February 



1915 



HORTICULTURE 



277 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 

 FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 

 CLUB. 

 The regular monthly meeting of this 

 club was held in Northampton. Mass., 

 on Tuesday evening, Feb. 16th, in B. J. 

 Canning's office. G. H. Sinclair and 

 George Strugnell of Holyoke and F. D. 

 Keyes & Son of Florence, exhibited 

 some remarkably well grown cyclamen 

 plants. It is doubtful if better plants 

 have ever been grown in Western 

 Massachusetts. F. D. Keyes & Son 

 also exhibited a vase of that grand 

 crimson carnation Princess Dagmar. 

 E. H. Downer of the Smith College Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, exhibited some well 

 grown plants and sprays of flowers of 

 Schizanthus Wisetonensis in a great 

 variety of colors and markings, also 

 some specimen cinerarias. Each of the 

 exhibitors were awarded a first class 

 certificate of merit. The exhibits pro- 

 voked much discussion among the 

 members, and practically every minute 

 detail of culture was brought out. 

 Frank Barnard a former active mem- 

 ber, sent a paper which was read by 

 Mr. Sinclair on the history, and the 

 quantity of plants and cut flowers 

 grown at the A. N. Pierson Company's 

 plant at Cromwell, Conn., where Mr. 

 Barnard is now located. The club 

 presented W. tJ. Whiting of the Mass. 

 Agricultural College with a pair of gold 

 cuff links in recognition of his faithful 

 and efficient services as Secretary of 

 the club. The March meeting will be 

 held at the large, new Sinclair green- 

 house at Smith's Ferry. 



E. J. C.XNNINC. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The St. Louis County Florists' Asso- 

 ciation will hold an important meeting 

 on Wednesday, March 3, at Kirkwood, 

 Mo., in the Eleven Mile Hall. F. Van- 

 nemann is president. 



A. E. Thatcher of Bar Harbor. Me., 

 will lecture before the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, on Saturday, February 

 27. His subject will be "The Culture 

 of Hardy Shrubs." 



Robert Pyle of the Conard & Jones 

 Co. delivered an instructive lecture on 

 The Rose before the members of the 

 Newport Horticultural Society and the 

 Newport Garden Club at Newport, R. 

 I., on the evening of February Ti. 



Secretary J. F. Ammann. of the Illi- 

 nois Florists' Association, has extended 

 an invitation to all local florists to at- 

 tend the meeting and exhibition of the 

 association at Urbana, III., on March 

 2 and 3, and quite a few will make 

 the trip. 



Secretary Beneke of the St. Louis 

 Florist Club, reports that Supt. W. W. 

 Ohlweiler. of Shaw's Garden, will read 

 a paper at the next meeting which 

 will be of great importance to all 

 growers. A carnation exhibition will 

 also be held at this meeting March 11. 



The St. Louis Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation met on Monday, l'"'cbruary 15, 

 and elected officers. Chas. Young was 

 elected president, 0. Bergestermann 

 vice-president, F. C. Weber, .Jr., secre- 

 tary and Alex. Geranios treasurer. It 

 was voted to give a banquet at the 

 Washington Hotel on March 8 and In- 

 vite all retailers to attend and Join 

 the association. 



At the meeting of the New London 

 Horticultural Society on February 11 



"ByTheirFruiUli 

 Ye Shall Know 

 Them" 



JOHN BAER" TOMATO 



"A» Ye Sow 



So Shall Ye 

 Reap" 



THE EARLIEST AND BEST TOMATO ON EARTH 



From Ijirge, strong. « ell Matured Pliint?^, In Veneer Bands «itb Boots I ndlsturbed 

 Pkts.. 50i-.; y, oi.. ;5e.; (»i., $J.OO: % lb., $7.50; Pound, S2o.<X>. 1-3 off to tile Trade. 



G. BBUNNER-S .SONS, FlorisU 

 Cincinnati, Oiiio 



February 7, 1915. 

 J. Bolglano & Son. 



Gentlemen : Glad to see your 

 ad. on "John Baer" Tomato Seed 

 again. I bought $1.00 worth of 

 ".lohn Baer" Tomato Seed frois 

 .vou last year. All the people gave 

 me the laugh for paying such price 

 for Tomato Seed, but when they 

 found me picking Big, Fine. Solid, 

 Fine Tasting Froit on the 3rd da/ 

 of July, 19U, then all the neigh- 

 bors came to see them. I could 

 have sold all my fruit, but to 

 please the "wise ones" I presented 

 them each with a nice basket. Out 

 of 50 "John Baer" Plants I picked 

 on an average of Vi bushel every 

 other day, where on my other 

 plants I did not average a small 

 measure a day. I saved 12 of my 

 largest and best "John Baer" To- 

 matoes for seed, there wasn't 

 enough seed in them to give me 

 ■•50 plants this year, so you see 

 why I must send for some to be 

 sure I will have good old "John 

 Baer." By me it is more than you 

 claimed for it, in your last year's 

 ad. in "The Florist Exchange." 

 (Signed) WM. F. MASS, 



G. Brunner's Sons. 

 1005 Rosemont Ave., 



Price Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 S. D. PBICHARD, Florist. South Wayne Street, Phelps, N. Y 

 J. Bolgiauo & Son, Baltimore, Md. February 6 1915 



Gentlemeu : Your ad. of February 6. in "The Florists' Exchange," is s'om'e puff for 

 •'.tohn Baer" Tomato, which is all true. I tried the "John Baer" last year and there was 

 not one in your ad. that had one on me. 



From 620 plants I sold over 214 tons of Tomatoes. Set 3 feet each way and trained 

 to Bamboo stakes trimmed to one shoot. When they became heavy with Tomatoes I 

 tied the top of four stakes together, as shown in the enclosed photo, and as the season 

 was cold in the Spring, could not set the plants until the last of May, and commenced 

 to market on the 17th of July. I raised Celery between the rows. Enclosed find check 

 fori ounce of "John Baer" Tomato st-ed. Very truly, (Sisned) S. I). PRICHARD 



1818 JOHN BOLGIANO & SON 1915 



.VL.MOST JOO YRABS SELLING TBl'STWORTHY SEEDS 



"JOHN B.AEB" TOSIATO 



The Farliest and Best Tomato on Earth 

 Proiiuoes Perfect, Solid, High Crown, Beautiful, 

 Brilliant Deep Red Shipping Tomatoes in 30 Days. 



Growers of Pedigree Tomato Seed 



BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A. 



the ladies had entire charge of the 

 meeting. Mrs. C. B. Graves gave a 

 paper on Our Native Birds. At the 

 close of the paper the ladies served 

 refreshments. It was announced that 

 a rose show would be held June 22nd. 

 The next meeting is March 11th when 

 Mr. Schooman will speak on TTees and 

 Shrubs for Profit and Pleasure. 



H. E. L. 



The Florists' Club of Washington. D. 

 C, will hold its annual meeting at 

 1214 F Street, Tuesday evening, March 

 2. At this time the members will be 

 called upon to elect officers for the 

 ensuing year. Sidney B. Lust, of the 

 United Film Service Company, has 

 promised to repeat the motion picture 

 exhibition w'hich made such a hit at 

 the last meeting and among the reels 

 will be one devoted to rose culture. 

 Herbert M. Osborn, of the Pathe Com- 

 pany will present a number of war 

 pictures. 



The Florists' and Gardeners' Club 

 met Tuesday evening, February 16, at 

 the home of Prof. E. J. Canning, 

 Northampton, Mass. A paper was 

 read by G. H. Sinclair of Holyoke, 

 Mass., on "Cyclamen," which was 

 written by J. Barnard of Connecticut. 

 The club presented a set of gold cuff 

 links to James Whiting of Amherst 

 college, for his excellent work in be- 

 half of the association. A committee 

 consisting of D. J. Gallivan and G. H. 

 Sinclair were appointed to complete 

 arrangements for the annual flower 



show to be held in the city hall next 

 November. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Lenox Horticultural Society was held 

 on Wednesday, Feb. 10th. After a few 

 mmor changes in the schedule for the 

 coming fall exhibition had been adopt- 

 ed, an interesting and instructive lec- 

 ture was given by Professor J A 

 Foord of Mass. Agricultural College on 

 "Some Principles of Farm Manage- 

 ment." A well attended meeting of 

 members and local farmers accorded 

 .Mr. Foord a unanimous vote of thanks, 

 who in reply, invited those present to 

 take a trip to Amherst, and so get a 

 better insight into the work the col- 

 lege is attempting. 



J. C.Mi^tA.v. Asst. Sec'y. 



The monthly meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 in Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, N Y on 

 Wednesday, Feb. 10. The exhibition 

 table was well filled. Awards were as 

 follows: Preesia, J. McDonald; stock, 

 J. McDonald; Primula nialacoides' 

 F. Honeyman. For exhibition only 

 Primula nialacoides iiiii)rove(l, by J. 

 Duthie was highly commended. Pree- 

 sia by H. Jones, thanks of society. 

 President Westlake announced that 

 he would offer a fountain pen at the 

 next meeting for the best vase of 25 

 carnations (mixed). Other exhibits 

 will be 12 white, 12 pink and 12 any 

 other color carnations. 



James Gladstone, Cor. Sec. 



