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HORTICULTURE 



November 27, 1915 



with the early varieties and Chas. 

 ■ Tuclier gave some of his experience 

 » as an amateur grower. 

 i For our show next fall it was de- 

 j cided to send out a list of varieties 

 suitable for exhibition purposes and 

 iet every member check up which he 

 would volunteer to grow so as to get 

 a good variety and not too much dupli- 

 cation. This line of action is made 

 , necessary by the fact that there are 

 only a few members who grow chrys- 

 anthemums and yet all want a part 

 in the preparation for this show. 

 F. Spihner exhibited a fine vase of 

 ..Roman Gold, H. D. Rohrer single 

 blooms of Wm. Turner, Dolly Dimple 

 and Nakota and B. F. Barr staged Wm. 

 ■Turner, America, Harvard, Thanksgiv- 

 ing Queen, Patti and Rosette, all first 

 flowers. 



For the December meeting there 

 will be an oyster supper and a general 

 social time in the Brennman building 

 with prizes for the bowling, billiards 

 "and pool and a doctor to look after the 

 man who eats the most oysters, "Dutch 

 treat," $1.25 per head. We hope to 

 have some of our out-of-town friends 

 with us for this occasion. 



A-LBEKT M. Hebr. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committee. 



The examining committees of the 

 C. S. A. have submitted reports on new 

 varieties as follows: 



New York, Nov. 6th, submitted by 

 Henry Gaut, Glen Cove. Seedling No. 

 60, amber bronze, single, scored as fol- 

 lows: color 37, form 16. substance 16, 

 stem and foliage 15, total 84, Seedling 

 No. 75, pink, shading to white center, 

 single: color 39, form 19. substance 18, 

 stem and foliage 18. total 94. Seedling 

 No. 19, bronze, single, color 38. form 17, 

 substance 15, stem and foliage 17, total 



• 87. Seedling No. 53, terra cotta, 



■ bronze, single: color 38. form 18, sub- 

 ' stance 17, stem and foliage 16. total 89. 



Seedling No. 74. bronze, single: color 

 35, form 16, substance 18, stem and 

 foliage 17, total 86. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 6th, submitted by 



■Q: A. Lotze, Glen Burnie, Md. Seedling 



No. 6. white inc. Jap.: com. scale, color 



15. form 10, fullness 9. stem 13, foliage 



12, substance 14, size 8, total 81. Seed- 



;ilng No. 7, white, Japanese: Ex. scale, 



^ color 14, stem 4, foliage 4, fullness 12, 



; form 13, depth 13, size 25. total 85. 



Cleveland, Nov. 11th. Submitted 



'by the E. C. Hill Co., Richmond, 



;Ind. Autocrat, white inc.: Com. scale, 



•color 18, form 13, fullness 8. stem 14, 



foliage 13, substance 14. size 9. total 



• 89. Seedling No. 69. yellow, inc.: 

 Com. scale, color 18, form 13. fullness 



; 9, stem 14, foliage 13, substance 13, 

 size 7, total 87. Submitted by A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., seed- 

 ling No. 23, bronze terra cotta, 

 Jap.: Com. scale, color 18. form 12, 

 fullness 8, stem 13, foliage 15, sub- 

 stance 13, size 7. total 86. Submitted 

 by Chas. S. Totty. JIadison, N. J., Auto- 

 crat, white, inc.: Com. scale, color 

 ; 18. form 13, fullness 8, stem 14, foliage 

 . 13, substance 14, size 9. total 89; Ex. 

 scale, color 14, stem 4, foliage 4, fullness 

 14. form 13, depth 12, size 26. total 87. 



■ Submitted by Fred Pautke, Grosse 

 : Point, Mich., seedlins? No. 15, yellow 



anemone: color 38, form 16. stem and 

 foliage 17, fullness 18. total 89. Seed- 

 ling No. 2, bronze. pom|)on: color 30. 



Group of Crotons. 

 By Robert Craig Co., at the Cleveland Flower Show. 



form 18, stem and foliage 17. fullness 

 18, total 83. Seedling No. 65, bronze, 

 pompon: color 35. form 15. stem and 

 foliage 18, fullness 15, total 83. Seed- 

 ling No. 7, pink, pompon: color 30. 

 form 17, stem and foliage 17. fullness 

 17, total 81. Seedling No. 26, pink, 

 pompon: color 34, form 18, stem and 

 foliage 15. fullness 18. total 85. Sub- 

 mitted by Carl Becherer. Dixmont, Pa., 

 seedling No. 20. A. yellow, single, col- 

 or 25, form 15, substance 15, stem and 

 foliage 15, total 70. Seedling No. 26. 

 L. bronze, inc.. Com. scale, color 16, 

 form 13, fullness 9. stem 14. foliage 14, 

 substance 13, size 6, total 84. Seedling 

 No. 216, A. bronze, reflexed. Com. 

 scale, color 10, form 13. fullness 7, 

 stem 14. foliage 15, substance 13. size 

 6. total 78. Seedling No. 234. D. bronze, 

 reflexed. Com. scale, color 15, form 10, 

 fullness 9. stem 14, foliage 13, sub- 

 stance 12. size 6. total 79. Submitted 

 by Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Adrian, 

 Mich. Ogontz, light yellow-, inc., Ex. 

 scale, color 13, stem 4. foliage 4, full- 

 ness 13, form 13. depth 13, size 27. 

 total 87. Josephine Foley, white, inc., 

 Com. scale, color 18. form 13, fullness 

 8, stem 14, foliage 14, substance 13, 

 size 7. total 87. Xordi, white, pompon, 

 color 35. form 16, stem and foliage 16, 

 fullness 6. total 83. Little Gein, pink! 

 pompon, color 37. form 19. stem and 

 foliage 16, fullness 19„ total 91. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 12th, submitted 

 by Wm. Kleinheinz for Elmer D. Smith 

 & Co. Ogontz, yellow, with light yel- 

 low reverse. Com. scale, color 18. form 

 14, fullness 9, stem 14, foliage 13, sub- 

 stance 13. size 9. total 90. "ex. scale, 

 color 13, stem and foliage 9. fullness 

 14. form 14, decth 12. size 27. total 89. 



New York. Nov. 13th, submitted by 

 Henry Gaut, Glen Cove, L. I.. N. Y. 

 Seedling No. 30. bronze, single, color 

 36, form 17, substance 18. stem and 

 foliage 17, total 88. Seedling No. 7. 

 light bronze, single, Com. scale, color 

 30, form 15, stem and foliage 17, sub- 

 stance 16, total 78. Seedling No. 50, 

 yellow single. Com. scale, color 35, 

 form 17. stem and foliage 17. substance 



17. total 86. Seedling No. 32. Indian 

 Red. single. Com. scale, color 38. form 



18. stem and foliage IS. substance 18. 

 total 92. Cii.vs. W. Johnson, Sefc'y. 



PARK INSTITUTE OF NEW ENG- 

 LAND. 



A meeting of the Park Institute of 

 New England was held in the City 

 Hall, Lowell, Mass.. November 18th. 

 There were thirty Park Superintend- 

 ents and Park Commissioners present 

 and it proved to be one of the most 

 interesting meetings that have been 

 held. The speakers were Chairman 

 John Dillon, of the Boston Park Com- 

 mission, who spoke along the lines of 

 the uses of parks and playgrounds; 

 James McCaffrey, Supt. of Recreations, 

 Providence, R. I., on "The Laying Out 

 and Equipment of Playgrounds," after 

 which there was a discusson by those 

 present and Mr. James B. Shea, who 

 read a very interesting paper on 

 "Greater Uses of Our Parks and Play- 

 grounds." 



The meeting was followel by a visit 

 to Fort Hill Park. Shedd Playgrounds, 

 the South Common, and the Casino, 

 where the Board of Trade was con- 

 ducting an exhibition of "Things 

 Made in Lowell." At six o'clock all 

 assembled at the hotel and partook of 

 a fine dinner provided by the Board 

 of Trade. Following dinner G. A. 

 Parker, of Hartford, Conn., Dean of 

 the Park Superintendents, gave a talk 

 which was greatly appreciated. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held a 

 very interesting meeting November 

 18 at the Missouri Botanical Garden. 

 When President Bourdet called the 

 meeting to order eighty-five members 

 were present. The Spring Flower 

 Show committees read their report 

 advising a spring show but not be- 

 fore the spring of 1917, as the Carna- 

 tion Society Meeting in January, 

 1916, would take the edge off a show 

 of this kind. The Carnation Society 

 committee reported through its gen- 

 eral chairman, J. F. Ammann. J. P. 

 Ammann, F. Fillmore and E. W. Guy 

 were appointed to draw up resolutions 

 on the deaths of W. C. Young and E. 

 G. Eggeling. Adolph Janeicke and J. 

 F. Ammann gave glowing reports of 

 the Chicago and Cleveland Flower 

 shows also other members who visited 



