March 29, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



297 



Phlox amoena as a Rockery Plant 



methods of ascertaining "costs" — a 

 subject vitally interesting to both 

 grower and retailer. 



Dr. Herbert W. Hess, Prof, of "Ad- 

 vertising and Salesmanship," will talk 

 to us on these subjects, as applied to 

 the sale of flowers. Very timely, in 

 connection with the National Cam- 

 paign. Let us give these gentlemen 

 the largest audience of the season. 



To wind up a most delightful 

 evening the National Cash Register 

 Company will demonstrate by means 

 of a movie exhibition, showing, in 

 real store scenes, the methods of con- 

 ducting an up-to-date business and the 

 proper use of the cash register. Other 

 films picture plants growing and pro- 

 ducing buds, which open into flowers, 

 before our eyes. 



The Dining Club is to have a shad 

 dinner, also in the Roof Garden at 

 6 p. m. sharp. Price $2.00. No 

 tickets, pay as you enter. Parties 

 may be made up for separate tables. 

 Bring the ladies. It is necessary that 

 requests for reservations be made to 

 Mr. Hugh Niessen, 12th and Race 

 streets, before noon (12 o'clock) of 

 that day. Send in your name now. 

 Edmund A. Habvey, Pres. 

 Robert Kift, Sec. 



MASSACHUSETTS FORESTRY 

 ASSOCIATION 



The Massachusetts Forestry Asso- 

 ciation has again arranged a tour 

 through the national , parks and na- 

 tional forests for the coming summer. 

 The object of these tours is purely 

 educational from the conservation 

 standpoint, and the association makes 

 no profit on these tours. Anyone who 

 is interested in conservation may join 

 the tour whether or not he is a mem- 

 ber of the association. The tour in 

 1917 was very successful, although 

 the party was small, due to the fact 

 that this country had just entered the 

 war. We are encouraged by both the 

 National Park Service and the United 

 States Forest Service in this under- 

 taking, because they realize that the 

 people of the East do not compre- 

 hend the importance of these great 

 national reservations. In each case 

 their supervisors give us information 

 that an individual traveling alone 

 would find it difficult to obtain. 



Habbis A. Reynolds, Secy. 



March 14th, last, it was decided to 

 hold the fall exhibition of the society 

 in the Engineering building, W. 39th 

 street, New York, September 23, 24 

 and 25, under the auspices of the 

 American Institute. 



Schedules of premiums will shortly 

 be available. 



John H. Petteb, Secy. 

 903 Johnston Bldg., 28th street and 



Broadway, New York. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 Boston, Mass.— Bulletin No. 1 reports 

 on the future policy of the society and 

 outlook. Bulletin No. 2 treats on the 

 membership and library. 



American Peony Society — Bulletin 

 No. 7 of Peony News, edited by the 

 secretary, A. P. Saunders, Clinton, N. 

 Y. The contents include the proceed- 

 ings of the society for 1918, report of 

 the Cleveland exhibition, June, 1918. 

 and symposium on a general list of 

 peonies. 



AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY. 

 At a meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee of the society, held on Friday, 



Port Huron, Mich. — M. D. Watt has 

 purchased the greenhouses of William 

 Murdoch. 



