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Bulb 



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J. M. Thorburn & Co. 



53C Barclay Street, through to 

 54 Park Place, New York 



Mrs. C. H. Stout, secretary, Short Hills, N.J. 

 Jlontlily at Short llili> cliil. Ihjiix- cliir- 

 iiia .tamiarv and l''i'l)niar\ . 



The Southampton Garden Club, New York. 



Mrs. Albert Boardman, president, 40 \V. 

 33rd street, New York. 



Twice a month in summer at Southamp 

 ton, L. I. 



The Staten Island Garden Club, N. Y. 



Mrs. J. Harry Alexander, secretary, Hose 



bank, S. I. 



Twice a month. At members' homes. 



Winnetka, 111. 



The Garden Club of Trenton, N. J. 

 Miss Anne Macllvaine, secretary, Trenton, 

 N. J. 

 Bi-monthly meetings at members' resi- 

 dences. 



The Garden Club of Illinois. 



Mrs. William G. Hibbard. Jr., secretary, 



Winnetke, 111. 



The Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess 



County, New York. 



Mrs. Morris Rutherford, secretary, Warrick, 



Orange County, N. Y. 



Warrenton Garden Club, Virginia. 

 Mrs. C. Shirley Carter, secretary, Warren- 

 ton, Va. 



Garden Club, Webster Groves, Mo. 

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HORTICULTURAL EVENTS 



Fourth National Flower Show, under the 

 auspices of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists and Ornamental Horticulturists, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.. March 25 to April 2, 1916. 



International Flower Show. Grand Cen- 

 tial Palace, New York. April .")-12, lOltl. 



National Association of Gardeners, con- 

 M'lition. Hoston, December ll-lll, 191.5. 



MENLO PARK (CAL.) SHOW. 



riir aiiniinl fall liower sliow of the Menlo 

 I'ark Horticultural Society, held in tlie 

 pulilic school, Menlo, was described l)y 

 (•\eryonc who saw it as the best ever held 

 l>y the society. In every respect it was 

 iiiiich better than the tlower show held at 

 the Horticultural Palace, P. P. I. K.. San 

 I'laiirisco. the previous week. 



< '. W. Johnson, secretary of the Chr.\'- 

 santheuium Society of America, who was 

 OTIC of the judges at our show, in conversa- 

 tior. with the writer, after jud;;ing. said it 

 was a wonderful show. 



('oni])etition was very keen, and the iinal- 

 ity of tlie tlow'ers and plants could not be 

 licaten. 



Silver cups and cash prizes were donated 

 tci the society by the following trade tirnisi 

 ('. ('. Morse, San Francisco; llalliwell's Seed 

 Store, San Francisco: F. K. Mills, florist, 

 I'alo Alto: Lynch Nursery Company. Menlo 

 Park: H. L. Goerteyhain, Redwood City; F. 

 I'rilicano, San Francisco; Arthur T. Hod- 

 dington. New York; Ajihine Mainifacturing 

 Innipany, Madison. N. .J.; I^ord & Burnhani 

 ('i)uipany. New York: Henry A. Dreer. 

 Pliilailelphia; .Shreeve, Treat & Eacret, San 

 I'rancisco; Hawaiian Fertilizer Company, 

 San Francisco. 



all classes the Lyncii 

 were the principal win- 



In tlir open to 

 Nursery Conipany 



ners. getting 13 lirst, U seconds and" the so- 

 ciety silver cup. F. R. .Mills, 8 firsts, 3 sec- 

 Is. 11. I,. Goerteyhain, 1 first, 2 seconds. 



Piivate gardener.s only, U. Bassett was 

 the largest winner, with 9 firsts and 3 sec- 

 onds. The Apliine Manufacturing Company, 

 silver vase for the most nuuitorious exhibit 

 by a Mu-nibcr of the N. A. A. The Henry A. 

 Dreer cup for the best 24 blooms chrysanthe- 

 ninms. the N. G. .\. medal for the" best 12 

 chrysanthenuims. Lord & Burnham's ])rize 

 for decorative and foliage plants, and the 

 Shreeve. 'freat & Kacrct cup for best table 

 of orcliids. Jlr. Basset is gardener for 

 Mr. L. Stern, ii gentleman who takes a great 

 piide and interest in his garden and green- 

 houses. Mr. G. .\lunn, gardener for Jlr. 

 Siginund .Stern, won the Ilalliwell cup for 

 the best collection of vegetables and sev- 

 eral other prizes for separate dishes of 

 vegetables and chrysanthemum classes. 



.Mr. I). Patterson, gardener for C. W. 

 Smith, with 4 firsts and 3 seconds, was a 

 successful exhibitor, winning first for the 

 largest bloom in tlie show with a wonderful 

 bloom of \\ ni. I'urner. 



^Ir. W. Ketllcwell. gardener for G. Pope, 

 won the ('. ('. Morse Company's special 

 prize for liest 12 dishes of vegetables and 

 4 otiier firsts fin- separate dishes of vege- 

 taliles. 



Mr. J'. M, Daly, gardener for J. Leroy 

 Nickel, swept the boards in the fruit classes. 

 His greenhouse grown grapes were very 

 line. Mr. Daly also won first for best 12 

 vases single chrysanthemums out of 10 en- 

 tries and first for best oO blooms of double 

 tuberous begonias, 



Mr. A. McDonald, gardener for the San 

 Mateo Commission, P. P. I. E.. was a suc- 

 cessfid winner in the plant classes, winning 

 4 firsts with ferns. chrysantlu'nnini>; anil 

 llowering plants. 



Other principal winners were Mr. I). W. 

 Slade, gardener for .S. M. Spaulding; 1), 

 Tnttle, gardener for Mrs. Heller: H. Wright, 

 gardener for Mrs. Oyster: C. Ehrlich, gar- 

 dener for Mr. G. Ro<is; E. Carter, gardener 

 for Mr. Walters: II. lloniewood. gardener 

 for F. W. MeNear: ('. I.aiu|)ard. gardener 

 for .1. A. Douahoe. 



The judges wcr.': S. Clark, Mavfield; T. 

 Sandifortt. San Pafael: II. Piatt. San Fran- 

 cisco: E. James EIndnirst and C. W. .loliii- 

 son. Chicago. 



PERCY ELLINGS, Secretary. 



NOTICE. 



Please inform us of any change of offi- 

 cers or meeting dates of your society, 

 so that we may keep our directory of 

 societies and clubs accurate. Send us 

 the notes of the proceedings of your 

 meetings regularly. EDITOR. 



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