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HORTICULTURE 



December 18, 1915 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



Our notes published last week gave 

 an account of the opening session of 

 this Association, then holding its annu- 

 al meeting in Boston. We are pleased 

 to add to that the statement by the 

 treasurer, James Stuart, that the Asso- 

 ciation has today in bank the sum of 

 $1,289. Encouraging reports were 

 made by several committees, including 

 that on meritorious exhibits which 

 was as follows: 



Report of Exhibition Committee. 



Certificate of Culture for a well- 

 grown specimen Begonia Glory of Cin- 

 cinnati, exhibited by W. Downs, Chest- 

 nut Hill, Mass. 



Special mention for two specimens 

 Begonias Lorraine, and Certificate of 

 Culture for fine display of Calanthes 

 by D. Finlayson, Brookline, Mass. 



Vote of thanks to W. W. Edgar Com- 

 pany for display of palms. 



Certificate of Culture for vase of 

 well-grown Carnation Alice Coombs, 

 and Certificates of Merit for vases of 

 Carnations Commonwealth. Grace, and 

 Seedling No. 360, by A. Roper, Tewks- 

 bury, Mass. 



Honorable mention for a vase of Car- 

 nation Morning Glow, by Edward 

 Winkler, Wakefield, Mass. 



Certificate of Merit for a vase of 

 Carnation Miss Theo, exhibited by 

 Littlefield & Wyman, North Abington, 

 Mass. 



Certificate of Merit for a vase of 

 Rose Mrs. Bayard Thayer, by A. Mont- 

 gomery, Waban Rose Conservatories, 

 Natick. 



Certificate of Merit for three plants 

 of winter-flowering Begonias, consist- 

 ing of Winter Cheer, Aureana and 

 Optima, by William Downs, Chestnut 

 Hill, Mass. 



Certificate of Culture for vase of 

 well-grown Carnation Alice, by Peter 

 Fisher, Ellis, Mass. 



Certificate of Merit for vase of pink 

 Snapdragon Weld Pink, and special 

 mention for Plumbago coccinea, by 

 W. C. Rust, Brookline, Mass. 



Special mention for a fine collection 

 of Lilium bulbs, by John Scheepers & 

 Co., Inc., New York, and vote of thanks 

 to same for display of Nephrolepis and 

 Spiraeas. 



Vote of thanks to A. H. Hews & Co., 

 Cambridge, Mass., for a display of pot- 

 tery. 



Judges — Wm. Kleinheinz, John F. 

 Hubs and P. W. Popp. 



A resolution was unanimously adopt- 

 ed commending Adolph Lewisohn and 

 his superintendent, John Canning, for 

 their able and unselfish services in the 

 promotion of the interests of the chrys- 

 anthemum in the New York and Cleve- 

 land exhibitions. Messrs. W. N. Craig, 

 Duncan Finlayson and M. C. Ebel were 

 constituted a committee to draw up a 

 resolution to be sent to Mrs. Francis 

 King in appreciation of her kind and 

 influential words in the gardeners' be- 

 half in her book, "The Well Considered 

 Garden." An amendment to the Con- 

 stitution was unanimously adopted pro- 

 viding for the suspension of members 

 more than one year in arrears on pay- 

 ment of dues. 



As recorded In our account of last 

 week, W. N. Craig, of Brookline, Mass., 

 was unanimously elected president for 

 the coming year. Other officers select- 

 ed, all by a unanimous vote, were: 

 Vice-president, Theodore Wirth, Min- 

 neapolis, Minn.; secretary, M. C. Ebel, 

 Madison, N. J.; treasurer, James Stu- 

 art, Mamaroneck, N. J.; trustees, Peter 

 Duff. Orange, N. J.; Wm. Duckham, 

 Madison, N. J.; Wm. Turner, Oceanic, 

 N. J.; Wm. Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa.; 

 J. P. Huss, Hartford, Conn. Interest- 

 ing papers were read (the authors not 

 being present) on "Is Gardening a Pro- 

 fession?" submitted by W. W. Ohl- 

 weiler, St. Louis, Mo.; "The Manage- 

 ment of Country Estates, from the 

 Viewpoint of the College Graduate," 

 by Morell Smith, superintendent of the 

 Ralph Pulitzer Estate; "The Young 

 Gardener's Opportunity in This Coun- 

 try," by Henry Gibson, of New York. 

 The first and third of these papers 

 elicited plenty of spirited and often 

 amusing debate. The fourth and last 

 paper was by William Gray, of New- 

 port, R. I., on "Is Co-operation Between 

 Garden Clubs and Gardeners' Societies 

 Desirable?" 



A vote of thanks was recorded for 

 the authors of all the papers. 



The Dinner. 



At 6 p. m. the meeting adjourned 

 and the members repaired to the ban- 

 quet hall below, where an excellent 

 dinner was served under the auspices 

 of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 and Allied Horticultural Interests of 

 Boston, and the rest of the evening 

 was spent in speechmaking and pleas- 

 ant companionship. During the ban- 

 quet a clever young lady entertained 

 the guests with singing and dancing. 

 W. N. Craig, president-elect of the 

 Association and secretary of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club presided. 

 The list of speakers was a long one, 

 and included President J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, who voiced the pjeas- 

 ure of that organization in having the 

 gardening fraternity its guests, Pat- 

 rick Welch, president of the Society 

 of American Florists, John H. Dillon, 

 chairman of the Boston Park Com- 

 mission, Wm. Kleinheinz of Ogontz, 

 Pa., Peter Fisher, S. J. Goddard, P. W. 

 Popp, J. W. Everitt. retiring president, 

 Prof. A. H. Nehrling of Amherst 

 Agri. College, Secretary M. C. Ebel, 

 James McMachan of Tuxedo. X. Y., .M. 

 H. Norton, Jos. A. Manda, President 

 H. H. Bartsch of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston, Wm. J. 

 Stewart, editor of Horticulture, Robert 

 Cameron of Harvard Botanic Garden, 

 W. P. Rich, sec'y Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, Wm. Nicholson, 

 James Methven. J. F. Huss of Hart- 

 ford, Conn., James Wheeler, Duncan 

 Finlayson, Wm. Downs, W. J. Ken- 

 nedy and A. P. Calder, the silver- 

 tongued orator of the Boston florist 

 fraternity. The speeches were all op- 

 timistic in tone and emphasized the 

 golden opportunities for the garden- 

 ing profession in this country and the 



service which a well conducted or- 

 ganization could render in developing 

 a high standard of efficiency among 

 its members. On the part of the 

 visitors there was much praise for 

 Boston's part in making the conven- 

 tion a marked success and on the part 

 of the local speakers a welcome 

 gratulation and expression of good 

 wishes for the future of the Associa- 

 tion. The tables were profusely 

 decorated with plants and flowers. A 

 rising vote of thanks was extended to 

 the committee in charge for the 

 eflttcient manner In which they had 

 attended to their work. 



Friday's Outing. 



The program for Friday included 

 an automobile ride through the park 

 system of Boston, Metropolitan Park 

 Reservations, Arnold Arboretum and 

 the estates of Prof. C. S. Sargent, E. D. 

 Brandegee, E. S. Webster and Larz 

 Anderson, refreshments being served 

 at the latter place. The trip culmi- 

 nated at the nurseries of R. & J. Far- 

 quhar & Co., at Dedham, where the 

 extensive greenhouses and nursery 

 buildings with their contents were cer- 

 tainly an eye-opener to the majority 

 of the visitors who had no idea of the 

 tremendous development of this estab- 

 lishment within the past two years. 

 An elaborate spread was served in the 

 big packing shed. The autos for the 

 trip were generously supplied by the 

 Boston Park Department. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The Florist Club met for the last 

 time this year, December 9, in Odd 

 Fellows' building, at 2 o'clock P. M., 

 with half the membership in attena- 

 ance. The usual opening proceedings 

 were disposed of quickly when the 

 chair called up all committees for final 

 reports. The trustees reported that 

 the February meeting would be held 

 in the evening and the ladies would 

 be invited. Mr. Ohlweiler. chairman 

 of the Spring Flower Show Committee, 

 read a lengthy report in which he 

 named all sub-committees with Presi- 

 dent Bourdet as chairman of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee and manager of the 

 show. Chairman Ammann, of the Car- 

 nation Society Committee, made a 

 brief report and suggested that a 

 guarantee fund of $500 be raised to de- 

 fray the expenses, which was quickly 

 subscribed by the members of the club. 

 Frank Fillmore reported for the Reso- 

 lution Committee on the deaths of E. 

 G. Eggeling and W. C. Young, and the 

 report was accepted by a rising vote. 

 H. C. Irish, vice-president of the Mis- 

 souri State Horticultural Society, read 

 a program for the meeting of the so- 

 ciety to be held January 12, 13 and 14 

 at the Planters' Hotel, and named the 

 thirteenth as Florists' Day, when sev- 

 eral prominent florists would read 

 papers. The question box formed a 

 pleasing feature and several long dis- 

 cussions made things interesting to 

 the members. 



The New Year's meeting will take 

 place Thursday afternoon. January 13. 



