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HORTICULTURE 



February 24, 1917 



The report of the dinner committee 

 showed a balance left over, principally 

 due to advertising in the menu, of 

 $235.80, which it was voted to devote 

 to the picnic fund for next July. The 

 secretary announced the receipt of an 

 appreciative reply from the President 

 to the telegram sent from the recent 

 banquet pledging loyal support in the 

 impending international trouble. An 

 invitation to visit the W. W. Edgar 

 Co.'s greenhouses on Saturday, March 

 24, was enthusiastically accepted. 

 The invitation to send two delegates 

 to the Davey Institute convention at 

 Kent, Ohio, after considerable discus- 

 sion, was accepted and W. H. Judd 

 and John Duguid were selected, with 

 Messrs. Donald and A. G. Sawyer as 

 alternates. 



Twenty-two new members were 

 added to the roll. The next meeting 

 will take place one week earlier than 

 the regular date. Leonard Barron of 

 Garden City, N. Y., will lecture. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At a meeting held Feb. 6th, the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Washing- 

 ton, Pa., was organized and the follow- 

 ing officers elected: president, J. O. 

 Minton; vice-president, Charles Mc 

 Gowan. secretarv and treasurer, Wm. 

 J. Warrick, Jr. 



A splendid exhibit of carnations 

 was shown at the meeting of the 

 Paterson (N. J.) Floricultural Society 

 on February 6. The competition 

 was very close, first prize being 

 won by E. Vandercliff, gardener for 

 Mrs. Leonard, with eighty-one points: 

 John Garatano, gardener for S. Van 

 Riper, was second, with seventy-nine 

 points, while Robert Petrie. gardener 

 for Dr. Millspaugh, was third, with 



seventy-seven points. The judges were 

 S. Hubschmidt, J. H. Bowman and 

 Matthew Morgan. 



The February meeting of the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society will be 

 held in the lecture room. Public Li- 

 brary, Providence, on Wednesday, Feb- 

 ruary 21, 1917. Speaker, Arthur C. 

 Miller, Inspector of Apiaries. Subject, 

 "Bees and the Fruit Grower." Busi- 

 ness meeting, 7.45 P. M. Lecture at 

 8 P. M. Opportunity will be given 

 after the lecture for the formation of 

 a beekeepers' association. 



Ernest K. Thosjas, Secy. 



Kingston, R. I. 



The American Society of Landscape 

 Architects which met in Boston on 

 Friday, February 16, is putting through 

 with the assistance of the department 

 of agriculture at Washington and va- 

 rious nurserymen, a standardization of 

 the common names of plants through- 

 out the United States. Another pro- 

 ject is being carried on by the com- 

 mittee on relations with trades, seek- 

 ing, as its name suggests, to bring 

 about a better understanding between 

 the profession and those who supply 

 it — chiefly dealers in plant material. 

 And still another is that of traveling 

 exhibits by which plans, prospective 

 sketches and photographs of work al- 

 ready done may be shown all over the 

 country. The billboard nuisance. Na- 

 tional parks, the preservation of Niag- 

 ara Falls and other questions relating 

 to public reservations, were considered. 

 The chairman of a committee an- 

 nounced that data in great variety on 

 city planning is being collected for 

 Belgian officials who will ultimately 

 have charge of the rebuilding of Bel- 

 gian cities. After dinner Loring Un- 

 derwood gave a talk on "Old New 

 England Gardens," illustrated with 

 lantern slides, which were photo- 

 graphed directly in colors. 



DURING RECESS. 

 N. Y. and N. J. Plant Growers. 

 The Tenth Annual Dinner of the 

 New York and New Jersey Association 

 of Plant Growers was held in the 

 Green Room at the Hotel McAlpln, 

 New York City, on Saturday, Febru- 

 ary 17th. The attendance exceeded all 

 expectations. The guests were seated 

 at round tables which permitted danc- 

 ing between the courses. This feature 

 was greatly enjoyed by the majority 

 present. After a hearty dinner, the 

 president, J. H. Fiesser, who acted as 

 toastmaster, called upon a number of 

 speakers, including F. R. Pierson, An- 

 ton Schultheis, A. L. Miller, James Mc- 

 Hutchison, George E. M. Stumpp, Wil- 

 liam H. Siebrecht, Sr. and Jr. Imme- 

 diately after the speeches were over 

 the dancing was again indulged in and 

 continued much later than the plant 

 growers usually dance. 



Florists' Club of Washington, D. C. 

 The bowling team of the Florists' 

 Club of Washington, D. C, last week 

 defeated their opponents in the Mount 

 Pleasant Duckpin League. The score 

 was as follows: 



FLORISTS. 



Jeukius 96 100 86 



A. SbafEer 101 96 108 



G. Goulclman 83 92 96 



G. Shaffer 86 106 110 



O. Schoeps 95 98 98 



Totals 462 492 496 



Deoaturs— Totals 475 424 471 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore will have a banquet and 

 elect officers at the March meeting. 

 Nominations are as follows: For pres- 

 ident, F. C. Bauer, A. G. Fiedler; for 

 vice-president, Geo. W. Stisser; for 

 secretary, N. F. Flitton, Wm. F. Ekas; 

 for financial secretary, Geo. Talbot; 

 for treasurer, F. G. Burger; for libra- 

 rian, C. M. Wagner. 



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