May 18, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



485 



EMORIAL DAY 



CARNATIONS 



American Beauties, Ophelia, Russell, 



Hadley, Sunburst, White and 



Pink Killarneys 



Darwin Tulips, Peonies, Spiraea Japonica, Stocks, 



Narcissus Poeticus, Sweet Peas, Longiflorum 



Lilies, Hardy Ferns, Asparagus, Galax 



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WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 At the monthly meeting held in 

 Greenwich, Conn., May 10, Robert 

 Williamson. James Stuart and W. 

 Sealey were appointed to act with 

 the National Association of Garden- 

 ers" Service Bureau and George Bald- 

 win was appointed as manager of the 

 summer flower show which comes off 

 on ,Iune 27-28, for the benefit of the 

 Red Cross. Prize schedules will be 

 issued at the next meeting June 14. 

 Awards were made for Calceolaria 

 Stewartii from Robert Williamson, 

 Isf. Laelio-Cattleya from James 

 ■Stuart, 2nd; lilacs from John Ruther- 

 ford, 3rd: tulips from R. Williamson, 

 highly commended: vote of thanks to 

 A. Brown for sweet peas and Thomas 

 Ryan for lily of the valley. In vege- 

 tables James Stuart took 1st and 

 Thomas Ryan, 2nd. There will be 

 three classes for strawberries at the 

 next meeting. Many intimate friends 

 are deeply grieved over the death of 

 our late secretary, J. B. McArdle. 

 James Stuart who has been secretary 

 during Mr. McArdle's illness will con- 

 tinue in office until the next election 

 of officers. 



J.vcK CoxROY, Cor. Secy. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON, 

 D. 0. 



May flowering and Cottage tulips 

 were exhibited by G. E. Anderson, of 

 Twin Oaks, at the May meeting of the 

 Club. Mr. Anderson, in speaking of 

 the flowers, stated he had planted fifty 



bulbs and thirty of them produced mul- 

 tiple blooms from the stem, the stems 

 being up to three feet in length. Otto 

 Bauer exhibited Cottage tulips and a 

 fine specimen Cattleya Mossiae. 

 A scheme of co-operative local ad- 



Meetings N( xt Week 



Monday, May 20, j 



Detroit Florists' CUili, Bemb Flo- 

 ral Hall, Detroit, Mich. ! 



Houston Florists' Club. Cliamber 

 of Commerce Rooms, Houston, Tex. 



New Jersey Floricultural Society. 

 Orange. N. J. 



New York Federation of Horti 

 ciiUural Societies and Floral Clubs. 

 11(0 Broadway, New York City. 



Tuesday, May 21. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston, Horticultural Hall. Boston. 

 Mass. 



(iardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Ontario, St. George's Hall, Toronto, 

 Can. 



Minnesota State Florists' Associa- 

 tion. Minneapolis, Minn. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 liely. Griffith Hall. I'hiladelpbia, Pa. 



Wednesday, May 22. 



Oyster liay lIr)rticulturMl Society, 

 Oyster Bay. N. V 



Friday, May 24. 



Connecticut Horticulturai Society, 

 County lildg., Hartford. Conn. 



Monmouth County Horticultural 

 Society, Red Bank. N. J. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society. 

 Pasadena, Calif. 



People's Park Cottage Gardeners' 

 Association, Paterson, N. J. 



Saturday, May 25. 



Uobbs Ferry Gardeners' Assocla- ; 

 tion, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y'. 



vertising whereby each member of the 

 Club would pay a monthly assessment 

 in proportion to the size of his busi- 

 ness, was discussed. Early closing of 

 stores during the summer months was 

 also considered, but no action was 

 taken. The local florists, according to 

 thoughts expressed at this meeting, are 

 ripe for a reduction in the service now 

 being rendered to the public, which is 

 causing great increases in the cost of 

 doing business. Suggestions from one 

 or two contemplated charging a fee for 

 delivery of all purchases after a given 

 hour. 



NASSAU COUNTY, N, Y., HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The May meeting of this society 

 brought the largest attendance of the 

 season. Awards on exhibits were 

 Thomas Twigg, 1st for pansies, two 

 Ists and two 2nds on Darwin tulips; 

 Ed. Harris, four 1st on Darwins; .las. 

 Mcnonald, two 1st on Cottage tulips: 

 Prank I'etroccia, 1st for bulbous flow- 

 ers and cultural certificate for aspara- 

 gus: J. Mastroaini, cultural certificate 

 for asparagus and thanks for vegetable 

 display. M. C. Ebel spoke briefly on 

 the activities of the National Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners. The next meeting, 

 June 12, will be Rose Night. 



H. GoouBAND, Cor. Sec. 



At the May meeting of the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society at the 

 Public Library, Providence, on Wed- 

 nesday, May I.T. J. Curtis Hopkins. 

 Cbepachet, R. I., lectured on the Sum- 

 mer Care of the Garden. 



