September 8, 1917 



HORTICULTTTRE 



281 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF IOWA FLORISTS. 



An auto trip given by the florists 

 of Des Moines, la., to the out of town 

 members and their ladies, who were 

 attending the Iowa State Fair, took 

 place on the afternoon of August 29. 

 A visit to the leading greenhouses 

 was first on the programme, then the 

 parks and then a visit to Camp 

 Dodge the great cantonment in proc- 

 ess of erection and now almost com- 

 plete for the 45,000 officers and sol- 

 diers to be cared for and trained for 

 active service. This cantonment is 

 located twelve miles northwest of our 

 city. It is a sight never to be for- 

 gotten and one could not view it and 

 not have an aching heart wondering 

 how many of the brave boys stationed 

 there would, after seeing active serv- 

 ice, ever come back to their homes. 



On our return to the city we were 

 taken to one of our famous Tea 

 Rooms, where a bountiful four-course 

 dinner was served. Election of oflB- 

 cers followed. Harve E. Lozier, Des 

 Moines, was elected president; Ar- 

 thur H. Smith, Boone, Iowa, vice 

 pres.; Wesley Greene, Des Moines, 

 secretary and treasurer. Directors — 

 Geo. S. Woodruff, Independence; W. 

 C. Davison, Des Moines; G. A. Heyne, 

 Dubuque and J. S. Wilson, Jr., Des 

 Moines. 



Reports of various committees of 

 the First Iowa Flower Show to be 

 held in Des Moines on November 8-9- 

 10-11, were called for. J. S. Wilson 

 Sr. manager, gave a detailed report 

 of the work to date. A. J. Zwart 

 chairman of the guarantee fund 

 made a fine report. Several others 

 were called on and responded. All 

 present were enthused and a fine 

 show is in prospect. 



Those present were: 



Mr. anil Mis. .T. S. Wilson. .Jr.. We.sley 

 (ti-eeno, .Jiphn Ki>j;ers. Frank It. rage, Mr. 

 and Mrs. Harve E. I.ozier. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Alfred G. Lozier, Winona Nicliols. Pani 

 Hattles, Mr. and Mrs. F. Roenlield. Wm. 

 Trillow. Geo. Mi'.Malion. Geo. Kurtzwell. 

 Mr. and Mrs. ,T. T. I). Fnlnier. Mr and Mrs. 

 .\lex H. Wilson. Curtis ('. Hunt. .Mi-^s i:stlier 

 Wilson, Mr. and .Mrs. A. .7. Zwart. -Mr. and 

 Mrs. .T. S. Wilson. Sr.. Mr. and Mrs. T. ,T. 

 .lohnston. all of Des Moines; .\rtluir H. 

 Smitli. Boone; .James I.. Denno'ad. Mar- 

 slialltown: R. Trudemlina, Marentjo ; V. L. 

 Van .Meter, Montieello; G. A. Heyne. Du- 

 liiniue; Homer Ricliey. Albia ; Geo. S. Wood- 

 ruff . Independence: Mr. and ^Irs. -M. Ivui-tz- 

 wc-ll. Altoona; W. F. ,Ieffrey. and .lolin 

 Ri'ar.lon, Ames; Wm. Laisle, Keol;nl;. ami 

 Lillian lUirkrayd. 



Mn.s. J. T. D. F. 



ROCHESTER (N. Y.) FLOWER 

 SHOW. 



The annual Rochester Exposition 

 and Flower Show was formally oiiened 

 by H. H. Edgerton, mayor of Roclies- 

 ter, at 10 a. m. Labor Day. The biiild- 

 in.g and grounds were crowded with 

 people. The weather condition was 

 ideal. The flower section is attract- 

 ing large crowds and includes exhib- 

 its from most of the city florists and 

 growers as well as out of town .arow- 

 ers. George Cramer and liis helpers 

 are to be congrattilated up"" the real- 

 istic water fall at the east end o'' the 

 peristyle. It is surrounded liv arhor- 

 vitea trees and fallen loss. The pool 



MEETINGS NEXT WEEK. 

 Monday, Sept. 10 



Cleveland Florists' Club, HoHen- 

 den Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore, Florists' Exchange Hall, 

 Baltimore. Md. 



New York Florists' Club, Grand 

 Opera House, New York City. 



Rochester Florists' Association, 

 9.') Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. 



Cincinnati Florists' Society, Hotel 

 Gibson, Cincinnati, O. 



Tuesday, Sept. 11 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 Newport, R. I. 



Wednesday, Sept. 12 



Dutchess Countv Horticultural 

 Society, Fallkill Bldg., Poughkeep- 

 sie, N. Y. 



Lenox Horticultural Society, Lenox, 

 Mass. 



Morris County Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Society, Madison, N. J. 



Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 cietv, Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, 

 N. Y. 



Thursday, Sept. 13 



Essex County Florists' Club, 

 Kreuger-Auditorium, Newark, N. J. 



New Orleans Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Association of Commerce Bldg., 

 New Orleans, La. 



North Westchester County Horti- 

 cultural Society. Mt. Kisco. N. Y. 



Tacoma Florists' Association, Mac- 

 cabee Hall. Tacoma, Wash. 



Friday, Sept. 14 



North Shore Horticultural Society. 

 Maileliester. .Mass. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



Nov. 8-11, I>es Moines, la.— Society 

 of Iowa Florists. First Iowa Flower 

 Show. .T. S. Wilson. Mgr. 



Sept. 19-20, New Haven, B. I. — 

 New Haven Horticultural Society, 

 September Exhibition. 



September 8-9, Boston, Mass. — 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 Dahlia Show. 



September 10-15, Syracuse, N. Y. — 

 New York State Fair. 



proper is bordered by a rockery with 

 ferns and flowers. 



Two large boxes filled with asters of 

 all shades are at the entrance of the 

 auditorium. The floral hall is beauti- 

 fully decorated with wild smilax and 

 palms, the exhibits of flowers, consid- 

 ering the late and rainy season are 

 beautiful. The exhibitors include 

 the following: James Vick's Sons, a 

 mammoth display of hardy and peren- 

 nial stock, asters and a new yellow 

 aster which at present is unnamed.; 

 A. M. Newborn, display of everlast- 

 ings; r. W. Curtis, gladioli, including 

 some very fine new seedlings; H. E. 

 Wilson, iialms, ferns and bay trees; 

 Hans :\Ioller, Pittsford, N. Y., collec- 

 tion of Celosia cristata; H. Youell, 

 Syracuse. N. Y., a large collection of 

 .gladioli; The Park Board, a beautiful 

 display of palms, ferns, caladiums, be- 

 gonias, crotons, gloxinias and hanging 

 basket.s of achimines; N. A. Hallauer, 

 Ontario, N. Y., gladioli, dahlia and 

 asters; George T. Boucher, collection 

 of ferns attractively planted in stumps 

 and limbs of trees; vases of gladioli 

 add color to the exhibit. Jacob 

 Tlinman & Sons, a splendid exhibit 

 cliiofly gladioli and ferns. 



In the professional class, entries for 

 various designs, table decorations and 

 wedding bouquets are held daily, the 

 report of which will be found in next 

 week's issue. 



MANCHESTER'S NEW HORTICUL- 

 TURAL BUILDING. 

 The magnificent new home of the 

 North Shore Hortioultural Society at 

 Manchester, Mass., completed at a 

 cost of over $25,000, was duly dedi- 

 cated on Thursday afternoon, August 

 30. A representative audience was 

 present which included many of the 

 most prominent residents of the North 

 Shore summer colony. The stage was 

 handsomely decorated with palms. 

 The exercises opened with a violin 

 solo played by Mr. Timothee Adamow- 

 ski. 



President Frank P. Knight presided 

 and gave a short address extending 

 in behalf of the North Shore Horticul- 

 tural Society a cordial and hearty wel- 

 come to those present. 



Alfred E. Parsons, chairman of the 

 building committee, in presenting the 

 keys said they had tried to erect a 

 building that would be a benefit to 

 the entire community and hoped it 

 would continue to grow in every re- 

 spect. "1 have the honor to present 

 the keys." 



The president in accepting the keys 

 said he did so with a deep sense of 

 gratitude; grateful to the architects 

 for the beauty and symmetry of the 

 building — to the builders for the pa- 

 tient and thorough work that had 

 been done — to the nurserymen who 

 had set our the grounds with beauti- 

 ful shrubs typical of the future growth 

 of this society and Mr. Chairman and 

 members of the committee for their 

 faithful services. 



Lieutenant-Governor Calvin A. Cool- 

 idge was next introduced, basing his 

 theme on the war conditions of our na- 

 tion. 



State Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. 

 Wilfrid Wheeler, was the next speak- 

 er and made a strong plea for horti- 

 cnlturalists who have not received the 

 attention in this country that they de- 

 manded, he claimed. 



The exercisces closed with all sing- 

 ing the "Star Spangled Banner." 



The Lord & Burnham Co. presented 

 the society with two steam boilers for 

 heating the building and Julius Huer- 

 lin, of the Blue Hill Nurseries, donated 

 the shrubs for planting the grounds. 

 The planting is all evergreen including 

 some beautiful specimens, and a hedge 

 of hemlock on three sides of the build- 

 ing. The building committee is com- 

 posed of A. E. Parsons, chairman; 

 Wm. Till, secretary; Herbert Shaw, 

 Axel Magnuson and Frank Foster. H, 

 W. Purington, treasurer of the Man- 

 chester Trust Co., handled the finan- 

 cial end of the business. F. J. Merrill, 

 R. C. .Mien and G. S. Simrick also gave 

 valuable assistance to the committee. 



The Gladiolus Show at Worcester, 

 Mass., on Thursday, August 2, was a 

 very brilliant spectacle. Among the 

 chief exhibitors were Raymond W. 

 Swett. Saxonville; H. E. Meader, 

 Dover, N. H.; W. E. Woodward & Son, 

 Saxonville; Mrs. Percy G. Forbes, 

 Mrs. E. M. Wilson, Mrs. Fred A. Carr 

 and others. 



