March 20, 1915 



HOETICULTUEE 



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LUNCHEON TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF S. A. F. AT THE LA SALLE, CHICAGO. 



all and will plant over 5,000 Alice 

 next season and they have made 

 enough out of Georgeous to plant 

 30,000 of this variety for next season. 

 Our next stop was the Stevenson rose 

 house 72 feet wide and 850 feet long of 

 Lord & Burnham construction, their 

 representative Dennis T. Connor hav- 

 ing met us at the Weiss place. Not 

 being rose growers, this house was 

 more of an attraction as a house 

 than the crop but we were shown how 

 to pack flowers and it was a revela- 

 tion to many of us. 



We then hustled to Philadelphia and 

 divided, some going to Neissen's, some 

 to The Pennock-Meehan Co.. to see 

 how flowers were handled in the clos- 

 ing hours of a commission house. 

 There was some food for thought here 

 and this part of the trip was very in- 

 teresting. 



After a 6.30 dinner we all marched 

 into the rooms of the Philadelphia 

 Florists' Club and inspected the car- 

 nation blooms on exhibition, it being 

 carnation night for the club. They 

 were so busy showing us the hospi- 

 talities of the club that it was time 

 for us to leave before the meeting 

 opened. They evidently forgot they had 

 a meeting on or are not as prompt as 

 our Lancaster Club which opens on 

 the minute designated on the notice, 

 regardless of everything else, but 

 we had a good time all the same and 

 only wait an opportunity to recipro- 

 cate. 



Our next trip comes the 13th of this 

 month, leaving Lancaster 12.15 noon 

 with Christiana as the first stopping 

 point and as many stops on the way 

 back to Lancaster as daylight will per- 

 mit. Visitors are always welcome on 

 thes trips and are always allowed to 

 pay their own way so that they do not 

 have to feel under any obligations to 

 any one. The meeting of the club is 

 on the 18th, with Charles Grakelow as 

 the speaker. Ai.bekt M. Herr. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



Supplement to schedule of exhibi- 

 tion. June 4th. 1915. at Palace of Horti- 

 culture. San Francisco. 



Open to Gardeners and Amateurs. 



Class 20— Prize donated by G. A. 

 Dennison. Best display of sweet peas 

 arranged on tabling 3 feet by 6 feet, 

 $25.00. 



Class 21 — Prizes donated by John 

 Bodger & Sons Co. Twelve vases of 

 12 varieties Spencers, 1st prize — $15.00, 

 2d, $5.00. 



Class 22 — To the winner of most 

 points at the Exposition the Garden 

 Magazine offer their handsome medal. 



Open to All Florists. 



Class 23 — Presented by President 

 Lester L. Morse for the most original 

 floral design in sweet peas — any size. 

 Silver cup, value $50.00. 



Intending entrants for this class will 

 notify the secretary ten days before 

 the exhibition the space they will re- 

 quire for their exhibit. 



Open to Seed Growers and Seedsmen. 

 Class 24 — For the best trade display 

 of Sweet Peas. Medals presented by 

 the National Sweet Pea Society of 

 Great Britain. 1st prize — gold medal. 

 2d — silver gilt medal, 3d — silver medal. 



F"liANK G. Cl'THUKUTSON. 



Secretary for San Francisco Kxliibltion. 

 Anioricau Sweet Pea Society, 749 Front St., 

 Sail Francisco, Cal. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



There was a remarkably fine exhibi- 

 tion of flowers at the March meeting 

 in competition for the Jas. Stuart 

 prizes for the best exhibit at the meet- 

 ing. The judges made awards as fol- 

 lows: 



1st to A. Wynne for a very fine vase of 

 Gerhcra Jamesonll. "Jud to W. .1. Sealey 



for a specimen lilac, Marie Legraye. Hon- 

 orable mention was given to A. Wynne for 

 schizantluis, Wm. Wbittin for Lilinm For- 

 mosnm. Wm. Graliani for cyclamen, Kobt. 

 Allen for Dendrobinm Wariliaunni, and 

 Kobt. Williamson for Cliorizema splendens. 

 Vote, of tlianks to Wm. «Traham for carna- 

 tions? Louis Whitman for Dendrobinm no- 

 bile, Owen A. Iluuwick for stocks, Robt. 

 Williamson for Cineraria Sutton's Heading 

 <Jem, .1 very fine var. intermediate in form 

 between I'', bylirida and stellata. Louis 

 Whitni.in for Crimson Rambler. .1. B. Mc- 

 Ardle for hyacinths, P. W. Popp for tulips. 



A. L. Rickards, representing the 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., was a visitor 

 and offered a prize of $10 for the best 

 exhibit at the April meeting. The 

 annual fall exhibition will be held in 

 Stamford, Conn., opening on the sec- 

 ond day of Novetnber. The speaker 

 of the evening, Alex Cumming, Jr., 

 read a paper on Rose Culture Outside 

 and Under Glass. The next meeting 

 will be held Friday evening, April 9th. 

 P. W. PoPP. Cor Sec y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Newport Garden Club and the 

 Newport Horticultural Society have 

 decided upon Aug. 12, 13 and 14 as the 

 dates for the mid-summer flower show 

 to be held in Newport. 



George Arnold addressed the mem- 

 bers of the Rochester Florists' Asso- 

 ciation March 8 on the subject of 

 Growing Seeds in this Country. He 

 maintained that owing to the Euro- 

 pean war, a shortage of seeds is bound 

 to develop and consequently cut flow- 

 ers, also an increase in cost. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New London (Conn.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held on the lUh inst. W. J. 

 Schoonman of the New London County 

 Nurseries siioke on Trees for Pleas- 

 ure and Profit. Mr. Schier spoke on 

 sprays for different insects. Professor 

 Jenkins of New Haven will speak at 



