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horticulture: 



December 31, 1910 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETTS NURSERYMEN'S 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The first annual meeting of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Nurserymen's Association 

 was held at Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, Wednesday, December 7th. The 

 craft was well represented in numbers, 

 nearly all the prominent nurserymen 

 of the state being present. Aside from 

 the excellent address by Dr. H. T. Fer- 

 nald, of Amherst College, the whole 

 day was spent in the discussion of 

 practical topics. Dr. Pernald spoke 

 on the "Problem and Progress of Nur- 

 sery Inspection in Massachusetts." He 

 gave a history of nursery inspection 

 in the Commonwealth during the past 

 ten years, showing the development, 

 not only of the inspectors' work, but 

 the large increase of the nursery busi- 

 ness within the state during that 

 period. His estimates show something 

 over two millions of dollars now in- 

 vested in the nursery business in the 

 .state. The report of the Secretary- 

 Treasurer shows the association to be 

 in good condition. It was unanimously 

 voted to extend an invitation to the 

 American Association of Nurserymen 

 to hold its annual convention in Bos- 

 ton in June, 1912. J. Woodward Man- 

 ning, of Reading, J. W. Adams, of 

 Springfield, and W. H. Wyman, ot 

 North Abington, were made a com- 

 mittee of Invitation. 



The following resolutions were 

 adopted on the death of Mr. Wm. B. 

 Whittier, late proprietor of the Fram- 

 ingham Nurseries: 



Wliereas. In the course of human events. 

 Mr. W. B. Whittier. proprietor ot the 

 Framinffh.Tm Nurseries. South Framing- 

 ham, Miissnchusetts. was removed from 

 earthly toll on the twenty-seventh of 

 AuRust Inst, In the midst of his years; 

 therefore, be it 



Resolved. That we, members of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Nurserymen's Association in an- 

 nual meeting assembled, offer the following 

 resolutions : 



First, That we do hereby record the creat 

 sorrow and loss which the society has sus- 

 tained In the sudden demise of so valuable 

 a member, to whom many were personally 

 attached. 



Second. We also bear testimony to his 

 ability in his profession; a man of strict 

 Integrity and reliability, whose word was 

 as good as his bond, and a congenial fel- 

 low craftsman ; possessing nualitiea which 

 all his acf]uaintances admired. 



Third, That we express to his bereaved 

 family our sincere sympathy In the great 

 loss which tliey have sustained. 



Fourth, That these resolutions be spread 

 upon the permanent records of our organ- 

 ization; published in the horticultural 

 papers and the South Framlngham News 

 and a copy be sent, by the secretary to the 

 family of the deceased. 

 (Signed) Theodore F. Borst, Charles R. 



Fish, A. E. Robinson. 



The election of officers for the en- 

 suing year resulted as follows: 



President, W. H. Wyman, North 

 Abington; vice-president, Theo. F. 

 Borst, South Framlngham; secretary- 

 treasurer, A. E. Robinson, Bedford; 

 executive commitee, J. Woodward, 

 Manning, Reading; J. W. Adams, 

 Springfield; Chas. R. Fish, Worcester; 

 Geo. C. Thurlow, West Newbury. 



County Truck Growers' Association, 

 the Illinois Outdoor Improvement As- 

 sociation, the Lake Forest Horticul- 

 tural Society, and the Horticultural De- 

 partment of the University of Illinois, 

 will hold a ten-day horticultural insti- 

 tute at the University of Illinois, Ur- 

 bana, Illinois, beginning Tuesday, 

 January 31, and ending Friday, Febru- 

 ary 10, 1911. The last three days of 

 the institute will be devoted to the an- 

 nual meetings of the Illinois State Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Illinois Florists' As- 

 sociation, and other similar organiza- 

 tions. There will be exhibits of fruits, 

 vegetables and flowers. Programs may 

 be procured from W. B. Lloyd, Kin- 

 mundy, Illinois; J. F. Ammann, Ed- 

 wardsville; August Geweke, Des 

 Plaines; or E. Bollinger, Lake Forest. 

 A very comprehensive program has 

 been arranged. Practical demonstra- 

 tions will be given in the packing of 

 fruit and flowers, the making of spray- 

 ing materials and the operation of 

 spray pumps. Throughout the entire 

 program the subjects will be handled 

 by men of wide experience in their re- 

 spective lines. Stereopticon lectures, 

 including such subjects as "Life His- 

 tories of Insects," "How to Plan 

 Home Grounds," "Rural School Im- 

 provement," "Technique of Hybridiz- 

 ing and Crossing," "Street Trees in Il- 

 linois," "Illinois Greenhouses and 

 Their Products" and "Development 

 ot the Public Park, with Special Ref- 

 erence to the Small Town," will occu- 

 py the evening sessions. 



MISSOURI FRUIT GROWERS' IN- 

 STITUTE. 



The Missouri State Board of Horticul- 

 ture held a Fruit Growers' Institute at 

 St. Joseph, Missouri, on December 9th 

 and 10th, in co-operation with the lo- 

 cal Horticultural Society and the Fruit 

 Grower. In connection with the meet- 

 ing, the State Board held 'a fruit show; 

 and at the same time, the Fruit Grow- 

 er conducted its "Brother Jonathan" 

 fruit exhibit. In the latter alone, there 

 were 350 entries. In the "Brother 

 Jonathan" show, there was fruit from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific and from 

 nearly all the intervening states, also 

 from Canada. 



The fruit crop in the neighborhood 

 of St. Joseph, and in fact all over 

 Northwestern Missouri, was a very 

 good one this year. 



TEN-DAY HORTICULTURAL INSTI- 

 TUTE. 

 The Illinois State Horticultural So- 

 ciety, with the co-operation of the Il- 

 linois Florists' Association, the Cook 



NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY OF FRANCE. 



This great and influential society was 

 founded in 1S55 and has a fine hall and 

 library in the rue de Grenelle, Paris. 

 Besides holding smaller shows at vari- 

 ous periods of the year at its head- 

 quarters, it also holds two very large 

 ones in spring and autumn on the 

 Couis la Reine. This is probably the 

 finest site available for a flower show 

 in Europe. We notice the Tribune 

 Horticale has just given a special plate 

 of portraits of the officers of the So- 

 ciety. Among them are: M. Viger, 

 the president; M. A. TrufCaut, the pre- 

 mier vice-president; M. Abel Chatenay, 

 the secretary; M. Philippe de Vilmorin, 

 M. Maurice de Vilmorin, M. Jules Va- 

 cherot, all world-wide names. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



Committees for 1911 as announced 

 by the Board of Trustees are as fol- 

 lows: 



Finance Committee — Walter Hunnewell, 

 Chaliman; Arthur F. Estabrook, Stephen 

 M. Weld. 



Committee on Prizes and Exhibitions — 

 John A. Pettigrew, Chairman; J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, Robert Cameron, William N. 

 Craig, M. A. Patten, J. W. Hill. 



Plants and Flowers— T. D. Hatfield, 

 Chairman; A. H. Fewkes, Peter Fisher, 

 Joseph Clark. Thomas Roland. William C. 

 Rust. 



Fruits— Edward B. Wilder, Chairman; 

 Wilfrid Wheeler, William Downs. 



Vegetables — Duncan Finlayson, Chair- 

 man; Edward Parker, Vincent Buitta. Her- 

 bert W. Rawson, William N. Craig. 



Gardens — Charles W. Parker, Chairman: 

 Arthur F. Baruev. Arthur H. Fewkes, T. 

 D. Hatflelrt, William Nic'holson, William P. 

 Rich. Josiah B. ShurtleCf, Jr., Wilfrid 

 Wheeler, J. A. Pettigrew, Charles Sander. 



Dibrar.v — Charles S. Sargent, Chairman; 

 Ernest B. Dane, George B. Dorr. Charles 

 S. Minot. 



Lectures and Publications — C. W. Ilnltt, 

 Chairman; J. K. M. L. Farquhar, William 

 P. Rich. Edward B. Wilder. 



Children's Gardens — Mrs, Robert G. Shaw, 

 Chairman; Mrs. E. M. Gill. Mrs. Duilley 

 L. Pirkman, Mrs. W. Rodman Peabod.v, 

 Miss Margaret A. Rand, Mrs. John E. 

 Thayer. 



Programme of lectures and discus- 

 sions during the season of 1911, to be 

 held at Horticultural Hall, 300 Massa- 

 chusetts Avenue, Boston, Saturdays, 

 at 2 o'clock, P. M.: — 



Januar.v 7, 12 o'clock. Inaugural Meeting. 

 Annual Reports. 



January 14, 2 P. M.. Gardening for and 

 by Amateurs, by J. Otto Thilow, Philadel- 

 phia. 



January 21, 2 P. M., The Local Plant 

 Doctor, by Prof. H. H. Whetzell, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. (The John Lewis Russell Lecture.) 



.January 28, 2 P. M.. New England Mar- 

 ket Gardeners and Their Competitors, by 

 Prof. L. C. Corbett. Washington. 



Februarv 4, Summer I^lnoming Bulbs, by 

 Isaac S. Flendrlckson. Floral Park, N. Y. 



February 18, 2 P. M.. The Horticultural 

 Awakening of New England, by J. H. 

 Hale. South Glastonbury, Conn. 



March 4. 2 P. M., The Outdoor Window 

 Garden, bv John D. Twomblv. Winchester. 



March 11, 2 P. M., The Outlook Country- 

 ward, bv Prof. L. H. Ballev, Ithaca, N. Y. 



March 18. 2 P. M., Storv of an Old Or- 

 chard Reclaimed, by Dr. G. M. Twitchell, 

 Auburn, Me. 



AH are freely and cordially invited 

 to attend. 



Attention is called to the advantages 

 offered by the library of the society. 



All persons interested in horticul- 

 ture are cordially invited to visit the 

 library, and the librarian and his as- 

 sistants are always ready to extend 

 every facility possible to those in 

 search of horticultural information. 



Wm. J. Stewart, Chnlnuan; Harry 

 K Hall, Wm. P. Rich, Edward 

 Wilt>er C^ommittee on Lectures and 

 Publications. 



INTERNATIONAL HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SHOW, LONDON, 

 1912. 



By the time these notes appear in 

 print the preliminary first schedule of 

 this great show will be ready for dis- 

 tribution. It will contain the classes 

 in which prizes will be offered to ena- 

 ble intending exhibitors to make the 

 necessary preparations, but the prizes 

 themselves will be enumerated In a 

 subsequent edition. Apply to Ed. 

 White, 7 Victoria street, London, S. W. 



