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HOBTICULTURE 



August 12, 1916 



then Mr. Jenkins' at Llewellyn Park, 

 West Orange, N. J., and later Mr. 

 Peters' place at Islip, Long Island. 

 Mr. Brett's son has just taken a posi- 

 tion as assistant at Greystone. Yonk- 

 ers, N. Y. 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Eugene S. Hinckley. 



Eugene S. Hinckley, chairman of 

 the Park Commission of Haverhill, 

 Mass., died on August 6, in his seven- 

 tieth year. He -nas a native of Gar- 

 diner, Me. 



MOLD IN MUSHROOM HOUSE. 



Editor HORTICULTURE— I am cominj: 

 for assistance for a mold on my miisli- 

 rooms that spreads through the beds. I 

 think probably it comes from the spawn. 

 I have changed from one firm to another, 

 thinking it would help. My mushroom 

 lionses are built of concrete throughout, 

 rooting and all. and are about three feet 

 below the ground, eight feet high inside. 

 But my shelving is made of wood so it 

 can be removed when emptying houses. I 

 am going to disinfect walls and all shelving 

 with coal tar preparation. Do you think 

 this will kill this mold? If not, could you 

 give any information on same? 



I wrote to the government about this 

 mold and they said that some Arms are 

 putting spawn on the market that ia 

 aflfe<-ted with mold. Couhl you give an ad- 

 dress of some reliable firm that has good 

 spawn? 



E. c. r. 



Kentucky. 



A thorough cleansing of the mush- 

 room house every season is absolutely 

 necessary in successful mushroom 

 culture. In summer, when It does not 

 ))ay to raise mushrooms indoors, is the 

 time to clear everything out and lime- 

 white the walls and scrape and clean 

 every surface; opening up the house 

 to a free circulation of air. Left thus 

 open for a couple of months the house 

 will be well sweetened and there will 

 be no trouljle with fungus. Get mush- 

 room spawn from a first-class seed 

 louse — those who advertise in Horti- 

 (TLTUKE are all reliable. 



George C. 'Watson. 



GO DOWN AMONG THE FLOWERS. 



Will you not go down among tliemV 

 Among those sweet living things whose 

 new courage sprung from the earth with 

 the deep color of heaven upon it. is start 

 ing up in strength of goodly spire: and 

 who.se purity washed from the dust is 

 opening, bud by bud. into the flower of 

 promise; and still they turn to you atid 

 for you, "The Larkspur listens— I hear, I 

 hear I — And the Lily whispers — I wait." 

 — .John Ruskin (Sesame and I,iliesi l.Slli. 



The devil is mortally afraid of roses 

 and larkspurs and lilies given to us 

 for joy and the healthy love of the 

 out-of-doors. Go down among the flow- 

 ers, my children. McTavish. 



ALONG ABOUT NOW. 



Put by the work you are at for awhile. 



Take a day off. 

 Go where the fields In their loveliness smile. 



Take a day off. 

 •tray where earth's beauty is lavishly 



strewn. 

 Drink in the light of the sun— and the 



moon — 

 Put all the chords of your being In tune. 



Take a day off. 



Brain that Is weary and heart that is worn. 



Take a day off. 

 You who the burdens have patiently borne. 



Take a day off. 

 Go to the seashore, the mountain, the lake. 

 All of the tasks that surround you forsake. 

 Or sometimes a "breakdown"" may force 

 you to take 



A lot of days off. 



— Boston Traveler. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



August IS-18, Houston, Texas. 

 Trade Exhibition in connection with 

 S. A. F. Convention. 



AuEust 24-25. — Lewiston, (Me.) 

 Annual Flower Show, Gardeners' 

 Union. Lewiston City Hall. 



August 3. Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y.— 

 Dahlia Show, Oyster Bay Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



August 11-12-13, Boston. — American 

 Gladiolus Society, Horticultural Hall. 



August 24, Worcester, Mass. — 

 Gladiolus Exhibition. 



Sept. 2-9, Cleveland, Ohio.- Indus- 

 trial Exhibition and Fair. 



Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 11-16.— New 

 York State Fair. 



Sept. 12-13, Providence, B. I.— 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society, 

 Narragansett Hotel. 



Sept. 11-16, Syracuse, N. V.— 

 Seventy-Sixth Annual New York 

 State Fair. 



THE GARDEN CLUB OF ALLE- 

 GHENY COUNTY. 



A great Flower Show will be held 

 in Pittsburgh in June of 1917, under 

 the auspices of The Garden Club of 

 Allegheny County. The proposed date 

 is June 13th to 16th. 



One of the largest and most centrally 

 located lialls in Pittsburgh will be en- 

 gaged wherein to make the display. 

 The plan and scope of the exhibition 

 will be of the most comprehensive 

 character. The choicest products of 

 the many fine gardens in Pittsburgh 

 and vicinity w-ill be displayed in com- 

 petition to an extent never before at- 

 tempted in tliat city. 



An opportunity will also be afforded 

 to florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and 

 other allied trades to participate there- 

 in. A preliminary schedule offering 

 $5,000.00 in prizes is now being dratted. 

 This will he sent out to gardeners, 

 growers and everyone interested as 

 soon as possible so that they may 

 have ample time to grow and prepare 

 their exhibits. 



Arthur Herrington of Madison. New 

 Jersey, who has so successfully man- 

 aged and arranged recent large ex- 

 hibitions in New York, Newport and 

 other places, has been engaged as 

 manager. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



This society will hold an exhibition 

 on Saturday and Sunday, August 19 

 and 20. in the museum building. New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, 

 New York City. It will be mainly a 

 gladiolus show, but premiums are also 

 offered for Montbretlas and also col- 

 lections of annual flowers. The exhi- 

 bition committee is also authorized to 

 award prizes for exhibits not included 

 in the regular published schedule of 

 premiums. Such exhibits will be wel- 

 come. Schedules are now ready for 

 distribution and will be sent on appli- 

 cation to the secretary. George "V. 

 Nash, New York Botanical Garden, 

 Bronx Park, New York City. 



Geobge V. Nash, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The following new roses have been 

 registered with the American Rose So- 

 ciety: 



By Frank L. Moore. Chatham, N. J., 

 Muriel Moore. The flower is white; 

 when in bud it is a bluish white. The 

 bud is longer than that of My Mary- 

 land and not quite so double. The fo- 

 liage is distinctly different, the leaf- 

 lets having a rich green color; are 

 narrower and have edges more finely 

 serrated; in fact, the edges are almost 

 smooth. It is a profuse bloomer. 



By Howard & Smith, Los Angeles, 

 Cal., Los Angeles. Color flame pink 

 shaded to yellow, toned with salmon. 

 Foliage light green, extra heavy. Buds 

 long and pointed opening to a bl(X)m of 

 large proportion. A cross between 

 Madame Segond Weber and Lyon 

 Rose. Growth exceedingly vigorous; 

 has none of the die-back habits of 

 Lyon Rose. 



The Hartford Rose Test Garden 

 Committee has made the following re- 

 port: 



The committee appointed to judge 

 the new rose entries visited the Hart- 

 ford Test Garden on July 5th. The 

 varieties of this season's entry were 

 not considered in condition to judge 

 until better established. 



Among those entered previous to 

 this season, the following climbing 

 roses were examined and received 

 awards: 



Dazzling Red — 79 points. Entered 

 by W. A. Manda. 



Mrs. Longwood — 78 points. En- 

 tered by Conard & Jones. 



It was a source of gratification to 

 the judges to note the splendid be- 

 havior of the varieties previously 

 awarded silver medals, every one of 

 which stood out conspicuously among 

 the older entries. 



Wallace R. Piebson, 

 Alex. Gumming, Jr., 

 John F. Huss, 

 Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 



CLUB. 



The regular meeting was held Aug. 

 1st at the establishment of R. S. Gary, 

 South Hadley. H. E. Downer read an 

 essay received from the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners entitled "Hor- 

 ticulture as a Profession from the 

 Standpoint of a Gardener." written by 

 J. Johnson. New York. A most inter- 

 esting discussion ensued. 



G. W. Thorniley. florist at the State 

 Hospital, read 'Reminiscences of Bed- 

 ding Plants," from which we gathered 

 that some of the stock offered today 

 falls short of the standard of quality 

 obtainable in years past. This natural- 

 ly started something and the discus- 

 sion ranged all the way from the cus- 

 tomer's pocketbook to the problem of 

 obtaining experienced help. Mr. 

 Thorniley also entertained us with his 

 experiences on a recent trip to 

 Florida. H. E. D. 



