December 5, 1914 



HORTICU LTDRE 



791 



rieties, should reach Horticultural 

 Hall before noon on Wednesday, De- 

 cember 9th. They should be sent, ex- 

 press prepaid, to National Association 

 of Gardeners, care David Rust, Horti- 

 cultural Hall. Broad and Locust 

 streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Several of the prominent horticul- 

 tural firms in and about Philadelphia 

 are arranging to entertain the visiting 

 members at their establishments dur- 

 ing the members' stay in Philadelphia. 



The Hotel Walton will be the official 

 headquarters of the association during 

 the convention. 



M. C. EnK[., Sec'y. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the executive board of 

 the American Sweet Pea Society was 

 held at the offices of Peter Henderson 

 & Co.. New York City, on Tuesday aft- 

 ernoon, Nov. 24th, with W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee in the chair. The principal busi- 

 ness was the arrangements for the 

 shows to be held during the coming 

 summer. It has been arranged that 

 two shows be held; one in San Fran- 

 cisco, the other in Newport, R. I. The 

 dates for the San Francisco show have 

 not yet been fixed. The Newport show 

 which is to be held under the auspices 

 of the Newport Garden Association 

 and the Newport Horticultural Society, 

 in the Newport Casino, will open on 

 July 8th, and continue through July 

 9th. A very liberal preliminary pre- 

 mium list has been prepared and is- 

 sued by the Newport organizations, 

 which includes a large number of open 

 classes. Copies of this preliminary 

 schedule may be obtained of the secre- 

 tary, Harry A. Bunyard, 342 W. 14th 

 St., N. Y. City. The preliminary sched- 

 ule of the American Sweet Pea Society 

 will be issued about January 1st. 



Haruv Binvaud. Sec'y. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co. have offered 

 the following special prizes, open to 

 private gardeners and amateurs, to be 

 awarded at the American Sweet Pea 

 Society's show at San Francisco, next 

 summer: 



For twelve vases of Sweet Peas in twelve 

 distinct varieties, to include at least three 

 of the followinR : Burpee's Florence Night- 

 ingTile, Burpee's King White, Burpee's Or- 

 chid, Burpee's Wedgewood, Burpee's Illa- 

 minator and Burpee's Mrs. Routzahn ; 1st 

 prize. .$2.5.00; 2nd, iflS.OO; .3rd, $10.00. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



Professor Sheldon, The Area Insti- 

 tute of Technology, Area, Illinois, was 

 the speaker at the regular monthly 

 meeting of the Florists' Club of Phila- 

 delphia, held December 1, his subject 

 being "Business Building." The lec- 

 turer was introduced in a few eloquent 

 and inspiring words by Charles Henry 

 Fox, and held bis audience for two 

 hours. A resolution was passed ex- 

 tending privilege of membership dur- 

 ing their convention this month to the 

 National .\ssociation of Gardeners and 

 the Society for Horticultural Science. 

 The gardeners will have their annual 

 meeting in the lecture room at 2 P. 

 .M. on the 9th. At 7 P. .M. the annual 

 banquet will be held in the foyer. The 

 following day there will be bowling 

 games for the ladies in the Florists' 

 Club, and later at the same place for 

 the gentlemen. The next day (Thurs- 

 day) will be devoted to visiting near- 

 by places of interest. It is under- 



DREER'S FERNS FOR DISHES 



The Best Stock We Have Ever Offered 





1 





2 1-4 

 inch pots 



$3.00 



per 100; 



$25.00 



per. 1000 



HENRY A. DREER 



714-716 CHESTNUT^ST., - PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



The above prices are for the trade cnly 



stood that Andorra Nurseries is one 

 of the special places that has extended 

 a welcome; but we have not heard au- 

 thentic details. John C. Gracey, one of 

 our newiy elected officers from the re- 

 tail end of the business presided in 

 the absence of president George Bur- 

 ton and performed his duties with 

 much tact and dignity. The meeting 

 was held in the lower hall instead of 

 the club room — this no doubt being in- 

 spired by a feeling of courtesy from 

 the hall management. 



ST. LOUIS CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



The St. Louis Florist Club holds an 

 important meeting Thursday after- 

 noon, Dec. 10, in Odd Fellows Hall. 

 All members are requested to attend 

 as the discussion and final vote on the 

 Spring Flower Show will be held. 



The Lady Florists' Home Circle will 

 meet at the home of Mrs. G. B. Wind- 

 ier, 40.59 Delor street, Wednesday 

 afternoon, December 9, for their 

 monthly Caffee Klatch. 



The City I^ark Department em- 

 ployees have organized a club with 250 

 members enrolled. All members must 

 be connected with the departmen'. 

 The officers are L. Kittlous, presiden; : 

 Joseph Pelsch, vice-president; Hugo 

 Schoff, secretary; John Moritz, secre- 

 tary. -Monthly meetings will be held. 



The regular bi-monthly meeting of 

 the Southampton (N. Y.) Horticultural 

 Society was held Thursday evening, 

 Nov. 19th. This was to have been a 

 sort of opening meeting for the sea- 

 son, a starter for next summer's show. 

 Plans were to have been discussed 



looking forward to that event but owing 

 to a very severe storm there were onlj 

 a few present. Notwithstanding that 

 fact we had a very interesting and 

 profitable meeting. W. L. Jagger, head 

 of the local weather bureau, read a 

 paper on the horticultural and general 

 growth of Southampton. He compared 

 the place fifty years ago with today, 

 dotted over with fine summer resi- 

 dences. Mr. McCullam, a professional 

 tree mover, gave us a very interest- 

 ing talk on moving large trees. After 

 the business was over refreshments 

 were served and we spent a very pleas- 

 ant social hour. 



D. T. Wells. 



KNOXVILLE, TENN., NOTES. 



C. L. Baum expects to disseminate 

 Dr. Sam, his white seedling carnation, 

 next year. He is also much pleased 

 with his new yellow sport from Chas. 

 Uazer chrysanthemum, Lena Baum. 



C. W. Crouch, who has been in 

 Louisville, Ky., for some time, has re- 

 turned home and is making arrange- 

 ments to spend the winter in Florida. 



As a specialty, A. H. Dailey has on 

 display in his window an assortment 

 of baskets filled with roses, which are 

 no doubt finding ready sales as differ- 

 ent baskets appear in the window 

 every day. 



Addison J. .McXutt's place being in 

 the Citv Market house, he was forced 

 to close about 11 o'clock, but this did 

 not in.iure his Thanksgiving business 

 any. as all stock was gone before this 

 time. 



