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11 I) UTICULTUHK 



April 20, 1918 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 One of tho ln>st i-luh mectliiKB of the 

 si'ason wus held Tuesday evening. 

 April 16. when 10. \V. Breed. Clinton. 

 Mn.ss.. lectured on "Some Horticultural 



Proli' ' Today." Mr. Brood 1b an 



ahl' nil and very proRress've 



horiiiiiimr.si and covered almost 

 every field In the professfon. He 

 pointed out how we should make every 

 effort to keep our Kreenhouses and 

 every part of our estahlis^hmonls grow- 

 iuK. and Rive all aid possil)lo to the 

 National Publicity Campaign, so that 

 when the war ended we should be 

 ready to take first place with the other 

 businesses throughout the country. 

 He spoke on the great problem of 

 skilled labor, urging everybody to 

 hold on to their men if possible. He 

 also spoke of the cutting off of Im- 

 ports, and poin'ed out where there 

 was a great field for us as exporters 

 in the future. It was one of the very 

 best lectures ever delivered before 

 the club, and a lively discussion fol- 

 lowed Mr. Breed's remarks. 



The awards for the exhibits of the 

 evening were as follows: Antirrhinum 

 and sweet peas. Walter Golby. vote of 

 thanks; Schizanthus. Walter Golby. 

 report of cultural merit; Verbena Miss 

 Willmott. William N. Craig, vote of 

 thanks; Celsia cretica. Walter Hunne- 

 well estate, vote of thanks: Antirrhi- 

 num Rosalind. F. W. Fletcher, report 

 of merit; hybrid Freesias. F. W. 

 Fletcher, vote of thanks. Brasso cat- 

 tleya Maronae. L. B. Towle. Newton, 

 honorable mention. 



The president appointed a commit- 

 tee to draft resolutions on the death 

 of Peter Barker. 



THE AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



On Tlnirsilay. .April 11. the executive 

 committee of the American Dahlia So- 

 ciety held a meeting at the Grand Ho- 

 tel. New York city, at which the fol- 

 lowing were present: President. R. 

 Vincent, .Jr.. George W. Kerr. James 

 Duthie. George S. Stillman. I. S. Hend- 

 drlckson, P. W. Popp, Mr. Phillips, J. 

 J Lane, .Tos. 11. Sperry and .1. Austin 

 Shaw. 



Mr. Vincent presided, and Mr. Lane 

 w^as appointed secretary pro tem. In 

 very touching words President Vin- 

 cent referred to the passing of .1. Har- 

 rison Dick, who had so efficiently been 

 secretary of the society up to the time 

 of his death. A testimonial was read, 

 and it was duly voted that suitable 

 resolutions be transmitted to Mrs. 

 Dick. F. R. Austin, treasurer, report- 

 ed the current balance, which was 

 found very encouraging. To fill the 

 place of Mr. Dick as secretary for the 

 balance of the term. .Jasper R. Lewis, 

 7.36 Riverside Drive, New York city, 

 was elected. 



A letter from Fottler. Fiske. Rawson 

 CO; was read offering a prize of $10 

 for the Boston show, and Mr. Phillips 

 also offered $20 for life membership 

 in the society P. W. Popp also of- 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, April 22. 



I |i>rlHlH' mill linrili'iiiTH' I'liih i'l 

 Itliiiili. IhIiiiuI. Swiirtr. Hull, I'mM 

 .1.. li. 1. 



HanliMi'TH' mill I'"lorlHlH' ('lull of 

 i::iti hitiiri', KliirUtH' ICxi'liiiiiiri' Hull, 

 llnllliiiiirc. .Mil. 



Tuesday. April 23. 



Ni'« piirt IlnrtlrlllHirill .Smli'ly, 

 Ni-«Iiiirl. U. I. 



Tarrylown Iliirtlrillliiral Socli'lv, 

 Tiiriyliiwii. X. Y. 



Wednesday, April 24. 



oysliT lliiv lliirllriillur:il Si.il.-ly. 

 (lyHtiT I!:iy, .V. Y. 



Friday, April 26. 



CnnniTtlfUt llorlii-iiltiir:il .Sui-lety. 

 t'liiiiily ItlilE., Iliirlfiini. •■"iiii. 



.Mniiiiiniitli <'iiiin(v lliirttrultiirnl 

 Snil.'ly. KimI Uniik. .\, .1. 



l':i.s:Ml4'nii Mortiriiltiinil Sncli'ty. 

 I':isiiilt_'nii. Ciilir. 



ri'oplc's I'ark L'liltiiBi- OariliMir.s 

 AsHiK'ialion. I'atersoii N. .1. 



Saturday, April 27. 

 Ilohli.4 Ferry (iariji-niTS' AHHOcia- 

 tlipii. He. 111. s r.-ny. N. Y. 



^ 



fered a prize of a $5 cut glass vase for 

 a vase of mixed dahlias of any or all 

 types. 



It was decided to hold another meet- 

 ing of the executive committee on May 

 ir>, the second anniversary of the 

 founding of the American Dahlia So- 

 ciety. J. R. Lewis, Sec. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this so- 

 ciety was held in Glen Cove, N. Y., 

 .■\pril 10. Awards on the monthly 

 competition were as follows: An- 

 tirrhinum, 1st to Robt. .lones; out- 

 door flowers, 1st to l-Yank Petroccia; 

 violets, 1st to Frank Petroccia: Cul- 

 tural certificate for violets to Frank 

 Petroccia. Robert .lones gave an in- 

 structive talk on his method of grow- 

 ing antirrhinums. An essay was 

 ably read by S. .1. Trepess. written by 

 L. P. Jensen, Missouri, entitled "The 

 Relation of the Gardener to Civic 

 Work." Robert Jones offered a prize 

 of $.5 for tulips, to be competed for 

 at our next meeting. Wednesday. May 

 8. Other prizes are for 24 pansies, 

 vase of bulbous flowers, grown out- 

 doors, and pan of narcissus. It was 

 unanimously agreed that the treasurer 

 be empowered to purchase a $500 

 Third Liberty Loan Bond for this 

 society. 



Harry Goonn.sxn. Cor. Sec. 



The regular meeting of the I^nox 

 (Mass.), Horticultural Society was 

 held in the Town Hall on Wednesday. 

 April lOtli. After the usual business 

 had been dealt with members dis- 

 cussed the subject of investing some 

 of the society's funds in the new Lib- 

 erty Loan Bonds and it was unani- 

 mously voted to appropriate $2000 for 

 this purpose and that two bonds of 

 $1000 each be purchased. 



Henry Hra-ntEMANs. Secy. 



CHRYSANTHEMUtVI SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 

 The riltHburgh OardenerH" and 

 KUirlhtK' Club, having decided not to 

 .hold a llouer xhow IhlH full, the an- 

 nual exhibition and meet lug of tho 

 C. S. A. has been transferred to tho 

 American Institute, New York, Nov. 

 (i-8, 11118. Si.cclal prizes are offered 

 as followm: 



• 'limii A— •'. .S. A. Hllvor cup for llie l)inl 

 M'l-illliitr i-lirysiiu(lieuiuiii not illHiU'iDiDiKcil 



six liliiiiiiiH one vnrli'ty uu loiii; Htv.iiH. 



t'UiKM It-r. .s;. A. sll»iT I up lor lliu bent 

 ^i.v vam-s r<iiii|ioii rhryKuuiltcMiiuuiii. hIx 

 \arii-lU'K, iwi'lvi' Hpruys not k'Hii lliuii 15 

 iiiclii'M Ion;; In a vaKe, 



CIU88 C— I'rcHlili'Ut'8 cup for tlic best 

 ten liliioiiiH ihryKauineniuuiK, one \urloty, 

 any color on lonK steiuH. Silver cup 

 ..ITercil hy I'rceiileut W. W. Vert, (Jrceu- 

 will), Conn. 



Clans U— Clinrica U. Totty CompUDy 

 prizes r<ir six blooms clirysunineuiuin.i, vu- 

 riely .Mrs, II. S. I'lrcsloue— 1st Jl.'i.OU, llrnl 

 $10.io. linrercil liy CliarleB 11. Tutty Com- 

 pany, .Maillsoii, N, .1. 



Class i: -Onirics H. Tolty CooipaDy 

 prizes for a vase of iwclve assorted lilooms 

 .Japanese .\iiemoiie chrysanthcinuinH — 1st 

 tfold, linil silver, .'Jd bronze nu-iJal. UlTercil 

 by Cliurlcs II. Tolty Company, .Mailisou, N. 

 .1. 



Class I''— K. (J. Hill Company prizes for 

 iwenty-llvc blooms of chrysaDtlicuiums, va- 

 riety lti<limonil--lst ?I.-).00, linil JIO.OO. 

 nffcreil by 'I'lie !•;. C. Hill Company, Itlcli- 

 iMond. Iml. 



Class U — Elmer D, Smith & Co., prizes 

 fi.r four vases disbnddi'd I'ompoD chrysan- 

 themums, four varieties twelve blooms 

 .aeh. Open to all. 1st $10.00, llnd .<.'. ni. 

 iilTered by KImer D. Smith A; Co., Adrian. 

 Mich. 



Class II— A. X. Plcrson. Inc., prizes for 

 ten blooms chrysanthemums, varictv, Bar- 

 bara Davis. 1st .$li)<)i). \ind ^j.(M). OITercd 

 l)y A. X. I'icrson, Inc. Cromwell. Cr,nn. 



Class I— .\. .\. I'ierson. Inc., prizis for 

 vase of twelve sprays single chrysanthe- 

 mums, variety Kllzabetli Klrestonc. 1st 

 $.'i.OO. '.'ml $:i.0O. oirered by A. N. I'ierson. 

 Inc.. Cromwell, Conn. 



Class .I'-llenry A. Dreer piize for the 

 best ton blooms, one variety of clirysan- 

 theinuui ci'itilicatcd bv the C. S. A. season 

 of 11117. $1(1.(10 ofTcred by Henry A. Ulcer. 

 Philadelphia. Pa. 



Class K — lliti'hings Company cup for the 

 best six vases of single chrysanthemums, 

 six varieties, twelve sprays not less than 

 eisliteen in. lies lonj; to a vase. Silver cup 

 olTercd bv llitehin^s *: Company, Klizab. th. 

 N. J. 



Class I.— Philip J. Foley prize for the 

 best ten blooms chrysanthemums, varlit.v 

 .losephino Foley— on loot: stems. $10(10 

 olTcred by Tho I'oley Manuf.ieturiog Com- 

 pany. Ciilcago, III. 



Class M— Stumpp & Walter Co. prize — 

 silver cup for the best twelve lilooms. 

 twelve varieties of chrysanthemums on 

 short stems. Offered bv Stunipp & Wal- 

 ter Co., Xew York, N. Y. 



Class X^II. E. Converse prize — silver 

 cup for the best ten blooms chrysnnthe- 

 munis, v.'iriety Harry E. Converse. Od.rcd 

 by II. E. Converse, Marion, Mass. 



CiiAS. W. Johnson, Secy. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting was held in 

 Greenwich, Conn., on April 12. James 

 Scott, from Elmsford, N. Y., spoke up- 

 on the Future of Horticulture in Amer- 

 ica, giving an excellent lecture. Mr. 

 Turner, Mr. Conine and Mr. Foster 

 also spoke on the same subject. The 

 judges made the following awards: 

 Cytissus Andraeanum from James 



