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HORTICULTURE. 



January 29, 1910 



New Offers in This issue. During Recess 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS, ROOTED 

 CUTTINGS. 



Edward Wallis, Atco, N. J. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



DOUBLE PETUNIAS. 

 Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 For page .see List of Advertisers. 



FREE FLORISTS' ENCYCLOPEDIA. 



M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



GLADIOLI. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



KALMIAS AND RHODODENDRONS, 

 WHITE PINE. 



Eastern Nurseries. .Tamaica Plain, Mass. 

 Fcr page see List of Advertisers. 



NURSERY STOCK. 



J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. 

 For pag e see List of Advertisers. 



NURSERY STOCK. 



F. W. Kelsey Nursery Co., New York, N. Y. 

 For page see List o( Advertisers. 



PEAS AND BEANS, CONTRACT 

 GROWING. 



Alfred J. Brown Seed Co., Grand Rapids, 



Mich. 



For page se e List of Advertisers. 



' SELECT FERNS. 



F. R. Pierson Co.. Tarrytown-on-Hudson, 



N. Y. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



A GREAT NURSERY. 



The Harrison Nurseries at Berlin, 

 Md., which cover more than 2.000 

 acres and require the constant serv- 

 ices of over one hundred men, with 

 twenty-five or more teams of horses 

 and mules, is doubtless the largest of 

 its kind in the country, and the ex- 

 cellent system of handling the work 

 carried on under the direction of Mr. 

 Orlando Harrison, makes it also one 

 of the best managed. The utmost 

 care has for years been exercised to 

 assure the production of trees and 

 plants absolutely true to name and 

 variety; and no visitor, though he 

 may hail from the remotest section 

 of "Missouri" and may, therefore, be 

 receptively open to "showing," can 

 go away from the Harrison plant 

 doubting that the methods employed 

 there do assure "true-named" stock. 



Practically all of the stock sold 

 from this nursery is grown there — 

 this excepts, of course, such material 

 as apple seedlings, imported ever- 

 greens, etc. This familiarity with 

 their products from the start gives 

 the employes of Harrison's Nurseries 

 an intimate knowledge of every va- 

 riety of tree and plant produced 

 there. Hundreds of dollars are ex- 

 pended each year in the maintenance 

 of experimental or test plots. The 

 various fruits — peach, apple, cherry, 

 pear, etc. — are planted here, "tried 

 out" and watched and the results de- 

 termine whether or not the variety in 

 question shall be retained and of- 

 fered for sale. 



Visitors are always welcome at 

 Harrison's Nurseries, and the great 

 pains taken by the management to 

 make the stay a pleasant one for all 

 is the source of many a pleasant rec- 

 ollection to those who have stopped 

 at Berlin. The Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road offers very good service in all 

 directions; Philadelphia and Balti- 

 more are each but a few hours' ride. 

 The latter city is reached via steamer 

 on Chesapeake Bay, which delightful 

 little voyage adds greatly to the pleas- 

 ure of the trip. 



Astoria Florists' Bowling Club. 



The Astoria (N. Y.) Florists' Bow- 

 ling Club gave a ladies' night Tuesday 

 evening, January 25th, 1910. Thirty- 

 six attended and all had an enjoyable 

 time. The Florists' Bowling Club pro- 

 vided prizes to be competed for by the 

 ladies and in turn the Ladies' Bow- 

 ling Club, which is composed of the 

 wives of the members of the Florists' 

 Bowling Club, provided six prizes to 

 be competed for by the gentlemen. 

 Each lady received a prize. William 

 H. Siebrecht, Sr., received the prize 

 for the greatest number of strikes; 

 John Miesem tor lowest score in the 

 first game; Herman H. Lorenz for 

 making nearest to 77 in any frame; 

 John Donaldson, for the greatest num- 

 ber of spares; John Boese for the 

 lowest score in the second game; 

 Philip Einsman for making nearest to 

 95 in any frame. 



The ladies club bowls Tuesday after- 

 noons and the gentlemen's club bowls 

 in the evening. On this occasion the 

 ladies remained in the building and 

 the gentlemen joined them for supper. 

 During the supper ex-captain John 

 Miesem was presented with a token 

 of the high esteem in which he is held 

 by the club and in recognition of his 

 services as captain. All had a very 

 enjoyable time. 



This is the second year of the ex- 

 istence of the Astoria Florists' Bow- 

 ling Club, and it is certain that they 

 will have a prize winning team at 

 Rochester this year. 



WILLIAM H. SIEBRECHT, JR. 



Nassau County Horticultural Society 



The annual banquet of this society 

 took place at Glen Cove on Tuesday 

 evening, January 25. The attendance 

 numbered sixty among whom were C. 

 H. Totty and W. Duckham from Madi- 

 son, N. J., and Messrs. Boddington, 

 Rickards, Burnett, Sperling and May- 

 nard from New York, with a number 

 o£ other representatives from sister 

 societies. J. Austin Shaw made an ex- 

 cellent toastmaster. The tables were 

 beautifully decorated, the banquet was 

 fine, the music exhilarating and the 

 responses full of wit and eloquence. 

 The formal banquet closed at 10 p. m., 

 but the majority remained for the real 

 festivity which lasted until after mid- 

 night. Messrs. Totty, Boddington and 

 Burnett made substantial donations to 

 the society. 



Dobbs Ferry Horticultural Society. 



The members of the Dobbs Ferry 

 Horticultural Society gave a very de- 

 lightful dinner at J. Preusse's hall on 

 Main street, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., on 

 last Wednesday evening. The tables 

 were beautifully decorated with flow- 

 ers brought by the different gardeners, 

 and the dinner was served in a first- 

 class manner. After dinner Joseph 

 Dunbar acted as toastmaster. The 

 speakers all made interesting address- 

 es and were heartily applauded. 



The officers of the Society are 

 Thomas Lee, president; H. Kastberg, 

 scicvetavy and Claude Wilson, treas- 

 urer. 



Albany Florists' Club. 

 Members and guests of the Albany 

 Florists' Club enjoyed the annual ban- 

 quet at the New Kenmore, on the even- 



ing of January 13. Patrick Hyde, 

 chairman of the banquet committee, 

 served as toastmaster. Those who re- 

 sponded to toasts were: President Fred- 

 erick A. Goldring, Fred A. Danker, 

 James H. Danker, Rhinebeck; Eli D. 

 Burke, J. D. Sambrook, Troy; George 

 King, John J. Berberick, Frank M. 

 Briare, Frederick Henkes and several 

 of the invited guests and trade repre- 

 sentatives from out of the city. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The annual dinner of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society will take 

 place at the Oriental Hotel, Glen Cove, 

 N. Y., on Tuesday evening, January 25. 



Prof. E. A. White of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College delivered an 

 address on "Ornamental Gardens" be- 

 fore the Worcester County Horticul- 

 tural Society on January 18. 



Lenox, Mass. — The capacity of the 

 town hall was taxed on the evening 

 of Jan. 24, when the annual ball of 

 the Lenox Horticultural Society was 

 held. The hall was decorated with 

 palms, potted plants and cut flowers 

 from the villa greenhouses and pre- 

 sented a very attractive appearance. 

 Escher's orchestra from Pittsfield fur- 

 nished music for the dancing, and a 

 buffet lunch was served by Caterer 

 McDermott. Many guests were pres- 

 ent from Pittsfield, Dalton, Lee and 

 other surrounding places, and special 

 cars were provided to take them 

 home after the ball. 



AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM 

 THE SUNNY SOUTH. 



Have taken eleven subscriptions 

 among the trade here recently, and 

 will soon have some more. Horticul- 

 ture has twice as many now, in this 

 locality, as any other trade paper. We 

 use perennial Ryegrass here as a win- 

 ter grass, and have to depend on the 

 sets of Bermuda for summer — as that 

 is the only grass that seems to stand 

 the climate here. Your Philadelphia 

 representative, George C. Watson, rec- 

 ommended Bermuda and Texas Blue 

 for this part of the world twenty years 

 ago, and time has amply vindicated 

 him. L. R. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Isllp, L. I. — The greenhouse on the 

 estate of Schuyler L. Parsons was 

 totally destroyed by fire on the morn- 

 ing of Jan. 20. The loss is upwards 

 of $1,000. 



Mansfield, O. — Fire recently dam- 

 aged one of the Stuhldreher green- 

 houses and contents to the amount of 

 about $1500. The greenhouses are 

 owned by Geo. and Leo Stuhldreher. 

 There was no insurance on the prop- 

 erty. Work will be started at once 

 to rebuild. 



St. Louis, Mo.— W. H. Kruse at 2846 

 Arsenal St. met with quite a loss by 

 fire recently. His loss was nearly 

 $800, partly covered by insurance. 

 'The greenhouses, however, were not 

 damaged. These latter are three in 

 number, with a total of about 30,000 

 ft. of glass. 



Everett, Mass. — A report recently 

 circulated that the boiler house con- 

 nected with the Woodlawn Cemetery 

 greenhouse was destroyed by fire 

 caused by an overheated- boiler, is 

 incorrect. There has been no fire at 

 the Woodlawn Cemetery greenhouse 

 or any of the other buildings. 



