November 28, 1914 



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for a stag social in January and an 

 attempt made to put life into the Co- 

 operative Buying Committee which, 

 through lack of enthusiasm on the 

 part of the members had about ceased 

 operations. 



By a vote of forty-three to two. 

 smoking will be cut out in the future 

 during the business sessions of the 

 club. Next meeting, Dec. 17th. 



Al.BEKT M. HeKH. 



NEW DAHLIA ALBERT MANDA. 



GARDENERS' CONVENTION. 



The Committee on Arrangements of 

 the convention of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Gardeners reports that the 

 annual banquet of the Association will 

 be held in Horticultural Hall, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., on Wednesday evening. 

 December 9, (following the annual 

 meeting which will occur in the after- 

 noon in the same hall), to which ladies 

 and all friends of the members will be 

 welcome. Those intending to attend 

 the banquet will please advise David 

 Rust, Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia. 

 Pa., the number of tickets they desire 

 to have reserved. All reservations 

 must be made in advance of the din- 

 ner. 



The commictcf also inrites exhibits 

 of novelties, specimen plants and cut 

 flowers from both private and com- 

 mercial growers. The Association's 

 certificate of merit will be awarded to 

 meritorious exhibits of the newer var- 

 ieties. Exhibits can be sent, (express 

 prepaid) to the National Association 

 of Gardeners, care David Rust, Horti- 

 cultural Hall. Philadelphia, Pa., to ar- 

 rive on Wednesday morning, Decem- 

 ber 9. M. C. Ebei. Sec'y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At the chrysanthemum show held 

 last week at Syracuse. N. Y.. the flor- 

 ists decided to organize, and will be 

 known as the Syracuse Florists' Club. 

 The officers are Henry Youell. presi- 

 dent; L. E. Mulhauser. secretary: 

 James Sullivan, treasurer. 



A free illustrated lecture under the 

 auspices of the Newport Garden Asso- 

 ciation and Horticultural Society was 

 given by J. Otto Thilow. of Philadel- 

 phia, on Tuesday evening. November 

 24, in Music Hall, Newport, R. I. Mr. 

 Thilow's subject was the Yellowstone 

 National Park. 



At the adjourned meeting on Nov. 

 19, of the Chicago Florists' Club, nom- 

 ination of officers was the special order 

 of business. The list as nominated is 

 as follows: President. W. J. Keimel; 

 vice-president. James Morton; secre- 

 tary. T. E. Waters. Michael Fink, Guy 

 W. French; treasurer. Paul Klings- 

 porn: trustee. C. L. Washburn. The 

 election will take place at the regular 

 meeting in December. 



J. B. Foley. Sec'y. 



The monthly meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 at Glen Cove, N. Y., on Nov. 11. J. 

 W. Everitt and F. Honeyman won in 

 the chrysanthemum competition. 

 President Gant's prizes for table 

 decorations were won. 1st by Robert 

 Jones, assistant on the Percy Chubb 

 estate; 2nd. Chas. Parr of the John 

 T. Pratt estate: 3rd, Arthur Cook of 

 the H. L. Pratt estate. F. Honey- 

 man got a cultural certificate for 

 Radiance rose. Henry Gaut, certifi- 

 cate of merit for seedling chrysan- 

 themums. A. Fournier shnwpd new 



The new dahlia herewith illustrated 

 is one of a set of seedlings raised by 

 W. A. Manda from crosses of Imper- 

 ialis and Juarezi. The plant is a 



rampant grower and the flower Is of 

 enormous size, creamy white with a 

 flush of pink. It has been exhibited 

 at several of the fall shows this 

 season. 



French chrysanthemums. The silver 

 cups won at the Fall Show were pre- 

 sented to the winners. A cup for the 

 next fall show contributed by Mrs. 

 W. D. Guthrie and cash prizes from 

 John Sheepers were accepted with 

 thanks. After the meeting there was 

 a very enjoyable smoker. Next meet- 

 ing will be election of officers, 2.30 

 p. m. 



The forty-eighth annual meeting of 

 the Minnesota State Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held in the Auditorium, 

 .Main Building, at University Farm, 

 St. Anthony Park. Minn., on Tues- 

 day, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday, 

 December 1, 2, 3, 4. 



The Minnesota Garden Flower So- 

 ciety, the Plant Breeders' Auxiliary, 

 the Woman's Auxiliary, the Minne- 

 sota State Florists' Society and the 

 Gardeners' Associations of St. Paul 

 and Minneapolis meet and will be 

 found to have some part on the pro- 

 gram. 



On Thursday evening at 7 o'clock 

 the annual society banquet will be 

 held at the State Agricultural College 

 in the main dining hall. 



There will be an exhibition of 

 flo%vers and vegetables. W. H. Bofferd- 

 ing, 1221 Washington avenue No. will 

 be superintendent of the former, and 

 E. 0. Ballard, 2700 Girard avenue No. 

 of the latter. 



A GREAT HOLIDAY SHOW. 

 In order to realize the great improve- 

 ment which has been made in azalea 

 varieties in recent years one must 

 visit such establishments as the Julius 

 Roehrs Co.'s place at Rutherford. N. J., 

 when the azaleas are blooming. The 

 advancement, which has been accom- 

 plished by European horticulturists un- 

 der the incentive of the tremendous 

 consumption and demand for these 

 showy plants in this country and else- 

 where, is especially evident in the 

 evolution of early blooming sorts and 



in the production of new tints from 

 which have been eliminated the ma- 

 genta tones so prevalent in the older 

 kinds. Those glorious light pink vari- 

 eties Daybreak, Blushing Bride and 

 Roosevelt are to be seen at Roehrs' 

 now in abundance and they surely 

 live up to their names. There is one 

 whole house of Mme. Petrick Superba, 

 a greatly improved form of that much 

 liked variety. Brillianta Belgica and 

 Fred Sander may be named among the 

 most striking of the dark reds, the 

 latter blooming naturally in early No- 

 vember, a richly colored and very 

 symmetrical double flower. 



Ten houses of the best ardisias wt 

 have ever seen give evidence that flor- 

 ists who make a specialty of this 

 prime Christmas favorite will be able 

 to set before their customers accepta- 

 ble plants loaded with richly colored 

 fruit. In cyclamens, too. the stock is 

 superb — 6.000 plants in profuse bloom 

 and representing the finest improved 

 type of German seed and including 

 that charming variety Glory of Wands- 

 bek. There is a whole range of houses 

 filled exclusively with Begonias Lor- 

 raine and Cincinnati which at the pres- 

 ent lime present a picture which once 

 seen will never be forgotten. Camel 

 lias full fill two houses and their 

 charm is irresistible. Certainly, any 

 fiorist who can find opportunity to go 

 and visit this notable establishment 

 now in its holiday exuberance will en- 

 joy a glorious treat. 



DURING RECESS. 



N. Y. Florists' Bowling Club. 

 Scores Nov. 20, 1914. 



.T. nonalilson 167 172 



F. NMqiiot 151 163 



.T. Fonric-li 17S 203 166 



C \V. Scott 1.^2 136 160 



r .Tiicolison IXi 158 151 



.T Vniine 131 150 147 



H C. UlcdeX 141 148 156 



A KokiKlii 152 l.'>8 167 



A. .T. Oiiltiiiiin 146 152 154 



R ,T. Irwin 141 152 146 



A. Sclmiizcr 131 129 148 



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