April 15, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



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tive essay on "Herbaceous Plants and 

 Hardy Shrubs, how to harmonize them 

 for effect in Landscape Gardening." 

 For the April meeting E. W. Neubrand 

 offers a prize for the best flowering 

 plant. 



GEO. Mcintosh. Cor. Sec'y. 



ENGLISH VISITORS AT BODDINGTON'S. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held its 

 regular monthly meeting April 6th. A. 

 W. Johnson and A. T. Pyper gave the 

 club a description of the National 

 Flower Show as it appeared to them. 

 The committee on sports and pas- 

 times was instructed to select a suit- 

 able place for holding a picnic in July 

 or August and given power to act on 

 the same. They reported the meeting 

 of the bowling club in Milwaukee last 

 month and said they had a most en- 

 joyable time. 



A committee, of which Peter Rein- 

 berg should be one. was proposed, to 

 place the matter of permitting the use 

 of flowers at the inaugural of the city 

 officials, before the present council. 



A. Swauson of Elmhurst, 111., exhibit- 

 ed a vase of a new butterfly sweet pea 

 that was much admired. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Spring show of the Worcester 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 at Horticultural Hall. Worcester, 

 Mass., on April 0. H. F. A. I^ange 

 was the principal exhibitor. Others 

 were E. W. Breed, L. C. Midgley and 

 Mrs. J. C. Whitin. 



Differences of opinion resulted in 

 two resignations and the abandonment 

 of the proposed floral show tor Novem- 

 ber, at a meeting of the Columbus 

 Florists' Association at the Chitten- 

 den last evening. Those who resigned 

 their membership were the Fifth Ave- 

 nue Floral Company and C. A. Roth. 

 — Columbus, Ohio, Journal. 



The Spring Flower Show of the Pa- 

 cific Coast Horticultural Society and 

 the California State Floral Society was 

 opened on March 30, for three days, at 

 the Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco. 

 Trade and amateur interests were well 

 represented. The judges in the trade 

 section were Sidney Clack, John Mc- 

 Laren and George Walters. 



The florists of Terre Haute, Ind., 

 organized the Terre Haute Florists' 

 Club, at N. B. Stover's place, on Mon- 

 day evening, April 3. Officers elected 

 are as follows: Fred Heinl, presi- 

 dent; Henry Graham, vice-president; 

 N. B. Stover, secretary; Fred Wun- 

 ker, treasurer; Ed Cowan, Edward 

 Reiss and Otto Heinl, executive board. 



The Florists' Club of Washington 

 held its 22nd annual banquet at the 

 New Fredonia Hotel on the evening of 

 April 4. William R. Smith was the 

 guest of honor. The retiring presi- 

 dent, John Robertson, was presented 

 with a silver tea service, Mr. Smith 

 making the presentation speech. The 

 new officers were installed. W. F. 

 Gude officiated as toastmaster. 



Kpadins; from Lett to Uight: Back Kow — .1. J. Pepper, Harry A. Bunyard, \V. 11. 



Hughes, J. S. Gunn, L. M. Graves, J. Brown, W. A. Call, Alfred T. Bunyard. 



Front Row— G. Prickett, S. South, C. Pi-atley, J. S. Brunton, C. Engleman, 



J. Simpson, E. Barker, S. S. Buttei-fleld, Arthur T. Boddington. 



During Recess 



Milwaukee versus Chicago. 

 The Milwaukee team which so cor- 

 dially entertained the Chicago boys a 

 month ago has been invited to play a 

 return game in Chicago, Sunday, May 

 7th, and have sent word that they will 

 he here strong. All arrangements as 

 to time of arriving, etc., will be made 

 after Easter. 



Chicago Bowlers. 



As the close of the season draws 

 near, the matter of scores assumes 

 greater importance and the prizes 

 daily become more alluring. But two 

 meetings are left now and the stand- 

 ings to date are as follows: 



INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS. 

 A. Fisher, 16S-4-t.57ths : A. Zeck, 168- 

 L':;.(i:iths ; T. Yarnall, 167; J. Zeck. 161: 

 E. Fnrlev, 100; Friedman, 150: F. Ayers. 

 157: Wni. Wolf. 155-53.72Dds ; Wm. Graft. 

 I.j5-30.75ths ; E. Winterson, 1.5.3-37.51sts ; J. 

 Degnau, 153-15.51sts ; E. Schultz, 152; J. 

 Huehner, 151 : Wm. Lorman, 147 : Beyers, 

 141; O. Goerisch, 140; Krause, 139. 



Games won and lost to date: 



Won Lost Won Lost 



Orchids. 56 W Roses. 30 45 



Carnations, 38 37 Violets. 26 49 



Il'igh Team Game — Orchids, 921. Hlgli 

 Three Team Average — Orchids, 860. 



High Individual Average, 3 games— F. 

 Ayres, total, 606; average, 202. 



High Individual Score— Yarnall, 226; Far- 

 lev, 226. 



Do you need young ferns for stock? 

 See Buyers' Directory, page 583, this 

 Issue. The best growers are listed 

 there. 



FLORISTS HAVE A GRIEVANCE. 



Chatterton Warburton and Patrick 

 H. Sullivan, representing the florists 

 of Fall River, Mass., were callers at 

 the mayor's office last week, lor the 

 purpose of requesting that the mayor 

 ask the city solicitor for an opinion 

 relative to the right of the park com- 

 missioners to insist upon caring for 

 vases on graves in Oak Grove ceme- 

 tery, other than those that come under 

 the perpetual care plan. With the en- 

 largement of the greenhouse at Oak 

 Grove cemetery, the park commission- 

 ers have done a considerable business 

 in the matter of looking after the 

 vases and the florists have felt the ef- 

 fect of this upon their business. 



THE QUESTION OF MOISTURE 

 FOR MUSHROOMS. 



Editor of HORTICULTURE: 



As far as 1 could judge from Dr. 

 Kitchen's experiments (see HORTI- 

 CULTURE, April 8, page 536), I 

 should say his trouble lay in not keep- 

 ing his beds moist enough. He should 

 not have waited until the surface was 

 dry before sprinkling, but kept up a 

 moist state of the surface at all times. 

 No rules can be laid down in regard 

 to watering as beds under different 

 conditions will require more or less 

 and judgment will have to be used ac- 

 cordingly. 



The fact that mushrooms appeared 

 abundantly after being watered thor- 

 oughly shows that dryness was the 

 cause, the spawn lying dormant for the 

 lack of moisture. It is often the case 

 that beds that have cropped well, and 

 kept dry for a period after going out 

 of bearing, will when watered give a 

 second crop. The temperature was far 

 too high for the best results. There 

 is no doubt that mushrooms can be 

 grown at the temperature stated, but 

 for the best results a lower tempera- 

 ture is necessary. Mushrooms grown 

 in a temperature of 50 degi'ees to 55 de- 

 grees will be of better quality and the 

 beds will produce heavier and over a 

 longer period. 



There seems to be something in the 

 fermentation of manure that suits the 

 mushroom and it makes one of the 

 best mediums for the spawn to run In, 

 and it is very doubtful if as good re- 

 sults can be had by any other method. 



WILLIAM GRAY. 

 Rough Point, Newport, R. I. 



A SPRING BLOOMING WITCH 

 HAZEL. 



It is generally known that the na^- 

 tive Hamamelis flowers in fall and 

 that the Japanese species blooms in 

 .spring. Jackson Dawson now informs 

 us that Harbin has found for the Ar- 

 nold .\rboretum. in the North Carolina 

 mountains a true spring blooming 

 form, which in cultivation has retained 

 its characteristic, blooming for the 

 first time this spring. 



