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Clubs and Societies 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR 

 DENERS' CLUB. 

 At the Kebriiury incptinR the fol- 

 lowing were elected: President, Carl 

 Becherer; vice-president. E. C. Relne- 

 man; treasurer, T. P. Lnn^hnns; sec- 

 retary. H. P. Joslin; assistant secre- 

 tary, W. A. Clarke; executive commit- 

 tee. P. S. Randolph. C. II. Snmplo. A 

 Frlshkom. 



The retlrlnB president. N611 Mt- 

 Callum, received the heartiest expres- 

 sions of good-will from the members, 

 and of praise for his very successful 

 administration of his office. A thor- 

 oughly good fellow, he leaves the 

 presidency without an enemy, and 

 leaves In the minds of his associate 

 officers and the Club inemljeis In gen- 

 eral, the memory of strong and suc- 

 cessful work for the good of the Club. 

 The largest hospital In Western 

 Pennsylvania Is the one located at 

 DIxmont, about ten miles from Pitts- 

 burgh. The grounds are very large, 

 and there Is a greenhouse range and 

 extensive hot bed and cold frame 

 ranges. In charge of these for sev- 

 eral years has been Carl Recherer. 

 who becomes the new president of the 

 Club. His Interest and enthusiasm 

 for the Club, his work in hybridizing 

 and raising seedlings, and his contin- 

 ued exhibitions before the Club of 

 good stuff, has for a long time at- 

 tracted attention to him, and there is 

 no doubt that under his presidency 

 the Club will continue to advance. 

 Owing to sickness he was not able to 

 be present at the election meeting, and 

 the secretary was instructed to send 

 a letter of condolence for his illness, 

 and of congratulations on his election. 

 Messrs. Herman Rapp. Leetsdale, 

 Jas. Murphy and M. Curran. Sewick- 

 ley, and the Phlpps Conservatories, 

 North Side. Pittsburgli. all showed 

 potted cyclamen in bloom, and all 

 were awarded cultural certificates, 

 Mr. Rapp's certificate including Prim- 

 ula obconica in addition to cvclamen. 

 President McCallum read some ex- 

 tracts and made some remarks bear- 

 ing on civic pride, prefacing the 

 speaker of the evening, Mr. F. T. Big- 

 ger, secretary of the Art Commission 

 of Pittsburgh, who gave a very in- 

 teresting lantern lecture on the Artis- 

 tic Element in Municipal Improve- 

 ment, and made us all anxious to help 

 to make our city beautiful. 



H. P. Joslin, Sec'y. 



The Boston Market Gardeners' As- 

 sociation held a meeting in Arlington, 

 Saturday afternoon, February 5. The 

 first part of the afternoon was taken 

 up in a tour and inspection of the 

 greenhouses on the farms of 'Wyman 

 Brothers, John J. Lyons and John 

 Lyon In that town, and then a lunch- 

 eon was served in Grand Armv Hall. 

 A business meeting followed, with the 

 president, Harry F. Arnold of Brain- 

 tree, in the chair. Professor A. V. 

 Osmun of the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College gave an illustrated talk 

 on "Diseases of Vegetables— Celerv 

 and Cucumber Blights." 



HORTICULTURE 



DISASTROUS EFFECT OF A GREAT 

 STORM, 

 An Interesting report was made at 

 the meeting of the New Haven County 

 Horticultural Society on Jan. 25 b.v 

 J. H. .Murray of the Board of Man 

 agers. concerning the damage caused 

 by the storm of Dec. 18, 1915. on 

 which date New Haven and vicinity 

 was visited by one of the most severe 

 storms In many years, very heavy, wet 

 snow, with a gradual drop of temper- 

 ature to about 15 degrees above zero, 

 and a wind velocity of 62 miles iier 

 hour— which was mainly responsible 

 for the great amount of injury done 

 to trees and shrubs, more especially 

 of the evergreen or coniferous type, 

 working complete ruin In many cases 

 and partial injury to nearly all the 

 coniferous trees in this locality. The 

 tops of many fine specimen pines, 

 spruces and hemlocks were broken 

 completely off and In numerous In- 

 stances the trees themselves levelled, 

 but the ground being only slightlv 

 frozen where the trees had been mi- 

 rooted and not otherwise damaged be- 

 yond restoration. It was possible to re- 

 place them In their original position 

 without much difficulty or loss. 



The Scotch pine, white spruce and 

 hemlock spruce appeared to have suf- 

 fered most in this class, no doubt 

 owing to the brittleness of their 

 woods. Deciduous shrubs were laid 

 low in great numbers, including the 

 privet and barberry hedges, but after 

 the snow had melted off (in about a 

 week), they again assumed an upright 

 position. Among the chief sufferers In 

 this division were the lilacs, bush 

 honeysuckles and particularly the 

 smoke tree (Rhus cotinus). Rhododen- 

 drons in exposed situations were bad- 

 ly hurt, especially when planted in large 

 masses and where the tops were of a 

 uniform height, acting as a roof for 

 the snow. 



Many large deciduous trees were 

 completely uprooted in the gale and. 

 but for the splendid work in removing 

 the many decayed and mutilated trees 

 within the city by City Forester 

 Cromie and Park Superintendent 

 Amrhyn during the past few years, the 

 great amount of damage would have 

 been much more evident. Trees like 

 the wide spreading black and white 

 oaks, the elm and white poplar, owing 

 to their outlines, their long horizontal 

 lines predominating, caught the brunt 

 of the storm more than other species. 

 The snow and ice accumulating on the 

 branches and limbs made them top 

 heavy and an easy prey to gales. In 

 deciduous and coniferous trees, the 

 more conical forms of the pin, oak 

 and arbor vitae are types to withstand 

 the same character of storm. 



While hedges assumed an upright 

 position in a few days, many of them — 

 especially privet hedges trimmed 

 square or rectangular — cannot be as 

 good as formerly unless severely 

 pruned. The advantage of the "A" 

 shaped hedge was emphasized by the 

 resistance of its form. The tying in 

 of coniferous trees like arbor vitae, 

 retinospora and juniper was likewise 

 of .great benefit. 



February 12, 1918 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS- 

 CLUB OF BOSTON 



The Annual Hanquel and Dance of 

 The Garden«'iH' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston took place al the New Ameri- 

 can House on Wednesday evening, 

 Kebruary 9. about three hundred mem- 

 bers and ladles being present. The 

 tables were profusely adorned with 

 the best products of the private and 

 commercial establlshmenls In this sec- 

 tion and. with the evening costumes 

 of the ladies, (he scene in the banquet 

 hall was brilliant In the extreme. 

 There was an excellent menu, well 

 served, and plenty of Inspiring music. 

 President Mcthven si>oke a few wel- 

 coming words and then In the role of 

 toastmaster called upon W. P. Rich, 

 who as secretary of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, expressed the 

 greetings of that body, referring pleas- 

 antly to the cordial relationship exist- 

 ing between the two organizations and 

 to the development of the fine art of 

 gardening through their Infiuence. 

 Wilfrid Wheeler, secretary of the 

 State Board of Agriculture, was next 

 called upon. He spoke proudly of the 

 achievements of Massachusetts at the 

 San Francisco Exposition and empha- 

 sized the possibilities of the rehabili- 

 tation of the former agricultural In- 

 dustries of the State. 



W. N. Craig |)romised on behalf of 

 the Association of Gardeners, of which 

 he is president, cordial cooperation on 

 the part of that organization with the 

 Society of American Florists and all 

 other bodies working for horticultural 

 advancement. 



President Stickel of the Flower Ex- 

 change and Vice-President John Mac- 

 farland of the Cooperative Market 

 spoke glowingly of the progress of 

 their respective institutions. Wm. 

 Patterson, vice-president of the Club, 

 was the last speaker, following which 

 the company repaired to the ball room 

 where dancing was enjoyed until a 

 late hour. 



During the evening, entertainment 

 was provided in songs by C. E. Tasker, 

 Miss Barbara Mayer, Raymond Pugh, 

 pianist, and humorous talks bv Mr. 

 Stowe. 



Boston Florist Bowling. 



Flower Mkt 127.t vs. C.irhone 1219 



I"l"ncT Ex li'fl!) vs. Unlilnson 1263 



Zimi 141!> vs. M. & M 1220 



H. C. F. & C...1408 TB. Gulvin 1388 



STANDING AS TO POINTS. 



Onlvln 41 18 1$. C. V. & C..27 33 



Flower Mkt.. 40 2() Kiniver Ex... 24 36 



CiirboDe 39 21 Robinson 23 37 



ZInn -Jl 2!l .M. & M 15 4S 



Aronson, of the B. C. F. team, put 

 up the record in the league by rolling 

 140 single string and 342 total. 



The trophy cups are on display this 

 week at Comley's, Park street. 



The annual ball of the Greek-Amer- 

 ican florists of New York will take 

 place on Thursday, February 24. 



The regular meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society will be held on 

 Monday, February 14th. 



Tuesday evening, February 15, 



will be "Carnation Night" at the 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston. 



