January 6, 1917 



HORTICULTUEE 



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yellow base. Anthers violet, styles 

 white. Unsurpassed as a keeper. 



A. C. Beal, Chairman. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



The following reports have been 

 submitted by the committee appointed 

 by the society: 



Exhibited by C.T.Guenther, Hamburg, 

 N. Y., at New York, Dec. 18, Hamburg 

 Date White, sport of Maud Dean, white, 

 Jap. Inc., com. points 85; same at 

 Boston, Dec. 14, com. points 83; same 

 at Philadelphia, Dec. 14, com. points 

 88. Chas. W. Johnson, secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES 



The next meeting of the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society will be held on Mon- 

 day evening, January 8. 



Richard Rothe gave an illustrated 

 lecture on "Rock Gardens" at the 

 regular monthly meeting of The Flor- 

 ists' Club of Philadelphia January 2nd. 



At the November meeting of the 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club of R. I. 

 a motion was made to the effect that 

 the club disband. This proposition 

 was taken up at the meeting on De- 

 cember 21, with the result that a 

 unanimous vote was given not to dis- 

 band. The club is in a good financial 

 condition, better in fact than for a 

 number of years. 



The Philadelphia local committees 

 of the Rose Society had a meeting on 

 January 4th. The holiday rush being 

 now over, active advance work for the 

 Rose Show is the order of the day. 

 The whole board of the societ.v met at 

 the Bellevue on January 3rd and added 

 still more to the enthusiasm. A fine 

 show is assured. Now we've got to 

 make a big fuss about it to get the 

 necessary attendance. G. C. W. 



CULTURE OF BOGONIA REX. 



Editor of Horticulture: 



Dear Sir : — Would like to know if any of 

 your experts can give me any information 

 regardinjf the cultivation of Begonia Rex. 

 Can tliey be successfully grown in a Cat- 

 tleya house? Yours very truly, 



New Jersey. A. J. P. 



Begonia Rex requires a light, rich 

 soil, plenty of moisture and a shaded 

 position in the greenhouse. The fol- 

 lowing mixture I have found to give 

 good satisfaction. 



Fibrous loam with well-rotted cow 

 manure, leaf soil and sharp sand with 

 a little fine ground bone. 



If large plants are required they 

 should be repotted whenever the pots 

 are filled with roots. In summer it is 

 well to keep the pots sitting on moss, 

 kept moist. They respond to liberal 

 feeding with cow or sheep manure 

 water. They will do well in a temper- 

 ature of 55 to 60 degrees at night, with 

 a rise of 10 to 15 degrees by day. I 

 should say that they can be grown in 

 a cattleya house. David F. Roy. 



Marion, Mass. 



A BIG WEEK PLANNED AT ITHACA. 



The Department of Floriculture at 

 Cornell University is arranging an in- 

 teresting program for Farmers' Week, 

 which comes this year from February 

 12 to 17, inclusive. The program is 

 arranged to include a wide list of sub- 

 jects so that some phase may be of in- 

 terest to all visitors. 



On Tuesday, February 13, at 9 

 o'clock, Miss L. A. Minns will speak 

 on "Some Books Every Garden Lover 

 Should Own." At 10 A. M. Mr. E. C. 

 Volz will discuss "Methods for Pro- 

 longing the Keeping Qualities of Cut 

 Flowers." and he will be followed at 

 11 A. M. by Mr. C. L. Thayer on 

 "Hardy Lilies." 



On Wednesday the New York State 

 Federation of Horticultural Societies 

 and Floral Clubs will hold a meeting 

 at Ithaca and the following program 

 will be presented: At 9 A. M. "Roses 

 in Greenhouses and Their Breeding" 

 will be discussed by Professor E. A. 

 White; at 10 A. M. Professor David 

 Lumsden will speak on "Orchids and 

 Orchid Breeding." The Department of 

 Landscape Art has arranged for a lec- 

 ture at 11 A. M. by Mr. Henry Hicks of 

 Westbury, Long Island, on "Making 

 Home Grounds Attractive." At 12 

 o'clock an informal luncheon will be 

 held for delegates from the affiliated 

 societies. The afternoon program will 

 consist of a discussion of "Garden 

 Roses and their Culture," by Dr. A. 

 C. Beal, and "Diseases of Roses" by 

 Dr. L. M. Massey. This will be fol- 

 lowed at 4 P. M. by a business meeting 

 of the Federation. 



On Thursday at 9 o'clock Dr. R. 

 Matheson will speak on "Insects Which 

 Attack House Plants, and Their Con- 

 trol. ' At 10 o'clock Professor David 

 Lumsden will discuss "The Value and 

 Management of Amateur Flower Ex- 

 hibitions." At 11 o'clock Dr. A. C. Beul 

 will speak on "Outdoor Sweet Pea Cul- 

 ture." The afternoon will be devoted 

 to a lecture and demonstration of Flow- 

 er Arrangement by Professor E. A. 

 White, followed by a round table on 

 questions relating to flower growing. 



The program on Friday is arranged 

 more particularly for amateurs. At 9 

 A. M. Professor Lumsden will discuss 

 "The Home Flower Garden and its 

 Care." At 10 A. M. Mr. E. C. Volz will 

 speak on "Native Plants for the Home 

 Flower Garden." At 11 A. M. Miss L. 

 A. Minns will speak on "Bulbs for In- 



door Planting," followed at 12 o'clock 

 by Mr. C. L. Thayer on "Bulbs for Out- 

 door Planting." In the afternoon there 

 will be a demonstration on various 

 phases of plant work, such as the mak- 

 ing of window boxes and baskets, rose 

 protection and pruning, bulb planting, 

 propagation of plants by cuttings and 

 seeds, and soil preparation. 



In connection with the above pro- 

 gram there will be an exhibition of 

 students' work in table decorations, 

 plant baskets, bouquets, and other cut 

 flower arrangements in the Floricul- 

 tural Building on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, February 14 and 15. There 

 will also be an exhibit of roses, carna- 

 tions, violets, sweet peas and other flor- 

 ist crops which will be shown by 

 various specialists in cut-flower pro- 

 duction in the eastern states. 



DISASTROUS FIRE AT J. C. MON- 

 INGER CO. FACTORY. 



Fire destroyed the main factory 

 building of the J. C. Moninger Co.'a 

 plant at 912 Blackhawk street, Chi- 

 cago, on Saturday, December 30. The 

 origin of the fire has not yet been 

 determined but was first discovered at 

 3 P. M. when nearly all employees 

 were away, it being the custom to 

 shut down the plant at one o'clock on 

 Saturdays. The building is a five 

 story one and was filled with valuable 

 machinery and a large amount of ma- 

 terials for the coming season's work, 

 and many important draftings and 

 other papers pertaining to green- 

 house construction. At this writing 

 the papers and books are being taken 

 out as fast as possible. The ice-cov- 

 ered walls are still standing but the 

 loss will be a heavy one and no re- 

 liable estimate can be made as yet. 

 It is a sad coincidence, that Nicholas 

 J. Rupp, treasurer of the firm, whose 

 obituary is on another page, lay dead 

 at the time of the fire and firemen 

 were still at work while the funeral 

 was taking place on Sunday. 



The John C. Moninger Co. was or- 

 ganized in 1868 and during the almost 

 half century of its existence, has built 

 up such a business that even so great 

 a disaster as the fire will cause but a 

 brief interruption. E. F. Kurowski is 

 president of the firm and his son Ru- 

 dolph Kurowski is general manager. 

 All orders now in will be taken care 

 of and future orders will be provided 

 tor so there will be no delay in the 

 spring work. 



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