October 13, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



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build a range of greenhouses for in- 

 vestigational purposes, at Cornell 

 University, be included in the annual 

 appropriations asked for 1917-18, and 

 the following committee was ap- 

 pointed to appear before the Trustees 

 of Cornell University, to urge that a 

 bill to this effect be included in the 

 annual budget of the College; F. K. 

 Pierson. Tarrytown; Charles Vick, 

 Rochester; W. H. Workman, Oswego; 

 John Young, New York; Henry El- 

 bers, Buffalo; F. A. Danker, Albany; 

 Hon. J. R. Clancy, Syracuse. This 

 committee is to have charge of the 

 bill before the Finance Committee 

 and follow its passage through the 

 Legislature. Dr. E. M. Mills was ap- 

 pointed chairman of a committee of 

 five for the organization of flower so- 

 cieties in different sections of the 

 State. 



The election of officers next took 

 place. President Pierson, Secretary 

 White and Treasurer Adams were 

 unanimously re-elected. The following 

 were appointed vice-presidents: Dr. 

 Bates, Syracuse; Hugh McCarthy, Sy- 

 racuse; C. H. Vick, Rochester; Anton 

 Schultheis, College Point, and F. A. 

 Danker. Albany. It was suggested 

 tliat the next meeting be with the 

 affiliated Society at Buffalo, during 

 November. 



SEWICKLEY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The second annual tall exhibition of 

 the Sewickley, Pa., Horticultural 

 Society was staged in the public school 

 pavilion on Friday and Saturday, 

 Sept. 28 and 29, and although no pre- 

 tence was made by the exhibitors to 

 stage exhibition quality, owing to 

 labor conditions, there was a high 

 standard of culture, especially in the 

 vegetable classes. The only award, 

 apart from ribbons, was the National 

 Association of Gardeners' "Achieve- 

 ment Medal," to be awarded to the 

 exhibitor gaining the greatest number 

 of points. President Barnet, gardener 

 to Mrs. J. D. Lyon, was winner and he 

 well deTirved the honor, not only for 

 the quality of his exhibits, but for the 

 untiring efforts he made to make the 

 exhibition a success. M. Curran, 



Genebal View of the Floral Sectiox at the Syracuse Fair 



gardener for Mrs. E. M. Horn was a 

 close second to Mr. Barnet, too close 

 to be comfortable, the difference in 

 points being 68 and 76, The Sewick- 

 ley Canning School occupied a central 

 position with a large display of pre- 

 served and dried vegetables and 

 fruits. A. Leach, gardener for H. J. 

 Heinz, staged a pretty and effective 

 group of orchids. OtKer successful ex- 

 hibitors included A; E. 3onsey, Wm. 

 Thomson, A. Etheringtori, R. Boxell, T. 

 Sturgis and J. Carman. All proceeds 

 are to go to the local auxiliary of the 

 Red Cross. John Gasman, Secy. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 of Philadelphia on Tuesday evening. 

 October 2, officers were elected as fol- 

 lows: President. A. Farenwald; vice- 

 president, David E. Colflesh; treas- 

 urer, George Craig; sfecretary. Fred. 

 Oowperthwaite. Fred. Cowperthwaite, 

 Henry F. Michell. A. A. Niessen. John 

 P. Habermehl. J. Otto Thilow, C. 

 Grakelow and A. Farenwald were con- 

 stituted a special committee to secure 

 subscriptions in Pennsylvania tor the 

 national publicity fund. 



A pink seedling rose, Maryland ■ 

 Jos. Hill, exhibited by Edw. Towill 

 was highly commended. 



old hose, a wonderful variety from 

 every point of view. Amy Berloit 

 edged with Dusty Miller, both allowed 

 to grow without any artificial train- 

 ing, made a bed that appealed to any 

 one with artistic feelings. As this 

 bed started to bloom early and has 

 been a continuous mass of flowers. 



Amy Berloit edged with Dusty Mil- 

 ler, both allowed to grow without any 

 ■artificial training, made a bed that 

 appealed to any one with artistic feel- 

 ings and creates a new use for some 

 varieties, as this bed started to bloom 

 early and has been a continuous mass 

 of flowers up to the day Mr. Frost 

 puts a stop to it. 



In the greenhouses were geraniums, 

 top notch stock, by the million. Coleus 

 were also in abundance, not a house 

 of them but several houses. Fusehia, 

 lantana, double petunia, salvia — in fact 

 everything needed for bedding or box 

 trade were seen in unlimited quantity. 



Our little party of thirty was but a 

 fraction of the 4,000 or over that were 

 at this show, but none of them enjoyed 

 it any better than "we all." 



Alukrt M. Herb. 



President 



A. Fare.nwaij). 

 Florists' null iif 



Miiladelphin 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 

 Thursday, Oct. 4th, greeted us witli 

 rain and overcast skyes, but did not 

 deter us from our projected trip to the 

 Vincent dahlia show. The trip down 

 was made in autos and without inci- 

 dent. We were met by the Messrs. 

 Vincent and at once made our round 

 of the show and it was an eye ope ler 

 to most of us. Everything was done 

 with an eye to effect vmd the effect was 

 tliat one forgot there were any other 

 flowers in the world but dahlias. The 

 lianels, the pictures, the staging of the 

 (•\it blooms, all were so perfect that it 

 seenied to be impossible to be the 

 work of one man. The acre of dis- 

 budded dahlias will long be remem- 

 bered by those of us who saw it. The 

 one that came out most prominent in 

 both the shows and here was "King of 

 Autumn," a burnt umber tinged with 



FKI;1> CoWl'KUTUWAtTE, 

 . S.'Cietiiry Florists' Clul) (if Pliilnrtelphia 



