August 23, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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PROGRAM FOR GARDENERS CON- 

 VENTION. 

 The annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners will 

 be held at The Hollenden, Cleveland, 

 Ohio, August 26-28. The program in 

 full is as follows: 



Tuesday, August 26. 



11 A. M. Executive meeting of trus- 

 tees and directors. 

 2 P. M. Convention convenes. 



Address of welcome. 



Response by ex-president 

 Thomas W. Head. 



President's address. 



Secretary's report. 



Treasurer's report. 



Report of committees. 



Communications and resolu- 

 tions. 



Consideration of next conven- 

 tion meeting place. 



General discussion. 



8 P. M. Illustrated lecture by .1. Otto 



Thilow of Philadelphia on 

 "The Flora of Wakaii." 



Wednesday, August 27. 



9 A. M. Unfinished business. 



Nomination of officers. 



Address. "How Can the Gar- 

 dener Best Advertise His 

 Profession?" by Sidney S. 

 Wilson, vice-president of 

 Associated Advertising 

 Clubs of the World. 



Consideration of the proposed 

 co-operation between the 

 country estate owners and 

 the national association. 



General discussion. 



Luncheon. 

 2 P. M. Visit to some of the fine 

 country estates of Cleve- 

 land. 

 7 P. M. Banquet. 



Thursday, August 28. 



9-9:30 A. M. Polls open for election 

 of officers. 



Unfinished business. 



Address. "How Can We 

 Arouse the Interest of the 

 Young Men Towards Our 

 Profession? - ' by Edwin Jen- 

 kins of Lenox, Mass. 



Consideration of providing 

 gardeners' examinations 

 and the management of the 

 Service Bureau. 



Discussion of Quarantine Bill 

 No. 37. 



Address. "The Future of 

 American Horticulture," by 

 Congressman M. L. Davey, 

 Ohio. 

 Final resolutions. 

 Luncheon. 

 3 P. M. Bowling tournament. 

 Members intending to attend the 

 convention should write to James 

 Fisher, Chairman of the Hotel Reserva- 

 tions Committee, 10,504 St. Clair ave- 

 nue, Cleveland, for hotel accommoda- 

 tions without delay, other conventions 



President Robert Weeks 



being held in Cleveland on the same 

 dates as ours, will make it difficult to 

 secure accommodations unless en- 

 gaged in advance. All members who 

 can possibly arrange to attend the con- 

 vention should make every effort to 

 do so, as important business is to be 

 brought up to be acted upon. 



ANTS OF MANY KINDS. 



All ants, with the exception of the 

 white ants or termites, belong to the 

 order Hymenoptera with the sawflies, 

 bees and wasps. Ants are wingless 

 insects, although at times winged 

 forms may be found. These are the 

 males and females. The males soon 

 die and the females tear off their own 

 wings. Ants live in colonies, have a 

 queen, workers, fighters, etc., and are 

 considered to be very highly devel- 

 oped, more so than any other insect. 



Usually one or more species of ants 

 can be found running up and down a 

 tree. The most of these are harmless 

 to the tree although one species, the 

 carpenter ant, sometimes is very in- 



jurious. It is necessary that they find 

 an opening before they can enter a 

 tree, but once they have entered their 

 tunnels and excavations may extend 

 several feet. 



These carpenter ants are the larg- 

 est of our native species and can be 

 easily recognized from their black 

 color and size of half inch or more. 

 With their jaws built for excavating 

 they can give one quite a pinch. 



There is only one sure method of 

 control and that is to dig to the end 

 of their tunnels, remove all insects 

 and treat the cavity in the usual way. 

 The ants might be killed by fumiga- 

 tion but if the cavity is not treated 

 the result will be a structurally weak 

 tree. 



White ants may sometimes be found 

 working under the dead bark or in 

 basal cavities. They are more com- 

 mon in the South although they have 

 been reported as far north as Ohio 

 and Massachusetts. They appear to 

 work only in places where there is 

 a direct connection with the ground. 

 They are often very serious in posts 

 and foundation timbers of buildings. 

 The Davey Thee Expert Company 



W. O. Hollister, Entomologist. 



July 17, 1919. 



KEEPING FLOWERS FOR HOME 

 DECORATION. 



How often one goes to an entertain- 

 ment and sees the beauty of the floral 

 decorating spoiled because the flowers 

 have wilted. This trouble can be 

 largely avoided if the flowers are 

 gathered the day before and placed 

 so that their stems fill with water. 



In arranging flowers for home dec- 

 oration if they are placed in the vases 

 in which they are to be displayed on 

 the previous day, not crowded in a 

 vase but left so that the flowers can 

 adapt themselves to their situation, 

 then sprayed with the atomizer so that 

 the water comes as a light mist on 

 them, and then put away over night 

 where they will get no draught, in a 

 dark cellar closet or in a tub covered 

 with towels, their appearance at the 

 lunch or dinner table will be much 

 fresher and more beautiful than if 

 they were arranged an hour before the 

 occasion for which they are needed. 



The ability that flowers have for 

 adapting themselves to the situation 

 seems almost as some people think, as 

 if they were sensitive beings. Take 

 a bowl of nasturtiums where the flow- 



