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H E T I C U L T U R E 



March 17, 1917 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



At the meeting of the New London 

 (Conn.) Horticultural Society on 

 March 8 P. J. vanBaarda, of Joseph 

 Breck & Sons, Boston, delivered an ad- 

 dress on Spring Flowering Bulbs. 



TWO EASTER SUBJECTS. 



Easily grown and available in vari- 

 ous sizes to suit all purses the two 

 plants here figured are popular every- 



The spring exhibit of the Worcester 

 County (Mass.) Horticultural Society 

 was opened on March 8 in Horticul- 

 tural hall with one of the most effec- 

 tive displays of spring flowers and 

 shrubs seen in the hall for some time. 

 Among the important exhibits were 

 those of E. W. Breed, H. F. A. Lange, 

 Dr. Homer Gage and Harry I. Randall. 



At the meeting of the Connecticut 

 Horticultural Society on March 10 a 

 rare exhibition of hybrid cinerarias 

 was made by John F. Huss and Samuel 

 Gordon. South Manchester. 



The first named exhibit was awarded 

 a cultural certificate, and a first-class 

 certificate for the collection. Mrs. 

 Wilhelraina Seliger forwarded a paper 

 on the Culture of Cineraria. The society 

 presented Mrs. Seliger with a specimen 

 plant through Mr. Hollister. 



At the close of the meeting the June 

 Flower Show committee convened and 

 discussed ways and means for promot- 

 ing the show. The proceeds will he 

 donated to the Union for Home Work. 

 A. Dixon, Secy. 



There was a fine display on the ex- 

 hibition tables and an exceptionally 

 good attendance at the monthly meet 

 ing of the Westchester and Fairfield 

 Horticultural Society, in Greenwich, 

 Conn., Friday evening, March 9th. The 

 judges made the following awards: Spe 

 cial prizes offered by Mr. Scheepers. 

 Display of bulbous flowers, 1st, Wm. 

 Whitton; 2nd, Robt. Grunnert. Very 

 high commendation to Wm. Graham for 

 Cineraria stellata. High commenda- 

 tion to W. J. Seeley tor Primula 

 obconica; Thos. Aitchison for cinera- 

 rias; F. Lagerstorm for stocks; Wm. 

 Dhitton for sweet peas; Robt. Grun- 

 nert for carnations; John Forbes for 

 roses and P. W. Popp for stocks. The 

 thanks of the society was awarded to 

 Wm. Graham for sweet peas; James 

 Linane for primula, and Thos. Aitchi- 

 son for cinerarias. The monthly 

 prizes were won by Wm. Whitton, 1st; 

 Robt. Grunnert. 2nd, and P. W. Popp. 

 3rd. Alex Clarkson, Cor. Secy. 



The monthly meeting of the Stam- 

 ford (Conn.) Horticultural Society 

 was held Friday evening, March 9, In 

 their new quarters. Moose Hall, with 

 about 75 memliers present. A very In- 

 teresting paper on the culture of Her- 

 baceous Perennials was given by H. 

 Wild, president of the society. Prizes 

 were awarded for exhibits as follows: 



A. Alins, 1st, for two vases of fnriiatlons : 

 A. Wynii. LM. llr. Geilrles. culturnl cer- 

 tlflc.Tte for Enoliantress Supreme and Har- 

 lowarden Sport. P. H. Donovans, carna- 

 tions, mushrooms and freesias, highly 

 commended. A. Wynn, Gerl)era .Tamesoni, 

 Lc)>tosyne maritiiiia carnations and stocks 

 hislily commended. .T. Foster. Cattleya 

 Trianae, liiRhly oommeijded. A. I'ederson. 

 tulips and sweet peas, hiclily commended. 

 A. Alins, pronp of miscellaneous plants, 

 highly commended. A vote of thanks was 

 given to A. Wynn for Primnla malacoides 

 and Antlrrhinnm Queen Victoria. .T. Foster 

 for Shawyer roses, C. F. Wagner, mush- 

 rooms. A, Pederson, seedling begonia, Olaf 

 .Tohnson. seedling antirrhinnms, G. Can- 

 non, lawn seed, A. Alins Mareclial Niel 

 roses, and A. S. Hunwick for Carnation 

 Red Wing. 



F. S. H.\RT\VRiGHT, Cor. Secy. 



Cytisus racemosus 



where for Easter sales. They are or 

 should be a part of every florists' 

 springtime Stock. Cytisus racemosus, 

 usually sold under the name of Genista, 

 is sometimes accused of dropping its 

 flowers prematurely after being taken 



other Easter plants. We are indebted 

 to A. L. Miller, of Jamaica, N.'T., lor 

 the photographs. 



from 



and 



keep 



s Daisy, Select type, large flowering, 

 the greenhouse, but if grown cool 

 properly "hardened off" it will 

 as satisfactorily as most of the 



SOME USEFUL GARDEN CHRYSAN- 

 THEMUMS 



Editor of Houticulti're: 



Dear Sir:— In Mr. Rothe's Chrysan- 

 themum maximum article of March 

 3rd issue of Horticulture he mentions 

 the Arctic Daisy as "meriting far more 

 attention," also, "more or less distinct 

 varieties are offered by leading grow- 

 ers abroad." 



What interests the flower growers 

 mostly is something new and distinct 

 that has been tried, and proven at 

 home to be, as represented. Of these, 

 in the Chrysanthemum maximum fam- 

 ily are: Chrysanthemum Rosy Gem, a 

 light pink, and Chrysanthemum Au- 

 tumn Glory, a white one, both from 

 Korea. These are perfectly hardy, and 

 for mass effects in the garden or for 

 cutting when flowers are scarce, are 

 unexcelled. Once better known, the 

 Arctic Daisy will Ind itself displaced 

 by the freedom and late blooming qual- 

 ities of these former. So far, Farqu- 

 har's are the only ones to handle it, 

 not being grown from seed. 



A non-seeder that several American 

 growers list is Chrysanthemum leucan- 

 themum Acre pleno, a double white- 

 flowering one of English origin, bloom- 

 ing in midsummer. Being only 18-20 

 inches high with flowers 2-3 inches in 

 diameter, it is invaluable for massing 

 as well as for cutting and design work. 



Several large firms in this country 

 try out most of the new things offered 

 by foreign growers only to turn most 

 of them down, as either not doing 

 well in our climate or not worth the 

 candle. If the florists and gardeners 

 would stick more to stock offered by 

 our leading growers, who do the ex- 

 pensive experimenting, satisfaction 

 would be the rule more generally than 

 the exception. Ciiaules A. Mathes. 



St. Paul, Minn. 



The regular meeting of the Holyoke 

 and Northampton Florists' and Gard- 

 eners' Club was held March 6th. with 

 John Lamont, superintendent of the 

 J. A. Skinner estate, S. Hadley, Mass. 

 The chief business transacted was the 

 adoption of a revised constitution and 

 by-laws. James Whiting gave a prac- 

 tical talk on Chrysanthemums. H. E. 

 Downer exhibited Narcisus Lucifer and 

 White Lady, large spikes of Hyacinths 

 in variety and Lilium grandiflorum. 



The 4 Big Flower Shows, March, 19 1 7 



