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II OKTI CULTURE 



April 27, 1918 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 





PRACTICAL GARDEN INSTRUC- 

 TION. 



In Iho tntorest of Increased food 

 production, especially In homo gard- 

 ens, the .Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society announces a series of practical 

 talks and demonstrations on this sub- 

 ject at Horticultural Mall. Boston, to 

 continue through the season. 



The llrst ineetinR was held on Thurs- 

 day. April 2o. at 7.30 p. m.. when the 

 subject of the preparation of the soil 

 and fertilizers was discussed by 

 Wm. N. Crale. Superintendent of 

 Faulkner Farm. BrooUline. 



On Saturday evenlne. April 27. 

 Messrs. Duncan Finlayson, Superin- 

 tendent of the Weld Garden. Jamaica 

 Plain, and T. D. Hatfield. Superintend- 

 ent of the Hunnewell Estate. Welles- 

 ley, give instruction on planting seeds, 

 with a real plot of earth for practical 

 Illustration. 



On Tuesday, May 2, at 8 o'clock, un- 

 der the auspices of the United States 

 Food Administration, a public meeting 

 will be held at which prominent speak- 

 ers will be present to call attention to 

 the necessity of increased food produc- 

 tion. 



All these meetings will be free to 

 the public and will afford opportunity 

 to acquire valuable information as to 

 the best methods of home gardening. 



As the season progresses other meet- 

 ings will be held of which due notice 

 will be announced later. It is also 

 planned to have a competent, expert 

 gardener at Horticultural Hall every 

 day to give information and to answer 

 questions on gardening subjects. 



In connection with these meetings 

 there will be exhibits of gardening im- 

 plements, injurious Insects and meth- 

 ods of control, canning and drying 

 vegetables, beneficial birds, etc. etc. 

 Wm. p. Rich, Secretary, 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



Cheques for the premiums awarded 

 at the recent Show in the Grand Cen- 

 tral Palace have all been forwarded to 

 the winners. The medals awarded are 

 now being struck, and will be dis- 

 tributed as soon as received. 



President Schenck of the New York 

 Florists' Club has appointed the fol- 

 lowing as a committee to consult and 

 co-operate with a similar committee to 

 be appointed by the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York as to arrangements 

 and conduct of the 1919 International 

 Flower Show: 



A. L. Miller, Jamaica, New York. 

 Chas. Schenck, 436 6th avenue, New 



York. 

 Edw. Sceery, Paterson, N. J. 

 Wm. H. Duckham. Madison. N. J. 

 Chas. H. Totty, Madison. N. J. 

 Frank H Traendly, 436 6th avenue, 



New York. 

 Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn. 

 Geo. E. M. Stumpp, 761 oth avenue. 



New York. 

 Max Schling, 785 5th avenue. New 



York. 

 P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck. N. Y. 

 John Young, 1170 Broadway, New 



York. 



Meetings Next Week 



Wednesday, May 1. \ 



liiv.'.l.) Il.irlliiilluriil Sorli'ty. I 

 Thx.-.I,. IMrk. N. Y r 



Thursday, May 2. ! 



Alliaiiy I'lorlbls" Clulj, Albuii.v. 

 "^ V. 



IliMiilliiK (I'll.), I'"lorl«t8" Assoela 

 I Kin. IIiMtlliiK. I'a. 



.^iiiita.'iijL|iiiiii llortli'Ulturnl Su 

 ■ i.iv. (Iild Kclliiws Mall. iSouthnmp 

 i..n. .N. V. 



Friday, May 3. 



Norih .Shore Horticultural Socli't.v, 

 M inrln'stcr, Mass. 



.North Shoro llortkullural Sml'iy 

 Lake Forest, 111. 



lasailcaa Ilorllcultural Si>. l.t.v. 

 I'Mvailena. Cal. , 



I'eoplf's I'ark Cottage Oardencrs' ;ii, 

 \~soiiaticii, I'aterson, N. J. 



^ linkers llortleiilinral Soelety. 

 ^>.|lkerrt. .V. Y. 



Saturday, May 4. 



IMclll.' ('nasi Ilnrtl.nltural Society. 



A REMARKABLE SWEET PEA EX- 

 HIBIT. 



At the monthly meeting of the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society last 

 week, at which Prof. Beal delivered a 

 most instructive and Interesting lec- 

 ture on Roses, W. Atlee Burpee Co. ex- 

 hibited a collection of early flowering 

 sweet peas, for which they were 

 awarded a special silver medal. 



The varieties of special note appear- 

 ing at the exhibit were: Early Pink 

 Beauty; Early Sweet Briar; Early Ex- 

 quisite; Early Loveliness; Early Ca- 

 nary Bird; Early Enchantress; Early 

 Blue Bird; Early Zephyr; Early Rosy 

 Morn; Early Lustre; Early Princess; 

 Early Empress; Early Fordhook San- 

 key; Early Daybreak; Early Dainti- 

 ness; Early Primrose Beauty; Early 

 Snowstorm; Early Splendour; Early 

 Lavender King; Early King; Early 

 Mauve Beauty; Fordhook J'ink and 

 White; Early Sunburst; Early Ford- 

 hook Rose; Early Jack Tar; Carmine 

 Beauty; Early Fantasy; Maroon 

 Prince. All seedlings raised by Geo. 

 W^ Kerr. 



BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN. 



Win-The-W'ar Garden Lectures, Sun- 

 days at 4 o'clock. Free to the public. 



April 28. Diseases of Garden Crops 

 and How to Control Them. Dr. Edgar 

 W. Olive, Curator of Public Instruc- 

 tion. 



May. 5. Plant Breeding and Increased 

 Food Production. Dr. Orland E. 

 White, Curator of Plant Breeding. 



May 12. Bacteriology and the War. 

 Dr. Ira S. Wile, former member of the 

 Board of Education. New York City. 



May 19. Garden Insects — Good and 

 Bad. Dr. E. P. Felt, State Entomolo- 

 gist of New York. 



May 26. Cultivation of Drug Plants. 

 Dr. W. W. Stockberger, in charge of 

 drug and poisonous plant investiga- 

 tions, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



These lectures, illustrated by lan- 

 tern slides and otherwise, will be given 

 In the Lecture Hall of the Laboratory 

 Building, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



THE GARDENERS' BOSTON CON- 

 FERENCE. 



Tho gardeners' local conference held 

 In Horticultural Hall. Boston, Thurs- 

 day, April 18th, under the auspices of 

 Iho National Association of Gardeners, 

 was well attended and proved of more 

 than usual Interest to those present. 



W. N. Craig, presiding as chairman 

 of the meeting, after announcing the 

 purposes of the gardeners' conference, 

 spoke of the serious situation with 

 which the country Is confronted In He 

 problem to provide food products, not 

 alone for our own people but for those 

 of the allied nations, which are en- 

 gaged In the struggle for world de- 

 mocracy, and he outlined some of the 

 ways in which the gardener can help, 

 If only In a small measure, to increase 

 the food supply. Mr. Craig also re- 

 ferred to the serious loss New England 

 has suffered this spring through the 

 winter killing of evergreens, and 

 stated that while many theories are 

 being advanced there is some doubt as 

 to what is the actual cause of the dam- 

 age done. 



Wilfrid Wheeler, secretary of the 

 Massachusetts State Board of Agricul- 

 ture, after being Introduced, referred 

 to a trip to Washington, from which 

 ho had just returned, with rather dis- 

 couraging news on the general crop 

 supply, stating he learned France did 

 not have enough wheat to last a month, 

 England was little better off, while In 

 this country the crop is only suflBcient 

 to hold out until June, and that it Is 

 Imperative that France get our supply, 

 while we must resort to substitutes 

 for wheat. Mr. Wheeler said New Eng- 

 land must grow greater crops to sup- 

 ply itself and thus relieve the strain 

 on other territories to which she now 

 looks as her source of supply — that 

 more Intensive farming must be prac- 

 ticed so as to obtain greater yields 

 per acre. He warned against the 

 threatened seed shortage which this 

 country is likely to face for the next 

 five to ten years, and that the termina- 

 tion of the war will not bring immed- 

 iate relief as the United States will 

 have to be the producer for some time 

 to come. A general discussion fol- 

 lowed Mr. Wheeler's address which 

 brought out some interesting informa- 

 tion on crop production In New Eng- 

 land and neighboring states. 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar, who required 

 no introduction in Horticultural Hall, 

 speaking on the future of horticulture 

 In this country, said that it Is facing 

 a great uncertainty, owing to the seed 

 shortage, and that even now Russia, 

 Italy, and South America are begging 

 for anything they can get in seeds; ' 



