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HOKTICULTUEE 



August 26, 1916 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Special prizes to be awarded at tbe 

 annual exhibition, Philadelpbia, No- 

 vember 8th, 1916. 



Class A— C. S. A. Silver Cup for tlie 

 best Seedling not disseminated— 6 blooms 

 X)ne variety on long stems. 



Class B— C. S. A. Silver Cup for the 

 best display of Pompons. 10 vases, 10 varie- 

 ties, 6 sprays not less than 18 inches long 

 to a vase and 10 vases of 12 single-stems, 

 disbudded, not less than 18-inch stems. 



Class C— President's Cup, value $25, for 

 the best 10 blooms any one variety of 

 Chrysanthemums on long stems. Offered by 

 William Kleinhelnz, President C. S. A. 



Class D— Henry A. Dreer Prize, $10.00. 

 lor the best 10 blooms, one variety, on long 

 sterns, white. 



Class E — Hosea Waterer Prize, $10.00, for 

 the best 10 blooms, one variety, on long 

 stems, yellow. 



Class F— Philip J. Foley Prize, $10.00, 

 for the best 10 blooms, one variety, on lone 

 stems, pink. 



Class G — Robert Craig Co. Prizes, $15.00 

 and $10.00. for vase 50 sprays Pompons on 

 long stems. 



Class H— Henry F. Michell Co. Cup, 

 value $2o.OO, for the best vase of 25 Cbrvs- 

 anthemus on long stems, five or more varie- 

 ties. 



Class I— Henry F. Michell Co., Gold, Silver 

 and Bronze Medals, for 12 blooms, 12 varie- 

 ties, short stems. 



e,o 12>^I J— Chas. H. Totty Prizes, $1.5.00 and 

 JIO.OO for SIX flowers Wm. Rigby Chrysan- 

 themum. 



sinm f ^Z.\,'^- "'" P"^''''' *130» and 

 *10.00 for 10 blooms introductions of 1916 

 not less than 5 varieties, on long stems. 



S /-'„J^^''"<^"" ^- Smith Prizes, $10.00 

 and $0.00 for the best 12 blooms of Artista. 

 -Open to private gardeners only 

 *.. i!^^» ^'rrHarry K. Converse Prize, for 

 the best G blooms of Chrysanthemum Harry 

 t. Converse on long stems. 



Class N— -Lord & Burnham Co., Gold 

 Watch or Gold Medal, for 3 varieties, 6 

 „'?°?;-^ "^ ?'"^'' 0° l"ng stems. Open to 

 private gardeners only 



Class O—Wells-Tot'ty Gold, Silver and 

 Bronze Medals, for 3 blooms "Yellow Tur 



Class P— Hltchings & Co. Cup, for 10 

 steni"^ '"' "''^^'"^- one variety, on long 



Cla.ss Q—Xational Association of Garden- 

 ers Silver Medal, for blooms, 6 varieties 

 long stems in one vase. Open' to members 

 onl.^ Association of Gardeners 



Entries must be made to David 

 Rust, Secretary, Penn. Horticultural 

 Society, Phila. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Secretary. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS- 

 CLUB. 



A regular meeting of the club was 

 lield on the 10th, one week previous to 

 our regular date. In order to be con- 

 sistent and follow the calendar I am 

 not reporting it until the proper time. 

 This meeting was called for the map- 

 ping out of plans for the Flower Show, 

 November 9. 10 and 11, and if the 

 number of members present are any 

 indication of the enthusiasm we will 

 have for the show then its success is 

 assured. 



It was decided to make a great 

 ■ettort to get a large display from the 

 amateurs and to this end special 

 prizes will be offered for both out 

 door stock and for lliat grown under 

 glass. In the trade there will be no 

 ■direct competition but several medals 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



Sept. 2-9, Cleveland. — Industrial 

 Exposition and Fair, Edgewater 1 

 Park. ' 



Sept. 12-13, Providence, B. 1.— 



Rhode Island Horticultural Society, 

 Narragansett Hotel. 



Sept. 11-16, Syracuse, N. Y.— 



Seventy-Sixth Annual New York 

 State Fair. 



and special prizes will be ollered for 

 the best collections, etc. 



As halt of the net proceeds are to 

 be given toward the erection of an 

 armory for Lancaster it is proposed 

 to work up publicity along these lines 

 and Albert M. Herr was delegated to 

 attend to the publicity end of the 

 show. Mr. Rosnosky for the H. h'. 

 Michell Co. gave us a few very useful 

 pointers. T. J. Nolan, the other visi- 

 tor at this meeting, remained diplo- 

 matically quiet when a question was 

 read from the question box asking 

 what influence the great increase of 

 glass would have on the market next 

 winter. 



The writer suggested that we ar- 

 range for a trip to Whitemarsh, Md., 

 to see our friend Richard Vincent, Jr. 

 and his establishment and it v.as de- 

 cided to leave the arrangement for 

 the trip to the maker of tl:e sugges- 

 tion and to nmke a more complete re- 

 port at the next meeting. This trip 

 will be by automobile if enough ma- 

 chines can be secured, or by iraia if 

 unable to secure enough niacliines. 

 Ira Landis displayed some beautiful 

 gladioli at this meeting. This exhi- 

 bition end of our meetings is falling 

 down and should be looked after as 

 It adds 40 per cent to a meeting to 

 know that you are going to see some 

 new stock 01 to see some old stock 

 especially well done. 



A. M. Hf.i'.i;. 



SEWICKLEY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this so- 

 ciety was held at Wessenauers Flower 

 Store Monday, Aug. 14, with a good 

 attendance. A hall at 504 Proad 

 street having been engaged the so- 

 ciety in the future will meet on the 

 second Tuesday of each mont)i at 

 above address. The constitution and 

 by-laws were drawn up and passed on. 

 The members unanimously agreed to 

 stage an exhibition of flowers, fruits 

 and vegetables on Friday and Satur- 

 day, Sept. 22 and 23. Mr. Wessenauer 

 has placed his show and greenhouse 

 at the disposal of the Society for this 

 event and it is to be hoped the mem- 

 bers will seize this opportunity to 

 show the people of Sewickley samples 

 of their skill. It was also agreed to 

 hold a picnic on Wednesday afternoon 

 Aug. 30. Excellent progress is being 

 made by this Society and a large num- 

 ber of new members is looked for at 

 the next meeting. 



M. CuBRAN, Secy. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



The Ladies Society of American 

 Florists held their annual meeting in 

 the parlors of the Rice Hotel, Hous- 

 ton, on Wednesday, August 16. 



The second vice-president, Mrs. R. <;. 

 Kerr, of Houston, presided in the ab- 

 sence of the president, Mrs. John 

 Vallance, of Oakland, Calif., who sent 

 a letter of regret. The first vice-pres- 

 ident, Mrs. W. W. Coles, of Kokoma, 

 Ind., was not present. In the absence 

 of Jlrs. George Smith, of Cleveland, 

 Miss Pearl B. Fulmer, of Des Moines, 

 Iowa, was elected secretary pro tern, 

 and read letters of regret from Mrs. 

 Smith who could not attend because 

 of the illness of her husband. Mrs. A. 

 M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa., treasurer, 

 was not in attendance because she was 

 unable to take so long a trip. MiniUes 

 were read and approved. Treasurer's 

 report was read and approved. The 

 election of officers resulted as follows: 

 President, Miss Pearl B. Fulmer, Des 

 Jloines. Iowa ; lirst vice-president. Mrs. R. 

 C. Kerr. Houston, Tex. ; second vice-presi- 

 dent, Mrs. Julius Roehrs, Rutherford, N. J.; 

 .secretary, Mrs. Chas. H. Alaynard, Akron, 

 (>. ; treasurer, Mrs. A. M. Herr, Lancaster, 

 Pa.; directors: Mrs. Joseph A. Manda, New 

 Jersey; Mrs. J. F. Wilcox, Iowa; Mrs. 

 George H. Cooke. Washington, D. C. ; Mrs. 

 J. G. Hancock. Illinois: Mrs. Fred Howard, 

 California; Mrs. Patrick Welch, Massachu- 

 setts. 



FLORISTS ARE INVITED TO 



CLEVELAND. 

 We desire to extend an invitation to 

 all Florists in the central states to 

 come to Cleveland between September 

 2nd and 9th to see the First Early Fall 

 Open Air Flower Show ever staged in 

 Cleveland. 



This being about the last week be- 

 fore the actual Fall season begins for 

 retailers, as well as growers and 

 wholesalers, we look for a large at- 

 tendance from western New York, 

 Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana and 

 all of Ohio. 



We call to the attention of every 

 one the pleasant triangle water trip 

 taking in Cleveland, Detroit and Buf- 

 falo, being three nights on the water 

 and spending as much time as you de- 

 sire in each of these live lake cities. 



In addition to the Flower Show we 

 offer some thrilling attractions, among 

 them being Miss Marjorie Stinson, 19- 

 year-old girl aviator, who will fly 

 twice each day. A 23-act Open Air 

 Hipprodrom filled with thrills. A fine 

 exhibit of live stock from O. C. Bar- 

 ber's famous "Anna Dean" Farm, val- 

 ued at $100,000. Seven Industrial 

 Shows in addition to the Flower Show 

 Section. 



This will really be the biggest event 

 Cleveland has seen for a long time. 

 We want you to come. We will look 

 for you. Make up a party and take 

 this last jaunt of the season. 



(Signed) The Entire Committee: 

 Frank A. Friedley, H. P. Knoble, 

 Chris. B. Wilhelmy, E. A. Bause, O. P. 

 Blackman, Geo. Jacques, Robert 

 Weeks, Timothy Smith, Chairman. 



