vm; 



II (I irr IC ULTURE 



May 4, 1918 



i 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 



MEMBERSHIP DOUBLED SINCE 

 JANUARY 1ST. 



The campaign for new members 

 which was hesun recently by President 

 Kunderd, of the American Gladiolus 

 Society, is sliowing great results. 

 Joseph J. Lane, who is chairman of 

 the Membership Committee, reports 

 that on May 1st, the Society was able 

 to report more than double member- 

 ship than that held on January 1st. 



From all sections of the country, 

 garden enthusiasts and gladiolus lov- 

 ers are ans\vering the call for mem- 

 bership. In the first twenty-two days 

 of April there were over filty members 

 added to the roll. President Kunderd 

 has offered a collection of gladiolus 

 roots in a special circular he has sent 

 out to those who join the Society be- 

 fore May 12th. 



Inasmuch as the initiation fee has 

 been waived for all those who join be- 

 fore June 1st, there is a decided sav- 

 ing in joining during the present 

 month. Members receive monthly 

 during tlie life of their membership 

 the Flower Grower wliich contains 

 much information not alone on gladi- 

 olus but on practically all phases of 

 'gardening. This is an invitation to 

 all who read it to participate in the 

 activities of the American Gladiolus 

 Society. 



In these days when so much destruc- 

 tion is taking place, it is but fitting 

 and proper that an organization whose 

 keynote is production and develop- 

 ment should make tremendous expan- 

 sion. The American people have a 

 heritage of sentiment and love of flow- 

 ers which is placed in the care of those 

 who remain at home while our sons 

 and brothers are away from our fire- 

 sides. That love of beauty is spiritual 

 food to many people, and certainly sig- 

 nifies a true citizen. 



June first is the last day on which 

 membership can be received without 

 the initiation fee. Will you join us 

 and participate in the big things 

 which the American Gladiolus Society 

 is accomplishing and on the way to ac- 

 complish for American horticulture? 

 $2.00 is the membership fee for one 

 year. The Secretary is Professor A. 

 C. Beal, of Cornell University, Ithaca, 

 New York. Send your membership to- 

 day and join hands in the great work. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 Department of Plant Registration 

 Public notice is hereby given that 



Lanternier Florist, Fort Wayne, Ind., 



submits for registration the new Fern 



described below: 



Name — Anthony Wayne. 



Description — Foliage similar to 

 Nephrolepis exaltata Whitmani, but 

 darker and less fringed. Growth 



'^"'"'^^ 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, May 6. 



l!crii:ir(l,>sville llunlcllltinal So 

 lictv. IIortkMilliirnl Hall. Itvriiurds- 

 vUl.'. N. .1. 



Kllicioii llDiilciilliiral Soelcty, Thv 

 Hall. KIliiTiiii. N. J. 



Hmi.-iioii Kloiists' Club. CliniiiluT 

 of ("oiiiiiiorfc Rooms, Houston, Tpx. 



Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' 

 ('lull. Moulroal, Canada. 



.Now Ilcdford Ilortkiilturnl So- 

 clitv. New Ilcdford, Mass. 



Florists' Club of WasliliiKlon. 

 WasliiiiKton, D. C. 

 laiiil. O. 



Tuesday, May 7. 



Fl<irlsts' ;muI Gardeners' I'luli of 

 Hol.voke and Northaiiiptou, Mass. 



Lake Geneva Gardeners' and Fore- 

 men's Assodatlon. Hortiiultural 

 Hall. Lake Geneva. Wis. 



Los Anneles County Ilortloultural 

 Soelel.v, Los Ant'eles, Cal. 



I'literson Florlcultnral Society, Y. 

 M. C. A. BU]sx.. I'aterson. N. .T. 



Florists' Club of Plilladelplila. 

 I'liil.'iilelpliia, I'a. 



I'Htsburph Florists' and (iarden- 

 ers' Club, Fort I'itt Hotel. Pitts- 

 burg Ii, Pa. 



Wednesday, May 8. 



Cini-innati I-'lorists' Society, .Taliez 

 Elliott Flower Market. CiTH-innati. O 



DutclK'Ss Countv Horticultural 

 So.iely. Fallkill IlUljr.. Poufilikeip- 

 sie, N'. Y. 



Lenox Horticultural ."^oilety, Lenox, 

 Mass. 



.Morris County Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Socict.v. Madison. N. .T. 



Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Poml)roke Hall. Glen Cove, 

 N. Y. 



Thursday, May 9. 



Mcnl.i I'ark I lorl iinit oral Society, 

 Menlo Park. Calif. 



Xe\\- London Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. Mnnicipal Rbls.. New London, 

 Conn 



Friday, May 10. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, 

 County Hnilding. Hartford. Conn. 



Westchester and Fairfield Horti- 

 cultural Society. Doran-i Hall, 

 rjrecnwich. Conn. 



Saturday, May 11. 



Iiiil.lis I'c'rry Gardeners' .\s 

 tion. Iiolilis Ferrv. N. Y. 



ocia- 



strong, similar to Bostoniensis, and 

 strong plants up to 12 in. pot size are 

 easily obtained without the bottom 

 rot customary with AVhitmani. Pro- 

 duces an abundance of runners in both 

 bench and pots. 



Any person objecting to this regis- 

 tration, or to the use of the proposed 

 name is requested to communicate 

 with the secretary at once. Failing 

 to receive objections to the registra- 

 tion, the Same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



John Young, Secy. 

 1170 Broadway, New York. 

 April 23, 1917. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK 

 An exhibition of this society will btj 

 held on Saturday and Sunday, .May 

 nth and llitli, in tlie Museum build- 

 ing. New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park, N. Y. City. Premiums 

 will be offered for collections of cut 

 fiowers of herbaceous plants, shrubs 

 and trees, tulips, narcissus, snapdrag- 

 ons, and orchids; and for flowering 

 plants of pelargonium and calceolaria. 

 Special iirizes may also be awarded to 

 meritorious exhibits not provided for 

 in the schedule. Schedules are now 

 ready for distribution and may be had 

 by application to the secretary, George 

 V. Nash, New York Botanical Garden. 

 Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



George V. Nash, Secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 At a meeting of the Newport (R. 1.) 

 Horticultural Society last Tuesday It 

 was decided to have an indoor flower 

 show Wednesday, June 25, this being 

 a change from the usual plan of the 

 society's summer exhibition. A Red 

 Cross bootli where garden products 

 will be sold will be a feature of the 

 exhibition. William MacKay, gar- 

 dener for H. A. C. Taylor, exhibited 

 carnations and was awarded a cultural 

 certificate. A committee was ap- 

 pointed to arrange a premium list 

 for the war gardens to be planted this 

 summer, the awards for which will be 

 made at the time of the society's 

 autumn show. . 



The annual meeting of the Western 

 Seedsmen's Association was held at 

 Kansas City. .April 20. There was a 

 good attendance. President H. A. 

 .Tohns, of Sioux City, was prevented 

 by illness from being present. It was 

 voted inexpedient, under existing con- 

 ditions, to issue general price lists, 

 and that all sales should be at the 

 market or by special quotation. All 

 packet seeds will be advanced $5 per 

 thousand. 



All officers were re-elected as fol- 

 lows: President, H. A. Johns, Sioux 

 City, la.; vice-president, C. C. Massie. 

 Minneapolis; secretary, H. P. Web- 

 ster, Independence, la.; treasurer, H 

 G. Windheim, Omaha. 



Chas. H. Totty was the guest of the 

 Gardeners' & Florists' Club of Balti- 

 more on Monday, April 22, and ad- 

 dressed the meeting in Florists' Ex- 

 change Hall that evening, previous to 

 which he has given a complimentary 

 dinner in the Southern Hotel. i 



VEGETABLE FORCING 



By rrof. B. L. Walls 



Which has just come from the preis. 

 This hook was produced in response to 

 numberless inquiries for n prnctlcnl up- 

 to-dnte volume on the forclnp of vece- 

 tahlea. In our judcment It Is the most 

 complete, final and atithoratative work on 

 forcing ever issued. The author of this 

 intensely practical hook has had a large 

 experience in growing crops under glass. 

 He gives clearly and concisely^ complete 

 Instructions covering Greenhouse Con- 

 struction. Soil. Preparation, Insects, 

 Diseases. Marketing, Cropping System, 

 and the growing of all of the most Im- 

 portant Vegetalde Forcing Crops. The 

 hook will he found equally valuable to 

 amateurs and experienced gardeners. 



Price Net $2.00. For Sale by 



HOBTICULTTBE rrnl.ISHING CO. 



Boston, Mass. 



