April 14, 1917 



HOETICFLTURE 



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Photo by Ed-win Levkk, N. Y. 

 The accompanying picture shows the Holland bulb garden arranged by J. Seherpers & Co., at the New York Spring Show. The 

 hyacinths and tulips comprised quite a few rare varieties and the color scheme was exquisite and much admired by visitors. 



Society meets in New York for the 

 first time. The premium list is the 

 largest and most liberal ever issued 

 by any gladiolus society in the world 

 and it is earnestly hoped that gladio- 

 lus growers, both commercial and pri- 

 vate, will show their appreciation by 

 taking part in the exhibition. Prelimi- 

 nary schedules, comprising 94 regular 

 and special classes, are now ready and 

 copies may be had by addressing H. 

 Youell, Secretary, 538 Cedar Street. 

 Syracuse, N. Y. 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The regular meeting was held on 

 April 3. with E. J. Canning. North- 

 ampton, a goodly number of members 

 being present. A letter was read from 

 a preparedness committee of Holyoke 

 inviting the co-operation of the Club, 

 and President Strugnell was appointed 

 to represent the Club on that commit- 

 tee. (It looks like working overtime 

 with the hoe this summer.) Alex. 

 Haeseler, of the Smith College green- 

 houses, read a paper on Cinerarias and 

 Primulas, which brought out a good 

 discussion. We were pleased to wel- 

 come an old member in the person of 

 Clark Thayer of the Department of 



Floriculture of Cornell, who has tem- 

 porarily succeeded Prof. Nehrling at 

 the M. A. C. Mr. Thayer gave an in- 

 teresting account of the trials of hardy 

 phlox which have been conducted at 

 Cornell for the past three years. 

 Some very fine spikes of Silver Pink 

 Snapdragon were exhibited by G. H. 

 Sinclair & Son. H. E. Downer showed 

 pots of Narcissus King Alfred and 

 Tulip Wm. Copeland. H. E. D. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The recent flower show held under 

 the auspices of the Toronto (Ont.) 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Association 

 in St. George's Hall was a great 

 success. 



Des Moines, la. — A guarantee fund 

 of $1,500 is being subscribed among 

 the florists of Des Moines for the big 

 flower show next November, to be 

 held under the auspices of the Iowa 

 State Florists' Association. The Audi- 

 torium has been selected and all com- 

 mittees have been appointed. J. S. 

 Wilson is chairman of the executive 

 committee. 



Governor Holcomb of Connecticut 

 has named Friday, April 20, as Arbor 

 and Bird Day in that state. 



St. Louis— W. C. Ahrens, O'Pallon, 



111. 



Philadelphia— George Berke, Atlan- 

 tic City, N. J.; J. D. Brenneman, Har- 

 risburg, Pa.; Chas. L. Schmidt, Harris- 

 burg, Pa.; J. Fallon, Roanoke, Va. 



Chicago — H. F. Dorner, Urbana, 111.; 

 Frank Gorley, St. Louis, Mo.; Marion 

 Uhlschmidt, St. Louis, Mo.; R. H. Mar- 

 quardt, of E. Welke Co., Milwaukee, 

 Wis.; H. Philpott, Winnepeg, Man.; 

 Wm. Dilger, Detroit, Mich.; J. Aldous, 

 Iowa City, Iowa; W. L. Region, with 

 Kaber Bros., La Porte, Ind.; Jos. 

 Tuchis, Rock Island, 111. 



AN IDEAL GARDEN ROSE. 

 J. D. Eisele, of Dreer's, Riverton, 

 N. J., says that the biggest seller in a 

 new rose that they have ever handled 

 is Los Angeles, and this he regards as 

 good judgment on the part of the pub- 

 lic because there can be no question 

 of the success of this new comer as a 

 garden rose. If it were only a forcing 

 variety it would make a record run. 



