For September, 1921 



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LOCAL SOCIETIES 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 (CONN.) HORT. SOCIETY. 



The above society met on Friday, Aug. 

 12th, with President Henry Jones in the 

 chair. All members spoke of the e.NCellent 

 time spent at the Annual Field Day held at 

 Rye Beach on the 9th with the Tarrytown 

 Society, thanks being accorded to W. J. 

 Sealey for the arrangements for the dinner 

 and Thomas .A.tcheson for the way in which 

 he handled the sporting events. 



Mr. Troy, manager of the dahlia show 

 to be held on Sept. 21st-22d, encouraged us 

 with his remarks regarding this affair and 

 stated that he was determined to make it 

 the greatest success of anjihing he had 

 ever undertaken before. The publicity 

 agents behind the exhibition are certainly 

 doing their part and with good weather 

 from now on there is no reason why the 

 finest collection of blooms ever staged can- 

 not be brought together. Only one more 

 meeting now remains before the date of the 

 show and it is hoped that all members will 

 be in attendance. IM. C. Ebel, secretarj* of 

 the National Association of Gardeners will 

 address us at this meeting regarding the 

 formation of a local brancli in this vicinity. 



The committee on essays and lectures is 

 arranging something that will be of interest 

 to everyone for the coming meetings this 

 Fall and Winter and it is hoped that all 

 members will be present to benefit from the 

 educational features that are to be adopted. 

 George Hewitt, Cor. Sec. 



SEWICKLEY (PA.) HORT. SOC. 



The regular monthly meeting of this so- 

 ciety was held on Tuesday evening, August 

 9, with President Carman in the chair. 



.\ communication was read from Mrs. 

 T. H. B. McKnight, recently appointed edi- 

 tor of the Bulletin of the Garden Club of 

 America, and who, incidently, is a member 

 of our society, offering a bronze medal on 

 Iiehalf of the Garden Club of .'\merica for 

 the most meritorious exhibit by a club mem- 

 ))er. It cannot be won by a professional 

 gardener. The medal will be offered at the 

 dahlia show to be held October 6 and 7. 

 The schedule committee reported that the 

 work of the final schedule was under way, 

 and that it would be ready for distribution 

 aliout September 1. 



Henrv Gibson, .\sst. Sccty. 



ST. LOUIS ASSN. OF GARDENERS. 



The ScptembiT 'lutdoor meeting of the 

 Saint Louis Association of Gardeners was 

 held at the U. S. Entomological Laboratory, 

 .September 3d. 



President G. H. Pring called meeting to 

 order and after a short business session the 

 writer was called upon to relate some of his 

 observations during the Park Superin- 

 tendents' Convention, at Detroit, Mich., 

 where he visited all the parks and many 

 private estates. This was followed by an 

 extensive discussion on lawns and lawn 

 making, led by Jack Baxter. Mr. Baxter 

 stated that a light application of common 

 dairy salt applied during the Winter when 

 the gromid was frozen to a depth of not 

 less than one foot, would kill all weeds such 

 as dandelions, and plantain without injuring 

 the grass. 



F. .'\. Satterthwait, the entomologi.st in 

 charge of the laboratory, then conducted 

 the niembers through the establishment, 

 showing specimen of such predacious insects 

 as the billbugs, Hessian fly, chinch bug, etc., 

 calling attention to their life and liabits. 



Mildew on Roses 

 and on Grapes and Gooseberries 



IT was in the summer of the year 1886 — 35 

 years ago — there was a vineyard in the Town 

 of Fishkill that was sorely troubled with Mil- 

 dew; and after a little practical experimenting, 

 the powder "■GR.\PE DUST" was found to 

 be quite successful in controlling the Grape 

 Mildew. 



Immediately following this, the Mildew on 

 Roses, both indoors and out-of-doors, was at- 

 tacked by using the GR.\PE DUST with a Bel- 

 lows on outdoor Garden Roses. Its faithful 

 use in this simple manner was very successful 

 in preserving the foliage of the Rose bushes. 

 A Florist of repute tried it against other remedies on the Roses 

 planted for an early crop of Commercial Flowers. The result w-as appre- 

 ciation of the article which was called 



HAMMOND'S GRAPE DUST 



It is used from Long Island to CaJifomia. It is simply dusted on the Plants. 



Our goods sold by the Seedsmen of America and won the Gold Medal 



at San Francisco World's Fair 



Black Spot on the Leaves of Roses 



This disease is one that seems to be well nigh universal wherever 

 Roses are grown, although some varieties are more tender or less able to 

 resist its inroad than some others. In our experience, on the banks of 

 the Hudson and elsewhere, it develops more 

 perceptibly during a spell of warm, humid 

 weather, and this weather condition will 

 quickly spread a few spots over half a leaf. 

 The leaves first show a small black spot, 

 which grows, and grows fast in a day or 

 two of humid weather: and sometimes the 

 leaves of a bush will drop off so as to be 

 perceptible. .\ Moss Rose will sometime- 

 seem to be struck with this trouble when a 

 more common kind will show less. This 

 Black Spot, which is called ".\ctinonema Rosac, 



the leaves, and where Roses are grown, whether outdoors or in large or 

 small greenhouses, this trouble is apt to occur. 



In treating Roses for Black Spot, the remedy, to be effectual, needs 

 to be used early. For years it has been demonstrated that 



HAMMOND'S COPPER SOLUTION 



IS A RELIABLE PKEVE.NTIVE KE.MEUV. Alter tlie leaves have started, svringe 

 or spray the bushes with the diluted solution. .\nd this care may need to be taken 

 two or three times during the season. And in a greenhouse, as a preventive measure, 

 spray the soil in which the Roses grow. The Rose Rust is a trouble which affects 

 hardy Roses more than some of the more tender varieties, and the verv use of the 

 COPPER SOLUTION as a preventive remedy for Black Spot has the effect of 

 checking the Rose Rust. 



grows in the tissue of 



HAMMOND'S 

 SAFE REMEDIES 



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*HAi,l, MAMI^ 



Thrip Juice, for Aphis or Lice, Eed Spiders and Soft Sciilc. In use since IS?.'?. 



Cattle Comfort, used first in 1887. 



Grape Dust, I'nr Mildew, etc. I'sed on Grapes .Tnd Roses since IS-^t!. 



Copper Solution, a useful Fungicide for nniny tbings. 



French Bordeaux Mixture, iu Pulp. A Standard Fungicide. (When we Brst made this 



pr.p^initinn in isss we could hardly get It tried as a gift.) 

 American Sheep Wash, to destroy parasites on Sheep or Calves. In use since li;8G. 

 Scrofularia Powder, made to prevent the lavages of Carpet Beetles In 1S88. 

 Horicnm, a Lime and Sulphur preparation mode in 1904. 



Slug Shot. Kills Sow Bugs and Insects in Field or Garden. Used since ISSO. 

 "H. W. K." — Hnnmioiid's Weed and Ivy Killer, a great saver of labor^nsed first in 1886. 



MADE AT BEACON. N. Y. 



Hammond's Paint and Slug Shot Works 



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