. 



Treasurer — Maurice Fuld, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Corresponding Secretary — L. Merton 

 Gage, Orange, Mass. 



Financial Secretary — H. Youell, Syr- 

 acuse, N. Y. 



Executive Committee — Arthur T. Bod- 

 dington, New York City; Arthur Kirby, 

 New York City; J. K. Alexander, East 

 gridgewater, Mass. 



Committee on Nomenclature — Arthur 



Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. ; Professor L. B. 



Judson, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. 



Y.; Leonard Joerg, Floral Park, N. Y. 



L. MERTON GAGE, Cor. Sec. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The club will hold a field day on 

 Saturday, June 4, with William Sim, 

 Cliftondale. A special electric car will 

 leave the corner of Scollay Square sur- 

 face at 1.30 p. m. Any unable to take 

 this car are invited to take one of the 

 regular subway cars leaving every half 

 hour for Cliftondale. 



A cordial invitation is extended to 

 anv who are not club members to join 

 in "this outing. W. N. CRAIG, Sec. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 

 The annual meeting and exhibition 

 of this Society will be held in Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, on the 9th and 

 10th of this month. See schedule of 

 prizes in last week's issue of HORTI- 

 CULTURE^ 



IPOMOEA NOCTIFLORA (MOONVINE) 



Pure white, rapid grower, very fragrant 

 jind earliest moonviue, witb flowers as big 

 as a saucer. Grows 50 feet and over In 

 one season, with thousands of flowers on 

 thera. We have grown them for the past 

 25 years and have established a world-wide 

 reputation, »ver 25.000 having been shipped 

 all over the United States, Canada and 

 Mexico. Price: 2V4-ln. pots, $5.00 per 100; 

 4in., $12.00 per 100. 



NephrolepU. We have the following to 

 offer: WhitmanI, Boston, Scottl, medlnm 

 size, 4-ln., $20.00 per 100. Schoelzell, medi- 

 um size, 4-in., $25.00 per 100. 



GODFREY ASCHMANN 



1012 W. Ontario Street 

 PHILADELPHIA PA. 



Wholesale Grower, Importer and Shipper of Pot Plants 



