January 16, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



77 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the Kxeeutive Com- 

 mittee of the American Rose Society 

 was held at the office of Traendly & 

 Schenck in New York City on Monday, 

 January 11. Those present were 

 President Wallace R. Pierson, Robert 

 Pyle, S. S. Pennock, Louis J. Reuter, 

 Harry 0. May and Benjamin Ham- 

 mond. The decision to hold the An- 

 nual Exhibition and meeting for 1915 

 with the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society in Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 on March 18 to 21, inclusive, was car- 

 ried. 



The committee on schedules con- 

 sists of Messrs. L. J. Reuter, Thomas 

 Roland and Alex. Montgomery. Spe- 

 cial contributions to the prize fund 

 were announced of $25.00 each from 

 the following: The Montgomery Co., 

 -Inc., A. N. Pierson, Inc., Budlong 

 Rose Company, Thomas N. Cook, S. J. 

 Reuter & Son, Inc. The full schedule 

 will be issued within a few days. The 

 pot roses will be staged on the first 

 day, March 18, and the classes for cut 

 roses will be staged on March 19. 



The annual meeting of the society 

 will be held in Horticultural Hall, 

 Boston, on Friday, March 19, at 

 3 p. m. 



The matter of judges for the exhibi- 

 tion was provided for, there being 

 two sets. The appointment of a man- 

 ager for the Rose Show was left with 

 the schedule committee. Robert Simp- 

 son was appointed a committee of one 

 to confer with the New York Bot- 

 anical Garden committee relative to a 

 June show at that place. 



A communication was received 

 from Philadelphia relative to an ex- 

 hibition by the American Rose So- 

 ciety in the spring of 1916, and a sum 

 of a substantial amount was offered 

 for a prize list. This was gone over 

 carefully and held subject to approval 

 at the annual meeting In March next. 

 Be.njamin Hammond, Sec'y. 



Beacon. N. Y. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



Arrangements are now fully per- 

 fected for the great Sweet Pea Exhibi- 

 tion to be held in the Palace of Horti- 

 culture, Panama-Pacific Exposition, 

 San FYancisco, on Friday, June 4, 1915, 

 under the auspices of the American 

 Sweet Pea Society. The schedule of 

 prizes, printed gratuitously by C. C. 

 Morse & Co., is handsomely gotten up 

 and copies may be obtained by all who 

 are interested on application to Frank 

 G. Cuthbertson, 749 Front street, San 

 Francisco. 



Prize List. 



Eight vases of Elfrida Pearson, Illumina- 

 tor, Margaret Atlee, King Kdwani Spencer, 

 New Margaret MadisoQ, Nubian, King 

 White. Mrs. Cuthbertson— silver cup and 

 $10.00. silver medal and $5.00, $5.00, and 

 five prizes of $2.00 each. Donor C. C. 

 Morse & Co. 



Twelve vases, twelve varieties Spencer — 

 $25.00. $15.00, $10.00. Donor W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee & Co. 



Six vases, six varieties Spencer — $15.00, 

 $10.00. $5.00. Donor Peter Henderson & 

 Co. 



Vase lavender Spencer, any variety — 

 silver medal, bronze medal. Donor Amer- 

 ican Sweet Pea Society. 



Vase pink spencer— $5.00, $2.00. Donor 

 Waldo Rohnert. 



Vase white Spencer— $5.00, $2.00. Donor 

 Waldo Kohnert. 



Ten vases Zvolanek's winter flowering 

 orchid and Spencer— $10.00, $5.00. Donor 

 A. C. Zvolanek. 



DREER'S FERNS FOR DISHES 



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2 1-4 

 inch pots 



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$25.00 



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714-716 CHESTNUT ST., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



The above prices are for the trade only 



Ten vases Zvol.anek's grandiflora winter- 

 flowering— .$5.00, .$3.00. Don.jr A. C. Zvola- 

 nek. 



Vase Zvolanek's winter-flowering mixed 

 — .?S.li0. Donor A. C.' Zvolanek. 



Vase of grandiflora— .$3.00, $2.00. Donor 

 C. C. Morse & Co. 



Fifteen vases Ilallowell's Spencer collec- 

 tion— $10.00. Donor Hallowell Seed Co. 



Twelve vases Spencer, twelve varieties — 

 silver cup. Donor Braslau Seed Growers. 

 Private growers and amateurs only. 



Six vases Spencer, six varieties — silver 

 medal, bronze medal. Donor American 

 Sweet Pea Society. Open to private gar- 

 deners and amateurs only. 



There are several other classes open 

 only to amateurs who do not regularl.v 

 employ a gardener. 



In addition to the foregoing there 

 ■will be a Children's Sweet Pea con- 

 test in the Educational Building on 

 May 22 for which the prizes are do- 

 nated by C. C. Morse & Co. 



NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL 

 SHOW 



The Flower Show Committee of the 

 New York Florists' Club held a meet- 

 ing at the Grand Central Palace on 

 January 11, every member being in 

 attendance. Everyone seemed to be 

 much encouraged by the favorable out- 

 look and the committee will now hold 

 weekly meetings until the close of the 

 show. Orders for space In the trade 

 section are coming in more freely and 

 there is no question but what over 

 $10,000 worth of space will be sold. 



A. Herrington, of Madison. N. J., ad- 

 dressed the Worcester County Horti- 

 cultural Society on Thursday, Janu- 

 ary 7, on the subject of "Trees and 

 Shrubs." 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the South- 

 ampton, N. Y. Horticultural Society 

 was held Jan. 7th. After preliminary 

 business, hearing of reports, etc., the 

 following ofiicers were elected for the 

 ensuing year: President, Martin Mc- 

 Laughlin; vice-president, Frank N. 

 Smith; financial secretary, William 

 McLeod; recording secretary, Julius 

 W. King; corresponding secretary, S. 

 R. Candler; treasurer, D. T. Wells. 

 Several committees were appointed. It 

 was voted to hold the annual banquet 

 and ladies' night on the evening of 

 Jan. 20th, at the Commercial Hotel. 

 The principal feature will be a turkey 

 dinner, music by a local orchestra and 

 an entertainer from away. William 

 McLeod, gardener to Mrs. Horace 

 Russell, exhibited some fine sweet 

 peas which called forth much favor- 

 able comment. A permanent com- 

 mittee w-as appointed to pass on like 

 future exhibits. We shall expect some 

 sharp competition. 



A HANDY TOOL FOR CUTTING GLASS 



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