September 2, 1905 



HORTICULTU RE, 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A wf'll atii'iiilcd inoetins of lliis 

 society was held last Wednesday 

 evening, the attraction (as such it 

 proved) being the address by George 

 T. Powell, president of the Agricul- 

 tural ExiK'ils As.sofiation. on "Insect 

 Pests — How lo Kxtorminate and Pre- 

 vent Them." Mr. Powell is a fluent 

 speaker and |)ossesses a thorough 

 knowledge of his subject. A detailed 

 history of the introduction and rav- 

 ages of the gypsy moth, the brown tail 

 moth and the San Jose scale was 

 given, and remedies for their destruc- 

 tion were recommended. He urged 

 that all that is needed for the protec- 

 tion of trees and plants is an under- 

 standing first of the trees and next 

 an intimate knowledge of the habits 

 of J;heir enemies, and if this under- 

 standing and knowledge becomes gen- 

 eral, as it should, fruit-growing will 

 become profitable and fewer plants 

 and trees will be seen denuded of 

 their foliage. The latter condition is 

 inexcusable for the reason that on 

 country estates especially no expense 

 is spared for operations of far less im- 

 portance. Mr. Powell's address was 

 well received and arrangements were 

 made with him for another lecture on 

 a different subject in September. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The fifth summer exhibition of this 

 progressive Society was held on 

 August 23 and 24, in a large tent 

 spread on the lawn of the Essex Club 

 at Manchester, Mass. It far excelled 

 any previous effort of the Society in 

 number of exhibits and in attendance. 

 The tent proved to be an ideal place 

 for such an exhibition, the flowers 

 actually looking better at the close 

 than at the beginning of the show. 



The exhibitors were, of course, 

 largely from the many private estates 

 located all over this section, the 

 gardeners all taking a deep compe- 

 titive interest in the affair and con- 

 tributing rich displays of out-door 

 garden material. Hardy herbaceous 

 plants predominated. There were 

 asters, dahlias, sweet peas and gladioli 

 in profusion and the vegetables were 

 excellent throughout. Fred Brasch. 

 gardener to Mrs. J. McMillan, won ten 

 first and one second prizes: M. F. Con- 

 nolly, for Mrs. W. B. Thomas, won 

 four first and one second: J. C. Vorne- 

 veld, for Mrs. H. Z. Higginson, won 

 the silver medal for general display 

 against six other contestants, and 

 William Swan, for Mrs. R. C. Hooper, 

 received the bronze medal in this 

 cla-ss. On annuals C. Murray, for the 

 Misses Loring, and Herbert Shaw, for 

 Mrs. G. M. Lane, won first and second. 

 Other gardens represented in the 

 prominent exhibits were Thomas Jack, 

 for .Mrs. W. B. Walker; D. H. Mitchell, 

 for Mrs. F. R. Tibbetts: W. J. Griffin, 

 for Mrs. C. H. Tweed: John Rielley, 

 for Mrs. M. B. Mason (winning six 

 firsts and four seconds): Walter Allen, 

 for Mrs. W. S. Fitz: J. Salter, for Mrs. 

 P. Dexter: Wm. Hooper, for Mrs. G. 

 Curtis and Henry Menken, for Mrs. 

 F. M. Whitehouse. Among the com- 

 mercial exhibitors were R. & J. Far- 

 quahar. with their new lily. Bay State 

 Nursery, J. Heurlein, T. C. Thurlow 

 and F. E. Conine, all of whom received 



certificates of merit. The judges were 

 W. E. Doyle, Isaac Porter and George 

 Weinas. The next exhibition will be 

 the chrysanthemum show on Novem- 

 ber S and 9 at the town hall in 

 Beverly. 



The New Haven County Horticultu- 

 ral Society had its annual outing last 

 Thursday to Bridgeport. The visitors 

 were met at the station by Charles E. 

 Keith, who piloted them to the boat 

 for Steeple Chase Island, where a real 

 jolly time was enjoyed, including a 

 good shore dinner, after which they 

 visited Sea Side Park and Beardsley 

 Park. The Arcade Bowling Alleys 

 were next visited, sides were picked be- 

 tween amateurs and professionals, the 

 professionals winning by 56. The 

 highest single score made was 166, by 

 H. Grove. The day's outing was 

 thoroughly enjoyed by all. 



NOTES. 



The Georgia Horticultural Society 

 will meet in Macon, September 5, 6, 

 7. Hon. P. J. Berckmans is president 

 of the society. 



The first meeting for the season of 

 the Gardeners' & Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton will be held at Horticultural Hall 

 on September 19. 



SAN FRANCISCO NOTES. 



Today, August 25, the Board of 

 Education voted to allow 300 window 

 flower boxes, donated by the Park 

 Commission to be placed on the win- 

 dow sills of the different schools. The 

 rules forbidding the planting of pots 

 in the windows still holds, but the 

 exception is made in deference to the 

 wishes of the Ladies' Outdoor Art 

 League and other institutions work- 

 ing for the esthetic. 



The officers and stockholders, with 

 the amounts of their holdings in the 

 Fresno Nursery Company, which has 

 just been incorporated with $50,000 

 capital stock all paid up, are as fol- 

 lows: President, F. H. Wilson, Dinuba, 

 $25,000; vice-president, Thomas Jacobs, 

 Visalia, $10,000; treasurer, Morphew 

 Jacobs, Visalia, $10,000; secretary, 

 Charles A. Chambers, Fresno, $4,900: 

 W. A. Conn, attorney, Fresno, $100. 

 The company's nurseries are located 

 at Dinuba and Visalia, but their main 

 office and salesground will be at 

 Fresno. The purpose is to do an ex- 

 tensive general nursery business in 

 both fruit and ornamental stock. 



N. Symacopulos, a long established 

 Oakland florist and decoi-ator, has 

 gone to Italy to take a course in voice 

 culture. His nephew, George Syma- 

 copulos, takes charge of the store. 

 For several years this store has con- 

 ducted for the Southern and Union 

 Pacific Companies their dining-car 

 floral service to Omaha on the Central 

 route, and to New Orleans on the 

 Sunset route. 



Experiments are being made in 

 France in the grafting of the carna- 

 tion on the root-stock of saponaria 

 with a view to resisting the fungous 

 attacks to which carnations are 

 subject. 



PHILADELPHIA FACTS AND FAN- 

 CIES. 



-■\ new cut flower commission house 

 opens in Philadelphia on September 

 1. William E. McKissick, late of the 

 I.eo Niessen Company, and formerly 

 with Samuel S. Pennock, is the latest 

 lo branch out for himself. He has se- 

 cured a fine central location at 1221 

 Filbert street, and being well and fa- 

 vorably known to the trade, has every 

 element of success on his side. The 

 best wishes of the trade go with him 

 in his new venture. 



Edward Reld started on his southern 

 trip on the 29th ult., and will return 

 about September 20. Mr. Reid has 

 covered this territory for many years 

 and knows every bump in the road. 

 He early learned the lesson that the 

 way to get business was to go after 

 it, and his policy has always been 

 "get out and hustle." 



An interesting exhibition of cannas 

 and a talk on convention matters will 

 1)6 features of the monthly meeting of 

 the Florists' Club on September 5. 

 Mr. Antoine Wintzer, of West Grove, 

 will be one of the speakers, and we 

 all know that gentleman for a man of 

 ideas and experience and look forward 

 to an interesting and enjoyable 

 evening. 



Mr. Muth, of the Cut Flower Co.. 

 reports their store alterations finished 

 and finds same a great convenience. 

 He went to Washington with the 

 Philadelphia delegation, and is loud 

 in his praises of the hospitality as 

 well as of the business and intellectual 

 features of the meetings. 



Gilbert Baker, son of William J. 

 Baker, and popular South Penn Square 

 wholesaler, attended his first conven- 

 tion this year and is fired with en- 

 thusiasm at the grand possibilities the 

 business promises for the wide-awake 

 and industrious young man. He got 

 his mental horizon widened wonder- 

 fully and will no doubt date his real 

 progress as a twentieth century busi- 

 ness man from August, 1905. 



Hammers and saws, new floors, new 

 shelving, new lots of things,— hearing 

 and seeing, — all around us these days! 

 At Reid's. at the Cut Flower Co.'s, at 

 Niessen's, at Dreer's, at Moore & Si- 

 mon's, at Michell's, and many other 

 places, there are active preparations 

 going on for the fall campaign. Not 

 the least of these are the Pennock im- 

 provements, which will nearly double 

 the floor space of that concern's al- 

 ready extensive establishment. 



Our "merchant prince," Harry Bay- 

 ersdorfer, has a new idea for the con- 

 vention exhibition. It is, "put up a 

 good show, but prohibit the taking of 

 orders." He says the button-holing, 

 the chasing and sparring of the anx- 

 ious salesmen and their friends after 

 probable customers have of late be- 

 come very undignified, to say the 

 least, and should be abated as "a nui- 

 sance. No doubt the executive com- 

 mittee will duly consider this matter 

 at the next meeting and give a ju- 

 dicial decision on the subject for the 

 best interests of all concerned. 



Schenectady, N. Y., was visited by a 

 terrific hail storm on the afternoon "f 

 August 22. Among the greenhouses 

 badly damaged were those of W. T. 

 Hanson and J. W. Smitley. 



