October 4, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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both officers and members, for your 

 forbearance, courtesy, and kindness to 

 me as your presiding officer during 

 the past year. 



We have striven together to bring 

 results we see before us today, and 

 we can return to our homes rejoicing 

 that we have made this world look 

 brighter and better to someone by 

 seeing the beautiful coloring of nature 

 as exhibited here today in this won- 

 derful exhibit; and may the education 

 given be the means of making more 

 homes and gardens beautiful and God 

 like. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



I. S. Hendrickson offered a resolu- 

 tion that the American Dahlia Society 

 place itself on record as protesting 

 emphatically against Quarantine 37. 

 The resolution was passed unani- 

 mously. 



The following officers were elected: 



President: Richard Vincent Jr., 

 White Marsh, Md. 



First Vice-President: Geo. L. Still- 

 man, Westerly, R. I., representing the 

 Eastern States. 



Second Vice-President: Geo. W. 

 Kerr, Philadelphia, representing the 

 territory south of New York. 



Third Vice-President: Jas. Duthie, 

 Oyster Bay, N. Y., for Long Island and 

 New York. 



Fourth Vice-President: W. W. Wil- 

 more, Denver, Col., representing the 

 West. 



Fifth Vice-President: Major N. F. 

 Vanderbilt, for the Pacific Coast. 



Treasurer: Wm. J. Rathgeber, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Secretary: E. C. Vick, 205 Elwood 

 avenue, Newark, N. J. 



Executive Committee: I. S. Hen- 

 drickson, Flowerfield, L. I., N. Y. ; P. 

 W. Popp, Mr. Darnell, Long Island, 

 New York; F. Louis Ailing, New 

 Haven, Conn.; Wm. Noonan, Locust 

 Valley, N. Y. 



Nomenclature Committee: Prof. Geo. 

 W. Fraser, Storrs, Conn.; James 

 Kirby, Huntington, N. Y.; E. Stanley 

 Brown, East Moriches, N. Y.; I. N. 

 Failor, Richmond Hill, N. Y.; Harold 

 Cottam, Wappingers Falls, N. Y. 



In conclusion President Vincent 

 thanked the members for re-electing 

 him to office. He urged them to make 

 an effort to obtain new members and 

 to encourage in every way the grow- 

 ing and use of the dahlia. "Say it with 

 a Dahlia" should be the slogan of the 

 society, he said. The meeting then 

 adjourned. 



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FLOWERS UNDER GLASS 



There is still time to start a batch 

 of Marguerites. They sell well at 

 Easter. They are plants which do best 

 without very high forcing. Start 

 Marguerites in January for spring 

 sales. 



This is a fine time to stock up with 

 small plants and thereby save money. 

 It is possible to buy large numbers of 

 plants in small pots just now, for the 

 growers have full houses and would 

 be glad in many cases to clear their 

 benches somewhat. There are plenty 

 of men who waited until shortly be- 

 fore the holidays last season and then 

 found themselves paying much higher 

 prices than they had dreamed of or 

 else unable to get enough stock to 

 meet their demands. There is no bet- 

 ter time to start buying than right 

 now. 



If you are growing Longiflorums for 

 Easter you will do well to pot them up 

 now into 5 or 6-inch pots, which will 

 satisfy the trade. Good new soil is re- 

 quired. Use three parts of soil and 

 one part of rotted horse or cow 

 manure. Be sure that there is plenty 

 of drainage in each pot. Let them 

 make their roots in a deep frame or in 

 a cellar. If neither is available make 

 a trench in a well drained location and 

 cover them with six inches of soil, 

 nutting on some manure when freez- 

 ing weather comes. Before January 

 they should go into a house with a 

 night temperature of 50. 



If you want cyclamens for Christ- 

 mas, and there promises to be a big 

 demand this year, the buds should be 

 showing well now. Keep the plants 

 up well to the glass, but do not have 

 the atmosphere too moist. A night 

 temperature of from 50 to 55 is about 

 right, but with a 10 or 15 degrees rise 

 in sunshine. It does not pay to crowd 

 these plants and care should be taken 

 to spray only in the morning. 



Be getting the Bermuda lilies into a 

 warm house, say with an average tem- 

 perature of 60, which will bring them 



along in time for Christmas. Be care- 

 ful about watering. Let them get to 

 the point of showing dryness, and 

 then wet the ball through. Fumigat- 

 ing once a week will be required. 

 Stake when 15 or 18 inches high. 



You will need plenty of sunshine to 

 keep the chrysanthemums doing well, 

 and it may be well to spread some 

 lime below the benches, especially if 

 the house is inclined to be damp. 

 Damping off of the petals is the thing 

 to prevent if possible. Naturally a very 

 moist atmosphere is not good for the 

 flowers, so that watering in the morn- 

 ing is the best plan. Disbudding 

 should be started at the top of the 

 plant, for if the top should accidently 

 be broken off, there is always a 

 chance of getting a side shoot or bud. 



The night temperature in the rose 

 houses may well be dropped to 62 at 

 this time. It is best to keep the air 

 on all night, an inch of air being the 

 least the houses should have until 

 frost comes, after which, of course, it 

 can be cut down to a crack and elim- 

 inated altogether when the weather 

 gets very cold. 



COMING EVENTS. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— F. T. D. Ass'n, an- 

 nual meeting, Oct. 14 and 15. Sec'y, 

 Albert Pochelon, 153 Bates street, De- 

 troit, Mich. 



Denver, Colo. — Chrysanthemum 

 show, Denver Society of Ornamental 

 Horticulture, Oct. 29 to 31, City 

 Auditorium. S. R. DeBoer, 208 Tram- 

 way Bldg., Secretary. 



New York City.— Hort. Society of N. 

 Y., 'Mum and flower show, at Amer. 

 Museum of Nat. History, 77th street 

 and Central Park West, Oct. 30 to Nov. 

 2. Sec'y, Geo. V. Nash, Mansion, N. 

 Y. Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, N. 

 Y. City. 



New York City. — International 

 Flower Show, March 15 to 21, 1920. 

 Sec'y, John Young, 1170 Broadway, 

 New York City. 



