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spring show at our regular monthly 

 meeting on Wednesday, May 14th. The 

 executive committee was empowered 

 to draw up a small schedule to be pre- 

 sented at our next meeting, April 9th, 

 at 7 p. m. Competition: 9 spikes of 

 antirrhinum, 3 heads of lettuce and a 

 vase of outdoor flowering shrubs. It 

 was decided on motion of Thos. Twigg 

 that we hold a smoker at the conclu- 

 sion of this meeting. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting was' 

 held March 10th, with about 175 in 

 attendance. 



The Dinner Committee reported 

 over two hundred tickets disposed of 

 for the banquet on March loth. 



Resolutions of sympathy on the 

 deaths of William J. Stewart, late 

 editor of Horticulture, and Mrs. Fen- 

 rich, were read and approved, and 

 ordered to be sent to the families of- 

 the deceased. 



New members elected at this meet- 

 ing were as follows: J. W. Niemer, 

 Whitestone; G. Schaefer, Maspeth; 

 W. F. Her, C. Futterman and E. A. 

 Hart land, New York City; W. W. 

 Mathews and E. Fardel, Great Neck; 

 John Joyce and J. Schneider, Congers, 

 and A. M. Daurenheim, Brooklyn. 

 Nominations for membership were R. 

 Tiebaldei, A. M. Vanderschoot and C. 

 Nieman, New York City, and F. Heild, 

 Tarrytown. 



A lengthy discussion on publicity 

 for florists was entered into by Messrs. 

 Totty, Pierson, Vick, Stumpp and 

 others. F. R. Pierson reported on the 

 recent meeting with the Federal Hor- 

 ticultural Board at Washington. 



Ed. E. Salt, an industrial accounting 

 expert, addressed the club on Getting 

 at the Root of the Income and Outgo, 

 emphasizing the necessity of a cost 

 system in every branch of the trade. 

 He was given a standing vote of 

 thanks. 



The Committee of Awards reported 

 as follows: Vase of Lilium giganteum, 

 M. H. Bickley, Wallingford, Pa., vote 

 of thanks; sport of Enchantress Su- 

 preme, Le Cluse & Le Cluse, Blue 

 Point, L. I., vote of thanks. 



ROCHESTER FLORISTS* ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



Dendrobiums and varieties from 

 Mrs. Wm. Kimball's conservatories 

 were exhibited by C. B. Ogsten at the 

 meeting last week, among them being 

 a rare pure white variety. The variety 

 thyrsiflorum was particularly well 

 grown. 



Wm. De Graff spoke on the League 

 of Nations, contrasting the conditions 

 of today with those of Washington's 



time, when he advised the people to 

 keep out of international alliances, 

 conflict and treachery. Such an alli- 

 ance is now vitally necessary for the 

 future of America, as well as of the 

 world, Mr. De Graff believed. 



A petition was sent by the associa- 

 tion to Sen. Thomas B. Dunn protest- 

 ing against the ruling of the Federal 

 Horticultural Board, the petition being 

 signed by 44 local florists. 



Harry E. Bates, having been called 

 to Albany with the removal of his 

 firm, Lord & Burnham, tendered his 

 resignation as President of the Asso- 

 ciation, and has been succeeded by 

 Vice-President Geo. T. Boucher. 



THE WESTCHESTER AND FAIR- 

 FIELD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The regular monthly meeting was 

 held in Hubbard's Hall, Greenwich. 

 Conn., Friday evening, March 14, Pres- 

 ident William Graham in the chair. 

 A communication was read from the 

 Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, 

 D. C, giving his reasons for the quar- 

 antine order and describing the dam- 

 age that has been done, the millions 

 of dollars that have been spent in try- 

 ing to get rid of the dangerous insects, 

 scale, rust, blister, borers, beetles, ear- 

 wigs and a lot of other pests which 

 Secretary Houston claims have come 

 in from European nursery stock. Mr. 

 Houston's letter was left over until 

 next meeting for further discussion 

 President Graham read a very good 

 paper on carnation culture. James 

 Stuart received a cultural certificate 

 for a collection of seedling amaryllis, 

 Messrs. Williamson. Brown, Atchison 

 and Smith, vote of thanks for various 

 exhibits. 



Jack Conroy, Cor. Sec. 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF NEW YORK. 



Do not forget the spring show to be 

 held at the American Museum of 

 Natural History March 28th to 30th. 

 There will be no big show at the 

 Grand Central Palace this year, so it 

 is possible to devote all energies to 

 make the show at the American 

 Museum a great success. Schedules 

 will be sent on application to the sec- 

 retary, George V. Nash, Mansion, New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, 

 N. Y. City. 



George V. Nash, Secy. 



nois; .Mrs. J. J. Hess, Nebraska; .Mrs. 

 Chas, H. Totty, New Jersey; and the 

 following ladies from Michigan to 

 serve on the Introduction Committee 

 at the coming convention: Mrs. Fred 

 Breitmeyer, chairman, Mrs. Philip 

 Breitmeyer, Mrs. E. A. Scribner and 

 Mrs. Robt. Jean. 



Mrs. H. G. Berning, Secy. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 

 The following ladies have been ap- 

 pointed by the president to serve for 

 a term of two years on the board of 

 directors: Mrs. J. F. Ammann, Illi- 



THE ONION FLY. 



To the Editor. 1 have read with 

 much interest the two articles pub- 

 lished in Horticulture of Feb. 1st and 

 March 8th, treating on the Onion Fly, 

 and maggot. As the description of this 

 garden pest has been thoroughly given 

 in those above mentioned articles, I 

 will only mention my experience in 

 dealing with said pest when growing 

 a crop of onions. 



As soon as the seedlings break 

 through the soil I apply a dusting 

 of one part Flowers of Sulphur and six 

 parts air slacked lime thoroughly 

 mixed together before application. 

 This mixture can be applied by hand 

 or dusting machine according to size 

 of crop that is grown. I repeat the 

 dose once a week until the end of May 

 or first week in June. I have always 

 found this little known remedy suc- 

 cessful not only for Onion Fly but also 

 for the Cabbage Maggot, and club root. 

 In application to the cabbage maggot 

 I give a dusting after the seedlings 

 show the rough leaf, then again after 

 transplanting and followed with two 

 other applications of ten day intervals. 

 For club root one dusting applied 

 while plants are in the seed bed, as 

 above mentioned, and a thorough dust- 

 ing in the rows and holes before trans- 

 planting, will keep the club root fun- 

 gus in check. I consider that all 

 ground that is to be planted with any 

 of the brassica family should be ma- 

 nured and plowed in the fall and given 

 a thorough dusting of lime in the early 

 spring and well cultivated before 

 planting. I note in the article pub- 

 lished in Horticulture of Feb. 1st of 

 the use of paraffin (in kerosene) emul- 

 sion in the destroying of the maggots, 

 this I would recommend only to be ap- 

 plied to such onions that are to be 

 kept for winter use and storage, other- 

 wise if applied to onions for use in a 

 young stage will make them unfit to 

 eat. I recommend the use of kerosene 

 emulsion to growers who have been 

 troubled with the maggot, a small 

 wine glass full of kerosene to three 

 gallons of water, keeping it thoroughly 

 agitated while applying along the rows, 

 and doing it only in the later after- 

 noon or on a cloudy day. 



John S. Doio, 



Barrington, R. I. 



