AugUBt 28, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



291 



Merit Recognized 



We won a Certificate of Merit 

 and the 



ONLY MEDAL AWARDED 



for Florist Supplies at San Francisco. We offer for the fall trade the finest 

 assortment and highest quality of goods to be found in the American Market. 



A splendid line of new Flower Baskets. All staples such as Cycas Leaves, Magnolia 

 Leaves, Preserved Adiantum Sprays, etc., etc., in full assortment and bed-rock prices. 

 Send for prices and you will be astonished to .see how much you can do with a little 

 money when you go straight to headquarters. 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



H. BAYEIRSDORFER & CO., phu^delphia^ 



Street, 

 PA- 



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the outing was G. H. Sinclair. George 

 Rackliffe, Thomas Bray and D. J. 

 Gallivan, all of Holyoke, and Edward 

 Fowles of Amherst. 



Connecticut Nurserymen's Annual 

 Outing. 



The morning of August 19, 191.5 

 dawned bright and clear and every- 

 thing looked good to the members of 

 the Connecticut Nurserymen's Associa 

 tlon, their "better halts," and enthusi- 

 astic friends, as they motored to the 

 annual summer outing, held this year 

 at Lake Compounce. On arrival at 

 this beautiful summer resort the autos 

 were parked, greetings exchanged, 

 after which a base ball game was 

 played with Messrs. Burr and Camp- 

 l)ell as captains. Burr's team, nick- 

 named the "Berberry Thunbergiis" 

 were defeated by Campbell's "For- 

 sythias" by a heavy margin. The fea- 

 tures of the game were Burr's coach- 

 ing, Hunt's hatting, Hoyt's catching, 

 Campbell's pitching and Wilson's 

 stealing bases. Dinner was partaken 

 of, after which the party visited the 

 points of scenic interest about the lake, 

 grounds and mountain. A short busi- 

 ness session was called later on, and 

 one new member added to the associa- 

 tion. 



All present voted It a most enjoy- 

 able occasion. 



The annual outing of the New York 

 and New Jersey Association of Plant 

 Growers will take place Tuesday, Sep- 

 tember 7th. The steamer "Command- 

 er" has been specially chartered. The 

 party will get a three-hour sail on the 

 Sound to Valley Grove at Northport, 

 L. I., where a good meal will be await- 

 ing them. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Chicago, III.— Mrs. Thaden. Cincin- 

 nati. O. 



Boston: Paul M. Piersoii, Scar- 

 borough, N. T. 



Milwaukee. Wis.: H. E. Phllpott. 

 Winnipeg. Can. 



Washington, D. C— Morris Cohen, of 

 New York; Julius A. DlUiofT, New 

 York; I. Rosnosky, representing H. F. 

 Michel! Co., Phlla; Mr. and Mrs. Fred 

 H. Melnhardt, St. Louis, Mo.; Arthur 

 NIessen, Phlla: W. W. Woodruff, Low- 

 gap, N. C. 



PREPARING FOR THE NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



Tlic IirciT (iarden .iiid Lawn in Front of Convention Hall, Philadelphia. 



The accompanying illustration is 

 from a photograph of the Dreer Gar- 

 dens and Lawn in front of Convention 

 Hall, Philadelphia. These gardens 

 have a 90 ft. frontage and 45 ft. depth. 

 At the rear and next to the building 

 they have planted a large, irregular 

 border, 90 feet long, varying in depth 

 from 10 to 16 feet, the rear being 

 planted with Canna Louis Reverchon. 

 and in front of these is Canna Gustav 



AN IDEAL GLADIOLUS. 

 L. Merton Gage may justly be proud 

 of his new Kunderd gladiolus Mrs. 

 Dr. Norton. In our estimation It 

 Is one of the finest varieties yet 

 introduced and it was entirely 

 reasonable and appropriate that It 

 won the first prize and certificate 

 of merit at Newport. Its color, a beau- 

 tiful pale rose pink, deeper flushed at 

 the extremities of the petals and Il- 

 lumined by a faint glow of primrose 

 yellow on the lower segments, Is very 

 captivating. In size and arrangement 

 of blooms on the spike It Is an Ideal 

 gladiolus. 



Gumpper, and the entire bed is bor- 

 dered with Pennisetum Ruppelianum. 

 The two large oval beds contain 

 Dreer's Single Fringed Petunias. Be- 

 tween these there is a large specimen 

 plant of Phoenix sylvestris. 



The gardens and lawn are now In 

 a flourishing condition and are creat- 

 ing a great deal of comment which will 

 undoubtedly bear fruit when the great 

 National Flower Show opens its doors 

 next March. 



from an operation for appendicitis. He 

 was taken sick on the way to the Con- 

 vention. 



Harry A. Barnard, of Stuart Ix)w & 

 Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, England, 

 started from Liverpool on the S. S. St. 

 IjouIs, Saturday, August 21st, on his 

 annual visit to the United States. His 

 lieadiiiiarters on arrival In New York 

 will be the Hotel Albert. 



PERSONAL. 



Wallace R. Plerson Is at the Adler 

 Sanitarium, San Francisco, recovnlnc 



Editor HORTICULTURE: 



Dear Sir— HORTICULTURE'S Con- 

 vention Number reached us this morn- 

 ing.. "A Great Number." 



We send our congratulations. 



Yours very truly, 



KROESCHELL BROS. CO. 



