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March 9. 1918 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



ELMER D. SMITH & CO. 



See Claaaified Advertisement 



Is mil iiruiliic'liiK MTV liiiivy and lia 

 quite a few ofToolort'd Mowers. Tin 

 cuttings lire selected with care eacli 

 year and srown in paper pots. 



With the party we hud some real 

 visitors In the shape of W. J. Mutli. 

 LansUowne, .losset Goetter, Walling 

 ford, and James Brown, Coatsville, Pa. 

 In the discussion at the evening 

 meeting it was brought out that the 

 1,S("» plants of Beacon produced 1,4U0 

 blooms for Christmas and that 1,400 

 plants of Alice produced 1,800 blooms 

 for Christmas and this without any 

 forcing of the plants. It was also 

 brought out that Mrs. C. W. Ward 

 always brings a belter price than any 

 of the other varieties but will not pro- 

 duce as much per square foot of space. 

 The necessity of careful selection in 

 taking cuttings was dwelt upon and in- 

 stances were shown where the results 

 fully justified any extra time that was 

 used for such selection. Another 

 feature of interest to the outside 

 world was the method employed by 

 B. F. Barr to have a continuous sup- 

 ply of good carnations for the store. 

 He plants about two-thirds of them on 

 raised benches and the other third on 

 solid beds, the latter coming in heavy 

 with bloom in the spring and early 

 summer when the benches are on the 

 decline. 



Criticisms were offered on the car- 

 nation Albert Roper which produced 

 one perfect flower in four, on Cottage 

 Maid which was without any deflnite 

 color and should be placed in the 

 variegated class and in a separate 

 class for bursting its calyx. Merry 

 Christmas seemed to have a serious 

 affliction of the neck and it was doubt- 

 ed if anything could be done to over- 

 come this defect. Old Gold was up- 

 to-date not considered worthy of an 

 opinion. 



Plans for a series of Ladies' nights 

 are under way. 



Albert M. Hebb. 



INCOME TAX REPORTS. 



This timely and important subject 

 will be thoroughly analyzed and ex- 

 plained at the next meeting of the 

 N. Y. & N. J. Association of Plant 

 Growers which will be held in Room 

 110, Breslin Hotel, Broadway cor. 

 29th St.. New York City, Monday, 

 March 11th, 1918. at 4 p. m. sharp. 



Wm. H. Siebrecht, Jr., who as the 

 florists' attorney has made an exten- 

 sive study of the Income Tax Laws, 

 will give an instructive talk on how 

 the law affects you and how to fill out 

 your report. 



All members of the trade are cor- 

 dially invited to attend. 



A. L. MiLUEB, Pres. 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, March 11. 



(..irth'inT.s' iiikI KlurlhlK' C'luli of 

 lialthiuirt', I'liirlHtH' KxcliuiiKi' ll^ll. 

 llalliiiiuri>. Mil. 



Ni-w York KlorlHls' Clul). (iruiiil 

 Opira House, Nuw Vork City. 



Korlii'Hlur KlorUtH' AHKotiiition, 

 95 Main St.. Ka»l Uoclii'Blcr, N. V. 



Ciiicliiiiatl KlorlstH' Suclcty, Hotel 

 Uibsoii, Cincinnati, O. 



Tuesday, March 12. 



Newport Ilorlli'Ulliiral Society. 

 Newporl, K. I. 



Wednesday, March 13. 



ij^ Cincinnati Klorlsts' Society, Jahez 



! Elliott Klower Market, Cincinnati, O. 



Dutchess County llorticulttirul 



Society, Kallklll liklg., I'ouglikei-p- 



sle, N. Y. 



I.enox Horticultural Society, Leno.x, 

 Miss. 



.Morris Connty Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Society, MaillRon, N. J. 

 ill Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Penil)roke Hall, (ilen Cove. 

 N. V. 



Thursday, March 14. 



Menlo Park Horticultural Society. ;' 

 Menio I'nrk. Calif. 



New London Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, Municipal BIdg., New London, 

 Conn. 



Friday, March 15. 



North Sliore Ilorticiiltnral Society. 

 Manchester, Ma.ss. :i 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICUL- 

 TURISTS. 



To Publishers of Catalogues. 



Provision has been made in the 

 equipment of the Society's offices at 

 1170 Broadway, New York, for the 

 filing of catalogues of firms and per- 

 sons engaged in the production and 

 sale of plants and plant stock, seeds, 

 bulbs, greenhouse supplies and acces- 

 sories, and goods used by florists in 

 all branches of the trade. 



All issuing catalogues are invited to 

 file copies with the secretary, that ac- 

 cess may be had to them at any time 

 by all who may wish to avail them- 

 selves of this service. 



John Youno, Secy. 



1170 Broadway, New York. 



The Publicity Campaign. 

 At the request of Chairman Henry 

 Penn of the Publicity Committee, con- 

 curred in by Chairman George Asmus 

 of the Publicity Finance Committee, 

 President Totty has ordered that a 

 meeting of the joint committee be 

 called for Saturday. March 16th, next, 

 to be held at the offices of the Society, 

 1170 Broadway, New York, at 2 p. m. 

 John Young, Secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES, 

 'i'he Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 1 ii'ly has Issued an liiteresting resume 

 of the circumstances ieadliiK up to the 

 Introduction of the lOngll.'-h sjiarrow 

 Into tills country and saying a timely 

 good word for this much abused feath- 

 ered friend of mankind. 



The Massachusetts Nurserymen's 

 .Association at Its recent meeting Id 

 Boston elected officers for the en- 

 suing year as follows: President, John 

 Kirkegaard, Bedford, .Mass.; vice-presi- 

 dent, George C. Thurlow, West New- 

 bury, Mass.; secretary-treasurer. Win- 

 Ihrop H. Thurlow; executive commit- 

 tee, Julius Heurlin, South Hralntree, 

 E. W. Breed, Clinton, Walter Adams, 

 Springfield, and Richard Wyman, So. 

 Franiingham, Mass. 



At a meeting of the Hamilton (Ont.) 

 Horticultural Society, February 19, the 

 first ground was broken for this city's 

 increased vegetable production cam- 

 paign by the president, .lohn A. Web- 

 ber, when he announced that Instead 

 of the usual supply of bulbs and 

 flowers, members of the society would 

 be furnished with vegetable seeds and 

 plants during the coming spring. After 

 reminding his hearers of the acute- 

 ness of the present world food short- 

 age, Mr. Webber earnestly urged the 

 members to substitute vegetables for 

 flowers and to devote the time previ- 

 ously used in the cultivation of the 

 latter to the raising of the former. 

 (Had advice— Ed.) Prof. J. W. Crow, 

 of Guelph, gave an illustrated talk on 

 successful backyard gardening. 



One of the largest gatherings of the 

 season, in Music Hall, Tuesday even- 

 ing, February 26, attended the meeting • 

 of the Newport Horticultural Society, 

 at which M. L. Davey, general manager 

 of the Davey Tree Expert Company of 

 Kent, Ohio, pave an address wide in Its 

 scope and interest. Mr. Davey arrived 

 in Newport just in time for a dinner 

 arranged by some of his friends 

 among the members of the society, at 

 which Mayor Burdick and Mr. Davey 

 shared the post of honor. President 

 Carter of the society acted as host, 

 while the general feeling was one of 

 good fellowship. Following the dinner 

 the guests and the speaker of the 

 evening adjourned to Music hall for 

 the entertainment. Mr. Davey's ad- 

 dress was very patriotic in character. 

 He told how his company had been 

 hit by the war, fully a third of the 

 young men employed (it takes men 

 between 20 and 30 to do the real tree 

 work) being taken by the draft or 

 having volunteered, which has left 

 only a small working force to fill the 

 next season's contracts. 



