October 30, 1915 



HOKTICULTURE 



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BOSTON FLOWER EXCHANGE. 



Annual Meeting and Banquet. 



On Saturday eveaing, October 23, 

 this pleasant annual affair took place 

 at Young's Hotel in the big banquet 

 hall. As usual it took the form of a 

 cheery reunion and joyous celebration 

 of the continued prosperity of the in- 

 stitution as shown by the treasurer's 

 balance sheet. This year it seemed 

 to be even more than ever before a 

 gathering of men with mind at ease, 

 cheerily complacent and care free. 



"Gladness In every face express'd, 

 Theer eyes before their tongues confess'd. 

 Friends to congratulate tlieer friends made 



haste 

 And long inveterate foes saluted as they 



pass'd." 



President Stickel presided with 

 suave dignity, the amplification of 

 nearly a quarter century of practice 

 on the same job. J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, president of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, and Herman 

 Bartsch, president of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Boston, were 

 the guests of honor. Patrick Welch, 

 president of the Society of American 

 Florists had an invitation also, but 

 being out of town was unable to be 

 present, a telegram announcing his 

 regret being read by the chairman. 



The menu was of rare excellence 

 and the hundred or more gentlemen 

 present did full justice to It, occa- 

 sional breaking out into chorus when 

 the orchestra played some popular 

 melody. 



All through the speech making, 

 from first to last the text and senti- 

 ment was "get together." Organiza- 

 tion and co-operation between individ- 

 uals and between associations, in 

 flower shows and S'ociety work, re- 

 ceived a splendid impetus and the re- 

 sults will be far-reaching. Mr. Far- 

 quhar started the ball with a vigor- 

 ous and eloquent plea for a more 

 hearty support for the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society and this key- 



REMEMBER! 



If it's a Hardy Perennial or so called Old 

 FaHhIon Flower worth growing, we have It 

 In one sliiipf anil anoDier the >*'ar round. 

 We hftve the largest stork in this coantry, 

 all Made in America, and our prices 



will average 75c. per doz., $5.50 per 100. 

 Wl»y say more Fiere? Send for our 

 Wholesale Price List of varieties and bene- 

 fit from the opportnnlties this affords yoo. 

 Addrens: 



R. W. CLUCAS, Mgr., 



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SPARKILL - - N. Y. 



note was dominant to the end. W. H. 

 Elliott expressed a message of cor- 

 dial good will from the rival market 

 of which he is president. Herman 

 Bartsch was convincing and humor- 

 ous as always. Wm. J. Stewart, ed- 

 itor of HoBTicuLTUBE, William Nichol- 

 son, W. N. Craig, secretary of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club, Henry 

 Robinson, Jr., Peter Fisher, J. Miller, 

 A. Leuthy, W. Capstick, H. L. Cam- 

 eron, A. S. Parker, John Walsh, Man- 

 ager Thurston of the Market. M. A. 

 Patten, J. T. Butterworth, all followed 

 with words of wit or wisdom. Secre- 

 tary Craig created a novel diversion 

 by extolling woman suffrage and a 

 vote on this proposition being called 

 for he was rewarded with a count of 

 two to one in favor. A surprise of 

 the evening was a whirlwind speech 

 on the superiority of the self-made 

 man by Henry Robinson, Jr., 17 years 

 old, which captured the house. The 

 business meeting which followed the 

 banquet was brief and harmonious. 



The following named directors 

 were unanimously chosen: W. C. 

 Stickel, S. J. Croddard, L. W. Maun, 

 A. Christenseu, G. Cartwright, A. S. 

 Parker, C. A. Paine, A. A. Pembroke 

 and H. Bartsch. 



The tables were gorgeous with tue 

 finest flower novelties of the season. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE NOTES. 



A. E. Wilkius is working at The 

 Flower Shop at Pittsfield. Mr. Wilkins 

 graduated with the class of 1915. 



During the past week the Committee 

 on the College of the State Board of 

 Agriculture inspected the greenhouses 

 at M. A. C. 



M. Headle, '13, of Springfield, who is 

 about to open a new flower store in 

 Springfield, was a visitor on the cam- 

 pus this week. 



Miss G. M. White, who graduated 

 from the college last year has now 

 taken up work with Mrs. Merrill at the 

 latter's flower shop in Brookline. 



Last Wednesday, Prof. A. H. Nehr- 

 ling gave a talk on his trip to the Pana- 

 ma-Pacific Exposition to The Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Club of M. A. C. 



Last Saturday the classes in Flori- 

 culture visited the Hartford flower 

 stores. At each place visited they 

 were very courteously received. At the 

 Pierson range at Cromwell, where the 

 afternoon was spent, Mr. Beers took 

 the students on a tour of the range. 



Only Nine Days Until 



the Opening of the 

 Cleveland Flower Show 



THE RHODODENDRON LACE BUG. 



Rhododendrons are becoming such 

 popular shrubs and so many improve- 

 ments in varieties are being made that 

 a little information on one of its worst 

 insect enemies would not be amiss at 

 this time. In view of the damage done 

 by the Rhododendron Lace Bug in cer- 

 tain parts this summer, a few notes 

 on their habits, control, etc., will prob- 

 ably be welcomed by many growers ot 

 this showy evergreen. 



The Rhododendron Lace Bug, Lepto- 

 byrsa explanata (Heid.) is about one- 

 eighth of an inch long. The body is 

 oval in shape and shiny black, while 

 its beautiful and delicate veined wings 

 have the appearance of very fine lace 

 with sharply defined brown spots near 

 the middle. 



The eggs are laid in late fall in the 

 tissue of the leaf, for the most part 

 along the mid-rib. The eggs hatch in 

 May and the newly hatched young are 

 whitish in color and spineless. The 

 partially matured nymphs may be 

 found on the under side ot the leaves 

 early in July. These latter are 

 equipped with curious spines along the 

 sides of the body. 



The insect lives on the under side 

 of the leaves where it sucks the sap. 

 Their work causes a brown spotting of 

 the leaves followed by more or less 

 serious injury to the foliage. The 

 adults may be found in July and Au- 

 gust The insect is a native form 

 found abundantly on the Kalmias and 

 Rhododendron maximum. It also at- 

 tacks the cultivated Rhododendrons. 

 The insect may be found all along the 

 Atlantic seaboard. Boston, however, 

 seems to be its northern limit. 



Whale-oil soap solution applied at 

 the rate of one pound to nine gallons 

 of water to the underside of the foliage 

 in May or June will serve to keep them 

 down. „ _, 



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