January 22, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



125 



USED BY FLORISTS OVER 30 YEARS 



PAN-PACIFIC PRESS ASSOCIATION, I/TD. 



San Francisco, Calif. 



October 18, 1916. 



Mr. Benjamin Hammond, Beacon, N. Y. 



Dear Sir: The Horticulture Jury, of which the writer was a member, awarded you 

 a Gold Medal for your Insecticides, and when you take into consideration the fact that 

 that Jury, outside of the writer, was composed of some of the famous experts of the 

 world, you will realize the importance of this award. Verification of this may be ob- 

 tained from Mr. George A. Dennison, Chief of Horticulture, Panama-Pacific International 

 Exposition. ^, ^ ^ ^ 



The writer has been requested to furnish a list of the articles which the Jury en- 

 dorsed by their action In awarding prizes because of merit. This request comes from 

 representatives of foreign countries and states. 



Respectfully yours. 



Signed : J. A. BUCHANAN, Gen. Mgr. 



Pan-Pacific Press Association. 



PANAMA- PACIFIC INTERNAl lONAL EXPOSITION 



San Francisco, Calif. 



Division of Exhibits OtBce of the Chief 



DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE 



November 3, 1915. 

 Mr. Benjamin Hammond, Beacon, N. Y. 



Dear Sir: Replying to your letter of October 28th, I wish to say that the Jury 

 awarded Slug Shot, Grape Dust and Copper Solution a Gold Medal. 



Yours very truly. 



Signed: G. A. DENNISON, 



Chief of Horticulture. 



Sold by the Supply Houses of America 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, BEACON, N. Y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Tennessee State Florists' Asso- 

 fiation will meet in Nashville, on Mon- 

 day. January 24. 



by authorities on the fruit-raising 

 business. 



The Pennsylvania Vegetable Grow- 

 ers' Association held its winter meet- 

 ing in Reading, Pa., on January IS, 19 

 and 20. 



The Annual Dinner of the Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' So- 

 ciety will be held at Piper's Hotel, 

 Morristown, N. J., on Thursday even- 

 ing, January 27. 



At the seventy-first annual meeting 

 of the Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety, held in the Public IJbrary, Prov- 

 idence, on Wednesday, Jan. 19, Dr. 

 Burt L. Hartwell,, Director of the Ex- 

 periment Station. Rhode Island State 

 College, lectured on the Chemistry of 

 the Garden, covering such topics as. 

 "How the plant feeds," "How to add 

 plant food to the soil," "The effect 

 upon plants of certain chemical ele- 

 ments," etc. 



Mrs. Chas. H. Maynard, retiring sec- 

 retary Ladies' S. A. F., wishes to ex- 

 tend thanks to HoRTifrr.TtRE's Editor 

 for favors during her nine and one-half 

 years' service, also all members who 

 have aided her personally in the work. 



E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold .Arbor- 

 etum, lectured on the flora of Japan 

 before the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 18. 

 The stereopticon pictures and Mr. Wil- 

 son's graphic descriptions were en- 

 joyed by a large and appreciative audi- 

 ence. 



The Missouri State Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its annual meeting at the 

 Planters Hotel, St. Louis, on Jan. 12, 

 1.3 and 14, with a good attendance. 

 Thursday, the 13th. was Florists' Day. 

 and the local florists came in goodly 

 numbers to listen to interesting papers 

 by Jules Bourdet. W. W. Ohlweiler. 

 A. Jaenicke, H. C. Irish and Frank 

 Weber, all members of the Florist 

 Club. At the election of officers H. C. 

 Irish was chosen president. 



The Massachusetts Fruit Gr'iwiMs' 

 Association Is opening its con\ 'ntion 

 in Boston as we go to press. Fruit 

 growers from all parts of Nev. Eng- 

 land will gather at Horticultur.il Hall 

 this afternoon tor the opening s .-^sion. 

 They will witness an exhibition said 

 to be the largest of its kind ev-r at- 

 tempted, and will listen to add tosses 



On the 13th inst, Alfred Flowers 

 read an interesting paper before the 

 New lyondon Horticultural Society on 

 the Principles of Transplanting, which 

 was followed by a big discussion on 

 the best way to move large trees. 

 Treasurer S. L. Ewald gave a report 

 on the expenses and receipts for the 

 past year which showed a good bal- 

 ance. The secretary announced that 

 Chas. H. Totty, of Madison, X. J., 

 would speak on hardy chrysanthe- 

 mums at the next meeting, Feb. 10. 



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For San Jose and various scale on trees 

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