April 1, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



451 



TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 



Largest Auction Sales in the History of America 



Of Rhododendrons, Rose Bushes, Evergreens, Boxwoods, etc. 



Sales start at 11 o'clock A.M. each TUESDAY and FRIDAY 



THE MacNIFF HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 



52, 54 and 56 Vesey Street, NEW YORK 



Jr., until we came baclc to Lancaster, 

 wlien a little party of nine took dinner 

 with him and immediately thereafter 

 adjourned to the club rooms tor the 

 evening meeting. 



The business end of the meeting was 

 hastened through and at the instiga- 

 tion of the writer the club voted a do- 

 nation of $50,00 toward purchasing a 

 site for an Armory building, which 

 could be used for flower shows, etc. 

 Richard Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, 

 Md., was the speal^er for the evening, 

 his subject being "The Bulb Fields of 

 Holland." The ladies had been invited 

 and quite a goodly number were pres- 

 ent. 



Mr. Vincent showed a wonderful col- 

 lection of slides. They showed what 

 the Hollander does with his hard- 

 fought for ground and how he uses 

 every inch of available space. His 

 pictures of the Harlem exhibition gave 

 us an idea of how to malve attractive 

 the bare spots under trees with beds 

 of bulbs and the indoor or tent exhib- 

 it gave us some pointers that will be 

 used in the next Lancaster Flower 

 Show this fall. Mr. Vincent's remarks 

 connected with his slides of the Con- 

 vent Garden Market so thoroughly 

 coincide with what I have been preach- 

 ing for some years myself that they are 

 given as nearly as I can remember 

 them here. "This is a wonderful mar- 

 ket where plants and flowers of all 

 kinds are sold in quantities unbelieve- 

 able by us Americans. The English- 

 man with a much better climate for 

 the growing of flowers in window 

 boxes and for his home ornamentation, 

 does not plant a window box in the 

 spring and expect it to be a floral pic- 

 ture all summer with its limited area 

 of space and soil, but when a plant be- 

 gins to lose its beauty he goes to mar- 

 ket and buys another to replace it. 

 This is a thing we should educate our 

 American people to do and the result 

 would be not only the sale of more 

 plants but their greater use. as the 

 buyers would in this way get more sat- 

 isfaction and we should get increased 



A unanimous vote of thanks was ex- 

 tended to Mr. Vincent. The next meet- 

 ing night of the club will be Ladies' 

 .N'ight. at the Brenneman Building and 

 the date April 27th. 



Albeet M. Herr. 



how readily they grow from seed to 

 maturity and bloom. A most inter- 

 esting talk was given by E. A. Bras- 

 sil of his trip to Cuba. New Orleans, 

 Cliicago. Cleveland, and Niagara Falls. 

 Friday evening, March 24, had been 

 advertised as "Grafting and Pruning 

 Night," but the absence of our leader 

 made it necessary to postpone same 

 until the next meeting, April 14th. 

 There was some discussion on prun- 

 ing grape vines, noted gardeners 

 stating that it made no difference 

 whether they were pruned after March 

 1st or before; while others were very 

 positive that they should not be 

 pruned after March 1st on account of 

 the bleeding of the vines. Fred Boss, 

 head gardener at Elizabeth Park, got 

 a certificate of merit for calceolarias 

 and Warren S. Mason, Farmington, a 

 cultural certificate for Eupatorium 

 lanthinum. 



Alfred Dixon, Sec'y. 



coming year: President, Mrs. Lester 

 B. Williams; vice-president, Hon. Wil- 

 ton B. Fay; secretary, Mrs. Ruth 

 Wales Randall; treasurer. Miss Laura 

 P. Patten, and a board of directors 

 representing all sections of the city. 

 Maurice Fuld gave a talk on Perenni- 

 als. A reception was held at the close 

 and refreshments were served. 



George F. Stewabt. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The annual meeting of the .Medford. 

 Mass., Horticultural Society, was held 

 in the Medford Woman's Club House 

 on the evening of Marcli 20. Very 

 encouraging reports were read by the 

 secretary and treasurer. The Presi- 

 dent. Mrs. Lester B. Williams, gave a 

 short and inspiring address. The fol- 

 lualowing officers were elected for the 



The Worcester County (Mass.) Hor- 

 ticultural Society held a spring flower 

 show in Horticultural Hall. Worcester, 

 on March 9 and 10. Prize awards 

 were as follows: 



Cut flowers. H. F. A. Lange and Charles 

 Potter; carnations. Alfred H. Knight, 

 WilliMm M. Estalirciok and Paul Brighara ; 

 "Fchlds. Mrs. John C. Whitin : .\zalea 

 indica. H. F. A. Lanse and Miss Lnoy M. 

 (^oulson : cineraria, H. F. A. Lanije. A. W. 

 Hixon and Worcester Conservatories; 

 cyclamen. H. F. A. Lange and A. W. Hix- 

 on; hyacinths. Miss I.ucy Coulson and A. 

 \V. Hi.xon ; Primula sinensis and varieties. 

 A. W. Hixon, H. F. A. Lange and Wor- 

 cester Conservatories: basket, H. V. A. 

 Lange. Mrs. L. C. Midgley and Mrs. W. E. 

 S.'irgent: narcissus. H. F. A. Lange: 

 violets. David C. Murdock. Charles Potter 

 and Mrs. W. E. Sargent: flower garden. 

 H. F. A. Lanee. F. W. Breed. A. W. 

 Hixon and Charles Potter; cinerarias. 

 Charles Potter: pansies. L. C. Midgley 

 and W. D. Ross; snapdragon, W. D. 

 Ross; roses, Harry Randall; bay trees. 

 H. F. A. Lange; boxwood. E. W. Breed: 

 roses, H. F. A. Lange; seedling carnations, 

 Sydney Winter and Howard Newton. 



CONNECTICUL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular meeting of the Con- 

 necticut Horticultural Society on Fri- 

 day evening, March 10, .1. F. Huss 

 made a snlendid display of cineraries. 

 Alfred Cebelius, showed Cineraria stel- 

 lata. Mr. Huss was awarded a first- 

 class certificate, and Mr. Cebelius h 

 certificate of merit. Mr. Huss dilated 

 on the merits of the Cineraria and 



■ ■ ^m m ^■■l ^"^^ ^^'^ stock of ericas is exceptionally fine. 

 ■J ■■ «» I H ^ fy I offer the following ericas for growing 



■ ■ "■■» ■ ■ ■^^■m on for next Christmas blooming. Delivery 

 now. They should be potted into 5 or 5%-in. pots on receiving them, 

 placed in a cool house and plunged outside by May 1st to May 20th. 



Blooms Per 100 



Xmas Krica Melanthera. White hell brown eye, 3 and .1% in. pots $15.00 



Xnias Erica RrgerininniiK, light lavender bell. S and W2 in. pots l.'i.OO 



October Erica Gracilis Vcrnalis, dark pink bell. 3 and ZM: in. pots 15.00 



Feliruary Erica Cotoiioitles Veitchii, white, S'?. in. pots 12.00 



March Ei ica Persoluta Kosea, pink hell, .3 and .■?'/; in. pots 15.00 



Xman Erica Prc!.i<l.-iit Cariiot. pink trumpet. .'; and .HVj in. pots 20.00 



Xmas Erica President IVli.x Faure. pink trumpet. 3 and RVj In. pots 20.00 



Ardisia Crenuhita. Our stock is exceptionally fine, having from 8 to 14 

 branches which will proiluce a bunch of flne red berries on each branch. Ready 

 for h to in. po(s. Get tlieu' now. 



In 4 and 4V, in. pots. S to 10 branches J.W.OO per 100 



In 5 and 5',4 in. pots. 10 to 14 branches 75.00 per 100 



German (hridal) Mvrtle. :! in. pots $20.00 per 100 



Phoenix Rochelini— ready for 4V2 In. pot, from 3 In. pot 20.00 per 100 



Charges for packing at cost. All plants shipped out of pots. 

 Chorizpma fonhita — Sweet pea shaped flower, color of wall flower, 4 and 4^^ in. 

 pots. $2,^.00 to $30.00 per 100. 



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