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HOKTICULTURE 



August 8, 1914 



WAR OR NO WAR! 



We have FRENCH BULBS, and while they last 



we are ofFenng- 

 Paper Whites Grandiflora, $8.50 per 1000 

 ST. DAVID'S HARRISII 



5 to 7 Plump Bulbs - - - - - 400 to case, $20.00 

 7 to 9 " " .... - 200 to case, 20.00 



TOBACCO DUST for dusting ... - 100 lbs. 2.00 



ROSE BONE 200 " 4.50 



__ SCOTCH SOOT 112 " 3.00 



WM. ELLIOTT & S ONS, 42 Vesey Stre et, NEW YORK 



During Recess 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society. 



The annual outing of the Tarrytown 

 Horticultural Society took place at 

 Rye Beach, Rye, N. Y., Aug. 4th. Dinner 

 was served at Edwards' Hotel. Seven- 

 ty-five members and friends of the so- 

 ciety were present, and all enjoyed the 

 dinner and the day's outing. The com- 

 mittee in charge,— James W. Smith, 

 William Scott, John Brunger, George 

 Wittlinger and Thomas A. Lee — de- 

 serve much credit tor the day's enjoy- 

 ment. Games were indulged in. The 

 hundred-yard dash tor all was won by 

 George Wittlinger; the hundred-yard 

 dash for boys by Harold Gnift: potato 



race by Alfred Lee; three-legged race 

 by Wm. Kastberg and George Mcin- 

 tosh; running broad jump by Wm. 

 Kastberg; tug-of-war, Wm. Scott on 

 one side and W. Melville Scott on the 

 other, Wm. Scott, winner. 



election of officers and matters pertain- 

 ing to the S. A. F. Convention at Bos- 

 ton. 



Westchester and Fairfield Horticul- 

 tural Society will hold their annual out- 

 in<:: at Edwards' Rye Beach Hotel, Aug. 

 11th. Dinner tickets can be procured 

 from W. J. Sealey, Portchester, N. Y.. 

 at $1.50 a person. The fall show of 

 this society to be held in Germania 

 Hall, New Rochelle, N. Y., Nov. 4, 5. 6. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The St. Louis Florist Club will hold 

 its regular monthly meeting August 11! 

 at the home of the Connon Floral Co. 

 at Webster Grove, Mo. This is a most 

 important meeting on account of th,-' 



The Ornamental Growers and Nur- 

 serymen's Association are holding 

 their annual meeting in Boston this 

 week, with headquarters at Hotel Bell- 

 evue. A trip among the nurseries in 

 Framingham, Lexington, Bedford, Con- 

 cord and other suburban towns was 

 enjoyed on Wednesday. Details of 

 meeting in cur next issue. 



Lenox, Mass. — Many of the em- 

 ployees on the private estates here are 

 French (Breton) and a large number 

 of them — upwards of forty — have re- 

 signed their jobs and gone to Boston 

 whence they will sail to do military 

 duty in France if transportation can be 

 secured. 



PICNIC OF MINNESOTA FLORISTS. 



The above view shows tin 

 Club and St. Paul Floi-ist Cltilj 



.tendance. 



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