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H o irr I O U L T U K E 



Tarrytown Horticulturjl Society. 

 The sfVfiil.'.'iitli annual (Jlnner of 

 the Tarrytown. N. Y.. Horllc.ltural So- 

 clety was held in the P'lorence Inn. 

 Tuesday evening, January U, and it 

 was in every way eqnal to tlie former 

 delightful itfrairs of this well known 

 and prosperous organizatioii. The din- 

 ing room was beautifully deoorated 

 and tables looked verv inviting Pro- 

 prietor Parke served an excellent din- 

 ner and above all he gave excellent 

 service. Tlie members of the society 

 and the guests were wel< onied by 

 1 resident Featherstone. who caused 

 much laughter when he said that his 

 position was not an enviable one as he 

 had three clergymen on his right and 

 an undertaker on his left, while he 

 himself represented the cemetery. All 

 that was needed to complete the scene 

 was a doctor. President Featherston" 

 welcomed the members and then intro- 

 duced Charles Vanderbilt. the toast- 

 master. 



President Frank R. Pierson was first 

 called upon and he supplemented the 

 welcome of President Featherstone 

 and then spoke of the society. He 

 said that it was a credit to the commu- 

 nity, that he had seen many flower 

 shows last year, but none better than 

 right here at home. For quality, finish 

 and general arrangement there was 

 nothing to compare with it. 



The Rev. J. J. Henry followed and 

 Mr. Vanderbilt announced his subject 

 as "Manhood." Pastor Henry said that 

 he knew^ of no body of men who should 

 be more in love with God than Horti- 

 culturists. He said that there could be 

 no agnostics among them, for they 

 delve into the earth and they bring 

 forth beautiful flowers and they know- 

 that God's law must be back of it all. 

 Dr. Carroll Dunham of Irvington, 

 was the next speaker. His purity of 

 English, his choice of words in express- 

 ing horticviltural terms and the treat- 

 ment of his subject, were a delight to 

 his audience. He said that the test of 

 the success of a plant was not in Its 

 rarity, shyness or refusal to be happy, 

 but rather in what it does. Dr. Dun- 

 ham then told of his experiments with 

 plants from the western coast, and also 

 from Japan and Asia. He said that he 

 had greater success with plants from 

 eastern Asia. 



Other speakers were W. R. Bull of 

 Port Chester, Judge Young, Supervisor 

 Willard, Comptroller Patteson and 

 Rev. Lucas Boeve. Corporation Coun- 

 sel Davison, also had a few words to 

 say. 



"Auld Lang Syne" was sung at 11.30 

 and all voted it one of the most en- 

 joyable affairs the societv has ever 

 held. 



New York and New Jersey Association 

 of Plant Growers. 

 The eighth annual banquet of the 

 New York and New Jersey Associa- 

 tion of Plant Growers will be held in 

 the Hotel McAlpln on February 23rd, 

 1916, at 7 P. M. Tickets are |5.00 per 



pcrsdii MUM luiludc an abundnmc to 

 cat, drink and smoke. Good music 

 will be provided and the tables will ho 

 so arranged that those desiring to do 

 so can dance during the dinner and 

 thereafter to their hearts' content. 

 Ihosc desiring tickets should apply at 

 once to the secretary, William M. Sic 

 brecht, Jr., Queens Plaza Court, Long 

 Island City, N. Y. 



The annual meeting of the Associa- 

 tion was hold on Januan- 4th, at 

 which time new ofllrers were elected, 

 as follows. President. John H. Fles- 

 ser; vice-president, Alfred L. Zeller; 

 treasurer, Hernuin C. Steinhoff; sec- 

 retary, William H. Siebrecht, Jr. 



The next meeting of the Association 

 will be held at the Hotel McAlpin on 

 Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 1st, 1916. 

 W. H. SrEBREciiT, Jr., 

 Secretary. 



Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club. 

 The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Flosists' Society will hold its twentieth 

 annual dinner in Piper's Hotel, Morris- 

 town, N. J., on the 27th of this month, 

 (Thursday) 6.30 P.M. All preparations 

 are being made for an enjoyable time. 

 Wm. H. Duckhani, Arthur Herrington, 

 and Chas. H. Totty are the committee 

 which insures that nothing will be 

 lacking in its make up. 



Ed. Reaoan, Sec'y. 



Boston Florists' Bowling League, 



Jan. 6, 1916. 



'Jiilvin 1275 Carbone l:;.'!! 



Flower Ex 1272 Panslcs i:;]!i 



Flower Atar IXiR M. & M 1200 



Koblnson 1271 Zinn 1207 



STANDING. 



W. L. w. I.. 



<jalvln 37 7 Pansles 19 2.^ 



Flower Mar. .33 11 Flower Ex.... 10 28 



Carbone 27 17 Robinson 1(J 2b 



Zlnn IS 2C M. & M 10 34 



nigh .Single String— V. Hartford, 10!i. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 E. E. Stewart, Brooklyn, Mich. 

 Wholesale Price List of Gladioli. 



Nungesser-Dickinson Seed Co., Ho- 

 boken, N. J. — Wholesale Prlce-Llst of 

 Grass and Clover Seeds. 



F. H. DeWitt & Company, Wooster, 

 O. — Catalogue and price list of Pelar- 

 goniums. Printed on fine paper and 

 illustrates some splendid novelties. 



Stark Bros., Louisiana, Mo., Fruit 

 Catalogue, announcing the 100th year 

 of this firm's existence. Apples and 

 other fruits in natural colors are well 

 illustrated. 



S. M. Isbell & Co.. Jackson, Mich.— 

 Seed Annual for 1916. Devoted largely 

 to vegetable garden and field seeds 

 of which a full variety are listed with 

 profuse illustrations. Covers in bril- 

 liant dress. 



Good & Reese Company, Springfield. 

 Ohio — Spring Trade List— 1916. For 

 Florists, Nurserymen and Dealers 

 Only. The rose lists in this catalogue 

 are very extensive. Gladioli and other 

 specialties are also covered. 



January 15, 1916 



id and grown at this well known i>lace, 

 including a list of the "cream" of the 

 world's very best varieties. 



Conard & Jones Co.. West Grove, 

 I'a.- 1!M6 Floral Guide. .\ publication 

 tlial will be the basis for many garden- 

 ing day dreams between now and rose- 

 I)lanting time. Cannas, too, aro pre- 

 sented in tempting array. Covers In 

 colors, well-designed and verv effec- 

 live. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., I'hlladelphia, 

 Pa.— 19IC Wholesale Catalog of "Seeds 

 That Grow." for Seedsmen and Deal- 

 ers only who buy to sell again. This 

 is a standard publication well appre- 

 ciated by the retail seed stores who 

 handle the Burpee seeds in sealed 

 packets. Known for years as the "red 

 list." 



L. Merton Gage. Sunnyslde Gladio- 

 lus Gardens, Natick. Mass. — Price List 

 for 1916. The genial ex-secretary of 

 the .American Gladiolus Society 

 ■knows" gladioli and his catalogue Is 

 just what we should expect— a discrim- 

 inating selection of the finest varieties 

 extant in the different classes, to the 

 exclusion of the vast mass of mediocre 

 or superseded sorts. 



J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore. Md.— 

 1916 General Catalogue. This must be 

 pretty close to this firm's lOOtb cata- 

 logue as the house was founded in 1818. 

 The title page is devoted to an illus- 

 tration of a field of the John Baer to- 

 mato in colors. "Long Lost" lettuce 

 has the back cover, in a gorgeous ori- 

 ental setting. The book is finely illus- 

 trated and well printed. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, 

 Mass.— Garden Annual for 1916. This 

 is one of several leading houses that 

 have broken away this year from the 

 customary cover tin colors, and substi- 

 tuted a chaste and dignified exterior of 

 pure white. Inscriptions and illustra- 

 tions are in dark green, the first cover 

 page showing a field of Lilium myrlo- 

 phyllum at the Dedham Nurseries and 

 the back cover displaying some grace- 

 ful new irises. There are no colored 

 Inserts but the pages are profusely Il- 

 lustrated with excellent half-tone cuts, 

 including a number of Interesting nov- 

 elties and specialties. Several pages 

 are devoted to the new plants collected 

 in China by E. H. Wilson, which are 

 now offered for the first time. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Worcester, Mass- — Hahor Ball, flor- 

 ist, of 167 Russell street, and Miss Mar- 

 tha C. Anderson were married on Sat- 

 urday night, January 8. 



Portland, Me. Mrs. Sadie Knight 

 Palmer lias accepted a i>osition as 

 bookkeeper in the store of E. J. Har- 

 mon & Co.. florists of of Portland. 



Arthur Cowee, Meadowvale Farms, 

 Berlin, N. Y.— "The Glory of the Gar- 

 den." A descriptive Illustrated Trea- 

 tise on the Modern Gladiolus as select- 



HORTICULTURE Publishing Com- 

 pany: 



When renewing a few days ago I 

 forgot to ask for a copy of Index to 

 last volume. Please put me on your 

 permanent list for index to each vol- 

 ume, as issued. I have every copy of 

 HORTICULTURE from the first issue, 

 and would as soon think of destroying 

 a very valuable horticultural book as 

 to destroy a volume of HORTICUL- 

 TURE. 



