May 31, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



519 



ROCHESTER. 

 In an effort to stimulate interest in 

 rose growing, also promoting inter- 

 course and discussion between rose 

 growers and helping them to correctly 

 name and identify their roses, also 

 those best adapted for growing in 

 Rochester and vicinity, a meeting was 

 held May 23rd with Chas. H. Vick, 

 chairman. Kev. Edmund M. Mills, 

 president of the Syracuse Rose Club, 

 gave an illustrated lecture on Rose 

 Gardens, Rosarians and Roses on the 

 Coast. The following rose growers are 

 interested in the formation of a Roch- 

 ester Rose Club; Campbell Baird, Win. 

 D. Ellwanger, Frederick Barry, Park 

 Supt. Calvin C. Laney, Mrs. Samuel P. 

 Moore, Mrs. F, A. Whittle, C. B. Og- 

 ston, and Chas. H. Vick. 



Alberts, the Florist, is showing some 

 very fine dahlias. 



There is not much change for the 

 past week in market conditions. Roses 

 of good quality are plentiful and car- 

 nations are meeting the demand. 

 Sweet peas are in abundance and clear 

 easily at low figures. Snapdragon, 

 Spanish Iris, Delphinium, Baby Gladi- 

 oli are good sellers and a few good 

 Darwin tulips are seen. Candytuft, 

 mignonette, calendulas and Easter 

 lilies are plentiful and of good qual- 

 ity. 



NEW YORK. 



A most attractive floral display is 

 now being shown, at Bloomingdale's 

 Cut Flower Department. Manager 

 Warendorff has quite a novel idea. The 

 window is all decorated in dogwood, 

 and a bride and bridesmaid are shown 

 walking back and forth with various 

 bouquets. The models are alive and 

 very attractive, and the bouquets are 

 of artificial flowers, showing the range 

 in price to be made up in natural flow- 

 ers. It is the talk of the neighborhood 

 and well deserves it. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



There will be an exhibition of flow- 

 ers by this society on June 7th and 8th 

 in the Museum Building, New York 

 Botanical Garden. Premiums are 

 offered for peonies, roses, flowering 

 shrubs and trees, and herbaceous 

 plants. Schedules are now ready for 

 distribution, and will be sent on ap- 

 plication to the secretary, George V. 

 Nash, New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



George V. Nash, Secy. 



OBITUARY. 

 Elmer S. Norris. 



Elmer S. N'orris, a florist of Round 

 Lake, N. Y., died suddenly last week. 

 He was born in East Schodack, 

 Rensselaer county, in the family home- 

 stead, forty-seven years ago. He was 

 a teacher in that locality for about ten 

 years. Four years ago he purchased 

 the Peterson greenhouses on the west 

 side, Round Lake, and had continued 

 the business until his death. 



He is survived by his wife and one 

 sister, Mrs. Ira Sagendorf of West 

 Sand Lake. 



Alexander B. Lamberton. 

 Alexander B. Laberton, former 

 president of the old Park Board of 

 Rochester, and later park commission- 

 er, died May 24, aged 80 years. Al- 

 though he had been in failing health, 

 his death was a shock to his many 

 friends. Mr. Lamberton was born in 

 Ireland but came to this country as an 

 infant and acquired his early educa- 

 tion in the New York public schools. 

 He later studied at the University of 

 Rochester and in Auburn Theological 

 Seminary. He was appointed a mem- 

 ber of the Rochester Park Commission 

 in 1894, and was elected president in 

 1902. The position paid no salary, but 

 Mr. Lamberton devoted practically all 

 his time, giving the city the benefit 

 of his extensive experience. On June 

 11, 1910, there were unveiled two 

 handsome medallions of the two presi- 

 dents of the Rochester Park Commis- 

 sion in Genesee Valley Park, the late 

 Dr. E. M. Moore and Alexander B. 

 Lamberton. These memorials form a 

 permanent record of the great service 

 done by the two men most instrumen- 

 tal in providing Rochester with the 

 finest park system of any city of its 

 size in the United States. 



CHICAGO. 



The amount of stock which came 

 into this market the past week was 

 larger than could be handled to ad- 

 vantage by the local trade, and ship- 

 ping orders, large though were, could 

 not move all that the daily shipments 

 placed in the hands of the wholesalers. 

 The result was that the week end 

 found great concessions in prices, 

 which cleaned the counters of roses 

 and some kinds of miscellaneous flow- 

 ers. Many growers have their roses 

 almost off crop, and the supply of these 

 flowers for the big day just ahead is 

 not likely to be nearly large enough 

 to meet the demand, and the shortage 

 will equal that of Mothers' Day. The 

 bright weather has hurried on the 



crop of carnations also, so the supply 

 of these will be wholly inadequate to 

 the orders now in. This makes mis- 

 cellaneous stock of especial importance 

 and it is much to be regretted that the 

 dry summer of last year and the late 

 frosts of this spring have together re- 

 duced the crop of peonies one-half. 

 Sweet peas promise to be abundant 

 and the quality is good. Quantities of 

 lilacs are now coming and seem to 

 sell readily. There is a good showing 

 of snapdragons and tulips and a fair 

 supply of lilies, while the smaller flow- 

 ers like daisies, pansies, sweet alys- 

 sum, etc., are seen in large quantities 

 in many of the stores. The homecom- 

 ing of the 33rd or Prairie Division on 

 Tuesday is to be celebrated with a 

 lavish use of flowers, which will clear 

 the market and while it will tend to 

 further reduce the supply for Memorial 

 Day it will leave the freshest cuts for 

 the buyers for that day. 



BOSTON. 



Boston market conditions were ex- 

 cellent all the week, most of the stock 

 selling easily. Carnations and roses 

 were in great demand and the market 

 was cleaned up. About the only flow- 

 ers which were in over abundance and 

 not in demand are single stocks. They 

 were hard to sell. Darwin tulip have 

 been the best outside offerings. Some 

 lilacs have been seen but did not sell 

 well and dealers discouraged the send- 

 ing of them in. 



Last Saturday the members of the 

 North Shore Horticultural Society 

 visited the Arnold Arboretum. They 

 drove to Boston in twelve automobiles 

 and were shown about the grounds by 

 Mr. Judd of the Arboretum staff. 



The members of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston visited Faulk- 

 ner Farm, Wednesday afternoon, at 

 the invitation of the Superintendent, 

 W. N. Craig, and were greatly pleased 

 with the gardens, especially the rock 

 gardens. Mr. Craig has been particu- 

 larly happy on his selection of plants 

 and their general arrangement. No 

 little enthusiasm was exhibited over 

 the handsome appearance of these 

 gardens. Mr. Craig has made a wide 

 reputation for his knowledge of 

 plants and his skillful use of them. It 

 was a great pleasure to inspect the 

 grounds over which he has super- 

 vision. 



Mr. William Anderson of the Bayard 

 Thayer estate at So. Lancaster has 

 been undergoing treatment at the 

 Brooks' Hospital in Brookline for a 

 few days. His illness is not serious 

 and he expects to be back home the 

 first of the coming week, which will 

 be good news to his many friends. 



