June 11, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



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FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



Alphonse Pericat gave an excellent 

 talk before the above club at its. 

 monthly meeting held on the 6th inst. 

 His subject was "The Orchid as a Com- 

 mercial Proposition," which he handled 

 in excellent style. The discussion 

 which followed was animated, in- 

 teresting and instructive. Nearly all 

 the speakers had something to say 

 about the great orchid show in Boston 

 and it was generally agreed that the 

 orchid had a great future commercial- 

 ly. Adolph Farenwald made one of 

 his characteristic off-hand addresses, 

 full of wit and wisdom, and other 

 things. He said as a windup ,to his 

 oration that the loveliest orchid in the 

 show to him was a vase of white Kil- 

 larney rose. Harry Gould, manager of 

 the orchid department at Heacock's, 

 made a good speech, comparing the ex- 

 hibits professionally and as to culture, 

 etc., with what he had seen abroad. 

 A collection of eight varieties of well 

 gi'own cattleyas was staged by Al- 



F. A. Wkber 



Chairman, Entertaiument Committee, Amer- 

 ican Association of Nurserymen. 



phonse Pericat. Nephrolepis Milleri 

 from Bar Harbor was also on exhibi- 

 tion. 



This being orchid night very little 

 else was talked about. Convention 

 matters were discussed slightly, and a 

 commencement was made in. commit- 

 tee appointments in that direction. 

 John Westcott is head of the com- 

 mittee to look up transportation mat- 

 ters. Comment was made on the ab- 

 sence of the S. A. F. name on the 

 trunk line rate list to date. Con- 

 sidered serious — like last year. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTRAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The anual June exhibition of roses, 

 strawberries and hardy flowers will be 

 held at Young's Lyceum, Tarrytown, 

 N. Y., on Tuesday, June 14th, 1910. 

 from 3 until 10 p. m. Admission free. 

 There are 26 classes in the schedule, 

 the prizes for which are all specially 

 donated by members and friends of the 

 Society. Copies of the prize list may 

 be had on application to E. W. Neu- 

 brand. secretary. George Wittlinger is 

 manager of the exhibition. 



John Hall 



Secretary. American Association of Xursery- 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The next annual meeting of this As- 

 sociation will be held in Harrisburg, 

 Pa., August 9, 10, 11, 1910. The pro- 

 visional program is: 



Tuesday, August 9th. 



S.30 A. M. Meeting of Executive 

 Committee. 



9.30 to 12.30. Annual business meet- 

 ing, followed by the reading of papers. 



2 P. M. Visit to the State Capitol. 



4 P. M. Inspection of River Front 

 Parks, Island Playgrounds, Park Nur- 

 sery and City Filtration Plant. 



7 P. M. Sunset on the river. 



8 P. M. Papers and discussions. 



Wednesday, August 10th. 



8.30 A. M. Tour of parks. Mulberry 

 Street Viaduct, Twelfth Street Play- 

 grounds, Wildwood Park and Lake, 

 Rockville Bridge, The River Drive, 

 Pumping Station, Front Street Parks, 

 Cameron Parkway, State Street and 

 Reservoir Park. 



1 P. M. Lunch in Reservoir Park. 



YONKER3 HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



At the regular meeting of the So- 

 ciety which was held on June 3rd, the 

 president appointed as judges of the 

 peony exhibits, L. Whitman, J. Goff 

 and Knaiiper, who awarded first to R. 

 Cochrane: second, J. Campbell; third, 

 \V. Halbach. W. H. Waite had some 

 very fine musk melons on exhibit and 

 was awarded a cultural certificate. 



There was a discussion on growing 

 peonies and H. Nichols read a very 

 able paper on calceolarias. 



The Executive committee reported 

 on the June show and said all ar- 

 rangements were now made to hold it 

 on June 17 afternoon and evening in 

 Hollywood Inn Hall. 



Louis Melliot has been appointed 

 show manager and will make a good 

 one. The secretary of the committee 

 is W. H. Waite. superintendent of the 

 Greystone Gardens and anyone wish- 

 ing schedules or entry blanlis can get 

 them by applying to him. 



LEE WHITMAN. Cor. Sec. 



E. P. Bernaedin 



Cliaiiiuan of Exhibits Committee, Amer- 

 ican Association of Nurserymen. 



2.30 to 5 P. M. Business meeting. 

 7.15 P. M. Take train for Gettys- 

 burg. 



Thursday, August 11th. 

 Tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield 

 with competent guides. 



F. L. MULFORD, Sec.-Treas. 



C. L. Yates 



Treasurer, American Association of 

 Nurserymen. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



Today, Thursday, June 9. the com- 

 mittee on National Flower Show is in 

 session at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 President F. R. Pierson in the chair. 

 The local members together with 

 President Pierson and Manager Camp- 

 bell have been busy getting ready to 

 report on the principal preliminary 

 details, and after the doings of the 

 local members have been duly vali- 

 dated by the full committee active 

 preparations for the big event will be- 

 gin at once. The date for the show 

 will be the week beginning March 27, 

 1911. It has not yet been decided 

 whether the exhibition will open Mon- 

 day or on the previous Saturday even- 

 ing, March 25. 



