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February 27. 1913 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 CLUB. 

 Fifteen seemed a small crowd for 

 us to have on a visiting trip, but 

 weather conditions have considerable 

 to do with this club, as quite a few of 

 us are dependent upon ourselves for 

 the care of our greenhouses, and they 

 are, of course, the first consideration. 

 Manheim and the Hostetters was the 

 objective point, and in a general way 

 the tliree places all owned by Hostet- 

 ters were in good shape and the stock 

 looking like a money-making proposi- 

 tion. Sweet peas of the Spencer type 

 planted alongside of the older sorts 

 demonstrated the paying qualities of 

 the Spencer's better than a day's ar- 

 gument could have done. At K. P. Hos- 

 teller's many had four perfect flowers 

 to a stem and stems fifteen inches 

 long. He also had white and yellow- 

 snapdragon of exhibition quality, 

 l>riniula Forbesii by the thousand for 

 cuttings, four large house planted to 

 Asparagus Sprengerii and plumosus. 

 double sweet alyssum wherever there 

 was room to plant it. and carnations 

 house after house of them. He is very 

 favorably impressed with Matchless 

 and has quite a large planting of 

 Georgeous and Philadelphia, both of 

 which are giving satisfactory results. 

 Victory for a red and Winona for a 

 pink are grown here in quantity and 

 considered good money makers. 



The meeting was started promptly 

 at 7.30 p. m. and a grand exhibition of 

 cut flowers staged. A. J. Guttnvan sent 

 Laura Weber and Peace, both attract- 

 ing favorable attention, but the white 

 one. Peace, seemed to receive the most 

 honors. F. Dorner & Sons Co.. sent Pink 

 Sensation and Good Cheer. Pink Sensa- 

 tion was at once declared to be head 

 and shoulders over all others. S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Co. sent AkHhurst in 

 good shape and a very good looking 

 red from C. H. FVey. of Lincoln. Neb. 

 The latter certainly has some keeping 

 qualities to be sent to Philadelphia re- 

 shipped to Lancaster and make a good 

 showing. Peter Fisher sent Alice and 

 it came through in fine form. E. Wink- 

 ler, of Wakefield, Mass.. sent Morning 

 Glow, which looks as if it might be a 

 productive variety. Among the local 

 growers. Ira Landis. of Paradise, had 

 a fine vase of Benora, one of I'rincess 

 Dagmar and Yellow Prince, also an 

 exceptional fine lot of Freesia Purity. 

 Willis Girvin. of Leola. ha'l Gloriosa, 

 Matchless and Mrs. C. W. Ward. El- 

 mer Weaver, of Ronks. had a vase of 

 his white seedling, which is considered 

 a good one by our growers here. H. D. 

 Rohrer had a vase of his scarlet and 

 Amos Rohrer, of Strasburg. a vase of 

 White Wonder. The paper of the 

 evening was a resume of the Buffalo 

 Convention by Albert M. Herr and 

 brought out quite an interesting dis- 

 cussion. 



The visiting committee have out- 

 lined a trip to take in Stroud's at Staf- 

 ford, the houses at North Wales. Hea- 

 cock's and the Weiss establishment at 

 Hatboro. returning to Philadelphia in 

 time for the meeting of the Philadel- 

 phia Club. March 2. On March 13 a 

 trip will be made to Christiana, leav- 

 ing Lancaster 12.1.') noon and stopping 

 at the places en route on the return 



trip home. April 15 will be observed 

 as Ladies' Night, and on March 18 

 Charles H. Grakelow. of Philadeli)hia. 

 has consented to give us one of his 

 inimitable talks on the business. 



Ai.iiKiiT M. Hkhu. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 



A meeting; ol tin- ix<'<iitivo inni- 

 mlttee together with a number of local 

 members of the .'Vnicrican Association 

 of Park Superintendents was held on 

 Saturday. February 20. at the office of 

 Mr. Cabot Ward. Commissioner of 

 Parks of Manhattan, at the Municipal 

 Building, New York City. The fol- 

 lowing named gentlemen were pres- 

 ent: President G. X. Amrhyn, New 

 Haven; W. H. Coldwell, Chas. Haible 

 and Mr. Ross, Newburgh, N. Y.; J. B. 

 Shea and W. J. Stewart, Boston: Fred 

 C. Green. Providence, R. I.; M. C. 

 Ebel, Madison, N. J.; John H. Beatty, 

 H. W. .Merkel, Frank L. Hamilton, 

 .lohn F. Walsh, E. A. Miller, W. C. 

 Grassan. Geo. V. Nash and G. H. Bur- 

 gevine, all of New York City. 



The main business was a discussion 

 of the date for the summer convention 

 which is to be held at San Francisco 

 this year and the most acceptable 

 route to select. It wa.s voted that 

 August 18 be the day for the meeting 

 of the Association at such hour as will 

 conflict least with sessions of the S. 

 A. F. M. C. Ebel presented an itiner- 

 ary which met with general approval. 

 It provides for stopping at various 

 points of interest both going and com- 

 ing. The plan is to constitute Chicago 

 as the general starting point. Parties 

 from points east of Chicago will round 

 up at that city in season to start on 

 the tour on the evening of August 7, 

 on one or more special cars. The 

 ticket, which includes R. R. fares and 

 lower berth in Pullman sleeping car 

 will cost $li)5 for round trip from New 

 York and other points in same ratio. 

 The itinerary as laid out will occupy 

 30 (lays, but the tickets are good for 

 90 days. It was voted to invite mem- 

 bers of other bodies who would like to 

 join and members are extended the 

 privilege of taking any friends along 

 who may desire to take the trip. Mr. 

 Coldwell offered the use of the rooms 

 of the Coldwell Lawn Mower Company 

 for headquarters of the Association 

 while in San Francisco. A vote of 

 thanks was accorded Mr. Ward for the 

 use of his ofl[ice. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 

 The fourteenth annual meeting of 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of Ameri- 

 ca will be held at Cleveland, Ohio, No- 

 vember 10th, 1915, and the annual ex- 

 hibition in conjunction with the Cleve- 

 land Florists' Club will be held at the 

 same place, November 10th-14th, 1915. 

 An exhibit of chrysanthemums under 

 the auspices of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America in conjunction with 

 the Gardeners and Florists of the Pa- 

 cific Coast, will be held at the Panama- 

 Pacific International Exposition, San 

 Francisco, Cal., the date and other de- 

 tails to be announced later. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



An exhibition of plants and flowers 

 was held on W.'dncsday. February 

 ITth. at the American Museum of Nat- 

 ural History. Unusually flue displays 

 of cut orchid blooms were made by 

 Mr. Clement Moore and I.,;iger & Hur- 

 rell. The exhibit made by Mr. Moore 

 was very rich in Cattleya forms, one 

 of the most interesting being a cross 

 made and reared by himself from Cat- 

 tleya Dowlana x C. Schrtederse. The 

 display of Lager & Hurrell was rich 

 in genera and species. Much interest 

 was added to the exhibit by the numer- 

 ous displays of plants and flowers for 

 wliich no premiums had been provided 

 in the schedule. Special prizes were 

 awarded to many of these. A business 

 meeting of the society took place at 

 3.45, followed at 4 by an illustrated 

 lecture by W. C. McCoUom on "The 

 Small Greenhouse: Its Use and 

 Abuse." This was of great interest, 

 and many practical methods were de- 

 scribed by the lecturer. 



The next monthly exhibition of the 

 society will be held on Saturday and 

 Sunday, May 8th and 9th. at the New 

 York Botanical Garden. Bronx Park. 

 The usual March exhibition is omitted 

 on account of the spring show at the 

 Grand Central Palace. The April show- 

 is also omitted, as it would follow too 

 closely upon the big spring show. 



The following premiums were award- 

 ed at the exhibition of Feb. 17th: 



Vnsp of si-lilzniillius: lli-nry (;oldman. 

 Peal nencli. N. .T.. Anton Buuer, gard.. Isf, 

 a. D. niirri>n. R.ve, N. Y., ,Ias. Llnane, 

 Kard., :in<i. „ . ^ 



Vase of snapdragons: Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable. Maniaroneck, N. Y., .Tas. Stuart, 

 aard.. 1st. , , , . 



Vase of 50 freeslas, arranged for effect: 

 Honrv Goldman. 1st: G. D. Barron, 2nd. 



Three vases narcissus: Mrs. 11. Darling- 

 ton, Mamaroneok, N. Y., P. W. Popp, gard., 



1st. 



Collection of orclili] lilnnms. commercial 

 class: Lager & Ilurrill, Sumit, N. J.. 1st. 



Collection of onlild lilnonis. non-com- 

 merrlal class: Clement Moore. Hackensaok, 

 N .T ,T. P. Mossman. gard. 1st. 



Vase of 50 roses, arranged for efTcct : 

 Mrs. v. L. Constable. 1st. 



The following special prizes were 

 awarded: Mrs. II. Darlington, for display 

 of bulbous flowers, cash; Bobblnk & At- 

 kins display of flowering shrubs, silver 

 medal: a. p. Barron, display of cyclamens, 

 c-ish- ICniPst Iselin, New Rochelle, N. Y., 

 Wni ' Whltton, gard.. cultural certlflcat* 

 for lilies: Henry Goldman, for vase of 

 storks "Empress Augusta Victoria,' cash 

 ■ind cultural certiflcate: Clement Moore, for 

 hvlirld cattleya. a cross betwe<'n C. Dow- 

 ia'iina and ('. Schroederae, sliver medal; 

 Mrs A. .1. Moulton, West Orange, N. J., 

 Arthur W. Jackson, gard.. for display of 

 fieeslas and tulips, cash; Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable, for vase of Darwin tulips w ra. 

 Copeland," cash. , 



Geokge V. N.\sn, Sec y. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 

 Miss Ida Tarbell recently spoke be- 

 fore the Civic Club of Rochester, N. 

 Y., her audience numbering over 400 

 business men. Among other good 

 things uttered by the speaker was 

 this: "You must cooperate or you will 

 not get results;" and this leads us to 

 remark that the executive ofiicers of 

 the American Association of Nursery- 

 men are in full accord with the senti- 

 ment expressed by this noted journal- 

 ist. Whenever a man fails to renew 

 his membership in the American As- 



