HOBTICULTUBE 



September 9, 1916 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Coming Exhibitions 



Sept. 9-10. Boston. — Dahlia and 

 Fruit Exhibition, Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Horticultural 

 Hall. 



Sept. 11-16, Lonisville, Ky. — Ken- 

 tucky State Fair. 



Sept. 13-14, New Haven, Conn. — 



Eighty-fourth Annual E.xposition of 

 New Haven County Horticultural 

 Society in Republican Hall. 



Sept. 18, Orange, N. J. — Dahlia 

 and Horticultural exhibitions of the 

 New Jersey Floricultura! Society. 



Sept. 22-23, Paterson, N. J. — Fifth 

 annual Fall flower show of New Jer- 

 sey Floricultural Society at Young 

 Men's Christian Association Hall. 



Sept. 23, Maplewood, N. J. — Second 

 annual Dahlia exhibition. 



Sept. 26-28, New York, N. Y. — 



Anier. Dahlia Soc.'s annual show, in 

 Engineering BIdg.. 25 W. 39th St. 

 In conjunction with The American 

 Institute of the City of New York. 



Sept. 26-29, Cbicaso. — Vegetable 

 Growers' Association, Hotel La Salle. 

 Annual Convention and Trade Ex- 

 hibit. 



Oct. 7-8, Boston.— October Fruit and 

 Vegetable Exhibition, Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, Horticultural 

 Hall. 



Oct. 10-12, New Orleans, I.a.— 



Eighteenth Annual Convention Amer- 

 ican Association of Park Superin- 

 tendents. 



Oct. 26-27, Madison, N. J.— Twen- 

 tieth Annual Flower Show. Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' So- 

 ciety, James Assembly Hall. 



Oct. 27-29. Mount Kisco, N. Y.— 



Fall show of the Northern 'Westches- 

 ter County Hort. and Agri. Soc. 



Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Greenwich, Conn. — 



Fall Flower, Fruit and Vegetable 

 Show of the Westchester and Fair- 

 field Horticultural Society. 



Nov. 1-5, Boston.— Grand Autumn 

 Exhibition of Plants. Flowers. Fruits 

 and Vegetables. Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Horticultural Hall. 



Nov. 1 to 3, Tarrjtown, N. Y. 



Chrysanthemum show of the Tarry- 

 town Hort. Soc. in Music Hall. 



Nov. 8-10, New York.— Annual 



Chrysanthemum show of the Ameri- 

 can Institute. Engineering Society 

 BIdg.. 25-a3 V,-. 39th St;, New York. 



Nov. 9-11, 



fiower show. 



Lancaster, 



Nov. 9-12, New York— Fall exhibit 

 Horticultural Society of New York 

 at Museum of Natural History. 



Not. 11-19. New Orleans, La. — 



Flower show. 



Nov. 14-15, Providence, R. I._ 



Flower show of R. I. Hort. Soc. 



The Transactions of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society for 1916, 

 Part 1, has been received. Among the 

 lectures for the season of 191.5-16 here 

 published are "The Flowers and Gar- 

 dens of Japan," by E. H. Wilson, 

 "Garden Writings in America," by 

 Leonard Barron, "Methods Used in 

 Propagation of Plants," by T. D. Hat- 

 field, and "Sweet Pea Diseases and 

 Their Control," by Prof. J. J. Tauben- 

 haus. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The September meeting of the Phila- 

 delphia Club, held on Sept. 5th, was a 

 notable event, the bright particular 

 star being Eugene H. Michel, of 

 Dreers', on his favorite hobby, the 

 Canna, and right well did he acquit 

 himself. He brought with him from 

 the Riverton Nurseries specimens of 

 all the newest and most up-to-date 

 varieties and talked entertainly on the 

 merits and demerits of each. We hope 

 to secure a copy of his notes, as they 

 are well worthy off preservation in 

 printed form. The October feature 

 will be October glories in outdoor 

 flowers and the subject will be 

 handled by Wm. Saville of the Michell 

 Nurseries of Andalusia, a rising star 

 among the younger generation of ex- 

 pert growers, with a good overseas 

 reputation behind him, as well as wide 

 experience on this side. He will be 

 well worth listening to and his sub- 

 ject will be illustrated by an exhibit 

 of things in bloom at the specified 

 date — October 3d. The other proceed- 

 ings, such as nomination of officers, 

 etc., were matters of detail and of only 

 local interest. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The regular meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society will be held on 

 Monday. September 11 at Hotel Gib- 

 son, There will be bowling after the 

 meeting at nearby alleys. 



The St. Louis Florist CIul) will hold 

 its installation meeting at Sander's 

 nursery, September 14th. As usual 

 automobiles will be in waiting in the 

 wholesale district to convey the mem- 

 bers to the grounds. 



The preliminary schedule of the 

 flower show to be held June 1.3 to 16. 

 1917, under the auspices of the Garden 

 Club of Allegheny County, at Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., has been sent out. The 

 list of premiums is very liberal. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 of Boston, will hold its opening meet- 

 ing for the season, at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, on Tuesday evening, 

 September 19. It will be a "Ladies' 

 Night" with refreshments and danc- 

 ing. E. H. Furbush is scheduled to 

 give a stereopticon lecture on Birds. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 held its first session for the season at 

 the Parker House on Wednesday 

 evening, September 6. The table was 

 gorgeously decorated with seedling 

 gladioli by William Sim and Scotch 

 heather by William Anderson. When 

 such gladioli as Mr. Sim showed can 

 be grown from seed it would seem 

 almost superfluous to bother about 

 naming varieties for they were in all 

 respects equal to' the best class of 

 named sorts. 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday. Sept. 1 1, 



Cleveland Florists' Club, Hollen- 

 den Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore. Florists Exchange Hall, 

 Baltimore. Mrt, 



New York FlorLsts' Club, Grand 

 Opera House, New York City. 



Rochester Florists' Association, 95 

 Main St.. East Rochester, N. Y 



Tuesday, Sept. 12 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 Newport, R. I. 



Wednesday, Sept. 13. 



Cincinnati Florists' Society, Jabez 

 Elliott Flower Market, Cincinnati, O. 



Dutchess Countv Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Fallklll BIdg., Poughkeepsle, 

 N. Y. 



Lenox Horticultural Society, Lenox, 

 Mass. 



Morris County Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Society. Madison. N. J. 



Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, 

 N. Y. 



Thursday, Sept. 14, 



Menlo Park Horticultural Society, 

 Menlo Park. Calif^ 



New London Horticultural Society, 

 Municipal BIdg., New London, Conn. 



Friday, Sept. 15. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 Manchester, Mass. 



DURING RECESS. 



Holyoke and Northampton Club. 

 The annual picnic of the Holyoke 

 and Northampton Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Club was held Wednesday 

 afternoon, August 30, at the Gallivan 

 Brothers' farm at Smiths Ferry. More 

 than one hundred were present, in- 

 cluding the club members and their 

 families and invited guests. A feature 

 of the afternoon was the baseball 

 game between the married and single 

 men. R. S. Carey was captain of the 

 married men's team which won the 

 game, and Ned Hennessey of North- 

 ampton captained the defeated team of 

 single men. Visits of inspection were 

 paid to the local greenhouses. Visitors 

 from the state college at Amherst 

 and the Smith College greenhouses at 

 Northampton were present. 



The Garden Club, of Newport, has 

 purchased the property in Howard 

 street, known as the Bruen estate, run- 

 ning from Bellevue to Coggeshall ave- 

 nue. The stone villa and acre of land 

 will be used as the headquarters of the 

 club and minor exhibitions will be 

 held there, while the more elaborate 

 displays will be arranged on a larger 

 field. More property would be ac- 

 quired in another part of Newport, 

 where the horticultural exhibitions 

 will be held in the future. 



