April 15, 1916 



HOETICULTUEE 



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Vaughan's Seed Store, New York, 

 biilbs and sundries. 



Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., 

 florists' plants in variety. 



John Scheepers & Co., New York, 

 bulbous plants in flower. 



Geo. E. M. Stumpp, New York, vases 

 and floral novelties, a very large dis- 

 play. 



Kottmiller, New York, retail florist 

 booth. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, Green- 

 house heating apparatus. 



W. H. button, .Jersey City, N. J., 

 greenhouse building material. 



U. Bar Greenhouse Co., New York, 

 model of U. Bar construction. 



Metropolitan Material Co., Brooklyn 

 N. Y., greenhouse section. 



Hitchings & Co., New York, green- 

 house construction and heating. 



Davey Tree Expert Co., demonstra 

 tiou of tree surgery. 



Bon Arbor Chemical Co.. Paterson, 

 N. J., plant food. 



Lord & Burnham Company, Irving- 

 ton and New York, section of green- 

 house construction. 



Coldwell Lawn Mower Co., New- 

 burgh, N. Y., lawn mowers. 



Kirke System, Brooklyn, N. Y., fer- 

 tilizer distributor. 



S. P. Townsend & Co., Orange, N. J., 

 lawn mowers. 



W. F. Leary, New Rochelle, N. Y., 

 spraying apparatus. 



Miller & Doing, self-watering flower 

 boxes. 



Alphano Humus Co., New York City, 

 Alphano humus. 



Reed & Keller, New York City, ex- 

 tensive display of florists' supplies. 



Reade Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, weed 

 killers. 



Schloss Bros., New York, florists' 

 ribbons. 



National Floral Corp.. New York, 

 system for flower delivery. 



Revere Rubber Co., Chelsea, Mass., 

 rubber hose. 



Fulper Pottery Co., New York, ex- 

 liibit of vase craft. 



American Seed Tape Co., New York. 



Electric Fountain Co., New York. 



Lewis & Valentine, landscape con- 

 tractors. 



Matthews Garden Crafts, Cleveland, 

 0. 



Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 

 literature. 



Chronicle Press. Jersey City, N. J., 

 Gardeners' Chronicle. 



A. T. Delamare Ptg. & Pub. Co., New 

 York, publications. 



EXHIBITION AT LOWELL, MASS. 



The second annual flower show un- 

 der the auspices of the Lowell Board 

 of Trade and Middlesex Women's Club 

 and the florists and nurserymen of 

 Lowell and vicinity, was held at Colo- 

 nial and Jliddlesex Halls on April 7 

 and 8. Admission was free to the pub- 

 lic and the attendance was very large. 

 The display was the most brilliantly 

 beautiful spectacle ever presented in 

 Lowell. As compared with the flower 

 show of a year ago, this year's exhibi- 

 tion was larger, more complete, bet- 

 ter arranged and far more attractive. 

 The orchestra, screened behind banked 

 palms on the stage, added much to the 

 enjoyment of the occasion. 



-\mong the florists contributing were 

 Harvey B. Greene, plants and flowers: 

 Backer & Co., Billerica Centre, carna- 



Meetings Next 

 Week 



Monday, April 17. 



])i.'tioit Florists' Club, Henili F|"rMl 

 Hilll. l>ctri)it. .Midi. 



Hou.ston Florists' Club. Cbiimber 

 of Commerce Rooms, Houston. Tox. 



New .Terspy Florlcultural Sorlrt.v, 

 Orange. N. J. 



Tuesday. April 18. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Clnli of 

 Boston. Horticultur.il Hall, Boslcin, 

 Mass. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Ontario. St. George's Hall, Toronto, 

 Can. 



Lake Geneva Gardeners' and Fore- 

 men's Assoclatiiin, Hortioultural Hall, 

 Lake Geneva. Wis. 



Minnesota State Florists' Associa- 

 tion, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Horticultural Hall. riiiUidel- 

 phla. Pa. 



Wednesday, April 19. 



Rbode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Public Librarv. Providence, 



ill R. i. 



Horticultural .Society of New York. 

 .American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, New York City. 



Dutebess County Horticultural 

 Society, Pouglikeepsie, X. Y. 

 Thursday, April 20. 



Esse.x County Florists' Club, 

 Kreuger-Auditoriuni. Newark. N. .T. 



New Orleans Horticultural Society, 

 Association of Commerce Bldg., New 

 Orleans, La. 



North Westcbester County Horti- 

 cultural Societ.v, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 



Tacoma Florists' Association. Mac 

 cabee Hall, Tacoma, Wash. 



Friday, April 21. 



North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Manchester, Mass. 



Saturday, April 22. 

 Dobbs Ferry Gardeners' Associa- ..,, 

 lion. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. |1| 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



.Ma.v 1»-14. Hiistiin. May Sliuw, 

 :\lassachusctts Hiirl ic\iltural Society. 

 Horticultural Hall. 



June 1-4, Pelhain Ba.v, New York. 



— Summer Sliow. Inti'fnationa] Gar- 

 den Club. 



tions; John S. Haynes' estate, plants 

 and floral decorations ; R. P. Chris- 

 toff erson, So. Lowell, roses; H. J. 

 Chandler & Sons, Tewksbury. carna- 

 tions and other flowers; F. P. Putnam, 

 North Te'wksbury, carnations, palms, 

 etc.; Albert Roper estate. North 

 Tewksbury. carnations; Shepards' Gar- 

 den Carnation Co.. carnations; Patten 

 cfe Co., Tewksbury Centre, carnations, 

 antirrhinums, Godfrey callas, etc.; 

 John T. Gale. Tewksbury Centre, vio- 

 lets, sweet peas, lilies, etc.; H. L. 

 Shedd, So. Lowell, carnations; Morse 

 & Beals, Easter plants and flowers. 



Middlesex Hall was devoted to the 

 nursery exhibits. Here were Robin 

 Hall .Nursery, So. Chelmsford, J. J. Mc- 

 Manmon, Dracut, and others; also 

 Ervin E. Smith Co., Adams Hardware 

 & Paint Co., Thompson Hardware Co. 

 and W. T. S. Bartlett, showing seeds 

 and garden sundries. 



Melrose, Mass. — A. M. Tuttle has 



purchased several acres of land on 



Water street, to be used for nursery 

 purposes. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



Tb.e growing abuse of the cliarity of 

 the florists was tlie principal topic of 

 discussion at the .\pril nieeting of this 

 Club. The complaint has lieen made 

 that an increasing number of people 

 are talnng advantage of the florists Ijy 

 baiting one against the other in the 

 effort to secure donations of money 

 and flowers for this or that purpose. 

 The practice has come to be of su:h 

 magnitude as to form a factor in the 

 overhead expense account. It was sug- 

 gested that rules be adopted whereby 

 no member shall make or consider any 

 donation or subscription scheme of 

 any kind unless the same shall hav.^ 

 the approval of the advertising com- 

 mittee. 



Not only are the florists tlie victims 

 of those who ask donations of flowers, 

 or who even ask them to provide dec- 

 orations, but they are continually 

 called upon to advertise in mediums 

 of doubtful value, and there is also 

 the third scheme of selling them tick- 

 ets under which they are parted from 

 their rightful earnings. The rules 

 will be extended to cover these 

 schemes also. As a part of the plan, 

 placards bearing the rules are to be 

 distributed to be hung in conspicuous 

 places in the stores. 



There was a considerable talk on 

 malpractice with respect to gardening 

 following remarks by Harry B. Lewis, 

 of the Department of Public Buildings 

 and Grounds, wherein he told of how 

 a thirty-foot rambler had lieen so bad- 

 ly mutilated by would-be gardener that 

 it would require fully ten years for it 

 to be returned to its former beauty. 

 He declared that the people of the city 

 should be warned against employing 

 the services of men who do not under- 

 stand the business. 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 



CLUB. 



Tile regular monthly meeting was 

 held April 4th with F. D. Keyes and 

 son, Florence. Tlie topic was Easter 

 Plants, which was handled by Harold 

 Keyes in a comprehensive manner. A 

 good discussion ensued. Messrs. Thurs- 

 ton and Sinclair entertained the less 

 fortunate members with descriptions 

 of the National Flower Show. 



Exhibits were made by Keyes & 

 Son, who staged some extra good 

 callas, a pink sport of carnation En 

 chantress, and Primula obconica 

 gigantea. Butler & Ullnian showed 

 Hydrangea Radiant and sweet pea 

 Yarrawa. G. H. Sinclair showed Sil- 

 ver Pink snapdragon in top form. 

 H. E. Downer showed plants of Ne- 

 mesia strumosa Siittoni, an easily 

 grown annual wliich should make a 

 useful pot plant for the florist. 



H. E. D. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The April meeting last Monday 

 evening was the slimmest on record 

 for many a year, only twenty-five 

 members attending. All business ex- 

 cept the nomination of new members 

 was shunted over until the May meet- 

 ing. Three applications were received 



