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HORTICULTURE 



March 16. 1918 



CLUBS AND SCWZIETIES 





WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICUL 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The SprliiK Slmw of llu' Woricstor 

 County Horticultural Society opened 

 on Thursday. March "Ih, with one of 

 the be.st displays seen In many years. 

 A portion of the main hall was trans- 

 formed Into a formal parden. the cen- 

 tral being staged by Kdward \V. Breed, 

 chairman of the rommiltee of Ar- 

 rangements, his collection consisting of 

 well grown specimens of Primula mal- 

 acoldcs. Primula obconica and Cycla- 

 men with a group of Golden Spur nar- 

 cissus on either end. boxwoods being 

 used in the corners. 



On either side of this group was a 

 long bed of flowering plants from Iris- 

 fhorpe, Allan .1, Jenkins, gardener. 

 The stage was beautifully set off with 

 decorative plants, roses in baskets 

 and sweet peas from the Randall 

 Flower Shop. H. F. A. Lange had a 

 display of Blue Ware with pink sweet 

 peas and Eastern Star carnations. 

 Groups of primulas in variety were 

 made on circular tables by Edward W. 

 Breed. Iristhorpe, Charles Potter and 

 Allyne W. Hixon. 



The classes of carnations, cut flow- 

 ers and plants were well filled. Charles 

 Potter of West Boylston showed ciner- 

 arias of unusual vigor, also, cut flow- 

 ers of Nemesia strumosa. Alfred H. 

 Knight had a table of Begonia Gloire 

 de Chatelaine in addition to his first 

 premium carnations. A display of or- 

 chids from the Whitins Conservatories 

 William McAllister, gardener, attract- 

 ed much attention. The Hadley Rose 

 Company sent a large vase of their 

 Rose "Boston." which was awarded a 

 certificate of merit. 



The display of fruit and vegetables 

 in the Library attracted much atten- 

 tion. Apples were shown by Everett 

 F. Adams. Fred L. Chamberlain. Benn 

 M. Chamberlain and Mrs. William A. 

 Green. In the vegetable section Sec- 

 retary Herbert R. Kinney had an at- 

 tractive showing of forced rhubarb 

 and dried vegetables. Mushrooms, let- 

 tuce, celery, squashes, beets, carrots 

 and turnips were also shown. 



An invitation was extended to the 

 students of the Agricultural class in 

 Worcester high schools to visit the ex- 

 hibition. They drew plans of the hall 

 arrangements, marking the names of 

 the various plants as shown. They 

 were also instructed by Secretary Kin 

 ney and with note books in hand they 

 jotted down considerable concerning 

 the fruits and vegetables. The Ban- 

 croft orchestra furnished music. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



A special meeting of the members of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Socie- 

 ty will be held at Horticultural Hall. 

 Boston, on Wednesday, the 20th day of 

 March. 1918, at 3 o'clock, p. m. This 

 meeting is called pursuant to the re- 

 quest of the required number of mem- 

 bers, as provided for In the by-laws, 

 who have stated in their request that 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, March 18. 



Urtrull KI.irlHls' Cliili, Ik'Uilj I'Ui 

 ral Hull, Di-tniit, Mlrh. 



Ilniiatoii Florists' Club, Cliniiilicr 

 of CoiiimiTce Kuniiia, llountou, Tex. 



Nt'W .lerscy Klorlculturiil Suclety, 

 OraiiKr, N. J. 



Ni'w York Krili-nitloii of llortl- 

 cultiinil .Socli'tlea iiiiil Kloriil (.'lubs, 

 1170 Uroailvvay. .New Vork City. 

 Tuesday, March 19. 



GnrdeiiiTB' ami KlorlsLs' Club of 

 noKton. Horticultural Hull, Hoston, 

 Mass. 



Gardeners' oiid Florists' Club of 

 Ontario, St. George's Uall, Toronto, 

 Can. 



Minnesota State Florists' Associa- 

 tion. .Minncaiiolis, Minn. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety. GrlllUI] Mall, I'hlladolplila, Pa. 

 Wednesday, March 20. 



Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Public Library, Providence, 

 R. 1. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytown, N. V. 



Thursday, March 21. 



Essex County Florists' Club, 

 KreuRer-Auditorlum. Newark. N. .T. 



New Orleans Horticultural Society, 

 Association of Commerce lilUg., New 

 Orleans. La. 



Nortli Westchester County Horti- 

 cultural Society, Mt. Klsco. N. Y. 



Tacoma Florists' Association, Mac- 

 cabee Hall, Tacoma. Wash. 

 Friday, March 22, 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, 

 County Bills., Hartford, Conn. 



lloninouth County Horticultural 

 Society. Red Bank N. J. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society. 

 Pnsadona. Calif. 



People's Park Cnttapo Gardeners' 

 Association. Pateraon. N. .T. 

 Saturday, March 23. 



Dobbs Ferry Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 



it is. "to consider the matter of ex- 

 hibitions, prizes and appropriations 

 tor the year 1918." 



Wii. P. Ricu, Secy. 



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WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly ini'cling was held In 

 llul)bard's Hall, Greenwich, Conn., 

 .March 8, with a fine attendance, 

 .lames Stuart read a letter from F. R. 

 .Vewbold, treasurer of the New York 

 Horticultural Society, thanking this 

 society for check of $100 towards 

 planting fruit trees In the devastated 

 districts of France, Mr. Stuart read 

 a very interesting essay on "Co- 

 operation," which brought up a lot of 

 discussion. The judges, W. Morrow, 

 W. Whitlon and J. McAllister, made 

 the following awards: Specimen Cy- 

 clamen from .James Stuart. Ist prize, 

 also cultural certificate. Carnations 

 from W. Graham, 2nd and cultural 

 certiflcate. Primula from Tom Atche- 

 son, 3rd. Roses from W. Graham 

 highly commended. Vegetables from 

 .lames Stuart. 1st; Robert Allen, 2nd. 

 It was decided that we hold two flower 

 shows for the benefit of the Red Cross, 

 the summer show to be held In Ma- 

 maroneck, N. Y., and the fall show in 

 Greenwich, Conn. There will be 

 classes for home baking. 



J.\civ Co.MioT, Cor. Secy. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON, D. C. 



.\( the aiunial meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Club of Washington last week. 

 Z. D. Blackistone was elected presi- 

 dent; Harry B. Davis, vice-president; 

 William F. Gude. treasurer, and direct- 

 or.s Adolpli Gude, George Field, Theo- 

 dore Died rich George H. Cooke, David 

 Bisset and William H. Ernest. Clar- 

 ence L. Linz was elected temporary 

 secretary. A. resolution was adopted 

 pledging members to subscribe suffic- 

 ient to put the organization into the 

 Thousand Dollar War Savings Club. 

 A few of the members immediately 

 pledged more than the required 

 amount and second and third thous- 

 and-dollar clubs are to be formed. 

 The !)ledges are additional to pur- 

 • hases to be made by the members 

 through other channels. 



W. J. Keimel 



President-elect, Illinois State Florists' 

 Association. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 

 Having failed to come to a satisfac- 

 tory agreement with the New York 

 Horticultural Society the American 

 Sweet Pea Society has made arrange- 

 ments with the John Wanamaker store 

 'n hold their next summer's Sweet 

 Tea Show in the Greek Hall of their 

 store in Philadelphia. The Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society will co- 

 operate, holding their Sweet Pea Show 

 in conjunction with the National or- 

 ganization and it is hoped that a first- 

 class exhibition will be the result. The 

 dates fixed are June 2.5th and 26th. 

 Philadelphia can unquestionably put 

 up a good exhibition of sweet peas. 



