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H O R T I U L T U R E Jnmuiry 29, 1916 



SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONS TO THE DREER NURSERY. 



Nassau Cuunty Horticuitur.ii Society. 

 Tlic aiiiiiiiil (liiitii'r i)f (Ills wocli'tv, iil 

 ways oiu- of llu- .•iliinliiK ovi'iits of the 

 .Now York iioiKliborliooil was held at 

 llu- Driciitiil llolfl. t;k'ii I'ove. on 

 Tiiesilny evening, Jiiiiiiiirv 25. The 

 menu curd was tlttlnKly adorned In 

 lionor of Itohert Hurim' birtluiay with 

 a portrait of the poet in a brilliant set- 

 ting of tartan and Kold embossing. 

 Kighty members and guests sat at the 

 tables, a smaller number than usual 

 owing to the grippe epidemic, the pres- 

 ident of the society, James Macdonald. 

 being among the victims. A'lce-Presi- 

 dent Joseph Adier Introduced C. H. 

 Totty of Madison, N. J., as toastmaster, 

 and that well experienced gentleman 

 filled the position with marked bril- 

 liancy. The toasts and speakers were 

 as follows: "Our Country," Super- 

 visor Cox: "Our Society," J. F. John- 

 ston, who voiced a joyous wecome to 

 the visitors: "Our City," Frank Bowne; 

 "Sister Societies," James Duthie. for 

 the Oyster Bay Society, Thomas Lee 

 for the Tarrytown Society and William 

 Duckliani for the Morris Cotmty, N. J., 

 Society: "The Horticultnral Press," 

 W. J. Stewart: "The Seed Trade," 

 George Burnett, followed by Messrs W. 

 A. Sperling, Don and \V. J, Collins: 

 "Allied Trades," .Andrew Wilson. Oth- 

 er speakers were J. .\ustin Shaw, who 

 recited some original verses to the la- 

 dies, who, unfortunately were not pres- 

 ent to hear them: Lawyer McCarthy, 

 who spoke for the North Side of Long 

 Island, and proposed a toast to Presi- 

 dent Wilson; J. B. Deanuid. who re- 

 cited poetry, and Dr. Connolly. A let- 

 ter was read from M. C. Ebel regret- 

 ting his inability to attend. Mr. Gillen 

 entertained with stories and recita- 

 tions from time to time throughout the 

 evening and W. J. Collins sang a 

 Scotch song in fine style. .\n interest- 

 ing incident was the presentation of a 

 pair of fine gold sleeve buttons to the 

 retiring president, Ernest Westlake. 



Peter Henderson & Co. Employees' 



Dinner. 

 On Wednesday evening , January 

 19, the annual dinner tendered to the 

 heads of departments and those of the 

 travelers' staff of Peter Henderson & 

 Co., who were at ho^jie, took place at 

 Mouqnin's on Fulton street, New York 

 City. There were twenty-six at the 

 table and everyone enjoyed them- 

 selves. All felt that the outlook for 

 the coming year was very good, from 

 a business standpoint. 



Bowling at Roslindale. Mass. 

 A very hotly contested bowling 

 match was played on the Regal Bowl- 

 ing Alleys, Roslindale, Mass., Janu- 

 ary 21, between the team of H. & J 

 Farquhar's nursery employees, cap- 

 tained by John VanLeeuwen and a 

 contingent of private gardeners from 

 Brookline, captained by Donald Mc- 

 Kenzie. the result being in favor of 

 the Farquhar team by a score of 1295 

 to 1202. Both teams were well rep- 

 resented by enthusiastic rooters. A 

 return match has been arranged wnen 



li;ii: ., u< v. '.i.ii 1 IjuiiM ,uiil .Mill. .:: 

 their Riverton Nursery are now com- 

 pleted except a few minor details. The 

 warehouse is 1 10 feet long and 40 feet 

 in width, located in a central position 

 and easy of access from the green- 

 houses. The construction is of hollow 

 tile with slag roof and the structure is 

 fire proof, floors being also of hollow 

 tile, steel and concrete. The outer 

 walls are finished in rough concrete 

 stucco upon the tile, giving the build- 

 ing a neat and substantial appearance. 



The interior arrangements have been 

 carefully planned for the purposes for 

 whicli the building will be used. One 

 end of the first floor, covering a space 

 of 30 X 40 feel, lias been made absolute- 

 ly fire-proof and will be used for stor- 

 ing the Dieer fleet of automobile trucks 

 and cars. The cellar and first floor are 

 now being used for the storage of such 

 bulbs as gladioli, dahlias, tuberous- 

 rooted begonias, amaryllis, cannas, etc., 

 while the upper floors will be used for 

 the storage of packing materials. 



In designing this new building spe- 



i :.;: .liiiii:.!:. Aa. ;;i\rii lu lij;bt and 

 ventilation, as will be noticed by the 

 numerous large windows shown in the 

 picture herewitli. The building Is heat- 

 ed by steam furnished from the central 

 lidiler plants of the greenhouses, so 

 that there is no fire in the building 

 and the hollow tile has been found very 

 I'Ificlent in maintaining an even tem- 

 Ijcrature, this being shown during the 

 recent spell of cold weather, when with 

 the outside temperature at 10 degrees, 

 the two runs of I'i-inch pipe (280 feet) 

 held the temperature uniformly at 43 

 degrees on the first floor, while the 

 basement, without any artificial heat, 

 did not drop below 42 degrees. There 

 is now being installed in the building 

 an imi)roved system of hydraulic ele- 

 vator and also electric lights. The new 

 stable which replaces an old frame 

 barn, is also of hollow tile and stucco, 

 and presents a very pleasing appear- 

 ance in its location at that portion of 

 the nursery in which the rock garden 

 and lily ponds are located. It is fitted 

 up with every convenience and thor- 

 oughly up to the times. 



the Brookline boys promise to reverse 

 the score. 



Boston Floiists' Bowling League 



Carl.oiif i:t(Vl .M. & .\l 1-.1«1 



Flnwor K\ 1241 Zlnn 12:f. 



Klower Mkt.... 1334 Galvln IL'sil 



I'uDsies 1321 Robinsou l-'."!^ 



stanki.m; as to points. 



\V. L. \V. 1, 



(ialvln 3!) 13 Piinsles 2:; 211 



Klower .Mkt.. 30 16 Flower K.v... 21 ::i 



Carbone 34 18 Robluson .... Ill 3:i 



Zlun 24 28 M. & M 12 4(1 



The Pansies team has changed the 

 name to the B. C. F. Co. & Comley. 



CARNATION COTTAGE MAID. 

 This new candidate for public ap- 

 proval, which is the subject of our 

 cover illustration this week, is a flesh 

 pink sport of Mrs. C. W. Ward. The 

 Cottage Gardens Company has been 

 exhibiting Cottage Maid for the past 

 two years and this year have been 

 shipping a large number of blooms to 

 the New York market. The variety- 

 is therefore well known and enter- 

 prising growers are placing advance 

 orders for stock. Its fine keeping 

 qualities and other good traits were 

 well demonstrated at the big Cleve- 

 land Flower Show last fall. The 

 trade is all ready for Cottage Maid. 



New Haven, Ct. — The interest of 

 John Oleson in the greenhouse busi- 

 ness of Oleson & Francis on Bristol 

 street has been purchased by Francis 

 Bros. 



Roger W. Pelui.'iuii. u\ tliu lirm of 

 J. A. Peterson & Sons, was married to 

 .Miss Isabelle C. Reemelin, at West- 

 wood, Ohio, on Wednesday, January 12. 



Neils Cliristensen. the market gard- 

 ener at Wilson's, Hartford. Conn., was 

 seriously burned and two rooms in his 

 house were badly damaged by an ex- 

 plosion of gasoline, on January 20. 



-Albert K. Gardner, state horticul- 

 turist, of Lewiston, Me., has resigned 

 to take up farm extension work under 

 Dean Leon S. .Merrill, of the State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture, and will make his 

 headquarters at Farmington. 



William Duikham and Mrs. Duck- 

 liam expect to start next Monday on a 

 three-weeks' vacation in Florida. Mr. 

 Duckham has been engaged during the 

 past year in laying out a new park sys- 

 tem for Madison. N. J., in addition to 

 his regular duties and has well earned 

 a rest. 



Alexander Lurie. in charge of the 

 division of floriculture of the depart- 

 ment of horticulture, University of 

 Maine, has just resigned his position, 

 and on March 10 will go to St. Louis, 

 where be will be horticulturist in the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden. Mr. Lurie, 

 who is graduate of Cornell, came to 

 the University of Maine in 1914. 



