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HORTICULTUEE 



December 26, 1914 



Irish thought it advisable to ask at 

 the State Board's next meeting for an 

 appropriation of $10,000 for floricul- 

 ture for the next two years and the 

 club agreed to assist him in this. An 

 employment bureau was formed and 

 a committee of five, one from each 

 wholesale house with the secretary 

 of the club, was appointed. Those 

 seeking employment and those wish- 

 ing to employ should apply to this 

 committee. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The schedule committee of the 

 American Rose Society at a meeting 

 held in Boston, December 18, adopted 

 the following list of prizes for roses 

 in pots or tubs. The classes for cut 

 blooms will be arranged later. 



It has been practically decided to 

 hold the annual meeting and exhibi- 

 tion in Boston, March 18 to 21, 1915 

 in connection with the Spring Show 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



Plant Schedule of the American Rose 

 Society, 



Specimen Crimson R.imbler $iO M 



Specimen Pink Rambler To ^ 



Specimen Hiawatha ... " 10 ^ 

 Display in pots or tubs, a'ny'or aVl 

 classes, arranged for effect, to oc- 

 cupy not less than 200 sq. ft loO (B 



Collection of Hybrid Perpetuals 

 Teas, Hybrid Teas, Polyanthus! 

 and other classes, twenty-flTe 

 plants, not less than six varieties 



arranered for effect ' or; is 



Display of hardy outdoor 'roses "' 

 grown ill pots or tubs 20 1.", 



Prizes Offered by the Massachusetts 

 Harticultural Society. 



Rambler Ro.scs, three plants 

 distinct varieties $15 .'510 



I. roup of Roses, -not loss than 

 twelve plants, all classes ad- 

 missible ^ ^ 



Best Specimen Rambler, any v.a- 



rietj- in pot or tub .".Silver Medal 



Best Specimen Plant, any va- 

 riety other than Rambler. Silver Medal 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



Farmers' Week at the State College 

 of Agriculture and Experiment Station. 

 New Brunswick, N. J., will be held 

 Dec. 28 to Jan. 2 inclusive. 



The eleventh annual meeting of the 

 Society for Horticultural Science will 

 be held at the Botany Building, Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, on December 

 29 and 30. 



The following named officers have 

 been elected by the Hampden County, 

 Mass., Horticultural Society: Presi- 

 dent, J. Alden Davis; vice-presidents, 

 W. H. Porter of Agawam and E. C. Co- 

 burn; treasurer, Joseph Aunior; secre- 

 tary, Marshall Headie. 



John Young, R, T. Brown and Thos. 

 Soothe De Forest have been appointed 

 by President Duckham of the New- 

 York Florists' Club as transportation 

 committee to make arrangements for 

 the trip to the Carnation meeting in 

 Buffalo next month. 



The adjourned meeting of the trus- 

 tees of the Worcester County (Mass.) 

 Horticultural Society was held on Dec. 

 9. Appropriations were as follows: 

 Flowers, $1200; fruit, $1000; vege- 



tables, $650; winter meetings, $300; 

 publications, $500; children's exhibi- 

 tions, $100, The committees appointed 

 are identical with those of last year, 

 no changes having been made. 



The annual meeting of the New 

 London (Conn.) Horticultural Society 

 was held on the 10th inst., when the 

 following named officers were elected 

 for 1915: President, Alfred Flowers; 

 first vice-president, Donald Miller; 

 second vice-president, Gustave Neu- 

 mann; secretary, John Humphrey; 

 financial secretary, William J. Mor- 

 gan; treasurer, S. L. Ewald; libra- 

 rian, H. E. Lickman. There were two 

 plants of Glorie de Lorraine Begonia 

 and three vases of sweet peas (Yar- 

 rawa, Mrs. M. Spanolin, Lavender 

 Nora) on the table from the Hark- 

 ness estate. H. L. 



The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its regular meeting in Man- 

 chester, Mass., Dec. 17. It was decided 

 to have the annual banquet in the 

 Town Hall, on Jan. 27, 1915. Further 

 notice of this event will be published 

 at a later date. The speaker for the 

 next meeting, Jan. 1st, will be Frank 

 S. Gifford of the Essex County Agri- 

 cultural School who will lecture on 

 breeds of cattle. 



A smokefest followed an early ad- 

 journment. All members are earnestly 

 invited to attend the course of lectures 

 during the winter. 



William Till. 



The Knoxville Florists' Society, on 

 invitation, met Monday night, Decem- 

 ber 7th, at the Board of Commerce 

 roomsi with a committee from the 

 Board of Trade. This being the last 

 meeting night of the year officers were 

 elected for the ensuing year, as fol- 

 lows: President, Chas. L. Baura; vice- 

 president, Mrs. Edith Crouch, secre- 

 tary and treasurer, A. J. McNutt. The 

 meeting time of the society was 

 changed from the first Tuesday night 

 to the second Monday night of each 

 month. The first year of the organiza- 

 tion has been a very successful one, 

 and the coming year has the promise 

 of being much better. 



At the regular semi-monthly meet- 

 ing of the Southampton (Mass) Horti- 

 cultural Society held December 17, Mr, 

 Frankenbach gave a short talk on his 

 experience in cultivating some of our 

 native wild bushes and advised their 

 use among other shrubbery. Treas- 

 urer Wm. McLeod read an interesting 

 paper on conifers, their culture and 

 care, and those best adapted to these 

 parts. A representative of Bosnett 

 Bros, happening to be here was pres- 

 ent by invitation and gave a short 

 talk on the general outlook on gar- 

 dening. He spoke of the difficulties 

 under which many foreign grown 

 seeds had been harvested, and asked 

 due consideration from gardeners and 

 planters. 



F. Clark was unanimously elected as 

 president. Wm. J. Rathgeber, vice- 

 president and chairman of the Board 

 of Managers. W. C. Mcintosh and 

 David Kydd were re-elected as secre- 

 tary and treasurer of the society. 



Exhibits of carnations were made by 

 H. P. Brooks, florist, of West Haveu. 

 Awards were made by the judges as 

 follows: Enchantress, G points; White 

 Enchantress, 6 points; Winsor, 7 

 points. 



The annual meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was 

 held in Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, N. 

 Y., Dee. 9th. A communication was 

 read from A. Fournier, Glen Cove, of- 

 fering a prize of $10 to be competed 

 for at our fall show, 1915. The presi- 

 dent then presented the society's 

 cup and the Stumpp & Walter cup, 

 won at the recent shows, to F. Pe- 

 troccia. It was decided to hold our 

 annual dinner on January 25, 1915. 

 The judges made first prize awards 

 as follows: Vase of carnations, F. 

 Honeyman; Brussels sprouts, T. 

 Twigg; cauliflower, F. Petroccla with 

 certificate of culture. The treasurer's 

 report was very favorable. Election 

 of ofiicers resulted as follows: Presi- 

 dent, Ernest Westlake; vice-presi- 

 dent, James McCarthy; treasurer, 

 Ernest J. Brown; recording secretary, 

 Harry Jones; corresponding secre-. 

 tary, James Gladstone; trustee for 

 three years, James Duthie; executive 

 committee: W:ii. Gray, James McDon- 

 ald, Angus McGregor, George Ash- 

 worth, Jos. Adler, John Fogarty and 

 Robert Jones. Exhibits for next 

 meeting: Three poinsettias (cut), 

 three heads celery, three heads let- 

 tuce. JAME.S GLjVDSTO-NE, 



Corresponding Secretary. 

 DURING RECESS. 



New York Florists' Bowling Club, 

 Thursday, Dec. 17, 1914. 



1st 2nd 3rd 



Game Game Game 



C. W. Scott 159 1C9 162 



\V. II. Siebreeht 145 152 157 



■T. Miesem 172 181 168 



I'. .laiobson 156 147 152 



H. C. Ricdel 163 188 193 



A. Kakuda l&l 152 149 



A. .T. Guttnian 109 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Fort Payne, Ala.—Wills Valley 

 Nursery Co., has increased its capital 

 stock from $100,000 to $110,000. 



Floral Park, N. Y.— Floral Park is to 

 be the home of the Mayflower Pub- 

 lishing Co., which is to issue a maga- 

 zine that will make its appearance the 

 early part of the new year. John Lewis 

 Childs is behind the publication, which 

 will be devoted entirely to the interest 

 of school children. 



It was a very well attended mcetin,g 

 that the New Haven County (Conn.) 

 Horticultural Society held on "Tuesday 

 evening, Dec. 8. The chair was oc- 

 cupied by Vice-president H. F. Clark 

 in the absence of the president. 



After the routine business had been 

 transacted, the election of officers for 

 the ensuing year was taken up. H. 



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