For April, 1920 



157 



LOCAL SOCIETIES 



THE PENNSYLVANIA HORT. SOC. 



A large audience attended the illustrated 

 lecture of this society on March 16th on 

 •'Perennials and Bulbous Plants," by E. 1. 

 Wilde, assistant Professor of Floriculture 

 at the Pennsylvania Stale College. 



"You are gathered here this afternoon," 

 said Prof. Wilde, "to be entertained, not 

 by the speaker but by the tlower friends 

 which will be thrown upon the screen. Per- 

 haps you have not thought of it in this 

 light, hut whenever I attend such a lecture 

 as this. 1 always have a feeling of renew- 

 ing such friendships, and a sight of my 

 old favorites in their natural setting only 

 intensifies my desire to be once more with 

 them in my own garden. 



"1 like to consider the garden as a place 

 of recreation, a place in which one may 

 secure the necessary relaxation from the 

 mental strain of the office, shop, or any 

 daily toil ; a beautiful spot where one may 

 meditate in perfect quietude. Flowers de- 

 mand our attention, for are we not all 

 more or less sentimental? They are mag- 

 netic in their appeal to be better known 

 and properly placed in our own old-fash- 

 ioned gardens. Old Fashioned Gardens! 

 I know no better name for all natural 

 plantings of herbaceous perennials." 



The lecturer then took his audience 

 through the Out Door Garden, from .'^pril 

 to November, starting in with the early 

 flowering bulbs, giving all the material 

 used in the perennial border, in the order 

 of the flowering season. 



"Those of us," he said, "who have only 

 a limited space in which to grow flowers, 

 have perhaps made the acquaintance of a 

 few plants which are superior to those al- 

 ready in the bed. These are all individual 

 prolilcms applicable to your own garden. 

 We should not, however, concentrate only 

 on our flower problems. We should think 

 of the other fellow's garden and help him 

 to straighten out his perplexities. Every 

 home should boast of a few of these peren- 

 nial plants. Before we can realize this, 

 people must be taught love for the beauti- 

 ful. This can very readily be accomplished 

 through individual eflfort or co-operative ef- 

 fort such as a garden club. This organiza- 

 tion is doing a good bit in disseminating 

 and awakening an interest in ornamental 

 horticultural material. This garden move- 

 ment is still in its infancy but gaining in 

 momentum very rapidly, which is shown 

 most clearly by the number of new nur- 

 series which are sprinaing up thronghoiil 

 the East and the advance of the industry 

 in the West and Southwest." 



The exhibits of plants and flowers at 

 this lecture was the best we had this Win- 

 ter season. David Rust. Sec'y. 



STAMFORD (CONN.) HORT. SOC. 



The regular monthly meeting was held 

 March 6. Four new members were elected 

 and 12 nominations for membership re- 

 ■ceivcd. The society gave its moral support 

 to the .Association of School Teachers of 

 Stamford for increase of salary. The fact 

 is too well known that teachers arc under- 

 paid for their very important profession 

 and many a teacher is leaving it for a bet- 

 ter paying one. The future of mankind 

 and of this country depends largely on good 

 teachers. l'>olshevism has no show among 

 well-educated people. The name chosen for 

 the new hall is "The Stamford Horticul- 

 •tiiral Hall." and subscription by the mem- 

 ;bers alone amounted to close to $8,000. The 



This Ten -Ten Catalog 

 Saves Yon Money — 

 Saves Yon Time — 

 Mnltiplies Yonr 

 Gardening Joys 



Aside from the dependable fact that every- 

 thing in the Ten-Ten catalog can be thor- 

 oughly depended on — it's all grouped in 

 tens. Ten of the best red roses. 

 Ten of the best iris. Ten of the best asters. 

 Ten of the best annuals. Ten things that 

 ought to be in every vegetable garden. Ten 

 ways of making the garden you make, 

 make more for you. And so on, everything 

 in tens. 



When a thing is name^,,and described, it 

 is promptly priced. You'don't have to be 

 a Sherlock Holmes to find it; or a mathe- 

 matician, to figure out the cost. 

 Another thing — it's getting late, and you 

 can easily make quick selections from the 

 Ten-Ten. 



Likewise, depend on our making prompt 

 shipments. 



Let us send you the Ten-Ten _with our 

 compliments. 



I ^^ A^ Thg Sj^ of The Trgg 



I Box 20 Rutker/ord N.J. 



outlook is that the society will take pos- 

 session of its new home by April 1. Papers 

 for the incorporation of the society have 

 been sent to Hartford by its attorneys, Ber- 

 tram and Mead. G. C. Boon, Cor. Sec'y. 



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ST. LOUIS ASSN. OF GARDENERS. 



The regular monthly meeting was held 

 I'>bruary 29, with President L. P. Jensen 

 in the chair 



E. D. Miller and .\. Huber, of the Orchid 

 Department of the Missouri Botanic Gar- 

 drr., lectured on "The Western Culture of 



I WANTED 



I Working Assistant Forester for 

 I local Forestry Deitarliiieiil in con- 

 i neetion with forestry work in parks, 

 if nursery iind landscape planting;. 



Good oiiporlunil\ for aniliili<>ii> 

 g younjz man not afraid of work. 

 ( .Stale (lualifiialions. salary expeetetl. 

 I and references, .\ddress 



Paul H. Rii>, Suiierintrndont. Roik- 

 r ford Park District. Roi-kfonl. III. 



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