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HORTICULTURE 



November 5, 1910 



OUR SENSATIONAL NEW 

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• " Pride of Castle Gould " • 



in grand shape at our greenhouses, in 7 and 8 in. pots — 2 to 3 ft. tall. Price ^2.50 and J3.00 each. 



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Best Quality for Forcing and Outdoor Growing 



ALL THE LEADING NAMED VARIETIES 



Special Offer: As an inducement to secure orders for a general line of bulbs we quote : Hyacinths Unnamed 

 Single, any color, ?2.io per C, $19.50 per M. 



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Send us an order for other varieties. 



See our AD in Oct. 15 issue. 



IF YOU WANT THE BEST QUALITY, OUR PRICES ARE LOW. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y. 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The meeting on Tuesday evening 

 was a very interesting one. Ttie ex- 

 hibits consisted of two vases of carna- 

 tions from H. M. Weiss, Hatboro, Pa., 

 "Mrs. C. W. Ward and an unnamed 

 white," both well done and showing 

 good culture. The American Rose and 

 Plant Co., Springfield, Ohio, showed a 

 new Boston fern, Nephrolepis Roose- 

 velt, fronds very similar to the Wm. 

 K. Harris variety, but with a better 

 spread; evidently a good thing. The 

 surprise of the evening was when 

 Robert Craig arose, and on behalf of 

 Mrs. Wm. K. Harris, presented to the 

 Club the portrait of the late Wm. K. 

 Harris. Robert Craig was at his best, 

 and made a splendid address of eul- 

 ogy on his old friend, telling of his 

 life and his work, how he first became 

 a specialist 35 years ago in growing 

 geraniums, and of the interest he tool: 

 in his business, and anything pertain- 

 ing to it. Robert Craig concluded by 

 saying: "It is a pleasure to spealv of 

 a man of such sterling integrity, a 

 man whose advice was sought by all, 

 and always freely given, and it is a 

 pleasure to present to the Club this 

 portrait, as we cannot have the origi- 

 nal with us again, to always remind 

 us of one whose interest in the Club 

 never ceased from the time he became 

 a charter member in 1SS5 up unto his 

 death." 



The essayist of the evening was 

 Thomas B, Meehan, his subject, "The 

 Proper Method of Pruning." His re- 

 marlss were illustrated with specimens 

 with which he demonstrated pruning 



methods by thinning out the branches, 

 and — if shortening was required — to 

 cut back to a small shoot rather than 

 to cut oft straight across; to prune 

 spring flowering shrubs, after they had 

 done flowering in spring; to prune hy- 

 drangeas, altheas or. other shrubs that 

 flowered in late summer, at the close 

 of winter; always in all pruning to 

 cut out the old wood; in pruning ever- 

 greens cut to get the best results as 

 to shape, never cutting back more than 

 two years' growth; prune evergreens 



in spring. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 The next regular monthly meeting 

 of the club will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall on Tuesday evening, No- 

 vember 15, at S o'clock. The speaker 

 of the evening will be Mr. Michael 

 Barrett on th<' subject, "Bees As .in 

 Aid in Horticulture." There will be 

 quite an interesting display of late 

 chrysanthemums and other seasonable 

 flowers. At the meeting the annual 

 nominations of officers for :^.911 will be 

 made, and it is hoped there will be a 

 large attendance of members. 



W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Department of Registration. 



As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the Coleus, "Fanny 

 Ross," by the J. W. Ross Company, 

 Centralia, 111., becomes complete. 



H. B. DORNER, Secretary. 



October 27, 1910. 



During Recess 



NEW YORK BOWLERS. 



On Friday evening, October 28, 

 scores were recorded as follows. 

 Average for four games: — 



Chadwick 170 Berry 132 



Manda 166 ^^mith 130 



Irwin 164 Scott lis 



Traendly 146 Sullivan IIT 



Sliaw 140 Mc.irdle 97 



The Irwin prize for high score was 

 won by Jos. Manda. Next week's 

 prize offered by P. J. Smith vs a 

 satchel for the best head-pin score, 12 

 frames. The following week Herman 

 Warendorff offers a Gillette razor tor 

 the best average in three games. 



CHICAGO BOWLERS. 



The Chicago Bowling Club will 

 give a dance on Friday evening, Nov. 

 11th. and a good time is anticipated. 

 Expenses will be defrayed by a charge 

 of one dollar per couple for Chicago 

 people and guests from other cities 

 will be welcomed free. 



CHICAGO WHOLESALE EMPLOYES. 



The Wholesale Employees gave a ball 

 on Oct. 25th at Columbia Hall which 

 was a success from every standpoint. 

 These are annual affairs and to miss 

 one is to miss a good time. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Loomis, Calif. — The office and dwell- 

 ing on the property of the Cali- 

 fornia Carnation Co. was completely 

 destroyed by fire recently and t'le 

 greenhouses damaged. 



Indian Orchard, Mass. — The green- 

 house of Mrs. Isabella Lindsey was 

 slightly damaged by flre recently. 



