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HORTICULTUEE 



July 31, 1915 



Coming Events 



SHOWS. 



Boston, Aug:. 7-8. — Gladiolus and Phlox 

 Exhibition, Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Socety. 



Newport, K. I., Aug. 13, 13, 14— Mid-sum- 

 mer exhibition of Newport Garden Club 

 and Newport Horticultural Society. 



Cleveland, O., .Vug. 13-14.— Gladiolus So- 

 ciety of Ohio exhibition. 



Newport, R. I., Aug. 18-19.— Fifth annual 

 exhibition of the American Gladiolus So- 

 ciety. 



Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 36-39.— Ameri- 

 can Gladiolus Society exhibitiou. 



Boston, Aug. 28-39.— Exhibition of the 

 Products of Children's Gardens, Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society. 



Lewiston, Me., Aug. 2i-38.— Fall exhibition 

 in Lewiston City Hall of Lewiston and 

 Auburu Gardeners' Union. Chas. S. Allen, 

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

 ney, Secretary, 151 Winter St., Auburn, Me. 

 Meetings first Friday in each month. 



Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 30 to Sept. 11.— 



Kochester Exposition and Flower Show. 



Boston. Sept. 11-12. — Dahlia and Fruit 

 Exhibition, Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. 



Hartford, Conn., Sept. 23-23. — Annual 



HaUlia exhibition of the Connecticut Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Unity Hall, Pratt St. 

 Alfred Dixon, Sec, Wethersfleld. 



Boston. Oct. 2-3.— October Show Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society. 



Orange, N. J., Oct. 4. — Tenth Annual 

 Dahlia, Fruit, Gladioli and 'Vegetable Show 

 •of N. J. Floricultural Society. Geo W. 

 Strange, Sec., 84 Jackson St. 



Oyster Ba.v, I,,. I., N. Y., Oct. 5-0.— Dahlia 



Show of the Oyster Bay Hort. Society. 

 "Chrysanthemum Show, Not. 2. Andrew K. 

 Kennedy, Westbury, L. I., secretary. 



Glen Cove, L. I., Oct. 7.— Dahlia Show of 

 Nassau Co. Hort. Soc. Fall Show of Nas- 

 sau Co. Hort. Soc, Oct. 28 and 2'J 



Poughkecpsie, N. Y., Oct. 28-29.— Annual 

 flower show of Duchess County Horticul- 

 tural Society. N. Harold Cottam, Sec, 

 Wappingers Palls. 



Boston, Nov. 4, 5, 6, 7.— Grand -'Vutumn 

 Exhibitii>n, -Massachusetts Horticultural 



New York, N. Y.. Nov. 3, 4, 6.— Annual 

 Chrysanthemum Show of the American In- 

 stitute, Engineering Societies Building. 



Tarrjtown, N. Y., Nov. 3-4-5.— Chrysan- 

 themum Show in the Music Hall. 



New York, N. Y., Nov. 4-7.— Annual Au- 

 tumn exhibition of Hort. Soc. of New York, 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Chicago, III., Nov. 9-H.— Fall Flower 



Show of the Chicago Florists' Club and 



Horticultural Society of Chicago, to be 

 held in the Coliseum. 



Clevelanil, o.. Nov. 1»-14.— Annual show 

 and nieetmg of Chrysautbemum Society of 

 Amoric.n. In conjunction with the Clevc- 

 hind Flcnver Show. Chas. W. .Tolinson 

 Sec, 2220 Fairflax Ave.. Morgan Park HI 



CleicliiiKl. ()., Nov. 10-14. — Cleveland 



Flower Sliow. The only show of national 

 scope in tlie United States this fall F A 

 Friedley, Sec., 3.->G Leader Building 



MEETINGS. 

 Twin Cities, .St. Paul, Minn., .\iig. 34-38.— 



Annual convention of the Associatiim of 

 American Cemetery Superinlemb'rits, Min- 

 neapolis and St. Paul. Sc-crelarv. Vellett 

 Lawson. .Tr.. Supt. of Elm liuot Cemetery, 

 River Grove, 111. 



Bldff., Truml)Ull 

 Wethersfleld. 



St. Alfred Dixon, Sec, 



CONVENTIONS TO BE HELD IN 

 AUGUST IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



.Xugiist 13-14. — Thlrteeutb Annual Con- 

 vention ; The Pacific Coast Association of 

 Nurserymen, President, John Vallance. M 

 Glen avenue, Oakland; secretary-treasurer, 

 C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Washington. 



.\ugust 12-14,. — Fifth Annual Meeting : 

 The California Association of Nurserymen. 

 President, Fred H. Howard, Ninth and 

 Olive streets. Los Angeles: secretary-treas- 

 urer, Henry W. Kruckeberg, 237 Franklin 

 street, Los Angeles. 



.\ugust 16. — Nurserymen's Day at the 

 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. 



.'Vugust 17-19. — Annual Meeting: The 

 American Ko.se Society. President, S. S. 

 Penuock. Philadelphia, Pa.: secretary. Ben- 

 .inmin Hammond. Beacon, N. Y. : treasurer, 

 Harry O. May, Summit. N. .1. 



Angust 17-20. — Thirty-flrst Annual Heel- 

 ing: Society American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists. President. Patrick 

 Welch, Boston : vice-president. Daniel Mac- 

 Rorie. San Francisco: secretary, .Tohn 

 Young. 53 W. Twenty-Eighth street, New 

 York City : treasurer, W. F. Kasting. Buf- 

 falo, N. Y. 



The National Association of Gardeners. 

 President. John W. Everitt. Gleu Cove. N. 

 Y. : secretary, M. C. Ebel. Madison, N. J. 



The Florists' Telegraph Delivery. Presi- 

 dent. Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis. Ind.: 

 secretary. Albert Pochelon. Detroit. l\Iicli. 



The Florists' Hail Association of Amer- 

 ica. President. E. G. Hill. Richmond. Ind. : 

 secretarv. .Tohn G. Esler. Saddle River. 

 N. J. 



August 18-30. — Annual Meeting: The 

 American Association of Park Superin- 

 tendents. President, G. X. Amrhym, New 

 Haven, Conn.; secretary-treasurer. Roland 

 W. Cotterill, Seattle, Wash. 



August 2.3-25 — Thirty - fourth Biennial 

 Session : The American Pomological So- 

 ciety. Berkeley, Cal. President^ L. A. 

 Goodman. Kansas City, Mo.: California 

 vice-president, Henry W. Kruckeberg. 237 

 Franklin street. Los Angeles: executive 

 committee. George C. Roeding. Fresno: 

 secretary. E. R. Lake. 2033 Park Road. 

 X. W., Washington, D. C. 



Hartford, Conn., .\ug 27.— Regular meet- 

 ing Conn. Horticultural Society, County 



CALOSOMA BEETLE FOE TO GIP- 

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 Successful in Attacking Pest. 



The calosoma beetle, which was in- 

 troduced into New England in order 

 to combat the gipsy moth, is declared 

 by entomologists in the United States 

 Department of Agriculture to have 

 firmly established itself in its new en- 

 vironment. The first of these green 

 beetles was sent from Europe in 1905. 

 Between then and 1910 a little over 

 4.000 of the insects were shipped to 

 this country. They have multiplied 

 and spread witli extraordinary rapidi- 

 ty and are now so abundant that many 

 people in New England are familiar 

 with their appearance and habits. 



Investigations show that these in- 

 sects, both as beetles and as larvae, 

 consume enormous quantities of the 

 gipsy moth larvae. They are able to 

 climb the trees upon which their prey 

 are feeding and are most active dur- 

 ing the periods when the gipsy tnoths 

 are abundant. The calosoma beetle, 

 in fact, seems to be admirably adapted 

 in every way to destroying the gipsy 

 moth. It is not apparently injured by 

 the wilt disease which is so prevalent 

 in its prey, and neither is it apparent- 

 ly affected by the sprays used to con- 



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The third annual flower show of the 

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