November 3, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



475 



PARK- SUPERINTENDENTS' CON- 

 VENTION. 



The nineteenth annual convention 

 of the American Association of Park 

 Superintendents, which was held at 

 St. Louis, Mo., and East St. Louis, 111., 

 on September 11-12-13, was attended 

 by about 125 park executives repre- 

 senting fifty American cities. 



Business sessions were held on the 

 forenoon of each of the three days, 

 with an exceptionally good program 

 of papers and addresses, which were 

 followed by discussions. The after- 

 noons were given over to auto tours 

 of inspection of the wonderful array 

 of recreation features which abound 

 in the Mound City and the evenings 

 were given over to social features, no- 

 tably the Annual Shaw Banquet given 

 by the Missouri Botanical Gardens 

 and a spectacular performance of the 

 pantomime of "Rip Van Winkle" ren- 

 dered in the new open air theatre in 

 Forest Park and participated in by 

 over 800 children of the St. Louis 

 playgrounds. 



Memorials were passed commend- 

 ing the Department of the Interior 

 and the National Geographic Society 

 for their efforts which resulted in the 

 preservation of the giant trees of 

 California, now a part of Sequoia Na- 

 tional Park, also urging the securing 

 of the famous Redwood forests oj 

 California. The state of Illinois was 

 urged to take steps to secure, the 

 preservation of the Cahokia Group of 

 Indian Mounds, which were visited by 

 the convention attendants and which 

 are now in private ownership. 



Constitutional amendments passed 

 provided, for a re-organization of the 

 offices of the Association, a continu- 

 ing Board of Directors being substi- 

 tuted for a set of six vice-presidents 

 whose terms expired each year. The 

 publication by the Association of its 

 own official organ, in the form of a 

 quarterly standard magazine, was au- 

 thorized, the secretary to be the man- 

 aging editor, with the other officers 

 associate editors. 



Hartford, Conn., was selected as the 

 place for holding the 1918 convention, 

 the date to be during the latter part 

 of September. 



Officers were elected as follows: 



President, J. P. Foster, Chicago, 111.; 

 vice-president, John Berry, Denver, 

 Col.; secretary-treasurer, Roland W. 

 Cotterill, Seattle, Wash. Board of 

 Directors— Geo. H. Hollister. Hartford, 

 Conn.; L. P. .Jensen, St. Louis, Mo.; 

 Geo. W. Hess, Washington, D. C; 

 E. P. Griffin. East St. Louis. 111.; Lionel 

 Evans, Youngstown. Ohio; C. A. Bos- 

 sen, Minneapolis, Minn. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The time of the Fall lOxhibition, No- 

 vember 8 to 11th, is nearly here. If 

 you have not already sent for sched- 

 ules, send at once, so that you may 

 get your entries recorded in time to 

 enable the manager of the show to 

 properly arrange the exhibits. Much 

 of the artistic and orderly arrange- 

 ment depends upon early entries. 

 Schedules may be had by addressing 

 the secretary, George V. Xash, New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, 

 N. Y. City. 



George V. Nash, Secy. 



TEXAS STATE FLORISTS. 



Our annual Convention will be held 

 in Waco, Texas, November 5th and 

 6th. This is a most important meet- 

 ing. Every florist in Texas should 

 attend. As has been indicated by pre- 

 vious florists' conventions, including 

 the National Convention in New York, 

 and the Florists' Telegraph Delivery 

 in Detroit, there is a great deal of good 

 to be derived at this meeting, particu- 

 larly so at this time. Many matters 

 will be brought up for discussion of 

 vital interest to the florists of Texas. 

 By all means lay your plans to at- 

 tend this meeting. Remember there 

 is great need for full co-operation 

 among florists during these times of 

 war. We will have a most interest- 

 ing program as indicated by announce- 

 ments in another space in this paper. 

 Show your willingness to co-operate 

 by being in attendance in Waco. If 

 you have special stock that you wish 

 to exhibit, or stock that you have for 

 sale, bring your samples along. 

 R. C. Kerr, 

 Chairman of Welfare Committee. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The New London (Conn.) Horticul- 

 tural Society has practically given up 

 the idea of holding a flower show this 

 fall. At its last meeting it was voted 

 to have a shower for the aid of the 

 Red Cross, but a hall adapted to the 

 purpose is not available. 



The eighty-sixth annual exhibition 

 of The American Institute of the city 

 of New York will be held in the En- 

 gineering Building, 25 to 33 West 

 Thirty-ninth street, on November 7-9. 

 It will include a grand Chrysanthe- 

 mum Show and exhibition of orchids, 

 roses, carnations, ferns, palms, fruits 

 and vegetables. 



The Fall Show of the Tarrytown 

 Horticultural Society will be held on 

 November 7-9 at Music Hall, Tarry- 

 town, N. Y. This is one of the out- 

 standing exhibitions of the year as to 

 quality and high character generally. 

 All entries for competition must be in 

 the hands of Secretary E. W. Neu- 

 brand on or before November 5. 

 Copies of the prize schedule may be 

 had on request to him at F. R. Pierson 

 Co., Tarrytown. N. Y. 



The Fourth Annual Meeting of The 

 Potato Association of America will be 

 held in the new National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C, on November 9 and 

 10, 1917. The officers of this organiza- 

 tion are: Lou D. Sweet, president, 

 Denver, Col.; J. G. Milward, vice-presi- 

 dent, Madison, Wis.; W. Stuart, sec- 

 retary-treasurer, U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Washington, D. C. The list of topics 

 for discussion and the speakers is a 

 strong one. Among the latter are in- 

 cluded Hon. Herbert C. Hoover, U. S. 

 Food Administrator, and Howard Elli- 

 ott of the Car Service Commission. 



A very happy reunion was enjoyed 

 by members of the State Florists' As- 

 sociation of Indiana on October 16 at 

 Evansvillc, where the out-of-town 

 members were guests of the Evans- 

 ville Florists' Club. Among the speak- 

 ers at the meeting was the veteran. 



J. i). Carmody, now in his 90th year 

 but still vigorous and bubbling over 

 with droll humor. Considerable busi- 

 ness of general interest was transact- 

 ed and the members found time for 

 feasting and auto trips besides. Rob- 

 en Catron, foreman for Joseph Hill, 

 displayed some handsome blooms of 

 the sensational new rose Columbia. 

 There were also shown carnations 

 from Morgan Floral Co., of Henderson, 

 Ky., and Fred Heinl of Terre Haute. 

 About forty gentlemen were present. 

 Karl Zeidler played the part of ca- 

 terer in most approved style. 



The annual exhibition of the Tuxedo 

 Horticultural Society was held in the 

 Tuxedo Club's house. It was for the 

 benefit of the local Red Cross Society 

 and was under the patronage of 

 women in the Park. There were more 

 than one hundred and twenty-five 

 classes in the show and in each class 

 there was keen competition. The spe- 

 cial prize presented by the National 

 .Association of Gardeners for the best 

 three vases of chrysanthemums not 

 disbudded, twelve stems to a vase, 

 was won by Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell's 

 gardener, Thomas Wilson. The spe- 

 cial prize offered by A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc., for best twelve chrysanthemum 

 Chalette Martinette, was won by Mr. 

 J. Insley Blair's gardener, David S. 

 Miller. Judges of the exhibits were 

 John Everett, John F. Johnston, Rob- 

 ert Scott, Harry Allen, William Mar- 

 shall and William Scott. Officers of 

 the show are Patrick Cassidy, presi- 

 dent; Duncan McGregor, vice presi- 

 dent; Thomas Wilson, secretary; Al- 

 fred Townsend, treasurer, and Freder- 

 ick Bently, manager. 



CHICAGO TO GALESBURG. 



The transportation committee of 

 the Chicago Florists' Club has chosen 

 the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 

 Railroad for the trip from Chicago to 

 Galesburg on the occasion of the an- 

 nual fall meeting and flower show of 

 the Illinois State Florists' Association 

 in the latter city November 6-7, train 

 leaving Union Station, Canal and 

 Adams streets, Tuesday, November 6, 

 at 10.05 a. m., due Galesburg 1.55 

 p. m. The fare is $3.91 each way. No 

 party rate. A later train leaves 11.00 

 a. m., due Galesburg 4.55 p. m. 



Michael Barker, Chairman, 



Chicago Florists' Club Trans. Com. 



PERSONAL. 



Frank Nash, previously foreman in 

 the conservatories of A. N. Cooley at 

 Pittsfield, Mass., succeeds Mr. Ed- 

 wards as superintendent, who recently 

 resigned to accept a position else- 

 where. 



A pretty wedding took place on 

 October 20 last at Rochester, N. Y., 

 when Mr. William Hooper and Miss 

 Marie MacGuidwin of 28 Russell street, 

 had the knot' tied. Mr. Hooper is 

 the popular garden superintendent to 

 Mr. "^Varham Whitney, 22 So. Goodman 

 street. He has a wide circle of horti- 

 cultural friends on both sides of the 

 Atlantic, and Mr. and Mrs. Hooper 

 st;irt their married life with the good 

 wishes of all. 



