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H K T I C TJ L T U E E 



November 22, 1913 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society has made surprising 

 strides in influence and numerical 

 strength during the three years in 

 which President Thomas Hope has 

 been in office. That it has a good hold 

 on the public of Providence was evi- 

 denced by the size and character of 

 the audience that assembled at the 

 Public Library on Wednesday evening, 

 November 19th, to listen to E. H. Wil- 

 son of the Arnold Arboretum on the 

 subject of plant collecting in Western 

 China. Mr. Wilson's talk was illus- 

 trated by numerous stereopticon 

 slides of great beauty showing the 

 trees and flowers and rugged scenery 

 of the vast country in which he had 

 spent so many years, from the river 

 planes up to the region of eternal 

 snows. It was a great surprise to 

 learn from Mr. Wilson how large a 

 proportion of our esteemed garden sub- 

 jects are of Chinese origin — even 

 very many that are popularly accred- 

 ited to Japan. The lecture course, of 

 which this was a part, is under the 

 direction of the entertainment com- 

 mittee of which H. L. Madison is the 

 efficient and wide-awake chairman. 



LECTURE AT NEWPORT. 



J. Otto Thilow, of the Dreer Seed 

 House. Philadelphia, Pa., lectured be- 

 fore the Newport Horticultural So- 

 ciety and Newport Garden Associa- 

 tion, November 18, his topic being 

 "The Canadian Rockies and Their 

 Flora." A series of lantern slides ac- 

 companied the lecture, which gave a 

 very clear idea of the grandeur of 

 those lofty and snow-clad mountains 

 with their many beautiful flowering 

 plants in their season. It was a sur- 

 prise to some in the large audience 

 to learn from the lecturer that many 

 kinds of plants under cultivation in 

 our gardens are found growing more 

 luxuriantly in the rocky regions. This 

 was accounted for by the mountain 

 plants being protected with a cover- 

 ing of snow during their long resting 

 period, and necessary moisture sup- 

 plied from the melting snows in their 

 growing season. Among the many 

 •plants shown in the beautiful colored 

 pictures and described by Mr. Thilow 

 as he saw them in the Rockies were: 

 ■Rhododendrons, Kalmia latifolia, aquill- 

 egias, asters, Lobelia cardinalis, cypri- 

 pediums and poppies. This lecture 

 was the first of a series to be given 

 under the auspices of The Newport 

 Horticultural Society and the Newport 

 Garden Association. J, R. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The 47th annual meeting of the Min- 

 nesota State Horticultural Society will 

 be held in the West Hotel, Minneap- 

 olis, Minn., on December 2nd-5th, 1913. 

 The Minnesota Garden Flower So- 

 ciety, the Plant Breeders' Auxiliary, 

 the Woman's Auxiliary, the Garden- 

 •ers' Association of St. Paul and Min- 

 neapolis will meet at same time and 

 place. 



The joint fruit show of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society and the 

 New England Fruit Show, at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, last week, was a 

 success in quality, quantity and at- 

 tendance. Apples composed most of 



New Times, 

 New Things 



The old fertilizer 

 formulas are giving 

 way to the new. At 

 every farmers' meeting 

 I one subject should be 

 the fertilizer formula 

 that will furnish a balanced rati<m to the crop and keep up the fertility 

 of the soil. To do this the fertilizer should contain at least as much 



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 that you hear. Let us send one to you before your Institute meets. 



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the displays and the competitive 

 classes were well filled. N. S. Winson 

 won the special prize for best new 

 seedling apple of merit. 



The monthly meeting of the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society was 

 held November 12 at Glen Cove. In 

 the monthly competition the awards 

 were as follows: 



Chrysanthemums, pink, Wm. Ross, 1st: 

 chr.vs.inthemums, yellow, .Tas. MaeCnrthy, 

 1st; obrys.Tnthemuras, white, Wm. Ross 

 iind .7. MacDonald equal Ists. 



The next meeting will take place 

 Dec. 10 at 2 P. M., when election of 

 officers will be held. Prizes will be 

 offered for single violets, poinsettias 

 and lettuce. 



J. MacDonald. Cor. Sec. 



TO DESTROY CATERPILLAR RINGS. 



Editor Horticulture: 



will you please ask Mr, E. Jenkins 

 through your columns If hla caustic pot- 

 ash spray on dormant trees will get out 

 the "rings" containing the winter nesta 

 of the tent caterpillar? This pest Is by 

 far the worst enemy of fruit trees now 

 In Plymouth County. 



Thanking you beforehand. 



Yours, Q. B. 



Plymouth, Mass. 



Replying to G. B., I am confident 

 that the caustic potash spray will cor- 

 rode the "rings" referred to In the 

 above communication. 



Ed. Jenkins. 



The regular monthly meeting of The 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticul- 

 tural Society was held at Greenwich. 

 Conn., Nov. 14th. The exhibition com- 

 mittee reported the recent show a 

 huge success in every respect. Chief 

 interest centered in the nomination of 

 oflScers, election to take place at De- 

 cember meeting. We are still adding 

 new members, two being elected and 

 five nominated at this meeting. 



W. D. Daymon & Son's prize for rarna- 

 tions was won by A. L. Marshall: .Tames 

 Stuart, 2nrt. The following also received 

 awards: P. W. Popp, highly commended 

 for vase of anemone ohrysanthemniiis 

 Miss Ttose X Garza, a very pretty wliife. 

 excellent for decorative work : also honor- 

 able mention for carnations; Louis Witt- 

 man, vote of thanks for roses: .\lex Oed- 

 dis, vote of thanks for Japanese radish. 



On account of extra heavy business 

 Wm. Morrow's paper on "Grape Cul- 

 ture under Glass," will be given at 

 December meeting. P. W. Popp offers 

 prizes for roses at next meeting. 

 Owen A. Hunwich, Cor. Sec'y. 



Fergus Falls, Minn. — E. A. Isaacson, 

 of Minneapolis, has purchased the 

 greenhouses and business of S. N. 

 Mehlin for $16,500. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — Albert Ter- 

 steeg and William Godding have pur- 

 chased the entire stock of the Sunny- 

 field Nursery Company. They were 

 both former employees of that con- 

 cern. The new fiiTn will be known as 

 the Poughkeepsie Nursery Company. 



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