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II irr J C U L T U H K 



April :<. 1916 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



RAILWAY GARDENING ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



A special meetiiig of (he ICxecutivc 

 Committee of (he Railway GardenliiK 

 ARSociatloii was held In Philudelphln. 

 Pa., on March 25lh. for the purpose of 

 perfectihK arranKt'ni«'iits for (lie 1915 

 convention (o be hi'ld in Aiiriis(, 17lh 

 to 20th. in Detroit. Mich. The follow- 

 ing members were present: President. 

 Paul Huebner. Plilladilphia. Pa.; Vice- 

 Presidents, John Gipner. Niles. Michi- 

 gan; J. E. Smith. Ridley Park, Pa.; 

 J. R Byrnes. Relay. Md.; Treasurer. 

 J. K. Winpert. ('hambersbiirg. Pa., and 

 Secretary, W. F. Hutchison. Sewickley, 

 Pa., others present being John Foley. 

 J. Carson of Philadelphia. Pa., and M. 

 F. Geary, Ilaverford. Pa. 



John Gipner was appointed a com- 

 mittee of one to make arrangements 

 for convention hall, hotels, etc., he to 

 report to EJxecutive Committee at the 

 earliest possible moment. Committee 

 to prepare paper on soils and fertiliz- 

 ers: I. T. Worthley. Phila.; J. K. Wln- 

 gert, Chambersburg, Pa., and George 

 Hillebrand. I»uisville. Ky. Committee 

 to prepare paper on lawns and banks: 

 J. R. Smith. Ridley Park. Pa.; J. E. 

 Byrne. Relay. Md.. and R. J. Rice, 

 Niles. Mich. Committee to prepare pa- 

 per on diseases, insects and other in- 

 juries. E. A. Richardson, Newtonville, 

 Mass.; A. Englemann, Altoona, Pa., 

 and E. F. Reinisch. Topeka, Kans. 

 Committee to prepare paper on hedges 

 and plants: C. \V. Eichling. New Or- 

 leans. La.; John Rinck. New Orleans, 

 I..a., and J. G. Thoma. Emsworth. Pa. 

 Committee to prepare paper on Equip- 

 ment and operation: C. F. Tritschler. 

 Nashville, Tenn.; F. C. Stark, Sewick- 

 ley, Pa., and W. J. Strong, Wolseley, 

 Sask., Can. 



\V. F. HrTCHisox, Sec'y. 



MASSACHUSETTS TREE WARDENS 

 MEET. 

 The Massachusetts Tree Wardens 

 and Foresters' Association held its 

 fourth annual banquet at the Ajnerl- 

 can House, Boston, March 26. The 

 banquet followed the opening day of 

 the annual meeting of the association 

 in Horticultural Hall, and which con- 

 tinued two days. L. H. Worthley of 

 Melrose, special agent of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, was 

 toastmaster. and the giiest of the even- 

 ing was Allan B. Chamberlain of the 

 Massachusetts Forestry Association. 

 Other si)eakers were Dr. George E. 

 Stone of Amherst, retiring president; 

 Nathaniel T. Kidder of Milton, new- 

 president; S. L. Symmes of Winches- 

 ter, retiring vice-president; William 

 W. Colton, Forest Commi.ssioner of 

 Newton; Harold J. Neale, city forester 

 of Worcester; J. A. Davis, city for- 

 ester of Springfield; A. F. Burgess of 

 the Government experiment station at 

 Melrose, and Harris A. Reynolds, sec- 

 retary of the Massachusetts Forestry 

 Association. The principal speaker at 

 the morning session was State Fores- 

 ter F. W. Rane. In the afternoon 

 Allan B. Chamberlain discussed "The 

 Town Forest." Dr. George E. Stone 

 spoke on "The Present Status of Cav- 



ity Work In Tree*," and l>r. J. W. 

 Chapnmn of lIio liinuu'y Instlliillon d<-- 

 scrlbed ■The l.)-o|>ard .Moth." 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The seventeenth atinual ronv.mlon 

 of the Aniericiui Association of Park 

 Superintendenu will be held in San 

 Francisco, August l».l!(-20. The open- 

 ing day, the 18tli, will he devoted ex- 

 clusively to busltiess sessions, morn- 

 ing, afternoon and evening, while the 

 two succeeding days will be given over 

 to inspection tours and social func- 

 titms. 



Iniismuch as the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists and the National Abso- 

 ciation of Gardeners have set their 

 convention dates for the same week 

 at San Francisco, the three organiza- 

 tions will undoubtedly bring together 

 a tremendous gathering of men en- 

 gaged in these professions. The Park 

 Superintendents' .\ssociation in an 

 effort to have as many as possible 

 travel westward together, is arrang- 

 ing for a special train from Chicago 

 through to San Francisco via. the 

 Pacific Northwest, which is conceded 

 to be a scenic wonderland. 



The party will assemble at Chicago 

 on August 8th, and stop-overs are 

 planned at Minneapolis, Glacier Na- 

 tional Park, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma 

 and Portland, where elaborate enter- 

 tainment features will lie provided by 

 local authorities at no expense to the 

 party except at the National Park. 

 .Members of kindred societies and 

 friends and relatives will be invited 

 to join the party. No specific return 

 route is being planned as the length 

 of time to be spent at the San 

 Francisco and San Diego expositions 

 is so much of an individual matter 

 deipendent on time and means and a 

 return route via. Colorado or the 

 South is an open question for in- 

 dividual decision. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



"Ladies' Night," the second March 

 meeting of this society was held in 

 the County Building, Hartford, on the 

 evening of the 26th. The exhibits of 

 roses by President Mason, araaryllis, 

 by I.ouis Chauvy, and cinerarias, by 

 Alfred Cebelius, were excellent. The 

 judges awarded the roses a cultural 

 certificate, and to each of the other 

 exhibits a first-class certificate. 



The feature of the evening was a 

 demonstration of the science of prun- 

 ing, by Mr. Mason and G. H. Hollister. 

 Mr. Mason took a young peach tree 

 and trimmed it back to about three 

 feet high. He advised trimming off 

 the lower branches at the end of the 

 first year, and cutting back the upper 

 branches, leaving them about six 

 inches long. Mr. Hollister pruned a 

 number of apple trees and ornamental 

 .shrubs. The demonstration was very 

 instructive. At the close of the meet- 

 ing President Mason gave each lady a 

 Ixjuquet of roses. 



AuBED Dixox. Sec. 

 Wethersfield. Conn. 



PACIFIC COAST FLOWER SHOW. 

 Interest In the spring tlowor show 

 of the Pacific Coast Horticultural So- 

 ciely In the Palace of Horticulture on 

 ihc exposition grounds continued at u 

 liigli tide during the entire three dayii 

 of its progress, .March 19. 20 and 21. 

 Hy special diBpcnsation the building 

 was open to Fair vlBltors on the even- 

 ing of the 20th, which was the first 

 time any of the exhibit palaces had 

 been kept open after dark. The dis- 

 plays were arranged in California's 

 space in the building which was Bllll 

 vacant. an<l competition for the prizes 

 was keen, the work of the Judges be- 

 ing no light task. The place was 

 crowded when the (inal awards were 

 made. Ferrari Hr<m. took Isl prize, a 

 gold medal and diploma, for .No. 1, 

 flowering bulbs, in Class "A," together 

 with Ist prize for nine other numbers 

 in the same class, and 2nd prize for 

 another. The San .Mateo County Com- 

 mission took 2nd prize, silver medal, 

 on No. 1, Class "A." and Pellcano. 

 Rossi & Company took 3rd. a bronze 

 medal. Domoto Bros, received several 

 .prizes, as did Schwerin Bros., and 

 E. E. James was awarded prizes on six 

 different numbers. H. Platli took two 

 awards, the Hillsborough Nurseries, 

 two, and I. W. Hellman, Jr.. three. 

 Other prize winners were Mrs. J. A. 

 Scannavin, Geo. Nunn, Mrs. R. A. 

 Darbie and the I'nited Floral Supply 

 Company. Pelicanno, Rossi & Com- 

 pany were given the first award, a 

 silver medal, for the best bridal bou- 

 quet, a creation of butterfly orchids 

 and lilies of the valley. The second 

 award, a bronze medal, went to Lund- 

 berg's Flower Shop and was given for 

 a Imuquol of white cyclamen. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



.Vt the regular meeting of the Oyster 

 Bay (N. Y.) Horticultural Society on 

 March 24 the monthly competition 

 prizes were awarded to Chas. Mills for 

 Darwin tulips, and James Duthle for 

 schizantlius. Special $5 to James 

 Duthie for group of plants; cultural 

 certificates to Jos. Robinson for azalea 

 and lilacs; honorable mention. Jos. 

 Robinson for amaryllis seedling and 

 cottage tulips; J. Sorosick, for collec- 

 tion, lilies and cauliflower by Chas. 

 Mills. Thanks to Arthur Patfon, Frank 

 Kyle and James Duckham for various 

 exhibits. Talks were given by John 

 Everitt and M. C. Ebel on the work of 

 the National Association of Gardeners. 

 James Duthie donated the special prize 

 he received, to be used at the next 

 show. 



A. R. Kennedy. Sec. 



New York Florists' Bowling Club. 

 Thursday, March 25, 1915. 



.1. Mie.soiii 190 215 175 



C. W. Seott 1.56 170 164 



P. .1. .T.TCobson Ifi2 147 178 



R. .1. Irwin 1.12 15!l liVS 



H. C. Kiodel 220 102 181 



.T. Fenrlcb ..168 LIT 165 



A. Sfh.Tuzer 119 103 



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