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HO UT I CULTURE 



March 23. 1918 



HENRY M. ROBINSON S CO., Inc., BOSTON, MASS- 



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As we handle the stock of over one hundred of the best growers in New England, we are pre- 

 pared to fill all orders promptly and satisfactorily. Wc have hundreds of satisfied customers, 

 and we feel certain that we can please you. We can supply the following varieties of flowers 

 in best qualities at lowest prices: 



American Beauty, Sunburst, Ward, 

 Ophelia, Hoosier Beauty, Hadley, 

 Black Beauty, Richmond, Scott Key, 



Milady, Maryland, Stanley, Pink Killamey, White Killar- 



ney, Russell, Mock, Montrose. 



ROSES 



CARNATIONS — Ward, Matchless, Enchantress, Enchantress Supreme, Pink Delight, Benora, 



Beacon, Harry Fenn, Rosette, Morning Glow. 

 VIOLETS — SWEET PEAS — Valley; Orchids Primroses (polyanthus); Gardenias; Wall 



Flowers; Mignonette; Marguerites; Pansies. 

 JONQUILS (Single and Double). TULIPS — La Reine; Murillo; Paper White Narcissus; 



Callas; Snapdragon; Cornflower. 

 GREENS — Asparagus Sprengeri; Adiantum; Smilax; Wild Smilax. 



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green dye which T. Waters has experi- 

 mented with until it Is as nearly per- 

 fect as can well be. It was highly 

 recommended by the judges. 



After the business was over the 

 members enjoyed a game of cards. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 .-Vl the monthly meeting of this 

 Club held at Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, on Tuesday evening, March 19, 

 the subject of the evening was "In- 

 creased Food Production." Wilfrid 

 Wheeler, secretary of the State Board 

 of Agriculture, talked on the necessity 

 of greatly increasing food supplies the 

 coming season, and W. N. Craig spoke 

 on the important vegetable crops 

 which should be grown in increased 

 quantities during the present year. 

 On account of the national importance 

 of this subject and the great Interest 

 being taken in it, the general public 

 •were invited and quite a few people 

 were present outside of the regular 

 club members. Mr. Wheeler spoke for 

 the market growing and farmer inter- 

 ests and, as such, did not regard the 

 home-gardening campaign with any 

 degree of enthusiasm. Mr. Craig took 

 the other side, vigorously advocating 

 the encouragement of home-gardening 

 and community plots and giving val- 

 uable directions for the proper culture 

 and care of the many varieties of veg- 

 etables that should be grown. Turn- 

 ing to the ornamental garden subject 

 he said, "Flowers are just as necessary 

 to the soul as vegetables are to the 

 body, and we should not heed the ad- 

 vice of those who tell us to root up 



our roses and flower beds to plant 

 vegetables. Flowers have an import- 

 ant mission in the plant world and 

 should not be neglected." 



Fred E. Palmer of Brookline spoke 

 on "Potato Culture." An Interesting 

 display of greenhouse forced veget- 

 ables was shown and cultural awards 

 were given to the growers. 



At the .April meeting E. W. Breed 

 of Clinton will lecture on "Horticul- 

 tural Problems of Today." 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The regular monthly meeting of the 

 above society was held in Glen Cove, 

 N. Y., March 13th. It was decided to 

 hold the Dahlia and Chrysanthemum 

 Show in the fall, as usual. The Treas- 

 urer was ordered to purchase a service 

 flag to commemorate the members in 



MEETINGS NEXT WEEK. 

 Monday, March 25. 



Florists' ond Gardeners' Club of 

 Rbode IslnDd, Sw.nrtz Hall, Provi- 

 dence. R. I. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore, Florists' Exchange Hall, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



Tuesday, March 26. 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 Newport. R. I. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Wednesday, Vlarch 27. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society, 

 Oyster Bay, N. Y. 



the service. Awards were made as 

 follows: 1st to Robt. Jones for tulips 

 Prof. Rowenhoff, Ist to Joe Mastroaini 

 for lettuce. An essay entitled "The 

 Gardener's Interest, Duty and Value 

 in Public Park Service,'' written by 

 Theodore Wirth, Minn., was read by 

 Ernest Westlake. A letter of thanks 

 was sent the author. A letter of sym- 

 pathy was ordered sent to the family 

 on the recent death of one of our 

 lionorary members, Mrs. Double- 

 day. Competition for our next monthly 

 meeting, April 10th, will be on 60 

 single violets, 12 mixed antirrhinums 

 and a vase of out-door flowering 

 shrubs. 



Habrt Goodband, Cor. Secy. 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the Society 

 will be postponed from March 20th to 

 March 25th. The meeting will be 

 held in the Classical High School, in 

 co-operation with the State Board of 

 Agriculture and the Extension Service 

 of the R. I. State College. W. N. 

 Craig, Faulkner Farm, Brookline, 

 Mass., will speak on "The Planning 

 and Planting of the Home Vegetable 

 Garden." This is one of a series of 

 lectures on gardening to be held in 

 different parts of the State during 

 the next few weeks. Lecture at 7.45 

 p m. E. K. Thomas, Secy. 



Marion, Ind.— Paul Moore has pur- 

 cliased the greenhouses of Henry C. 

 Pease. 



