September 19, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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SUMMER HOME AND CONSERVATORIES OF ALBERT C. ELSER. NEAR MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



This attractive combination of residence and greenhouses on elevated ground is the work of the Foley Manu- 

 facturing Company who have just completed the job much to the satisfaction of the proprietor. 



Connon as installing officers: Jules 

 Bourdet, president; \V. S. Wells, vice- 

 president; J. J. Beneke, secretary; W. 

 C. Smith, treasurer; W. H. Rowe, 

 trustee. The retiring officers were 

 given a vote of thanks and the new 

 officers took hold at once and pro- 

 ceeded with the meeting. 



After adjournment Mr. Sanders 

 asked the members to step into his 

 home where they were entertained by 

 Jlrs. Sanders and her two daughters 

 and a fine spread in the dining room. 

 A rising vote of thanks was given the 

 host and hostess just before leaving 

 time. This meeting will go down as 

 one of the best outdoor meetings the 

 club has ever held. 



Gill was judge for the centre pieces 

 and Messrs. Baler of Medford, Casey 

 of Melrose and Johnson of Maiden for 

 flowers, fruits and vegetables. 



George F. Stewart. 

 Medford, Mass. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The fifth annual flower show at 

 Andover, Mass.. was the largest and 

 best thus far. Children's productions 

 were largely shown. J. H. Playdon 

 was chairman of the managing oom- 

 mittee and G. D. .Millett, George Pid- 

 dington and other commercial florists 

 also served. 



The annual exhibition of the Med- 

 ford, M.ass.. Horticultural Society was 

 held on Saturday. Sept. 12. in one of 

 the halls of the high school building. 

 The quality of the various exhibits, 

 which consisted of annuals, perennials, 

 fruits and vegetables, was excellent. 

 A very striking and interesting collec- 

 tion of the newer cannas, comprising 

 28 varieties, was staged by Hon. Wil- 

 ton B. Fay. The centre pieces for 

 dinner table were done by the society 

 ladies, and I have seldom seen finer 

 work in this line. The Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society would do well 

 to secure some of these ladies when 

 they have a similar competition. Mrs. 

 Lester Williams was the winner over 

 seven others. The whole was done 

 with outdoor flowers and foliage. Ex- 

 cellent dahlias were shown by George 

 Gill and J. W. Rockwell. Joseph J. 

 Phelan had many prizes for well- 

 grown annuals arid vegetables. Miss 



A CALIFORNIA WELCOME. 



To the Members of the S. A. F.: 



Welcome, thrice welcome to the Pa- 

 cific Coast, Society of American Horti- 

 culturists. "Horticulture" and "Horti- 

 culturists" appeals to the undersigned 

 as being broader than merely "Flor- 

 ists" or "Floriculture," and would seem 

 to embrace all that is really necessary 

 in a title to our good thirtv-year-old 

 S. A. F. 



I do not believe it is necessary to 

 have "professional" as part of that 

 title, notwithstanding that fact that 

 our capable and worthy president and 

 my good friend — Theodore Wirth — has 

 so recommended in his admirably writ- 

 ten message to the fraternity. The 

 fewer words used in a given title the 

 better, provided same conveys all that 

 is necessary. The "Ornamental Horti- 

 culturists" added to the Society of 

 American Florists, has always ap- 

 peared cumbersome. It may take some 

 time to effect the desired change, yet 

 come I feel it will, sooner or later. 

 But no matter what the name the so- 

 ciety comes under to the Panama-Pa- 

 cific Exposition in San Francisco 1915, 

 all the members composing same, will 

 be welcome, WELCOME! Good ac- 

 counts are spreading as to the pro- 

 gress in all the Departments being 

 made towards having everything in 

 readiness at the Exposition for the 

 Opening Day, and the Horticultural 

 Department is, I am assured, among 

 those farthest forward. 



Excursions to the Panama Exposi- 

 tion in its present state, are arranged 

 at intervals by the Southern Pacific 

 Railroad Company, and if my inform- 

 ant was not mistaken, as high as 

 $40,000 monthly are being taken in 

 at the gates at 25c. admission. So 

 far this writer has not had opportun- 



ity of seeing for himself the progress 

 made, but he hopes to do so when 

 there are not quite so many details 

 to look after on the Floradale Seed 

 Ranch. 



It is to be hoped a large gathering 

 of the members can see their way 

 clear to join in the trip, for it will 

 be quite as easy for the leaders in 

 horticulture, also the rank and file, 

 to come to California, as it was for 

 the same party to go to Cincinnati to 

 the initial meeting thirty years ago. 

 It goes without saying, we will wel- 

 come to the Burpee's "Floradale" Seed 

 Ranch, all who will give us a call. At 

 that season of the year, our sweet 

 pea harvesting may be over, but we 

 hope to have something worth inspect- 

 ing at the time the convention will be 

 held, namely in August. 



Fraternally yours, 



Edwin Lonsd.m.k. 



Vice President for Southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



Lompoc, Cal. 



MONMOUTH COUNTY (N. J.) FAIR. 



This annual event, which took place 

 at Red Bank last week was the equal 

 of and in some respects superior to 

 any previous record in the fruit, flower 

 and vegetable departments. The tent 

 for this section was 100x200 feet, of 

 which the flower display filled fully 

 one-half. The flower section was well 

 set off by the exhibits of the Shrews- 

 bury Nurseries, consisting of conifers 

 and shrubs. H. A. Dreer also contrib- 

 uted much to the general effect with a 

 fine display of aquatic plants and flow- 

 ers. The prize schedule was divided 

 into two distinct sections, for ama- 

 teurs and professional gardeners, and 

 both were filled to repletion, the list 

 of winners being very lengthy. 



Joseph W. Thompson was the di- 

 rector in charge of the vegetable ex- 

 hibit. The judges in the professional 

 class were W. H. Waite, Yonkers, 

 John H. Johnson, Glen Cove. N. Y.; 

 Thomas W. Logan, Jenkintown. Pa.; 

 Alex. MacKenzie, Highland Falls, N. 



