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HORTICULTURE 



December 6, 1913 



MARYLAND WEEK 



Bolgiano's Display at Marylaurl 



The Maryland State Horticultural 

 Society's exhibition in Baltimore was 

 a pronounced success in every respect. 

 Not only were the exhibits more 

 numerous and of higher quality, but 

 the general arrangements for display- 

 ing them were better and real artistic 

 harmony was a distinctive feature. 

 The centre of the mammoth armory 

 floor space was occupied with products 

 shown mainly by members of the Bal- 

 timore Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 and a few private places. The chrys- 

 anthemums were probably the best 

 ever shown by the local florists. Cut 

 flowers, roses, etc., were magnificent, 

 R. Vincent & Sons Co. had fine pyra- 

 mids of hardy pompon chrysanthe- 

 mums effectively arranged for color 

 contrast. E. A. Seidewitz showed a 

 numbjr of handsome window and 

 flower-box groups and plants. I. H. 

 Moss had grand lot of dwarf conifers 

 nicely grouped. Robert L. Graham 

 some handsome designs. Among others 

 who had grand chrysanthemums, 

 cut flowers and rare foliage plants 

 were George Morrison, Mrs. W. F, 

 Cochran, Jr., Cbas. Sweigert, Lehr 

 Bros., Stevenson Bros., James Hamil- 

 ton, I. H. Moss, P. B. Welsh, G. W. 

 Lotz, John Cook, H. J. Quick and Edw. 

 Kress. The arrangement of the floral 

 and plant section was the most effect- 

 ive ever seen in the big armory and 

 reflected great credit on the committee 

 having it in charge. 



Apples from all sections of the state, 

 showing wonderful size, coloring and 

 freedom from imperfections, such as 

 timely and proper spraying produces, 

 plainly indicated that this fruit is 

 making a most surprising headway in 

 Maryland. Vegetables from many 

 counties of the state were also for ex- 

 cellence and variety another great sur- 

 prise. Granges and Farmers' Clubs 

 from several counties had booths filled 

 with products from the farms of the 

 members. These booths were quite a 

 feature, and rivalry was intense, as 

 there was a $100 prize for best booth. 

 Some friction resulted after the judg- 

 ing of the booths, but was finally paci- 

 fied. Potatoes proved that this crop Is 

 becoming a prominent one in the state, 

 and the yield this season in some of the 

 counties has been ovor 300 bushels per 

 acre. Corn, as exhibited from many 



Ilnfticultural Society Exliilntion. 



counties maintains the fact tnat Mary- 

 land is a quality-producing corn state. 



The exhibit of nuts showed that in- 

 creased interest is developing in nut 

 culture. The death of Mr. Kerr at 

 Denton, Md., a short time ago removed 

 the pioneer of nut culture in Mary- 

 land. 



The new president elected is Robert 

 L. Graham of Baltimore, a prominent 

 florist and a former president of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club. Prof. 

 T. B. Symons was re-elected secretary. 



SEED TRADE NOTES. 



Owosso, Mich. — The Young-Randolph 

 Seed Company opened for business at 

 West Exchange street. December 1st. 



Kansas City, Mo. — The J. G. Pep- 

 pard Seed Company has increased its 

 capital stock from $100,000 to $115,000. 



Chattanooga, Tenn. — The George B. 

 Haeger Floral Company has opened a 

 seed salesroom in the Flatiron Build- 

 ing on Georgia avenue. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 

 Chicago, III. — The Chicago Growers' 

 Co-operative Company, capital stock, 

 $5,000. Incorporators, J. P. Smith, 

 Peter J. Schurner and Nicholas 

 Schmidt. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — The A. J. 

 Brown Seed Company, capital stock, 

 $200,000. Incorporators. Alfred J. 

 Brown. Edwin B. Seymour and Thomas 

 H. Brown. 



Chicago, III.— The Foley Green- 

 house Manufacturing Company, capi- 

 tal $45,000; to manufacture and 

 handle material for the construction 

 of greenhouses and other buildings; 

 incorporators, Edward R. Lltzinger, 

 George W. McGurn, Leonard C. Reid. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Jackson, Miss. — Mr. and Mrs. J. V. 

 McKay have purchased the property of 

 the Mississippi Nu.sory & Floral Com- 

 pany, and the business will hereafter 

 be known as the McKay Floral & 

 Landscape Company. 



Rochester, Minn. — Ross Bragg has 

 purchased from John Peterson the 

 East Rochester Greenhouses. 



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