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HORTICULTURE 



May 0, 1917 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



An Executive Coraniittee meeting of 

 the American Rose Society was held 

 in New York, April 24th. A special 

 vote of thanks was passed to fourteen 

 retailers who put up attractive exhib- 

 its at the Philadelphia Ro:3e Festival. 

 The gentlemen so represented were: 

 Pennock Bros., Gude Bros., Chas. 

 Henry Fox, Harry Belts, V. I. Ride- 

 nour, Julius Wolf, Jr., T. N. Geiger. 

 J. J. Habermehl's Sons, Ira G. Marvin, 

 John C. Gracey, John Kuhn, London 

 Flower Shop, J. Wolf Moore, Chas. 

 Grakelow. 



The Secretary reported a large num- 

 ber of letters received commending 

 the excellence of the Rose Annual for 

 1917. L. J. Renter reported progress 

 in regard to the outdoor exhibition of 

 ro.ses to be held July 4th at Newport, 

 R. I. 



President S. S. Pennock appointed 

 as Rose Garden Comm.ttees the fol- 

 lowing: 



Central Committee — Admiral Aaron 

 Ward, Roslyn. N. Y.; Louis J. Renter, 

 Westerly, R. I,; Geo. C. Thomas, Jr., 

 Chestnut Hill, Phila., Pa. 



Hartford (Conn.) Committee— J. F. 

 Huss, Hartford, Conn.; Alex. Gum- 

 ming, Jr.. and Wallace R. Pierson, 

 Cromwell, Conn. 



Arlington Rose Garden Committee — 

 Robt. Pyle, West Grove, Pa.; F. L. 

 Mulford. Washington, D. C; Wm. F. 

 Glide, Washington, D. C; Dr. D. W. 

 Shoemaker, Washington. D. C; Mrs. 

 C. W. Wetmore, Pres., Capitol Garden 

 Club, Washington, D. C. 



Ithaca (N. Y.) Committee— Prof. A. 

 C. Beal, Ithaca, N. Y.; Rev. E. A. 

 .Mills. D. D., Syracuse, N. Y.; Prof. E. 

 A. White, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Minneapolis Committee — Theodore 

 Wirth, Supt. of Parks, Minneapolis. 

 Minn.; Olat J. Olson, St. Paul, Minn.; 

 Hugh Will, Minneapolis, Minn. 



The Secretary reported several re 

 quests for medals for local societies, 

 and it was suggested that a medal 

 different from the official medal be 

 used for this purpose, and the follow- 

 ing committee was appointed to take 

 charge of this: S. S. Pennock, J. Hor- 

 ace McFarland. Prof. E. A. \Vhite. 



The question was discussed of mak- 

 ing one uniform rate for membership, 

 instead of the present associate and 

 active members, so as to make it pos- 

 sible to keep up the publication of so 

 good a book, and also occasionally 

 send some other interesting matter to 

 members. 



A report on the Philadelphia Exhibi- 

 tion was given in part, and a final ac- 

 counting will be rendered shortly. 

 Ben,t. Hammond, Secy. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



An intensely interested and atten 

 tive audience was present at the 



Iliirtii-iiltural Scii-ii-tv. 

 I. 



Monday, May 7. 



Bern:irils^-i]lt' Horticultural So- 

 ciety, H(trticnltiiral Hall, Beniards- 

 ville. N. .T. 



Elberon Horticultural Society, 

 Fire Hall. Elberon, N. .T. 



Houston F'lorists' Club, Chamber 

 of Connnerce Kooins, Houston, Tex. 



Montreal (Jardcners' and Florists' 

 Club. Montreal, Canada. 



New Bedforil Horticultural So- 

 ciety. New Bedford, Mass. 



A\'ashinj;ton Florists' Club. Wash- 

 ington, I). C 



Tuesday, May 8. 



Newport 

 Newport, K 



Wednesday, May 9. 



Cincinnati Florists' .Society, .Tabez 

 Elliott Flower Market. Cincinnati. <>. 



Dutchess County Horticultural 

 Society, Fallkill BIdg.. Poughkeepsie 

 X. Y. 



Lenox Horticultural Society, Len- 

 ox, Mass. 



Morris County Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Society, Madison, N. ,T. 



Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 <'iety, Pembroke Hall. Ulen Cove, 

 N, Y. 



Thursday, May 10. 



Meulo Park Horticultural Society, 

 .Menlo Park, Calif. 



New London Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, Muuicijial I'.ldf^.. New London. 

 Conn. 



Friday, May 11. 



Connecticut Horticultural So- 

 ciety. County Building, Hartford, 

 Conn. 



Westchester and Fairlield Horti- 

 cultural Society, Doran's Hall, 

 1 Greenwich, *!'onn. 



Saturday, May 12. 



Dobhs Ferry <;ardeuers' Associa- 

 tion, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 



monthly meetin,s? of this society in 

 Manchester, Mass., to listen to a talk 

 liy Dr. H. J. Wheeler on the all en- 

 grossing subject of food production 

 and conservation. Dr. Wheeler made it 

 very plain that in his judgment the 

 question of cereal and vegetable food 

 supply will become very acute during 

 the coming year. He gave practical 

 advice on the treatment of soil, seed 

 and growing crops in order to secure 

 the greatest possible quantity and 

 quality of product. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



An exhibition of plants and flowers 

 will be held, in co-operation with the 

 New York Botanical Garden, on Sat- 

 urday and Sunday, May 12th and 13th, 

 in the Museum Building, New York 

 Botanical Garden, Bronx Park. The 

 exhibition will be open free on Satur- 

 day, from 1 to 5, and on Sunday from 

 10 to 5. Schedules are now ready for 

 distribution, and will be sent on appli- 

 cation to the secretary, George V. 

 Nash, Mansion, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



George V. N.\sh, Secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 had a special meeting at the Parker 

 House on Monday evening, April 30, to 

 meet and enjoy the company of Theo- 

 dore Wirth, superintendent of the 

 Minneapolis Park System. Other gueats 

 were F. C. Green, superintendent of 

 the parks of Providence, R. I., John H. 

 Dillon, chairman Boston Park Commis- 

 sion, and Messrs. Albert Schelenberg 

 and Andrew Kofer. Twelve vases of 

 auriculas, declared to be the grandest 

 display ever made in this country of 

 this beautiful flower, the gift of Wil- 

 liam Sim, adorned the table. 



The Syracuse (N. Y.) Rose Society 

 will hold its annual rose show June 21 

 and 22. With the coming of many vis- 

 itors to the annual meeting of the 

 State Federation of Horticultural So- 

 cieties and Floral Club3, it was thought 

 best to select the dates early enougn 

 so that the visitors may plan to at- 

 tend the exhibition. The show will be 

 under the general direction of Dr. G. 

 Griflin Lew.s, and the committee which 

 selected the dates is composed of 

 James M. Gilbert. Hamlet Worker. 

 John T. Roberts, W. R. Fostmer, Dr. 

 . Robert C. Scott and Dr. John C. Benz. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington, D. C., 

 was held last Tuesday evening. Con- 

 siderable business was taken care of, 

 included in this being the making of 

 an appropriation of $100 for the Red 

 Cross to be used as a part of its fund 

 for ho.spital service in connection with 

 the formation of our army and future 

 possible hostilities. President Jen- 

 kins was authorized to apiioint a com- 

 mittee of three to make arrangements 

 for an entertainment in connection 

 with the meeting tor the month of 

 June, The coming of the American 

 Rose Society to Washington next 

 month was also discussed. 



HILL-BERTERMANN INDIANAPOLIS 

 INTERESTS MERGE. 



It is announced that Bertermann 

 Bros. Co. will take over the interests 

 of the E. G. Hill Floral Co. in In- 

 dianapolis. Mr. E. G. Hill believes 

 that his firm's business in the new 

 rose line will require all their atten- 

 tion in tlie future. The Bertermann 

 firm is duly equipped for a much 

 larger l)usiness in Indianapolis. The 

 E. G. Hill Floral Co.'s interests con- 

 sist of a model store and a first class 

 business. The operation of the two 

 stores will continue under the same 

 heads, same equipment and same good 

 service for an indefinite period. Much 

 of the Hill rose stock will still be 

 brought over from Richmond and this 

 will be aided much by a part of the 

 Bertermann output in E. Washington 

 St. and Cumberland. With the com 

 bined patronage of both places the new 

 arrangement will give Indianapolis 

 one of tlie largest firms in the middle- 

 west. 



