February 2, 1918 



HOKTICULTUKE 



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1st with Rosalia; Win. Sim. 'Jnii with 

 Rosette. 



Beacon — J. E. Nelson, 1st; Ernest Sauu- 

 'iers, 2nd. 



Belle Washburn— W. R. Nicholson. 1st; 

 X. W. Farr. Stoneham, Mass., iJnd. 



Any other Scarlet — A. A. Pembroke, Ist 

 with Champion. 



Any other Crimson — Geo. E. Buxton. 

 Nashua. N. H.. 1st with Doris; S. J. God- 

 ilard. 2nd with Doris. 



Benora — J. E. Nelson, 1st; W. D. Howard. 

 2nd. 



Yellow Prince— S. J. Goddard, 1st. 

 Section C. 

 Varieties Disseminated 19161917, 50 Blooms 

 Each. 



Dorner premium for Rosalia won by W. 

 D. Howard. 



Baur & Steinkamp prize for Merry Christ- 

 mas wou by S. J. Goddard. 



Goddard prize for Doris won by A. H. 

 Knight. 



Cottase Gardens Co. prize for Cottage 

 Maid won by W. D. Howard. 

 Section D. 



American Carnation Society gold medal 

 for best vase of one hundred blooms, 

 ■iwarded to S. J. Goddard for Laddie. 



S. A. F. & O. H. silver medal for best vase 

 of fifty blooms uudisseminated variety of 

 American origin, awarded to S. J. Goddard 

 for Laddie; bronze medal for second best 

 fifty blooms, awarded to A. A. Pembroke 

 for White Benora. 



Fred Dorner memorial medal for best 

 vase of one hundred any undisseminated 

 .seedling, awarded to Cottage Gardens Co. 

 for Crystal White. Scored 92 points. 

 Varieties qualiUed in preliminar.v compe- 

 tition to compete for the Dorner medal 

 next year: 167-12, red, F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co.; 119-12, pink, F. Dorner & Sons Co.; 

 Bernice, crimson, W. D. Howard ; 701. crim- 

 son. Cottage Gardens Co. 

 , Section E. 



Certificate of Merit for uew or uudissemi- 

 nated varieties: C. Warburton for No. 2, 

 red. 86 points. 



Preliminary Certificates competed for by 

 two year old varieties — must score So points 

 for recognition: C. Warburton, No. 1, red, 

 SG points; No. 3. red. S7 points; No. 6, red, 

 SS points. Cottage Gardens Co., No. S09. 

 yellow, 90 points. 



Section F. 

 Special Premiums. 



Ilitchings & Co., sweepstakes in Section 

 A. awarded to S. J. Goddard for Laddie. 



Chicago Feed & Fertilizer Co. silver vase. 

 awarded to S. .1. Goddard for Laddie. 



Gardeners' fc Florists' Club of Boston 

 prize for six vases of six varieties, fifty 

 each. M. A. Patten, Lowell, Mass. 



Roper prize for fifty Albert Roper, 

 awarded to Wm. R. Nicholson. 



The cash prizes originally offered by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 

 various classes having been withdrawn, the 

 following recognition was made of merito- 

 rious exhibits in that section: P. L. Car- 

 bone, Boston, table decoration, award of 

 merit. Boston Cut Flower Co., table deco- 

 rati(»n and baskets, awards of merit. 

 Henry R. Comley. Boston, mantel decora- 

 tion, table decoration and cluster, awards 

 of merit, .lulius Zinn, Boston, mantel deco- 

 ration, table decoration and cluster, awards 

 of merit. Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, 

 Ind., vote of thanks for seedling 414, pink. 

 Mark Roper. Tewksbury. Mass., vote of 

 tlianks for vase of Albert Roper. Peter 

 Fisher, vote of thanks for vase of Alice. 

 Miss Cornelia Warren, Waltham, Mass., 

 vote of thanks for plant of Cattleya Perci- 

 valliana bearing 125 fiowers. W. F. Kasting 

 Co.. Buffalo. N. Y., honorable mention for 

 Chrysanthemums Hamburg Late White 

 and Hamburg Late Pink. Harold A. Ryan, 

 Cambridge, honorable mention for group 

 of foliage and flowering plants. Eugene 

 DaiUedouze. Flatbush. N. Y., certificate of 

 merit- for Rose Ophelia Supreme. F. W. 

 Fletcher, Auburnflale, Mass.. vote of thanks 

 for antirrhinums and freesias. .lames 

 Wheeler, vote of thanks for Daisy Etoile 

 d'Or. Carl Ilagenbnrger. Mentor. O.. cer- 

 tificate of merit for Solanuui Cleveland and 

 silver medal for new Solanum Orange 

 Queen bearing briglit orange fruit. 



low's Sons, T. C, West Newbury, 

 Mass.; Turner & Company, Charles, 

 Hartford, Conn.; Vanicek, V. A., New- 

 port. R. I.; R. Vincent, Jr., White- 

 marsh, Md.; J. Harrison Dick, Flor- 

 ists' Exchange, New York; Wright. 

 Georpe B., Chelmsford, Mass. 



A report was made by the mem- 

 bers present of their gross amount of 

 business contracted during the past 

 year, and the report showed that they 

 had done over $1,000,000 worth. 



Committees were appointed as fol- 

 lows: 



Publicity— W. H. Wyman, North 

 Abington, Mass.; H. P. Kelsey, Salem, 

 Mass.; E. P. Coe, New Haven, Conn. 



Membership — E. W. Breed, Clinton, 

 Mass.; Stephen Hoyt, New Canaan, 

 Conn.; Charles W. Morey, Woon- 

 socket, R. I. 



Legislation — J. J. McManmon, Low- 

 ell, Mass.; W. R. Pierson, Cromwell, 

 Conn.: D. A. Clarke, P^skeville, R. I. 



Howard M. Earl, of Burpee's, Phil- 

 adelphia, is in receipt of a letter dated 

 ■January 11 from Lawrence S. Payne, 

 who is well known in this country as 

 traveler for the firm of Simon Louis 

 Freres & Co. Bruyeres Le Chittel 

 (Seine-et-Oise) Prance, stating that lie 

 was just leaving to take his place in 



the French Army as an artilleryman. Nurseries, So. Natick, MsUs.: Thur- 



N. E. NURSERYMEN^S ASSO. 



This organization which concretely 

 represents the nursery interests with- 

 in New England held its seventh an- 

 nual meeting in Boston on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, January 29 and 30, 

 at the Hotel Bellevue. 



The opening session, on Tuesday af- 

 ternoon was devoted to addresses, re- 

 ports, etc., and after routine business 

 had been transacted two valuable 

 papers were read, one by Dr. H. J. 

 Wheeler of Boston on "Fertilizers for 

 the Nursery" and one by V. A. Vanicek 

 of Newport. R. I., on "Home Propaga- 

 tion." The annual dinner took place 

 at 6 p. m., about fifty members being 

 in attendance. Post prandial speeches 

 of a patriotic character were made by 

 many eminent members of the nurs- 

 ery trade and a very congenial and 

 fraternal atmosphere prevailed. 



On the second day, Wednesday Jan- 

 uary 30, the election of officers took 

 place at the forenoon session. The 

 list is as follows: President, A. E. 

 Robinson of Breck-Robinson Co., 

 Lexington, Mass.; vice-president, C. R. 

 Burr, Manchester, Conn.; secretary, 

 R. M. Wyman, Framingham, Mass.; 

 treasurer, V. A. Vanicek, Newport, R. 

 I.; executive committee, A. P. Home. 

 Manchester, N. H., P. M. Hubbard, 

 Bristol, Conn., P. S. Baker. An "Ex- 

 perience Meeting," led by Prof. W. C. 

 O'Kane of Durham, N. H., filled up 

 the rest of the forenoon session, 

 many interesting and novel views and 

 facts being brought out in the discus- 

 sion on the topic of insect enemies 

 and their control, in which Prof. Rane, 

 D. M. Rogers, E. J. Canning and other 

 notable experts participated. 



In the afternoon session, Curtis Nye 

 Smith, counsel for the American As- 

 sociation of Nurserymen gave an in- 

 teresting talk on the proposed "Em- 

 bargo on Nursery Stock" and was 

 followed by a general discussion on 

 the everlasting topic of "Insect 

 Pests." Principals or representa- 

 tives of the following named firms 

 were present: Adams, J. W., Nurs- 

 ery Company, Springfield, Mass.; Bay 

 State Nurseries, The, North Abington, 

 Mass.; Bohuslav, B. A., Newport, R. 

 I.; Brandley, James, Walpole, Mass.; 

 Breed, Edward W., Clinton, Mass.; 

 Breck-Robinson Nursery Company, 

 Lexington, Mass.; Burr, C. R. & Com- 

 pany, Manchester, Conn.; Canning, E. 

 J., Northampton, Mass.; Chase Com- 

 pany, The Benjamin, Derry, N. H.; 

 Clarke, Daniel A., Fiskeville, R. I.; 

 Elm City Nursery Company, The, New 

 Haven, Conn.; Fish. C. R. & Co., Wor- 

 cester, Mass.; Framingham Nurseries, 

 Framingham, Mass.; Frost, Howard, 

 Newton, Mass.; Gillett, Edward, 

 Southwick, Mass.; Greaton, Charles 

 H., Providence, R. I.; Heurlin, Julius, 

 So. Bralntree, Mass.; Home, A. P. & 

 Company, Manchester, N. H.; Hoyt's 

 Sons Company, The Stephen, New 

 Canaan, Conn.; Hubbard, Paul M. & 

 Company, Bristol, Conn.; Hunt, W. W. 

 & Company, Hartford, Conn.; Kelsey, 

 Harlan P., Salem, Mass.; McManmon, 

 J. J.. Lowell, Mass.; New England 

 Nurseries Company, The, Bedford, 

 Mass.; Northeastern Porestir Com- 

 pany, The, Cheshire, Conn.; Old Town 



SEEDS WILL WIN THE WAR— SOW 

 THEM. 



I have read with interest the sug- 

 gestion of Mr. David Burpee anent 

 changing the slogan of the American 

 Government: 



Food will win the war. Don't waste It. 

 to 



Food will win the war. Prod\ice it. 



There is a thought back of the sug- 

 gestion, and a good one; but it also 

 kills a good slogan. Cutting out the 

 "Don't waste it" part takes the life 

 out of the applications. To the un- 

 thinking (the great majority) It 

 would he interpreted, you can go on 

 wasting so long as you produce. 



As an alternative I would suggest 

 that the seed trade adopt a helpful 

 slo?an of their own — for instance: 

 Seeds will win the war. Sow them. 



This would meet the approval of the 

 powers that be and encourage cordial 

 feelings towards our business Instead 

 of suggesting criticism of jealous and 

 patriotic officials who have been doing 

 .splendid and unselfish work. 



Another good slogan might be added 

 to the foregoing: 

 Seeds rule the world. Don't waste them. 



That being true of all food products 

 from animals and vegetable life, but 

 It would not be readily understood by 

 the multitude and therefor Is not so 

 important as the other one and for 

 the seed trade should take a secondary 

 place. George C. W.\tson. 



CROMWELL PATRIOTISM. 



Cromwell Gardens, Conn., have fifty 

 of their regular employees now in 

 their country's service, only two of 

 whom were drafted; the rest were all 

 volunteers. John Wallace and Victor 

 Streckfus are 2ud lieutenants at 

 Camp Mills, Charlotte. N. C; R. T. 

 Beers has been promoted from 2nd 

 to 1st lieutenant; he and 1st lieuten- 

 ant Cardarelle are in the 302nd 

 Machine gun regiment at Camp 

 Devens. Ayer, Mass. Fred C. Wilson is 

 a sergeant and is now in the officers' 

 training camp "over there," and In 

 line for promotion to 2nd lieutenant. 

 Corporal Sebastian Melardo, in Per- 

 shing's forces in France, who went 

 out In the Conn. National Guards. Co. 

 C. is reported dead from meningitis. 



