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HORTICULTURE 



February 18, 1911 



HARDY RHODODENDRONS 



When we say Hardy we mean Hardy in American Gardens where 

 climatic conditions are no more severe than in Massachusetts. We 

 have them, the finest stock in the world of brilliant hybrid 

 varieties which have stood the test of years in American Gardens 

 for hardiness and vigor. 



Write for Prices on what you wish to import for the coming season. 



JOHN WATERER ^ SON, Ltd. t^^^;^.. 



During Recess 



Prospectus for New York Florists' 

 Club Dinner. 



Do you know anything about Satur- 

 day night, March 18th? Well! That 

 is the night the Dinner Committee of 

 the New York Florists' Club has se- 

 lected for our Regular Grand Annual 

 Dinner. 



All those who were present at the 

 dinner held in the Roman Banquet 

 Hall, at Shanley's, Broadway, 42nd 

 and 43rd streets, year before last, were 

 loud in their praise of the beautiful 

 surroundings, and the dinner that 

 Shanley served — and Shanley knows 

 how to serve a dinner. For these rea- 

 son? your committee goes to Shanley 

 again. 



In connection with the dinner your 

 committee has engaged entertaining 

 talent, that mirth and gaiety shall 

 lend zest to the appetites for the good 

 things that will be partaken of. 



Tickets will be four dollars ($4.00) 

 for gentlemen, and three dollars 

 ($3.00) for the ladies, and these prices 

 will only half pay for the good time 

 you will have on this occasion. Your 

 committee is trying its best to make 

 this dinner and entertainment surpass 

 anything of its kind held before, and 

 trusts that each member of the club 

 will make it his duty and pleasure to 

 come, and bring a lady with him, for 

 no social gathering can be complete 

 without the ladies. 



Members can engage tables to en- 

 tertain their guests for this dinner, 

 such tables accommodating six to 

 eight persons, or more if required. 

 Prompt notification is earnestly re- 

 quested. 



0. B. Weathered, Chairman; A. L. 

 Miller, J. Austin Shaw, Robert Koehne, 

 Chas. Schenck, Dinner Committee. 



Yonkers Horticultural Society. 



A most enjoyable evening was spent 

 at the Park Hill Inn. where this socie- 

 ty held its second annual dinner on 

 the 7th inst. About one hundred and 

 thirty members, visitors and friends 

 were present. Arthur Herrington very 

 ably filled the post of toastmaster. 

 Mayor Lennon of Yonkers spoke of the 

 beauty of our city, due in no sli.ght de- 

 gree to the gardeners' craft. He also 

 presented the charter of incorporation 

 granted to the society. 



W. Duckham. who with several oth- 

 er gentlemen represented the Morris 

 County (hardeners' and Florists' So- 



ciety spoke, as did also J. F. Johnston 

 of the Nassau County Horticultural 

 Society, Mr. Lee of Dobb's Ferry, J. 

 Austin Shaw, who rose to the toast of 

 "The Press," Mr. Maynard of The Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle of America, L. Mel- 

 liott for the florists, Mr. Sperling for 

 the seedsmen and Mr. Rennison for the 

 nurserymen. W. MacDonald contrib- 

 uted songs, admirably rendered. 



H. M. BLANCHE. 



A Hot Time at St. Louis. 



There was a bot time at Smith's 

 wholesale house on Saturday night, 

 Feb. 11. The firm having just com- 

 pleted improvements which gives them 

 a model wholesale house decided to 

 give a house warming and invited 

 their Kirkwood consignors to come in 

 and enjoy the fun, and they did. They 

 ))rought their own band headed by C. 

 A. Dietchman. There were refresh- 

 ments of all kinds. Sixty persons en- 

 joyed the fun, which included speech 

 making, singing, dancing and a gen- 

 eral good time. 



New York Bowlers. 

 There was a very companionable 

 meeting and practice bowling at *,he 

 Albion Alleys on Monday afternoon, 

 February 13, preceding the regular 

 Florists' Club meeting in the evening. 

 .John Donaldson was the fortunate 

 winner of the prize bottle of Dry Mon 

 opole. Scores were as follows: 



M.Tiida ..165 loll 1.15 H'ld'son .l.'J4 177 ini 



Hnndel ..220 119 172 Miesem .127 118 1« 



Kick'rds 1-9 142 151 .McAi-dle l.'i4 118 131 



Siebr'lit .1.35 145 162 Rprrv ... — 105 Ifis 



Slinw ...148 118 111.', Si'lniltz . — 8-; r>fi 



Philadelphia Bowlers. 



Scores were recorded at the matcli 

 game February 13, as follows: 



REGULARS. ASSOCIATES. 



Connor, 169 180 1.56 Elm, 1S5 244 204 



Adel, 163 142 190 Moore, 17:; 177 166 



Dodds, 187 168 163 Rowley. 133 i;« 173 

 Graham. 160 166 177 Dunh'm, KM? 133 176 

 Concerning foregoing our corres- 

 pondent writes: "I only publish these 



scores when the champions lose; which 

 is seldom." 



Buffalo vs. Rochester. 

 The Rochester Club bowlers will 

 ment in Buffalo the latter part of this 

 month in a match game with Buffalo. 

 The members are in hard training and 

 an exceptionally good game is prom- 

 ised. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



MacNiff Horticultural Co., New 

 York. — Condensed Garden Seed Cata- 

 logue, Spring, 1911. 



Green's Nursery Co., Rochester, N. 

 Y.— Catalogue for 1911, of Plants, 

 Vines and Trees. Quite a unique pro- 

 duction. Covers brilliantly adorned 

 with cherries, currants and rasp- 

 berries. 



Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago and 

 Joliet, 111.— Folder and Price List of 

 Carnations, with portraits in natural 

 colors, of Princess Charming, light 

 pink, and Washington, Lawson En- 

 chantress. 



S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Mich.— 

 Isbell's Seed Annual, 1911. This a 

 catalogue of the "Michigan Grown 

 Seeds" so enthusiastically advertised 

 in our columns by this well-known 

 house. It runs especially strong on 

 vegetables, the colored illustrations on 

 cover showing Perfected Davis Perfect 

 cucumber. Colossal tomato. New 

 Saxonia pea and other meritorious 

 novelties. 



Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., Boston. 

 — General Seed, Plant and Implement 

 Catalogue for 1911. This is the first 

 issue since the merging of the Schlegel 

 & Fottlei Co., W. W. Rawson & Co., 

 and H. E. Fiske Co. into one corpora- 

 tion and it is highly creditable in 

 every particular. The cover is exceed- 

 ingly neat and attractive, embossed 

 gold letters on pale grey panel and 

 monogram in coral red. 



"Buds," New York. — General Cata- 

 logue of Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Fertiliz- 

 ers, Insecticides and Implements, 

 Spring, 1911. This is the first annual 

 catalogue of this youngest of the New 

 York seed houses but it bears all the 

 marks of an old-established business, 

 being very complete and particularly 

 well arranged as to reading matter 

 and placing of illustrations. Paper 

 and typography excellent. A special 

 Wholesale List of High Grade Florists' 

 Seeds. Bulbs and Plants has also been 

 ip'^ued for trade circulation. 



