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HORTICULTURE 



February 11, 1911 



A. W. Krueger of Afton president, 

 John Robertson of Hot Springs vice- 

 president, H. A. Glidden of Hitchcock 

 treasurer. Brookings was selected 

 for the place of meeting next year. 



FLORISTS' ICE BOX. 



Oflflcers of the New Bedford (Mass.) 

 Horticultural Society elected Januar/ 

 J, were as follows: 



President, Prank C. Barrows; vice-preii- 

 dent, John P. Rooney; secretary, Jeremiah 

 M. Taber; Tre.nsurer, Walter A. Luce; 

 executive committee, James H. McVlcker, 

 Elchard Parkinson, W. D. Hathaway, H. 

 A. Jahn, Edward B. .Shaw. The following 

 additional members will be appointed on the 

 committee, by the president, to act In the 

 Interest of the annual flower show: John 

 P. Rooney, Edward B. Pierce, Andrew J. 

 Fish. 



At the regular meeting of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society, Feb. 2, 

 Joseph Clarke, formerly gardener to 

 Henry L. Higginson, was presented 

 with a gold mounted cane by the gar- 

 deners of Manchester and vicinity as 

 a token of their esteem of him as a 

 friend, fellow-worker in the society, 

 and brother horticulturist. The stick 

 was presented by President Alfred 

 Parsons. The remarks following 

 showed Mr. Clarke to be the grand 

 old man of Manchester horticulture. 



Horticulture and the Boston fraternity 

 all enthusiastlcall.y endorse the foregoing. 

 Few men enjoy the universal love and re- 

 spect of the craft as does this "grand oltl 

 man." — Ed. 



Fifteen of the leading nurserymen 

 of Nebraska met January 25 at Lin- 

 coln and effected a temporary organi- 

 zation by naming Peter Youngers of 

 Geneva, president, and Clyde Barnard 

 of Table Rock secretary. The associa- 

 tion will be known as "The Nebraska 

 State Nurserymen's Association," It 

 was declared that about March 1 the 

 organization would be made a perma- 

 nent one. The legislative committee 

 of the state horticultural society, com- 

 posed of Peter Youngers of Geneva, 

 L. C. Chapin of Lincoln, and Clyde 

 Barnard of Table Rock, were named to 

 draft a bill to present to the legislature 

 for the compulsory inspection of nurs- 

 ery stock shipped into Nebraska and 

 shipped out. 



The State Florists' Association of In- 

 diana have elected the following offi- 

 cers for 1911: President, George R. 

 Gause. Richmond; vice-president, H. 

 Junge, Cumberland; secretary, A. F. J. 

 Baur. Indianapolis; treasurer, H. S. 

 Wiegand, Indianapolis. 



Plans were also adopted whereby 

 the association may improve the floral 

 exhibits given at the State Fair. A 

 committee was appointed to confer 

 with the State Board of Agriculture, 

 and to act as the board may suggest 

 in obtaining better results in the ex- 

 hibit of cut flowers and floral designs. 

 It is believed by members of the or- 

 ganization that florists from all por- 

 tions of Indiana will be urged to ex- 

 hibit plants and flowers at the next 

 fair. 



At the last meeting of the Minnesota 

 State Florists' Association, Jan. 26, we 

 had a very interesting discussion on 

 flower show score cards. It was found 

 that for certaip displays, such as cut 

 blooms arranged for effect, etc.. the 

 scale used did not work satisfactorily 

 and a committee was appointed to 

 submit a new card at the next meet- 

 ing. Mr. Schaefer, from La Crosse, 

 was present. He commended the 



The accompanying illustration 

 shows the new ice box in Sam Mur- 

 ray's modern flower store recently 

 opened in Kansas City, Mo. The 

 workrooms aie located behind this 

 structure and there another ice box of 



equal capacity has been installed. At 

 the left of the box is a private tele- 

 phone booth for the use of customers, 

 an excellent idea, copied, says Mr. 

 Murray from a similar arrangement in 

 Will Smyth's store in Chicago. 



flower show and said it would be the 



greatest mistake ever made by the 

 Twin City florists if they should dis- 

 continue the show. For the next show 

 he offered a $40.00 prize. A commit- 

 tee was also appointed to look up 

 the matter of a 1911 flower show. If 

 St. Paul is not willing to undertake 

 it there is no doubt that Minneapolis 

 will hold it again. 



The third annual dance of the Asso- 

 ciation will be held February 28th, 

 at the C. T. U. Hall, in St. Paul. 

 Mr. Reid will be chairman, assisted 

 by Messrs. Hansen, L. L. May and O. 

 J. Olson. 



Professor H. M. Whetzell, of the 

 New York State College of Agricul- 

 ture, Ithaca, N. Y., was the lecturer in 

 the free course of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society at Horticultural 

 Hall, Saturday, January 21. The 

 changing of the lecture hour from 

 forenoon to afternoon has proved a 

 successful innovation, leading to a 

 larger attendance. Professor Whet- 

 zell's topic was "The Local Plant 

 Doctor." 



He said that the primary object of 

 the plant pathologist is to prevent dis- 

 eases, not cure them. The plant doctor 

 should be a public servant supported 

 in part, at least, by the local growers. 

 In short, the growers must meet the 

 State at least half way in the training 

 and support of experts for the solu- 

 tion of this plant disease problem. 

 The grower will never learn the tech- 

 nique of plant pathology any more 

 than he will that of veterinary medi- 

 cine, and he will soon learn that it ia 

 not only necessary but highly profit- 

 able to pay for the services of expert 

 plant doctors. There will be a con- 

 stantly increasing demand for the 

 professional plant pathologists in the 

 conservation of our crop production. 



The lecture was exceedingly inter- 

 esting throughout. 



DURING RECESS. 



Chicago Bowlers. 



The following scores were recorded 

 at the meeting February 1: 



CARNATIONS. ROSES. 



1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 



A.vres, 130 171 184 Foster, 144 149 161 

 Wint'rs'Q,137 197 131 Byers, 154 114 116 

 (io'risch. 110 134 183 Cohen, 123 74 117 

 Sohultz, 140 159 1.36 Krause, 131 109 158 

 A. Zeck. 166 164 153 Wolf, 161 166 156 



ORCHIDS. VIOLETS. 



1st 2nd 3iil 1st 2nd 3rd 



Ilu'l.n'r, 165 164 173 Va'gh'n, 151 131 189 

 Zeck, 157 145 144 Li'b'rm'n,139 128 170 



Graff, 151 149 160 Frl'dm'n, 167 142 140 

 Heguaii, 165 1.36 134 Laz, 96 124 90 



Farley. 170 134 l.iO Loman. 145 166 141 



On Sunday last the Joliet team came 

 to Chicago according to agreement and 

 an enthusiastic game was played. It 

 was a close one and for the first half 

 Chicago was in the lead. Then the 

 tables turned and Joliet came off vic- 

 torious. There were many rooters and 

 the alleys were so well filled that 

 standing room was at a premium. The 

 .loliet victors left for home at six 

 o'clock after expressing their pleasure 

 at their reception and requesting an- 

 other opportunity to meet the Chicago 



bowlers. 



Cincinnati Bowlers. 



The following were the scores bowled 

 Monday, February 6: 



( ■- Critchell. 1.34 187 L. Wit'sft'r, 142 144 

 A. S'derbr'h, 1.59 ]5» L. Fritz 106 128 



R. Murphv, 205 165 Ben (ieorge. 115 1.32 

 A. Heckman. 115 122 W. Schum'u. 225 129 

 O. H'ffm'st'r, 75 108 T. Jackson. 112 1.31 

 A. Os'tdarp, 102 110 E. Wit'sft'r, 150 141 

 E. Schuman. 137 119 C. Wit'sft'r, 1.32 163 

 E. Wit'sft'r. 177 183 Frank Ball, 106 92 

 r. irftm'sf r. 126 92 II. S'nd'rh's. 143 102 

 R. .\. M'phv. 1.39 130 I). Rusconi, 69 102 

 A. Horning. 151 168 



The seventh annual banquet of the 

 Monmouth County Horticultiu'al So- 

 ciety was held at Red Bank, N. J. on 

 Wednesday evening. January 25. The 

 attendance was large. A. Herrington, 

 of Madison officiated as toastmaster. 

 The speakers included public men of 

 prominence as well as gardeners and 

 florists. 



