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IIOUTICULTU « 



April L'2, 1916 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 





GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



At the monthly meeting on Tuesday 

 ovenlHK. April 18. It was decided to 

 hold the cliib pimlc on July 27 iin<l 

 ladles' night will take plaoe at the rej: 

 ular June nieetlUK. At the September 

 meetiiiK the ladles will aKain he enter- 

 tained and there will be a stereopticoii 

 lecture. It was voted that a letter of 

 sympathy he sent to the family of the 

 late Albert Uoiier. An invitation from 

 Stephen M. Weld of Dedhani to visit 

 his parden on May 15 was unanimoush 

 accepted. The lecture by F. A. Smith 

 principal of the Essex Agricultural 

 School. Hawthorn. Mass.. on "Orchard- 

 iiiK" was a very good and useful talk. 

 The lecturer laid stress on the value 

 of cultivation, pruning and fertiliza- 

 tion. He suggested that apples and 

 pears are best planted in the fall and 

 stone fruits in spring. He advised 

 planting semipermanent trees such as 

 Mackintosh and Wealthy between the 

 permanent orchard but laid emphasis 

 on the necessity of cutting these out 

 before crowding the ones that are to 

 remain. Also advised employing dwarf 

 or Paradise stock as fillers as well as 

 small fruits in the early years of th'' 

 orchard. He also advised growing rape 

 on poor ground as a cover crop to be 

 ploughed in. or clover on good soil to 

 he treated likewise. 



A report of cultural merit was given 

 to James Wheeler for a verse of single 

 vellow marguerites; large flowers. Re- 

 port of merit to F. W. Fletcher & Co.. 

 for snapdragon Enchantress. Vote of 

 thanks to James Methven for White 

 Oem celery; very good and late. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The regiilar meeting of this society 

 was held in Greenwich. Ct.. on April 

 14. A charming feature was the fine 

 display on the exhibition tables. 

 Harry Turner, of the .Morris Nursery 

 Co., was a visitor and addressed the 

 meeting briefly. A committee was ap- 

 pointed to arrange for the show to be 

 held in Mamaroneck, N. Y., in June, 

 and which bids fair to be one of the 

 society's best efforts. For the fall 

 show to be held in Greenwich. Ct.. 

 Oct 31 and Nov. 1 valuable prizes of 

 cash, cut glass and silverware will be 

 offered and the schedule ■will be ar- 

 ranged so that the small grower as 

 well as the large grower will have a 

 chance to compete. A discussion of 

 the recent exhibitions held in Phila- 

 delphia and New York brought out 

 some interesting observations. The 

 following awards were made: 



Carnation .Mma Ward, from James 

 Llnane. hon. mention; Carnation 

 Matchless, from Robt. Grunnert, hon. 

 mention; Am. Beauty roses, from Jas. 

 Foster, cultural certificate; Rose 

 Ophelia, from Jas. Stuart, cultural 

 certificate; P. W. Popp, tulip collec- 

 tion, including many of the newer 

 sorts, certificate of merit. 



Next meeting May 12, don't forget 

 to bring an exhibit. 



P. W. Popp, Cor. Sec. 



Meetings Next 

 Week 



Monday, April 24. 

 l.irlKtN' uiid GiircliMiiTK' Club of 

 <li> iKliiiid. .S\viirl7. Hull. l»rov|. 

 .,•. It. I. 

 i; irilfiicrs' iind rinrlKls' Cluli of 

 I iiriLiri'. I-'IcirUt Kxrlinlim.- llall. 

 1 .11 r.-, M.I 



Tuesday, April 25. 



\.»li"rl Horticultural Society, 

 ■-. .V iKirl. It. I. 



I irr.viowii riortlculturnl Society, 

 I rrytown. N. V. 



Wednesday, April 26. 



i.vsKT Hmv IlorUiultunil Society, 

 ii.MiT Uny, N. V. 



Friday, April 28. 



lomicolk-ut Hortlcultunl Society, 

 I ■iiiitv Itlilg., Uartford. Conn. 



Monnioulli County Horticultural 

 .< . Ii>ty. Itcd Bank. N. .1. 



IMsadcna Horticultural Society, 

 ri~MdPiia, Calif. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



>liiv 10, 11, IJuKton. — May Show 

 M is.siichusetts Horticultural Society. 

 H rtlcultural Hall. 



NEW HAVEN COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



This society has just issued its pre- 

 liminary schedule of the 84th annual 

 exhibition in September. The prize 

 list is over seven hundred dollars. 



The special prizes are stated in de- 

 tail. Among the donors are Knight & 

 Struck Co.. New York; Michell Seed 

 House, Philadelphia; Bobbink & At- 

 kins, Rutherford, N. J.; J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Co., New York; Sunnyslde 

 Gladiolus Gardens. Natick. Mass.; Wil- 

 lis E. Fryer, Mantorville, Minn.; Mun- 

 sell & Harvey, Ashtabula, Ohio; C. 

 Louis Ailing, West Haven; P. C. Shel- 

 don, .\ew Haven; P. W. Popp, Mama- 

 roneck, N. Y.; Arthur Cowee, Berlin, 

 N. Y.; Elm City Nursery Co., New 

 Haven ; Pierson U-Bar Co., New York. 



The State of Connecticut, through 

 the Board of Agriculture, offers valu- 

 able cash prizes, open to all citizens of 

 Connecticut, for potatoes and corn. 

 These prizes are to be competed for 

 at the annual mid-winter meeting of 

 the State Board of Agriculture. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB 



This club held an Interesting meet- 

 ing last Thursday afternoon. The 

 Spring Flower Show committee's re- 

 port was particularly pleasing. A 

 committee, consisting of F. Windier, 

 W. C. Smith and W. J. Pilcher, was 

 appointed to ascertain the number of 

 square feet of glass in and around SL 

 Louis and report at next meeting. 

 This was on request of the committee 

 to organize a State Florists' Associa- 

 tion. David Geddes and President 

 Bourdet gave interesting reports of 

 the National Flower Show. A. Van- 

 deveen, who has just returned from 

 Holland, gave an interesting account 

 of the bulb situation over there. The 



next luectiiig \Mll take iilax:u May 11 

 at 2 o'clock P. M. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTU 

 RAL SOCIETY, 



The regular meeting of this Society 

 was held on Wi>dnesday evening, April 

 12. A letter was received from Harry 

 Jones, tendering his resignation as 

 secretary, as he had moved to a point 

 some distance from Glen Cove. Mr. 

 Jones has been a most clllcient, hard 

 working and courteous oillclal. Henry 

 Gibson, of Uoslyn Heights, was elected 

 for the remainder of the year. 



A communication was received from 

 the Intcriiutional Garden Club re- 

 questing the co-operation of this Soci- 

 ety In the oi)en air flower show which 

 the Garden Club will hold in June. 

 Offers of two prizes were received for 

 our coming Rose Show. An essay on 

 "Estate Management and College Edu- 

 cation," by Morrell Smith, of New- 

 York, was listened to with great In- 

 terest and a lively discussion followed. 

 S. J. Trepess read a very interesting 

 and practical paper on "Peaches Un- 

 der Glass." Mr. Trepess exhibited a 

 grafted peach tree and also some 

 samples of fruiting and non-fruiting 

 wood of the peach. 



Schedules for the Tulip Show and 

 Rose Show were read and adopted. It 

 was decided to hold the Tulip Show 

 during the week of May 14. the exact 

 date to be announced later, and the 

 Rose Show on June 14. Awards were 

 made to Harry Goodband for lettuce, 

 John Everitt for roses, James McCar- 

 thy for sweet peas; Peter McLeod, 

 certificate of culture for sweet peas; 

 William Noonan. honorable mention 

 for violets. 



James McCabtht, Cor. Sec'j. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 

 The Fall Exhibition of this Society 

 will be held from November 9th to 

 12th. inclusive, at the American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History. The sched- 

 ule is now being prepared. The part 

 covering the Chrysanthemum bush 

 plants has been completed, and is as 

 follows: 



CHRYSAXTinOMfMS— PLANTS 



Open to All. 



Spei'lmen Bunhes 



In not less than foiirteon-lnch pots. 



Class No. First Second 



A 1 -Yollow ^fiO.no <U-t.-).l)0 



.\ -J.-Whlte iJO-fl" ■"-"'"•> 



A :i— Pink -"JOOO ."WOO 



.\-^— .-Vny other color riO.IX) IVi.OO 



A-^> — Ani-nione or Single, any 



color 30.00 15.00 



In not more than fourteen-lnch pots. 



A-0— Yellow IK.OO $15.00 



A-7— White 23.00 15.00 



A-8— Pink MOO ].-!.00 



A-9— Any other color 25.00 15.00 



Specimen Standards 



Not less than four feet In diameter, and 



not less than three foot stem. 



A-IO— Any color $20.00 $15.00 



Specimen, Odd Shape. 

 All— Any color $20.00 $15.00 



When the remainder of the schedule 

 is completed announcement of the fact 

 will be made. 



Geoboe V. Nash, Sec'y. 



