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II ORTICULTURE 



Murch 4. 1916 





CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



I 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Tin- following luiiiifii gentlemen 

 have urrepted the position of Judges 

 for tlie Anierliaii Hose Soelety at the 

 Nntionul Klower Show In I'liiUidelphla 

 Murch 25 to April 2: Frank H. 

 Traeiidly New York City; \V. J. Pal- 

 mer. lUiffalo. N. Y.; Eugene Dalle- 

 doiize. Klatbiish, N. Y.; Robert Craig, 

 Philadelphia. I'a.; Philip nroltmeyer. 

 Detroit. MIeh.: Alex. H. Siott. Sharon 

 lim. Pa.; Win. U. Rock. Kansas City. 

 Mo.; Kmll Huettner. Park Ridge, 111.; 

 .lames Forbes. Portland, Ore.; Admiral 

 Aaron Ward. Hoslyn, N. Y.; Fted 

 Hiirki. Cihsonia. Pa.; J. H. Dunlop. 

 Richmond Hill. Ont.; Ceorge C. Thom- 

 as. .Ir. Chestnut Hill. Phlla., Pa.; Vic- 

 tor Groshens, Roslyn. Pa. 



There will be submitted at the an- 

 nual meeting of the .society the report 

 of the committee on standardizing the 

 length of stems of roses for market 

 and the question concerning the re- 

 naming of roses. A proi)osed staiid- 

 ard for outdoor roses made up by Dr. 

 Robert lluey, .lesse A. Ciirrey and 

 George C. Thomas, .Ir., has been sub- 

 tnitted to the Executive Committee. 



The annual bulletin for 1916 cover- 

 ing the business of the society for the 

 year 1915. with a series of papers upon 

 roses, colored illustrations, etc., is 

 now ready to be mailed to each mem- 

 ber of the .Vmerican Rose Society. 

 This book is a iiublication of uncom- 

 mon worth and was a special effort to 

 increase amateur membership. 



The promise now is. that the Show 

 of Roses in Philadelphia will reach the 

 highFst that lias ever been brought to- 

 gether, which is saying a good deal. 

 The extensive list of prizes is bounti- 

 ful; the iirivate donors are over fifty. 

 Ben.iamin Hammond. Sec'y. 



Beacon, N. Y. 



The American Rose Society's ex- 

 hibit entry forms for the National 

 Flower Show are out and copies may 

 be had on application to the office of 

 the Secretary, Benjamin Hammond, 

 Room 1205 Widener Building, Pliila., 

 Pa. Intending exhibitors should 

 promptly fill out and return same to 

 the Secretary's office, with duplicate 

 entry list to George E. Campbell, 

 Erdenheira. Pa., .Manager of Rose Ex- 

 hibits. Notice particularly Secretary 

 Hammond's address as given above, 

 not Beacon, N. Y. The time for stag- 

 ing all rose plants in pots is March 

 25; cut roses, March 27; rose display 

 exhibits. March 30. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The monthly meeting of the New 

 Jersey Floricultural Society was held 

 on February 21 in Orange. N. J. A let- 

 ter was received from W. A. Manda, 

 South Orange. N. J., offering a prize of 

 $5.00 for one flower each of his twelve 

 seedling dahlias of 1916 dissimination, 

 to be exhibited at our Dahlia Show in 

 September. Joseph A. Manda spoke iu 

 regard to the prize he had offered to 

 the member who brought in the most 



Meetings Next 

 Week I 



Monday, March 5. 



So- 



Soclety, 

 Houston, 



llrniMnisvllli' Ilorllciillural 

 clcly, lIcriiiinlHrlllc, N. J. 



ICIIionm Uirtlciilliirjil 

 I'lrc U;iil, KinoroM, N. ,T. 



Ilniisto!! FlorlKt Club, 

 'roxiis. 



.MoiurtMl GarJoiicrs' iiiid I'lorlstB' 

 Club, Montrojil, Ciuindu. 



New IkMlfiird Hortlcultunl So. 

 clety. Now IScdford, Muss. 



Florlsls' riiib of WiisblnKton, 

 WnsbliiKton, D. C. 



Tuesday, March 6. 



Luke Goiicv;i (Jnrdoiiors' .»nfl Forc- 

 niPii's Ass"<l!iiliin. I, iikc Geneva. Wis. 



Los Angeles Comity HortlcuUuriil 

 Society. Los Angeles. Oallf. 



Patcrson Plorlculturul Society, 

 P.iterson. N. J. 



I'lorlsts' Club of Pbihidelphia, 

 riilliulel|.bl:i. I'M. 



rittshurgli I'lorlsis' and Gar- 

 deners' Cliib. Pittsburgh, Pa. 



State Florists' Association of In- 

 diana, Anibony Hotel, Fort Wayne, 

 Ind. 



Wednesday, March 7. 



Cincinnati Florists' Sc.cicly, Jabez 

 Elliott Flower Market, Cincinnati, O. 



Dutcbess County Horticultural So- 

 ciety. PouRlikeepsle, N. Y. 



Morris County Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Society, Madison, N. J. 



Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 clct.v, Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, 

 N. Y. 



New York State Federation of Hor- 

 ticultural Societies and Clubs, Itha- 

 ca. N. Y. 



Friday, March 10. 



ConneclUiit Ilorlienllnral Society, 

 County Bidg.. Hartford, Conn. 



Westobester and Fairfleld Horti- 

 rnltui'al Society. Doian's Hall. Green 

 wieb. Conn. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



Mnrch 7-8. 3loline. — .\nnual meet - 

 iig and exbibltion of tbe Illinois 

 Sl;ite Florists' Association. 



Miirrh 17, IH, I», BoBtoii. --Spring 

 I'^xliibition Massacbnsetts Ilorticnl- 

 lural Society. Horilcultnral Hall. 



March 'iij-.-Xpril '2, Pbiluilelpliia. 

 Fourtb Nali'Mial Flower .'<liow of tbe 

 Sn<iety rif American Florists. Con- 

 vention Hall. Broad Street and Al- 

 legheny .\venuo. 



.April o-\2. New York. — Interna- 

 tional Flower Show of tbe Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York and 

 the New York Florists' Club. Grand 

 Central Palace, Forty-sixth Street 

 antl Lexington .\ venue. New York. 



May 10, 14, Boston.— May Show 

 M.issaelinsetts Horticultural Society, 

 Horticultural Hall. 



new members. He said there did not 

 seem to be any record of it on the min- 

 utes. An essay was read on the Young 

 Gardener's Opportunity in America, by 

 Henry Gibson of New York. 



Max Schneider, gard. for Peter 

 Hauck. Jr., East Orange, received the 

 following points in monthly competi- 

 tion: Carnations, 80 points; Preesias. 

 70; Primula malacoides, 85; Violets, 

 70. William Jordan for Primula ob- 

 conica. 70 points. 



William Jordan, supt. to E. Reming- 

 ton Nichols, West Orange, received an 

 honorable mention for Narcissus King 

 Alfred. 



George W. Stbanoe, Sec'y. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 

 The schedule of prizes offered for 

 the year 1916 has been published and 

 copies may be had on application to 

 the secretary, W. P. Rich. Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston. Prize cxIiiliitionH 

 are arranged as follows: Siiring Exhi- 

 bition. .March 17. IS and 19. May Ex- 

 hibition. May 10, 11, 12, K! and 14. 

 Peony Exhibition, June 10 and 11. Rose 

 and Strawberry Exhibition, June 24 

 and 25. Sweet Pea Exhibition, July 8 

 and 9. Gladiolus ICxhibltion, August 

 11, 12 and 1,'J. Exhibition of the prod- 

 ucts of Children's Gardens, September 

 2 and 3. Dahlia and Fruit Exhibition, 

 September !• and lu. Fruit and Vege- 

 table Exhibition, October 7 and 8. Au- 

 tumn Exliibltlon, November 1, 2, 3, 4 

 and 5. The most extensive of these 

 events will be the May Exhibition and 

 the Auttimn Exhibition, the last named 

 taking the iilace of the old chrysanthe- 

 mum show. The May Exhibition is In 

 a way an innovation.' Hitherto a mod- 

 est affair, it is jilanned for this year on 

 a big scale and bold lines. A large 

 number of special cash prizes and tro- 

 Ijhies of intrinsic value have been con- 

 tributed for this occasion by patrons 

 of Horticulture in and around Boston, 

 the value of the prizes aggregating ap- 

 proximately $4,500. The amount avail- 

 able for the year exceeds $10,000. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular meeting of the 

 bouthampton (N. Y.) Horticultural 

 Society on Feb. 17th, the following 

 named were appointed on the show 

 committee for 1916. James Guilfoll, 

 chairman; H. H. Wells, secretary; 

 J. Dickson, financial secretary; J. 

 Johnson, treasurer; S. R. Candler, 

 corresponding secretary; F. H. Smith, 

 U. G. Agor, J. W. King, R. Mercer, 

 A. McDonald, T. T. Corrigan, 0. H. 

 Campbell. W. A. Malcom, who was 

 elected vice-president at the annual 

 meeting, tendered his resignation and 

 D. T. Wells was elected to fill the 

 vacancy. J. W. King read a paper on 

 Growing Sweet Peas, first as grown 

 for show purposes, also as grown for 

 cut flowers, by the professional gard- 

 ener with greenhouse facilities, as 

 grown with the aid of hotbeds, also 

 the novice who has no glass. This 

 brought forth some discussion and 

 exchange of views which was both in- 

 structive and entertaining. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual inrcling of the Buffalo 

 Florists' Club will be held on Tuesday, 

 March 7. This meeting will not be at 

 the rooms of the club but will be held 

 at the "Hofbrau" in Eagle street, 

 where a short session will be held dnd 

 the election of officers for the ensuing 

 year will take place. Following the 

 meeting a banquet and entertainment 

 has been arranged for and an invita- 

 tion is extended to all local and out-of- 

 town florists. It will be a jolly good 

 time and the committee is anxious to 

 make this the most well attended ban- 

 quet yet held by the club. 



