April 22, 1916 



HOETICULTURE 



567 



ORGANIZATION OF COLLEGE 

 FLORISTS 



KESOLVED : That the members of the 

 S. A. F. and O. H. iuterested in the line of 

 floricultural education and research be 

 recognized as a Section of the S. A. F. and 

 O. H. under the title of the College Florists' 

 Section of the S. A. F. and O. H. 



The above resolution was adopted 

 at a meeting on March 29th in Phila- 

 delphia. 



At the call of Prof. A. H. Nehrling 

 ot Massachusetts, H. B. Dorner of Illi- 

 nois, E. A. White and A. C. Beal of 

 New York, B. W. Anspon of Maryland, 

 E. I. Wilde of Pennsylvania, A. H. 

 Nehrling and A. S. Thurston of Mass- 

 achusetts, together with W. N. Rudd 

 and Richard Vincent, Jr., gathered at 

 an informal meeting and dinner, 

 which was held at the Hotel Walton 

 on March 28th. 



At this meeting various problems 

 connected with teaching and experi- 

 mental work were discussed. Among 

 Eome of the things which were talked 

 over were, how to establish a closer 

 relationship of the commercial men 

 with the colleges, how the colleges 

 might co-operate with the commercial 

 man, the best methods to use to give 

 students a practical training in flori- 

 culture, the education of the public to 

 a greater appreciation of flowers, and 

 the placing of students during vaca- 

 tions in order that they might get 

 actual experience along practical lines. 

 Many valuable suggestions on these 

 and other subjects were offered by Mr. 

 Rudd and Mr. Vincent. 



As a result of this informal meet- 

 ing it was felt that there was need of 

 an organization which not only would 

 be of mutual benefit to its members, 

 but could co-operate with the S. A. F. 

 A. S. Thubston. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES 

 The annual flower show, under the 

 direction of the Gardeners' Union, will 

 be held in City Hall, Lewiston, Maine, 

 on August 24-25. 



At the monthly meeting of the New 

 London (Conn.) Horticultural Society, 

 William A. Dawson, of Willimantic. 

 gave a talk on "The Carnation." 



New York I.nternationai, Flower Show. 

 Flowering Plants and Bulbs Arranged for Effect by J. Canning, Supl. tor A. I.ewisohn. 



Winning 1st Prize, $250. 



The April meeting of the New Lon- 



don Horticultural Society was held on 

 the 13th inst. with Wm. A. Dawson of 

 Willimantic as speaker, the subject 

 being "The Carnation and Its History." 

 Mr. Dawson had several vases of 

 blooms, also the local gardeners who 

 also exhibited a lot of bulbous stock. 

 This was the largest meeting the soci- 

 ety has ever had, as the hall was 

 packed even to standing room. The 

 society decided to do away with the 

 Summer Show owing to lack of sup- 

 port on the part of the public. Three 

 new members were elected to mem- 

 bership. H. E. L. 



There was a good attendance at the 

 regular monthly meeting of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society on April 12. Ed. 

 Jenkins was given an award of merit 

 for a display of Spencer sweet peas. 

 A letter was read from the Interna- 

 tional Garden Club, asking the co- 

 operation in the Summer Show al 



Pelham Bay Park in June. It was 

 agreed to give the show all possible 

 support. The paper selected for the 

 evening was "Estate Management and 

 the College Graduate." A good discus- 

 sion followed. The next meeting is on 

 May hi. 



J. H. Frampton, Asst. Secy. 



At the meeting of the Connecticut 

 Horticultural Society, April 14, a col- 

 lection ot pansies, by Charles T. 

 Beasley & Co., East Milton, Mass., 

 was awarded a first-class certificate. 

 H. R. Hurd, of the C. M. Beach estate. 

 West Hartford, was awarded a first- 

 class certificate for stocks. On the 

 question of pruning grape vines Prof. 

 George T. Whitten said that very 

 good results were obtained by partial 

 pruning in the fall just before freez- 

 ing and again in the early spring. 

 Fred Boss, head gardener at Elizabeth 

 Park, gave a demonstration of prun- 

 ing shrubs, accomi]anied by a most in- 

 structive talk ot the various opera- 

 tions. He was followed by President 

 HoUister, who showed the old and the 

 new style of grafting and budding, 

 giving a practical demonstration of 

 the processes. John F. Huss exhibited 

 small conifers grafted a year ago last 

 February -and gave an acount of his 

 visit to the flower shows. 



New York I.n iernational Fi^>wi,ii Suuu. 

 Kxhibit of Max Schling. 



POLYANTHUS PRIMROSES. 



Innovations in every line are always 

 welcome, especially if they are of the 

 kind that raise the standard, William 

 Sim and his polyanthus primrose — 

 Primula elatior — have done just that, 

 created a new standard for the prim- 

 rose growers. The keeping qualities 

 of this primrose are among its chief 

 assets. Mr. Sim showed us a bunch 

 that he had picked two weeks previous 

 and apparently it was just as good as 

 if it had been picked on the preceding 

 day. Many tints and shades of yellow 

 are produced. H. M. Robinson & Co. 

 are selling the output of Mr. Sim's 

 houses. 



