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II O U T I C D L T U B B 



Juno 3, 191C 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Tills Boclt'ty held lis si'Coiul ^l■^;u 

 lar May nicctiiiR in tlie County lliiild' 

 inK. Ilartrord, on tlii' cvrnlnK of tlit." 

 I'Gtli. Warren S. Mason and U. K. Hurd 

 made flne exhibiLs of tulips and they 

 were awarded each a tlrst-clasa^ cer- 

 tificate. 



Mrs. John H. Kuck, representing 

 ihe Ijidies' Garden flub of Hartford, 

 outlined the doings and plans of this 

 new orKani/.ation. An instniotivc 

 paper entitled "Notes on the Dahlia," 

 by P. W. Popp. was read by the sec- 

 retary. 



Plans for the June Flower Show to 

 the held on the 2T-2S are progressing 

 favorably. Four additional special 

 prizes were announced. 



Aij-iiKD Dixon, Sec'y. 



NURSERYMEN'S CONVENTION 

 K. S. Osborne, of the Cliurlton Nur- 

 sery Company is endeavoring to ar- 

 range for a si)ecial train to run out 

 of Rochester to Milwaukee, with the 

 expectation of securing a company of 

 at least one himdred persons. He 

 hopes to arrange for one or more 

 sleeping cars to leave Boston in ample 

 time to he hitched on to the Nurserv- 

 nien's Special at Rochester, and which 

 will pick up the different nurserymen 

 east of Rochester. Fn this way he ex- 

 pects to get enough members and 

 their friends to make up the special. 

 These interested sliould write Mr 

 Osborne at No. 4-J8 Cutler nuilding 

 Rochester. N. Y. 



MISSOURI STATE FLORISTS" ASSO 

 ClATION. 

 This latest addition to tlie rapidh 

 increasing number of llorists' organi- 

 zations had its birth at Columbia. Mo., 

 last week under promising auspices. 

 Quite a good number were in attend- 

 ance and organization was duly per 

 fected. G. A. Kaupp of Nevada, Mo., be- 

 ing chosen president; Edwin Denker. 

 St. Charles, vice-president, W. S. 

 Wells, St. Louis, secretary and C. C. 

 Sanders, Clayton, treasurer. The Uni- 

 ersity people extended a royal wel- 

 come and entertainment to the vis- 

 itors, all of whom were highlv elated 

 by the good start which had been 

 made. 



ST. LOUIS CLUB AND SOCIETY 

 MEETINGS FOR JUNE. 



June Sih. thn St. Louis Florist Club 

 will hold its ."iiith anniversarv meeting 

 at Pilchers' Place in Kirkw"ood. 



June 7th, the County Growers' As- 

 sociation will hold their monthlv 

 meeting at the Eleven Mile House. 



The Lady Florists' Home Circle will 

 meet at Mrs. H. G. Bernings' home, 

 4211 Westminister Place, Wednesdav 

 .Tune 14th. 



The Retail Florists' Association 

 June 19 at the Mission Inn Garden. 



The Gardeners' Union of Lewiston 

 and Auburn. Me., held their first 

 spring exhibit at the Chamberlain 

 school. Auburn, on the evening of May 

 2G. The floral displays were verv 

 beautiful. 



Meetings Next Week 



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Monday, June 5. 



Iti-riiurclHvllli- lliirllniltiiriil Sn 

 ' .l.ly, ilcrimr.lMvlll.-. .\. J, 

 li IMliiTdii lliirilcnliiinil Soolcly, 

 ij I'lrr lliill, KlliiTiiii, S. J. 



' Ili'llHldll KlurlHt ('lull. llnUHlllII, 



1 .Montrcnl CnnlciiiTH' iiiul norlHtH' 

 • ritih. Montri'iil. I'liiiiiitii. 

 J Ni'W ItiMlfrinl llnrtli-iilliiriil So 

 1 rli'ly. Now Iti'iirurd, .MllHK. 



KlnrlBtB' Club of WiiHliliiKtoii, 



I WllHlllllKtOII, I). C. 



Tuesday, June 6. 



j KlorlHts' nnil (innlinrrn' Club of 

 llolyokp mill Niirlliaiii|iiiiii, Miihb. 



I-Jiko (Ji'Ui'va GariU'iiiTB' iiiiil Knri' 

 ' iiirn's Assocliillon, Liiki- (ifiii'Vii, Wis. 



I.o» AriBi'Ip.H County Ilortlcullural 

 SoiU'ty. Los Anisplps, Calif. 



Pateraoii Florlpultural Society, 

 I'lUiTsnii. N. J. 



KlnrlsLs' Club of I'lillttdolpliln, 

 riilluilelplila, I'a. 



ritlslinrtrli Klnrlsts' ami Oar 

 • I.Ti.Ts' Cluli, ritt»lpiir).-li. I'a. 



Wednesday, June 7. 

 Tuxodo Horticultural Soclctv. Tux 

 Olio I'ark, N. J. 



Thursday, June 8. 

 .Mi'iilii Park llorll.iiltural Society, 

 Monk) I'ark. callf. 



Friday, June 9. 



Counoctlcut Horticultural Society 

 County HIdK., Hartford. Conn. 



W ostolioBt.T anil Falniolil Horti 

 cultural Society. Di.rans Hall. Croon 

 wloh. Conn. 



Saturday, June 10. 

 Holilis Kerry tianlcners' AsHocln- 

 tlim. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



.luno 9-10. .Sun Iriini Ihcii. — .\merl- 

 can .Swool I'oa .Soolety, Palace Hotel. 



June 9-10, New York Cllv. Ameri- 

 can Peony Society, Meeting and Ex- 

 lilliltlon, American Museum Natural 

 History. 



.lune 10-11, Boston.— Peony Ex- 



i lilbltlon. Massacliusetts Horticultural 

 ij Society. Horticultural Hall. 



June 13, O.vNter Bay, I,. I., N. V — 

 ,j Ko.se Show, Oyster Bay Horticultural 

 Society. 



Ij June 16, Provldenrc, K. I.— Sum- 

 nior .Show of Uhmle Island Hortlcul- 

 I tural Society. 



June 18-17, Mamaroneck, N. Y.— 



Summer Show, Westchester and 

 ^al^llcld Horticultural Society. 



.lune 22. M'orreBler. MasB.— Rose 

 anil Strawberry Exhililtlon, Worces- 

 ter Horticultural .Society. 



June 24-25, BoBton.— Kosc and 

 Strawberry Kxhlbltlnn, Massachu- 

 sott.i Horticultural Society, Horti- 

 cultural Hall. 



June 27-28, Hartford. Conn.— Sura- 



I nier Shoiv of Connecticut Hortlcul- 

 ] t lira I Society. 



June 28-20, Newport, B. I.— New- 



Iiort Cnrden Association and New- 

 port Horticultural Society, on the 

 «rouii,ls of the Garden Association. 

 July I4-in, Bar Harbor, Me.— An- 

 nual Show of American Sweet Pen 

 I Society. 



Jul.v 20, Worcester, MasB.— Sweet 

 I'oa Kxlilliltlon, Worcester Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



AuEUNt S. Oyster Bay, I^. I., N. Y.— 



Hahli.i Show. Oyster Bay Hortliul 

 tural Society. 



AuKUfit ll-12-i.s, Boston.— American 

 Gladiolus Society. Horticultural Hall. 



.VuKUNt 24. WorecBter, Mnym. 

 i;laillnlus lOxliibllion. 



Sept. 2-B. C'le\elnn<l. Ohio. Inihl.s 

 trial Kxhlbltlon and Fair. 



Sept. 12-13. Providence. R. I. - 

 niinilo Island Horticultural Socl.tv 

 .N'arrasxansott Hot.-I. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Tulip Show held by this society 

 at Glen Cove, .\. Y., on .May in, 

 broiiKht forth a inagiilllccnt dlsiilay i ' 

 DarwhiK. although Cottage, llreed. 

 and PIcotees were alHo well represeni 

 ed. Almost every class was very koi 

 ly contested and the Judges had ii 

 rathir dilTicuit task, .lohn F. John- 

 stone, gardener for George O. I'ratt, 

 Ernest Westlake, gardener for Wil- 

 liam II. Porter and Henry Gaut, gar 

 dener for Herbert I.,. Pratt were tli. 

 principal prize winners. Cultural cc: 

 tiflcates were awarde<l to (leo. U. 

 Pratt for salpigioBsls and clarkia and 

 to S. D. Brewster for gladioli. Honor 

 able mention to G. I). Pratt for gypso- 

 phila. Special mention to S. U. Hiews- 

 icr for myosotis and W. H. Porter for 

 tulips. 



James McCabthv, Cor. Sec'y. 



The fourth annual field day of the 



.Massachusetts Forestry Association 

 will be hold on Thursday. June 15, 

 line, in Springfield. The Springfield 

 branch of the Massachusetts Forestry 

 Association, the Springfield Board of 

 Trade and the Springfield Automobile 

 .Association are the hosts. There will 

 be a tour of the city by automobile, 

 thence by same to Northampton, con- 

 tinuing through Old Hadley to sum- . 

 mit of Mt. Holyoke, where short ad- 

 drosses will be made. 



Harris A. Reynolds, 4 Joy street, 

 Boston, is the secretary. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Willlamsport, Pa. — W. J. Evenden's 

 Sons, a new firm composed of Henry 

 L. and \Vm. T. Evenden. formerly con- 

 Tirctnd with the Evenden Bros. Co., 

 liiivi- bought out the florist business 

 of R. V. Kester at 213 West Fourth 

 street. 



Bar Harbor, Me. — John Stalford, iiro- 

 priclor of the Malvern greenhouses, 

 will occupy and run the Moses Rower 

 store on Main street during the com- 

 ing summer. Mr. Moses has been 

 forced to retire on account of poor 

 health, and the business has been 

 taken over by Mr. Stalford. The build- 

 ing is being repaired and remodeled 

 both inside and out. 



VSITORS' REGISTER. 



New York— E. G. Hill, Richmond, 

 Ind. 



Boston— Charles W. Knight, Oak- 

 dale, N. Y. 



Cleveland, Ohio— Gerhard Bleicken. 

 Natick, Mass.; E. Gurney Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — A. L. Yeager, Al- 

 lentown. Pa.; A. F. Canfleld, Shenan- 

 floali. Pa. 



Cincinnati — Jos. Hill, Richmond, 

 Ind.: Frank Friedley, Cleveland, O.; 

 Julius Dillotf, New York City. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — H. E. Kerols, repre- 

 senting Climax Mfg. Co., Castorland, 

 N. Y.; Julius Dilhoff, New York. 



