February 19, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



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WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 One of the noteworthy features of 

 the meeting of this society held Friday 

 evening, Feb. lltli, was the splendid 

 display of ilowering plants. Prizes 

 for the best plant went: 1st to James 

 Stuart, for a splendid specimen cycla- 

 men to which a cultural certificate was 

 also awarded; 2nd to Robt. William- 

 son for Chorizema illicifolia. P. W. 

 Popp was highly commended for Erica 

 melanthera and H. L. Hand for Primula 

 malacoides. Thanks to Wm. Whitton 

 for trained nasturtium, Jas. Linane 

 for cyclamen and Robt. Grunnert for 

 cinerarias; in the non-competitive 

 section. Thos. Ryan was highly 



commended for Lilium Harrisii: 

 thanks were tendered to Anton 

 Pederson for sweet peas "Yarrawa," 

 and to Wm. Whitton for violets and 

 chicory; a splendid vase of Carna- 

 tion "Red Wing" from Wm. A. Daw- 

 son gained a preliminary certificate. 

 Chas. H. Totty was a visitor and 

 made a short talk. It was voted to 

 hold Uie annual Fall Exhibition in 

 Oreenwich, Ct., this year, an ideal 

 location for a large and important ex- 

 hibition. Tlie location of the Sum- 

 mer Exhibition will probably be voted 

 on at the next meeting. After the 

 routine business of the evening was 

 over a "social session" with refresh- 

 ments was held. Songs with rousing 

 choruses, recitations, etc., were en- 

 joyed. For the next meeting, March 



10, A. J. Ricards offers 1st and 2nd 

 cash prizes for the best essay by an 

 assistant gardener on "How can our 

 Society increase its usefulness." 



P. W. Popp, Cor. Sec'y. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 

 The Horticultural Society of West- 

 ern Pennsylvania had a Carnation 

 Xight at the Colonial Hotel, Pitts- 

 ■burgh, last Tuesday evening. There 

 was a fine exhibition which included 

 about twenty-five varieties from 

 Charles H. Totty. Aladison, N. J. and 

 the same number from A. N. Piorson, 

 Cromwell. Conn. Supplementary there 

 was quite a discussion among those 

 present. The April meeting of the 

 Societv will consist of a lecture by 

 Mr. M'cColluni of the Pierson C-Bar 

 Co. on the subject of "Small Creen- 

 "houses and What to Grow in Them," 

 which is specially designed for the 

 amateurs who are affiliated or inci- 

 dentally interested in the new organi- 

 zation. There will also be a spring 

 meeting for the ladies of the Garden 

 Club of Allegheny County, when the 

 subject of bedding plants will be 

 taken up. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



This club held a meeting on Thurs- 

 day afternoon, Feb. 10, with an attend- 

 ance of fifty. The trustees announced 

 the entertainment and dance for Fri- 

 day evening. Feb. 17. Chairman Am- 

 mann of the executive committee for 

 the late carnation meeting reported 

 that everything had been settled and 

 that the subscribers to the fund will 

 receive 50 per cent of their money 

 back. The secretary announced five 

 delinquent members, all having been 

 duly notified as such and failing to re- 

 spond had been dropped from member- 

 ship. Seven new members were 

 elected. For the trip to the National 

 Flower Show at Philadelphia the chair 

 appointed David Geddis to look after 

 the transiiortation. Messrs. Fillmore. 

 Wells and Windier were appointed to 

 draft resolutions on the death of our 

 late member. Max Pelletier. A mis- 

 ceUaneous flower show will be held 

 with the next meeting of March 9th, at 

 one of our wholesale houses. The 

 chair was authorized to appoint a com- 

 mittee of five to report on the advisa- 

 bility of organizing a State Florists' 

 Association. Mr. W. W. Ohlweiler 

 gave an interesting lecture on "How 

 Xew Varieties in Plants and Flowers 

 .\re Created," with blackboard illus- 

 trations. 



1916. Twenty-five dollars was appro- 

 priated for the destruction of the tent 

 caterpillar in the Lenox district. The 

 annual ball to be held on February 

 18th promises to be a big success. 



A good number of members were 

 present at this meeting and a lively 

 discussion followed the reading of a 

 paper entitled, "Young Gardeners' Op- 

 portunity in America." The next meet- 

 ing will be held on March 8th. 



J. H. Peampton, Ass't Sec'y. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The February meeting of the Cin- 

 cinnati Florists' Society was held last 

 -Monday evening at Labold & Xew- 

 burgh's. The Preliminary Flower 

 Show Committee's report advised the 

 society not to hold an Autumn Show- 

 in 1916. The society took steps to re- 

 quest the Governor of Ohio and the 

 Mayor of Cincinnati, because it would 

 be for the best interests of all con- 

 cerned, that in their proclamations for 

 Mother's Day they would specify a 

 bright flower for mothers living, a 

 white flower for mothers dead. The 

 local society will also request all flor- 

 ist clubs in the state to do the same 

 thing in their respective communities. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



The Lenox (Mass.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety held their monthly meeting on 

 Feb. 9th. The committee submitted 

 the schedule for the Summer Show to 

 be held June 28th and 29th, this early 

 date being arranged in connection 

 with the visit of the Garden Clubs of 

 America, who are holding their annual 

 convention in Lenox on these dates. 

 Sweet peas will be a special feature 

 and amongst the special prizes offered 

 is a cup valued at $.50 given by Knight 

 & Struck Co. for ten vases, distinct 

 varieties introduced in 1914, 1915 and 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES 



A regular meeting of the New Jer- 

 sey Floriiultural society will be held 

 on .Monday evening, Feb. 21st. 1916. 

 in Jr. O. U. A. M. Hall. 401 Main street, 

 at 8 P. M. Essay— "Young Gardeners' 

 Opportunity in America." 



Geo. W. Str.\nge, Sec'y. 



The Totowa Floricultural Society 

 was organized at Paterson, N. J., on 

 February 9. The society started with 

 the following members: R. F^auen- 

 hoff. H. Schofield, H. Barow, F. Bred- 

 der. J. Often. H. Bredder, E. Steele, P. 

 Rossler. G. Welcher, George Atkinson, 

 H. Christenson, J. Cooper and O. 

 Schaub. 



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