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HOETICULTUEE 



September 5, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



Nomination of officers and a review 

 of the convention were the features 

 of the monthly meeting of this club 

 held on the 1st inst. The nominations 

 were: For president. George Burton: 

 vice-president. C. H. Grakelow: secre- 

 tary. David Rust; treasurer. George 

 Craig. As there is no opposition, 

 these nominations are equivalent to 

 election. Fred Hahman and others 

 discussed the convention: and all 

 seemed to be highly pleased with 

 their experiences. The secretary was 

 instructed to express the thanks of 

 our club to the Boston brethren for 

 the many courtesies extended. A 

 similar motion was made in regard to 

 the Xew York Club for their hospital- 

 ity on the steamer from New York to 

 Boston. Edward Reid gave a graphic 

 account of his experiences in Europe: 

 many of them tragic, some of them 

 highly humorous. He said he finally 

 got passage back for himself and fam- 

 ily on the St. Paul, via the steerage. 

 He was not disappointed in the steer- 

 age. It was worse than he expected. 

 No more beautiful image ever ap- 

 peared to mortal eyes than to him 

 when the Goddess of Liberty statue 

 loomed up in the offing. Adolph 

 Farenwald spoke on affiliation and 

 the National Flower Show of 1910. 

 Charles Henry Fox is scheduled as 

 the essayist for the October meeting. 

 Subject: My European experiences. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Society he!d its first meeting 

 succeeding the usual two-months' va- 

 cation at the County Building. Hart- 

 ford, August 28. As President Huss 

 was out of town attending the Park 

 Superintendents' Convention. Mr. 

 Hunt acted as chairman. The matter 

 of appointing a committee of three to 

 work in conjunction with the Garden- 

 ers' Co-operative Movement was post- 

 poned until the next meeting. Spikes 

 of the gladioluses, four feet long hav- 

 ing two dozen blooms to a spike, and 

 asters were exhibited by William H. 

 MacKenzie, Bristol, and a first-class 

 certificate was awarded. Alfred 

 Cebelius. also received a first-class 

 certificate for asters, and G. Ogren 

 for asters and Shirley poppies. Francis 

 Roulier gave a most interesting ac- 

 count of his trip to Switzerland, giv- 

 ing his experiences there after war 

 was declared. The meeting was well 

 attended. 



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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 



SUPERINTENDENTS. 



This association had a record meet- 

 ing last week at Newburgh, X. Y. The 

 sessions opened Monday. August 24 

 and continued till Thursday. August 

 27, the Thursday meeting being in 

 New York City. The convention 

 opened on Monday afternoon at the 

 Palatine Hotel with a stirring address 

 by Hon. John B. Corwin, mayor of 

 Newburgh. followed by words of wel- 

 come by the park commissioners. A 

 sketch of the life and work of A. J. 

 Downing was read by Prof. F. A. 



Waugh and there was an illustrated 

 lecture by Oglesby Paul on the Preser- 

 vation of Natural Woodlands Under 

 Park Conditions, which was read by 

 Mr. Merkel of Bronx Park, N. Y., Mr. 

 Paul not being present. 



Tuesday was devoted to visiting 

 points of interest in and around New- 

 burgh and Fishkill, including Mt. Bea- 

 con, Downing Park, the home of Mrs. 

 E. H. Harriman in the Ramapo Moun- 

 tains, where they were entertained at 

 luncheon by Mrs. Harriman. and Tuxe- 

 do Park. 



Tuesday evening there was an en- 

 tertainment, reception and dance at 

 the show rooms of the Coldwell Lawn 

 Mower Company. Wednesday the 

 members were guests of George W. 

 Perkins, president of the Interstate 

 Park Commission, on a trip down the 



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 Park Superintendents. 



Hudson River, visiting West Point. In- 

 terstate Parks and other points on the 

 way to New York, where Thursday 

 was spent in sight-seeing. 



The business sessions were held in 

 Y. M. C. A. Hall. Newburgh. G. X. 

 Amrhyn of New Haven was elected 

 president over George W. Burke, of 

 Pittsburgh. For secretary-treasurer. 

 R. Cotterill of Seattle. Wash., won out 

 over the present incumbent. J. J. Levi- 

 son. Dan. MacRorie was present and 

 made a seductive speech on behalf of 

 San Francisco for the 1915 convention 

 and San Francisco won. The number 

 present, including ladies, exceeded 200 

 and many new members were enrolled. 

 An amendment to the constitution es- 

 tablishing a new classification of mem- 

 bership was unanimously adopted. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual exhibition of the North 

 Shore (Massachusetts! Horticultural 

 Society, postponed earlier in the 

 month because of unfavorable weather, 

 opened Thursday, Aug. 27. A large 



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tent had been erected on the grounds 

 of Mrs. Robert C. Winthrop, offered 

 by her for the purpose, and an in- 

 terested public thronged it during the 

 afternoon as well as in the evening, 

 when a band concert was given. The 

 pretty effects and general arrange- 

 ment which charmingly displayed the 

 pioducts of .North Shore gardens and 

 hothouses, fields and meadows, were 

 mainly due to .John Chapman, the 

 jiresident, and other officers of the so- 

 ciety, and the advisory executive 

 committee, which consisted of ^Irs. 

 W. Scott Fitz. Mrs. George E. Cabot 

 and Miss Mary Bartlett. 



Considering the backwardness of 

 the season and the close competition 

 resulting, the general show was most 

 creditable and beautiful. The riot of 

 color and the exquisite and artistic 

 arrangement of all departments cre- 

 ated most favorable comment from 

 the representative people in attend- 

 ance. The most gratified people pres- 

 ent were the gardeners, who have 

 labored so unceasingly to get results 

 pleasing to their employers, who ex- 

 pend so much money each year on 

 this department of their great estates. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



The Preliminary Schedule for the 

 "International" Flower Show ■ to be 

 held in New Grand Central Palace, 

 New York City. March 17 to 23, 1915, 

 has been published and copies can be 

 had from the secretary, John Young, 

 .53 West 28th street, New York. As 

 heretofore the schedule of prizes is 

 very extensive and diversified making 

 ample provision for the recognition 

 of the cultural abilities of private and 

 commercial growers in separate sec- 

 tions. Section A and B are for plants 

 in flower; C and D, palms and foliage 

 plants; E, miscellaneous plants; F 



