March 16, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



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N. Y. STATE FAIR FLOWER DE- 

 PARTMENT. 



At a meeting of the New York State 

 Fair Commission held recently, the 

 date of the Fair was set for September 

 9-14, 1918. Professor D. Lumsden, of 

 the New York State College of Agri- 

 culture at Cornell University, Ithaca, 

 N. Y., was again appointed superin- 

 tendent of the Department of Flowers. 

 Several new classes have been added 

 to the premium list, prominent among 

 these being premiums for collections 

 of roses in the professional and ama- 

 teur classes. Additional premiums 

 are offered for gladiolus, and the sec- 

 tions containing premiums for potted 

 plants and miscellaneous flowers have 

 been materially increased. 



A novel feature will be the premiums 

 offered for a collection of cut flowers. 

 Annuals grovm in a war garden, 25 

 vases named. Arrangement of exhibit 

 will be taken into consideration when 

 the premiums are awarded. The pre- 

 miums for this exhibit will be: 1st, 

 $25; 2nd, $15; 3rd, $7. An affidavit 

 must accompany the entry for this ex- 

 hibition stating that the flowers were 

 grown by the exhibitor in a garden de- 

 signed and planted to assist in the 

 production of home food during the 

 period of the war. 



Another novel feature will be the 

 awarding of premiums for the best 

 vase of 25 pink asters, late-flowering, 

 branching type. 1st premium, silver 

 cup valued at $25; second, silver cup 

 valued at $10; 3rd, silver cup, $5. 

 This class will be open to any boy or 

 girl under sixteen years tf age, resid- 

 ing in the State of New York. Seeds 

 for those premiums will be donated by 

 leading seedsmen in the state, and 

 will be obtainable by writing to D. 

 Lumsden, New York State College of 

 Agriculture at Cornell University, 

 Ithaca. N. Y. 



I-t will be gratifying to the florists 

 of New York State to learn that lib- 

 eral increases in the appropriation 

 for the Department of Flowers have 

 been made by the Honorable C. S. Wil- 

 son, Commissioner of Agriculture, who 

 is an ardent worker for both the agri- 

 cultural and horticultural interests of 

 the state. 



The increase in premiums for flow- 

 ers will be much welcomed at this 

 time, explaining as it does that al- 

 though we are engaged in a war of 

 colossal proportions and our bounden 

 duty should be to assist with every 

 means in our power the production 

 and conservation of food, the immense 

 benefits to be derived from the culti- 

 vation and usages of flowers must not 

 be forgotten. Flowers play an import- 

 ant part in moulding the lives and 

 characters of individuals and commu- 

 nities and aid in developing a cleaner, 

 higher and more noble citizenship. 



PERSONAL. 



Fred \V. Cowperthwaite. formerly of 

 Philadelphia, has been appointed as- 

 sistant manager of the seed depart- 

 ment of the Macniff Horticultural Co- 

 New York. 



John S. Doig has changed hla 

 address from Southboro, Mass., to 

 Barrington, R. I., where he takes 

 the position of superintendent on the 

 estate of Frederick S. Peck. 



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