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HORTICULTUEE 



August 19, 1916 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The 19th annual convention of the 

 Canadian Horticultural Association 

 opened at Berlin, Ont., Canada. Tues- 

 day afternoon, August 8, with about 

 160 delegates in attendance. Mayor 

 Hett of Berlin warmly welcomed the 

 visitors to Berlin, and the response 

 was delivered by E. B. Hamilton of 

 London, Ont. President F. W. Adams. 

 Toronto. Ont., then reviewed the prog- 

 ress of horticulture in the Dominion 

 during the present year to date. The 

 reports of the Secretary-Treasurer and 

 the Tarriff Committee then were pre- 

 sented by J. Luck, Montreal. P. Q., and 

 E. I. Mepstead. Ottawa, Ont. E. J. 

 Hayward of Montreal addressed the 

 convention on "Commercial Ferns." 

 On Tuesday afternoon the visitors 

 were taken in automobiles through 

 Berlin and the adjoining town of Wa- 

 terloo. In the evening George Bald- 

 win of Toronto gave an illustrated lec- 

 ture on "Success With a Home Gar- 

 den," and Harry Tattle of Toronto 

 spoke on "Commercial Culture of Peo- 

 nies and Dahlias." 



The convention concluded on Thurs- 

 day noon, with the election of offi- 

 cers and the selection of Mont- 

 real, Que., for next year's conven- 

 tion. The new officers are: President, 

 James Fraser, Presoott, Ont.; first 

 vice-president, E. J. Hayward, Mon- 

 tre'al; second vice-president, F. Dicks, 

 London, Out.; secretary-treasurer, J. 

 Luck, Montreal; executive committee, 

 C. H. Janzen, Berlin; E. P. Collins, 

 Toronto; F. Wise. Peterborough, Out.; 

 E. B. Hamilton, London; Luke Wil- 

 liams, Ottawa: George Douglas, Tor- 

 onto; William Hunt and C. A. Smith, 

 Berlin. Just before the convention ad- 

 journed papers were read by H. Dille- 

 muth, Toronto, on "Problems of the 

 Retailer," and by J. Luck, Montreal, 

 on "Outdoor Roses." Thursday after- 

 noon following the closing sessions of 

 the annual meeting the delegates vis- 

 ited the Ontario Agricultural College 

 in Guelph, Ont. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly session of this society 

 was held in Greenwich, Ct., Aug. 11th. 

 A feature was the display of out-door 

 flowers, arranged for effect by assist- 

 ant gardeners. There were tour con- 

 testants. 1st prize was awarded to 

 James Lough; 2nd, Andrew Gale. Wm. 

 Friend and Alex. Clarkson were highly 

 commended. Vote of thanks was giv- 

 en to Thos. Ryan for "Superb" straw- 

 berries, Arthur Pederson for seedling 

 tomatoes and beans. P. w. Popp re- 

 ceived a certificate of merit for glad- 

 ioli. A committee was appointed to 

 draft resolutions of sympathy on 

 the death of Thos. Robinson. The next 

 meeting will be held Sept. 8tli. 



P. W. POHI'. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS, 



August 24-25. — Lewiston, (Me.) 

 Annual Flower Show, Gardeners' 

 Union. Lewiston City Hall. 



August 3, Oyster Bay, L,. I., N. Y.— 

 Dahlia Show, Oyster Bay Hortleui- 

 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. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 in Glen Cove. .\. Y., Wednesday even- 

 ing. Aug. 9. The schedule of the com- 

 ing dahlia show was read by Robert 

 Jones, chairman of the committee. It 

 contains 6.3 classes, covering exhibits 

 of dahlias, roses, etc., also e class for 

 dinner table decoration. With only 

 one or two exceptions the classes are 

 open and all exhibitors will be wel- 

 comed. Secretary Gibson is still re- 

 ceiving many offers of prizes for our 

 chrysanthemum show and the outlook 

 is most favorable for a very success- 

 ful exhibtion. 



John Ingraham of Oyster Bay staged 

 a gorgeous collection of gladioli for 

 which he was awarded a certificate of 

 culture. Harry Goodband won 1st 

 prize for gladioli, and asters. John W. 

 Everitt won 1st for tomatoes. By re- 

 quest .Mr. Ingraham gave a talk on the 

 Gladiolus. He told of his method of 

 culture and varieties most suitable 

 for growing conditions on Long Island. 

 J.VMKs M(C.\KTHY. Cor. Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The meeting of the Florist Club took 

 place August 11th at the home of J. D. 

 Davis in St. Louis County, on invita- 

 tion of Stephen Beer, gardener for 

 Mr. Davis. President Bourdet opened 

 the meeting with 50 members present. 

 All the new changes in the by-laws 

 were carried by a full vote. The elec- 

 tion of officers resulted as follows: 

 President, Jules Bourdet for a third 

 term; A. Hummert. vice-president; J. 

 J. Windier, secretary; W. C. Smith, 

 treasurer; Frank Windier, trustee. 

 An invitation to attend the Growers' 

 Picnic was extended by W. A. Rowe 

 and the club offered a $5 prize. A 

 vote of thanks was extended Mr. 

 Beer. Next meeting, Sept. 14th. on 

 the grounds of Sanders' nursery. 



The schedule of the eighty-fourth 

 annual exhibition of the New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society has been 

 issued. The show will be held in Re- 

 publican Hall, New Haven. Conn., on 

 Wednesday and Thursday. Sept. 13-14. 

 1916. For further particulars apply 

 to the Secretary, W. C. Mcintosh. 925 

 Howard avenue. New Haven, Conn. 



MORRIS COUNTY GARDENERS' 

 AND FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The Twenty-first Annual F^lower 

 Show of the Morris Countv Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Society will b.; held on 

 Oct. 26-27, 1916, in Assembly Hall, 

 iladison, N. J. The same Flo.ver Sliow 

 Committee will manage the exhibition 

 that managed our first small affair 

 twenty-one years ago, \iz; Arthur 

 Herrington, Wm. H. DucMiani and 

 Chas. H. Totty. A special effort will 

 be made to make this show stand out 

 conspicuously, for, as a society, we will 

 have just "come of age." 



Edwakd Rkac.vx, Sec'y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The Horticultural Society of New 

 York will hold a gladiolus exhibition 

 in the Museum Building. New York 

 Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New 

 York City, in co-operation with The 

 Garden, on August 19th and 20th, 1916. 

 The exhibition will be open from 2 to 

 5 on the first day, and frotn 10 to 5 on 

 the second day. 



A meeting of the Board of Directors 

 of the Horticultural Society of New 

 York, will be held in the Museum, New 

 York Botanical Garden, at 2.30 o'clock 

 on Saturday. A meeting of the society 

 will take place in the Lecture Hall, 

 at 3.30 o'clock, followed by a public 

 lecture at 4 o'clock, by Dr. P. A. Ryd- 

 berg on "Among the Canyons and 

 Deserts of Southeastern Utah." The 

 lecture will be illustrated with lantern 

 slides. 



The Cleveland 0., Industrial Fair 

 and Exposition opens at Edgewater 

 Park on September 2, and will con- 

 tinue for one week. The Flower Show- 

 section is well provided for in ■a very 

 liberal premium list with open classes 

 and classes limited to private garden- 

 ers. Special classes for table decora- 

 tions, baskets, etc., offer opportunity 

 for artistic work with gladioli, asters 

 and dahlias particularly. This will be 

 the first open air fall flower show ever 

 held in Cleveland. 



The 13th annual meeting of the Ala- 

 bama State Horticultural Society, 

 which is expected to be one of the 

 best in the history of the organization, 

 will be held in the School Auditorium, 

 at Brewton. .\la., August 30th and 

 31st. The meeting will be of great in- 

 terest to all interested in any i)hase 

 of horticulture. A number of excellent 

 speakers will be present to give prac- 

 tical talks. Exhibits of flow^ers, fruits 

 and vegetables will be shown in con- 

 nection with the meeting, and pre- 

 miums will be awarded for the best 

 products. For full information ad- 

 dress L. H. Reed. Deer Park, Ala., 

 chairman of the Exhibit Committee. 

 J. C. C. Puke. Auburn, Ala. 



Secreta ry-'l' reasuier. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 

 Boston. Mass.— .Aloses Penn. florist. 

 35 Hollander street, voluntary petition 

 in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $6,0.'57. no 

 assets. 



