February 17, 1917 



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PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



The meeting of February 6th was 

 largely attended. The election of offi- 

 cers resulted as follows. Messrs. A. A. 

 Leach and Neil McCallum withdrawing 

 their names as candidates for the of- 

 fices of president and secretary, re- 

 spectively: 



Carl Becherer. president; E. C. 

 Reineman, vice-president; T. P. Lang- 

 hans, treasurer; E. J. .McCallum, sec- 

 retary; W. A. Clarke, assistant secre- 

 tary; P. S. Randolph. C. H. Sample and 

 A. Frishkorn. executive committee. 



This meeting marked the comple- 

 tion of fifteen years' service for the 

 retiring secretary, H. P. Joslin, during 

 which time he had missed but one 

 meeting. He received a rising vote of 

 thanks. 



There was considerable discussion 

 on the merits of cyanide of potassium 

 as a fumigant; one or two of the pri- 

 vate gardeners reported good success 

 with it, but one of the largest com- 

 mercial growers spoke strongly 

 against its use as too dangerous. 



Some very fine flowers were shown. 



Herman Rapp. Leetsdale, Pa., re- 

 ceived cultural commendation for 

 primulas; Wm. Thomson. Jr.. Sewick- 

 ley, cultural certificate for primulas. 

 Bureau of Parks, Northside, Pitts- 

 burgh, a cultural certificate tor cycla- 

 men; Jno. Jones, Sewickley, certificate 

 of merit for pot of cyclamen having 78 

 open flowers — a grand sight; Bureau of 

 Parks, Schenley Park, vase of Amaryl- 

 lis hybrids, magnificent blooms on 

 thick stems .3 ft. long, a cultural certi- 

 ficate. 



Messrs. Loew and Morgan, who had 

 attended the carnation convention at 

 Indianapolis, did not report any out- 

 standing novelties, but a good collec- 

 tion of blooms. They were very en- 

 thusiastic in regard to E. G. Hill's new 

 roses which they had an opportunity 

 to inspect. 



Carl Becherer and E. J. .McCallum 

 were appointed a committee to ar- 

 range for lecture to be given at the 

 next meeting by A. A. Coggeshall of 

 Carnegie Institute on the Cliff Dwell- 

 ers; also for the ladies to be invited 

 and a lunch to be given after the lec- 

 ture. It was suggested that it would 

 be a good thing to arrange for the 

 National Association of Gardeners and 

 the Chrysanthemum Society to hoUl 

 their meetings in Pittsburgh in 191S 

 at the same time. H. P. Joslin. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



NORTH SHORE (ILL.) HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



"Insects and bugs injurious to plant 

 life and the best methods of contro'" 

 was the subject upon which Prof. D. 

 K. McMillan, assistant to the State 

 Entomologist of Urbana, 111., spoke to 

 the North Shore Horticultural Society 

 of Lake Forest, 111., on Thursday. Jan- 

 uary 25th. 



The members of the Society were 

 all invited to Mellody Farms, the es- 

 tate of J. O. Armour, by the super- 

 intendent. Thomas W. Head, as it was 

 the opening night of the new reading 

 and recreation room which Mr. Ar- 

 mour had built for the men employed 

 on the estate. 



The lecturer mentioned the thou- 

 sands of dollars of damage done every 

 year to one crop and another by in- 

 jurious insects, which by proper et- 



Exliiliitcd by Walil.i Koluu-rt at Sail Franrisoo E.xliihitinn. I'.iKi. 



forts could be considerably curtailed 

 even to the extent of reducing the 

 loss of 50 per cent, of its present di- 

 mensions. The scourge of the corn 

 belt in recent years, known as the 

 cinch bug could be easily controlled 

 by throwing up a barrier, around any 

 of the corn areas, of two or three fur- 

 rows, smoothing the same and a line 

 of tar or creosote laid evenly on the 

 smoothed furrows preventing the in- 

 wads of the bug. 



Professor McMillan spoke on quite 

 a number of insect pests prevalent 

 among truck gardeners in Cook coun- 

 ty and in some of the West Side parks 

 and also on some of the bacteria 

 for which some insects act as the in- 

 termediary. Clark M. Twinnet. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 

 POSTER. 



OFFICIAL CATALOGUE 



25 CENTS 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular meeting of this So- 

 ciety, held on Thursday, Feb. 1st, 

 much interest was shown in three ex- 

 hibits of evergreen, deciduous and 

 berried shrubs put up for competition, 

 and for which J. Cassidy Wainscott 

 was awarded first prize. L. McRob- 

 bie from Swan River Nursery, Patcho- 

 Kue. gave an instructive address on 

 the varieties exhibited. 



Some well grown carnations were 

 also shown by Mr. Cassidy. for which 

 he was awarded a certificate of merit. 

 An exhibit of more than usual inter- 

 est was put up by S. R. Candler in 

 some very fine sprays of the beautiful 

 Skimmia japonica. which, as Mr. 

 Candler explained, is quite hardy in 

 this section and deserves to be more 

 generally grown. 



Mr. Candler also showed some well 

 berried sprays of Ilex crenata. It was 

 agreed to hand over these exhibits to 

 the botany class of Southampton High 

 School and Southampton Hospital. 



The annual flower show will be held 

 on Julv 25th and 26th in tents on the 

 Park grounds at the head of Lake 

 Agawam. 



J. Dickson, Cor. Secy. 



Herewith is a reproduction of the 

 rather grotesque design adopted for a 

 poster and envelope sticker to adver- 

 tise the International Flower Show in 

 New York. It is printed in colors. 

 Anyone wishing to get a supply can 

 be accommodated on application to 

 Secretary John Young. 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB, 



The regular meeting was held at G. 

 H. Sinclair & Son's establishment, 

 Holyoke, on Feb. 6. E. J. Canning, 

 fresh from the recent convention of 

 the New England Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation, aroused keen interest by an 

 instructive talk on the proposed bill to 

 entirely prohiliit plant importations. 

 It was felt that such a drastic meas- 

 ure, if allowed to pass, would seriously 

 •affect the nurserymen and florists 

 without achieving the supposed objects 

 of the bill. President Strugnell exhib- 

 ited a specimen cyclamen in an eight- 

 inch pot with over eighty fully ex- 

 panded flowers, and it thoroughly de- 

 served the certificate of merit awarded. 

 G. H. Sinclair had a very nice display 

 of carnations, sweet peas, snapdragon, 

 mignonette and forget-me-not. D. J. 

 Gallivan showed a vase of carnation 

 Gorgeous. H. E. D. 



