May 26, 1917 



HORTICULTUKE 



675 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 

 The date for the annual outdoor 

 meeting of the American Rose Society 

 in the National Rose Test Garden, 

 (Arlington) Washington, D. C, has 

 been deferred to June 4, (Monday) 

 1917. 



Program 



10 A. M. — Inspection of 2-acre Na- 

 tional Rose Garden. 



11 A. M.— Public Meeting. Chair- 

 man, S. S. Pennock. President Ameri- 

 can Rose Society. 



Welcome. — Wm. F. Giide, National 

 Representative S. A. F. 



Address. — "The significance of the 

 National Rose Test Garden,' by J. 

 Horace McFarland. President Ameri- 

 can Civic Association. 



Response. — Hon. Carl Vrooman, Asst. 

 Sec'y of Agriculture. 



Other speakers expected are — Dr. E. 

 M. Mills, President Syracuse Rose So- 

 ciety; David Fairchild, Department of 

 Agriculture; Benjamin Hammond, 

 Secretary American Rose Society; Dr. 

 D. W. Shoemaker, Rep. Federation of 

 Citizens Association of Washington, D. 

 C; Hon. Thomas S. Butler. (If his 

 duties permit), Congressman from 

 Pennsylvania. The above list is sub- 

 ject to change. 



Those intending to attend will kind- 

 ly notify, Wm. F. Gude. 1214 F. street, 

 N. W. Washington, D. C, or Robert 

 Pyle, Chairman Washington Rose Test 

 Garden Committee, West Grove, Penn- 

 sylvania. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



Thursday, May 17th, was another of 

 our red letter days with Richard Vin- 

 cent, Jr., as a visitor and his illus- 

 trated lecture on Dahlias in the 

 evening. 



President H. A. Schroyer, Secretary 

 Frank L. Kohr and Albert M. Herr 

 and Elmer Weaver from the common 

 herd dined with Mr. Vincent at the 

 Brunswick after which with the assist- 

 ance of Mr. Dennis Connor he was es- 

 corted to the club rooms where some 

 40 members with their wives and a 

 few friends were waiting to greet him. 



In the regular business our attorney 

 presented a report of the work he has 

 accomplished so far and we are as- 

 sured better service in every way from 

 a local point of view but when it comes 

 to long distance shipments there is 

 only one source and that is the S. A. 

 P. whom we certainly hope to see on 

 the job this summer. 



It was decided to hold the picnic at 

 Hershey on June 21, a date that suits 

 the country growers all right but as it 

 it too near examinations, etc., for the 

 city youngsters they are cut out. 



Mr. Vincent's lecture was greatly en- 

 joyed and in addition to the lecture 

 proper he showed a lot of fine dahlia 

 slides and explained them as he went 

 along in his own inimitable style. 



After the lecture one of our new 

 members J. de Barry Heinitsh acted as 

 caterer and served refreshments, this 

 being followed by a general conversa- 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, May 28. 



Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Rhode Island, Swartz Hall, Provi- 

 dence, R. I. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 



lialtimore, Florist Exchange Hall, 



|| Haltiniore, Md. 



Friday, June 1. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 31auchester, Mass. 



North Shore norticultui-al Society, 

 Lalie Forest, 111. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society, 

 Pasadena, Calif. 



Youliers Horticultural 

 Yonlvers, N. Y. 



Society, 



People's Park Cottage Gardeners' 

 Association, Paterson, N. J. 



Saturday, June 2. 



Pacilic Coast Horticultural Society, 

 San Francisco, Calif. 



tion that lasted until almost the hour 

 of eleven. Mr. Vincent makes an ideal 

 host and if the President of the Club 

 had not started to turn out the lights 

 I supppose some of the members would 

 be there yet listening to his reminis- 

 cences and traveling experience. 



Albert M. Here. 



MORRIS COUNTY (N. J.) GARDEN- 

 ERS' AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The executive committee of the 

 Morris County Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Society met in special session in 

 Morristown, N. J., last Friday evening 

 to rearrange the schedule for the 

 twenty-second annual flower show. It 

 w-as decided to hold the show on 

 Thursday and Friday, Nov. 1 and 2 

 next. The entire committee seemed 

 to be imbued with the spirit of patriot- 

 ism. There will be no money prizes 

 or cups this year; just ribbons — red, 

 white and blue. The entire proceeds 

 of the show will go to the American 

 Red Cross Society. The voice of the 

 commttee was as of one man — "Our 

 Country First." 



Edward Reacax, Sr. 



FOR THE YOUTMhUL GARDENERS 

 Benjamin Hammond, president of 

 the American Rose Society, has do- 

 nated prizes to be awarded in the 

 Children's Home Garden Brigade of 

 Beacon, N. Y., as follows: - 



For the lioy and the girl who has the 

 lust garden in each ward, a banli booli for 

 .$1.00. 



Fur the boy and girl who raises the best 

 pel k of potatoes, a bank book for $1.00. 



For the boy or girl who has the best 

 showing of morning glories or other vine 

 over fence or porch, a bank book for .$1.00. 



For the boy and girl who has the best 

 showing of roses, a bronze medal of the 

 American Rose Society. There are to be 

 not less than six bushes or climbei'S. 



For the boy and girl who shows the 

 handsomest front yard on the home block, 

 a round trip ticket to Mount Beacon. 



All who work in the brigade will receive 

 certificates of merit. The judging to be 

 done in September by a committee. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the West- 

 chester and Fairfield Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in Hubbards Hall, 

 Greenwich, Conn., on Friday evening. 

 May 13. There were some fine exhib- 

 its and the judges made the following 

 awards: Cultural certificates to Wm. 

 Graham for Calceolaria Stewartii, and 

 to James Linaine for Calceolaria hy- 

 brid. James Stuart very highly com- 

 mended for Calceolaria Stewartii and 

 Calceolaria Babyloni; honorable men- 

 tion to Wm. Graham for carnations 

 Princess Dagmar and to John Andrews 

 for beans "Carters Surprise"; votes 

 of thanks to Wm. Whitton for petunia 

 and to P. W. Popp for Calceolaria 

 Medtordii. The monthly 1st prize 

 went to Wm. Graham, 2nd to James 

 Linaine and 3rd to James Stuart. 



Eiuil Bertolf gave a very interesting 

 talk on "Rock Plants" which was en- 

 joyed by all present. It was decided 

 to hold the summer show at Rye. 



Alex Clarksox. 



CLUBS AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



A lecture entitled "Agricultural 

 Problems of the Present Time," was 

 given by Mrs. Martha H. Miller, of 

 Cornell University, under the auspices 

 of the Mount Kisco Horticultural So- 

 ciety at Mt. Kisco, on May 25. 



The Rochester Florist Association 

 meeting was held at Musicians Hall, 

 May 14. The Sunday closing bill now 

 pending at Albany was discussed and 

 finally laid upon the table for future 

 reference. Ambrose Seeker read a 

 paper on the florist business during 

 war time. Colvin T. Ogston reported 

 upon vegetable gardening in Chica,?o 

 as carried on by the school children. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



"The Culture of Garden Roses," by 

 A. C. Beal, is a 28-page illustrated 

 pamphlet published by the N. Y. State 

 Board of Agriculture as a part of the 

 Cornell Reading Course for the Farm. 

 It gives in condensed form good prac- 

 tical information regarding outdoor 

 roses and their care. 



The Skinner Irrigation Company has 

 established a New York selling office 

 at 131 Hudson street. New York City, 

 under the management of Charles H. 

 AUender. 



It is stated in the news columns of a 

 Boston paper that W. F. Heath, a flor- 

 ist of Jaffrey, N. H., has found a double 

 flowered trailing arbutus growing on 

 his farm. 



