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HORTICULTURE 



May 19, 1917 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



There was an attendance of about 

 one hundred at the meeting Tuesday 

 evening, May 15th. Eric H. Wetter- 

 low of Manchester, Mass., showed six 

 magnificent specimens of Giant White 

 streptocarpus, the finest strain ever 

 seen In Horticultural Hall, for which 

 he was awarded a reward of superior 

 merit. Wm. H. Judd of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum showed a collection of pressed 

 and mounted early flowering shrubs. 



Communications from the Governor 

 and Public Safety Committee regarding 

 food conservation were read, which 

 brought forth considerable discussion. 

 The question as to the best kinds of 

 fertilizers for use on potatoes was 

 again brought up at this meeting. 

 There was also a lengthy discussion on 

 the effect of the winter on evergreens, 

 and it was the unanimous opinion that 

 the broad-leaved varieties came through 

 better than last year, but the common 

 arborvitae, white pines, spruces, re- 

 tinosporas and many of the small- 

 leaved evergreens were killed In great 

 numbers. 



A lecture on the new varieties of 

 roses, chrysanthemums, hardy herba- 

 ceous perennials and vegetables was 

 given by E. I. Farrington, Illustrated 

 with one hundred steroptlcon views. 

 The lecture was very instructive and 

 was much enjoyed. The slides showed 

 several of the newer roses, Including 

 Los Angeles, Purity, Aviator Blerlot 

 and Wichmoss. In addition, many of 

 the recently Introduced perennials as 

 well as some of the annual novelties 

 like the double morning glory and 

 crested cosmos were shown and de- 

 scribed. Among the new vegetables 

 pictured were Dr. De Lue's Golden 

 Giant corn, which has been developed 

 from a cross of Golden Bantam and 

 Howling Mob; the new asparagus 

 Martha Washington, which is soon to 

 be put on the market, and a new Greek 

 squash. A new device for evaporating 

 garden vegetables and fruits mentioned 

 aroused considerable discussion and It 

 was thought the drying and evaporat- 

 ing of fruits and vegetables might be- 

 come very common this year owing to 

 the lack of cans and fruit jars. 



It was announced tliat the June 

 meeting would be Ladies' Night, with 

 a collation and dancing, for which 

 there would be a charge of 50c. for ad- 

 mission. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



The regular meeting of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society was held in the 

 Town Hall, Lenox, Mass., May 9th. 

 After the usual business had been dis- 

 posed of the question of abandoning 

 the holding of the exhibitions which 

 had been previously arranged was the 

 subject of much discussion. In conse- 

 quence of the existing conditions and 

 In order that the members may give 

 more time and attention to the produc- 

 tion of food crops, it was the unani- 



Monday, May 21. 



Detroit Florists' Club, Bemb Flo- 

 ral Hall, Detroit, Mich. 



Houston Florists' Club Chamber 

 of Commerce Rooms, Houston, Tex. 



New Jersey Floricultural Society, 

 Orange, N. J. 



Tuesday, May 22. 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 Newport, R. I. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Wednesday, May 23. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society, 

 Oyster Bay, N. Y. 



Friday, May 25. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, 

 County Bldg., Hartford, Conn. 



Monmouth County Horticultural 

 Society, Red Bank. N. J. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society, 

 Pasadena, Calif. 



People's Park Cottage Gardeners' 

 Association, Paterson, N. J. 



Saturday, May 26. 



Dobbs' Ferry Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion, Dobbs' Ferry, N. Y. 



mous vote of the members not to hold 

 any exhibitions this year as previously 

 arranged. The Society also decided 

 not to meet again until September. 

 Henry Heeremans, Secy. 



SEWICKLEY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY 



The monthly meeting of the Sewick- 

 ley Horticultural Society was held on 

 Tuesday, May 8th. The schedule of the 

 coming September show was adopted 

 as presented by the committee. 



The following motion was carried: 

 "That we, the Sewickley Horticultural 

 Society, view witli hearty approval 

 the efforts made by the Woman's Club 

 of Sewickley. In the active work they 

 Iiave undertaken in connection with 

 the cultivating of vacant lots in Se- 

 wickley and environs, and at the same 

 time offer them our hearty co-opera- 

 tion in the undertaking if acceptable 

 to that body." 



M. Curran and William Thomson 

 showed some fine specimens of her- 

 baceous calesolarla and J. Barnet 

 vases of persica in variety. 



John Carman, Secy. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club met at 11 

 .Mile House and were received by 

 the Growers' Club, many of whom are 

 members of the Florist Club. There 

 was a good crowd. Wm. C. Smith in 

 speaking of the annual picnic to be 

 held in July thought subscribers to the 

 entertainment fund should receive so 

 many tickets according to the amount 

 of subscriptions, these tickets to be 

 given to customers and friends. It 

 was also proposed to get up a monster 

 parade on the day of the picnic. This 

 was favored by F. C. Weber, Jr., and 

 others. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB 



The attendance at the May meeting 

 of the N. Y. Florists' Club last Monday 

 evening was not far below one hun- 

 dred. Dr. Henry Clay Lint gave an in- 

 teresting talk on the topic of prepared 

 humus as a substitute for stable ma- 

 nure which brought out a volley of 

 questions from members who appar- 

 ently were not quite prepared to agree 

 that any humus proposition could take 

 the place of the real old stuff. The 

 lecturer was well versed in his subject 

 and held his own valiantly and good 

 naturedly. He said that of the 89 

 chemistry elements in the world there 

 are but 10 that plants require. P. R. 

 Pierson reported for the S. A. F. Con- 

 vention ways and means committee 

 that good progress has been already 

 made and that "every man has got to 

 do his bit" towards the $10,000 fund 

 which has been started. L. W. C. 

 Tuthill, for the souvenir program also 

 made an optimistic report and prom- 

 ised a production worthy of the name. 

 R. J. Irwin of the sports committee 

 stated that it had practically been de- 

 cided to rent Thum's alleys, two floors, 

 on Broadway, for the bowling contests. 

 Other committee chairmen made pro- 

 gressive reports. S. Van Reyper of 

 Dundee Lake was elected to member- 

 ship and six applications were re- 

 corded for action at next meeting. 

 Committees were appointed to prepare 

 suitable resolutions on the death of 

 P. L. Bogart and C. G. Weeber. 



George T. Schunemann of Rockville 

 Centre showed some excellent Spencer 

 sweet peas; Alexander E. Hogg, pelar- 

 goniums; P. W. Popp, pansies; M. van 

 Waveren & Son, Darwin tulips and 

 narcissi. All the exhibits received 

 high commendation and vote of 

 thanks. The tulip collection, grown by 

 H. Langeler, New Dorp, Staten Is'and, 

 contained the following varieties: 

 Calypso, Rising Sun, Enchantress, 

 McKinley, Queen of the Whites, Van 

 der Neer, Rose de Hollander, La 

 Remarquable, Princess Wilhelmina, 

 Cottage Boy, Blushing Bride, Cerise 

 Grisdelin, Jenny, Jeannette, L'Esper- 

 ance. President Cleveland, Princess 

 Helena, Sir Thomas Lipton, Pride of 

 New Dorp, Queen Emma, Luminosa 

 and Feu Ardent (breeder). The nar- 

 cissi were Firebrand, Tom Titt, White 

 Lady, Katharine Sparrell, Blood 

 Orange and double Argent. 



NASSUA COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of 

 this society was held in Glen Cove, N. 

 y., May 9th. The Chairman of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee reported all ready 

 for the annual Tulip Show on Wed- 

 nesday, May 23rd, in the Glen Cove 

 Neighborhood House. An interesting 

 schedule, comprising 27 classes of 

 seasonable spring flowers, has been 

 compiled which will be mailed to any 



