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HOBTICULTUBE 



November 21, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS'. 



The annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners will 

 take place in Philadelphia on Decem- 

 ber 9th and 10th. 



Thomas Logan, William Kleinheinz 

 and John H. Dodds are the committee 

 on arrangements and report the pre- 

 liminary program as follows: — 



Wednesday, 9th inst. : — The general 

 meeting of the association will be 

 opened promptly at two o'clock at 

 Horticultural Hall. Following the busi- 

 ness session several speakers prom- 

 inent in horticulture will address the 

 members on subjects interesting to the 

 gardeners. 



Wednesday evening: — The banquet 

 will be held at one of the local hotels 

 to which ladies are to be invited. 



Thursday morning, the 10th inst.: — • 

 The bowling tournament will take 

 place, open to all members of the asso- 

 ciation who register at the business 

 session. There will be no team bowl- 

 ing, but prizes will be offered tor in- 

 dividual scores. During the bowling 

 tournament a shuffle board contest for 

 the ladies will be provided, for which 

 prizes will also be offered. 



Thursday afternoon will be devoted 

 to visiting some of the prominent 

 growing establishments in the vicinity 

 of Philadelphia. 



The Hotel Walton, directly opposite 

 Horticultural Hall, has been selected 

 as the headquarters of the association 

 during the convention. Accommoda- 

 tions can be secured there at moderate 

 rates. M. C. EnEL. Sec'y. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this society 

 was held in Greenwich. Conn., Nov. 

 15th. The report on the fall show was 

 read indicating that the recent exhibi- 

 tion at New Rochelle, N. Y., was a fin- 

 ancial succf ss as well as an exhibition 

 of superior quality. Mayor-elect John 

 M. FJrown of Stamford, Conn., on be- 

 half of the society presented the prizes 

 to the successful competitors and as- 

 sured the Society of hjs continued 

 personal support as well as in his offi- 

 cial capacity. It was unanimously 

 voted to co-operate with the national 

 organization in all matters affecting 

 the gardener and the advancement of 

 horticulture in America. During re- 

 cess J. E. Melcher of Riverside. Conn., 

 entertained the members witli some 

 very clever sleight-of-hand tricks. 

 Oscar E. Addor of Larchmont, N. Y., 

 read a clever and original piece of 

 writing entitled the Battle of Rye. that 

 was replete with satirical allusions to 

 the struggle for supremacy at the an- 

 nual outing and games between the 

 m<^mbers from Fairfield Co.. Conn., and 

 Westchester Co., N. Y. Nominations 

 for officers were made. The list of 

 names submitted assures the Society 

 of a continuation of the phenomenal 

 successes of the past. 



The awards of the judges are as 

 follows: — 



CuUur.Ml oertificnto to Jas, FD.ster for W. 

 Measo ciiry.s.intheniums, and .T.'is. Stuart 

 for hybrlfl nerines and Pancratium specio- 

 sunn Bi*. fl.; A. Wynne highly commended 



for red seedling carnation, and P. W. Popp 

 for seedling chrysanthemum; vote of 

 thanks to Robt. Gruunert for carnations 

 and Thos. Ryan for single chrysanthe- 

 mums: Geo. E. Baldwin Co. certificate of 

 merit for Cattle.va maxima. 



A vase of single chrysanthemums 

 was staged purposely to start a dis- 

 cussion as to what constitutes a "ter- 

 minal spray." There is so much di- 

 versity of opinion in this matter that 

 it would be well to have an eminent 

 authority pass on it. the result to be 

 published in the horticultural press. 

 The next meeting will be Dec. 11th. 

 P. W. Popp. Cor. Sec'y. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



An unusually large rfumber were pre- 

 sent at the meeting of this Club Tues- 

 day evening, November 17. The main 

 business of the evening was the nom- 

 ination of officers for the coming year. 

 The following candidates were nom- 

 inated: — For President, Herman 

 Bartsch; Vice-President, Jas. Methven; 

 Treasurer, Peter Fisher; Secretary, 

 Wm. N. Craig; Executive Committee, 

 W. J. Kennedy, Geo. Anderson, F. J. 

 Rea, A. K. Rogers, P. M. Miller, Wm. 

 J. Patterson, W. J. Collins, Peter Bark- 

 er, Geo. Wyness. 



Prof. Arno H. Nehrling of the Mass. 

 .\gricultural College was the scheduled 

 speaker of the evening, but was un- 

 avoidably detained. In his place W. 

 N. Craig delivered an interesting ad- 

 dress on "The Gardener and His Pro- 

 fession," which was very favorably re- 

 ceived. 



The show table displayed a fine col- 

 lection of plants and cut flowers. 

 .Among them were two begonia plants, 

 Florence Davenport and Melior, ex- 

 hibited by Wm. W. Edgar Co. Six splen- 

 did chrysanthemums from the E. A. 

 Clark estate were shown by Alex. Mc- 

 Kay. A. A. Pembroke of N. Beverly, 

 Littlefield & Wyman of N. Abington, 

 and A. Roper of Tewksbury exhibited 

 several new varieties of carnations, 

 some still unnamed. A vase of Bou- 

 vardia Humboldtii corymbiflora came 

 from Faulkner Farm, Brookline. 



A lively discussion on the defects of 

 this year's chrysanthemum show was 

 held towards the latter part of the 

 evening, in which the management 

 was severely critised. The meeting 

 closed at an unusually late hour, testi- 

 fying to the enjoyment and interest of 

 the evening. 



UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FLORI- 

 CULTURAL CLUB. 



On Friday evening, November 13, 

 the Floricultural Club gave a recep- 

 tion to the members of the Faculty 

 of the University of Illinois at the 

 floricultural greenhouses, and about 

 400 members turned out. Besides this 

 number, there were some noted out-of- 

 town florists including Mr. and Mrs. 

 Smith, of Danville. 111.; Miss Emily 

 Dorner. of Lafayette, Ind.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. and Miss Rudd, of Morgan Park. 

 The greenhouses were open in connec- 

 tion with the reception and it gave 

 those present an opportunity to see 

 the display of chrysanthemums and 

 other flowers under artificial light. 



A. G. H. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The first November meeting was held 

 in the County Building, Hartford, on 

 Friday evening the 13th. There was an 

 unusually fine display of chrysanthe- 

 mums. In the collection exhibited by 

 President Huss was a vase of sensa- 

 tional blooms of William Turner, also 

 fine specimen plants. The Park De- 

 partment had an exhibit of large chry- 

 santhemums. Warren S. Mason, of 

 Farmington, exhibited some fine seed- 

 ling geraniums (Lemoine's Hybrids) 

 and a splendid collection of pompon 

 and single chrysanthemums. Alex. 

 Cumming, Jr., showed the new rose 

 Ophelia. George W. Fraser, of the 

 Conn. Agricultural College, Storrs, had 

 on exhibition a handsome pink rose, 

 Mrs. A. G. GuUey. C. H. Sierman, H. A. 

 Pinney and George W. Fraser served 

 as judges. They made the following 

 awards: 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., certificate of merit 

 for pompon chrysanthemums, a first-class 

 certificate for singles, and a first-class 

 certificate for rose Ophelia ; Warren S. 

 Mason, of Farmington, cultural certificate 

 for collection of pompons and a certificate 

 of merit for singles; Alfred C'ebelius. cul- 

 tural certificate for singles and a first-class 

 certificate for large chrysanthemums: Pres- 

 ident Huss, a certificate of merit for his 

 large blooms and for each plant : George 

 W. Fraser. a certiflcate of merit for rose 

 Mrs. A. G. Gulley, and a cultui-al certificate 

 for his seedlings. 



A collection of $16.09 was taken up 

 for the Belgian Relief Fund. G. H. 

 Hollister read an article on "Propaga- 

 tion of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs." 

 A local co-operative committee of the 

 National Association of Gardeners was 

 appointed at this meeting, viz: H. A. 

 Pinney, W. W. Hunt and C. H. Sier- 

 man. P. A. Sears, one of the charter 

 members of the Society, was present, 

 and made a few reminiscent remarks. 

 There was a fine turn out and the So- 

 ciety is in a splendid condition in 

 every particular. 



Alfred Dixon, Sec'y. 



Wethersfield, Conn. 



AN APPRECIATIVE REPLY. 



The following communication has 

 just been received by the committee 

 appointed at the meeting of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners held 

 in Boston in August last, to draft 

 suitable resolutions conveying the 

 sympathies of the organization to the 

 European horticulturists. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 

 Westminster, London, England. 



Noyember 3, 1914. 



Dear Sirs: The council of our society 

 are very grateful to you and to the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners for the 

 kind ,ind brotherly sympathies which you 

 extend to us and the other gardeners of 

 Great Britain and elsewhere in the present 

 time of intense strain and distress. 



May we hope that when the time comes 

 for tile reinstatement of the Belgium hor- 

 ticulturists we may receiye your active 

 co-operation and financial support. Our 

 society will start a fund of help when the 

 right time comes; but that time, we grler* 

 to say, is not yet. 



With brotherly greetings to our fellow 

 gardeners in the States, I am. 

 Yours very truly, 



W. WILKS, Sec'y, B. H. S. 



By order of the President and Council 

 of the R. H. S. 



