May 6, 1916 



HORTICULTUKE 



633 



Grouping and Culture of Trees, 

 Shrubs, Perennials and Annual Bed- 

 ding Plants in the Ornamentation ot 

 Private Grounds," no award was made 

 by the judges as the papers submitted 

 were not of sufficient high merit to 

 warrant an award. 



The essay contest for President 

 Craig's prizes of $25, $15 and $10 for 

 the best three papers on any horticul- 

 tural subject submitted by assistant 

 gardeners is now under way. The con- 

 test will close on November 1, and the 

 judges' decision will be rendered at 

 the next convention of the association, 

 which will be held in December. The 

 papers are limited to twenty-five hun- 

 dred words and must be signed with a 

 nom de plume and forwarded to Wil- 

 liam H. Waite, chairman of the com- 

 mittee on essays and horticultural in- 

 struction. Box 290, Madison, N. J. The 

 contestant, too, must send his full 

 name and address enclosed in an en- 

 velope with his nom de plume written 

 plainly on the outside of the envelope 

 to the secretary, M. C. Ebel, Madison, 

 N. J. 



As considerable time has been al- 

 lotted to prepare the essays it is hoped 

 that the number of contestants will be 

 many. 



NEW CROP 



Fancy $1.35 per lOOO 

 Dagger $1.15 per lOOO 

 Creen ^hpet Moss for hanging bas- 

 kets $1 75 per bag 

 Perpetuated Moss $3.50 per bag 

 Hu kleberry Foliage$2.50 per case 

 Lyiata EVERGREEN o«K $2.50 per case 



CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO. 



EVERGREEN, ALA. 



a nice lot of tuberous begonias from 

 their Andalusia nurseries. These were 

 extra choice with immense flowers and 

 fine colors. They also sent a good sized 

 exhibit of Helen Michell geranium. 

 Henry Eichholz exhibited a fine vase 

 of snapdragon in various colors. Tom 

 Daly will be the speaker at the next 

 monthly meeting. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 

 Parker Thayer Barnes, of Harris- 

 burg, was the principal speaker at the 

 meeting of this club held on May 2nd. 

 He gave an able dissertation on that 

 perennial pest — the red spider — and 

 the latest up-to-date methods for con- 

 trol of same. We hope to reproduce 

 this in full in a future issue as it is 

 of great interest to every horticulturist 

 in the country. Robert Kift made an 

 appeal for a fund for Miss Jarvis, the 

 Inventor of Mothers' Day. Zieger & 

 Son exhibited some very fell-flowered 

 Hydrangea Otaksa — about the best we 

 have ever seen. H. F. Michell Co. sent 



MOTH QUARANTINE. 



An extension of the area in the New 

 England States under quarantine 

 against the gipsy moth and brown-tail 

 moth is being considered by the V. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, and a pub- 

 lic hearing on this question will be 

 held in Washington at 10 a. m., May 2, 

 1916. It is proposed to quarantine the 

 following towns in addition to the ter- 

 ritory covered by existing quarantines: 

 N. H.: Conway, Thornton, Carapton, 

 Ellsworth, Rumney, Warren, Went- 

 worth, Piermont, Orford, Lyme; Vt., 

 Bradford, Fairlee; Mass., Ware, Mon- 

 son: Conn., Ashford. The result or 

 this quarantine will be to restrict the 

 interstate shipment from the quaran- 

 tined area of nursery stock, coniferous 

 trees and forest plant products, except 

 in accordance with regulations pre- 

 scribed by the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Paterson, N. J.— The Totowa Flori- 

 cultural Society will hold their fall 

 dahlia show at Lincoln Hall on Sept. 

 2:! and 24. 



Lancaster County Florists' Associa- 

 tion. 



April 27th was ladies' night under 

 the leadership of a committee con- 

 sisting of Albert M. Herr. chairman, 

 Frank Kohr, Rudolph Nagle, Lemon 

 Landis and Elmer Weaver. There was 

 a cold drizzling rain from 6 A. M. to 

 midnight, but you can not dampen the 

 ardor of this bunch of florists and over 

 fifty were on hand promptly at 6.30 P. 

 .VI., al)out one-lialf of the number being 

 ladies. A small dinner was served by 

 ^Irs. Stegeman, the tables being hand- 

 somel,\ decorated through the courtesy 

 of Messrs L. Landis. Schroyer, Barr. 

 Kdgar. Elmer Weaver and E. P. Hos- 

 tetter, the ladies all having corsage 

 bouquets of sweet peas and the gentle- 

 men boutoniers of carnations. Presi- 

 dent Scliroyer announced that any man 

 who attempted to make a speech would 

 be thrown out. Mrs. A. M. Herr seized 

 the opportunity and claimed the privi- 

 lege (not being a man) of thanking the 

 club for this auspiciously begun La- 

 dies' Night and voiced the feelings of 

 every lady present. 



After dinner games were in order — 

 cards, bowling, billiards and pool. In 

 the cards Mrs. A. M. Herr won first 

 prize, Mrs. Chas. Tucker, second for 

 ladies, and David Rose first and Mr.W. 

 B. Girvin second for gentlemen. In the 

 bowling duck pins Mrs. Lehman won 

 first ladies' with 102, Mr. Chas. Tuck- 

 er first gentlemen's with 164, and Mrs. 

 B. F. Barr won the consolation prize 

 with a score of 42. 



The thanks of the committee are due 

 to Mrs. Rudolph Nagle who presented 

 us with one of her handsome hand- 

 painted flower pots as a prize for bowl- 

 ing. .Mrs. Nagle not only paints her 

 own work but burns it as well and 

 lias an artistic reputation that extends 

 beyond the confines of Lancaster. Mid- 

 night found the hall deserted and 

 every one on the road home all the 

 better for the night's play. 



Albert M. Hebb. 



I'Inci* Import Orders Now, With 



A. HANS, Woburn, Mass. 



BEI'RK.SKNTING 



K. J. KUYk, Ghent, Belgium 



will call on you promptly on reqneat. 

 'Phone Woborn (i06-W. 



Antiuuiii.m .11 "Weld Piniv." 

 Grown by Willliim C. Uiist, Itrookliiu'. .Muss. 



ORCHIDS 



We srow aad Hell nothinic but ORCHIDS, 

 (f you Bre in the market for this c]a«8 of 

 plants we reHptM-lfully NoIIclt your InqntricN 

 ftnd orders. Spf>rlal liHts on application. 



LAGER & HURRELL, Summit, N. J. 



