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HORTICULTURE 



ATarch 2, 1918 



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CLUBS AND SOCIPTIES 



CONNECTICUT NURSERYMEN'S 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The Twelfth Aiiiiiial Meeting ot the 

 Connecticut Nurserymen's Association 

 was held at the Garde Hotel, Hartford. 

 Conn., February 10. 1!US. Reports and 

 routine business having been duly at- 

 tended to. W. A. Wright and C. S. 

 Franklin were elected members of the 

 Association and the following were 

 elected as honorary members: F. B. 

 Kelley, Princeton, N. J.: Harold At- 

 water, of Agawam, Mass.; Walter 

 Adams and Charles Adams, Spring- 

 field. Mass. 



Election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: President. F. S. Baker. Ches- 

 hire. Conn.: vice-president. C. F. Brain- 

 erd, Thonipsonvllle, Conn.; secretary, 

 P. L. Thomas. Meriden. Conn.; treas- 

 urer, W. W. Hunt. Hartford, Conn. 



At the afternoon session President 

 Baker appointed committees for 1918 

 as follows: 



Legislative — C. F. Brainerd (chair- 

 man), Thompsonville, Conn.; Stephen 

 Hoyt, New Canaan, Conn.; John R. 

 Barnes, Yalesville, Conn. 



Executive — W. W. McCartney (chair- 

 man). New Haven, Conn.; ,Iohn R. 

 Barnes. Yalesville. Conn.; W. W. Hunt, 

 Hartford, Conn. 



Entertainment — P. M. Hubbard 

 (chairman), Bristol, Conn.; W. E. 

 Campbell, New Haven, Conn.; E. A. 

 Brassill, Hartford, Conn. 



Publicity— W. E. Campbell (chair- 

 man). New Haven, Conn.; H. W. Gott- 

 schaik, Manchester, Conn.; G. H. Hol- 

 Uster, Hartford. Conn. 



Dr. W. E. Rritton, State Entomolo- 

 gist, gave us a very instructive talk 

 on "Bugs and Insects." illustrating 

 same with pictures and specimens. 

 W. W. McCartney read a paper on 

 "Labor Saving Devices." and it was 

 suggested that the secretary write to 

 the secretary of the American Nur- 

 serymen's Association and advise 

 that they, the American Association, 

 establish a Department of Nursery Im- 

 plements, for the purpose of securing 

 from its members suggestions as to 

 improvements in present machinery, 

 new machinery and labor saving de- 

 vices — to pick out the practical sug- 

 gestions and have same published in 

 "Trade Papers" and, in case of new 

 machinery, to secure a reliable manu- 

 facturer for its building. 



John R. Barnes spoke on "Food 

 Crops That We Can Grow," and an- 

 swered many questions regarding 

 same. W. O. Filley. State Forester, 

 spoke on "Some Experiences" and 

 other items of interest, particularly 

 "The Blister Rust." R. Scoville, State 

 Federal Food Administrator, had sig- 

 nified his intention to be present and 

 speak on "Curtailing the Growing of 

 Ornamental Nursery Stock," but failed 

 to appear. This subject was dis- 

 cussed and the secretary directed to 

 write Mr. Scoville that the members 

 of this Association expected to grow 

 more food products this year than ever 

 before. 



F. B. Kelley read a paper on the 



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Meetings Next Week 



Monday, M.irch 4. 

 IlfriiiirtlHvlMi' Iliirl ii-iiltiirnl Sn- 

 rlt'tv, llurtk-ultur:il llnll, ItenmrdH- 

 vli:,.. .\. .1. 



KIberoii Ilnrtlrullural Society, I''lro 

 Hull. KllxTun, N. J. 



Houston KlorlHta' Clul), ClininluT 

 ! of CoiniiKTce KooiiiH, lIotiNton. 'Vox. 

 I Moiitrciil Cnrili'iH'rH' iiiiil Florlsls' 

 I Chill. .M.mtrwil. Oiiiail;i. 

 fj Nfw ItcMlforil lluitlculturnl So- 

 ' cli'ty. New UcUford, Muss. 

 l] WiiHliliiKtoii FlorlBlB' Club, WnHh- 

 '1 Inntou, D. C. 



(.■li'Vfliind Florists' Clul<, Clc'vc- 

 laiKl, O. 



Tuesday, March 5. 

 Florists' 1111(1 Gardeners' Club of 

 V Ilolvidxe and Nortliainpton, Mass. 

 /[ Lake Genera Gardeners' and Fore- 

 ;|| nieii'.s Association, Horticultural 



Hall. Lake Geneva, Wis. 

 J!l I,ns Angeles County Horticultural 

 Society, Los Angeles. Cal. 



raterson Floricultural Society, Y. 

 M. C. A. lildg.. raterson, N. .1. 



Florl.sts' Club of Pliiladclpliin, 

 Philadelphia. l"a. 



Plttslinrgh Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club. Fort Pitt Hotel, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. 



Wednesday, March 6 

 Tuxedo llortliiiltural Society, 

 Tuxedo Park, .N. Y. 



Thursday, March 7. 

 Albany Florists' Club, Alliany, 

 N. Y. 



Reading (Pa.) Florists' Associa- 

 tion, Reading, Pa. 



.Southampton Hortloultnral So- 

 ciety, Odd Fellows Hall, Southamp- 

 ton, N. Y. 



Friday, March 8. 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society, 

 County Building, Harlford. Conn. 



Westchester and Fairfield Horti- 

 cultural Society, Dorans Hall, 

 Greenwich, Conn. 



Saturday, March 9. 

 Ill Dobbs Ferrv Gardeners' Assocla- 

 I tlon. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 



subject of "Market Development by 

 Subscription and the National Co-oper- 

 ative Campaign to Create New, and 

 Greater, Business for Nurserymen." 

 The Association then voted to con- 

 tribute the sum of $50.00, for one year, 

 to this publicity campaign, and that 

 the members present do, individually, 

 announce their intention, and pledge 

 themselves to support such campaign. 



The question of Prohibiting the Im- 

 portation of Nursery Stock was dis- 

 cussed and the secretary directed to 

 write the Connecticut Representatives 

 to Congress that the Connecticut Nur- 

 seryraens' Association do not approve 

 of the "Weeks Bill" for the Prohibit- 

 ing of the Importation of Nursery 

 Stock, and wish them to use their in- 

 fluence in Congress to prevent its 

 passage. A letter of thanks was voted 

 to Secretary Smith, of the American 

 Association, on the good work he had 

 done in connection with the Transpor- 

 tation Problem. 



W. O. Filley invited the Associa- 

 tion to hold its summer outing at one 

 of the Foresters' Camps. The matter 

 of time and place, however, was left 

 in the hands of the Entertainment 

 Committee. 



F. L. Thomas, Secy. 



MeWden, Conn. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



I he monthly meeting was held 

 Feb. 8. President Popp announced 

 the receipt of seventy-five dollars from 

 different seed firms to be used for 

 monthly prizes. The following awards 

 were made: Eucharis amazonica, from 

 W. Morrow, 1st prize; Cineraria stel- 

 lata, from W. Graham, highly com- 

 mended; I3uddleia asiatica, from James 

 Stuart, highly commended; Primula 

 nialacoides, from Tom. Atcheson, 

 highly commended; lupines and sweet 

 peas, from A. Fadenhagen, the thanks 

 of the Society. After some other 

 minor business the meeting took on 

 the form of a social entertainment, 

 one of the best In the history of this 

 society. The seed and nursery firms 

 from New York and surrounding dis- 

 tricts were represented. Refresh- 

 ments were served. 



J. K. M. U Farquhar, of Boston, 

 made an Interesting address on the 

 present situation and outlook In tho 

 seed trade. He called attention to the 

 fact that the United States had here- 

 tofore depended on Europe for at least 

 one-half of her supply of vegetable 

 seeds and three-fourths or more of her 

 flower seeds; that Germany, which 

 before the war had furnished half of 

 the seed imports, had been completely 

 cut off; that France this year was able 

 only to send less than one-third of her 

 former quota, and that Holland, Den- 

 mark and England had placed embar- 

 goes on seed exports. He urged the 

 vital necessity of Immediate efforts 

 towards the production of supplies of 

 seeds in this country and pointed to 

 the agricultural colleges of the various 

 states as agencies through which this 

 important work should be promoted. 

 He suggested to the Society that its 

 members should visit the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum during next June that they 

 might see the numerous hardy shrub 

 and tree introductions of E. H. Wilson 

 which will then be in bloom and of 

 which there are already over 1,500 

 new to cultivation. He also spoke of 

 the many Chinese shrubs which flower 

 later in the summer when we have 

 few in bloom. He said that Mr. Wil- 

 son had just returned to Japan from 

 Korea, where he had found many ne'w 

 plants and that he was about to start 

 for Formosa, which contrary to the 

 popular idea of that Island has in Its 

 higher altitudes a temperate or almost 

 frigid climate which Mr. Wilson ex- 

 pects will yield many new plants 

 which it is to be hoped will prove 

 hardy in the north temperate zone. 

 Arthur Herrington spoke about the 

 forthcoming flower show in New York 

 and short speeches were also made 

 by Charles H. Totty and Messrs. Col- 

 lins, Scott, Sealey, Carlstrom, Cobb, 

 John Shore, Harry Wild, Jos. Manda, 

 Patrick Fay and R. J. Irwin. The 

 meeting broke up about midnight to 

 the strains of the Star Spangled Ban- 

 ner. J. CoNROY, Cor. Sec. 



