January 23, 1916 



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PARK INSTITUTE OF NEW ENG- 

 LAND. 



An interesting meeting of tliis young 

 organization was held at the Kaiser- 

 hof, New Haven. Conn., on Tuesday, 

 January 26. Seventeen members were 

 present. Following luncheon Mr. Gal- 

 lagher of Olmsted Bros.. Brookline, 

 Mass.. gave an instructive talk on 

 Lines and Curves in Park Roads and 

 Walks, illustrated with photographs 

 and diagrams, showing the relation of 

 roads and walks to the conformation of 

 the ground and showing how ideals are 

 effected by modern demands for seeing 

 a long distance ahead on driveways. 



Fred C. Green, superintendent of 

 Parks of Providence. R. I., read some 

 entertaining notes from records made 

 jointly by himself and Theodore Wirth 

 during the four-weeks' trip of the Park 

 Superintendents to the Pacific Coast 

 last summer. 



After the meeting a visit was made 

 on invitation of Superintendent Am- 

 rhyn to East Rock Park, where the nur- 

 sery and zoo departments and the new 

 service building and repair shops — 

 said to be the finest in the United 

 States — were inspected and Mr. Am- 

 rhyn's new residence admired. 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' CLUB 

 OF RHODE ISLAND. 



The newly elected officers of the 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Rhode Island were inducted into 

 oflSce in connection with the annual 

 banquet of the society held .Monday 

 evening in the club headquarters at 

 96 Weybosset street. Providence. 

 President Cornelius Hartstra opened 

 the meeting, and then the responsibil- 

 ity for the club's success for the next 

 12 months was turned over to James 

 Dillon who assumes the jjresidency. 

 William Steele and William E. Chap- 

 pell ushered themselves in as their 

 own successors. The veteran .lames 

 Hockey of Pawtuckct is treasurer. 

 The banquet followed and a pro- 

 gramme of entertainment, in< hiding 

 vocal and instrumental music formed 

 a continuity of pleasure that extended 

 well into the evening. During the 

 evening Robert Johnston presented a 

 handsome umbrella to retiring presi- 

 dent Hartstra, a gift of the club in 

 appreciation for his faithful devotion 

 during the past year. The coniniittee 



Lake Geneva Gardeners' and Fore- 

 men's Association. Lake Geneva, Wis. 



Los Angeles County Horticultural 

 Society, Los Angeles, Calit. 



Paterson Floricultural Society, 

 PatersoD, N. J. 



Pliiladelpbia Florists' Club, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



Pittsburgh Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Club. Pittsburgh, Pa. 



State Florists' Association of In- 

 diana, Anthony Hotel, Fort Wayne, 

 Ind. 



Wednesday, Feb. 2. 



Tuxedo Horticultural Society, Tux- 

 edo Park, N. Y. 



Thursday, Feb. 3. 



St. Louis Florist Club, officers' 

 meeting. 



Southampton Horticultural Society, 

 Soutliampton, N. Y. 



Friday, Feb. 4. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, n 

 Manchester, Mass. j 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 Lake Forest, 111. f 



Pasadena Horticultural Society, 

 Pasadena, Calif. ! 



Ynnkers Horticultural Society, 

 Yonkers, N. Y. 



Peoples' Park Cottage Gardeners' 

 Association, Paterson. X. J. < 



Saturday, Feb. 5. 



Pacific Cna^^t Horticultural So.iciv, 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



Mnrch "-«. Moline. — .\nnual meet- 

 ing aiiil cxliibition of the Illinois 



lllll Slali' Florists' Association. 



Mnrcli n, 18, 19. Boston.— Spring 

 Kxhibltion Massachusetts Ilorticul 

 tural Society, Horticultural Hall. 



March ■3.">-.\iJrll 2, I'liiliulflplila. 



Fourth National Flower Show of the 

 Sociciv of American Florists, Con- 

 vention Hall. Broad Street and Al- 

 Icglicny .\vcnue. 



.Vpril r,-l!. New ITork. — Interna- 

 tional Flower Show of the Horti- 

 I'ultural Society of New York and 

 I ho New York Florists' Club, Grand 

 Ccnlral Palace, Forly-slxth Strcd 

 anil Lexlnglon .\venue. New York. 



May 10, 14. Bonton.— May Show 

 Massachusetts Ilortlculturnl Society, 

 Horticultural Hall. 



of arrangements included Robert 

 Johnston, Eugene A. Appleton and 

 Alexander Macrae. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 CLUB. 

 The third Thursday of each month 

 and the one o'clock trolley car seem 

 synonymous terms. This time it was 

 for Strasburg, the home of good carna- 

 tions and the first stop made at Amos 

 Rohrer's, where we found his stock all 

 in good shape and he with a prefer- 

 ence for White Wonder over Matchless. 

 Mr. Rohrer grows quite a bit of mixed 

 stock to supply the local needs of his 

 borough. The next place was that of 

 Charles Herr, the one place to see first- 

 class plants and first-class flowers un- 

 der any and all conditions. It was no 

 exception right now — good clean stock 

 and good quality blooms; not so many 

 of them as under good sunshine, but 

 enough to satisfy any grower. Mr. Hen- 

 is just the opposite from Mr. Rohrer 

 and is enthusiastic over Matchless and 

 will plant no other white for the next 

 few years to come. Enchantress Su- 

 preme is so satisfactory that he does 

 not want any other one in this color, 

 and a very good looking bench of Alice 

 is likely to be filled with Supreme in- 

 stead for next season. Champion is 

 being tried out and gives good results 

 but is not to be compared to Beacon 

 as done at this place. It was the in- 

 tention to visit the establishment of 

 .1. Wade Galey. a short wall; from Stras- 

 luirg. l)ut the weather was hot. the 

 clouds dripping with moisture and the 

 road muddy, so we trolleyed back to 

 Lancaster. We had with us as visitors 

 S. S. Pennock and Ernest Hoehl of 

 Philadelphia. James Brown of Coats- 

 villf and J. L. Lockard from Mount- 

 villc and formerly of York, Pa. 



The meeting was called to order by 

 President B. F. Barr at T.-'JO P. M.. 

 and after the usual routine the election 

 of officers was taken up, resulting as 

 follows: 



President — Harry A. Schroyer; vice- 

 president — Elmer J. Weaver: secretary 

 Frank L. Kohr; treasurer — Harry K. 

 Uohrcr. 



With the usual formalities and the 

 use of considerable fiowery speech, the 

 retiring president turned over his office 

 to the incoming president and Mr. 

 Schroyer in accepting it asked the 

 hearty co-operation of each member, 

 ninking the claim that Lancaster Coun- 

 ty grew as good stock as any place in 

 the United Stales and sometimes a lit- 



