September 27, 1913 



HORTICULTUEE 



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IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



This Fall we are better than ever prepared 

 to serve you with this class of stock and par- 

 ticularly call your attention to our "Specials" 



JAPANESE IRIS GERMAN IRIS 



HARDY PERENNIAL PHLOXES; 



DOUBLE HERBACEOUS PAEONIES 



Send for our special circulars describing these 

 if you have not already received copies. 



Our Current Wholesale List describes all other seasonable stocks. Consult it 

 before you place your orders. 



HENRY A. DREER, Inc. 



714 CHESTNUT STREET - - PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



night is on the programme for No- 

 vember, and we anticipate a very good 

 winter season. Co-operative buying 

 will also come up in November, and 

 the President asked that any buying 

 that could be should be postponed un- 

 til latter November or early Decem- 

 ber, as the committee having this in 

 charge are hard at work getting up a 

 practical system. 



Albert M. Hebr. 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



two girls who did not claim their 

 prizes — one a Miss Raymers, who won 

 third prize in the girls' race of ten 

 years and under; the other. Miss Nel- 

 son, who won third prize in ball throw- 

 ing contest. Mr. Ruedlinger is unable 

 to locate these parties. They may 

 have their prizes by writing to him. 

 His address is 2924 Aldrich avenue. 

 South. 



Mrs. Steidle with a fine set of table 

 linen. 



The Annual Flower Show of the 

 Dobbs Ferry Horticultural Association 

 will be held Nov. 7th and 8th, in the 

 Town Hall, Dobbs Ferry. The sched- 

 ule is now being prepared and a copy 

 will be sent to all applicants by H. 

 Kastberg, secretary. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The club will hold a field day on 

 Saturday, September 27, 1913, at the 

 Dedham Nurseries of R. & J. Farqu- 

 har & Co. Members and friends are 

 invited to take cars to Forest Hills, 

 where special electric cars will leave 

 on East Walpole line for Dedham at 

 1.30 P. M. sharp. Running time to Elm 

 street, where nurseries are located, is 

 25 minutes from Forest Hills. It is 

 hoped that a large number of mem- 

 bers and others interested, including 

 ladies, will join in this field day, which 

 should prove one of profit and in- 

 terest. Cars win leave at 5 P. M. on 

 the return journey. 



"\V. N. Craig. Secretary. 



COOK COUNTY FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The regular meeting of the Cook Co. 

 Illinois Florists' Association was held 

 Sept. 18 at The Tavern, Chicago. The 

 picnic committee reported the finan- 

 cial results of the recent outing. A 

 friendly communication from the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club was read by the 

 secretary and a motion followed that 

 the president appoint a committee to 

 act for the Cook Co. Florists' Associa- 

 tion. A vote of thanks was given the 

 New York Florists' Club for the en- 

 tertainment furnished on the train to 

 the Convention at Minneapolis. 



An exhibit of hardy carnations and 

 cannas was given by Peter Pearson of 

 Gunnison Ave. The club listened to 

 a talk on Insurance by F. Wallace. 



One of the best exhibitions in the 

 history of the society was the Dahlia 

 Show "of the New Bedford (Mass.) 

 Horticultural Society on September 

 19. Among the large exhibitors were 

 James Garthly, representing the H. 

 H. Rogers estate at Fairhaven, Mrs. 

 H. A. Jahn, W. D. Hathaway, Forbes 

 & Keith, Mrs. T. M. Stetson, J. I. 

 Gurney and J. P. Rooney, gardener for 

 Mrs. Frederick Grinnell. 



As announced in our advertising col- 

 umns, an auction sale which we be- 

 lieve will interest many of our read- 

 ers particularly at this time, will take 

 place at Macniff's New York sales- 

 room, Tuesday. September 30. It ia 

 not often that such an opportunity is 

 presented for securing large specimen 

 palms and similar conservatory mate- 

 rial. 



UNCLAIMED PRIZES AT MINNE- 

 APOLIS! 



C. N. Ruedlinger. Chairman of the 

 Sports Committee at Minneapolis, 

 writes that at the outing at Lake Min- 

 netonka, August 23rd, at the S. A. F. 

 convention in Minneapolis, there were 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The St. Louis County Growers' Club 

 will meet on Wednesday evening, Oct. 

 1st. 



The Lady Florists' Home Circle 

 spent a very pleasant afternoon at 

 tlieir meeting at Mrs. Steidle's home 

 in Olivette, Mo. The ladies presented 



i^ BAY TREES 



For sale cheap, sixteen large Bay Trees, 

 heiglit 7% to 9 ft., diameter i% to 5 ft. 

 Can be seen at Beverly Farms, Mass., and 

 eon be delivered at once. Address "TEI 

 WOOD." care Horticulture. 



