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clared the handsomest baby; the judges in 

 this class had taken out extra life insurance, 

 it is said. A. J. Guttman was the prize 

 sprinter in the loo-yard race, President 

 Traendly again proved himself the nimblest 

 fat man^ and A. S. Burns showed J. Austin 

 Shaw, J. G. Esler, and J. K. Allen a pace 

 in the loo-yard race for men over 50 years 

 of age that should furnish food for reflection 

 for a long time to come. There were about 

 two score other classes competed for by 

 young and old, and the best man, boy, or 

 girl won out every time. There will be 

 another picnic of the same kind next year; 

 if you didn't go tliis time, put it on the cal- 

 ender. 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL 

 ASSOCIATION 



The 



progr 



the Canadian 



Horticultural .'Association for the eighth an- 

 nual convention to be held at Montreal, 

 August 8-10, 1905, is received. Following 

 is a synopsis of it: 



Tuesday, Aug. 8, a.m., opening exercises, 

 addresses and reports. 



Tuesday p.m., a lecture, "Park Design," 

 illustrated, Frederick G. Todd, Montreal; 

 essay, "How to keep a greenhouse attractive 

 in winter," Thos. McHugh, Dorval, P. Q.; 

 essay, "How to keep grounds attractive in 

 summer," R. Burrows, St. Anne de Bellevue, 

 P. Q.; Question Box. 



Wednesday, Aug. 9, A.M., a review of roses 

 and carnations to present date and their 

 special requirements, J. H. Dunlop, Toronto, 

 Ont.; question, "What is the best way to 

 grow Nephrolepis ? " discussion ojiened by 

 Mr. J. Bennett, Lachine, P. Q.; essay, "Vio- 

 lets," Fi. L. Girdwood, Montreal, P. Q.; 

 choice of place for next meeting; Question 

 Box. 



Wednesday afternoon, visiting local estab- 

 lishments. 



Wednesday evening, unfinished business; 

 essay, "Fertilizers for gnenhousi- purposes," 

 Wm. Downing, Br,iiii|ii' n 1 im , ,|uestion, 

 "Is co-operation iii - 1 r florists' 



business?" discuss!' ii I i MrKenna, 



Cote des Neiges, I' <,J , ^ 1< ■ 1 1 ■•{ officers; 

 final committee rc|i<irts. 



Thursday, Aug. 10, guests of the city of 

 Montreal; C. H. A. banquet in the evening. 



Friday, Aug. ir, guests of the Montreal 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club; a visit to St. 

 .\nne de Bellevue and other places in the 

 vicinity of Montreal. 



The sessions will be held at Natural His- 

 tory HaU. There will be a trade exhibition, 

 under the management of George Robinson, 

 Outremont, Montreal. 



The officers of the C. H. A. are as follows: 



President, George Robinson, Outremont, 

 Que.; I St vice-president, J. Suckling, Truro, 

 Nova Scotia; 2d vice-president, O. G. John- 

 son, Kingston, Ontario; treasurer, Hermann 

 Simmers, Toronto, Ont.; secretary, A. H. 

 Ewing, Woodstock, Ont. 



Executive Committee. — One vear, W. 

 Algie, A. C. Wilshire, J. Campbell; two 

 >ears, W. Gammage, R. H. Wright, J. H. 

 bunlop; three years, A. Pinoteau, J. Walsh, 

 E. .Annandale. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS 



The Southwestern Excursion Bureau an- 

 nounces a round trip rate of one and one- 

 third fare to the Convention at Washington 

 in cooperation with the other railroad pas- 

 senger committees who have made similar 

 annniinroments. The territory under the 

 jnrisdic lion of this bureau includes Southern 

 Miss.,uri, Southeastern Kansas, .'Arkansas, 

 (Jklalu.ina, Indian Tcrritor)', and 'Texas. 

 Wm. J. Stewart, Secretary. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB 



The Chicago Florists' Club smoker and 

 convention rally came off Friday, June 30, at 

 Hotel Bismark; over forty were present. The 

 banquet room was decorated by E. F. Winter- 

 son Co., who donated the flowers. A live 

 course Dutch lunch was spread, after which 

 a short business meeting was held. Pres. 

 W. N. Rudd could not attend on account of 

 the death of his father-in-la%v and in the 

 absence of vice-president J. P. Risch, F. F. 

 Benthey was elected as chairman and called 

 the meeting to order. 



Chairman P. J. Hausworth of the Trans- 

 portation committee reported plans well 

 under way for the Washington trip. It is 

 proposed to make Cincinnati the meeting 

 place for the delegates from the whole west 

 and northwest and thence go by special 

 train. Chicago, Inchanapolis, St. Louis and 

 others are formulating plans to this effect. 

 .At our banquet thirty-one announced their 

 intention of attending. 



E. F. Winterson, chairman of sports, re- 

 ports his team in fine condition. Trophies 

 won on former occasions were on exhibition. 



Songs by Mr. Carter opened the enter- 

 tainment. J. C. Vaughan gave an inter- 

 esting talk on California horticulture. P. J. 

 Foley spoke of his experience at Springfield 

 trying to secure an appropriation for experi- 

 mental purposes. The Chicago Florists' 

 Club quartette rendered several selections. 

 An enjoyable time was had all round. 



A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. J. C. 

 Vaughan for his interesting paper, also to 

 E. F. Winterson Co. for the flowers and 

 decorations. 



IS were Lager & Hurrell, Julius Roehrs 

 , Estate of G. GedulcUg, and John 

 loney, gardener for C. S. Guthrie. 



PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY FLO- 

 RISTS' AND GARDENERS' CLUB 



The annu.,1 .,utin-. boat cx,ursi,.n, and 

 basket piuiic ..f this wide-awake crganiza- 

 tion will be held on Wednesday, July 12, 

 when the members and their friends will 

 board ,the good ship Frances Torrance for 

 a sail up the beautiful Monongahela valley, 

 at 8.30 A.M. There will be dancing, base 

 ball, and other athletic sports, and it is only 

 necessary to say that H. L. Blind, Fred. 

 Burki, and John Bader are the committee 

 in charge to assure all that a good time is 

 in prospect. The Ust of prizes has been 

 printed and may be had on application to 

 the committee. There are twenty-eight of 

 them, all donated by members and friends. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY 



This society held its regular monthly meet- 

 ing on Tuesday evening, June 27. Three 

 new members were elected and two names 

 proposed for membership. The prize this 

 month was given for the best collection of 

 out-door flowers, shrubs included. Several 

 fine collections were staged, the winning lot 

 coming from Greystone, Samuel Unter- 

 meyer's place at Yonkers, his gardener, John 

 Featherstone, staging over sixty varieties. 

 The F. R. Pierson Co. exhibited a number 

 of beautiful varieties of iris, also some of 

 the newer climbing roses all of which were 

 very much admired. It was decided to 

 hold the annual outing in August, Rye 

 Beach being selected as the most accessible 

 to the majority of the members. 



Wm. Scott, (Cor. .Sect'ry). 



NEW LONDON COUNTY HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY 



The rose show of this society, which took 

 place last week at the armory in New Lon- 

 don, Conn., was eminently successful, ex- 

 cept in the matter of attendance, which was 

 affected by the unpropitious weather. The 

 exhibits and their arrangement were lovely, 

 and the affair reflected great credit on man- 

 agers and exhibitors, .\niong the chief dis- 



GARDEireRS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston had a field day on Saturday, July i, 

 that put all previous affairs in this line far 

 into the shade. Seventy-five members parti- 

 cipated in the visit to Wm. Sim's greenhouses 

 at CUftondale. The high quality of the 

 product turned out at this noted place, to- 

 gether vrith the personal popularity of the 

 proprietor, was the magnet and all who 

 went were well repaid. Five houses of to- 

 matoes in fruit, three houses of chrysanthe- 

 mums, and a field of Princess of Wales violets 

 were inspected and duly admired; then the 

 chef took charge of the entertainment with 

 unqualified success. Speeches followed — 

 M. A. Patten, Peter Fisher, W. C. Stickel, 

 Thos. Roland, Alex. Montgomery, and others 

 all prominent in the floricultural Ufe of metro- 

 politan Boston, being heard from in appre- 

 ciative words for their successful fellow- 

 craftsman whose guests they were. The 

 departure was made reluctantly and with 

 many mental resolutions that this would 

 not be the last visit to CUftondale. 



NOTES 



The Florists' Hail .Association of America 

 h.is ])aid out nearly Si 8,000 for glass broken 

 by hail during the past year. 



On June 24, a good rose show was held 

 al Central Falls, R.I., under the auspices of 

 the Naturalist Society. The proceeds of the 

 enterimse will go to the new building fund. 



The George M. Stumpp Employees' .Asso- 

 ciation, will hold their seventh annual outing 

 at Silver Lake Park, Staten Island, July 12, 

 1905- 



Come one, come all! 



Wm. C. Fogarty, Press Agent. 



A very pleasant time was had at the florists' 

 social gathering tendered the florists and 

 their friends by Messrs. Rusconi, George 

 and Allen, at the Norwood Inn, Cincinnati, 

 O., on Thursday, June 29. .An Jtalian lunch 

 was served to nearly two hundred guests. 

 There was bowling and baseball in the after- 

 noon and dancing in the evening. 



The Kentucky Society of Florists will 

 hold its meeting Tuesday afternoon, July 

 II, at New .Albany, Ind., at Anders Ras- 

 mussen's place. Members are requested to 

 bring their families with them and meet at 

 2 P.M. at the Vincennes street station. Al- 

 though the meeting will be in the form of an 

 outing, important show matters will also 

 come up. 



The annual June show of roses and straw- 

 berries under the management of the R. I. 

 Horticultural Society, was ^eld at Provi- 

 dence on June 26, and was satisfactorily 

 successful. The strawberries were unusually 

 good. The rose and other cut flower awards 

 as reported show the usual ab.sence of the 

 commercial growers of the State. What is 

 the matter with this society? 



A free exhibition of roses and other plants 

 and flowers was given under the auspices of 

 the New Bedford (Mass.) Horticultural So- 

 (iety at the Y. M. C. A. Building on June 

 2Q. The main exhibit came from the gar- 

 dens of Miss S. B. Fay at Woods Hole, and 

 was staged by M. H. Walsh. Dennis Shea 

 for Mrs. Horatio Hathaway, Wm. Keith for 

 Thomas M. Stetson, and James Garthley 

 for H. H. Rogers were among the other ex- 

 hibitors. In the evening Mr. Walsh de- 

 livered a lecture on rose topics before a 

 goodly audience. 



