July 5, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



At the eleventh annual exhibition 

 and convention of the American Sweet 

 Pea Society in the American Museum 

 of Natural History. New York City, on 

 June 21 and 22, all the officers were 

 re-elected, as follows: President, Geo. 

 W. Kerr, Doylestown, Pa.; vice-presi- 

 dent, Edwin Jenkins, Lenox, Mass.; 

 secretary, William Gray, Newport, R. 

 I.: treasurer, Win. Sim, Cliftondale, 

 Mass. Two new directors were elected, 

 James Stuart, Mamaroneck, N. Y., and 

 E. C. Vick, New York. 



A memorial resolution on the death 

 of Wm. J. Stewart, of Boston, was 

 passed, and a copy ordered sent to the 

 family of the receased. 



An invitation to hold the next exhi- 

 bition and meeting in Boston was read 

 and considered, and was finally re- 

 ferred to the executive committee for 

 action. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

 After an illness of several weeks, 

 during which time two severe opera- 

 tions were necessary, John Dunbar, as- 

 sistant superintendent of parks, and 

 one of the most widely known author- 

 ities on plants and shrubs in the coun- 

 try, returned to his duties with the 

 park department on Saturday, June 

 28th. He is at present engaged in 

 leading the attack of the park depart- 

 ment on the Tussock moth which is 

 now making its appearance, though 

 not nearly as numerous as in former 

 years. Mr. Dunbar stated this morn- 

 ing that while the pest was in the 

 city, the cases were isolated and that 

 the park department was examining 

 all trees in the city and destroying .ill 

 signs of the moth. 



Business during the past week has 

 been fairly good. Graduation of both 

 high and public schools have helped to 

 clear stock which is plentiful with the 

 exception of White Rose and White 

 Peas. There has been such a heavy de- 

 mand for wedding bouquets that other 

 flowers had to be substituted. Roses 

 are plentiful in Ophelia, Sunburst 

 Maryland, Wards, and some good 

 American Beauties are on the market. 

 Some good St. Joseph Lilies have ar- 

 rived on the market and are in good 

 demand. Carnations are of very poor 

 quality. Lily of the Valley are scarce. 

 Good Delphinium are seen. Some Peas 

 are somewhat scarce, the outdoor ones 

 were almost ruined by the heavy rain 

 during the past week but which saved 

 thousands of dollars worth of crops 



and flowers. Good corn flowers, Calen- 

 dulas, Gladioli, coreopsis, out door 

 Snapdragon, Sweet William and Zin- 

 nias are among the garden flowers. 

 Good ferns are reaching the market. 



OBITUARY. 

 George Ladley. 

 George Ladley, for many years su- 

 perintendent and grower for William 

 Swayne, Kennett Square, Pa., passed 

 away June 24th, aged 48 years. He 

 was highly respected by all who knew 

 him and leaves a fine record behind 

 him. Mr. Swayne feels his loss keenly 

 and almost feels like selling out the 

 place now that his big man is gone. 



NEWPORT FLOWER SHOW. 



An excellent flower show was held 

 in the Convention Hall at Newport, 

 R. I., Wednesday of last week. It was 

 primarily a Rose Show, but some very 

 fine sweet peas were shown, in the fol- 

 lowing varieties; Hercules, pink; King 

 Edward, red ; Constance Hinton, white ; 

 Royal Purple; Helen Lewis, salmon 

 pink; Florence Nightingale, heliotrope; 

 King Manuel, maroon. There was also 

 a good display of orchids and a credit- 

 able exhibit of hardy perennials and 

 vegetables. Mr. A. J. Fish of New Bed- 

 ford, Mass., repeated his Boston suc- 

 cess with climbing roses. He was 

 awarded a silver medal for his collec- 

 tion of 75 vases, also first prize for 24 

 vases, 3 sprays in each, all different 

 named varieties. Some handsome hy- 

 brid teas were shown, the yellow varie- 

 ties attracting special attention. 



NEW ENGLAND. 



Charles L. Howe, florist, of Dover, 

 N. H., has sold his business to John 

 Massingham. Mr. Massingham will 

 continue the business along the same 

 line successfully operated many years 

 by Mr. Howe, whose little store has 

 grown to be one of the largest, best 

 known and most prosperous in New 

 England. The same staff of reliable, 

 efficient workmen will be retained by 

 the new proprietor. 



The Hartford, Conn., Florists' Club 

 at a meeting at Harry Bond's restau- 

 rant last night decided to have the an- 

 nual club outing this year at Lake 

 Compounce, July 19. The committee 

 is H. Miller, Paul Hubbard and Robert 

 Marchant. Hartford and Cromwell 

 will have a bowling match. Robert 

 Cawte of Bloomfiekl, was elected a 

 member. 



Miss Laura Junior has entered the 

 employ of Nicholas, the florist, at 

 Springfield. 



The engagement is announced of 

 Miss Clara M. Shannon of Auburn, Me., 

 to Herbert Edgar Seavey of Bangor. 

 Mr. Seavey is a graduate of Bangor 

 high school class of 1915, and is now 

 associated with his father, G. S. 

 Seavey, as gardeners and florists and 

 is well known in both social and busi- 

 ness circles. 



One of the largest church weddings 

 of the month of June in Worcester, 

 Mass., was that of William L. Luby 

 and Miss Anna T. Portle, daughter of 

 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Portle of 29 

 Shamrock Street, which took place in 

 St. Ann's Church. The Rev. John B. 

 Farrell performed the ceremony. Mr. 

 Luby is a member of the firm of Esta- 

 brook & Luby, florists, 537 Main street, 

 Worcester. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The tenth annual meeting and exhi- 

 bition of the American Gladiolus So- 

 ciety will be held in the Arcadia 

 Auditorium, Detroit, Mich., during the 

 next convention of the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists, August 19, 20 and 21. 

 Complete information regarding the 

 exhibition will be published in the 

 premium list which will appear soon. 

 It is hoped all growers may make 

 their plans to attend this meeting. 

 A. C. Beal, Secy. 



THE BEST CLIMBING ROSES. 

 This is not the time for planting 

 roses but now is the opportunity for 

 making up your bit for next fall or 

 spring planting. One of the most com- 

 plete of the private collections of 

 climbing — as well as other sections of 

 the rose family — is that of Samuel 

 S'. Pennock at Lansdowne, Pa. He has 

 thirty-five named varieties of climbers 

 and has given them all close study. We 

 cannot give his comments on each va*- 

 riety in our limited space but we have 

 got his views as to the best ten out of 

 the thirty-five; also the best five — for 

 those who cannot find room for more 

 than five. The varieties follow: 



Mrs. M. H. Walsh, Dorothy Perkins. 

 •Lady Gay, Elizabeth Zelglier, Climbing 

 Klllarnev, Climbing Lady Afihtown, Yellow 



i: bier, **Dr. Van meet, Mary Lovett, 



Willi iii:i ss. Paul's Carmine Pillar, Allda 

 Lovett, ••Paur'a Scarlet Climber, Moschatt 

 Ail. a. **i'..^s Lovett. 'Hiawatha, ••Ameri- 

 can Pillar, Aviator Bleriot, Tausendschon, 

 ••Excelsa, nark 'Tauscendscnon, Climbing 



A li.aii Beauty, Alberic Barbler, Mrs. 



Plight. White Dorothy Perkins. Philadel- 

 phia Rambler, Babette. Minnehaha, 'Silver 

 Moon, Purity, Paradise, Maid Marion Vel- 

 ■henblau, Shower of Gold, Gardenia. 



The double cross indicates the five 



and these added to the single cross 



makes the ten. G. C. W. 



