January 15, 1916 



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local florists to the National Flower 

 Show at Philadelphia. They were also 

 instructed to communicate with flor- 

 ists in other places, such as Richmond. 

 Va., with a view to having them join 

 the Washingtoniaus in their special 

 car. 



It was announced that President 

 Cooke had been selected as vice-presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F. and O. H. for D. C, 

 while William F. Gude, the treasurer, 

 has been again selected as national 

 representative and chairman of the 

 legislative committee. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The above Society held its annual 

 and general meeting in the Village 

 Room, Southampton, N. Y., on .Tan. 6th, 

 when the following officers were elect- 

 ed for the following year: 



President — M. MacLaughlin: vice- 

 president — Mr. Malcolm: secretary — H. 

 Wells; press sec'y — S. R. Candler; 

 financial sec'y — W. Dickson; treasurer 

 — J. Johnson. 



It was decided to hold the annual 

 dinner on Jan. 27th in the Commercial 

 Hotel. Southampton, The regular meet- 

 ing will be held on Jan. 20th at 8 P. M. 

 in the Odd Fellows' Hall, Southampton. 



S. R. C.\NDLEH. 



PERENNIAL LUPINS. 



THE PARK INSTITUTE OF NEW 

 ENGLAND. 



The next meeting of the Park Insti- 

 tute of New England will be held at 

 New Haven, Conn., with Superintend- 

 ent of Parks F. X. Amhryn, Jan. 26th. 



Mr. Percival Gallagher, associated 

 with Olmsted Brothers, has consented 

 to speak on, "Lines and Curves of Park 

 Roads and Walks." After his talk will 

 be a chance for fiirther discussion of 

 this subject by the members. Visitors 

 are urged to get into New Haven by 

 noon or before, and meet in the Park 

 Ofllce in the City Hall, opposite the 

 Green. G. H. Hoijjster, 



Manager, Hartford, Conn. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Cincinnati Florists' Society's 

 meeting last Monday evening was well 

 attended. W. Ray Murphy gave the 

 final report of the Relief Committee 

 appointed after the storm last sum- 

 mer. The first step toward a lug flow- 

 er show next fall was taken when 

 Pres. Max Rudolph appointed prelim- 

 inary committee consisting of C. E. 

 Critchell, chairman, Jos. Hill, W. Ray 

 Murphy, J. A. Peterson and Henry 

 Shepperd to investigate and report at 

 the next meeting of the Society. After 

 the meeting refreshments were served. 



R. C. Kerr, of Houston, Texas, has 

 accepted a place on the program at the 

 meeting of the Tennessee State Florists' 

 Association to he held in Nashville, 

 Jan. 24. Subject will be "What the 

 coming of the S. A. F. to the South 

 means to the Southern Florists." It 

 is hoped that this will help to stir up 

 quite an interest in the South in the 

 S. A. F. between now and convention 

 time. Mr. Kerr, as vice-president of 

 the S. A. F., will make an effort to ar- 

 range meetings at some of the other 

 important Southern cities, about the 

 same time. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 a plantation of Lupinus polyphyllus in 

 the grounds of the Mt. Desert Nurser- 

 ies, Bar Harbor, Me. These lupins are 

 among the showiest and most robust 

 growers in the hardy perennial border 



and in the pure 'tints of ruse, white and 

 purple make splendid mass effects. 

 Within the past two seasons they have 

 made their appearance in the cut- 

 flower market in New York and have 

 attained popularity as cut flowers al- 

 ready. 



A PROMISING LATE CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUM. 

 At the regular meeting of the Buffalo 

 Florist Club held on Tuesday. January 

 4th, Charles Guenther, whose green- 

 houses are located at Hamburg, N. Y., 

 placed on exhibition a vase of very 

 fine chrysanthemums. These were a 

 pure white Maude Dean, not a parti- 

 cle of pink on any one of them. Mr. 

 Guenther stated that they bloom the 

 latest and have the best keeping qual- 

 ity of any variety yet grown and when 

 they can be had at this time of season, 

 especially when other stock is scarce, 

 there would be an excellent demand 

 and the price obtained would encour- 

 age the grower to produce them. The 

 vase of blooms was later placed in the 

 Kasting Company store and although 

 they have now been cut ten days they 

 look as good in every respect as if 

 they were cut from the plants at this 

 time. Mr. Guenther cut the most of 

 this lot between Christmas and New 

 Year, just the time when they could 

 be used to good advantage. 



E. C. B. 



VIEW IN SCHENLEY PARK, PITTS- 

 BURGH. 

 Schenley Park is one of Pittsburgh's 

 proudest possessions. Our cover illus- 

 tration shows one of its most pleasing 

 outlooks. The Robert Burns monu- 

 ment and the Phipps Hall of Botany 

 are the central features. But there is 

 a fine herbaceous border in the middle 

 background which is brilliantly effec- 

 tive in the summer time and a bit of 

 modest scroll work in bedding plants 

 may be indistinctly seen in the fore- 

 ground. 



THE PHILADELPHIA SPIRIT. 



Editor Horticulture; 



In your issue of Hortk ulture un- 

 der date of January 8th, under the 

 heading of "A giant turned loose" in 

 the editorial columns. I note you pay 

 a glowing tribute to Pliiladelphia's re- 

 sponsibilities and capabilities in hand- 

 ling the big show which we are to 

 have with us in a short time. Phila- 

 delphia too, (quoting from another ed- 

 itorial, same issue) does not boast of 

 what she can do, but give her a chance 

 and "she'll get there too, and then 

 some." 



There is no doubt about it that the 

 coming show will eclipse anything of 

 the kind that has ever been attempted. 

 We are getting support from every- 

 body, everywhere. The horticulturist, 

 floriculturist, and every branch of 

 business connected with our profes- 

 sion will be represented as never be- 

 fore. Keep up the good work in your 

 editorials and in your news columns 

 so that the measure of success for this 

 great show will l)e filled to overflow- 

 ing. 



Our stenographer tells me that you 

 failed to mention in your editorial, 

 that every bit of mail leaving our 

 office carries a poster stamp of the 

 coming great event. (So does all mail 

 leaving HoRncur.TURK's ofiBce. — Ed.) 

 Of course we appreciate that this 

 must have been an oversight on your 

 part and that it won't occur again. 



Wishing Horticulture as full a 

 measure of success as we contemplate 

 for the great National Flower Show of 

 1916, I beg to remain. 



Very truly yours, 



■VVm. J. MCTH. 



Lansdowne, Pa. 



