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HORTICULTURE 



November 21, 1914 



advisory committee since it came into 

 existence. 



Syracuse, N, Y., had a good show of 

 chrysanthemums, decorative plants, 

 etc., on Nov. 5 to 8. which had the sup- 

 port and cooperation of the trade in 

 general. Among the exhibitors were 

 the Baker Floral Co., Elmer D. Smith 

 & Co., C. H. Totty. A. N. Pierson, 

 George B. Hart of Rochester, Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., Philadelphia; W. H. 

 Workman, H. Youell, Mrs. L. C. Smith, 

 Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.; W. Bult- 

 mann. Peter Kay. G. Bartholme, J. 

 Mullhauser & Son. Bannister & Co.. 

 Chester Harris, C. Bourne, G. M. Phil- 

 lips. Pierce-Christian Co., P. R. Quin- 

 lan and H. D. Mann & Co. 



The chrysanthemum and fruit show 

 of the New London, Conn., Horticul- 

 tural Society was held in the Court 

 House on the 4th and 5th inst. There 

 was a fine show of fruit, plants and 

 cut flowers, including the new carna- 

 tion Alice from Peter Fisher, Ellis, 

 Mass., and a good display of single 

 and pompon chrysanthemums from A. 

 N. Pierson, Inc. The leading large 

 blooms included: William Turner, 

 Wells' late pink. William Vert, Men- 

 don, James Fraser, Mrs. Gilbert Drab- 

 ble, Onimda, Mrs. (Mara Banghart. 

 Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. A. M. Henshaw and 

 others ton numerous to mention. Ev- 

 erything went to making the show a 

 great success in all ways. 



The second annual flower show 

 given by the Holyoke and Northamp- 

 ton Florists' and Gardeners' Club at 

 Northampton, Mass., was larger and 

 better in every way than the one 

 held a year ago. The Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College exhibited fine 

 chrysanthemums and roses, taking 

 many first and second prizes. 



Butler & Ulman, exhibited prize win- 

 ning roses and chrysanthemums. They 

 got first in table decorations. E. J. 

 Canning showed an excellent display 

 of low-growing, pyramidal conifers in 

 pots, especially adapted for land- 

 scape effects. Other exhibitors were 

 Parks; G. H. Sinclair, Holyoke; P. D. 

 Keyes & Son, Florence; and Smith 

 College. W. H. Hatfield. 



DURING RECESS. 

 Andover Florists' and Gardeners' Club. 

 This organization held its first an- 

 nual supper in Workman Hall, An- 

 dover, Mass., on Thursday evening, 

 November 12. It was a very enjoy- 

 able occasion for the members and 

 guests. 



N. Y. Florists' Bowling Club. 

 Thursday, Nov, 12, 1914, 



1st ;;nd 



Game Game 



J. Fenrioli 163 170 



C, W. Scott HI UA 



W. II. Sielirccht 1.57 IGt 



P. Jacoljsoii 162 ](!•' 



F- Niquft 139 164 



.1. Micscin 200 190 



A. Kakutla 144 i5n 



A. J. Giittiiian 14.-, ics 



P. iMecoui 20G 162 



Lynn, Mass. — Lynn flower vendors 

 must secure $2 permits and those who 

 come to that town from other places 

 must have $25 permits according to a 

 decision of the Board of Control, 

 Thomas F. Burckes. George A. Flana- 

 gan and Charles P. Murray. A petition 

 calling on the board to act was signed 

 by all the Lynn florists and was sup- 

 ported by the Chamber of Commerce. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Address l>y President Wm. Kleinheiuz. 

 Fellow Members: 



Another year has passed and again 

 we meet as a society to pay due re- 

 spect to the glorious "Chrysantliemum." 

 This convention here, in Indianapolis, 

 is especially remarkable as a banner 

 meeting, as it is held in conjunction 

 with the silver anniversary of the 

 State Florists' Association of Indiana. 

 And as we have chrysanthemum spe- 

 cialists with us like Messrs. Elmer D. 

 Smith, E. G. Hill, Chas. H. Totty and 

 others, the gathering must be a suc- 

 cess, and I am proud to have the hon- 

 or to bid you all welcome in the name 

 of the society. 



In the past fifteen years the im- 

 provements in chrysanthemums have 

 been wonderful, surpassing all expecta- 

 tions. Great credit is due to the 

 raisers and introducers of new var- 

 ieties, of which a good many are cer- 

 tainly revelations to the growers. It 

 is not necessary to mention any spe- 

 cial varieties, as our shows prove this 

 to the greatest extent, and I am sure 

 that the future will bring out still 

 better varieties, because we have a lot 

 of never-resting hybridizers amongst 

 us, and they will not rest until the 

 highest point of honor is reached. The 

 pompon and single varieties have also 

 moved up to the front and beautiful 

 colors and combinations have been 

 brought out in these effective and dec- 

 orative kinds. 



The specimen plants raised for ex- 

 hibition purposes in the last few years 

 are also eye-openers for the public. 

 I have seen plants exhibited in New 

 York City, over fourteen feet in di- 

 ameter and carrying over fourteen hun- 

 dred flowers per plant, and were the 

 chief attraction of the show. But 

 don't fore-et what skill, time, and labor 

 it requires to grow a plant to such 

 perfection and we must feel proud 

 that those plants are grown by gar- 

 deners who are members of the Chry- 

 santhemum Society of America. 



Considering the large number of 

 chrysanthemum growers in this coun- 

 try it is to be deplored that so few 

 are members of our society. The Chry- 

 santhemum Society of America is bene- 

 ficial to all chrysanthemum growers 

 as we rout out the poorer varieties by 

 having committees appointed all 

 through the United States, by which 

 the new varieties are examined and, 

 when found to be up to the standard, 

 a certificate is awarded. This pre- 

 vents minor sorts from being repre- 

 sented as up-to-date, and thereby the 

 buyers of new sorts do not run the 

 risk of getting inferior sorts. The 

 Chrysanthemum Society also holds a 

 yearly exhibition, giving an elegant 

 opportunity for competition. At these 

 exhibitions, nothing but the best qual- 

 ity of fiowers are shown and, by do- 

 ing this, it shows the grower what can 

 be done and what a flower of the high- 

 est standard looks like. The Society 

 also sends to its members a copy of 

 the proceedings of the yearly meetings, 

 and this alone should be inducement 

 enough to every chrysanthemum grow- 

 er to join us. This has been the cry 

 for years. "How can we increase our 

 membership?" I appeal to every one 

 who is interested in these beautiful 

 flowers to send his application to our 

 secretary and become a member of this 

 Society. I am sure after one year's 

 membership they will say "I am glad 



that I joined this able body and must 

 get my friends to do the same." 



In regard to the scale of points 

 I would say that I do not think it 

 possible to improve on it. One sugges- 

 tion I would like to make. A few 

 varieties of our most wonderful exhibi- 

 tion flowers are lacking in stiffness of 

 stem and need artificial supports, when 

 staged on long stems. This I think 

 is a weak point of these varieties and 

 should be considered. I feel that any 

 exhibit artificially supported should 

 lose at least two points. This will 

 not harm these sorts and still will 

 give justice to varieties with self-sup- 

 porting stems, but lacking in size. 



In regard to culture and other 

 points, I do not intend to pass any 

 remarks, as every climate and soil re- 

 quire different treatments, but must 

 say that not everything is gold that 

 glitters. After all the skill, all the 

 labor and all the expenses, the grower 

 in general is proud every season to 

 see his flowers develop, but the grow- 

 ers (especially in the East) have near- 

 ly every year more or less to suffer 

 under a great loss. Warm weather sets 

 in just at the time the flowers should 

 have a cool atmosphere. This warm 

 weather Is generally accompanied by 

 rolling fogs with a very high humid- 

 ity, and the best flowers rot away with- 

 in a few days, and so far nothing is 

 known that can prevent this. Any 

 suggestion or remedy would be thank- 

 fully accepted by this body. 



I hope that you will all enjoy this 

 convention and derive great benefits 

 from it, also that the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America will have a larger 

 membership next year. 



THE GARDENER AND HIS PROFES- 

 SION. 



We should like to sive in full the excel- 

 lent paper read l>y W. X. Craig before the 

 (Jnnleners' and FInrists' Cluii of Boston, 

 on llie alirive meiit.inneti suli.iect. Imt in 

 our i)ri>sent oveierowdetl condition we have 

 room only for the followhig brief abstract. 



As tillers of the brown soil, we have 

 at once the most lovable, fascinating 

 and enthusing of professions. We 

 work in the most wonderful laboratory 

 in the world. 



The gardener should be, not only one 

 who is a florist, hut very much more; 

 he should have a good general knowl- 

 edge of horticulture in its broadest 

 sense and should be capable of 

 handling all details of estate manage- 

 ment. To be a good practical .garden- 

 er in itself requires a great deal of care 

 and forethought. One of the best 

 friends a gardener can have is a care- 

 fully kept diary of operations; weath- 

 er, time crops mature, etc. 



The majority of us have not had 

 the advantage of college, or even high- 

 school training; and it says much for 

 the grit, perseverance, and skill of 

 many who, despite these educational 

 drawbacks, have risen to good posi- 

 tions and are in many cases leaders 

 in their profession. 



The young man who can have both a 

 horticultural and agricultural training 

 in such colleges as Mass. Agri. Col- 

 lege or Cornell, will gather a good 

 theoretical knowledge of the funda- 

 mentals of our profession. The draw- 

 backs in our agricultural colleges to- 

 day are. that really practical men are 

 lacking. .Men who are first-class grow- 

 ers should have charge of their green- 

 houses and grounds, men who will turn 

 out young men who can with greater 



