March 27, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



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THOMAS TRACEY, Mgr. albany. 



N. Y 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual banquet of the New- 

 York Florists' Cluh took place at the 

 Hotel Astor Ball Room on Saturday 

 night, March 20, and was a glorious suc- 

 cess In all respects. About 250 guests 

 were present, fully one half being 

 ladies. The tables were attractively 

 adorned and the walls draped with 

 southern smilax by the hotel floral 

 decorator. President H. A. Bunyard 

 managed the affair in his inimitable 

 manner. Speech making was pur- 

 posely limited to a few so as to leave 

 plenty of time for dancing and when 

 it became time to make a break the 

 job was accomplished by letting loose 

 a number of toy balloons, which did 

 the job instanter. 



The most interesting events of the 

 evening were the presentation to the 

 retiring president William Duckham. 

 of a handsome silver table service and 

 to Secretary John Young a $300 dia- 

 mond ring in recognition of his 25th 

 anniversary as secretary of the club. 

 Souvenir Japanese fans, etc., were dis- 

 tributed to the lady guests. 



PHILADELPHIA SPRING SHOW. 



This annual spring event look place 

 this week Tuesday, Wednesday and 

 Thursday. The exhibits were mostly 

 bulbous flowers for prizes offered by 

 the seedsmen. There was not a great 

 deal of difference from previous years 

 except that the exhibits were rather 

 fewer. No feature can be incntioneil 

 that was of more than local interest. 



Burpee made a fine exhibit of new 



winter flowering Spencers among them 

 Yarrawa and eight Fordhooks; rose, 

 primrose, lavender, light pink, Rout- 

 zahn pink and white Countess and 

 Sankey, for which they were awarded 

 the societies' certificate of merit. 



BOSTON COMPLIMENTS NEW 

 YORK. 



I have never seen in this country a 

 more successful horticultural show 

 than the one just closed in New York. 

 The quality and arrangement were far 

 above the ordinary. The rose gardens 

 and cut roses of the A. N. Pierson Co., 

 and F. R. Pierson Co., and the orchids 

 of Lager & Hurrell and Julius Roehrs 

 Co., were the outstanding features. 

 The carnation display of the Cottage 

 Gardens on Wednesday, and the sweet 

 pea classes on Saturday were also fine. 

 Entries for the carnation classes on 

 Friday were not heavy, but the grades 

 of flowers was exceptionally good. In 

 fact everything in the show was 

 worthy of admiration. An exhibition 

 of such beautiful things must be a rev- 

 elation to the public. 



The committee in charge of arrange- 

 ments wisely chose the majority of 

 their judges from a distance, and their 

 awards gave general satisfaction. We 

 in Boston can learn some good things 

 from New York. 



Beverly, Mass. 



PACIFIC COAST FLOWER SHOW. 



The spring flower show, under the 

 auspices of the Pacific Coast Horticul- 

 tural Society in conjunction with the 

 Department of Agriculture of the Pan- 

 ama-Pacific Exposition, opened at the 

 Palace of Horticulture on the exposi- 

 tion grounds on March 19th to con- 

 tinue for three days. It is one of the 

 finest shows of its kind ever given in 

 this city and the participation is quite 

 general. Practically all the growers in 

 the San Francisco Bay district are 

 represented; the retailers have en- 

 tered excellent exhibits, and some dis- 

 plays of note are being made by ama- 

 teurs. A good many fine exhibits are 

 included besides the ones entered for 

 prizes. Among these is a general dis- 

 play by C. C. Morse & Co., principally 

 of bulb stock; several varieties of 

 roses, including some long-stem Beau- 

 ties, by the E. W. McLollan Co., and a 

 big display of flowering plants and 

 shrubs by the MacRorie-McLaren Co. 

 The exhibits are arranged in three 

 classes, prizes being offered on 45 dif- 

 ferent numbers. 



New York Florists' Bowling Club, 



Thursday, March 18, 1915. 



J. Miesciii isi 204 



.T. Keiirloh 1G2 1(S5 



P. Jacobson 154 158 



ir. C. Ulcdel 17.3 182^ 



W. V. l'"or(1 162 1.57 



.1. Donaldson 153 104 



1'. Xiiiuet 165 187 



C. W. Scott 152 108 



.\. J. Guttmau 176 136 



