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HORTICULTURE 



March 11, 1916 



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FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The special feature of the regular 

 monthly meeting of this club held on 

 the 7th inst was an address on "Win- 

 ter FloweriuK Sweet Pea; its history 

 and development." by Howard M. Eari. 

 This address was quite a revelation to 

 many. It will appear in full in a fu- 

 ture issue. .Many fine exhibits of 

 sweet peas were made. Among these 

 may be mentioned C. B. Newbold. C. S. 

 Loefler, Lititz, Pa.; D. H. Green, 

 Brownsboro, Md.; Gude Bros., Wash- 

 ington, D. C; Fred Carey, Kennett 

 Square. Pa.; Yeatman & Way, Kennett 

 Square; A. Harvey & Sons, Brandy- 

 wine Summit, Pa., and .lohn Curwen, 

 Berwyn, Pa. 



In addition there were some fine 

 roses, carnations and other flowers of 

 exceptional merit, including exhibits 

 by Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., rose 

 Prince de Bulgarie; Cottage Gardens 

 Co., Cottage Maid carnations; Gude 

 Bros., roses Red Radiance, .7. L. Mock, 

 and a seedling rose, a very fine flower, 

 and John Curwen, Primula malacoides. 



About fifty new members were pro- 

 posed showing that the ninety-day 

 probation is doing good work. There 

 was a good deal of political and re- 

 ligious matter discussed contrary to 

 the contitution and by-laws of the 

 club. 



E. Downer, Dendrobium nubile, Bauera 

 rubioides. hyacinths, schizanthus and 

 tulips. Congratulations were in order 

 to G. H. Sinclair, that day appointed a 

 Park Commissioner for the city of 

 Holyoke. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual banquet of the New 

 Bedford Horticultural Society was 

 held Feb. 29, with a good attendance. 

 At the regular March meeting, held 

 Monday evening, the 6th, the paper on 

 "Use of Native Plants for Ornamental 

 Planting," sent out by the National 

 Association of Gardeners, was read 

 cided to hold, as usual, four free 

 shows this season — peony, rose, dahlia 

 and chrysanthemum. The campaign 

 for new members is progressing well, 

 a considerable number having been 

 already added. As soon as spring 

 opens, an earnest effort in this line 

 will be made and will undobutedly be 

 successful, as the society stands high 

 in public favor, due to the very suc- 

 cessful conduct of its shows for the 

 last few years. 



L. J. Hathaway, Jr., President. 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF NEW YORK. 



The success of the exhibitions for 

 January and February have influenced 

 the society to hold an exhibition In 

 March, contrary to Its usual custom. 

 This exhibition will occur on Wednes- 

 day. .March 15th, at the American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, 77th street 

 and Central Park West. Premiums 

 are offered for collections of cut 

 blooms of orchids, for both commercial 

 and non-commercial growers, and also 

 for roses and carnations for both 

 classes of growers. For non-commer- 

 cial growers only, premiums are 

 offered for sweet peas, snapdragons, 

 narcissus, tulips and lilies. The exhi- 

 bition committee is also authorized to 

 award prizes for plants or flowers of 

 unusual merit or excellence of cultiva- 

 tion. 



Schedules are now ready, and will 

 be sent on application to the secretary, 

 George V. Nash, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



George V. Nash, Sec'y. 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 

 FLORISTS' AND GARDEN- 

 ERS' CLUB. 

 At the monthly meeting of this club- 

 March 7th, at the greenhouses of 

 Gallivan Bros., Smith's Ferry, Mass., 

 James Whiting read the paper "Is Gar- 

 dening a Profession?" and K. B. Ull- 

 man presented a paper on "Advertis- 

 ing" which provoked a good discussion 

 and brought the retailers out of their 

 shells. Exhibits made a fine showing. 

 Mr. Schwartz, in charge of the green- 

 houses, had arranged a bank of Murillo 

 tulips, a group of ericas, azaleas and 

 ferns, and a crimson form of Primula 

 obconia. G. H. Sinclair & Son 

 showed Primula vulgaris, and vases of 

 carnations and other flowers. F. D. 

 Keyes & Son showed carnations. H. 



ST. LOUIS CLUB AND SOCIETY 

 NOTES. 



At the next meeting of the Retail 

 Florists' Association, March 20, at 

 Mission Inn warden, a banquet will be 

 given to which the heads of the five 

 wholesale houses will be invited. The 

 entertainment will be something out 

 of the ordinary and they expect the 

 entire membership to be present on 

 this occasion. 



The officers of the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club spent a pleasant evening on 

 March 2 at the home of Secretary 

 Beneke. An interesting program was 

 laid out for the club meeting this 

 week. These monthly meetings of the 

 officers have been very beneficial to 

 the club and the attendance has in- 

 creased greatly as something new is 

 always presented in that way. Dur- 

 ing the evening refreshments were 

 served. 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



This organization is assembled at 

 .Moline, III., this week (March 7 and 

 8) in its eleventh annual convention 

 and exhibition. Details of the meet- 

 ing we hope to record in our next 

 issue. We have on hand the address 

 of President C. W. Johnson, which 

 gives an interesting account of the 

 progress of the past year; also a val- 

 uable paper on fertilizers for roses 

 by Prof. Muncie. Both of these papers 

 will appear in a later issue. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



"On account of the Secretary's In- 

 ability to attend the National Flower 

 Show, to be held in Philadelphia, 

 March 25 to April 2. the President has 

 authorized Mrs. Albert M. Herr to re- 

 ceive dues and give receipts for the 

 same. 



Mrs. Geo. W. Smith, Sec'y. 

 9419 Lake Avenue, 



Cleveland, Ohio. 



