July 10, 1915 



HOKTICULTUKE 



39 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



The final schedule and proiiram of 

 the Seventh Annual Exliibition and 

 Convention of the American Sweet 

 Pea Society has been sent out by Sec- 

 retary H. A. Bunyard, and copies of 

 same may be had on application to 

 Mr. Bunyard at 40 West 28th street, 

 New York. As previously announced, 

 the show will be held under the 

 auspices of the Newport Horticultural 

 Society and the Newport Garden As- 

 sociation at the Casino, Newport, R. I., 

 on Thursday and Friday, July 15 and 

 16. Alexander McLellan is manager 

 for the exhibition and the list of 

 judges contains the names of twenty- 

 four of the representative gardeners 

 and florists of New York, New Jersey 

 and New England States. 



Section A contains thirteen special 

 prizes for private gardeners; Section 

 B ten for private gardeners and ama- 

 teurs; Section C four for amateurs; 

 Section D five society prizes for retail 

 florists; Section E Mrs. Auchincloss' 

 prizes for school children; Section F 

 includes eight open and miscellaneous 

 classes for medals and other trophies; 

 Section G contains thirty-five special 

 prizes offered by the Garden Associa- 

 tion, Horticultural Society, Garden 

 Club and others. 



The program for the meeting of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society is as fol- 

 lows : 



FIRST DAV. 



Thursday, July 15, 1915—3 P. M. 



Address of ivelcome by Dr. Roderick 

 Terry, President of the Newport Garden 

 Associatiou. and William MacKay, Presi- 

 dent of tlie Newport Horticultural Society. 



Pre.sidcut Morse's Address. 



Secretary's Report. 



Prof. A. C. Seal's report on Our Trial 

 Grounds at Cornell University. 



Treasurer's Report. 



Nomination of officers tor 1915-lfll6. 



Invitation tor the next meeting place. 



Lecture: The Sweet Pea— By J. Harri- 

 son Dick. New York. 



Election of officers. 



Vote on the next meeting place. 



Addresses and discussions. 



Question box. 



SECOND DAT. 



Friday, July 16. 1915—2 P. M. 



Unfinished business. 



Lecture: "Sweet Peas for AraadMirs" — 

 By Geo. W. Kerr, Doylestown. Pa. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the Oyster 

 Bay (N. Y.), Horticultural Society was 

 held on Wednesday, June 23rd. Fifty- 

 eight vases of flowers, five dishes of 

 vegetables, three dishes of fruit were 

 on the exhibition tables. The judges 

 reported as follows; Society's prize 

 for roses, Jas. Duckham; peas. Frank 

 Petroccia; strawberries, Arthur Pat- 

 ten. Howard C. Smith prize for 

 sweet peas, 1st. Jas. Duthie; 2nd. Jas. 

 Duckham. James Duthie prize for 

 sweet peas, 1st, Frank Kyle; 2nd, C. 

 E. Moyses. Honorable mention for 

 climbing roses by John Sorosick, or- 

 chids by Jno. Ingram, iris, l)y John 

 Ingram, and delphinium by Frank 

 Kyle. 



H. Gibson made a very interesting 

 report on the visit of a delegation of 

 gardeners, from Oyster Bay, to the 

 Ward estate at New Rochelle. Mr. 

 Woolson and Mr. Duthie gave humor- 

 ous talks. It was decided to hold the 

 annual outing in August, notice of 

 time and place to appear in notice of 

 next meeting. 



CLEVELAND FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Secretary Frank A. Friedley has 

 sent out the following notice to the 

 club members: 



,luly meeting of tho Florists' Club post- 

 Ijoned from Monday, July 3th, to Monday, 

 July l:;th. Full auuouncement of the An- 

 uu.-i"l Pk-nic will be made at that time. 



Remi'iulier at the last meeting of the 

 Club it was decided that all who partici- 

 pate iu the Ball Game must be members 

 of the Club. Foot races and all other 

 sports open to all. 



This letter is being mailed to all florists 

 In Cleveland. It you are not now a mem- 

 ber of the Cleveland Florists' Club you 

 owe it to yourself and your business to 

 join. We now have Vii live, active mem- 

 bers. The dues are 11.00 per quarter. Send 

 in your name and belong to the livest, 

 most up-to-the-minute Florists' Club in 

 the country. 



We expect during the next few months 

 to receive lots of advei-tising and publicity 

 for our Big Flower Show through the 

 trade papers: 



The American Florist. 

 The Florists' Exchange. 

 The I''lorists' Review. 

 Horticulture. 



Each of the above are $1.00 per year. 

 The more we support them, the more they 

 will advertise and support us. Perhaps 

 you have had iu mind to subscribe to an- 

 other trade paper but always put it off. 

 DO IT NOW ! Send direct to the paper or 

 papers you want or mark the ones you 

 want on this list, return to the secretary 

 with a one dollar bill for each paper and 

 he will gladly get the paper for you. Boss, 

 get a trade paper for some of your em- 

 ployees. It will pay you to do it. This 

 is not an advertising scheme of the above 

 papers. Thev know nothing of it. The 

 Florists' Club wants each of these papers 

 to have more subscribers in this vicinity 

 than thev have at present. Send your dol- 

 lar NOW. 



Thanks, Mr. Secretary. 



NEW BEDFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



That the annual rose show of the 

 New Bedford Horticultural Society 

 was a great success is beyond dispute. 

 While this was primarily a rose show 

 many vases of perennials enlivened 

 the tables. The magnificent and im- 

 posing hybrid perpetuals were, for the 

 most part, conspicuous by their ab- 

 sence, yet the dainty beauty of the 

 hybrid teas and climbers, in varied 

 array, made one forget their more 

 stately brothers, and many were the 

 demands upon the committee for ad- 

 vice in selection. 



Among the features of the exhibit 

 were the grand display of perennials 

 from the Galen Stone place, the beauti- 

 ful collection of teas and hybrid teas, 

 most tastefully arranged, from the 

 Converse estate, a fine display of Sil- 

 ver Moon and Dr. Van Fleet by A. J. 

 Fish, a wonderful specimen of Fran 

 Karl Druschki by Mrs. Horatio Hatha- 

 way, a vase of Silver Moon, Dr. Van 

 Fleet and Ruby Queen which won first 

 prize for the best vase, basket or other 

 display, and a perfectly superb speci- 

 men of the hybrid tea rose, Maliel 

 Drew, winner of 1st for best specimen 

 of rose introduced in this country 

 since 1911. 



Miss Alice Stackpole's exhibit which 

 covered one entire table had many fine 

 blooms tastefully arranged. 



W. F. TUKNBU. 



LADIES SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 

 Will correspondents of florists' pa- 

 pers, please omit using above society 

 name in relation to private or local 

 clubs. There is only one Ladies' S. A. 

 F. As yet no member in California 

 has been authorized to transact any 

 business for this Society. 



Mrs. Chas H. M.^tnaup. Sec'y. 



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