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HORTICULTURE 



December 12. 1914 



TWO PLEASING FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS. 



Basket of Dahlias and Autumn Oak Foijage 



Quaint Dinner Favor of Onciuium.s 



We are indebted to Max Schling of 

 New York for the photographs which 

 appear herewith and which need no 

 description; also for the picture of an 



arrangement of roses and Barberton 

 daisies which appears on another page. 

 The Barberton daisy. Gerbera Jame- 

 soni, is not grown or raised as niucii 



as it deserves, for florists worlv. Its 

 scarlet and vermilion tinted starry 

 blooms have a very rich effect when 

 properly used and their keeping qual- 

 ities arc of the best. 



James Watt. Executive committee, 

 with the above officers: Richard 

 Gardner. Alexander MacLellan, Bruce 

 Butterton. James J. Sullivan. Andrew 

 L. Dorward, James Robertson. Fred 

 Carter, Andrew S. Meikle and Alex- 

 ander Fraser. Reports of the treas- 

 urer and secretary .show the society 

 to be in a very satisfactory condition. 

 The coming year promises to be 

 the most eventful one in the history 

 of this society, as it has already voted 

 to Join with the following named or- 

 ganizations in holding exhibitions in 

 Newport; American Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety and Newport Ganlen Associa- 

 tion on July 8th and 9th; Newport 

 Garden Club in August; also monthly 

 shows through the summer months 

 with the Newport Garden Associa- 

 tion. Lectures on gardening sub- 

 jects are also provided for through 

 the winter months. J. Kokmhsov 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



J. H. Van Zant. of the Botanic Gar- 

 dens, and J. Malcolm Nicholson and 

 R. J. Leimer, both of Hyattsville. Md.. 

 were elected members of the Florists' 

 Club at the December meeting. The 

 evening was given over mainly to a 

 discussion of civic matters although 

 some little time was devoted to the 

 matter of the trip to the Exposition in 

 San Francisco next year. This latter 

 is being kept in the limelight with a 

 view to getting together as large a 

 party as possible to form the Wash- 

 ington contingent. Special rates have 

 already been quoted to the club. 



William P. Gude entertained those 

 present with an account of the good 

 work being done in Frederick, Md., by 

 Prank Hargett, the originator of the 

 educational garden in that city, and 

 Leonard K. Kolmer. of the Frederick 

 Post, who has been assisting him. He 



told of how their eEtorts were gradual- 

 ly meeting with success in the move- 

 ment to turn backyards into flower 

 gardens and thus fostering a love for 

 flowers and incidentally creating an 

 additional market for the commercial 

 grower. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 

 GARDENERS. 



The meeting of this association in 

 Philadelphia and the banquet on 

 Wednesday evening were superlative- 

 ly successful. J. W. Everitt, Glen Cove. 

 N. Y., was elected president; W. S. 

 Renuie of San Francisco, vice presi- 

 dent; M. C. Ebel, Madison, N. J., sec- 

 retary; James Stuart, Mamaroneck, 

 N. Y., treasurer. Full report next 

 week. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



I'ublie notice is hereby given that 

 the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., offers for registration the Cannas 

 described below. Any person object- 

 ing to the registration or to the use 

 of the proposed name, is requested to 

 communicate with the secretary at 

 once. Failing to receive objection to 

 the registration, the same will be made 

 three weeks from this date. 



Description — The large, orient red 

 flowers are borne on firm, upright 

 stems, just enough above the foliage to 

 show the entire head. The foliage itself 

 is a dark bronze-green with emerald 

 shadings, the ribs a darker bronze. 

 Single roots of this canna produce 

 from five to twelve grand bloom- 

 stalks in a season, and each stalk 

 makes two or three bloom-heads, with 



from twenty to thirty perfect flowers 

 on each. A truly magnificent sort, an 

 tarly and continuous bloomer. Height, 

 41/:; feet. 



Name — "Pocahontas" (Bronze Olym- 

 pic.) 



Description — A large-flowered, green- 

 leaved, cream-white canna with faint 

 pink dots on each petal and sulphur- 

 colored tongue. When a short dis- 

 tance from the flowers they appear 

 pure white. The heads average eight 

 to twelve blooms on each, and each 

 bloom-stalk generally has three heads 

 of flowers, which bloom in succession, 

 thus keeping the plant in bloom all 

 the time. Height, 4 feet. 



Name — "Flag of Truce." 



Description — If it were not for "Bea- 

 con", which we introduced in 1912, 

 this canna would be in a class by it- 

 self. It blooms incessantly and keeps 

 sending up new bloom-stalks about 

 every week, until cut down by frost. 

 Dark ox-blood-red and especially suit- 

 able for mass planting. Height, 3 to 

 4 feet. 



Name — "Dragon." 



Description — An intense bright yel- 

 low flower with a decided dash of red 

 in the throat, extending well up on 

 the petals and showing on the tongue 

 also. Its principal values lies in its 

 ability to resist bleaching better than 

 any other yellow canna. It flowers 

 early. Height, 3 to 4 feet. 



Name — "Princeton." 



Description — Color is reddish or- 

 ange, mottled with carmine and edged 

 with yellow. The tongue is yellow and 

 densely spotted with carmine. When 

 planted in solid beds or rows produces 

 a dazzling effect. Height, 5 feet. 



Name — ^'Gaicty." 



John Younc. Sec'v. 



Dec. 5, 1914. 



