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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Tlie rcsuhir uiontlily meeting of the Xas- 

 snii Cotinty Hditienltulai Society was lield 

 iit reiiiliicike Hall, (ilen t'ove. September 9, 

 I'lesideiit Ileniy (Jaiit in tlie chair. Mr. 

 .\iiKMs McCiregOf was elected to active Inem- 

 hi rshi|i. 



.Iiiilaes lor the monthly e.xhibits were 

 .Ml ssrs. J. W. Everitt. .Tas. Dilthie and An- 

 gus McCJvegor. Awards as follows: 1 musk 

 melon. 1st. (Jeo. Aslnvorth ; 12 spikes mixed 

 gladiolus. 1st, Alfred Walker; 12 mixed 

 asters. Isi. Harry .Jones. Harry .Tones also 

 received a cultural certirtcate for a vase of 

 gladiolus. .Vmcrii-a. 



'I'lic seheilnle for I he Clirysantheimim 

 Sliow (in the 2Slth and .".mh of October was 

 read and adopted as rea<l. 



.Mr. .]. \V. Kveritt will be nuuinger of the 

 IMihlia Show to be held at the I'emhroke 

 Hall Tuesday, October 0, Show open to 

 public at '■> :.'!(! p. m, 



I'resident Henry (iaut made a trip to the 

 New York State Fair at Syracuse, and was 

 a very successful exlubitor there. 



lOxliibils for next meeting. October 1-t 

 I fruit I. •". buuches outdoor grapes, 'A distinct 

 varieties: l'_' apides in two varieties: (5 pears. 

 1 variety. HARRY .TONES. 



Corresiioiiding Secretary. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The society held its tir^t nieetiuj; suceced- 

 llif; the usual two months' vacation at the 

 Couiity Muildiiig. Hartford, Auptlst 2S. As 

 Mr. liuss was out of town attendiu;; the 

 I'mk Su]ierintenileuts' Couyeiition. Mr. 

 Ilniit acted as chairman. Tlie matter of ap- 

 poiutingr ;i committee of three to work in 

 ciuijiniction with the gardeners' co-operative 

 movement was )iostpoued until the next 

 meetiuu;. An article appearing in the .lune 

 mnnber of the <!Ai'nf;.\KKS' Ciironhi.k of 

 America, entitled ■'The (iardeuers' To- 

 operative Movement," by M, C. Tiliel, was 

 ri'ad to the mendiers and receivcil uuich a|i- 

 plause. Sonu' of our members showed their 

 unusual .aliility in the art of prodiuiua 

 asters and gladioluses of rare beauty and 

 size. The spikes of the gladioluses were 

 four feet long, having two dozen blooms 

 to a spike of marvelo\is tints. The Chair 

 luiined A. Righenzi, G. Ross and H. L. Ritson 

 judges, and they awarded the gladioluses 

 and asters, the exhibit of Mr. William IT. 

 MacKenzie. head gardener at the Sessions 

 Greenhouses. Rristol, a tirst-class certitlcate. 

 The three varieties of asters, great big beau- 

 ties, the exhibit of Mr, Alfred Cebelius, 

 head gardener for the Rev, M, W, Jacobus, 

 also received a first-class certifieate. The 

 exhibit of Mr. G. Ogren, asters and Shirley 

 poppies, received a certificate of merit, Mr, 

 Francis Eoulier gave a most interesting ac- 

 count of his trip to Switzerland, giving his 

 experiences there after war was declared. 

 He had the time of his life trying to get 

 home, but by his persistent elTorts liually 

 sailed from Genoa. Italy, arriving in Amer- 

 ica two weeks later. The meetins; was well 

 attended. ALFRED DIXON, 



Secretary. 



Wethersfield, Conn., August 20, 1014, 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK DAHLIA EXHIBITION. 



The Ho'tiiMiltiual Society of New Y'ork. 

 in co-operation with the New York Rotau- 

 ical (iarden, will hold a dahlia exhibition 

 on Saturday and Siuiday, September 2() and 

 27, in the JIuseum building. New York Bo- 

 tanical fiarden, Bronx Park, New York City, 

 Schedules of classes and premiums are now- 

 ready and will be sent on application to the 



secretary, (u'orgc \', .N'asli, New York Bo- 

 tanical (Jarilen. Bronx Park, New York C^ty. 



A symposium on the dahlia will be hehl 

 on Saturday. September 26. at 2:30 p. m., in 

 the lecture hall. Museum building. Dr. IT. 

 II. Rusby, who has traveled extensively in 

 the Country where the dahlia is native, will 

 make a short address on the home and sur- 

 nuuidiugs of the dahlia. This will be fol- 

 lowed by a discussion of the methods of 

 ]ii-eseut day cultivaticui of this flow-<>r. led 

 liy specialists in this line. 



All, both amateur and professional, are in- 

 vited to contiibute exhibits and to take 

 part in the discussion. Let us make this a 

 notable gatlieriug of dahlia enthusiasts. 

 Certainly the dahlia is a very po]iuIar llower 

 and has hosts of admirers who can do pis- 

 tice to the ]u'esentatiou of their favorite. 

 GKOPvtiE V. NASH. Secretary. 



OYSTER BAY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the Oyster Bay 

 lliutii-ultiival Society was held in the Fii-i'- 

 man's Hall August 2ti. with President .John 

 T. Ingram in tlie chair. 



The special committee reported progress 

 on the matter of destroying the caterpillar, 

 and Mr, Nisley, of Fariniugdale, gave a very 

 interesting talk on caterpillars and their de- 

 struction. 



Among tlic other speakers were -Toseph 

 Kobiiison, .lames Duthie, .\lfred La lloiluey 

 and .\rthur Patten, A very hearty vote of 

 thanks of the society was extended to Mr. 

 Nisley for his very instructive talk. 



Mr. A. Yancechi was elected to member- 

 ship, and there was one nomination for 

 membership. The judges for the exhibits 

 were as follows: Alfred La Hodney. Duncan 

 Beaton and Frank Tluni|ihreys, ami their 

 decision as follows: 



For society's prizes: .biiiics Diickliam. 1st 

 (5 gladoli: Frank Petroccia, 1st 6 apples; 

 Frank Petroccia, 1st, 3 celery. 



Messrs, Garvin, Walker and Yancechi each 

 received honorable mention for exhibits. 



The exhibits for the September meeting 

 will be 12 English cactus dahlia distinct, 6 

 onions, best 3 dishes of fruit. 3 of each. 

 F. KTRIxTTAM. Secretary. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual exhibition of the North Shore 

 (^Massachusetts! Horticultural Society, post- 

 l>oued earlier ill the numth because of un- 

 favorable weather, opened Thursday, .\ugnst 

 27. A large tent had been erected on the 

 grounds of Mrs. Robert C. Winthrop, of- 

 fered by her for the purpose, and an inter 

 ested public thronged it during the after- 

 noon as well as in the evening, when a band 

 concert was given. The pretty etTects and 

 general arrangement which charmingly dis- 

 played the products of North Shore gardens 

 ami hothouses, fields and meadows, were 

 mainly due to .Tolin Chapman, the president, 

 and other ofl^cers of the society, and the ad- 

 visory executive committee, -which consisted 

 of Jli-s, W, Scott Fitz, Mrs, George E, Cabot 

 and Miss Mary Bartlett, 



Considering the backwardness of the sea- 

 soii and the close competition resulting, the 

 L'cncral show was most creditable and beau- 

 tiful. The riot of color and the exrpiisitc 

 and artistic arrangement of all departments 

 created most favorable comment from the 

 representative pi'0|)le ill attendance. The 

 most gratified people present were the gar- 

 deners, who have labored so unceasingly to 

 get results pleasing to their employers, who 

 expend so much money each year on this 

 department of their great estates.— Horti- 

 culture. 



MONMOUTH COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Tlie seventeenth annual exhibition of the 

 Moiimonth County Horticultural Society 

 will be held at St". .James' Hall. Red Bank, 

 N, .1., on Wednesday and Thursday, October 

 28 and 2!l, Prizes will be ofiered for ex- 

 hibits of chrysanthemums, foliage plants, 

 roses, cut flowers, carnations, fruits and 

 vegetables. The exhibition committee is 

 coinposed of George H. Hale, Philip Bonner, 

 Wellington W. Kennedy. Harry A, Kettel, 

 Percy A, Hicks, William Dowlen and Harry 

 C(dlis. The judges will be William Turner 

 of .Meudham. formerly of Oceanic; .lames 

 Kennedy of Deal. Adam Patterson of Sauga- 

 tuck, Cimn,; .James Stuart of Maniaroneck. 

 N, Y.; Peter Dufl' of Orange, and Mr. Burns 

 of New Canaan. Qonn. William Metzdorlf 

 is president of the society, Philip Bonner is 

 vice-president. Harry A. Kettel secretary, 

 Percy A, Hicks financial secretary, and 

 George II, Hale treasurer. 



NEW LONDON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



"A Busy Life in the Growing of Small 

 Fruits" was the topic of an address by 

 President Fuller, of the New Loudon Horti- 

 cultural Society, September HI. 



The meeting was well attended. The 

 |iresident told his boyhood expericnci's 

 among strawberries of fifty years ago. Also 

 uijon raspberries, r-mrants and other small 

 fruit, down to the present day varieties 

 and cnltnre, etc. An iuforiual discussion 

 followed the remarks of the sjieaker, 



F. L. Childs, Flowerfield, L, I., sent a fine 

 box of his "Snow King Gladiidi" for exhi- 

 bition, Renlies, the florist, staged several 

 line vases of indoor roses. Smith, the Mer- 

 cer street florist, had a fine display of 

 asters. Several varieties of the table dah- 

 lias, helianthunis. etc.. were shown by pri- 

 vate growers. It is hoped the society will 

 be able to get the secretary, Mr. Fbel. of 

 the N. A. ('•: from ^Madison, to speak at the 

 October meeting on "The National Co-ojier- 

 ativc Movement." of interest to gardeners 

 especially. STANT.EY .TOP DAN. 



Harkness Estate. Waterford. Coini. 



THEANe©iWl\^?r^^ 



of srowing ShaJe Tre» and Shrnbi 



produces s|,ecinu:ns that will com|.ktc 

 a landscape planting in a few short 

 months rather than in years. Cultiva- 

 tion and re-cultivation gives hardiness 

 and vigor to the trees grown the 

 .\ndorra Way. 



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when the fol.aKc i- taking on gcrgcuus 

 tints, and the effect you desire around 

 your' own place is shown in Nature's 

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 If you require immediate planting 

 suggestions, write us — we are here to 

 serve in the Andorra Way. Our book- 

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