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April 29, 191( 



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Sim's Hybrid Yellow Polyanthus 



'Giant Engliah Primrose > 

 GOLD MEDAL AWARDED AT PHII.ADKLPHIA 



This is the best sellinj;^ novelty in years. They 

 make charming pot plants for Easter and are indispen- 

 sable for cutting. They bloom from December to May. 



Stock is limited. Strong divisions for May delivery. 



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100 $10.00, 500 $35.00, 1000 $50.00 



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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



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NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The repular monthly meeting was 

 held April 18th in Mechanics Hall, 

 Orange. Peter Duff, Jr., was elected 

 to membership. An essay entitled 

 "Estate Management and the College 

 Graduate," by Morrell Smith, of New 

 York, was read. Max Schneider re- 

 ceived the following points on his ex- 

 hibits: Sweet peas, 65; stocks, 95; car- 

 nations, 90; Primula obconlca grandi- 

 flora, 85. The judges were Fritz Berg- 

 lund, Emll Panuska and William Reid. 

 Geo. W. Stbange, Sec. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



B. Hammond Tracy, of Wenham, 

 Mass.. delivered a lecture on "Gladi- 

 oir* at the regular monthly meeting 

 of the Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety last week. 



The Retail Florists' Association met 

 last week to further discuss the de- 

 tails of the flower show to be held in 

 Reading, Pa., Nov. 2-4. The location 

 of the show has not as yet been decid- 

 ed upon. This committee is in charge 

 of the arrangements: Fulmer Lauck, 

 Clayton Butts, Philip Loundon, Jacob 

 Bauder, Lee Arnold, Harry Heck and 

 Stanley Giles. 



The last lecture of the season was 

 given before the Medford, Mass., Horti- 

 cultural Society on the evening of 

 April 25. by Wm. N. Craig of Brook- 

 line, Mass., on Outdoor Ajinuals and 

 How to Grow Them Successfully. He 

 Bpoke in a very entertaining manner 

 for about an hour and by the number 

 of people in the audience the writer 

 obser\-ed taking notes, the practical in- 

 formation imparted will be made use 

 of the coming season. At the close of 

 his lecture Mr. Craig answered many 

 questions on other matters of horti- 

 cultural interest to his hearers. One 

 of our amateurs said to me that such 

 practical lecturers as Mr. Craig should 

 be widely known in the cities and 

 towns of our Metropolitan district, as 

 It is just the kind of information a 

 beginner is in need of and is so much 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, May 1. 



lioriiiirdsvilli' Il'TllciiUurul So- 

 ciety, lifriiarilsvllle. .N. .1. 



Elberon Horllcultunil Society, 

 rire Hall, Ellicron, N. J. 



Hou.ston Florist Club, Houston. 

 Toxn.s. 



.Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Cliil). Montreal. Canada. 



New Bedfr>r<I Horticultural So- 

 ciety, New Bedford, Mas.s. 



Florists' Club of Wasbington, 

 Wa.shlngton. D, C. 



Tuesday, IVIay 2. 



Lake Geneva Gardeners' and Fore- 

 men's Association. Lake Geneva. Wis. 

 I.os Angeles County Horticultural 

 Society, Los Angeles, Calif. 



Paterson Florlcultural Society, 

 Paterson. N. J. 



Florists' Club of Phllndclpbla, 

 Philadelphia. Pa. 



Pittsburgh Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Club. Pittsburgh, Pa. 



State Florists' Association of In- 

 diana, Anthony Hotel, Fort Wayne, 

 Ind. 



Wednesday, May 3. 



Tu.\edo Horticultural Society, Tux- 

 edo Park, N. .1. 



Thursday, May 4. 



Southampton Horticultural So, ; 

 Southampton, N. V. 



Friday, May 5. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 Manchester, Mass. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 Lake Forest, III. 



Pasadena Horticultural Socletv. 

 Pasadena, Calif. 



Vonkers Horticultural Sooi- ' 

 Yonkers, N. Y. 



People's Park Cottage Garden"! 

 .Association, Paterson, N. J. 



Saturday, May 6. 



PaclBc Coast Horticultural So. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 

 Ma.v 10. It. llOKlon.— .May sti'iv 

 s>iMehus,-lts norllcultural Soi-I.rv 

 Inrllcultural Hall. 



better to get it first-handed than from 

 books. Such remarks I think are en- 

 couraging to these gentlemen who so 

 willingly give their valuable time and 

 experience for the uplift of Horticul- 

 ture. George F. Stewabt. 



T. J. NOLAN 

 The accompanying portrait is of 

 T. J. Nolan, representative of the 

 King Construction Co. of North Tono- 



T. J. Nolan. 



wanda, N. Y. Mr. Nolan is well known 

 iinong the florists and he made many 

 aditional friends at the recent Phila- 

 delphia National Flower Show, where 

 the King Construction Co. had a very 

 fine exhibit. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Council Bluffs, la. — Meneray Nurse 

 lii s, cai)ital stock. $10,000. Incorpora- 

 inrs, I>. A., F. W. and A. O. Meneray 



St Paul, Minn.— Northern Nurseries, 

 capital stock, $50,000. Incorporators, 

 C. A. and E. W. Bazille and A. 

 Sjoholm. 



Shelby, Tenn. — Johnson GreeU' 

 houses, capital stock, $10,000. Incor 

 porators, O. C, W. C. and F. B. John 

 son, H. M. Barfield and T. Hardaway. 



Manchester, N. H.— Sheffield A. Ar- 

 nold, a Boston landscape architect, has 

 been engaged to make preliminary 

 plans for the laying out of Walker 

 Park. 



