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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



I LOCAL SOCIETIES I 



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WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORT. SOCIETY 



The last monthly meeting of the above 

 society was held in rather improvised quar- 

 ters owing to the fact that we are having 

 to vacate our old meeting place in Hub- 

 bard's Hall. However, we have been for- 

 tunate in securing The Red Men's Hall on 

 Lewis street, Greenwich, in which our next 

 meeting will be held. M. C. Ebel spoke to 

 an attentive audience on the coming conven- 

 tion of the National Association of Garden- 

 ers in New York city. His real reason for 

 being amongst us was to urge us to form a 

 local branch of the National Association 

 in the Westchester district, and after some 

 discussion on the subject it was decided to 

 call a meeting at White Plains soon after 

 the convention. All members will receive a 

 notice from Secretary Ebel in due course. 



One member took the opportunity while 

 Mr. Ebel was with us to ask numerous 

 questions regarding how positions were 

 filled and candidates chosen for positions 

 by the secretary. In each case Mr. Ebel 

 answered very satisfactorily and no doubt 

 allayed many criticisms that have been 

 directed against him in dealing with the 

 employment bureau. 



The Dahlia show held in Trinity Parish 

 House, New Rochelle, Sept. 21-22, certainly 

 was an apt reward for Mr. Troy and the 

 committee whose untiring efforts made it 

 possible for the citizens of that neighbor- 

 hood to witness the largest and most unique 

 show in the history of our society. The 

 exhibits tilled every inch of the Parish House 

 and also a large tent erected on the grounds 

 outside. Numerous collections staged by 

 enthusiastic amateurs were a great feature. 

 The public backed the affair from every 

 angle and the throngs that attended testified 

 that they were interested in our profession. 

 George Hewitt, 

 Cor. Secretary. 



ST. LOUIS ASSN. OF GARDENERS 



The St. Louis Association of Gardeners 

 held their last outdoor meeting of the sea- 

 son on Oct. 2, 1921, at the Memorial Ceme- 

 tery, near St. Louis. After a short business 

 session at which President Geo. H. Pring 

 was delegated to represent the association 

 at the convention of the National Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners in New York city, the 

 members present were entertained by the 

 superintendent of tlie cemetery, G. W. 

 Sallee, who explained the problems to be 

 solved at a cemetery in the making", this 

 cemetery being yet in the formative stages. 



The outdoor meetings of the past season 

 have been unusually interesting and enter- 

 taining, and for this reason will probably 

 be resumed next year. 



S. T. Jensen, Cor. Sec. 



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HOW TO PROTECT THE LOCUST 



Not only because of the beauty and fra- 

 grance of their blossoms (which also provide 

 a valuable source of honey for the bee- 

 keeper), but especially as a source of strong, 

 long-enduring fence posts, are the members 

 of the locust family to be classed among our 

 really desirable trees. One factor alone has 

 prevented their use in proportion to their 

 usefulness, namely, their almost invariable 



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infestation and early destruction by borers, 

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 news, published by the Department of Agri- 

 culture, that a very simple method has been 

 discovered for prei'eniing tlie depredations 

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The solution of the problem requires 

 simply that the trees be planted thickly to- 

 gether or amongst other trees, so that during 

 the first ten or fifteen years they will grow 

 under densely shaded conditions. It has 

 been ascertained that whereas trees growing 

 from two to three feet apart are seldom at- 

 tacked by the pests, isolated trees standing 

 only a short distance away are soon riddled 

 and rendered valueless, .'^fter about a dozen 

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THE TREES 



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