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HOETICULTUEE 



July s. 1916 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



The annual summer exhibition of 

 this society was held in Lenox, Mass., 

 Town Hall on June 2S and 29. It at- 

 tracted many visitors, including mem- 

 bers of the Garden Club of America 

 which was holding a convention in 

 Lenox at the same time. 



The arrangement committee. Harry 

 Heeremans, Lewis Barnett and Gordon 

 McMillan, assisted b:.- members of the 

 society, showed marked taste in locat- 

 ing and arranging the exhibits. The 

 judges, Walter Jack of Natick. Thomas 

 Reynolds of Princeton. X. J., and 

 Robert Scott of Pittsfield, had a dif- 

 ficult task in judging the exhibits, but 

 the result of their work gave general 

 satisfaction. The display was a splen- 

 did one and all classes were well filled 

 des])ite the exceedingly poor season. 

 Of outdoor l)looms. peonies and peren- 

 nials were prominent. The sweet peas, 

 while not shown in the quantities of 

 previous years were of unusually fine 

 quality. Arthur N. Cooley of Pittsfield 

 won the silver loving cup. given by 

 Knight & Struck tor" the best collec- 

 tion of 10 varieties of sweet peas, 2."i 

 sprays to each. He also won the sil- 

 ver dish presented by Joseph Breck 

 & Sons of Boston for 12 vases of sweet 

 peas. A certificate of merit and a 

 silver medal were also given Mr. 

 Cooley by the Lenox Horticultural 

 Society for his wonderful group of 

 rare orchids entered for display only. 



Most of the famous estates in Lenox, 

 Dalton. Pittsfield, Lee. Stockbrid,ge 

 and other neighboring towns were rep- 

 resented by exhibits, some of them by 

 very extensive displays. Among the 

 leading winners were Giraud Foster, 

 Miss Kneeland, W. E. Griswold, Mrs. 

 J. E. Parsons, W. M. Salisbury. A. R. 

 Shattuck, C. de Heredia, Joseph H. 

 Choate F. E. Lewis of Ridgefield. 

 Conn.. W. E. Hoyt, Mrs. W. D. Sloane, 

 H. M. Sage, of Albany, N. Y., Charles 

 Lanier. The arrangement of palms 

 ferns and pink and white clarkia on 

 the stage, from Elm Court green- 

 houses, was admirable. 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



At a meeting held at Bloomington, 

 Illinois, of the Executive Committee of 

 the Illinois State Florists' Association, 

 on Tuesday, June 27th. it was decided 

 not to put on a competitive flower 

 show at the State meeting there this 

 fall, so the getting up of a premium 

 list was abandoned. 



All efforts will be made by the com- 

 mittee to put on one of the largest 

 non-competitive fall exhibitions ever 

 held. The secretary was instructed to 

 write all those members who answered 

 the call for cash subscriptions, towards 

 getting up a premium list and thank 

 them for their liberal response. All. 

 however, will be asked to contribute 

 flowers or plants towards making this 

 a banner show. The only cash awards 

 will be those given to the school chil- 

 dren of Bloomington for the best 

 chrysanthemum plants grown by them. 

 This amateur feature will be entirely 

 in charge of A. Washburn .V- Sons, of 

 Bloomington. who donated several 



thousand plants for the children to 

 grow, and have offered $50.00 in prizes 

 to this cause. 



The show will be held in the large 

 Coliseum at Bloomington on Nov. 9th, 

 10th, and 11th, and the commercial 

 part will be in charge of a committee 

 consisting of J. F. Ammanh. Chas. 

 Loveridge and Geo. W. Jacobs. The 

 usual certificate of merit will be award- 

 ed to anything new or meritorious. 

 No entries need be made for this. 



Those attending the meeting were 

 President Chas W. Johnson, Charles 

 Loveridge, I. L. Pillsbury. E. W. Guy, 

 Geo. W. Jacobs, and J. P. Ammann 

 from out of town, Frank and George 

 Washburn and John R. Gee from 

 Bloomington. 111. 



J. F. Aji:\r.\N\, Sec'.v. 



PRESIDENT ELECT AMERICAN AS- 

 SOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



JOHX W.\TSOX. 



In electing John Watson as its chief 

 Officer for the coming year the Ameri- 

 can Association of Nurserymen has 

 secured a man of high executive abil- 

 ity whose incumbency means a year 

 of progressive activity and usefulness. 

 Mr. Watson has been a zealous work- 

 er in the organization for many years. 

 He recently withdrew from active par- 

 ticipation in the business of Jackson 

 & Perkins Co. with which he had been 

 for ten years connected and started in 

 the nursery business on his own ac- 

 count in Newark, N. Y., but still re- 

 taining his financial interest in the 

 old company. He was elected vice- 

 president of the American Association 

 of Nurserymen at its convention in 

 1915, is an officer in the Nurserymen's 

 Protective Association and also the 

 Wholesale Ornamental Growers, and 

 holds memberships in the S. A. F., 

 the Rochester Florists' Club and th.e 

 Western Association of Nurservmen. 



Personally Mr. Watson has all the 

 characteristics which make a man a 

 favorite among his fellows and where- 

 ever he is known he has staunch 

 friends a-plenty. 



THE CONVENTION CITY. 



Houston Has 17 Railroads and is from 



400 to 1,000 Miles from the Border. 



We have had a number of inquiries 

 regarding the border situation of 

 Texas. In the first place. I want to 

 state that Houston is from 400 to 1,000 

 miles from the border. We hear less 

 about the border troubles here than 

 they do in the North and East, so dis 

 miss from your minds that you are to 

 be anywhere near the troubled terri- 

 tory. While the railroads are very 

 busy at this time transporting troops, 

 pas'senger traflic is not hampered, and 

 by convention time all troops will be 

 on the border. Houston with her 17 

 railroads is equal to any emergency. 

 The delegates in coming to Houston 

 will not be affected by the movement 

 of troops. 



We are very much elated over the 

 Ijrospect of a very large attendance. 

 The South is going to turn out in full 

 force. President MacRorie advises me 

 that he will have two Pullman cars 

 full from California. Secretary Young 

 says we will have a good delegation 

 from the East. I understand the Cen- 

 tral states will send a large delega- 

 tion. 



With our Convention Garden a suc- 

 cess and our trade exhibits reserva- 

 tions pouring in, prospects are bright 

 for a large attendance. Watch for the 

 entertainment program that we have 

 lined up for you. You have every as- 

 surance of a grand old time in Houston 

 this summer. 



R. C. Kerh. 



GOING TO THE CONVENTION. 

 E. C. Pruner, known all through the 

 West, has just returned to Chicago 

 from a trip in the interests of the flor- 

 ists' supply houses. If anyone lacks en- 

 thusiasm for the Houston convention, 

 a half hour's talk with Mr. Pruner 

 would make him ready to pack his 

 grip. It seems the nights are always 

 cool and the days — well, we all growled 

 over the cold summer last year. .Air. 

 Pruner advises buying a ticket to St. 

 Louis, and after a stop there, using 

 one of the several lines according to 

 preference the rest of the way. The 

 Santa Fe passes through Oklahoma 

 where the Osage Mts. may be seen. 

 .Another line goes through the Ozark 

 Mts. and the one who wants sight 

 seeing as well as convention should 

 stop over on the way. At Houston 

 Jim Pruner says they are making 

 great plans for entertaining their 

 guests and that the Southern city is 

 no longer inland, for a deep waterway 

 allows the ocean boats to come up to 

 the city. 



DURING RECESS. 



Holton & Hunkel Employees. 



Ilolton & Hunkel gave an outing at 

 Brown Deer. Wis., on Sunday, June 25, 

 to their employees and families. There 

 was a big crowd and plenty of enter- 

 tainment and hospitality, altogether a 

 memorable day for enjoyment. Therra 

 were a number of games and appropri- 

 ate prizes were awarded. 



