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HORTICULTURE 



July 30, 1910 



''The Palms You Shipped Us Arrived in Good 

 Condition and They Are Excellent Plants'' 



^TT These ore the words one of our customers in a'-kimwledging; recently the receipt of a shipment of Palms 

 ^1 from ns. To emphasize their approval, they enclosed with the ahove letter an order more than twice as larg:e 

 ^ as the first one. Q It was welcome news to us, and it has a big and important meaning for you, too. 

 C Heacock Palms please our trade because they :ii"e so unusually good: they will please your customers for 

 exactly the same reason. When they come to you for palms, yovi c:in give them quality and the full worth of 

 their money by supplying them with Heacock Palms. ^ A trial order will convince you, and will show yoii, like 

 this customer and scores of others, can make a handsome profit from a Palm Department. Look over the follow- 

 ing list, then put an order up to us — give us a chance to prove the quality of our stock. 



ARECA LUTESCENS 



Each I Each 



6-in. pot, 3 plants in pot, 26 to 28-In. high .$1.00 S-in. put, :; plants in pot, 36-ln. high ?2.50 



7-in. pot, 3 plants in pot, 30 to 32-in. high 2.00 I S-in. pot, 3 plants in pot, 42-in. high 3.00 



COCOS WEDDELLIANA 



2io-iii. )iut, S to 10-in. hit']] $10.00 



Per 100 ^:5S;2§5?^ 



MADE UP KENTIA ^^P^ ,. 



FORSTERIANA Eah ^- \U^^ 



7-in. tub. i plants in tub, 30-in. bifib $2.50 



0-in.tub, 4 plantsin tub, 42 to4S-iu. high.... 4.00 



^mENTIA BELMOREANA "^^^^ff^VWk 



Do!!. 100 ^-^d^^ . 



5-ln. pot, B to 7 leaves, IS-ln. high $6.00 $50.00 



Each Doz. 



6-in. pot, 6 to 7 leaves, 20 to 24-in. high $1.00 $12.00 



fl-in. tub, 6 to 7 leaves, 42 to 4S-in. high 5.00 



9-in. tub, 6 to 7 leaves, 48 to 54-in. high 6.00 



PHOENIX ROEBELENII 



5*in. pot, nicely characterized, each $1.00 1 iMii. p-tt. nirely characterized, each $1.50 

 "When in Philadelphia be sure to look us up" 



Joseph Heacock Company, wyncote, Pa. 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



At a regular meeting of this society 

 July 26 it was voted to tiave a ball 

 on the evening of Sept. 20, following 

 the close of the September exhibition, 

 and a committee, consisting of An- 

 drew S. Meikle, Wm. P. Smith, John 

 T. Allan, John B. Urqiihart and John 

 A. Forbes, were appointed to make 

 necessary arrangements. Nine judges 

 for the September show were also 

 appointed and are as follows: Rich- 

 ard Gardner, John T. Allan, John A. 

 Forbes, Wm. Mackay, Bruce Butter- 

 ton, Alex. MacLellan, John P. Ham- 

 mond, John Mahon and Andrew 3. 

 Meikle. They will be divided into 

 three sets so as to get the work done 

 as quickly as possible, the schedule 

 being long and keen competition be- 

 ing fully expected. 



The exhibition table was made at- 

 tractive by a fine sample of large red 

 gooseberries, seedlings from the well- 

 known "Industry." They were ex- 

 amined by a committee and awarded 

 a first-class certificate of merit. The 

 exhibitor was Samuel Speers, gar- 

 dener at the Green estate. 



The following judges were also ap- 

 pointed for the public school gardens: 

 John P. Hammond, James J. Sullivan 

 and Colin Robertson. The society has 

 had good proof in the past that the 

 little amateur gardeners are deserv- 

 ing the encouragement given them to 

 cultivate their little plots of flowers 

 and vegetables, and the action of 



Mrs. Lorillard Spencer in donating 

 the prizes may well be imitated at 

 other places. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 



Secretary Mulford has issued the 

 program for the annual convention of 

 this Association, to be held at Harris- 

 burg, Pa., on August 9 and 10, and at 

 Gettysburg on Aug. 11. An automobile 

 trip through the parks and parkways 

 of Harrisburg will be a part of the 

 program on the first day. Papers are 

 expected from W. H. Dunn, of Kansas 

 City, Mo., on "The Latest Conclusions 

 About Road Surfaces." Peter Bisset, 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Divi- 

 sion of Seed and Plant Introduction, 

 Washington, D. C, on "Some Recent 

 Tree and Shrub Introductions." J. 

 Horace McParland, Harrisburg, Penn., 

 President of the American Civic Asso- 

 ciation, on "Some Phases of the Social 

 Aspect of Park Development." Geo. 

 W. Ehler, Baltimore, Md., Secretary of 

 the Public Athletic League of Balti- 

 more, on "Playgrounds." Hans J. 

 Koehler, of Brookline, Mass., on "Park 

 Planting Material and Its Placing." J. 

 W. Rodgers, of Cincinnati, O.; F. W. 

 Barclay, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and it is 

 also hoped E. B. DeGroot, of Chicago, 

 will speak on some playground topic. 



The meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society of Chicago, as announced for 

 last Tuesday, has been postponed till 

 August 2nd, a quonim not being pres- 

 ent 



NEW ORLEANS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This Society celebrated its 25th an- 

 niversary on the evening of the 21st 

 inst., at Gundorfs Pavilion, West End. 

 The membership now numbers a little 

 over fifty, and forty-five members were 

 present at the meeting. Vice-president 

 Doescher was in the chair. The fin- 

 ancial statement of the treasurer 

 showed the funds of the Society to be 

 in a flourishing state. Richard Eich- 

 ling and R. E. Simon were unanimous- 

 ly elected as president and vice-presi- 

 dent respectively. Mr. Eichling, a 

 native of Germany, has been grower 

 for U. J. Virgin for a long period and 

 comes from a long line of gardeners. 

 He is painstaking and methodical to 

 a degree and the interests of the So- 

 ciety are safe in his hands. Mr. 

 Simon is a native of this city and is 

 at pi-esent connected with the Metairie 

 Ridge Nursery Co. His genial person- 

 ality is a strong asset and with such 

 a pair of hustlers the Society is bound 

 to prog'-ess. C. R. Panter and Jno. 

 Eblen were elected as secretai-y and 

 treasurer, respectively, by acclamation. 

 Mr. Eblen has been treasurer since it 

 was originated and his unselfish devo- 

 tion to its interests has been unceas- 

 ing. H. Papworth brought before the 

 meeting the desirability of asking the 

 S. A. F. to hold its annual convention 

 in this city during the Panama Ex- 

 position in 1915, and it was unani- 

 mously agreed that Mr. Papworth 

 should present the invitation to the 



