February 15, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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BOSTON. 



Richard Hayden, of the Boston Park 

 Department, who has been seriousy ill 

 for the past two months, is able to be 

 about once more and will soon assume 

 his duties in the department. 



"Land Drainage — Its History, Its 

 Problems and Its Possibilities" was 

 the subject of a lecture in Horticult- 

 ural Hall last Saturday afternoon by 

 Arthur E. Horton, a consulting eng- 

 ineer, of Lexington. Mr. Horton out- 

 lined the great possibilities by way of 

 increased crops at low cost when 

 thorough land drainage is applied to 

 the soils of New England — and partic- 

 ularly Massachusetts. Mr. Horton in 

 his historical outline said that it Is a 

 matter of record that Yu, the great 

 Chinese engineer, directed the con- 

 struction of some of the most impor- 

 tant drainage works in China more 

 than forty centuries ago. Also it is 

 pretty well known that the Chaldeans, 

 Babylonians and Egyptians practiced 

 intelligent irrigation and drainage for 

 many centuries. 



The free lecture at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, Saturday, February 15, 

 will be by Dr. B. T. Galloway, Office 

 of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduc- 

 tion, Washington, D. C, on Protecting 

 American Crop Plants Against Alien 

 Enemies, illustrated. In this lecture 

 Dr. Galloway is expected to state the 

 attitude of the government on the sub- 

 ject of the Plant Exclusion Embargo 

 recently adopted by the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board. No subject ever 

 brought before the Horticultural So- 

 ciety has aroused such interest among 

 florists, nurserymen and amateur cul- 

 tivators as this and a strong opposi- 

 tion to the enforcement of this drastic 

 ruling has developed. Both sides of 

 the subject will be presented at the 

 meeting and the discussion will prob- 

 ably have important results. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Charles H. Vick is among the newly 

 appointed managers for the Rochester 

 Exposition. 



John Murrell has completed a new 

 building which is used as a garage, 

 office and show room. 



George R. Case formerly with James 

 Vick's Sons, has been honorably dis- 

 charged from the Aero Depot stationed 

 at Garden City, L. I. 



George Havill of J. B. Keller Sons 

 has been home suffering with an at- 



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tack of influenza. W. H. Dildine is 

 also confined to his home. 



George T. Boucher has the decora- 

 tion for the Policeman's Ball this 

 week. This calls for several thousands 

 of violets for the patronesses. 



Arnold Brockman, son of Ed Brock- 

 man has been honorably discharged 

 from the U. S. Army. His other son, 

 Edward, is in hospital recuperating 

 from an operation. 



Ambrose H. Seeker, Secretary of 

 the Florists' Association has written 

 an interesting article recently in the 

 local papers, advising the people not 

 to be in any too great a hurry to trim 

 the shrubs and trees. 



Sincere sympathy is extended to 

 William S. Riley, Commissioner of 

 Parks, in the death of his aged father 

 who passed away at the age of 83 

 years. Within a couple of weeks of 

 his death he was actively engaged in 

 business, going to his office daily. 



Quite a disastrous fire took place at 

 the greenhouses of George B. Hart at 

 Fairport, N. Y. last Sunday morning. 

 Most of the houses were entirely 

 destroyed. Plans have already been 

 drawn up for the erection of new 

 houses and the work of clearing away 

 the debris has been started. 



The annual election of officers of the 

 Ladies' Auxiliary of the Florists' Asso- 

 ciation took place at the home of Mrs. 

 Wm. L Keller on February 11th. 

 Officers for the year are: Mrs. E. R. 

 Fry, president; Mrs. H. P. Neun, vice- 



president; Mrs. Chas. Suhr, treasurer; 

 Mrs. H. W. Wilson reelected secretary. 

 Refreshments were served by the 

 hostess. 



NEW YORK. 



Miss Nina Isabel Peek, long con- 

 nected with one of the seed establish- 

 ments of the city, and widely known 

 in the trade of New York, was mar- 

 ried at Jersey City, Feb. 1st to Regi- 

 nald A. Lawrence. 



The annual convention of the New 

 York State Market Gardeners' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Chancellor Hall, 

 Albany, on Feb. 20 and 21. A banquet 

 will follow the sessions on Washing- 

 ton's birthday at Keeler's Hotel. 



Mrs. Sara W. Coe, wife of Dr. Henry 

 Clarke Coe, now serving abroad with 

 the American Army, has sold her prop- 

 erty known as "Bona Vista," adjoining 

 the Huntington Golf and Marine Club, 

 overlooking beautiful Huntington Bay, 

 to Col. Frank H. Ray. This property, 

 although only two acres in extent, is 

 one of the most attractive houses in 

 Huntington. It has a greenhouse and 

 beautiful and elaborate planting of 

 trees, shrubbery and hedges. 



