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Juuuary 22, I'.ilO 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



' lorilriiltural So- 



v.- |iti'|)aratloii8 



\i May. Ill 



' lii'dule tlio 



|Mi/rs are lui- 



Tht< y 

 doty W 

 for 11 Kri .1! 

 addition to 



rolloWiflK IIIIIMrMM 



noiinrod: 



Plants. 



Auiiiryllls— i'l |im|s, iu)| Iins ihiiu 1'.; vu- 

 rli-llfn. rrtioR rontrlliiiii'il hv Mrs. .loliu 

 K. Tlinycr unU "A Kriend." IrI. WO; I'nd, 



♦ai. 



AzalpiiB — liidii'A. To I'liviT nnt more than 

 •-■00 m|. ft. I'rlics lonirllmli'il l>y Oliver 

 AniOH iirid John S. .\nn-s Isl. SlOd; 2nd. ISO. 



Ori'hids-Crniiii arnrni;<'il f'lr cfTcct, cov- 

 orlni; LIIO sii. ft., iinv fnllii|:c iiiiiv be used. 

 Prlns conlrlliiitod by !■:. II. Diinc. A. W. 

 rrt'slon iin<l If. K. Conwrsiv 1st, Cold 

 nicdiil iiixl Jf-.'bO; 2nd, Silver inidiil nnd $100. 



KhodnOindrons— Crotiii. nnl ixeeoiling :tOO 

 sq. ft., nny viirlely lulnilsslble. rrl7.es oon- 

 trlbulpil by iJenrne IC. HaniMnl nnd R. .M. 

 Snltonslull. Isl. $100; 2iid. $."." 



•Jroiip. II. >| exreedins :i00 sc|. ft., varieties 

 which have Kronn In .Massachuiielts with- 

 out protecilon for at leiisl live years. Prizes 

 contributed by .Mrs. riias. c;. Weld and R. 

 M. Sall.'nstnll. 1st, $100; 2iid. $.T0. 



Roses — liroup to cover not more than 200 

 s<|. ft., all elnsses admissible. Prizes con- 

 tributed by Edwin S. Webster. 1st, $100; 

 2nd, .V>0. 



Artistic Display of KlowerinK Plants— To 

 cover noi less than 200 s<i. ft., any foliage 

 may be used In .nrrans.'emenl. Prizes eon- 

 trlhuteU by .Mr. and Mrs. Havard Thayer 

 and T. n. Itemls. 1st, Cup and .<;100; 2ud, 

 Sliver medal and SijO. 



Display of Herbaceous and .\Iplne Plants 

 — Arranged to produce either natural or 

 rock Karden etTetts covering iwt more than 

 200 Ff|. ft. Prizes contributed bv Thas. A. 

 !5tone. Ally. 1st, $100: 2nd. .V'O. ' 



FrxiWKKS. 



t-arnatlons — Display, coverlnt not more 

 than 100 sn. ft., any material may be used 

 In arrauKement. Prizes contributed bv Ar- 

 thur l\ Estabrook and S. Buttrlck.' 1st. 

 $100; 2nd, fr,0. 



Roses— Display, covering not more than 

 100 .sq. ft. Prizes contributed by Gen. S. 

 M. Weld and S. Buttrlck. 1st, $100; 2nd, 



Display of Cut Sprays of Hardv Trees, 

 Shrubs, or Vines— Kollace of hardy ever- 

 (treens may be used In arransrenicnt. Prizes 

 contributed by Walter Hunnewell and Mr. 

 and Mrs. Bayard Thayer. 1st, $100; 2nd. 

 $50. 



Note. To be kept in pood condition 

 throUKhout the exhibition and to be Jud(.'cd 

 each day. Prizes to be awarded Saturday. 



Note to Exhibitors. .\nv competitor win- 

 ning a $100 prize may eler-t to bo awaiHlcil 

 a gold medal or Cup Instead of cash, and 

 any competitor wlnnlns: a prize of less than 

 $100 may elect to be awarded a Cup Instead 

 <»f cash. 



The Gladiolus Show in August will 

 be held in conneftion with the annual 

 exhibition of the Ameiiean Gladiolus 

 Society. It will surpass any e.\hihition 

 previously attempted. The list of 

 prizes is now being prepared and will 

 be on a very liberal scale. 



Wm. p. Rh ir. Secy. 



Horticultural Hall, Boston. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



The monthly meeting of the Lenox 

 (Mass.) Horticultural Society was held 

 on January 12th. A committee was 

 appointed to arrange for the annual 

 ball in connection, to be held in the 

 Town Hall at the end of this month. 

 The schedule committee were asked to 

 make arrangements for a competitive 

 floral display to be held in connection 

 with the visit of the members of the 

 Garden Club of America on June 27th 

 and 28th 



It was unanimously agreed to accept 

 the offer of the National Association 

 of Gardeners to supply copies of the 

 lectures which were read at the recent 

 Boston Convention, also other subjects 

 of interest to be read and discussed 



at till iiiitiin:.^ (if the Si>clety. The 

 tliHt of ihcHi- iiitcreHting lectures, en- 

 titled "Ih liardeiiiiig a Profession." 

 wii.< ri'iid lit thl8 niiH-tlng and a good 

 dlKciiHsluii followed. The next meet- 

 ing will be on Kebruary 10th. 



J. H. Fh.vmito.n, Ass't. Sc><-'y. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Next week, Jan. 2fi-27th, we shall 

 hold our twenty-llfth annual conven- 

 tion in St. Louis. .Mo. ICverythIng 

 polnt.s 111 a very successful convention 

 and exhibition. If you have not 

 planned to attend, you will undoubt- 

 edly miss a pleasant and prolltable 

 meeting. Delegates are coming from 

 as far as New Kngland and several 

 thousands of blooms are entered from 

 that section. 



There will be a discussion on fer- 

 tilizers for carnations that it would pay 

 you to travel many miles to hear. .-Xnd 

 llial Is not ail there will lie eithci. 

 Banqrel on Thursday evening. The 

 exhibition and business sessions will 

 be held at the Planters Hotel. Make 

 your hotel reservations early. 



The secretary will leave home on 

 .Monday night. All mail that will not 

 reach here by .Monday should be ad- 

 dressed to care of Planters Hotel. St. 

 Louis. Mo. A. F. J. B.\i ic. Sec. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM EMMA. 



Our illustration i)ortrays one of the 

 pretty floral debutantes of the season. 

 As the picture shows, It is a pro- 

 nounced anemone flowered type. The 



CHI£YS.VMUE.Mt..M EmM.V 



color of the flowers is very light pink, 

 and all the other good qualities seem 

 to be possessed by the variety, which 

 was raised by FVank Dinda of Farm- 

 ingdale. N. Y.. and is being distributed 

 by Guttman it Raynor, New York. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Lincoln, Neb. — Griswold Seed Com- 

 liany were declared banl-rupt Jan. 4. 



Dansville, N. Y. — Denton, Williams 

 & Denton, nurserymen, assets $5,026.50, 

 liabilities |.".,.j46.49. 



During Recess 



Boston Florists' Bowling League. 



1 lower Kx 12!I7 M. & M 121T 



Koblnsou 12<l.'i (Jalvlu 12il.. 



Carbonc li-'il PnuMle* lITli 



Zlnn 1280 Flower Market. 1232 



STANDING AS TO POINTS, 



W. \.. 



Oalvln .T8 10 



Flower .Mkt.. 33 15 



t'arlione 31 17 



/.inn 22 28 



W. I. 



Flower Ex... in 2!> 



Pausleg I'J 2".' 



RobiuHon .... lU 2".' 



M. & M 11 .<T 



The loss of Mr. Barr to the Flower 

 .Market team will surely be felt and 

 his friends hope that he may be able 

 to Join his team again before the sea- 

 son ends. 



A STATELY GREENHOUSE. 



(Jur cover subject this week Is an 

 exterior view of the greenhouses at the 

 St. Louis Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, 

 .Mo. The beautiful curvilinear house 

 in front is of one open compartment, 

 and is used for general show house. 

 It is laid out in two levels. The upper 

 level, on which the entrance opens, has 

 a sunken centre feature, filled with 

 bananas and other tall growing sub- 

 jects. Looking down from this level, 

 over a charmingly artistic balustrade, 

 you see a wall fountain, surrounded 

 by decorative plant features. The bal- 

 ance of the lower level is laid out in 

 winding walks and side floral effects 

 of an unusually choice nature. The 

 flowers and layout are changed to ac- 

 cord with the seasons' display subjects. 



Back of the big show house is a se- 

 ries of experimental growing houses. 

 The houses were erected by the lyird 

 .V Burnham Company, 



ONE WEEK'S IMPORTS. 



Imports at the Port of New York, 

 nf horticultural material, for the week 

 I nding Jan. 15, were recorded as fol- 

 lows: — 



Plants and trees — France, $G,481; 

 Hrazil, $10; Japan, $282; Denmark, $25; 

 Netherlands, $3,C32; England, $319; 

 Ireland, $794. 



Bulb.s, etc. — Belgium, $827; Denmark, 

 «11.621; France, $19; Germany, $1,080; 

 Netherlands, $3,138; England, $21; 

 .Japan, $434. 



Red clover seed — France, $134,076; 

 Italy, $132,240. 



Other clover seed — France, $9,644. 



Other grass seed — Denmark, $824; 

 France. $11,557; Netherlands, $98; 

 .Spain. $9,978; Ireland, $913. 



All other seeds— Denmark, $23,152; 

 Fiance, $8,887; Italv, $257; Nether- 

 lands; $1,992; England, $18,343; Scot- 

 land, $5,320; China, $34; British India, 

 ?1,.588; Japan, $7, 



Guano — Newfoundland, $951. 



Salts of potash — Germany, $3,361. 



Salts of soda— France, $1,800; Neth- 

 erlands, $4,424; England, $144. 



Dear Sir; 



Enclosed find One Dollar, my sub- 

 scription for year of 1916. I consider 

 the HORTICULTURE of Boston the 

 biggest bargain of all the horticultural 

 press and I eagerly look for my weekly 

 copy. More power to you. and may 

 your subscribers be greatly increased. 

 Yours very truly, 



Oakdale, N. Y. C. W. K. 



