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HOBTICULTURE 



January L'!'. I!*lt; 



tie better than any olhor plaoe. ThlB 

 was corroborated later by Krnest Hoebl 

 of the S. S. Sklilolsky Co.. who took 

 off his hnt to Lancaster County grow- 

 ers, and of course as a mere matter of 

 side Issue later on took their orders for 

 stock. The Incoming secretary made 

 his bow to the public and hopes to 

 please every member of the Cluli (what 

 a job! (. L. Landls. the retlrhiK secre- 

 tary, had served the Club since its or- 

 ganization and helped to put it on the 

 good solid basis it now is. The treas- 

 urer, we all know, is one of those faith- 

 ful chaps who says little and does 

 much, and guards the funds of the Club 

 with a watchful eye and a strong hand. 

 On the exhibition table, through the 

 courtesy of S. S, Pennock-Meehan Co., 

 we had displays of Alice Coombs. 

 Nancy, Rosella, Miss Theo, Aviator, 

 Belle Washburn, Nebraska, Old Gold 

 and seedling No. 360 of Roper's, all of 

 which will be heralded at the meeting 

 of the .American Carnation Society in 

 St. Louis, and none of which deserved 

 any unfavorable comments, but Alice 

 Coombs seemed to lead in favor, with 

 Rosella as a possible successor of Mrs. 

 C. W. Ward, which seems to be deteri- 

 orating with many growers. 



S. S. Pennock gave us a short but 

 pertinent talk on the newer carnations 

 and gave a boost for The National 

 Flower Show in Philadelphia in March, 

 and on the strength of these remarks 

 It is likely that there will be worked 

 up "Lancaster Day" for the show and 

 a special train run from this point. 

 Mr. Hoehl told us of his trip through 

 the east where he saw some of the 

 newer carnations growing and several 

 members discussed carnations pro and 

 con. It was voted to allow employees 

 to come into the Club as associate 

 members at $L00 per annum. 



The President appointed his commit- 

 tees as follows: 



Program— H. K. Rohrer, Thos. Fries, 

 W. B. Girvin, W. A. Hammond. 



Show— A. M. Herr, M. J. Brinton, A. 

 F. Strickler, Walter Denlinger. 



Glad Hand— J. H. Linky, E. P. Hos- 

 tetter, John Shreiner, J. Ralph Hess. 



Membership— B. F. Barr, J. C. Sie- 

 bold, J. L. Ranck. 



Visiting— Elmer Weaver, Chas. Herr, 

 Wm. Aherne, Ira I,>andis. 



Sports— David Rose, Rudolph Nagle 

 C. S. Loetfler. 



The next meeting, Feb. 17th, will be 

 a Lord & Burnham lecture, illustrated 

 with lantern slides on greenhouse con- 

 struction, and every florist within reach 

 of Lancaster on that date i.s invited to 

 attend and meet the Glad Hand Com- 

 mittee. The visit will be to the estab- 

 lishment of W. B. Girvin at Leola, and 

 the time from Lancaster 3 P. M 

 Thursday, Feb. nth. 



Albebt M. Herb. 



HOUSE OF THE NEW ROSE PINK CARNATION MISS THEO. 

 I.ltili'tlcid .V Wyiniin. N'orlli AbloBtoii, Mass. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A regular monthly meeting of this 

 iociety was held in Orange on Jan. 

 17. Installation of officers took place 

 as follows, W. A. Manda officiat- 

 ing. Henry Halbig, president; Max 

 Schneider, vice-president; Edw. A. 

 Manda, treasurer; Geo. W. Strange, 

 secretary. Max Schneider received 

 th« following points on his exhibit: 

 Carnations, 80; vase of cut flowers, 

 70; violets, 70; cyclamen, 85 points. 

 W. A. Manda received a first class 

 certificate for a seedling carnation 

 resembling Delhi but brighter in 

 color. Geo. W. Straxge, Sec'v. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The New Haven County Horticultur- 

 al Society begins the year 1916 with 

 the following officers: President, Wm. 

 J. Rathgeber, New Haven; vice-presi- 

 dent, Alfred E. Doty, Morris Cove; 

 secretary, W. C. Mcintosh, New 

 Haven; treasurer, David Kydd, West 

 Haven. 



The board of managers, who have 

 special charge of the annual exhibi- 

 tion, are as follows: Alfred E. Doty, 

 chairman. Morris Cove; Herbert F. 

 Clark, West Haven; Robert Paton, 

 New Haven; A. W. Davidson, Ansonia; 

 T. H. Dewhurst, Milford; Nathan A. 

 Miller, Branford; J. H. Murray, New- 

 Haven; Jno. Bocking, New Haven; 

 Edson L. Bradley, New Haven; L. B. 

 Linsley, West Haven; Charles C. 

 Barnes, New Haven; C. Louis Ailing, 

 West Haven. 



The newly elected officers have map- 

 ped out a vigorous campaign for the 

 coming year. They have taken a new 

 hall in the heart of the city, one flight 

 up, well heated and lighted. The old 

 ball was three flights up. .And the new 

 hall is given to the society free of 

 charge. "Progress" is the motto of the 

 society and the members have de- 

 cided to live up to this motto for the 

 year 1916. Already they are taking in 

 new members. This year will see the 

 membership doubled. 



At the last meeting the discussion 

 was "Fertilizers." Those who took 

 particular part in it were Jno. H. Mur- 

 ray, superintendent botanical gardens. 

 Yale University; John H. Slocomb, 

 florist; Robert Paton. gardener for 

 Thos. G. Bennett, Winchester Repeat- 

 ing Arms Co.; and the following grow- 

 ers: Nathan A. Miller, Wm. J. Rath- 

 geber, L. B. Linsley, Alfred E. Doty 

 and Edsin L. Bradley. A very interest- 

 ing report was made on the damage 

 caused by the late storm in this sec- 

 tion. W. C. McIntosh, Sec. 



NORTH SHORE (MASS.) HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This society held Its regular meet- 

 ing Jan. 21. Vice-President Wetter- 

 low had a collection of primulas on 

 exhibition, tlir^ result of a cross be- 

 tween Primula stellata and P. chl- 

 nensis plants, having the habit of the 

 former and flowers of the latter type, 

 colors being mauve, white, red and 

 pink. 



W. N. Craig gave an instructive lec- 

 ture on perennials and bulbs and also 

 gave a very Interesting account of the 

 aims and ambitions of the National 

 .Vssociation of Gardeners. 



At the previous meeting William 

 Till read a paper by W. W. Ohlweiler, 

 The Profession of Gardening, after 

 which it was voted "that the offer of 

 the N. A. G. to provide other papers 

 for discussion be accepted." 



The Executive Committee have or- 

 ganized with A. E. Parsons as chair- 

 man and report progress on the pro- 

 posed new building. Next meeting 

 February 4th. Wm. Till. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society held Its first regular 

 meeting in Hartford for the new year 

 on Friday evening, January 14, J. F. 

 Huss exhibited a fine collection of 

 primroses Including Kewensis and 

 others. A flrst-class certificate was 

 awarded. A paper was read by the 

 secretary, entitled "Profession of 

 Gardening, by W. W. Ohlweiler, 

 Missouri." The president named the 

 following executive committee for 

 1916: W. W. Hunt, Hartford, George 

 B. Baker, New Britain, John P. Huss, 

 Hartford, Alex. Gumming, Jr., Crom- 

 well, and Fred Boss, Hartford. The 

 publicity committee consists of Alfred 

 Dixon, Wethersfield. Ed. A. Brassill, 

 Hartford, and J. C. Willard, Wethers- 

 field. Alfred Di.xon, Sec'y. 



