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H irr I C U L T U R E 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The iii(>**tlnR of this club on Tues- 

 day eveiiliiK. June 15lh. nt Hurtlcul- 

 tunil Hull. uuM, acrordinK to custoni. 

 Ladies' NiKhl. For this reason bust- 

 neKs routine nuitlers were cut short 

 and no iicllon of linporlunce wns taken 

 oxcept n vote of condolence for Ed- 

 ward J. Welch on the deuth of his 

 wife and son and a vole of sympathy 

 for Kx I'resident I'eter M Miller who 

 ia III with pleurisy and whose Kenial 

 company was sadly missed in the so- 

 cial enJoyn\ent8 of the oveninn. A 

 very fine muxlcal program was pre- 

 sented by the Klliott Singers, ii sextet 

 of male voices of rare (juality. the 

 numbers consisting of choruses and 

 solos by the individual members, most 

 of which were vigorously encored. 



Then came the collation of straw- 

 berries, ice cream, coffee, etc., fol- 

 lowed by dancing in the lecture hall 

 until midnight, in which the youth and 

 beauty of horticultural Greater Bos- 

 ton disported themselves to tlie limit — 

 everything from N'irgiiiia reel to "hesi- 

 tation" being given full sway. It was 

 one of the best arranged and success- 

 ful affairs in the club's history, the 

 very general absence of the "old- 

 timers" being the only missing ingredi- 

 ent. 



The donations of flowers were ex- 

 ceedingly lavish and the singers, as 

 well as many of the ladies, went liome 

 laden down with armfuls of fragrant 

 bloom. 



PEONY SHOW AT BOSTON. 



Notwithstanding the backward condi- 

 tion of the peony blooms in New Eng- 

 land, which caused the postponement 

 of the combined peony show of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 and the American Peony Society for 

 another week, there was an excellent 

 display in Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 on Saturday. June 12, the date original- 

 ly set. Irises were grand. 



The list of prizes and gratuities 

 awarded was as follows: 



Prlzps:— Hcrlia'.-iiiis PpdiiIcs. Cnncction 

 of twelve, single, one bloom eacli : Ist 

 Mrs. J. L. (Jardner; 2nd, William Wliltman. 

 \a,se of tweni.v-ilvo IiIooiils, double, white 

 or blush: 1st. Mrs. E. M. (;ill. \ase of 

 Iweiit.v-flve blooms, double. :iiiv other color • 

 Isf. Mrs. ,1. L. Cardner. Colle<tlon of 

 twelve, double, one flower of each, for non- 

 coninierilal growers onl.v : 1st, Mrs. ,T. L. 

 Gardner. 



Grniultles :— Mr-J. .T. I., fjnrdner. displav 

 of peonies: .Mr.s. K. M. (Jill, display of pco- 

 nle.;: Wni. Whitman, dlspl^iv ipl i.i-oiil.< and 

 popples: T. r. Thurlow's Sons Co., dl.splay 

 of Iris and peonies: .Mrs. Fredcrbk Aver 

 display of Oeruian Iris; T. C. Thurlow's 

 Sons Co., display of lierumu iris: Wellcsle.- 

 Nursery Co.. display of (Jcrnian iris: Wni. 

 Whitman, display of Cerman iris: .Mrs ,7 

 L. f;ardner, display of canlerburv bells; T 

 C. Thurlow's .Sons Co., display' of labur- 

 num : ICasiern Nurseries, displav of hardv 

 flowers: Miss Cornelia Warreu," display of 

 cut flowers. 



Firsi Class Cerliflcate.s of Merit:- i: 'slern 

 Nurseries, Potentllla Veltchll; also Poten- 

 tllla frutic'isa. var. ParvlfoUa. 



Hononible Mention :--.Tackson Dawson for 

 Axalea Hazel Dawson (Rhododendron ledl- 

 folium X K. Kaempferli : Norris 1'. Conilev 

 for Tomato Buck's Tresco. 



Vote of Thanks: -Miss Klizabeth Thatch- 

 er, card. Joseph .Maibbn. for mushrooms 

 and lettuce. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety will have a sweet pea exhibition 

 on the grounds of the Abington Li- 

 brary, Jenkintown. Pa., on Wednesday. 

 June 23rd. Special prizes are con- 

 tributed by Dreer, Michell, Waterer 

 and others. 



INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

 OF ROTARY CLUBS. 



H. C. Kerr of Houston, Texas, chuir 

 man of the Florlsta' Section, sends us 

 the following tentative program for 

 the convention of this association 

 wlilch will be held at San l-Yanclsco 

 on July 111 to 23. 



Monday -1.00 P. M.— Luncheon nt St. 

 rramln liolol. (Get together nnd Kct ac- 

 qunlnled.i 



After lunch, adjournment for 8ectlon 

 M.MiUiB. 



.Somi> topics for dlsruHNlou : 



"Iliiw to put our business on the hlichest 

 plane, and i-arry out the principles of 

 Uotary." 



"Hoiary Florists' ro-opcratlon In ex- 

 chauKO of business." 



■■■J'he Florists' ikiko In the 'Rotnrlan.' " 



"How Rotary Florists should serve their 

 local Rotary Clubs." 



■■II"W to create interest In the Conven- 

 tlcin Florists' Sectional Mcetlnus." 



"Reports of the Houston Mi-etlng." 



The Rotary Clubs are composed of 

 one person from each line of business 

 in each city tliroughout the country. 

 Therefore only one florist In each city 

 can belong to this organization. At 

 their annual international convention 

 they hold a section meeting of each 

 line of business — therefore there will 

 be a florists' section meeting. .Mr. 

 Kerr urges that all florists who attend 

 shall remain over for the S. A. F. 



TEXAS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



Following are a few of the head- 

 liners for our second annual conven- 

 tion at Ft. Worth. July 6 and 7: 



Special rate of one and one-third 

 fare. Questions that are of direct in- 

 terest to you will be discussed. A 

 live program — instructive and inter- 

 esting. Florists coming from Illinois. 

 Missouri. Mississippi. Colorado. Loui- 

 siana. Alabama, Oklahoma and Ten- 

 nessee. Also 75 per cent of the flor- 

 ists of Texas will be in attendance. 

 A nice line of exhibits on display. 

 Ft. Worth Club's program of enter- 

 tainment will assure you a good time. 



If you were in attendance at our 

 convention last year at Waco, you 

 know tlie value of these conventions, 

 and of course will be with us; if not. 

 don't miss the opportunity of meeting 

 the florists of Texas and the South — 

 for they will be there. Remember, 

 too, we will have some of the big 

 men with us from Chicago, Colorado, 

 Missouri, Oklahoma and other sec- 

 tions. 



The time is short — so make your ar- 

 rangements to attend the convention, 

 WE WILL LOOK FOR YOU. 



R. C. Kkkk. Pres. 



PACIFIC COAST HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Pacific Coast Horticultural Society on 

 June 5th was well attended, and con- 

 siderable business was attended to. H. 

 Plath, as chairman of the l-Ixhibition 

 Committee, led discussions in refer- 

 ence to preparations for tlie Fall Flow- 

 er Show, and various committees of 

 the S. A. F. Convention submitted re- 

 ports. Applications for membership 

 were presented from R. A. Hyde of 

 Watsonville, F. Metzner of Mountain 

 View. K. Nyeland of Oakland. J. 

 Walter, a local gardener and A. J. 

 Nevraumont of the California Seed 

 Co. J. A. Axell of the E. W. McLellan 

 Co. was elected to the office of treas- 

 urer, following the withdrawal of Dan 



June 19, 1015 



Raymond, who had been nominated at 

 tlie last meeting. After the business 

 session, Prof. Stevens of the Univer- 

 sity of Cullforniu, delivered a very In- 

 teresting Illustrated lecture on the 

 "History of lyiindscape Gardening." 

 The exhiblls made a good showing. A 

 bunch of Gladiolus Panama shown by 

 Frank Pelicano was rated at 95 points. 

 A large pot of Adiantiiiu I'lathi, a now 

 seedling, shown by H. I'lath, was also 

 rated at 95, and a single flower of the 

 new hybrid brier rose Juliet shown bv 

 J. Gill took 60 points 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES, 

 'I'lie annual ouliiig of tlie .Sew York 

 Florists' Club will be held at Witzel's 

 Point Grove. College Point, L. I.. July 

 II. F. W. Armitage is chairman of the 

 outing commi'tee. 



Tlie June meeting of the New Lon- 

 don (Conn.l Horticultural Society was 

 held Thursday, loth. There was a 

 large attendance who came to hear 

 M. C. Ebel. of Madison. N. J., but 

 owing to illness he had to postpone his 

 visit. A paper on Perennials by W. S. 

 Mason was read by Walter E. Cook. 

 The table was covered with plants and 

 flow ers, including chrysanthemums and 

 gloxinias. H. E. L. 



The summer meeting of the New 

 Hampshire Horticultural Society will 

 be held at the New Hampshire College 

 at Durham, Thursday, June 24, 1915, 

 The program is as follows: — 



'.<.30 A. .M. — Inspection of college 

 grounds and buildings. 



10.30 A. .M— Visit to Experimental 

 Orchards, under the direction of Prof. 

 Joseph H. Gourley, Horticulturist of 

 the Experiment Station. 



12.00 M. — Address by President Fair- 

 child. 



12.30 p. M.— Luncheon. 



1.30 P. M.— Growing Small Fruits in 

 New Hampshire. — Wilfred Wheeler, 

 sec'y, Mass. State Board of Agricul- 

 ture, Boston, .Mass. Vegetable Grow- 

 iiii; in New Hampshire — William N. 

 Craig, supt. Faulkner Farms, Brook- 

 line, Mass. 



The College Fair Exhibit for 1915 

 will be completed and on the grounds 

 during the day, for inspection by the 



COMING EVENTS. 



Shows. 



Uubton, .Muh„.. ,lune ]0-'.20, — American 

 I'cony Society, Horticultural Hall. 



Greenwich, Conn,, ,Iut.v 18-19, — Westches- 



101- and Falrfleld Horticultural Society, 

 summer show. 



Newport, R, I., July 8-9. — Annual show 

 and meeting of American Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety, In connection with Newport Oarden 

 Assoc, and Newport Hort. Soc. 



Lenox, Mass., July 27-28, Summer ex- 

 hibition of Lenox Hoitkulturnl Society. 



Newport. R. I., Auk. 12. 13, 14,— Mid-sum- 

 mer exhibition of Newport Garden Club 

 and Newport Horticultural Society. 



Newport, K. I„ Aug. 18-19.— Fifth annual 

 exhibition of the American Gladiolus So- 

 ciety. 



Cleveland. O., Auk. 1.^14. — Gladiolus So- 

 ciety of Ohio exhibition. 



Lewiston, Me., Auk. 27-28.— Fall exhibition 

 In Lewiston City Hall of Lewiston and 

 Auliurn Gardeners' Union. Chas. S. Allen, 

 President. Auburn. Me.; Mrs. Geo. A. Whit- 

 ney. Secretary. 131 Winter St., Auburn, Me. 

 Meetings llrst Friday In each month. 



