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HORTICULTURE 



December 11, 1915 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



A bright sunshiny day lollowing a 

 spell of bleak wintry weather greeted 

 the members of the National Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners on the opening of 

 their annual Convention at Boston, 

 Mass., on Thursday, December 9. The 

 opening session at Horticultural Hall 

 convened at 2 P. M. and when the 

 meeting was called to order by Mr. 

 Farquhar he had a good sized and en- 

 thusiastic audience before him, includ- 

 ing a liberal representation from 

 points more or less distant. 



The meeting was opened with a cor- 

 dial welcoming address by President 

 J. K. M. L. Farquhar of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, telling of 

 the work and aims of this time-honored 

 organization and its dependence upon 

 the gardener as the advance guard of 

 the art of horticulture. He then intro- 

 duced His Honor Mayor Curley of Bos- 

 ton, who spoke enthusiastically and 

 eloquently of Boston's Park System 

 and told of his observations on his 

 recent trip to the Pacific Coast, where, 

 at San Diego. San Francisco. Portland 

 and Chicago, he learned that all the 

 splendid public reservations of those 

 cities had been laid out by a Boston 

 firm, the Olmsted Brothers. He in- 

 vited the visitors to enjoy a visit 

 through the Boston Park System on 

 Friday, and aroused much enthusiasm 

 when he told of the plans for the pro- 

 posed horticultural building and winter 

 garden in the Fenway. John H. Dillon, 

 chairman of the Boston Park Commis- 

 sion, ably seconded the Mayor's grace- 

 ful welcome and paid a nice tribute to 

 the position and influence of the gar 

 dening fraternity. 



Mr. Farquhar then turned over the 

 meeting to President J. W. Everitt of 

 the Association, who made a brief ad- 

 dress, thanking the previous speakers 

 for their generous welcome and told 

 of the objects of the Association of 

 which he had the honor to be chief 

 officer, an association which is still 

 young but which has great opportuni- 

 ties for future usefulness and propose:-; 

 to benefit the profession in all that it 

 undertakes. Sec. JI. C. Ebel followed 

 with a report of the business and 

 standing of the Association. 



Election of officers followed the read- 

 ing of the treasurer's report. W. N. 

 Craig, of Brookline. Mass.. was nomi- 

 nated for president and there beins 

 no other nominee Mr. Craig was unani- 

 mously elected. M. C. Ebel was also 

 re-elected secretary by a unanimous 

 vote. Full detailed report of the re- 

 maining proceedings and the auto ride 

 through the park system and to sev- 

 eral of the leading private gardens and 

 the Farquhar nurseries in Dedham on 

 Friday will appear in our next issue. 



There were a number of interesting 

 exhibits, including the following: A. H. 

 Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass., Flower 

 Pots; .John Scheepers & Co., New 

 Y-ork, Lily bulbs, Astilbes and Ferns; 

 LittlefieUi & Wyman. North Abington. 



Meetings Next 

 Week 



Monday, Dec. 13. 



ClpveliiiKl Florists' Cliili. H"Uen- 

 (leil H.Jtcl. Ck'VolMn.l, Ohio. 



<jariieiiers' :ind Florists' Club of 

 B.iltiiiiorr. Florist Excluiuge Hall. 



Npw York I'"lorist Club, Grand 

 Oppra Hou.se. Xew York City. 



Rochpstpr I-'lori.sts' Association, 'J') 

 Main St. East, Koclipster. N. Y'. 



Tuesday, Dec. 14. 



Florists' nnil (iardpuers' of Hol- 

 yoke and Xortliaiupton. Mass. 



Npwport H<irtii-ultural Societ.V, 

 Npwpr)rt. It. 1- 



Wednesday, Dec. 15. 



Rhode Island Horticultural So- || 

 Providence. 



Thursday, Dec. 16. 



Ksspx Coniil.v Florists" Club. 

 Kren^cr Aiulitoriiiiii. Xew.-irlc, X. .T. 



Xpw Orleans Horticultural Society. 

 Ass' fiatiou of Coinnierce Rld:^., Xew 

 Orle.il.s. La. 



Xorlli Westchester County Horti 

 cultural Society. Mt. Kisco. X. V. 



Tacotna Fb:rists' Associ.ltion. .Mac- 

 cabpp Hall. T.lcoina. Wash. 



WiiLLiAJi N. Craig. 



President-elect National Association of Oar 



deners. 



Mass., Carnation Miss Theo; Peter 

 Fisher. Ellis, Mass.. Carnation Alice; 

 Ed. Winkler, 'Wakefield. Jlass.. Carna- 

 tion Morning Glow; W. C. Rust. Antir- 

 rhinum Weld Pink; Duncan Finlayson. 

 Calanthes; Wm. Downs, Begonias Win- 

 ter Cheer, Optima, Aureana. Cincin- 

 nati and Lorraine. 



The Cincinnati Florists' Society's 

 regular December meeting will be held 

 on Monday evening. December 13th, at 

 Hotel Gibson. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the Board of Trustees 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held on Saturday, Decem- 

 ber 4. The special committee on the 

 award of the George Robert White 

 Medal of Honor for the year 1915 re- 

 ported the name of Ernest Henry Wil- 

 son. The committee stated that Mr. 

 Wilson was worthy of this award, for 

 no one in recent years had done more 

 for the advancement of horticulture 

 than he, for he had introduced to culti- 

 vation a greater number of desirable 

 garden plants than had ever before 

 been accomplished by any one man. 

 It was voted, with acclamation, to 

 award the George Robert White Medal 

 of Honor for the year 1915 to Ernest 

 Henry Wilson. 



The following standing committees 

 of the Society for the ensuing year 

 were appointed ; 



Finance. — Walter Hunnewell, chair- 

 man; Arthur F. Estabrook, Stephen M. 

 Weld. 



Membership. — R. M. Saltonstall, 

 chairman; Thomas Allen. Thomas Ro- 

 land. 



Prizes and Exhibitions. — James 

 Wheeler, chairman; John K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, Duncan Finlayson. T. D. Hat- 

 field, A. H. Wingett. 



Plants and Flowers. — William And- 

 erson, chairman; Arthur H. Fewkes, 

 S. J. Goddard, Donald McKenzie, Wil- 

 liam Sim. 



Fruits. — Edward B. Wilder, chair- 

 man; William Downs. Ralph W. Rees. 



Vegetables. — John L. Smith, chair- 

 man; Henry M. Howard. William O. 

 Rust. 



Gardens. — Richard M. Saltonstall, 

 chairman; David R. Craig, Jackson T. 

 Dawson, William Nicholson, Charles 

 Sander. 



Library. — Charles S. Sargent, chair- 

 man; Ernest B. Dane, Nathan'l T. 

 Kidder. 



Lectures.— Wilfrid Wheeler, chair- 

 man; John K. M. L. Farquhar, F. C. 

 Sears. Fred A. Wilson. 



Children's Gardens. — Henry S. 

 .\dams. chairman; Wm. N. Craig, Dr. 

 Harris Kennedy, Mrs. W. Rodman Pea- 

 bodv, .Miss Margaret A. Rand. 



Wm. p. Rich, Sec. 



Horticultural Hall, Boston. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 The following nominations of of- 

 ficers were made at the club meeting 

 held on November 23, to be voted on 

 December 21; President, James Meth- 

 ven; vice-president, W. J. Patterson; 

 treasurer; Peter Fisher; secretary, W. 

 N. Craig; executive committee. H. H. 

 Bartsch. Peter M. Miller, W. J. Ken- 

 nedv, Geo. W. Butterworth, W. H. 

 Judd, W. C. Rust, A. K. Rogers, L. G. 

 Van Leeuwen. The usual monthly cir- 

 cular will be issued on or about De- 

 cember 17, as a reminder to members 

 of this important meeting. 



H. H. B.^BTSCH, Pres. 

 W. N. Craio, Sec. 



