March 25, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



411 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Bulletin of the American Asso- 

 ciation of Park Superintendents, just 

 issued, contains a number of interest- 

 ing and thoughtful communications 

 from well-known park men on such 

 topics as The Organization of a Park 

 Commission; The Commission Plan of 

 City Government as Applied to Parks; 

 The Duties of a Park Superintendent: 

 Park Music; Park Statistics, etc. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Cincinnati Florists' Society was held 

 in P. Olinger's salesroom, Monday, 

 March 13th. Flower show matters 

 were transacted. The preliminary 

 schedule was mailed today. After the 

 meeting lunch and refreshments were 

 served by Mr. dinger. A vote of 

 thanks was tendered to Mr. Olinger 

 for his kind hospitality. 



At the Engelmann Botanical Club of 

 St. Louis monthly meeting on March 

 13, H. W. Anderson read a paper on 

 "Immunity from Disease in Plants. 

 Secretary Pring announces that the 

 check list of the local flora is ready for 

 distribution and that the list com- 

 prises upwards of 3000 species of na- 

 tive plants together with their lo- 

 calities. Copies will be mailed to any 

 address for 50 cents. 



The following chairmen of special 

 committees for the flower show which 

 is to be given at Memorial Hall, Col- 

 umbus, O., during the week of Nov. 13, 

 were appointed Monday night, Febru- 

 ary 27, at a banquet of sixty members 

 of the Columbus Florists' Association: 

 G. C. Woodrow, finance; James Under- 

 wood, advertising; F. Bromwell, decor- 

 ations. I. D. Seibert was appointed 

 chairman of a committee to promote 

 interest among florists outside of the 

 city. 



The preliminary list of the St. Louis 

 Horticultural Society for their fall 

 flower show has been mailed out and 

 it is a very neat affair with good 

 prizes. The Retail Florists' Associa- 

 tion has offered $50 in prizes to be 

 competed for by their members; they 

 will also have a large booth at the 

 members' disposal to exhibit work not 

 for competition. The St. Louis Flor- 

 ists' Club will also likely offer the 

 same amount in prizes, the matter to 

 come up at the April meeting of the 

 club. 



About seventy-five members of the 

 Albany Florists' Club and their invited 

 guests which included Prof. John A. 

 Howe, James J. Karins of Philadelphia 

 and Win fried Rolker of New York 

 City, attended the annual banquet of 

 the club which was held on February 

 25, in Donovan's hall on Western av- 

 enue. A short business meeting was 

 held early in the evening and at 8.30 

 o'clock the large dining room was 

 thrown open. President Fred A. Dank- 

 er made a short speech in which he 

 welcomed the guests and members and 

 then turned the chair over to toast- 

 master John C. McAllister, who kept 

 things moving every minute. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — The Grand 

 Rapids Nursery Co., formerly located 

 in the Ashton Bldg., has moved to 

 Wenham Block, Monroe and Divison 

 streets. 



WILLIAM ROBERTSON AND SOME 

 OF HIS TROPHIES. 



For twenty years this modest gar- 

 dener has been showing us the differ- 

 ence between theory and practice. He 

 is a born grower. Growers, like poets, 

 are born — not made. No amount of 

 education could have won all these 

 first prizes, without the native gift. 

 Like all geniuses, Mr. Robertson passes 

 by the real things that count in life. 



and prides himself only on things he 

 can't do. The little square piece at 

 base of picture represents the diamond 

 medal, the championship bowling tro- 

 phy at the Rochester convention, 1910. 

 Mr. Robertson has been gardener for 

 John W. Pepper at Jenkintown, Pa., 

 from boyhood; has raised a family, 

 owns property and, while the place is 

 not the most elaborate in the vicinity, 

 Mr. Pepper has the distinction of hav- 

 ing a gardener who can make them all 

 take his dust, however big their autos. 

 G. C. WATSON. 



BAR HARBOR PERSONALS. 



Wm. Miller of the Mt. Desert Nur- 

 series is sending a large exhibit of his 

 new fern, "Nephrolepis Milleri," to the 

 National Flower Show. Mr. Miller 

 has one large house devoted to the 

 culture of this fern, which originated 

 with him some years ago. 



John H. Stafford of the Malvern 

 greenhouses, who has been sick with 

 the grippe, started on a visit to Phila- 

 delphia, returning to Boston on the 

 27th to attend the show. 



Edward Kirk, gardener for Geo. W. 

 Vanderbilt, has been confined to the 

 house with a very severe attack of 

 grippe. Also Mrs. Kirk has been very 

 seriously ill for some time, but is now 

 convalescent. 



C. L. S. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Alton, III. — The greenhouses of the 

 Joseph Krug Floral Co. will be thrown 

 open to the public for the entire day 

 on Thursday, April 6th. 



Morrisville, Pa. — The Morrisville 

 Nursery is having a closing-out sale 

 of the ornamental nursery stock of the 

 late Samuel C. Moon. Wm. H. Mc- 

 Clossy, the former superintendent, is 

 agent. 



PERSONAL. 



Julius Roehrs of Rutherford, N. J., 

 sailed for a European visit on the Kai- 

 serin Augusta, Thursday, March 16. 



T. H. Shine, formerly decorator for 

 the J. Van Lindley Nursery Co., 

 Greensboro, N. C, has resigned his 

 position. 



C. J. Jones, manager of the Flower 

 Store, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 and Miss Johnson, were married on 

 March 15th. 



H. Meyer, formerly at the Sheldon 

 estate. Glen Cove, N. Y., has taken a 

 position as superintendent for H. D. 

 Davison, at Locust Valley, N. Y. 



Frederick Moore, London (England), 

 correspondent of HORTICULTURE, 

 has moved to 23 A Kingwood Road, 

 Munster Road, Fulham, London, S. W. 



John White, a leading florist of 

 Pittsfield, Mass., was married on March 

 20 to Miss Mary Grey, his bookkeeper. 

 This is Mr. White's third marriage. 

 He has been a widower for several 

 years. 



St. Louis visitors: E. J. Fancourt, 

 representing S. S. Pennock-Meehan 

 Co., Philadelphia; Charles S. Ford of 

 A. Herrmann, New York. 



Visitors In Boston:— Fred Lauten- 

 schlager, representing Kroeschell Co., 

 Chicago; J. J. Karins, representing H. 

 A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



New York visitors:— E. F. Coe, rep- 

 resenting D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, 

 Mich.; J. S. Brunton. Burnley, Eng.; J. 

 Brown, Stamford, Eng.; E. Barker, 

 Manchester, Eng.; W. A. Cull, Lon- 

 don; C. Engelmann, Saffron Walden, 

 Eng.; J. S. Gunn, Birmingham, Eng.; 

 L. M. Graves, Harlington, Eng.; G. 

 Brickett, London; C. Pratley, London; 

 S. South, London; J. Simpson. Burn- 

 ley, Eng.; W. E. Wallace, London; J. 

 K. M. L. Farquhar, P. Welch, Chester 

 I. Campbell, W. P. Edgar, Wm. J. 

 Stewart, all of Boston. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



Wm. Murphy, who has been on the 

 sick list the past week is again on 

 duty. 



Fire completely destroyed the resi- 

 dence of Louis Deunler, Baltimore 

 Pike and McHenry Rd. A spark ig- 

 nited the root of the kitchen and 

 tanned by a strong wind the two story 

 building was in flames when the fire 

 companies arrived. Loss, $2000. 



Charlie McCrea with Hardesty & Co. 

 has been tendered the nomination as 

 State legislator from Newport, Ky. 

 Two years ago Charlie was the only 

 democrat elected to the city council 

 and no doubt the democratic organiza- 

 tion is under the impression that he 

 can again carry the city, but Charlie 

 is modest and does not feel inclined to 

 accept the nomination. However, he 

 need have no anxiety about his elec- 

 tion as few people have mori' friends 

 than genial Charlie McCrea. 



Washington, III. — Dr. R. E. Gordon 

 has purchased the El Pa?o Carnation 

 Co. from W. G. Plumb. Dr. Gordon, it 

 is reported, will form a stock com- 

 pany and Mr. Snyder will be engaged 

 as manager. 



