November 27, 1915 



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the shows. The sum of $100 was sub- 

 scribed to the National Convention 

 Committee. After adournment the 

 members visited the big conservatory 

 In the Garden. Secretary Beneke an- 

 nounied that the next meeting would 

 be held in the regular meeting hall 

 Thursday, December 9th. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Southampton (N. Y.) Horticul- 

 tural Society held its regular meeting 

 on Nov. 18th. J. Johnson, superintend- 

 ent of the G. Warrington Curtis es- 

 tate, read an interesting and instruct- 

 ing essay on that all-important sub- 

 ject, "Lime;" he dealt with it in a de- 

 tailed and comprehensive manner. 

 There was an animated discussion, 

 where points of the utmost importance 

 were brought to light. The next meet- 

 ing will be held on Dec. 2, in Odd 

 Fellows Hall. 



S. R. Chandleb. 



The Horticultural Society of West- 

 ern Pennsylvania has been organized 

 to meet semi-monthly in the East Lib- 

 erty Branch of Carnegie Library, Pitts- 

 burgh. The officers are as follows; 

 David Fraser, president; William Al- 

 len, vice-president; Thomas E. Tyler, 

 secretary, and William Thompson, 

 treasurer. With the addition of Wil- 

 liam Thompson, Sr., they also form a 

 committee to draft by-laws at a meet- 

 ing in the near future. While the 

 society has been founded principally 

 by private gardeners, all interested in 

 horticulture are invited to become 

 members. A feature of the work will 

 be the giving of autumn and spring 

 flower shows. 



The Medford (Mass.) Horticultural 

 Society is planning a course of prac- 

 tical lectures on horticultural sub- 

 jects during the winter months. Al- 

 ready two have been given. F. E. 

 Palmer of Brooklino gave a talk on 

 house plants, in October, which has 

 been the means of solving many prob- 

 lems for the window gardener. On 

 Nov. 18 Eric Wetterlow of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society gave a 

 very instructive address on "The Chil- 

 flren's Gardens of Manchester, Mass.," 

 telling how they had aroused the in- 

 terest of the town ofTicials in their be- 

 half. 



The society feels very much in- 

 debted to these gentlemen for the in- 

 formation and entertainment im- 

 parted. Geo. F. Stew.\rt. 



HARTFORD. 



The Chrysanthemum Show of the 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society held 

 at the old City Hall, Hartford, on Fri- 

 day, Nov. 12th, was a gratifying 

 success. The hallway and stairway 

 were adorned with palms and chrysan- 

 themums and a very attractive exhibit 

 of anemone-tlowered seedlings. The 

 south side of the lobby was beautifully 

 decorated by the Park Department. 

 The private gardeners and growers 

 brought the best they had and the 

 show was the best ever given by the 

 society. It is conservatvely estimated 

 that some 10,000 visitors viewed the 

 exhibition. No premiums were offered 

 but certificates were given to John F. 

 Huss for specimen chrysanthemum 

 plants; Alfred Cebelius, for specimen 

 chrysanthemum plant and for Ophelia, 

 Mrs. Aaron Ward, Mrs. Charles Rus- 

 sell, Hadley and Radiance roses: Fred 

 Boss for cut blooms and pot plants; 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., for palms and for 

 cut roses; Geo. H. Hale, gard. for W. 

 E. Sessions of Bristol, for seedlings 

 of anemone flowered chrysanthemums; 

 Warren S. Mason, supt. of the A. A. 

 Pope estate, Farmington, and Elmer 

 D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., for 

 general displays. Tlie staging was 

 under the direction of G. H. HoUister, 

 supt. of Keney Park. Edward A. 

 Brassill, manager for W. W. Hunt & 

 Co., was chairman of th.e committee 

 in charge of the exhibition. 



AiFRED Dixon, Sec'y. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The November exhibition of the 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society 

 was held in the Xarragansett Hotel on 

 the 11th and 12th inst. There were 

 more than 40 exhibitors and more than 

 300 exhibits. In addition to the prizes 

 many gratuities for special exhibits 

 were given. First prize winners were 

 as follows: Roses — liurke & Bruns, 

 Warwick Greenhouses. Carnations — • 

 Fred. Hoffman, Warwick Greenhouses, 

 Maplehurst Greenhouses, R. J. Taylor, 

 John Marshall. Violets — Warwick 

 Greenhouses. Chrysanthemum cut 

 blooms — Fred. Hoffman, Jess Tartag- 

 lia, Warwick Greenhouses, Albert Hol- 

 scher. Johnston Bros. Pot plants — 

 Rhode Island Hospital. Palms — Wm. 

 Appleton. Floral art — Johnston Bros., 



William Appleton. James Dillon, ber- 

 ried shrubs; Hope Greenhouses, begon- 

 ias, E. J. Bevin, seedling chrysanthe- 

 mums and MacNair, ferns, were among 

 the exhibitors recognized with a 

 gratuity. 



The exhibition committee is com- 

 posed of Eugene A. Appleton, Joshua 

 Vose, Pontiac; Arthur Sellew, Cor- 

 nelius Hartstra, Dr. H. W. Heaton. and 

 the president and secretary ex-officio. 



VISITORS REGISTER. 



St. Louis, Mo.— Rudolph J. Mohr, 

 (::hicago; J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Bos- 

 ton. 



Boston— A. E. Thatcher, Bar Har- 

 bor, Me.; M. C. Ebel, Madison, N. J.; 

 T. A. Havemeyer, New York. 



Pittsburgh: C. F. Schermerhorn, 

 representing H. F. Michell Company. 

 Phila.; J. L. Pennock Bros., Phila. 



Washington, D. C— J. Canning. Ards- 

 ley N. Y.; C. VanGuihaven, Hille- 

 go'm, Holland; J. A. Peterson, Cincin- 

 nati. O.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Knight, 

 New York; Robert Shoch, represent- 

 ing Rice Co., Phila. 



Philadelphia— W. H. Weatherby. of 

 Livingston Seed Co., Columbus, Ohio; 

 T Malbrane. Johnstown, Pa.; Charles 

 L Seybold. Supt. of Parks, Wilkes- 

 barre, Pa.;.Chas. Sim, Rosemont, Pa.; 

 Walter Mott, representing Benj. Ham- 

 mond. Beacon, N. Y.; Frank Perkins. 

 representing Holmes Seed Co., Harrls- 

 burg. Pa. 



Chicago: Frank Sylvester, of .1. M. 

 Fox & Son, Milwaukee. Wis.; Martm 

 Reukauf, rep. H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 

 Phila.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis, Dav- 

 enport, Iowa; Milton Alexander, New 

 York- W. P. Craig. Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 Martin Edlefsen, Milwaukee, Wis.; 

 Julius DillofE, representing Schloss 

 Bros., New York. 



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