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HORTICULTURE 



November 29, 1913 



Co., Tarry town, N. Y., is highly com- 

 mended. 



J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, shows a new 

 begonia with bronzy foliage that appears 

 to us to be most promising and is highly 

 commended. The same exhil)itor also 

 shows a group of decorative plants, con- 

 taining a large Dracaena Victoria, sur- 

 rounded by Pandanus Veitchii and Asple- 

 nium Nidus-Avis, which is highly com- 

 mended. He also shows a new seedling 

 begonia of the Lorraine class. 



The rose Ophelia is shown by the E. G. 

 Hill Co., Richmond, Ind. The flowers were 

 flne and well grown; a promising variety, 

 highly commended, and we recommend a 

 substantial award. 



As an exceptional feature, the miniature 

 landscape arranged by John Boddy, city 

 forester, is highly commended. It shows 

 what anyone could do with his home 

 grounds if properly Instructed. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW AT MINNEAPOLIS PARK GREENHOUSES. 



THE POUGHKEEPSIE SHOW. 



The Poughkeepsie State Aniioi> 

 "was a fairyland of beauty during tip 

 past week when the annual flowci 

 show of the Dutchess County Horti- 

 cultural Society was given, larger and 

 better than ever. There was a large 

 attendance and the wide range and at- 

 tractiveness of the exhibits brought 

 out comments of the highest praise. 



The judges, R. \V. Allen, of Hud- 

 son, and James Bell, of New York, 

 made the awards; 



The principal exhibitors and prize win- 

 ners were: Levi V. Morton estate, Wni. 

 P. Clyde, Sallford Flower Shop, F. W. 

 Tanderbilt, Ogden T. Mills, Wlnthrop .Sar- 

 gent, Col. O. H. Payne. BenJ. Willig. F. 

 Heeremans, N. Harold Cottani, Frank 

 Ryan. Bnrgevine Sons. A. C. ZabriskI, .1. 

 Von der Linden and W. E. Bock. 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE. 

 National Sweet Pea Society. 

 Full indications of the continued 

 prosperity of this Society were given 

 at the annual meeting, in London, on 

 Oct. 20th. The committee's report re- 

 ferred to the prevalence of "streak." 

 This has been a great plague in cer- 

 tain districts. To encourage those who 

 are working to find a preventive or 

 cure, the committee propose to offer 

 the gold medal of the Society, and £10 

 presented by Mr. H. H. Perkins, to the 

 first person who shall prove to their 

 satisfaction that a real preventive or 

 cure has been devised. Owing to the 

 unfavorable weather, the trials held at 

 the Burbage experimental station, 

 Hinckley, Leicestershire, were a par- 

 tial failure; to obviate this it has been 

 decided to sow seeds this autiimn in- 

 stead of next spring. No awards were 

 made at Hinckley by the Floral Com- 

 mittee, but the variety R. F. Felton. 

 reserved last year tor the Society's 

 sliver medal, was reported true. The 

 award of the medal was duly made to 

 Robert Bolton, of Warton, Carnforth, 

 who sent the variety to the trials. The 

 membership of the Society stanas at 

 a little under 1,100. The members 

 learned with regret that C. H. Curtis. 

 the capable secretary was compelled 

 by business reasons to resign his of- 

 fice. The Society's gold medal is to 

 be awarded to Mr. Curtis in apprecia- 

 tion of his invaluable services. H. D. 

 Tlgwell was elected secretary, and the 

 other officers appointed were: Presi- 

 dent. Hugh Dickson. Belfast. Ireland; 

 treasurer, Edward Sherwood; chair- 

 man of committee. F. W. Harvey (edi- 

 tor of "The Garden") ; auditor, R. 

 Oluyas. In the evening the members 

 dined together, under Hugh Dickson's 

 genial chairmanship. 



W. H. Al>«KTT 



THE FIRST SNOW-FALL. 



The snow had begun In the gloaming, 



And busily all the night 

 Had been heaping field and highway 



With a silence deep and white. 



Every pine and fir and hemlock 

 Wore ermine too dear for an earl. 



.Vnd the poorest twig on the elm tree 

 Was ridged inch deep with pearl. 



From sheds new-roofed with Carrara 

 Came Chanticleer's muffled crow: 



The stifT rails softened to swan's-down. 

 And still fluttered down the enow. 



I stood and watched by the window 

 The noiseless work of the sky. 



.\nd the sudden flurries of snowbirds. 

 Like brown leaves whirling by. 



I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn, 

 Where a little headstone stood; 



How the flakes were folding it gently. 

 As did robins the babes in the wood. 



I'p spoke our own little Mabel, 

 Saying, "Father, who makes It snow?" 



.\nd"l told of the good All-Father, 

 Who cares for us here below. 



.\galn 1 looked at the snow-fall. 



And thought of the leaden sky 

 That arched o'er o>ir first great sorrow. 



When that mound was heaped so high. 



I remembered the gradual patience 

 "That fell from that cloud like snow. 



Flake by flake, healing and hiding 

 The scar of our deep-plunged woe. 



.\nd again to the child I whispered, 



"The snow that husheth all. 

 Darling, the merciful Father 



.\lone can make It fall." 



Then with eyes that saw not I kissed her; 



And she. kissing back, could not know 

 That my kiss was given to her sister. 



Folded close under deepening snow. 



18/,!). James Russell Lowell. 



Salem, O. — J. J. Gunn & Son's 

 greenhouses on Garfield avenue were 

 badly damaged by heavy snow drift- 

 ing on November 9th. Four roots 

 were broken and the stock was badly 

 frozen. 



NUMBER, PLEASE? 



The p'tlo is ours — 



With joy we snatch it ! 



Wo did it with — 

 Our little hatchet ! 



So sings Samuel George Sellers 

 Washington Pennock — at the myrmi- 

 dons of the telephone king — who tried 

 to plant an obstruction near the en- 

 trance gate of his Lansdowne home. 

 Samuel didn't appeal to law; he just 

 ordered his boy to come around and 

 cut the thing down. 



"Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel 



just. 

 But four times he who gets his lick In 



first." 



"Ninety-eight per cent, perfect," 

 shout the telephone people in their 

 ads. Arthur Niesson thought it should 

 read "two per cent, perfect and ninety- 

 eight per cent rotten." He had my 

 sympathy. I blow up and have a fit 

 quick when anything goes wrong but 

 the telephone in particular gets me 

 going. I stay away from it all I can. 



We get little chunks of wisdom un- 

 consciously sometimes, as we walk 

 along the street, talking with a friend. 

 The other day with John Burton, for 

 instance. "O, yes," said he, "the tele- 

 phone's a great thing and we couldn't 

 do without it but personally I prefer 

 to telegraph a message." "Why?" 

 "Well, for one thing, because you can 

 stop when you are done talking, and 

 don't have to say a whole lot of things 

 you don't want to say, and that were 

 better left unsaid." Sounds good. 



G. C. Watson. 



■Voungstown, O. — The glass roofs 

 on the Gunn & Pettit greenhouses 

 caved in from the heavy pressure of 

 snow on Nov. 9th, causing a damage 

 of several hundred dollars. 



