August 16, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



219 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The 15th annual meeting of this as- 

 sociation will be held at Denver, Colo., 

 on August 2.5, 26, 27, 1913, headquar- 

 ters, Brown Palace Hotel. 

 Programme. 



MONDAY, AUGUST 25.— Address of wel- 

 come by J. S. Macbeth, president of Park 

 Board, and other city officials. Response 

 hy President .Tames B. Shea. Paper on 

 "Playjjround and Recreation Facilities and 

 Their Management." liy Edw. De Groot, 

 general secretary. Playground Association 

 of Chicago. Lunch at City Park. Outdoor 

 meeting of Association on lawn at City 

 Park. "Field Demonstration of the Flora 

 in the Vicinity of Denver." by .John Berry. 

 .\uto ride of portion of parks and park- 

 ways. I>iuner. Montciair Civic l)uilding. 

 Attend hand contert, moving pictures and 

 electric fountain, City Park. 



TUESDAY, AUGU.ST 20.— Lecture on 

 "Tlie New York Idea of a Zoological Park," 

 by Herman W. Merkel, forester. New York 

 Zoological Park. Illustrated with lantern 

 slides. "The New York Botanical Gar- 

 dens," by Geo. V. Nash, head gardener. 

 Illustrated with lantern slides. Lunch at 

 headquarters. Lecture on "The Care and 

 Planting of Ornamental and Shade Trees," 

 by J. J. Levison. B. A., M. F., forester. 

 Brooklyn Park Department. Illustrated 

 with lantern slides. Auto ride over city, 

 inspecting parks and playgrounds. Auto 

 ride to Elitch's Gardens to attend perform- 

 ance of stock company. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27.— Auto ride 

 to Mountain parks. Lunch on Genesee 

 Mountain. Informal discussion on "Muni- 

 cipal Nurseries," led by Messrs. Boddy 

 and Alber. and on "Boulevard and Road 

 Surfaces Suitable for Both Pleasure and 

 TrafHc," by Ralph R. Benedict. Trip back 

 to Denver, via Bear Creek or Turkey 

 Creek. 



For information regarding parties at- 

 tending the convention from the different 

 sections of the country, address the mem- 

 ber of the transportation committee nearest 

 you. as follows : 



Theo. Wirth, Supt. of Parks, Minne- 

 apolis, Minn.; John W. Duncan, supt. of 

 Parks, Spokane, Wash.; H. S. Richards, 

 .\sst. Supt. of Parks, Chicago. 111. ; H. Mer- 

 kel. Forester, Zoological Gardens, New 

 York City ; J. J. Levison, Prospect Park, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



There was a large attendance at the 

 Florist Club's annual meeting, which 

 was held Thursday afternoon, Aug. 

 7th, in the meeting rooms of the Odd 

 Fellows building. Fred H. Weber pre- 

 sided over the meeting with all his 

 officers and nearly half of the member- 

 ship present. Reports were heard from 

 the trustees, flower show committee 

 and S. A. F. Convention transportation 

 committee. $100 was set aside to be 

 offered in special prizes at the fall 

 flower show. 



The election of officers resulted as 

 follows: President. W. J. Pikher; 

 vice-president, Adolph Jaenicke; sec- 

 retary, .7. J. Beneke; treasurer, Wm. 

 C. Smith; trustees, Frank Windier, 

 chairman, Wm. Ossick and John Con- 

 nor. 



Frank Robinson, who will manage 

 the fall flower show, spoke at length 

 on the progress of the show. The 

 committee to raise the $2000 among the 

 florists reported nearly $1500 ha-1 been 

 subscribed. State Vice-President Den- 

 ker stated that all arrangements had 

 been comiileted for the convention trip 

 and that 32 would leave here Thurs- 

 day, Aug. 14. A. .Taenicke will read a 

 paper at the next club meeting on 

 "Gassing Against White Fly." Thurs- 

 day, Sept. 11th. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society, 

 held on the evening of August 12. was 

 of more than usual importance. It 

 was voted to hold the autumn exhibi- 

 tion in the Convention Hall at the 

 Public Beach on Sept. 16, 17 and IS, 

 and to have the annual ball on the 

 evening of the third day of the show 

 at the same place. At the rquest of 

 the Newport Garden Associaton it was 

 decided to join that organization in 

 holding a show in June, 1914, proper 

 accommodations for all kinds of ex- 

 habits being promised by the Associa- 

 tion. 



William Gray was elected recording 

 secretary, to fill the vacancy caused by 

 the resignation of D. J. Coughlin, who 

 has also resigned his position as gar- 

 dener for Mr. E. Rollins Morse to take 

 charge of the estate of Mr. H. P. Da- 

 vison, at Locust Valley, Long Island. 

 At the close of the regular business 

 Mr. Coughlin was presented with a 

 handsome gold watch and chain by the 

 members as a token of appreciation of 

 his valuable services as secretary of 

 the society during the past six years. 

 As a mark of respect for Mrs. Cough- 

 lin a handsome gold pin was also pro- 

 vided for her. The presentation speech 

 was made by Treasurer A. K. McMa- 

 hon, who is highly gifted in the art of 

 such duties. Appropriate refreshments 



followed. J. ROBEETSON. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 Society was held in Doran's Hall, 

 Greenwich, Conn., August 8th. An in- 

 teresting discussion took place on the 

 diseases of shade trees, a subject now 

 requiring very close attention. The 

 schedule for the fall show which is to 

 be held in Stamford, November 7-8th, 

 is now in the hands of the committee, 

 and will be out in a few days. Ex- 

 cellent classes are drawn up with sub- 

 stantial prizes offered. We are, there- 

 fore, hoping for large entries and keen 

 competition. The few choice exhibits 

 at this meeting were judged as fol- 

 lows: 



Cultural Certificates to Wm. Morrow 

 and Adam Paterson for grapes. Honor- 

 able Mention to Thos. Ryan for cannas 

 and sweet peas; Thos. Altchlson for 

 Laelio-Cattleya Bletchleyensis. Vote of 

 Thanks to James Stuart for Viola atro- 

 purpurea; Carl Harkansen for Gladioli; 

 Anthon Peterson for seedling delphi- 

 niums; F. Sageratam for Gladioli, Veronica 

 spicata. Marguerite carnations and asters; 

 P. W. Popp for montbretias and Ismene; 

 and Adam Paterson for new sunflower. 

 Owen A. Hunwick, Cor. Sec'y. 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL 

 ASSOCIATION. 



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