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HO KT I CULTURE 



August 28. 1915 



the Amatenr Classes, was won by C. F. 

 Fairbanks. 



The judges awarded the following Cer- 

 tiUeates: L. Merton Gage, Natick, Mass., 

 for Mrs. Dr. Norton ; R. W. Swett, Saxon- 

 Tille, for Lieberfeur; John Lewis Childs, 

 Flowerfield, for Newport; John Schupers & 

 Co., New York, for Seedling No. 3/7229. 

 Honorable mention to Chamberlain & Co. 

 for general display ; A. E. Kunderd for 

 Primiilinus hybrids; W. Atlee Burpee for 

 seedlings; Knigbt & Struck Co.. S. E. Spen- 

 cer, T. A. Havemeyer, H. A. Dreer, A. H. 

 Austin & Co., and T. E. Gonger for general 

 display. C. M. Bugholt, Cultural Certifi- 

 cate for Europa. 



GLADIOLUS SOCIETY OF OHIO. 



The third annual exhibition of the 

 Gladiolus Society of Ohio was held in 

 the Hollenden assembly room, Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, on Friday and Saturday, 

 August 13 and 14. This is the third 

 consecutive year that this society has 

 met in the "Sixth City." The showinf; 

 was the best ever made, there being a 

 number of very good seedlings in evi- 

 dence. 



The Cleveland Florists' Club handled 

 the local arrangements of the show 

 in excellent manner and as a result 

 the public attended in large numbers. 

 Twelve thousand invitations were is- 

 sued and mailed to friends and cus- 

 tomers of the club members. 



Interesting table decorations were 

 shown by Jones-Russell Co., The J. M. 

 Gasser Co., Westman & Getz, The Jas. 

 Eadie Co., Smith & Fetters and Knoble 

 Bros. Several tables were filled with 

 well arranged baskets by A. M. Al- 

 brecht, Jones-Russell, Westman & Getz, 

 Knoble Bros., Ohio Floral Co., The Jas. 

 Eadie Co., Charlesworth & Son, and 

 The J. M. Gasser Co. A prime attrac- 

 tion was a brides' bouquet of white 

 gladioli, shown on a standard, by A. 

 M. Albrecht. 



The prize for the best display by any 

 one exhibitor was awarded to The 

 Austin Co. Other prize winners in the 

 commercial section were J. Thomann 

 & Sons, Perkins King Co., R. E. Hunt- 

 ington, Bidwell & Fobes, Munsell & 

 Harvey, Madison Cooper, C. Betscher, 

 J. F. Rychlik, E. E. Stewart and Way- 

 side Gardens. Three certificates for 

 new varieties never shown before were 

 awarded to The Austin Co. and one to 

 J. Thomann & Sons. 



The judges were W. C. Werner, of 

 Painesville, O. and F. W. Griffin of 

 Cleveland. 



Table Decorations by Leading Retailers of Cleveland, at the Annual Exhibition of the 



Gladiolus Society of Ohio. 



At the annual meeting held on 

 Saturday morning it was unanimously 

 decided to hold the 1916 meeting and 

 show in Cleveland. The election of 

 officers was postponed to come up at 

 an adjournel meeting to be held in 

 Cleveland, Nov. lltb, during the Cleve- 

 land Flower Show. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held one 

 of those much enjoyed outdoor meet- 

 ings on Thursday afternoon, August 

 12, at Joseph Hauser's Dahlia Farm in 

 Webster Groves. The secretary's 

 notice for the meeting, headed with. 

 "Before green apples blush. 

 Before green nuts embrown. 

 Why one day in the country 

 Is worth a month in town," 

 brought one of the largest outdoor 

 meetings the club ever held. They in- 

 spected the dahlia fields and were 

 much impressed with Mr. Hauser's 

 new single red and other new varie- 

 ties. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers, the only lady 

 member of the club, sent in her resig- 

 nation, which was accepted and she 

 was placed on the honorary member 

 list. 



Walter Weber, of the Weber Nur- 

 sery Co., extended an invitation to 

 meet at their place in the country In 

 September, which was accepted with 

 thanks. The election of officers for 

 the ensuing year took place. Jules 

 Bourdet, president, and J. J. Beneke, 

 secretary, were re-elected by unani- 

 mous vote. E. S. Wells and David 

 Geddis fought it out for vice-president 

 and Mr. Wells was re-elected. W. C. 

 Smith and J. J. Windier opposed each 

 other for the treasurership and Mr. 

 Smith was re-elected. W. W. Ohl- 

 weiter, trustee for a three-year term, 

 was elected by unanimous vote, and 

 W. A. Rowe and F. A. Windier will 

 serve with him. This closed a most 

 interesting meeting. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Hauser then invited all to partake of 

 a bounteous lunch. They were as- 

 sisted by Mrs. Hauser's sister, Mrs. 

 Grossart and Mrs. Pilcher. 



Table Decoration by the J. M. Gasser Co., at the Exhibition of the Gladiolus Society 



of Ohio. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK 

 SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The convention of park superinten- 

 dents, coincident with that of the S. A. 

 F., at San Francisco, was a very busy 

 and enjoyable affair, one of Its great- 

 est educational features being the 

 many opportunities offered for visits 

 and inspection of the many local and 

 national public reservations in San 

 Francisco and on the way to and from 

 that city. Addresses, discussions and 

 stereopticon lectures crowded the 

 business hours and everything went 

 off smoothly under the guiding hand 

 of President Amrhyn and his official 

 retinue. Officers were elected as fol- 

 lows: President, Emil T. Mische; 

 vice-presidents, J. W. Thompson, J. F. 

 Walsh, Alex. Stuart, E. P. Griffin, L. P. 

 Jansen, E. V. Goebel; secretary-trea- 

 surer, R. W. Cotterlll. John McLaren 

 was elected to the office of honorary 

 president. New Orleans was chosen 

 for the convention of 1916. 



