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July 3, 1915 



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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOR- 

 ISTS AND ORNAMENTAL 

 HORTICULTURISTS 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Frank D. Pelicano, 119 Gutenberg 

 St., San Francisco, Cal., submits for 

 registration the following new vio- 

 lets: 



"Anne Evans": a sport from "Swan- 

 ley White" with flowers very much 

 larger. Color, porcelain blue tinted 

 with lavender, about the shade of a 

 Czar Peter hyacinth. Plant strong 

 and healthy, making quantities of fine 

 foliage. 



"Quaker Lady": a seedling from a 

 cross between Single White and Cali- 

 fornia. Flowers single and about the 

 same size as "Giant Violet." A strong 

 healthy grower. Color lavender 

 shaded with delft blue, a shade 

 darker than the "Palma" violet. 



Any person objecting to the regis- 

 tration or to the use of the proposed 

 name, is requested to communicate 

 with the Secretary at once. Failing 

 to receive objection to the registra- 

 tion, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



John Young, Sec'y- 



June 22, 1915. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York had an attractive free exhibi- 

 tion of seasonable flowers at the 

 Bronx Botanical Garden on June 26 

 and 27. 



The monthly meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' and Gardeners' Club of Rhode 

 Island was held at 96 Westminster 

 street. Providence, on Monday even- 

 ing, June 28. 



The Cincinnati Florists Society 

 members will be the guests of Max 

 Rudolph at his home on July 12th, 

 when the annual meeting of the 

 society will be held. 



The annual rose show of the Wor- 

 cester County Horticultural Society 

 was held in Horticultural Hall, Wor- 

 cester, Mass., on June 24. Roses, her- 





They Save Your Hands 



Also your time, your money and 

 your i,;re«-nlu»ttse glaHS. 



"Red Devil" Glass Cutters 



Cut more glass with less efTnrt, Iphh 

 breakage and less cost than any 

 other make. "It's all in the wheel" 

 — hand honed and tested. 

 The Standard glazier's tool "Ued 

 Devil" No. 034 mailed for 6e. Write 

 for free booklet of 40 stvlee. 



SMITH & HEMENWAY CO., Inc. 



181 Chambers St., New York City 



baceous perennial flowers, strawber- 

 ries, cherries and early vegetables 

 were shown in profusion. 



A large delegation of members of the 

 National Association of Gardeners ex- 

 pects to attend the annual Sweet Pea 

 Show of the American Sweet Pea 

 Society to be held on July 15 and 16 at 

 Newport. R. I. Those going by way of 

 New York will leave on the Fall River 

 line of steamers on Wednesday after- 

 noon at five o'clock from Pier 14, foot 

 of Fulton street, North River. As this 

 is the vacation season and passenger 

 traffic is heavy, it is suggested that 

 staterooms be secured in advance. 

 Advices from Boston say that a big 

 delegation from the New England city 

 will also journey to Newport to attend 

 the Show. 



M. C. Ebel, Secretary. 



The New Hampshire Horticultural 

 Society held its annual summer meet- 

 ing at the State College, Durham, 

 more than 200 attending. 



President E. T. Fairchild addressed 

 tne gathering. After the inspection of 

 the college the visitors were taken in 

 automobiles to the experimental or- 

 chard, where Prof. J. M. Gourley ex 

 plained the work the college is doing 

 there. Lunch was served on the lawn 

 in front of the Agricultural building. 

 There v.ere addresses by Wilfrid 

 Wheeler, secretary of the Massachu- 

 setts State Board of Agriculture, and 

 William N. Craig of Brookline, Mass. 

 Miss Sarah L. Bates assisted by Miss 

 Mary Sanborn, gave a demonstration 

 of canning. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 

 Canton, S. D. — R. R. Hartvic, one 



house. 



Salisbury, Md. — Geo. H. Benedict, 

 house Go X 150, 



Lewiston, Me. — Ernest Saunders, 

 one 425 ft. house. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — Eli Cross, two 

 300 ft. rose houses. 



Woodside. N. Y.— Otto Muller, three 

 houses each 25 x 100. 



New Haven. Ct. — John Peterson, 

 South End. one house. 



W. Hoboken, N. J.— Wm. Gullick- 

 sen, 4th street, three houses. 



Clinton, III. — S. Grimsley, South 

 Monroe street, house 50 x 125. 



Houston, Tex.— Mrs. Cotney, Wash- 

 ington avenue, house 32 x 100. 



Moonhead, Minn. — J. W. Briggs. 

 Front and Sth streets, one house. 



Milton, Mass. — I. Tucker Burr, con- 

 servatory. Lord & Burnham Boston 



Dallas, Tex. — Sarver Floral Co., 

 house 20x165; Reed Floral Company, 

 house 20 X 100. 



Concord, Mass. — Samuel Lufkin. 

 iron frame house Z'l x 225. Lord & 

 Burnham Boston office. 



HAIL STORM IN NEW ENGLAND 



.A fierce thunder storm accompanied 

 by a heavy fall of hail stones swept 

 over a section of Massachusetts and 

 Rhode Island on Saturday, June 26, 

 doing great damage to garden crops 

 and trees, killing chickens and smash- 

 ing greenhouse glass on all sides. 

 Among the latter were the green- 

 houses of Brown and A. J. Boothman, 

 North Adams, Mass.; Samuel Kinder 

 & Bro., Frederick A. Geisler, Starr 

 L. Booth, Col. S. P. Colt, LeBaron 

 Bradford, William L. McKee, Robert 

 A. Black and the Kingsthorpe Green- 

 houses all of Bristol, R. I. Other lo- 

 calities in southeastern Massachusetts 

 and Rhpde Island were hit but details 

 are missing. 



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BROOKLINE, - - - MASS. 



DREER'S 



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Furnished in lengths up 

 to 500 ft. without seam or 

 joint. 



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^■inch, per ft., 15 t. 

 Keel of 500 ft., " mHc. 

 2 Reels, 1000 ft., " 14 c. 

 J4-inch, " 13 c. 



Reels, 500 ft., " lajic. 

 Couplings furnished 



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 Philadelphia, Pa. 



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:;000 1% in. @ $6.00 500 4 In. @ $4.50 



l.iOO •> " " 4.88 456 4V. " " 5.24 



1.500 2% •• " 5.25 320 5 ' " " 4.51 



1500 2% •• " 6.00 210 5% " " 3.78 



1000 3 " " 5.00 144 6 " " 3.16 



800 3% " " 5.80 120 7 " " 4.20 



60 8 " '• 3.00 



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