May 27, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



725 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 



Milwaukee Convention. 

 A spirit of true co-operation appears 

 to have laid hold of the members of 

 the American Association of Nursery- 

 men, and the forty-first convention to 

 be held in Milwaukee, June 28th, 29th 

 and 30th, will average in attendance 

 any former gathering of the represen- 

 tatives of the nursery trade. With the 

 adoption of the new constitution at 

 Detroit, last year, a general revival of 

 determination to place the organiza- 

 tion on a higher plane than it has ever 

 before attained was manifest. 



At the coming convention a report 

 by Curtis Nye Smith, Boston, Mass., 

 who was appointed counsel of the As- 

 sociation, will consist of a review of 

 his work for the past year and of 

 recommendations for the future; and 

 the various papers to be read will all 

 breathe the same spirit of effort to 

 raise the moral and commercial ethics 

 of the organization. The Intention Is 

 to make a membership in the Ameri- 

 can Association a guarantee of all that 

 is honest in the carrying out of con- 

 tracts, the stock handled, and in gen- 

 eral business conduct. The dealer who 

 follows the "gold brick" methods and 

 whose representations either to cus- 

 tomers among the public or with his 

 brethren in the trade, is to reform or 

 suffer elimination from the Associa- 

 tion. 



The quality of the program for the 

 Milwaukee meeting, in variety of 

 topics and discussion, surpasses any- 

 thing ever before presented to the 

 nurservmeu, and the sessions will be 

 full of life and profit. The receipts 

 for membership dues are more than 

 double those of any previous year, and 

 the correspondence accompanying re- 

 newals indicates satisfaction with the 

 new constitution. 



Members of record in 1915 may re- 

 new without coming under the new 

 rule, and if this notice should be read 

 by such as have not yet renewed they 

 may feel at liberty to send in appli- 

 cation so as to reach the secretary 

 not later than .Tune 3 and be included 

 in the Badge Book. 



The address of the secretary is John 

 Hall, 204 Granite Building, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 CLUB. 



At the last meeting the dale for the 

 Flower Show was fixed for the 9th, 

 10th and 11th of November. A picnic 

 committee was appointed consisting 

 of Elmer Weaver, A. F. Strickler and 

 Kudolph Nagle and it will report in 

 full at the June meeting. Tlie pro- 

 gramme oonimittep through its chair- 

 man, Harry K. Uohrer reported the 

 possibility of the June meeting be- 

 ing a Peony Symposium with B. F. 

 Barr as the essayist. Rudolpli Nagle 

 exhibited a fine specimen of I'elargo- 

 nium Easter Greeting. 



The paper of the evening was by A. 

 M. Kerr, entitled "Looking Bnckward 

 and Forward in the Florists' Busi- 

 ness." In the discussion the matter 

 of prices was pretty thoroughly 

 threshed out. As a counteraction to 

 the planting of hardy material in 

 small city yards, crowding out the an- 

 nual plant trade and reducing the rev- 

 enue of every florist in the United 



States, it was suggested by the writer 

 that several florists make an exhibit 

 of yard effects in our public parks as 

 educators of what a yard should look 

 like. If this were carried out all over 

 this U. S. it would mean millions of 

 dollars to the florists of the country. 

 W. M. Hahman, a rose enthusiast, sug- 

 gested that a rose garden be a feature 

 of one of the parks to create a love for 

 roses and educate the people as to 

 what to buy. 



The after-meeting talk would fill a 

 volume and if the paper did no other 

 good it made some discussion. 



Albert M. Herb. 



WOMEN'S FARM AND GARDEN 

 ASSOCIATION. 



Women garden entluisiasts by the 

 hundred came to Boston last week 

 from all parts of the United States 

 and had a Convention and incidentally 

 a grand good time. They came as the 

 Women's National Agricultural and 

 HortioiUural Association and they 

 went as the Women's Farm and Gar- 

 den Association, which is more con- 

 cise Mrs. Francis King of Alma, 

 Mich., who is president, presided at 

 the meetings in Horticultural Hall. 

 Governor ^icCaIl opened the conven- 

 tion on Thursday morning. May 18. 

 with a short address and words of 

 welcome were added by Stanley Wil- 

 cox. ;^ecfetaiy to Mayor Curley. and 

 President R. M. Saltonstall, of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 The program included talks by Mrs. 

 Edith L. Fullerton of Medford, L. I., 

 N. Y., Miss Mabel A. Turner of Milton, 

 Mass., Miss Mary Youngs, Garden City, 

 N. Y., Miss Annie B. Burke of Brock- 

 ton. Mass., E. H. Wilson of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Geo. T. Powell o' N. Y. Ex- 

 periment Station, R. W. Curtis of Cor- 

 nell University, Jane B. Patton of 

 Simmons College. Jane B. Haines of 

 Penn. School of Horticulture for 

 Women, Amy L. Coggswell of Low- 

 thorpe School of Landscape Architec- 

 ture. Florence I. Davis of Bridge- 

 water State Normal School, Miss Helen 

 Holmes of Kingston, Miss Edna Cut- 

 ter and A. A. Shurtleff of Boston, Miss 

 Alice L. Day of New Canaan, Conn., 

 Mrs. A. H. Gross of Chicago, and 

 others. Mrs. George U. Crocker, chair- 

 man of the national committee, Mrs. 

 B. Hammond Tracy and Mrs. W. W. 

 Edgar, together with a score of other 

 ladies from the vicinity of Boston 

 looked after the program and prepara- 

 tory work previous to the convention 

 and during its continuance in the 

 most efficient manner. E. H. Wilson's 

 talk on the Flowers of Japan, with 

 stereopticon views, drew an attendance 

 that filled Horticultural Hall to the 

 limit. 



On Friday the ladies visited the Ar- 

 nold Arboretum in antos and were en- 

 tertained at the home of Prof. C. S. 

 Sargent. On Saturday they motored 

 to Ipswich, stopiiing at places of in- 

 terest along the North Shore, and 

 while at Ipswich they were the guests 

 of Mrs. Geo. K. Barnard. In connec- 

 tion with the meeting there were 

 many exhibits of flowers, plants, bees, 

 garden work clothing and tools. 



Considerable interest centered about 

 the historical tabic. Here wore seen 

 specimens of plants and flowers from 

 the historic spots of Massachusetts. 

 Mrs. William L. Eaton, of Concord. 



showed the curious Irises from Haw- 

 thorne's Old Manse, hollyhocks from 

 Longfellow's garden, rare June roses 

 from Ralph Waldo Emerson's home, 

 lilacs from Shady Hill, the home ot 

 Charles Eliot Norton in Cambridge; 

 English ivies from Mt. 'Vernon, and 

 Greys ivy from Stoke Pogis. 



These officers were elected: Mrs. 

 Francis B. King, president; Mrs. Hilda 

 Loines, general secretary; Miss Louisa 

 G. Davis, treasurer; Miss Jean Cross, 

 recording secretary, and the following 

 vice-presidents: Miss Mira L. Dock, 

 Mrs. H. B. Fullerton, Miss Jane B. 

 Haines, Miss Elizabeth Lelghton Lee, 

 Mrs. J. Willis Martin and Mrs. Schuy- 

 ler van Rensselaer. 



INTERNATIONAL GARDEN CLUB. 



Summer Flower Show, New York, 

 June 1st to 4th. 

 Preparations are now completed for 

 the first annual Summer Flower Show 

 of the International Garden Club, to 

 be held on their grounds, Pelham 

 Manor, Pelham Bay Park, New York 

 City. Two large tents and smaller 

 tents will be erected on the grounds. 

 A sunken garden effect will be ar- 

 ranged in the tents for the display 

 of the groups of plants, etc. The 

 schedules are now ready with entry 

 blanks and same can be had from the 

 secretary-manager of the show, Arthur 

 Herrington, Madison, N. J. The 

 grounds can easily be reached by au- 

 tomobile, which is on the main Boston 

 Road from New York. It is also on 

 the Harlem division of the N. Y., N. H. 

 R. R., and freight and express can 

 l)e sent to City Island Station, which 

 is nearest the grounds. People com- 

 ing from the east can change at New 

 Rochelle or can take the 3rd Ave. Ele- 

 vated trains to 129th St.. where they 

 can get the train to City Island 

 Station. 



A generous prize list of nearly 

 $5,000.00 is being offered about equally 

 between the trade and private es- 

 tates and additional premiums will be 

 given to meritorious exhil)its. 



Governor Whitman opened the 

 grounds last year for the Club and it 

 is expected that Mayor Mitchell will be 

 on hand to open the Flower Show. 



For further information write to 

 Arthur Herrington, Madison, N. J. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The Southold, L. I., N. Y.. Garden 

 Club held a s\iccessful flower show in 

 Grange Hall, Southold, on May 13. 



The first annual flower show of the 

 New Century Club, of Chester, Pa., 

 will be held early in June in Library 



Hall, Chester. 



The Village Improvement Associa- 

 tion, of Moorestown, N. J., will hold 

 its tenth annual flower show in June, 

 date to be announced later. 



The St. Louis Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation held a splendidly attended 

 meeting May 15 at the Mission Inn 

 Garden. They will continue summer 

 meetings at the garden, but out ot 

 doors. 



The National Association of Garden- 

 ers and American Association of Park 

 Superintendents have been invited to 

 hold a "field day" at the Cromwell 

 Gardens ot A. N. Pierson, Inc., Crom- 

 well, Conn., on June 21. 



