February 26, 1916 



HOETICULTURE 



275 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 CLUB. 



One of two things seems certain; 

 either 3.30 is a more popular hour 

 than 1 o'clock, or W. B. Girvin has a 

 magnetic attraction to draw a crowd, 

 for our visiting trips this winter have 

 not been overcrowded numerically, 

 but this time we had a full twenty-five 

 and they were all well repaid. 



Carnations are, of course, the princi- 

 pal feature at this as at all Lancaster 

 County places and his Matchless 

 proves that this variety is a profitable 

 one as the main crop was just off, but 

 enough flowers coming to keep up 

 expenses until the second large crop 

 would follow, which will be about 

 Mothers' Day. Beacon, while not quite 

 so good as last season, has produced 

 its quota and is soon ready for pulling 

 out to make room for young stock. 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward is producing some 

 mighty fine blooms, but along with 

 them about five per cent, of splits and 

 poorly colored flowers. Mrs. Akehurst 

 is highly thought of and will be plant- 

 ed very extensively next season, in 

 fact pretty nearly to the exclusion of 

 all other pinks. Gloriosa is in good 

 shape as well as Pink Delight, but 

 successors that will produce more cut- 

 tings are being looked for. Chrysan- 

 themum and carnation cuttings and 

 Asparagus plumosus are a feature here 

 and potted stock runs into large fig- 

 ures. 



Our club members seem ratlier lack- 

 ing in due courtesy and hospitality to 

 the gentlemen who come to give us 

 valuable talks at the expense of their 

 own time and money, but there is one 

 place where we do not fall down and, 

 in proportion to the membership of 

 the club, hold the record for the U. S., 

 and that is in turning out to hear our 

 different speakers. Mr. M. C. Wright 

 of the Lord & Burnham Co., who was 

 the speaker on this occasion, certainly 

 had a large and appreciative audience. 

 The vote of thanks at the end was a 

 real one from the heart. The slides 

 accompanying the lecture were highly 

 appreciated and added much to the 

 body of the paper. 



On the exhibition table were sweet 

 peas from E. P. Hostetter of Manheim 

 and Purity Freesia from ,Iolin R.Shrein- 

 er and Rudolph Nagle proved to us by 

 his vase of mignonette that he knew 

 the business well enough to make his 

 first attempt a complete success. 



Visitors were Dennis Connor and M. 

 C. Wright of the Lord & Burnham Co., 

 T. J. Nolan of the King Construction 

 Co.. Mr. Kenny of The Cumberland 

 Floral Co., Harrisburg, Pa.; E. S. Rutt 

 of Elizabethtown. Pa., and several oth- 

 ers. 



In addition to the routine business 

 of the club a proposition was present- 

 ed by H. Horter Fricke for The Phila- 

 delphia Press in relation to a special 

 for Flower Show week and in which 

 the club has taken a five-inch double 

 column space for general i)ublicity pur- 

 poses and in which will appear a full 



Monday, Feb. 28. 



Florists* and Giirdeners' Clult of 

 Kliode Island. Swartz Hall, Provi- 

 dence, R. I. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore, Florist Exchange Hall, 

 Haltiraiire, Md. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



March 7-8. Moline. — Annual meet- 

 ing and exliibition of tlie Illinois 

 State Florists' Association. 



March 17, 18, 19, Boston. — Spring 

 Ezblbltloa Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, Horticultural Hall. 



March 35-April 2, Philadelphia.— 

 Fourth National Flower Show of the 

 Society of American Florists. Con- 

 vention Hail, Broad Street and Al- 

 legheny Avenue. 



April 5-12, New York. — Interna- 

 tional Flower Show of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New Yorit and 

 the New York Florists' Club, Grand 

 Central Palace, Forty-sixth Street 

 and Lexington Avenue, New York. 



May 10, 14, Boston. — May Show 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 Horticultural Hall. 



list of our membership. It was also 

 voted that we buy 100 tickets for the 

 use of our club members, and arrange- 

 ments are on foot for a Lancaster Day 

 with special trains and special rates. 



The Programme Committee, through 

 its chairman H. K. Rohrer, has in 

 store for us next meeting. March 16th. 

 an illustrated lecture by Richard Vin- 

 cent, Jr., on the bulb industry in Hol- 

 land, and we shall have our wives and 

 sweethearts at this meeting. 



President Schroyer seems deter- 

 mined to give the girls a chance at our 

 bachelor florists this present leap year 

 and appointed a committee to arrange 

 for a Ladies' Night the Thursday after 

 Easter, to take the place of our April 

 meeting, whicli would fall three days 

 before Easter — an inopportune time 

 for most of us. 



Albert M. Hekr. 



ST. LOUIS CLUB AND SOCIETY 

 MEETINGS. 



The County Growers' Club meet on 

 Wednesday, March 1st at the Eleven 

 Mile House. A lot of business is to be 

 transacted, so says acting President 

 Edwards. 



The Retail Florists' Association met 

 on Monday night, Feb. 21, at Mission 

 Sun Garden. President Young presid- 

 ed and the attendance was large. 



The oflScers of the Florist Club meet 

 next week, Thursday, March 2d, at 

 Secretary Beneke's home, 3648 Hum- 

 phrey street. Plans will be mapped 

 out for an interesting meeting for 

 March 9th. 



W. N. Craig, of lirookllne, Mass.. 

 will address the Rhode Island Horti- 

 cultural Society members and others 

 on Friday evening. March 3, at Man- 

 ning Hail, Brown University, Provi- 

 dence, on the subject of "Beautifying 

 the Home Grounds." 



CONNECTICUT NURSERYMEN'S 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The Tenth Annual Meeting of the 

 Connecticut Nurserymen's Association 

 was held at Hotel Garde, Hartford, 

 Conn., Feb. 18, President W. E. Camp- 

 bell presiding. The report of the 

 treasurer showed the financial condi- 

 tion of tlie association to be in first- 

 class shape. W. E. Campbell of Elm 

 City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn., 

 was reelected president; F. S. Baker, 

 of New Haven, vice-president; F. L. 

 Thomas, of The Pequod Nursery Co., 

 Meriden, re-elected treasurer. 



At the afternoon session the follow- 

 ing program of entertainment and in- 

 struction was carried out: Address 

 by W. W. McCartney, "Standardiza- 

 tion of Nursery Stock"; address by 

 Prof. Ralph C. Hawley, "Results of Our 

 Appearance Before the Federal Board 

 in Washington, D. C"; address by J. 

 R. Barnes, "Possibilities of Machinery 

 tor Reducing Cost of Labor in the 

 Nursery Business"; address by Dr. 

 Geo. P. Clinton, "Hereroecious Rusta 

 Found in Connecticut Nurseries"; ad- 

 dress by Stephen Hoyt, "Is the Motor 

 Truck Practical for Our Business"; 

 address by Dr. W. E. Britton, "The 

 Problem of Inspection Quarantine." 



We were disappointed that two of 

 our expected guests and speakers were 

 unable to be present, viz.: Alex. 

 Cumming, Jr., Cromwell, who was to 

 speak on "Commercial Handling of 

 Roses." and W. B. Hatch, who was to 

 speak on "Suggestions From an Ex- 

 perienced Landscape Gardener." 



The President made the following 

 appointments: Standing Committees 

 for year 1916— Legislative. F. E. Coe, 

 chairman, New Haven; Stephen Hoyt, 

 New Canaan; J. R. Barnes, Yalesville; 

 Executive, W. W. McCartney, chair- 

 man. New Haven, Gustave Minge, 

 Hartford; F. S. Baker, New Haven; 

 Entertainment. Paul M. Hubbard, Bris- 

 tol, chairman; Charles Turner. Hart- 

 ford: B. A. Brassill. Hartford. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Fel)ruary meeting of the New 

 London Horticultural Society was held 

 on Feliruary 10th when Chas. H. Totty 

 of Madison, N. J., spoke on the "Cul- 

 ture and Care of Hardy Chrysanthe- 

 mums," giving a list of the best varie- 

 ties. The tables were filled with 

 plants and cut flowers, including 

 cinerarias, primulas, cyclamen, frees- 

 ias, carnations, etc. The secretary an- 

 nounced that Professor GuUey, of 

 Storrs' College, would speak at the 

 March meeting on "Spraying and 

 Pruning.'' II. E. L. 



At the monthly meeting of the Med- 

 ford Horticultural Society on Feb. 15, 

 J. K. M. L. Farquhar lectured before 

 one of the largest audiences in the 

 history of the Society. Hon. Wilton 

 B. Fay presided. The subject of the 

 lecture was the Gardens of China and 

 Japan. Many fine pictures were thrown 

 on the screen, and Mr. Farquhar drew 

 attention to the manner in which all 



