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HORTICDLTITRE 



JuiiP 21, 1916 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 At this early date sreat interest is 

 bcinK shown in the .'.-nd Annual Con 

 ventlon and Tradt^ Kxliiliition to !><• 

 held in Houston. Tt-xas. August 1.'). If. 

 17. It would appear that there will 1" 

 a very creditable attendance from tin 

 East. 



Rates and particulars as to the dii 

 ferent routes may be obtained by ai' 

 plication to this office. One favorabl- 

 route will be by Southern Pacific 

 Company, via steamer to New Orleans, 

 train to Houston then all rail return- 

 inp. The best obtainable rate from 

 New York City to Houston by this 

 route would be $SH.OO. This rate will 

 include berth and meals on steamer 

 line to New Orleans and first class 

 rail transportation beyond, returning 

 from Houston via St, I^uis and New 

 York Central lines. Steamers sail 

 semi-weekly from Pier 48. North 

 River, foot of West Eleventh street, 

 every Wednesday and Saturday, at 12 

 o'clock noon, and are due in New Or- 

 leans the followinK Monday and 

 Thursday. Connections can here be 

 made for Houston either on the Sun- 

 set Limited leaving New Orleans at 

 11 A. M., which will fetch our party 

 in at Houston at 10 P. M. the same 

 night. This will give a beautiful ride 

 through the Louisiana Sugar and Cot- 

 ton belt, which is a very scenic route. 



If the party desires to stop over at 

 New Orleans for a day or so. connec- 

 tions could be made with train No. 

 leaving at 11.30 P. M.. due in Houston 

 next morning at 11.30. Sleeper rates 

 between New Orleans and Houston 

 are $2.00. Trip if made from New Or- 

 leans by daylight could be accommo- 

 dated in large commodious coach un- 

 less party preferred to use parlor 

 cars. 



S. S. "Momus" will leave New York 

 Aug. 9th. arriving at New Orleans 

 Monday, Aug. 14tli. in the morning: 

 by taking rail service there would ar- 

 rive at Houston 10 P. M. same night. 

 Any of our members desiring to leave 

 earlier may take the S. S. "Creole," 

 leaving New York .\ugust ."ith. and ar- 

 riving New Orleans .August 10th. If 

 arrangements for the trip are made 

 promptly we will arrange so that the 

 delegates and visitors will have "the 

 time of their life." Our Southern 

 brethren are making every effort to 

 have this convention one of the most 

 successful in the history of the socie- 

 ty not only from a business stand- 

 point, but also from the great amount 

 of pleasure and valuable information 

 derived from our visit to the South. 



Some of the leading firms of the 

 country, alert to the opportunity of 

 the southern market, have made early 

 bookings for large blocks of space in 

 the trade exhibit. Among them we find. 

 Lord & Tlurnham Co.. .lohn A. Evans 

 Co.. M. Rice Co.. A. L. Randall Co., 

 Burlington Willow Warp Works, ,T. A. 

 Peterson & Sons, and II. C. Doescher. 

 Intending exhibitors should not delay 

 in securing space. 



Mother's Day Fund. 



Replies are coming in freely to the 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, June 26. 



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iL i; In. lie l.<liiiul. .><Harlz Hull, Provl- 



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 Itliiiiirc, I'Uirlsi Kxrlumnc Mull. 

 iiiliiMirc. M(l. 



Tuesday, June 27. 



\.u]uiri ll.irll. iilliilMl Socli'tv. 

 i|i.Tt. K I. 



Wednesday. June 28. 



iivsicr Hiiy Unrtioulriiriil Sociciy, 

 iiystcr Hiiy. .\. Y. 



-VnuTlo.'in Assoointion iif Nursory- 

 int'ii. .Vniui:il ronvcntion, .Mlhvankeo, 

 Wis. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



June i7-".!H, llnrtfortl. Conn. — Sllin- 

 iiicr Show of Counectlcut Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



June 28-29, Newport, K. I.— New- 

 port Garden Aesoclatlon nud New- 

 port Horticultural Society, on the 

 grounds of the Garden Association. 



.liil.v 1-;, ItiLlon, Mass. It..<,. jml 

 Strawberry Exhibition, Mnssncbu- 

 selts Horticultural Society, Hortl- 

 rnltural Hall. 



July 14-16, Bar Harbor, Me. — An- 

 nual Show of American Sweet Pen 

 Society. 



July 20, Worcester, Mass. — Sweet 

 I'ea K.Thlliltlon, Worcester Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



August 3, Oyster Bay. L. I., N. Y.— 

 Dahlia Show, Oyster Hav Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



August 11-12-13, Boston.— American 

 Gladiolus Society. Horticultural Hall. 



August 24, Worcester, Mass. 

 Gladiolus Exhibition. 



Sept. 2-9, Cleveland, Ohio.— Indus- 

 trial Exhibition and Fair. 



S.vracHse, N. Y., Sept. U-16.— New 

 York State Fair. 



Sept. 12-13, Providence, R. I. — 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society, 

 Narragansett Hotel. 





appeal sent out by the Secretary for 

 contributions to the testimonial or 

 fund to 1)0 presented to Miss Anna 

 .larvis. Founder of Mother's Day. 



The list of donors will be published 

 shortly. Those desiring their names 

 included in this list should make re- 

 mittance now-. 



J. J. Hess for Treasurer. 

 President Daniel .MacRorie directs 

 me to say that he has appointed J. .7. 

 Hess of Omaha. .Nebraska, to serve as 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticul- 

 turists to fill out the unexpired term 

 of the late Wm. F. Kasting. 



Department of Plant Registration 



I'tiblic notice is hereby given that as 

 no objection has been filed, the follow- 

 ing registration becomes complete. 

 Freesia Splendida by Rudoli)h Fischer, 

 San Gabriel, California. 



JoHX Yor.No, Sec'y. 



.Tune in, Unfi. 



The next convention of the Associa- 

 tion of American Cemetery Super- 

 intendents will be held at Norfolk. Va., 

 on August 22-24 inclusive. J. M. 

 Broughton of Norfolk is chairman of 

 the local committee of arrangements. 

 Bellett Lawson, who has been secretary- 

 treasurer for six years, announces that 

 he will not be a candidate for re-elec- 

 tion. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS- 

 CLUB. 

 The exhibition table bud a fair dis- 

 play of peonies from .Mr. U. II. Farr, 

 of Wyomlssing, and H. F. Harr, the 

 essayist of the I'veiiing. .Mr. llarr's 

 paper was both encyclope<llc and 

 cultural and was well received and a 

 vote of thanks was extended. In the 

 discussion it was brought out that 

 the period of |)eony flowering could be 

 advanced by using an application of 

 nitrate of soda every three or four 

 days. They can be held in cold stor- 

 age by cutting them only partially 

 open, putting them into water in a 

 temperature of about 4.5' for some 

 24 hours and then packing into boxes 

 or better in jars of wet moss with 

 the heads wrapped in tissue paper. 

 In a temperature of '.iO° to 35° it is 

 claimed they can be held for from 

 two to fourteen days. It was also 

 brought out that a peony should not 

 be expected to give full results until 

 at least three years after it has been 

 planted. Mr. Rarr claimed that the 

 variety Gen. Washington is the near- 

 est to red in existence today. 



.'Mbatre. Gen. Washington, Bernard 

 Pallissy, Asa Gray, Madame Baquet. 

 Coronne d'Or, Wilhelmena, Festiva 

 Maxima. Eugene Verdier, Princess 

 Beatrice, JIarie Lemoine and Souv. 

 de Exposition Universal, were among 

 the varieties shown. 



The Flower Show Committee now 

 stands Harry K. Rohrer, chairman, 

 M. ,1. Brinton, A. P. Strickler, Elmer 

 Weaver. Lemon Landis. David Rose. 

 Rudolph Nagle and B. F. Barr. The 

 Picnic Committee reported no date 

 fixed, but B. F. Barr's meadow as the 

 place. Any out-of-town florists who 

 wish to attend will be welcome and 

 can get full information by applying 

 to the chairman, Mr. Elmer Weaver. 

 Ronks. Pa. The Programme Commit- 

 tee suggested that the August meet- 

 ing be made an .■\ster meeting at the 

 establishment of Elmer and Charles 

 Weaver. There is a possibility of the 

 Club taking up the planting of a Rose 

 Garden in one of our loi al parks. 



The aijpeal for contributions to the 

 Miss Jarvis fund was carried over for 

 a special voluntary contribution from 

 the members at the picnic and the 

 meeting at W'eaver's so that we could 

 turn in a tidy sum as a Club. 



Ai.nERT M. Herr. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



There was a good attendance at the 

 monthly meeting on .June 14th. An 

 alteration in the schedule of forthcom- 

 ing show was adopted, which made 

 class 40 read any bi-color in place of 

 any marbled or mottled. A paper en- 

 titled "Horticulture as a Profession 

 from the Standpoint of the Gardener" 

 was read and well discussed. Notwith- 

 standing an early date and a very late 

 season, there is every promise of a 

 good show on June 28th and 29th. The 

 Garden Club of America is making this 

 the occasion of their visit to Lenox. 

 Many valuable cups and prizes are of- 

 fered for sweet peas. etc.. and a special 



