March 17, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



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MOUNT KISCO HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The first regular meeting of this 

 newly organized society was held in 

 St. Francis Hall on the night ol; Jan. 

 16th. The officers are John J. Connolly, 

 president; David Gordon, vice-presi- 

 dent; A. G. Ross, corresponding secre- 

 tary; W. S. MacDonald, financial secre- 

 tary, and Thomas Morris, treasurer. 

 The business was chiefly the making 

 of committees. Mr. Connolly read a 

 paper on Jlushrooms. He is one of 

 the most successful mushroom grow- 

 ers In this section. W. C. Rickards, of 

 Thorburn's, was present and gave us 

 a few woras and wished us all kinds 

 of success. Every one present paid 

 up and became charter members. At 

 a special meeting on the 26th the sev- 

 eral committees were heard from, and 

 there was some lively discussions. 

 Four women were enrolled as active 

 members. Mr. Connolly offered a prize 

 of $10.00 for the member receiving the 

 most points for exhibits for 1917, Mr. 

 Gordon offered the sum of $8.00 for a 

 second and third. The next meeting, 

 on Feb. 27th, was well attended. Mr. 

 Connolly staged a nice exhibit of flow- 

 ers and mushrooms. Meetings will be 

 held regularly on the second Tuesday 

 of every month at 7.30 P. M. At our 

 next meeting on March-13th there will 

 be a lecture on Poultry, by Mr. Sewell, 

 manager of Hammond's immense poul- 

 try plant at Dellwood Farm. 



A. G. Ross, Secy. 



MAINE STATE FLORISTS' SOCIETY 



The Maine State Florists' Society 

 held its third annual meeting and flow- 

 er show at Urono, during Farmers' 

 Week (Mar. 5-10). The show lasted 

 two days (Mar. 8-9) and was attended 

 by many out of town visitors. Prof. 

 A. H. Nehrling, of the Department of 

 Floriculture, Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College, gave an illustrated lec- 

 ture on the "Development of Floricul- 

 ture," and also conducted a Round 

 Table in the afternoon. The rest of 

 the special florists' program held 

 March 8 was as follows: 



"Sweet Peas"— J. H. Stalford, Bar 

 Harbor, Maine. 



"New and Desirable Herbaceous Per- 

 rennials"— A. E. Thatcher, Mt. Desert 

 Nurseries, Bar Harbor, Maine. 



Among the exhibitors the following 

 deserve special mention: 



J. H. Stalford, Bar Harbor— Tulips, 

 freesias and narcissus. 



E. Saunders, Lewiston — Carnations, 

 narcissus and hyacinths. 



M. A. Clark, Ellsworth — Freesias, 

 narcissus, tulips and hyacinths. 



■Willis E. Hamilton, Belfast— Chrys- 

 anthemums, narcissus, tulips and hy- 

 acinths. 



Wm. Butler, Brunswick — Violets. 



Richard T. Miller, becy. 



At the annual banquet of the Hart- 

 ford (Conn.) Market Gardeners' Asso- 

 ciation on March 7. President Beach, 

 of the Conn. Agricultural College, told 

 the marketmen that while Connecticut 

 had a productive power of feeding 

 1,500,000 people, it produced only one- 

 quarter of the food its people eat. He 

 cited Belgium as a comparison. With 

 one-half the area and unfavorable for 

 agriculture, Belgium produces all its 

 people need. 



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