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HORTICULTURE 



May 17, 1919 



TEXAS FLORISTS TO MEET 

 JULY 9 10. 



President W. J. Parker, of the Texas 

 State Florists' Association, has called 

 for a meeting of the association to be 

 held in Austin, Texas, July 9-10. 



The Texas florists have not held a 

 regular meeting for two years on ac- 

 count of conditions brought about by 

 the war, and the July meeting is ex- 

 pected to again put things in order 

 and get the association back into work- 

 ing trim. The florists of the state and 

 adjoining states will be urged to come 

 to the convention to place their orders 

 for supplies for the next season, hence 

 this is going to be an excellent oppor- 

 tunity for the trade to get in touch 

 with the florists of the Southwest. 



All who ■will make exhibits are re- 

 quested to immediately write Secre- 

 tary Louis J. Tackett, Austin, Texas, 

 so that space may be reserved. This 

 is expected to be one of the largest 

 meetings of florists ever held in the 

 Southwest. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY 



The coming exhibitions of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, Boston, will be as fol- 

 lows: 



May 17-18 — Flowers, including tn 

 lips, hardy narcissi, pansies, lilacs, 

 hardy flowering shrubs and wild flow- 

 ers. Vegetables — Asparagus, cauli- 

 flower, lettuce and collection of six 

 varieties. 



June 7-8 — Iris exhibition, also rhodo- 

 dendrons, hardy azaleas and hardy her- 

 baceous flowers. Vegetables in all va- 

 rieties, also collections. 



June 21-22 — Roses, peonies, straw- 

 berries, cherries and vegetables. 



July 5-6 — Sweet pea exhibition, also 

 Iris Kaempferi, hollyhocks, perennial 

 larkspurs, collections of wild flowers, 

 fruits and vegetables. 



August 9-10 — Gladioli, phlox and as- 

 ters, fruits and vegetables. 



August 30-31— Products of children's 

 gardens. 



September 11-14 — Dahlias, hardy her- 

 baceous flowers, Japanese anemones, 

 wild flowers, apples in 34 classes, 10 

 classes for pears and awards for plums, 

 grapes, quinces and melons. The pre- 

 mium list for the exhibition also pro- 

 vides first, second and third prizes for 

 vegetables of nearly every kind. 



November 8-9 — Autumn exhibition of 

 fruits and vegetables. 



Copies of the schedules may be had 

 upon application to the secretary. Win 

 P. Rich, Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 Mass. 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF NEW YORK. 

 The fall exhibition of this society 

 will be held from October 30th to No- 

 vember 2nd at the American Museum 

 of Natural History. The announce- 

 ment is made thus early so that those 

 desiring to exhibit may have ample 

 time in which to prepare. Schedules 

 will be ready shortly, and may be had 

 by addressing the secretary, George V. 

 Nash, New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park. N. Y. City. 



George V. Nash, Sec. 



STAMFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular monthly meeting 

 eleven applications for membership 

 were made and three new members 

 were elected. The following exhibits 

 were awarded prizes: Collection of 

 pansies by F. Whitehouse, very highly 

 commended; collection of pansies by 

 Mrs. Thos. Harney, highly commend- 

 ed; vase of outdoor flowers, Allysum 

 sanatile compactum, Arabis Alpina 

 and Grape Hyacinth by Mrs. Thos. 

 Harvey; vote of thanks; vase of car- 

 nations by F. Whitehouse, highly com- 

 mended; vase of carnations. En- 

 chantress Supreme, by James Fos- 

 ter, highly commended; vase of 

 Brassia varicosen by A. Patter- 

 son, cultural certificate; two vases 

 of Anemone St. Brigid by A. Pat- 

 terson, highly commended; vases of 

 Narcissus Sir Watkin and Emperor by 

 A. Patterson; highly commended; vase 

 of Calendula by F. Whitehouse, vote 

 of thanks; vase of violets by M. J. 

 Quirk, vote of thanks; vase of snap- 

 dragons by M. J. Quirk, highly com- 

 mended; vase of sweet peas, Blanche 

 Ferry, by M. J. Quirk, highly com- 

 mended; vase of Calendula by Walde- 

 mar Osterby, vote of thanks; vase of 

 English Wallflower by A. Whitelaw, 

 vote of thanks. 



The committee for the Summer 

 Flower Show reported that so far they 

 had not decided on the place where 

 the show will be kept. Mrs. Blakeley 

 received a rousing vote of thanks for 

 her very interesting lecture on "What 

 Has Become of the Flower-lovers?" 

 G. C. Boon. Cor. Sec. 



GARDENERS' & FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The next regular monthly meeting 

 of the club will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall. Boston, on Tuesday even- 

 ing. May 20. at 8 o'clock. F. E. Pal- 

 mer of Brookline will be the lecturer 

 of the evening, and his subject will be 



"Some Fundamentals of Proper Ac- 

 counting for Florists." The speaker 

 is an able one and his topic should 

 prove both timely and interesting. 

 There will be exhibits of spring vege- 

 tables in addition to plants and cut 

 flowers, and considerable business of 

 importance will come up for discus- 

 sion. The club purchased $250 worth 

 of the recent issue of Victory Liberty 

 Loan Bonds. 



W. N. Ckaig, Sec. 



THE HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMP- 

 TON FLORISTS' AND GARDEN- 

 ERS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 club was held May 6th with G. H. 

 Sinclair at his Smith Ferry green- 

 houses, Holyoke, Mass., D. J. Gallivan 

 presiding in absence of Harold Keyes, 

 the president. The meeting was most- 

 ly taken up with a discussion of plant 

 prices. The exhibits were rather few 

 and discouraging. Members were 

 urged to keep up the good spirit of the 

 past. H. E. Downer of Smith College 

 Greenhouses, Northampton, Mass., 

 won the monthly prize with a Pelar- 

 gonium, Mme. Thibaut, which scored 

 80 points. A. H. 



COMING MEETINGS. 



Chicago — American Seed Trade Ass'n, 

 annual convention. June 24 to 26. 

 Secretary, C. E. Kendell, 216 Pros- 

 pect Ave., Cleveland, O. 



Chicago — American Association of 

 Nurserymen, convention. Hotel Sher- 

 man, Chicago, June 25 - 26 - 27. 

 Charles Sizemore, Louisiana, Mo., 

 Sec'y. 



Detroit, Mich.— S. A. F. and O. H. Con- 

 vention at Acadia Hall, Aug. 19, 20 

 and 21. Secretary, John Young. 1170 

 Broadway, N. Y. City. 



Hartford, Conn. — Conn. Hort. Society, 

 fall flower show, Sept. 9, 10 and 11. 

 Sec'y Alfred Dixon, Wethersfield, 

 Conn. 



New York City. — The American Insti- 

 tute and the American Dahlia So- 

 ciety, exhibition of dahlias in the 

 Engineering Building, 25-33 West 

 39th St.. Sept. 23 to 25. William A. 

 Eagleson, 322-324 West 23d St., Sec- 

 retary. 



New York City — The American Insti- 

 tute and the Chrysanthemum Socie- 

 ty of America, exhibition of chrys- 

 anthemums in the Engineering Bldg.. 

 25-33 West 39th St., Nov. 5 to 7. 

 William A. Eagleson, 322-324 West 

 23d St., Secretary. 



