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HORTICULTURE 



January 30, 1915 



Clubs and Societies 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS- 

 CLUB. 



Ulooniy, raiay. sloppy woatlu'i' was 

 the promise \vt' had to conlend with 

 for our Annual, Thursday, Jan. 21.st. 

 but l)y noon \\w sun shone brif?htly on 

 twenty-four sood men and we niaoi- 

 the trip to StrasburK. stoppiiiK first at 

 .Vnios Hohrer's. tlien an inviBoratin.!; 

 walk of about a mile to Chas. II. Herr's, 

 both of which places arc so near to per- 

 fection In style, cleanliness and (pialily 

 of bloom produced that one is conipelleil 

 to believe that the Professor from 

 India (I forget his name), who is now 

 demonsiratin^ by a machine test the 

 fact that plants res|)ond lo their sur- 

 roundings with feelinsK of joy or 

 ploom as the case may be, is correct. 

 One can positively see the gladness of 

 living expressed by the plants with 

 these two growers: in fad. White Per- 

 fection is so filled with joy that it 

 bursts its calyx in the attempt to ex- 

 press it. Matchless has a record of 



■having produced more blooms per 

 square foot up to the present date than 



.any other variety grown. Philadelphia 

 as grown here, established a keeping 

 record exactly opposite of its general 

 reputation, and it is just |)Ossible that 

 those who are going to discard it on 

 account of its lack of keeping quali- 

 ties may be making a mistake. Bea- 

 con—well. Chas. U. Herr's Beacon are 

 simply head and shoulders over any 

 other I'Cd grown by anybody or any- 



■where. 



Getting back to Lancaster, a run 

 was made to the bouses of Enos Kohr. 

 This is an ideal range of glass and a 

 model heating plant: the carnations 

 gfH)d, but not quite so good as the 

 Strasburg ones, and Mr. Kohr says 

 t.hey are a lot better than the prices 

 they are bringing. 



The meeting was held in the Bren- 

 neman Building at G.:50, with the usual 

 fall attendance. The annual election 

 resulted in the choice of B. F. Barr 

 for president. Harry Weaver for vice- 

 president. Lemon Landis for secretary 

 and Harry K. Rohrer for treasurer. 

 The newly elected prasident appointed 

 the following committees: 



VLsilinc fommittet' — Uiidiilpb Nagle, 

 Ch.Trles Wenvor .ind K. S. Kutt. Program 

 committee— An)ert M. Ilcrr, E. P. Hostet- 

 tpr and M. .1. Brintoii. (!lad Hand and 

 Siiiishiue committee (to welionic and iu- 

 triidncc visitors! — lr;i I.iindis. ('lias. I?. 

 Horr, Wade flaley and Riitter IIpss. Ex- 

 liiliition coniniltlce ifor montlily exhibits) — 

 Harry K. Rolirer. Elmer Weaver. .T. L. 

 Lockard and Amos Uolircr. Memtiership 

 c^Miimiltee — Harry A. Sctiroyer. J. n. Lin- 

 key, .lolin Sclirelner and FTank Kolir. 

 Sports fominlttee — Ocort'e Coldbach, Wllbs 

 Girvln and ItiuUtlph Xajrie. 



An adjournment was then made to a 

 very delightful dinner where we had 

 ■with us our two greenhouse builders, 

 Dennis T. Connor of Lord \- Rurnham 

 -Co, and T. .1. Nolan of the King Con- 

 struction Co., also our former towns- 

 man, Chas. Edgar, and the genial rep- 

 resentative of the H. F. Michell Co., 

 D. .1. Keohane. After the dinner Mr. 

 Barr made an address, thanking the 

 members for his re-election and ask- 

 ing their co-operation for the coming 

 year. He spoke of the elimination of 

 trade jealousies and the rivalry that 

 existed in Lancaster before the club 

 was organized, and the fact that we 

 now call each other by our first names. 

 He made a strong plea for the elimina- 



South American Sheep and Goat Manure 



siiiiitU 1 jiiiNc niir fii^iMiiu-rs call for It .iiore and more ami fur iimri- imil more 



"I I '" '"•■' «llliln Ihrlr ri'iiili, Ii-kh tlcin oiii. jear hk" We 



liaM' Jii^l l.iliili'fl tlie Tlllrit IIMtu Tun ( urco In 

 Nru l':iii:lanti and It Is rertalnlv us uoiid or 

 ■ •M*l> Iti'tler (liaii tlio lasl. ir Soiilli .\inrrlrnn 

 <,onl iind Nlifep >lunure had riut <-iMiie up (o 

 thf i'\|if<'|atlons of the (rrowers wlm lH>ii>;hl 

 the llrsi. iir If »<• loiild not ciiaranlee to fur- 

 nish the name hl;;h gr.iile arlhle. whhh has 

 hiilli nil for ll-xclf and fur lis sinh a Kplendhl 

 repiilalVi.n froni the very llrsi start, we would 

 never have hitd t>> s<>n(] u hIiIj* after another 

 PJOP tons. 'Ihal's plain. We have an abun- 

 dant supply for Neiv lOnglaml aii«I 11 is nur 

 aim lo ki'op this ri;:ht up lo tin- high Kl-indanl 

 you Know It lo be. orit .sill Til A.MKKICAN 

 .HIIIKI' .\Mt COAT MAM'KK Is a colllph-le 

 ferllll/er. with :i bik-h penentjiae of I'l.tash. 

 Amu'onla and Phosphoric Acid In II, (the little 

 "sheepscs and goatses" put it there). It Is 

 irroiuKl tine and Is clean to handle, makes an 

 lde:il ibiiild manure, wlilih Is safi-. WK <il AK- 

 IN! F:i: Ol l( S. A. M. « <i. M. TO IlK .\HSO- 

 1.: 'I KI.V ri KK. .Sprlni,' is near and iilaiit-s 

 need fc.'tllnj;. t\)r Itoses. i'ariial Ions, Lilies. 

 •'ems. Palms, or any other plants, our S. A. S. vV: (i. M. will do Just what a full meal 



will do for a hunpry man. Write us now — <:ive us a trial order hikI you too will 



r.'nn," attain. 





SANDERSON FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL CO. 



Sole N. E. 

 Distributor* 



NEW HAVEN. CONN. 



tion of the advance in prices on cut- 

 flowers for the holidays, remarking 

 tiiat he would like to see this club go 

 on record recommending a uniform 

 price for cut-flowers with no advance 

 for the holidays. At the conclusion 

 of the address the writer presented Mr. 

 Harr with a box of cigars, real ones 

 from Lancaster City, complimenting 

 him on his administration and as an 

 evidence of the club's good will toward 

 him. 



Sports were then indulged in until 

 all the siiorts , went home. Dennis 

 Connor won first in the bowling con- 

 test, T. .1. Nolan second, George Gold- 

 bach the third, and Frank Kohr the 

 thirty-third. 



The next meeting, Feb. 18th, will be 

 carnation night. Novelty men will 

 get busy and advertise their stock by 

 showing it. 



Albekt M. Hkuk, 



CONNECTICgT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This Society held a must interest- 

 ing meeting on Friday evening, ,Ian- 

 uary 22nd, in the County Building, 

 Hartford. President .Mason exhibited 

 a fine collection of evergreens compris- 

 ing some fifty varieties. He explained 

 the good points of each variety and 

 the best methods of propagation and 

 protection during the winter months. 

 Nathaniel Slocombe, of Farmlngton, 

 displayed Cypripedium insignea, and 

 Jolin F. Huss showed Platyclinis Cob- 

 biana from the Philippine Islands. The 

 judges awarded each a first-class cer- 

 tificate. ,T. M. Adams was appointed a 

 committee of one. with full power, to 

 confer with the managers of the Con- 

 necticut Fair Association as to enlarg- 

 ing the exhibit of gladioli at the com- 

 ing fair ill September. C. H. Sierman 

 presented in appropriate terms to John 

 P. Huss, in behalf of the Society, a 

 very handsome loving cup, neatly in- 

 scribed: 



"Presented to .John 1'. Huss in recogni- 

 tion of loiiK and faithful service as Presi- 

 dent. Conn. Horticultural Society. 1915." 



The next meeting will be held Feb- 

 ruary 12th and will be primrose and 

 cyclamen night. 



Alfred Dixo.n. Sec'y. 



Wethersfleld, Conn. 



GARDENERS' & FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BALTIMORE. 

 Ladies' night was observed Monday 

 evening, January 25th. A very large 

 audience turned out to hear Richard 

 Vincent, Jr., lecture on "The Land of 

 Burns and Scottish Scenes." The 

 lecture was preceded by Scotch songs 

 and recitations, and at the conclusion, 

 the audience sang "Auld Lang Syne." 

 It was the best evening's entertain- 

 ment the club ever had. Refreshments 

 were served. 



COVER ILLUSTRATION. 



Our cover picture this week shows 

 an interior view ol the great conserva- 

 toiies and swimming pool recently 

 completed on the De Lamar estate at 

 Glen Cove, New York, by the Lord & 

 Burnham Co. This sumptuous struc- 

 ture with the plants included is said 

 to have cost over one million dollars. 



The entire establishment is heated 

 by five L. & B. steam boilers. No. S- 

 :>G-11. Two of the boilers are intended 

 for heating the water in the pool, two 

 more for the conservatory proper, and 

 the third, for use in an emergency, 

 should anything hapiien to the other 

 boilers. The water in the swimming 

 I)ooI can be taken out, and the pool 

 refilled with filtered water, in eight 

 hours. ■ All ihe water for the pool 

 passes through two sets of filters. 



I'nder the conservatory there Is a 

 large storage room for bay trees, etc., 

 mushroom cellar; squash court, dress- 

 ing rooms; shower baths; shooting 

 gallery, and a ball room. In addition 

 there is a cellar, partitioned off, for 

 the boiler cellar, coal cellar, filters, 

 etc. There is an electric elevator run- 

 ning from the basement to the ground 

 floor, for taking plants to the conserv- 

 atory. 



All the heating pipes in the conserv- 

 atory are concealed under the benches 

 by l)ronze grilles and all the ventilat- 

 ing apparatus is concealed in the 

 walls of the conservatory. The archi- 

 tect is C. P. H. Gilbert. The gardener 

 in charge is Robert Marshall. 



The members of the State Florists' 

 Association of Indianapolis, Ind., will 

 be the guests of F. Dorner & Sons Co., 

 at Lafayette. Tuesday, February 2d. 



