142 



HORTICULTURE 



January 29, 1!U6 



exhibits 1)6 Hnillca to 5 x T Inches In 

 sisc onil tlmt only one cnril be allowcil 

 to eai'li exhibit, except l>y special per- 

 mission. 



Besides the arrangements for tabic 

 disiilays. pcrniisslun was granted for 

 the display o( other made-up worl>. 

 Tlie enterprise of the St. Louis re 

 tnilcrs along this line is to he com- 

 mended. 



One hundred and eighty four of our 

 members ure also members of the 

 S. A. h". and O. H. We therefore con- 

 tinue to he represented on their Ex- 

 ecutive Board. 



The Board of Directors held the 

 usual post-convention meeting at 

 BufTalo lust Jaiuinry. The midsum- 

 mer meeting was postponed to Novem- 

 ber and was held in Cleveland, O., on 

 November 12th. 



Arrangements were made to hold 

 the Silver Jubilee at I^hiladelphia, at 

 the time of the National Flower Show. 

 The $1.51111.0(1 appropriated for carna- 

 tion premiums, by the National Pow- 

 er Show Committee, was spread over 

 a schedule of premiums, which was 

 submitted to the above named com- 

 mittee and approved by them. It was 

 decided to have a special Silver Jubi- 

 lee medal struck and to award one of 

 these medals to each winner of one 

 or more first premiums on carnations. 

 Messrs. W. L. Rock and F. C. W. 

 Brown have been invited to assist in 

 judging the retail displays at the 

 Pliiladelphia show and have both ac- 

 cepted. 



The Board recommends that this so- 

 ciety co-operate with local organiza- 

 tions in promoting local llower shows 

 and suggests the following conditions, 

 i. e. a flower show, which desires tlie 

 co-operation of the American Carna- 

 tion Society, agrees to submit its 

 schedule of premiums and the selec- 

 tion of its judges, for the approval of 

 the President and Secretary of the 

 A. C. S. They shall further agree to 

 satisfy the above named oificers of 

 the proper underwriting of the show. 

 The trade press has kindly given 

 space for all matter sent in for publi- 

 cation. To them is due our thanks. 



REPORT OF THE TREASURER. F. E. 



DORNER. 



GE.VEK.\L ir.ND. 



Disbursements. 



Orders on Treas. paid $1,016.52 



Balance cash on lianci 837.GS 



$1,854.20 

 KECEIPTS. 



Jan. 20, 1915. Cash on hand $G30.5S 



Cash received 1,223.62 



$1,851.20 

 I'ERM.VNENT FUND. 



Jan. 20, 1915. Balance $2,625.31 



.Trin. 1,1916. Interest 100.01 



$2,731. .^". 

 Inteitst transferred to General 



Fund $106.(M 



Balance invested at 4% 2,625.31 



$2,731.3.-, 

 DOH.NER ME.MORl.\L FUND. 



Jan. 20. 1915. Balance $1,001.57 



Jan. 1,1916. Interest 40.44 



$1,012.01 

 Transferred to General Fund for 



1915 Dorner Memorial Medal $40.0<i 



Balance invested at 1% 1,002.01 



$1,042.01 

 P. E. DoRNER, Treas. 



A. F. J. B.vnt. 

 Secretary, American Carnation Society. 



William Vesey of Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 gave the members of the society a 

 pressing invitation to come to Indian- 

 appolis next year. 



Nomination of Officers. 



Nominations for officers were made 

 as follows: J. F. Ammann of Edwards- 

 ville, 111., president; William Vesey, 

 Fort Wayne. Ind., vice-president; A. F. 

 J. Baur, Indianapolis, Ind., secretary; 

 F. E. Dorner, La Fayette, Ind., treas- 

 urer. 



New England was as usual well rep- 

 resented and made a fine showing at 

 the exhibition, S. J. Goddard, Fram- 

 inghani, Mass., winning nine prizes; 

 C. S. Strout, Biddeford, Me., eight; A. 

 Roper, Tewkesbury, Mass, two, and 

 Ernest Saunders, Lewiston, Me., four. 



MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT GROW- 

 ERS' ASSOCIATION. 



.More (hail .'ii"i iiiciiibcrH of the 

 \l:issachusetts Fruit Orowers' Asso- 

 I iatioii attended their annual conven- 

 tion in Horticultural Mall, Boston, 

 last week, under the iiresidency of 

 Fred C. Sears, of Amherst. A com- 

 plete line of trade exhiliits was shown 

 in the main hall. I'resident Wilson 

 II. Conaiit of the Oxford Hears Fruit 

 tlrowers' Association, ItuiUlield, .Me., 

 read a paper on "Factors Which In- 

 lliicnce the Annual Bearing of Fruit 

 Trees." 



"It is not so much a matter of the 

 liarlicular method employed," he said, 

 "as it is of the man behind the propo- 

 sition, and of the way in wliich he 

 lives up to his methods. By pruning, 

 spraying thoroughly, checking growth 

 at tlic right time, conserving moisture 

 ihroiigli the early part of tlie season, 

 and seeing there is not excess at the 

 close, we shall assist nature to pro- 

 mote growth and produce fruit." 



F. J. .McNeil, of .Maloney Bros. & 

 Wells, Dansville, N. Y., gave a talk 

 on 'The Raising of Nursery Stock by 

 the Grower." Incidentally he alluded 

 to the disappointments sometimes 

 met by growers through getting stock 

 from nurserymen that did not come 

 out true to the name given by them. 

 "No greater wrong could be done," 

 he said, "than to let a man who has 

 got the wrong stock go to the ex- 

 pense of purchasing, planting, spray- 

 ing and pruning for a number of 

 years, all the time looking forward 

 to the day when he hopes to realize 

 on his product." The speaker urged 

 that the best remedy would be for the 

 association to apiioiiit a committee of 

 two or three of its officers and mem- 

 bers to make a thorough investigation 

 of the nurserymen and agents and pre- 

 pare a book containing the results of 

 the investigation fortheuseof members. 

 Other speakers were George D. 

 Aiken, vice-president of the Vermont 

 New England Fruit Show, Putney, 

 Vt.; Secretary W'ilfrid Wheeler of the 

 Massachusetts board of agriculture; 

 Prof. P. J. Parrott, entomologist of 

 the experiment station at Geneva, N. 

 Y., and John J. Dillon, commissioner 

 of the New York State department of 

 food and markets. 



F. E. DOBXER. 

 Treasurer. .American Carnation Society. 



MEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



.\t the monthly meeting of the Med- 

 lord (.Mass.) Horticultural Society on 

 January 18, William Colton, City 

 Forester of Newton, gave a very in- 

 teresting le<ture on the History of 

 the Mosquitoes, and what has been 

 done in Newton towards their exter- 

 ininatlon. He also gave an interest- 

 ing account of the shade trees, under 

 his care, and what is being done to 

 keep them in good condition. Mr. 

 Colton is evidently an enthusiast in 

 liis profession, and a close student of 

 nature, readily answering all ques- 

 tions that were put to him. He made 

 a strong plea for the better care of 

 shade trees in cities and towns, prov- 

 ing their economic value by facts. 

 Lecttires of this kind are of great 

 value, arousing local interest, in 

 something that is too much left in 

 tlic hands of the local politician, who 

 gets the position, not for his knowledge 

 of trees and their care, but as a cam- 

 paign reward. Georce F. Stewart. 



