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PITTSBURGH HORTICULTURAL NOTES. 



.Mr. and Mrs. Benjainin Franklin Jiincs, Jr.. enter- 

 tained the meniljers of the Garden L'lulj of Allegheny 

 connty on the ninth at Fairacres, Sewickley Heights, 

 their .Sntniner htjnie. 



;Mrs. William Thaw, jr., whose country place, ".\s 

 Vou Like It." is also on .Sewickley Heights, recently 

 entertained the cluh to hear Mr. Strasshurger, of Phila- 

 del])hia, talk on "Rock Gardens; the ^Methods of Making 

 and the Flowers to Grow." Later the members accom- 

 l^anied ^Ir. Strasshurger to Mrs. Thaw"s rock garden, 

 which he had just C()niplete<l. 



( )n .\ugust 14 the cluh will visit "Rachelwood 

 Farm" (which really comprises a chain of nine farms), 

 the country estate of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mellon, 

 in the heart of the Allegheny Mountains. 



Mrs. Francis H. Denny is president of the Garden Club, 

 which was organized in Xovemlier, 1914, the other officers 

 and Board of Directors including Mrs. James D. Hail- 

 man, first vice-president ; Mrs. W. Henry R. Hilliard, 

 second vice-president ; Aliss Alice Robinson, treasurer. 

 Directors : Mrs. Harvey Childs, Jr., Mrs. Francis H. 

 Denny, Mrs. James D. Hailman, Mrs. Benjamin F. 

 Jones, Jr., Mrs. Finley Hall Lloyd, Miss Alice Robin- 

 son, Mrs. J. Stuart Brown, Mrs. George B. Gordon, 

 IMrs. \\'. Henry R. Hilliard, Mrs. William Larimer 

 Jones, Mrs. Richard B. Mellon, Mrs. William IT. Mer- 

 cur. Miss Priscilla S. Guthrie, secretary. 



Xeil McC'allum, wdio has the distinction of being 

 president of both the Florists' Club of Pittsburgh and 

 the Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania, and 

 superintendent of the W^est End Park, is growing 

 some unusual plants. Just now he is trying out an 

 Agaponthus (African blue lily), and has three splen- 

 did specimens of Francoa ramosa saxifraga, from the 

 Andes, the only ones in Pittsburgh ; several of the 

 Australian Melaleuca Argenteum and varieties of the 

 Eucalyptus Citriodosa, Globulus and Ficifolia. The 

 park is a charming reproduction of an English garden, 

 Mr. McCallinn is a native of London, although of 

 Scottish blood. 



An interesting recent event in Schenley Park was 

 the annual tree planting and outing of the Congress of 

 Women's Clubs of Western Pennsylvania, held in con- 

 nection with the annual outing for the blind. John M. 

 Phillips, "the bird and tree man," of Carnick, wdio 

 planted 2,(X)0 mulberry trees in that suburb this year, 

 was among those honored in naming. 



About the same time the Mew Era Club dedicated an 

 apple grove in Schenle}' Park to its past presidents and 

 prominent men, including Superintendent of Parks 

 George W. Burke. 



It is reijorteil that .\ndrcw W. Mellon is about to con- 

 struct a large greenhouse on his Squirrel Hill estate, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. 



J. Hart Gibben. president of the Farmers Xatinnal 

 Bank, is also to have a new greenhouse on his grounils, 

 Morewood Heights, Pittsburgh. 



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BROOKLYN SOCIETY FIELD MEETING. 



A delegation from the Brooklyn Institute of Arts 

 and Sciences held a field meeting at the Nurseries of 

 Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford,' N. |., on Saturday, 

 June 26. 



I'.esides being controllers of trees and plants, it seems 

 that Bobbink tS: .\tkins also have the power to order 

 the weather — for it was ideal. The refreshing shower 

 in the UKirning ailded greatly to the condition of the 

 flowers. 



The members >,\ the Institute were pleasantly sur- 

 prised at the wonderful Rose Garden which portrays 

 truthfully the character of over 300 varieties of roses, 

 new and old. The Herbaceous collection was also a 

 center of attraction, and, all in all, the visit was greatly 

 enjijyed a\iil a success in every wa}'. 



GRAND NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, PANA- 

 MA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EX- 

 POSITION, OCTOBER 21-26. 



The Grand National Fall Flower Show is scheduled 

 tn last five days from October 21 to October 26, and 

 will take place at the Palace of Horticulture in the Ex- 

 position Grounds under the auspices of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society in conjunction with the Department 

 of Horticulture. Special prizes for chrysanthemums in 

 a contest open to all will include the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America's silver cup. Hitchings & Co.'s silver 

 tup, the Wells-Totty prizes, the Henry A. Dreer prize, 

 the A. X. Pierson, Inc., prize, the Elmer D. Smith & Co. 

 prize, the National Association of Gardeners prize, the H. 

 F. Mitchell's prize, the H. W. Buckbee silver cup and the 

 Society of American Florists and ( )rnamental Horticul- 

 turists prizes. 



In a Class A cnmpetition there will he medal awards 

 as well as money awards ranging from $3 to $15 — 24 

 a wards .being made in all. This contest is o]ien to all. 



The Class B contest, open to non-c(immercial gruwers 

 only, w'ill include six money awards. 



Class C, open to all, will be a contest for the finest 

 Chrysanthemum plants, and consists of foiu" dift'erent con- 

 ditions, each of which will he awarded a jirize. either a 

 silver cup, a medal or a money prize. 



Class D. cut flowers, money jirizes and medals as awards 

 will include displays of roses, carnations, lillies, herbaceus 

 perennials, annuals, dahlias, and begonias. 



Class E, open to all, with numerous prizes, monetary 

 and otherwise, will be devoted to orchids of different 

 varieties, palms, and other foliage and flowering plants. 



Class G, 0]3en to all, best collcctinn nS yegetahles. 

 Mnney prizes will be awarded. 



Class H includes special features such as contests for 

 the best table decoration with different flowers as features 

 on difl:'erent days, best vases of Chrysanthemimis. best 

 arranged baskets of flowering and foliage plants, of orch- 

 ids and foliage, most artistic and original floral design, 

 most artistic corsage and bridal botu|uet. and best ar- 

 ranged basket of cut flowers. 



Those in charge of the show will lie 1 1. I'lath, manager, 

 Jdhn R. Fotheringham, assistant manager. T. Taylor, 

 secretary. The exhibition comnuttee includes Daniel 

 McRorie, T. Taylor, F. Pelicano. F. James. Angelo J. 

 Rossi, D. Raymond, W. .\. Tlofinghof. Donald McLaren. 

 Wm. Kettlewell, W'm. Munro. John R. h'otheringham. P. 

 Filings, and -M. Poss. For full particulars and application 

 blanks write H. Plath, 210 Lawrence avenue. San 

 Francisco. 



