July 28, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The classes of the schedule of fruits 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, postponed from July 7 were ex- 

 hibited at the Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, on Saturday, July 21. They con- 

 sisted of cherries, currants, gooseber- 

 ries and raspberries which were well 

 competed for. There was also a note- 

 worthy showing of flowers. AVm. N. 

 Craig of Faulkner Farm, Brookline, 

 made an attractive exhibit of sea- 

 sonable flowering plants among which 

 were finely grown specimens of 

 Trachelium caeruleum and the var. 

 album, Verbascum olympicum, Liliums 

 speciosum album, melpomene, and can- 

 didum, astilbe, gaillardia and holly- 

 hocks. 



William Anderson, superintendenf 

 of the Bayard Thayer estate at Lan- 

 caster, exhibited the new Chinese 

 Lilium Thayer», one of Wilson's dis- 

 coveries. - This is the first time this 

 lily has been exhibited at Horticul- 

 tural Hall. It is perfectly hardy and 

 one of the specimens shown had 

 twenty-one flowers and buds on the 

 plant. It was awarded a silver medal. 

 William C. Winter of Mansfield and 

 Dr. W. G. Kendall of Atlantic were 

 awarded first and second prizes respec- 

 tively for hollyhock blooms. 



will be elected and reports of ofiBcers 

 received. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this society 

 ■was held July 13th. The committee 

 reported that $190 had been given to 

 the Red Cross from the proceeds of 

 the show at Rye. It was decided to 

 hold the fall show at Greenwich un- 

 der the auspices of the Red Cross and 

 a committee was appointed to make 

 arrangements accordingly. John Orr 

 and James Linaine were selected to 

 complete arrangements for the annual 

 outing at Rye Beach some time in 

 August. 



There were some fine exhibits. 

 Alex. Smith won 1st for most meri- 

 torious exhibit also a cultural certifi- 

 cate. His exhibit was a fine plant of 

 Trachelum, caeruleum. 2nd prize went 

 to Wm. Graham who was highly com- 

 mended for his exhibit of Francoa 

 ramosa. James Stuart 3rd and highly 

 commended for Lilium regale. Daniel 

 Pastora hon. mention for tomatoes, 

 and Alex. Clarkson the same for del- 

 phiniums. John Andrews a vote of 

 thanks for Galium Darum. 



Frank Murray, representing Far- 

 quhar, Boston, and a representative of 

 Joseph Breck & Sons, each said a few 

 words. Alex. Cl.vrk.-^ox. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION 

 OF AMERICA. 



A meeting of the Florists' Hail As- 

 sociation will be held on Monday after- 

 noon, August 20, at the Robert Treat 

 Hotel, Newark, N. J., at whicli time 

 and place action will be taken on the 

 proposed amended constitution and 

 by-laws of the Association. This will 

 b« the annual meeting and directors 



FLORISTS' TELEGRAPH DELIVERY 

 ASSOCIATION. 



Two important meetings for F. T. D. 

 members will be held. 



The first one will be a "get together 

 meeting" during the S. A. F. Conven- 

 tion at New York on Tuesday morn- 

 ing, Aug. 21, 9 A. M. sharp. At this 

 meeting suggestions and general dis- 

 cussion of new problems beneficial to 

 the F. T. D. will be brought up, also 

 a preliminary program for our October 

 business meeting at Detroit, Mich., 

 will be laid out. 



Our annua! business meeting and 

 election of officers wil take place in 

 Detroit on Tuesay and Wednesday, 

 Oct .2 and 3, at 9 A. M. sharp. All 

 officers, directors and district repre- 

 sentatives should attend a meeting on 

 Monday afternoon and evening of Oct. 

 1, to arrange the final program for the 

 two days' session. Every one of the 

 district representatives must send in 

 a report on F. T. D. work on their re- 

 spective localities. 



Any member who can not attend 

 this meeting and feels that he has 

 some good suggestions, should make 

 them in writing. Your Secretary also 

 wishes to be Informed whether you 

 will be able to attend this meeting or 

 not. 



From and after Aug. 1 our new By- 

 Laws and Constitution will go into 

 effect, also our new schedule of dues, 

 etc. Of course, all members up to 

 this date will not be called upon to 

 pay any more into the Guarantee 

 Fund, but their annual dues will 

 change according to the new schedule. 



Yours for better and more efficient 

 service to the public as well as from 

 Florist to Florist, also for the biggest 

 and most beneficial F. T. D. meeting 

 at Detroit, Oct. 2 and 3, I am. 

 Your Secretary, 



Albebt Pochbxon. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Advance Prize List for the Flow- 

 er Department of the 77th Annual New 

 York State Fair to be held at Syracuse, 

 September 10-15, has been received. 

 David Lumsden, Ithaca, is superintend- 

 ent and copies of the schedule, which 

 is very comprensive and liberal may 

 be had on application to him. 



The Andover Florist and Gardeners' 

 society is arranging an exhibition, and 

 this year vegetables will have the 

 preference, although provision will be 

 made for flowers also. No money 

 prizes will be awarded for flowers or 

 vegetables this year. 



The committee is planning to award 

 ribbons to the winners of the com- 

 munity garden exhibitors and ama- 

 teur gardeners who have planted new 

 land this year are eligible to enter 

 contests. The exhibition will be in 

 Town liall. Date has been put back one 

 week in order to allow the garden 

 products a better chance. Friday and 

 Saturday, Sept. 14 and 1.5 are the days. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' 



AND GARDENERS' CLUB 



Report of the Publicity Committee 



On the morning of July 18 about 100 

 members of the three Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club of Allegheny County 

 "foregathered" in the Phipps Conserv- 

 atories, West Park, N. S., Pittsburgh, 

 and in twenty autos spent a most en- 

 jovabte day visiting the parks, ceme- 

 teries. Country Club and the East End 

 places of Messrs. W. L. Mellon, A. W. 

 Mellon, R. B. Mellon, C. D. Armstrong, 

 T. M. Armstrong, H. C. Frick, W. H. R. 

 Hilliards, H. D. Hailman, H. J. Heinz, 

 D. ai. Clemson, M. L. Benedum, T. D. 

 Barnsdell and Berthold Frosch. 



Pittsburgh's vegetation never looked 

 so fresh, clean and luxuriant within 

 the memory of our eldest; war gardens 

 everywhere, and flourishing too; cu- 

 cumbers, melons, grapes, figs and 

 nectarines where used to grow palms, 

 ferns and other tropical plants; pota- 

 toes, cabbage, beans and other edibles 

 in place of velvety greensward; show- 

 ing the H. C. L. is affecting all mem- 

 bers of our community. 



But the high spots of the trip were 

 fancy-leaved caladiums, water lilies, 

 tender and hardy, "Bride's Tears," 

 Clerodendron Balfouri; a bridle path 

 right in the metropolis reminding one 

 of a road in the Laurentians ; strawber- 

 ries, stanhopea, cyprlpedium, catase- 

 tum, Miltonia vexillaria. Medinella 

 magniflca. Begonia Lafayette in a bed, 

 fuchsias, bald cypress, paulonia. 

 Spirea Lindleyana. A splendid speci- 

 men of the Salix family brought forth 

 comments on an article in the laat 

 issue of the "Bulletin of Popular In- 

 formation," anent the money made out 

 of willow wood for cricket bats In 

 England before the war; "a piece of 

 land bought for $250.00, on which in 

 sixteen years willows of this variety — 

 Salix alba ccerulea — were grown, which 

 sold for $10,000.00." 



A garden in the formal English style 

 —and the alplne-like garden of Mr. 

 Frosch and its delightful little tea 

 house with windows of various colored 

 glasses were very interesting. 



The noonday meal served on the C. 

 D. Armstrong place was a success In 

 everj' way, showing the skilled touch 

 of some of our best halves for which 

 they were complimented and thanked 

 by all the partakers, also in neat little 

 speeches by the president of the en- 

 tertaining club and the president of 

 the Sewickley Club. By the way, the 

 gathering fairly bristled with presl- 

 deiils. There were the presidents of 

 the Pittsburgh Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club, Horticultural Society of 

 Western Pennsylvania, Horticultural 

 Society of Sewickley, Botanical So- 

 ciety of Western Pennsylvania, Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co., The McCallum 

 Co. 



The last place visited was one of the 

 best kept cemeteries on this Continent, 

 on which we descended like the As- 

 syrian of old, and like him melted 

 a'^ay. Neti, McCallum. 



