July 9, 1910 



HORTI CULTURE 



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plant a graceful drooping appearance. 

 They have quite a stock of it and so 

 far it has shown no signs of reverting 

 back to type. 



A VISIT TO MARION, MASS. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



At the mid-Lent meeting of the Ex- 

 ecutive Board the following resolution 

 was passed: 



"Resolved, That if five or more mem- 

 bers write to the Secretary expressing 

 an especial interest in any floricultural 

 topic and request the organizing of a 

 section devoted to that subject the 

 Secretary shall assign a place on the 

 progiam to that topic and shall desig- 

 nate it by a suitable name as a sepa- 

 rate section." 



A place on the program has been re- 

 served for such sections and the Secre- 

 tary will be pleased to hear from any 

 members who wish the organization of 

 such a section. 



H. B. DORNER, Secretary. 



June 30, 1910. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Muskingum County Horticultur- 

 al Society of Zanesville, O., which has 

 been organized for many years was re- 

 cently incorporated at Columbus, O., 

 by S. R. .Moore and others. This in- 

 corporation is to give the society legal 

 standing and a definite basis. 



Miss Meinhardt, president of the 

 Ladies' Society of American Florists, 

 has appointed Mrs. Richard Vincent 

 of White Marsh, Md., on the board of 

 directors to fill out the unexpired term 

 of Mrs. W. J. Vesey, deceased. 



MRS. CHAS. H. MAYNARD, Sec'y. 



On Saturday, July 2. an impromptu 

 exhibition of Japan irises was made at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, from the 

 estates of Mrs. John L. Gardner and 

 Wm. Whitman. The flowers were su- 

 perb and recognition was given by the 

 award of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society's silver medal to the first 

 named and bronze medal to the latter. 



The New Bedford, Mass., Horticul- 

 tural Society held a very successful 

 Rose Show on June 23. James Garth- 

 ley, superintendent of the H. H. Rog- 

 ers estate was a leading contributor of 

 roses. Wm. Keith, gardener for Thos. 

 M. Stetson, showed excellent decora- 

 tive plants. Miss Sarah B. Fay and 

 M. H. Walsh of Woods' Hole exhibited 

 fine roses. At the close the flowers 

 were auctioned off by A. E. Hathaway 

 by request of the exhibitors and 

 enough was thus realized to pay the 

 expenses of the show. 



The annual exhibition of the Mont- 

 real Horticultural Society and Fruit 

 Growers' Association of the Province 

 of Quebec will take place in Montreal 

 on September 7 and 8. An unusually 

 fine prize list is offered this year and 

 as great interest is now shown in the 

 affairs of the Society the show shoulu' 

 be an exceptionally successful one. The, 

 garden competition is a feature of this 

 year's work; entries closed on June 

 30. The officers of the Montreal Hor- 

 ticultural Society are honorary presi- 

 dent. Senator Mackay; honorary first 

 vice-president, L. J. Forget: honorary 

 second vice-president, Wm. Miller 

 Ramsay; president, R. Wilson: vice- 

 president, James Morgan. 



Seated: Col H. E. Conver.se; Cbairman. C. W. Parker; Secretary, W. C. Rich. 



Garden Committke of Mass. Horticoltural Societv, Guests of Coi.. H. E- 



Converse, Marion, Mass. 



The writer had the privilege a few 

 days ago, of a visit to the picturesque 

 estate of Col. H. E. Converse, at Mar- 

 ion, Mass. Marion is a beautiful sum- 

 mer resort richly clothed naturally 

 with oak and pine woods and resplend- 

 ent with elaboi^te gardens, villas and 

 all the evidences of affluence. Col. 



.\mericnii Holly at Marion, Mass. 



Converse's estate comprises SO acres 

 stretching c.long the shore of Buzzards 

 Bay and commanding a superb view 

 of the broad expanse of water, where 

 its gracious and hospitable proprietor 

 indulges to the fullest extent in his 

 favorite pastime of yachting. 



The work of improving and embel- 

 lishing the grounds, which, under a 

 former owner, had received but scant 

 attention is in the hands of superin- 



tendent D. F. Roy, who for many years 

 had charge of the old Converse family 

 estate at Maiden, Mass., and whom. 

 Col. Conveise says, it took six years of 

 urging to get him to pull up stakes 

 and go to Marion. Relations between 

 employer and employe are here of the 

 most cordial character amounting to 

 an affectionate comradeship, and as the 

 natural beauties of the grounds are 

 developed under Mr. Roy's experienced 

 supervision he is in hopes to eventual- 

 ly make his employer as enthusiastic 

 a horticulturist as he is yachtsman. 



The ground is undulating, gradually 

 rising as it recedes from the shore and 

 is heavily clothed, principally with a 

 luxuriant growth of oaks, of which an 

 unusual number of species and varie- 

 ties are present, and the usual under- 

 carpeting of vacciniums and other 

 things characteristic of the New Eng- 

 land coast. Skirting the woods along 

 the driveways which traverse the 

 grounds Rhododendron maximum has 

 been freely planted and grows splen- 

 didly. There is a sprinkling of pines 

 and many fine old native hollies of 

 surprising symmetry and robust vigor, 

 some of the trunks of the latter being 

 from 12 to IS inches in diameter, and 

 the trees not less than 25 feet high. 



In looking over Mr. Roy's work for 

 the past year we find a long stretch 

 of old lawn which runs down to the 

 water's edge plowed up and planted to 

 the plebeian crops of cabbage and po- 

 tatoes, to eradicate the dandelions and 

 other weeds which had usurped it and 

 next season it will be again sown with 

 lawn grass. A vegetable and fruit gar- 

 den has been laid out, over 200 tons 

 of stone having first been removed 

 from the ground. The ocean winds are 

 a factor to be reckoned with in terri- 

 tory so exposed, and much of the ma- 

 terial planted this year is by way of 

 experiment, while a heavy privet hedge 

 has been set out all about. A new 

 tennis court recently finished has been 



