THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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Inliii l),.\ijic; .1. l;|.iir; A. Walker, gaidi'iKT 

 I.. II. ( . .-^iiiilli; K. Kvh', uar.loiior to I.. C. 

 I"ill'aii\. 



A. X. I'icrsdii. Ill' Ci-omwcll. Conn., ox- 

 liibitcil some novelty puinpoiis for wliieli 

 tliey veeelved the soeiety's bronze medal. 

 \V. A. ilnnda exliiliited some novelty dahlias 

 .111(1 also received a Iironze medal. 



(_'. Jlills, .sii]iei intendeiit to .1. ,'-;. lilarUtoii. 

 (tilt np several line exhibits and received enl- 

 tiiial certificates. 



K. KII;K1I.\M, S.iivtaiv. 



THE WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



All iiiterestiiif; and welbattondcd iiici'lini; 

 ■ ■I the Westehi'ster and Fairfield llurtieni- 

 I lira I Society was held at (ireeinvich, t'oiin.. 

 XoM-inlier i:i. President W'illiainsoii ]ire- 

 ~idiii^. ( liie lite member and one active 

 meinber were elected to iiienibershi|i. A 

 inelimiiiary statement was made )<\ tlic 

 l-all .Show Committee, sliowine the recent 

 . xhibition at New Ivochelle. X, V.. to ha\e 

 been a financial success as well as an e\- 

 liiliition of the fjardeners' art of superior 

 <|uality. One of our highly honored niem- 

 In'Is. Mayor-elect .lolin il. ]!rown, of Stain- 

 lord, t'omi., in a happy vein made the jires- 

 cntatioii of prizes won at the recent exhi- 

 bition, and assured the members of his eon- 

 tinned hearty support in his personal as 

 well as oHicial capacity. The nominations 

 lor olRcers of the society for the ensuing 

 year were next in order. A cominunication 

 was read from the secretary of the Na- 

 tional Association of (Jardeners setting forth 

 the principles of the National Co-operative 

 Committee as adojited at a recent meeting 

 The W. & F. Society is in hearty accord 

 with the X'ational Committee in their eflorts 

 in behalf of the gardener and the advance- 

 ment of horticulture, and the local commit- 

 tee will endeavor to assist the National 

 Oommittee in evervthing tending to such 

 advancement. 



A vase of ihrvsanthemiiin- was on exlii- 

 liition imrposely to start a discussion as to 

 what constitutes a "Terininal Sprav." 

 < Ijiinions on this subject vary. The growing 

 and exhiliiting of the single and iiompom 

 varieties of mums is lieconiing yearly more 

 popular, and if the future Scliedules of the 

 fall I'xliibitions are to contain the classifi- 

 cation "Terminal .Spray" we suggest that 

 the "Chronicle" obtain and print in a promi- 

 nent ]ilace the findings of the Chrysanthe- 

 miiiii Society of .\nieriea in the matter, 

 thereby giving intending exhibitors of these 

 ]ioiiular llowers a chance to prevent dis- 

 ipialifications of exhibits on merely techni- 

 cal points. The next meeting of the society 

 will be neceinber 11, P. W, POPP, 



Oorres|,i]|i(|ing Secretary, 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The nioiithly meeting of the .Nassau Coun- 

 ty Horticultural Society was ludd Novem- 

 ber 11 at (Jlen Cove. N. Y. President II, 

 • iaiit in the chair. The feature of the meet- 

 ing was the competition for the president's 

 prizes for table decorations by assistant .gar- 

 deners, and some very tine tables were dis- 

 played by these promising gardeners of the 

 younger set, 1st, Robert Jones, assistant to 

 F, Honeyinan on the Chubb estate: 2nd. 

 Chas. Parr, assistant to J. W, Everitt on the 

 John T, Pratt estate; 3rd, Arthur Book, as- 

 sistant to President II. Gaut on the IT, L, 

 Pratt estate. There were six competitors, 

 >lrs, George F, P)aker was elected an lion- 

 <irary member, and Mr, J. Cartwright was 

 elected to active membership. The sctc- 

 tary was instructed to write a letter of 



sNinpatliy fnnii 1lii~ society to ^tr. .1. .\ii-- 

 tiii Shaw on tlie death of ids daughter. 



Ml. and Mrs. W. J). Guthrie, of Locust 

 \'alle\. I.. T., oll'ered a silver cii]i for com- 

 petition at the next chrysanthemnni sln,w. 

 which was accepted with thanks. 



The president presented the Mrs. If, L. 

 Pratt silver cu]> for table decoration at the 

 fall show to J. W. Kveritt, ami also the 

 ilrs, K, .S, Smithers special prize of a set 

 of books to .loliii V. .lohnston for collection 

 outdoor llowers. after which \'ii'e-]iresident 

 Win. Gray |iresented (n President If. Gaiit 

 the .Mr-. I-". S. Stnitlier- -iUcr cup for ."id 

 varieties liaril\ |i(iiiipoiii clirysanthemnins. 

 Tliis I'lip has bi'cii in competition si.x .years. 

 and was won for keeps this yi>ar by tlie re- 

 lipieiit. Next meeting Wednesday after- 

 noon. Ileccnilicl 11. I'.ll (. 



IIAKKN .lOXKS. 

 Correspond in Li Si'cu'tary. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Tlie ri'giilar monthly ii ting of the Tux- 

 edo llorticnltiiral Society was licdd on Xo- 

 veinber II. President l)a\id .Macdntosh in 

 the chair. A financial report was read in 

 connection with our Hower show, which was 

 satisfactory. The nomination of officers for 

 l!ll.") takes jilacc' at our next meeting on De- 

 ci-nihi r J, when we are also to have the 

 pleasure of a i.ilk from James MacMaehan. 

 Qnile .1 few of the gardeners in the Park in- 

 tend making th(> triji to Philadelphia to at- 

 tend the convention of the N. .\. G. when 

 some of tlieni oiikIiI to be heard of at the 

 bowlinsr tonrnanient. John Kelly was ad- 

 milted to ineniberslii|i. 



TIIOS. \\TLSON, Secretary. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The first Xovcniber meeting was liidii in 

 tlie County linilding. Hartford, on Friday 

 evening, the l;itli, at S o'clock. President 

 lliiss presided. There was an unusually 

 line disjday of chrysanthemums, all sizes 

 and varieties being represented. In the col- 

 lection exhibited by President John F, Hnss 

 was a vase containing six large w liite chry- 

 santheraums "William Turner." The size 

 of these beauties was remarkable, being at 

 least twent,v-four inches in circumference. 

 The Park Department had an exhibit of 

 large ehrysantlieiiinms, each specimen ex- 

 citing the keene-t admiration. Mr. Warren 

 S. Mason, of Fannington, exhiliited some 

 fine seedling geraniums (Lcmoines Hybride). 

 He also displayed .-i splendid eolleotion of 

 poni]ion and single mums, with some large 

 varieties, Alex, Cuinming, .Tr„ the rose ex- 

 jiert with A, N, Pierson, Inc.. of Ch-omwell. 

 Conn.. exhibited a new rose named 

 ■■Ophelia." saliiKui color and \ cry fragrant. 

 This is a beauty, and no doniit will be a 

 record-breaker as a seller. George W. 

 Frascr, of the Connecticut .Agiicnltnral Col- 

 lege, Storrs, had on exhibition a hand-nine 

 pink rose, ^Mrs, A. G. Ciillex . 



Mrs, C. II. Sieinian. Mr. Ii. A. Piiiney and 

 Mr, (leoii^c \\ . I'lascr were iiaim-d as judges, 

 and the_\ found the task a hard one. A col- 

 lection of $16.09 was taken up for the l!el- 

 gian Relief Fund. Mr, G, 11, ITollister read 

 an article from The Gardeners' Chronicle 

 of America on '■Propagation of Ornamental 

 Trees and Shrubs" for wliich he was ac- 

 corded a hearty vote of thanks, 



A local co-operative committee of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners ■was ap- 

 pointed at this meeting, viz.: Mr, II, A, 

 Pinney, Mr, W. W. Hunt and Mr, C. 11. 

 Sierman. Three new members were added 

 to our roster. Mr. P. A. Sears, one of the 

 charter members of the societ.y, was iircs- 

 eiit. and made a few reminiscent remarks, 

 ALRUFD DIXON, Secretary. 



FORCING FALL TOMATOES. 



Growing tomatoes in the greenhouse in 

 the fall is not as eas.y an undertaking as I he 

 inexjierienced may think, at least in north- 

 ern latitudes. Tomato plants of the same 

 variety grown in the same greenhouse and 

 soil and by the same grower act very ditl'er- 

 ently when grown in the fall and .spring. 

 The fall grown plants are more spindling, 

 not as vigoroii-. and do not, as a rule, set 

 Iruit as freclv as those grown in the spring 

 .111(1 summer months. The fall grown plants 

 are more frec|uently atta(d<ed b.r mildew, 

 and th(> mosaic disease, and aiiparently are 

 less resistant to a good many troubles than 

 those grown in the spring. 



There probably is but one chief reason for 

 this and that is the dilTerent weather con- 

 <litioiis. The plants for the spring crop are 

 started diiiing the short days of winter and 

 the heat supplied for their growth is very 

 largidy artificial. The plants for the fail 

 crop are grown during the hottest part of 

 the summer, and no artificial heat is re- 

 c|uired. The temperature in which the plants 

 are giown in summer is usually considerably 

 higher than that in which they are giown in 

 winter. This fact accounts for the summer 

 grown plants being more slender and le.s.s 

 ■■hardy" than the winter grown plants. It 

 takes from 2 to '.i months to gTow plants of 

 sullicient size in winter, while in summer 

 plants may be grown to about the same size 

 in from four to si.x weeks. 



On the other hand after the plants are set 

 in the permanent beds in the fall the days 

 grow shorter rapidly and the cold weather 

 soon comes on. After the plants are set in 

 the spring the days grow longer and warmer. 



To be successful with fall grown tomatoes, 

 the plants must be started early enough so 

 that the Tomatoes will set and grow to 

 nearly or (|uite full size before the dark cold 

 days of early winter begin. As soon as the 

 night temperature in the hou.ses falls below 

 t!0 degiees it is advisable to fire the boilers. 



Tomatoes grown in the fall do not require 

 as much water as those grown in the spring. 

 .V suflicient amount of water should be used 

 to kee]i the plants growing all of the time, 

 but too much water will tend to make I lie 

 plants tender and to gnow too niiieh vine for 

 the amount of fruit borne. Care must lie 

 taken when watering not to wet the foliage 

 during dull weather or near night. Foliage 

 liseases, siiek as mildew, are very likely to 

 get started unless such ]irecautions are 

 taken. 



There is no advantage in letUng the plan's 

 grow very tall. After three or four good 

 clusters of fruits have set, the tops should 

 be cut oil' and all laterals kept cut or 

 pinched olV. 



The yiidd from the plants when grown in 

 the fall is usually iniicli less than win" 

 grown in the spring. ( ". W. WAll). 



ST.VTEMENT OF THE OVVNER.SIIIi'. ni.nn. 

 agcnient, circulation, etc., of tlie Gardeners^ lluoii- 

 icle of ,\merica, published monthly at ,Tci-se\ City, 

 .X, J., as required by the Act of August 24tli. 1912. 



Owners holding 1 per cent, or more of total 

 amount of stock: Martin C. Ebel, Madison, X. .1,; 

 Geo, .\, Durniston, Madison, N, J.; M. E. Burnis- 

 ton. .Jersey City, N^. J.; J. A. Bnrnislrn. Terscy 

 City. N, .T, 



Known bondholders, mortgagees, and otiier se- 

 curity boldcrs, holding 1 per cent, or more .if total 

 nmoinit of bonds, mortgages, or otiier securities; 

 None. 



Chhomcle Phess. I\c., 

 M. C. EiiEi., Editor, 



Sworn to and suli^cribed before me this 2d day 

 of October, 1014. 



i.Skai.) F. Irving MonROw. 



Notary Public. 

 f^ty coiiiii.i>-hii, lAi.ncs ,Tune 21sti 1915.) 



