June 30, 1917 



HOKTICULT UKE 



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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 NURSERYMEN. 



As HoHTicuLTUKE goes to press the 

 American Association of Nurserymen 

 is holding its annual convention in 

 Philadelphia with a very large atten- 

 dance from all all sections of the coun- 

 try. It is thoroughly a business gath- 

 ering with a lengthy and comprehen- 

 sive program to keep it down to work 

 for the three days specified in the call. 

 There was a preliminary session of the 

 executive committee at the Adelphia 

 Hotel on Monday, at which problems of 

 transportation, distribution, legislation 

 and other important matters that con- 

 cern the trade were discussed. In line 

 with recent suggestions in Horticul- 

 TUKE it is declared that the convention 

 will not end until the association has 

 sent a message to the American peo- 

 ple that by planting fruit and nut trees 

 even in back yards the food supply of 

 the nation can be vastly increased. 

 Robert Pyle. of West Grove, Pa., has 

 prepared a schedule for publication 

 throughout the country which shows 

 how readily fruit and nut trees can be 

 cultivated in small areas. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The regular meeting of this club 

 was not a meeting; it was a picnic, 

 held at Hershey, Pa. Mr. Haverstack, 

 manager of the greenhouses and 

 grounds, piloted the visitors over the 

 estate and through the greenhouses 

 and gave them a social half hour in 

 the Italian gardens, after which they 

 enjoyed the many special features of 

 the Hershey Amusement Park. That 

 the club turned out loyally is shown 

 by the fact that there were about 125 

 in attendance. Three machines came 

 from Chester County bringing Mr. 

 and Mrs. Ed. Marshall, Sr. and Jr., Mr. 

 and Mrs. Percy Bernard and Mr. 

 Bernard, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Bailey and 

 others. One machine from Harrisburg 

 and Mr. and Mrs. Rupp irom Shire- 

 manstown, also T. J. Nolan and Mr. 

 Coperthwaith of the King Construc- 

 tion Co. and Dennis Connor of the 

 Lord & Burnham Co. 



At three p. m. the children's games 

 started. One thing worthy of special 

 mention was a blindfold test to reach 

 a certain point sixty feet away, be- 

 tween Chas. B. Herr of Strasburg and 

 Rutter Hess of Gap. Mr. Herr reached 

 the goal with 99 per cent, efficiency. 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



The preliminary schedule of the In- 

 ternational Plow Show to be held at 

 Grand Central Palace, New York city, 

 March 14 to 21, 1918. under the 

 auspices of the Horticultural Society 

 of New York and the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club has been sent out by Secre- 

 tary John Young. The usual exten- 

 sive lists of valuable prizes are of- 

 fered in both private and commercial 

 sections. Complete schedule will be 

 Issued later. For copies of schedule, 

 or information apply to John Young, 

 secretary, 53 West 28th street, New 

 York. Telephone, 4336 Farragut. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY 

 James Boyd. 

 Jame.s Boyd, president-elect of the 

 American I'eony Society, is an amateur 

 gardener of the enthusiastic type, 

 which is not now so common as it was 

 thirty or forty years ago before the ad- 

 vent of the auto and the racing yacht. 

 He is a Boston boy and before coming 

 to Philadelphia he probably imbibed 

 some of the horticultural enthusiasm 

 so common to all natives of the Hub. 

 He is now one of Philadelphia's most 

 prominent business men being presi- 

 dent of the James Boyd & Bro. Com- 

 pany, mfrs. of fire extinguishing 

 apparaUis. His private residence is 

 at Haverford, Pa., where he has lived 

 for some thirty years and become 

 famous near and far for his gardens 



J.\MES Boyd 

 i'l-csiiU-nt-i'lci-t .American Peouy Society. 



and grounds. He is an all 'round 

 plantsman. knowing and loving all 

 the beautiful things and has a most 

 interesting and varied collection. Of 

 late years his enthusiasm has been par- 

 ticularly centered on the iris, the lilac 

 and the peony. Of the latter he has 

 no less than 250 named varieties, 

 some of his recent additions costing 

 fifty dollars a root. His exhibit at 

 the recent peony show in Philadelphia 

 was the wonder and admiration of all 

 beholders. I have had the pleasure of 

 Mr. Boyd's acquaintance ever since I 

 came to Philadelphia thirty years ago 

 and he is still the same genial, kindly, 

 simple-souled gentleman and takes a 

 keen delight in showing and talking 

 of his treasures to his neighbors and 

 to visitors from near and far. The 

 Peony Society has honored itself as 

 well as honoring Mr. Boyd by making 

 him its president. 



George C. W.4.tson. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



Tlie annual meeting of the American 

 Sweet Pea Society will open in Boston, 

 •Mass., on July 7, 1917. The program 

 of business is as follows: 



Saturday, July 7, 3 p. m.— Address 

 of Welcome, by President Saltonstall 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. 



President Kerr's address. Secre- 

 tary's report. Treasurer's report. 



Reports on the trial grounds at Cor- 

 nell University, Ithaca, N. Y., by Prof. 

 A. C. Beal. 



Internationl Garden Club trials. 



.Nomination of officers for 1918. 



Invitations for the next meeting 

 place. 



Election of officers. 



Vote on the next meeting place. 



Good for the society — Addresses and 

 discussions. 



Unfinished business. Adjournment. 



The Officers of the Society are as 

 follows: 



George W. Kerr, president; Edwin 

 Jenkins, vice-president; William Gray, 

 secretary; William Sim, treasurer. 



Executive Committee — The above 

 officers and J. Harrison Dick, W. A. 

 Sperling, John H. Stalford. 



Nomenclature and Trials Committee 

 --Prof. A. C. Beal, William N. Craig, 

 George W. Kerr, Leonard Barron. 



Trial Grounds — Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



Exhibition Committee — James Whee- 

 ler, chairman; George W. Kerr, W. A, 

 Sperling, William Sim, John H. Stal- 

 ford, William Gray. 



The Exhibition. 



The Elxhibition, jointly with the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 will be held in Horticultural Hall. Bos- 

 ton. Intending exhibitors should care- 

 fully follow the following instructions. 



Entries must be made on the entry 

 blanks supplied by the .secretary, Wil- 

 liam Gray, Bellevue avenue, Newport. 

 R. I., and mailed to reach him at New- 

 port on or before Thursday, July .i. 

 Exception — Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society's classes are under the 

 rules of that society, and entries must 

 be made to William P. Rich, secretary. 

 :',00 Massachusetts avenue, Boston. 

 Mass. 



Exhibitors will confer a favor by 

 strictly following the above rule. Late 

 entries will be received and space pro- 

 vided for the exhibits at the descretlon 

 of the exhibition committee. Exhibi- 

 tors taking this chance, may address 

 their entries to William Gray, secre- 

 tary. 300 Massachusetts avenue, Bos- 

 ton. Mass. 



Trade exhibitors intending to enter 

 in the American Sweet Pea Society s 

 Gold Medal Class, the Morse Cup 

 Class or to make a special exhibit 

 should notify James Wheeler. Natlck, 

 Mass . one week previous to the open- 

 ing of the exhibition, stating the 

 amount of space they intend to fill. 



Entry is free to members of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society. Non- 

 members competing in Sections A. B. 



