For December, 1923 



311 



had been in poor health for some time. Mr. 

 Reagan was one of the charter members of 

 the Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Society ;uid for twenty-one years, or until his 

 removal from Morris Co. was secretary of 

 this organization. Mr. .Regan was born in 

 Red Bank, N. J., about sixty-si.x years ago 

 and after receiving his early education in the 

 schools of that place, attended Rutgers Col- 

 lege, taking a course in the botanical depart- 

 ment. Some years later he moved to Morris- 

 town. X. J., and for thirty years was super- 

 intendent of the Louis Thebaud estate, retir- 

 ing about two years ago. He is survived by 

 his wife and daughter, Mary. 



LOCAL SOCIETIES 



NASSAU CO. HORT. SOCIETY 



The assistant gardeners made a splendid 

 showing at the meeting of this society for 

 the Miss Alice De Lamar Special which 

 brought out seven entries. President James 

 Gladstone appointed Messrs. Churchill, 

 Sutherland, Meech, Trepass, and William 

 iMilstead to judge the exhibits. Their de- 

 cisions were as follows : three white chrysan- 

 themums, first, Peter Smith; table decora- 

 tion for assistant gardeners, first, Norman 

 Bruce; second. James Young; third, Ernest 

 Riddel; three fine plants of Begonia "(iloire 

 de Lorraine," exhibited by James Kelly, 

 were awarded a Cultural Certificate. 



Frank Caphia of Roslyn was elected to 

 active membership and four petitions for 

 active membership were received. 



A smoker will follow the annual meeting 

 to be held on Dec. 12, at which time the 

 election of officers for 1924 will take place. 

 Exhibits for this meeting will be three cut 

 poinsettias ; 12 mixed carnations ; 12 mixed 

 roses. The meeting will start at 7 p. m. 

 Arthur Cook, Cor. Secy. 



CLEVELAND HORT. SOCIETY 



.\ special meeting was called for Nov. 12 

 at West Technical High School greenhouses, 

 where this society was the guest of O. M. 

 Eastman, supervisor of the Garden Depart- 

 ment of Cleveland public schools, and A. S. 

 Haag, instructor of Horticulture at West 

 Technical High School. The school had a 

 splendid exhibit of Chrysanthemums which 

 had been on display to the public for three 

 days ; a few of the private gardeners had 

 also staged some Chrysanthemums, Be- 

 gonias, etc. There are one hundred and 

 seventy-five pupils taking this course, and a 

 great deal of credit is due to them and their 

 instructor for everything in the greenhouses 

 was in good shape. The Chrysanthemums 

 were as good as could be found anywhere. 



In the evening there was a meeting held 

 in the class room, where Mr. Weeks, super- 

 intendent for G. Holden, spoke on Chrysan- 

 themum culture, telling how Chrysanthe- 

 mums are grown in England and how they 

 are grown here. R. P. Brydon, superintend- 

 ent for Mrs. F. F. Prentiss, spoke on Be- 

 gonia culture, both the Lorraine type and 

 the Winter blooming varieties. Mr. Scobi, 

 a graduate of the horticultural course and 

 now an employee there, spoke for the school. 

 Air. Jones, local chairman of the National 

 Flower Show Committee, talked about the 

 coming show, urging everyone to exhibit, 

 large or small groups. 



A rising vote of thanks was accorded the 

 men responsible for the exhibit, and to the 

 speakers. Refreshments were served by Mr. 

 Eastman and Mr. Haag which ended an 

 enjoyable and profitable evening. 



W. J. Bruce, Secy. 





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