July 25, 1914 



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door, were soft and had little ki i ping 

 stamina. The best on the list were 

 asters, gladioli and roses. Thes.- had 

 more substance and keeping finalities 

 than most items. Asters were on the 

 short side. More good ones could have 

 been used. All colors of these were in 

 demand: pinks, blues, whites — espe- 

 cially whites. A grower should always 

 have more white proportionately, but 

 many of them seem to overlook this 

 very obvious market condition when 

 doing their planting. Gladioli are much 

 more plentiful and very fine stock as 

 a rule. Most of these are from local 

 growers, although there are still a few 

 arriving from southern points. Out- 

 side of American Beauty, the best 

 roses at present are: White Killarney, 

 Pink Killarney, Maryland, Radiance, 

 Sunburst and Taft — the latter on the 

 scarce side. It is a very good summer 

 rose, and though small is very desir- 

 able. Carnations and sweet peas have 

 taken a back seat. 



There is not much 



ST. LOUIS change in market con- 

 ditions, only that the 

 quality of the stock is somewhat better, 

 thanks to a few showers the last week. 

 Business has been exceedingly dull. 

 There are plenty of first and second- 

 grade roses, fancies selling best, but 

 only few of these come in. Carnations 

 are somewhat scarce and demand is 

 good on light colors. Asters, gladioli, 

 Shasta daisies and lilies command 

 fairly good prices. Lily of the valley 

 also holds its own. 



The demand of the 



WASHINGTON past week or ten 

 days has been of 

 sufficient volume to use up considerable 

 of the large stock of flowers that has 

 been coming into the market, and par- 

 ticularly asters, carnations and lilies. 

 Carnations have been holding up well. 

 for the middle of June usually marks 

 their demise. Both gladioli and asters 

 are coming in more freely and are 

 finding a fair market because of the 

 fact that they can be easily kept dur- 

 ing the extreme hot weather. The new 

 crop of American Beauty roses are 

 also in and are in fair demand. Lilies 

 are in good supply and quality. 



PERSONAL. 



Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lonsdale are en- 

 joying a visit in Santa Barbara, Cal. 



John Meekin, formerly employed by 

 A. W. Vose, is now foreman at Chip- 

 man's Greenhouses, Woonsocket, R. I. 



Alfred Rehder, of The Arnold Arbo- 

 retum is in Santa Barbara, Cal., on 

 some Arboretum research work. 



David Welch of Welch Bros. Co., Bos- 

 ton, started from Liverpool on his 

 homeward journey to Boston, on July 

 22. 



John Miesem, Elmhurst, N. Y.. has 

 returned from his European trip, much 

 to the delight of a bunch of lonesome 

 friends. 



Jackson Dawson of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum is proudly announcing to his 

 friends the arrival of a grandson who 

 is to bear his name. To him the White 

 medal of honor is to be bequeathed and 

 he is already slated for high achieve- 

 ments in the realm of advanced horti- 

 culture in the good time coming. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyas 



Lilies, Lon^flonim • 



Rubrum 



Uly of the Valley ••• 

 AstTS 



Gladioli 



Com Flower 



Daises, white aod yellow 



Sweet Peas (per loo bunches) 



Gardenias 



Adiantum ' 



Stnilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, strings (per lOo) 



** ** & Spren (loo bunches) . 



Clubs and Societies During Recess 



NASSAU COUNTY (N. Y.) HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this society 

 was held Wednesday, July 8, at Pem- 

 broke Hall, Glen Cove. Special prizes 

 for the fall shows were received from 

 C. F. Cartledge, R. Meserole, W. R. 

 Kinnear, E. M. Underbill and the Glen 

 Cove Echo. 



The exhibits at this meeting were 

 more in number and better in quality 

 than on any similar occasion for the 

 last two or three years and gave the 

 judges some work. Henry Gaut cleared 

 the board in the three sweet pea 

 classes, as well as receiving a cultural 

 certificate for a vase of Isabelle Mal- 

 colm. Herman Boettcher was awarded 

 a cultural certificate for fourteen vases 

 of sweet peas in fourteen vars, and 

 Geo. Ashworth honorable mention for 

 a vase of Flora Norton Spencer. 



A schedule was received from the 

 secretary of New York State Fair to 

 be held at Syracuse on Aug. 31, and it 

 was resolved to make a collective ex- 

 hibit there of vegetables representative 

 of the society. It was also resolved to 

 use the official judging scales of the 

 national societies for carnations, roses 

 and chrysanthemums at all future 

 shows. A committee was formed to 

 draw up a scale of points for judging 

 vegetables. 



Prizes for next meeting, Aug. 12, will 

 be for six kinds of vegetables. 



H.vKRY JoxES. Corr. Sec'v. 



The schedule of prizes for the fifth 

 exhibition of Gladiolus Blooms, to be 

 held in connection with the S. A. F. 

 Convention at Boston, August 18-20, 

 has been issued and those who are in- 

 terested may obtain copies by apply- 

 ing to the secretary. L. Merton Gage, 

 Wellesley, Mass. Upwards of $200 is 

 offered in cash prizes besides a num- 

 ber of cups and medals. 



The Andover (Mass.) Florists" & 

 Gardeners' Club will hold a flower 

 show in the town hall, September 1-3. 

 There is a fine list of special premi- 

 ums, J. H. Playdon is chairman of 

 the committee in charge. 



The annual exhibition of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society, at Lake 

 Forest, 111., takes place as we go to 

 press, and a report will be given next 

 week. These events are always of a high 

 order and the work mainly of the pri- 

 vate gardeners of the large summer 

 homes along the shore of Lake Mich- 

 igan. 



Lancaster County Florists' Club. 

 On Thursday. July 16, about two 

 hundred of us left Lancaster for Mt. 

 Gretna, a noted summer resort adja- 

 cent to Lancaster, Harrisburg and Leb- 

 anon, the attractions of which are 

 The Parade Grounds where the Na- 

 tional Guards encamp each year, the 

 Camp Meeting grounds with their 

 numerous array of cottages and the 

 Chatauqua with its particular settle- 

 ment, the noted Conawago Inn and the 

 lake with its boating and bathing re- 

 sorts. The committee, consisting of 

 Elmer Weaver, Frank Kohr and 

 J. Moore, managed the details of the 

 affair and managed them so well that 

 it was impossible to find one dis- 

 gnmtled mortal on the return trip 

 home. Philadelphia was represented 

 by Messrs. Pennock. Meehan. Fan- 

 court, Ligett, Leo Niessen, Mosgrove. 

 Fierstein, Connor and botanist George 

 C. Watson, to whom the immense flora 

 of the mountain was an open book. 

 Other visitors were Mr. Nolan, of The 

 King Construction Co., A. B. Carter. 



A. C. Marshall, Wm. Swayne, Mr. Bree- 

 nian from Harrisburg and Mr. Brown 

 from Coatsville. 



There was so much to see that a 

 regular program was dispensed with, 

 but a rain storm just before supper 

 sent us back to the hotel and card 

 games and children's sports were in 

 order for an hour or more, and there 

 was more human enjoyment piled into 

 each minute than Mt. Gretna ever saw 

 before from the time it was created up 

 to July 16th, 1914. 6 P. M. 



There was such a strong co-opera- 

 tion toward all having a good time 

 that little of individual effort is to be 

 noted, the most noted event being the 

 winning of a hotly contested game of 

 quoits by Mrs. A. M. Herr and Mr. S. 

 S. Pennock with Mr. Brown of Coats- 

 ville as referee. Chas. Edgar of the 



B. P. Barr Co. kindly took charge of 

 the visitors when they came back to 

 Lancaster and saw them off on their 

 various trains during the night. 



The regular meeting of the club was 

 called off for July and the next event 

 is likely to be a visiting trip to see the 

 Weaver asters and the Landis gladioli. 



We all missed our Mr. Nagle and bis 

 quaint humor and were more than sor- 

 ry to learn that he has taken up his 

 abode in a hospital for an indefinite 

 tizne with a very annoying strain of 

 his back. Aj,rert M. Herr. 



The Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Baltimore will have their annual picnic 

 at Beull's Park, Middle River, Md.. on 

 Monday, July 20. 



