October 16, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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for a greater membership in the Texas 

 Nurserymen's Association was made. 



The election of officers resulted as 

 follows: Will B. .Munson, Dennison, 

 president; J. M. Ramsey, Austin, vice- 

 president; J. S. Kerr, Sherman, secre- 

 tary-treasurer. 



A strong resolution of thanks was 

 tendered the local nurserymen and 

 the people of Waco for their friendly 

 reception and excellent entertainment 

 given the nurserymen while in that 

 city. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



A good attendance of the club was 

 present for Dahlia Night, Tuesday, 

 Oct. 5, in the Assembly Room of the 

 Fort Pitt Hotel. R. Vincent, Jr., & 

 Sons, White Marsh, lid., made a dis- 

 play of dahlias not so large as tUey 

 have shown before the club in some 

 years, but all the blooms of a high or- 

 der of merit. One of our Pittsburgh 

 commission houses reported as the best 

 selling dahlias Marguerite Bouchon 

 and Souvenir de Douzon. A vote ol 

 thanks was awarded Messrs. Vincent 

 & Sons. Carl Becherer showed a large 

 assortment of dahlias. Among the 

 cactus varieties he nnds Floradora the 

 most profuse bloomer, followed by 

 Country Girl. His display was strong 

 in Collarettes, which made a fine 

 showing, and he also exhibited an at- 

 tractive crimson seedling named for 

 W. C. Beckert, our Pittsburgh seeds- 

 man. Mr. Beclierer's display was 

 awarded a cultural certificate, and fur- 

 ther, in view of his constant and meri- 

 torious displays before the club, the 

 secretary was instructed to send a let- 

 ter of appreciation to the superinten- 

 dent of the Dixmont Hospital of .Mr. 

 Becherer's work. Wm. Thompson, 

 gardener for W. P. Snyder, Sewickley. 

 Pa., showed a good vase of Delice and 

 a large lot of other dahlias, some of 

 them seedlings, for which he was 

 given a cultural certificate. M. Cur- 

 ran, gardener for .Mrs. Jos. Home. 

 Sewickley. showed two vases of seed- 

 ling dahlias, one vase of standard va- 

 rieties, also chrysanthemums which 

 have been blooming with him since 

 the middle of August. He was award- 

 ed a cultural certificate. T. Tyler, 

 gardener for C. D. Armstrong was 

 awarded a certificate of merit for 

 orchids. The Pittsburgh Cut Flower 

 Co. showed a spray of Cattleya labiata 

 of great merit, for which they were 

 awarded a certificate of merit. G. Wes- 

 senauer, Sewickley, received a cultural 

 certificate for sprayed fruit. 



H. P. JosLiN, Secretary. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



An Interesting and enthusiastic 

 meeting of this society was held on 

 Friday evening, Oct. 8th, at Green- 

 wich, Ct. The fall show will be held 

 In the Armory at Stamford, Conn., 

 Nov. 5-6. The schedule lists many 

 very valuable prizes. The names of 

 the winners in the competition for the 

 J. H. Troy prizes for the best list of 

 25 garden roses will be announced at 

 the next meeting. 



There was an interesting display on 

 the exhibition tables. Strawberries 

 "Superb" from Thos. Ryan received 

 honorable mention. Carl Hawkenson 



was highly commended for chrysan- 

 themum Glory of the Pacific. Robert 

 Grnnnert showed September Morn 

 roses, carnation Pink Sensation, and 

 begonia Golden Shower, a meritorious 

 exhibit that was highly commended. P. 

 W. Popp was awarded a certificate of 

 merit for dahlias in six types shown 

 on long stems. Andrew' Kennedy of- 

 fers prizes for the best 25 carnations, 

 assorted colors, shown at the next 

 meeting to be held Nov. 12th, 



P. W. Popp, Cor. Sec'y. 



C. L. BROCK, 



C. L. Brock has been appointed by 

 President Welch as superintendent of 

 the Convention Garden for Houston. 

 The appointment this year is made a 

 little in advance as conditions in the 

 South for planting are such as to 

 justify an early beginning. This will 

 be of great advantage to the Conven- 

 tion Garden, giving more time to worK 

 up exhibits and give it more publicity. 



Mr. Brock's appointment is consid- 

 ered a good one. He is superintendent 

 of the parks of the city of Houston, 



C. L. Brock 

 -Appointed Superintendent of Houston Con- 

 vention Garden for 1916. 



where large tracks of land are now be- 

 ing laid out for park use. Mr. Brock 

 has displayed great ability in handling 

 this work. 



About twenty acres have been out- 

 lined for the Convention Garden, hav- 

 ing already natural lakes and natural 

 drainage, which makes this an ideal 

 place for the purpose. Mr. Brock is 

 now getting busy on his plans and 

 more than likely will enroll as as- 

 sistant Mr. Kessler of St. Louis, who 

 is working in conjunction with Mr. 

 Brock in laying out the other parks. 

 He is a man of national reputation for 

 work of this kind. 



Exhibitors who anticipate making a 

 display at the Convention should write 

 Mr. Brock or Vice-President R. ('. Kerr 

 immediately for full information. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The autumn show of the Oyster Bay 

 Horticultural Society was held at Fire- 

 man's Hall. Oyster Bay, N. Y., on Oct. 

 5th and bth. There were many beau- 

 tiful disi)lays of flowers, also very fine 



collections of vegetables and fruits. 

 Geo. Ashworth, James Hall and Geo. 

 Wilson acted as judges. 



First prizes in the dahlia classes 

 were won by E. M. Townsend, gard. 

 James Duthie; J. A. Blair, gard. John 

 Devine; Mrs. W. R. Coe, gard. J. Rob- 

 inson; Mrs. C. L. Tiffany, gard. F. J. 

 Kyle; J. A. Garver, gard. J. Sorosick. 



First prize winners in the other 

 flower and plant classes were E. M. 

 Townsend, Frank A. Gale, Howard C. 

 Smith, gard. A. Walker; J. A. Garver, 

 G. Bullock, gard. D. Hothersall; Albert 

 Strauss, gard. M. O'Neill; Eastover 

 Farm, gard. Henry Gibson. 



First prize winners in the many 

 vegetable classes were Mrs. W. R. Coe, 

 Albert Strauss, E. F. Whitney, Supt. 

 Jas. Diickhain, H. C. Smith, gard, C. 

 Erickson, Howard C. Smith, Mrs. C. L,. 

 Tiffany, Eastover Farm, W. A. Delano, 

 gard. A. Yanuchi. E. F. Whitney and 

 John T. Ingram. 



In the fruit classes the following 

 were first prize winners: E. M. Town- 

 send, Mrs. W. R. Coe, Frank Petroccia, 

 Albert Strauss. 



ALBANY FLORISTS' CLUB. 



-As usual, at the monthly meeting 

 of this club, on the evening of Thurs- 

 day, October 7, there was a full at- 

 tendance and much interest. Five long- 

 distance visitors were present — Pat- 

 rick Welch of Boston, president of the 

 S. A. F.; Wm. J. Stewart of Boston, 

 editor of Hortuultcke; J. J. Karins 

 of Philadelphia, minister plenipoten- 

 tiary to the florist trade from the 

 House of Dreer; C. S. Ford of New 

 York and Mr. Bochman, representing 

 H. F. Michell Co. of Philadelphia. 

 After the opening business these vis- 

 itors were called upon for speeches. 

 .Mr. Welch was listened to with close 

 attention as he told some of his ex- 

 periences at the recent convention in 

 San Francisco and dilated on the ad- 

 vantages to the florist industry of or- 

 ganization and country-wide society 

 and club co-operation. Mr. Stewart en- 

 dorsed Mr. Welch's views and sug- 

 gested that the S. A. F. might yet find 

 some means of enlisting the support 

 and affiliation of the smaller florist 

 ( lubs as it had now succeeded in do- 

 ing with those of large membership. 



Considerable interest was manifested 

 in the coming Cleveland Flower Show 

 and Messrs. Danker, Ed. Tracey and 

 Henkes were appointed by the presi- 

 dent as a special committee on the de- 

 tails for the trip of club members on 

 that occasion. 



The Albany Cut Flower Exchange 

 at whose place the club holds its meet- 

 ings, provided generous refreshments 

 and a pleasant social hour was en- 

 joyed after the meeting adjourned. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The annual Dahlia show of this so- 

 ciety was held in Pembroke Hall, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y.. Thursday, Oct. 7. Some 

 very fine exhibits were staged and 

 competition was very strong in almost 

 every class. The class for table de- 

 conition was one of the main features 

 of the show, there being eight entries 

 in all, 1st prize was awarded to R. 

 Jones, gard. for Percy Chubb; 2nd to 

 J. Adler, gard. for H. Ladew; :{rd to 

 H. Jones, gard. for Dr. Ayres. Among 

 the principal winners in other classes 

 were Mr. W. J. Matheson, gard. J. 

 Kirby; Mrs. H. Darlington, gard. P. 



