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HORTICULTURE 



September 16, 1916 



American Institute, whose office is at 

 322 W. 23d St., New York, tut all in- 

 formation relating to the Dahlia 

 Society, its work, membership and 

 publications should be addressed to 

 J. Harrison Dick, 1426 73d St., Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



At the next meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club of Boston to 

 be held at Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 on Tuesday evening, September 19, at 

 8 o'clock. Prof. E. H. Forbush. State 

 Ornithologist of Massachusetts will de- 

 liver a stereopticon. lecture on "How 

 the birds help us and how we help the 

 birds." Mr. Forbush is an able and 

 most interesting speaker and his sub- 

 ject being of supreme importance to 

 every gardener and florist should at- 

 tract a large audience. When the 

 business session is completed a colla- 

 tion will be served, followed by danc- 

 ing. Ladies are cordially invited to 

 be present on this occasion. 



W. N. Craig, Secretary. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES 



The monthly meeting of the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society will be 

 held in the Public Library, Provi- 

 dence, R. I., on Wednesday, Sept. 20. 

 Prof. Paul Corriveau, Rhode Island 

 State College, will lecture on fall work 

 in the orchard. Business meeting. 

 7.45 p. m. Lecture at 8 p.m. 



Erxest K. Thomas. Sec. 



State College, Kingston, R. I. 



The first annual exhibition of the 

 Sayville, N. Y.. Garden Club, held last 

 week, surpassed all the expectations 

 of the members, the combined exhib- 

 its making one of the most beautiful 

 flower shows held on Long Island. 

 The Sayville Opera House was taxed 

 to its capacity in housing the exhibits, 

 and in caring for the large throngs 

 that attended the three sessions. 



Among the prize winning exhibits 

 were the following: Dahlias — J. S. 

 Griffing, Flemington, N. J.; John 

 Lewis Childs. Flowerfield: Jos. A. 

 Becvar, Sayville. Gladioli — John Lewis 

 Childs. Hardy Perennials — Miss Min- 

 nie Foster. Dinner Table Decoration 

 — Jos A. Becvar. Evergreens — Swan 

 River Nurseries, Patchogue. Annuals, 

 Asters, etc. — Mrs. F. S. Jones, gard. 

 R. Kellenberg; Mrs. E. W. Belts, gard. 

 Edw'd Berry; Mrs. R. W. Caldwell, 

 Bayport. gard. D. Kwaak; Mrs. W. L. 

 Suydam, Blue Point. 



There was a large attendance at the 

 annual flower show which opened in 

 the town hall, Andover, Mass., on 

 Friday afternoon. September 9, and 

 the exhibition, although the entries 

 were not so numerous as in previous 

 years, was well up to the high stand- 

 ard in quality. At night the attend- 

 ance increased and those present were 

 greatly pleased with the exhibition. 



Pettier, Fiske. Rawson Co.. of Bos- 

 ton had an exhibit of gladioli as did 

 J. H. Playdon and H. P. Chase and the 

 two Andover florists' exhibits were 

 the best ever seen here. John NicoU, 

 M. E. Gutterson, Thomas Low and 

 William A. Trow were the principal 

 prize winners. The judges were 

 George Westland of North Andover, 

 Frank Leith of Haverhill and George 

 MacLeod of Lawrence. 



PROPOSED NORTH SHORE HORTI- 

 CULTURAL BUILDING. 



The accompanying picture shows 

 the architect's drawing of the pro- 

 posed new building for the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society, to be 

 erected at Manchester, Mass. 



The plans call for a building 88 by 

 70 feet, including two wings, the ex- 

 terior to be of stucco and the interior 

 of rough plaster. The exhibition hall 

 will be 40x60 feet, having movable 

 seats to accommodate 500 persons, 



with a gallery extending across the 

 refar and halfway along two sides to 

 seat 160 more. There will be a stage 

 24x18 feet. The wings will contain 

 dressing rooms, coat rooms, toilets, 

 and the basement a large banquet hall, 

 kitchen, dressing rooms for the stage, 

 toilets, heating plant, etc. The build- 

 ing will be heated by steam and 

 lighted by electricity. 



The contract price for the building 

 complete, exclusive of furnishings, is 

 .$23,500. One member of the society 

 has already contributed .$2000 to the 

 fund, which is to be raised by sub- 

 scription, and several other pledges of 

 $500 each have been received. It is 

 expected construction will begin in a 

 few weeks. 



DURING RECESS. 

 Greenwood Florist Employees' Asso- 

 ciation. 



Labor Day was observed by mem- 

 bers of the Greenwood Florist Em- 

 ployes' Association of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 with an outing at Green Island. The 

 affair was the first to be conducted 

 by the organization. In athletic 

 events winners were: James Daly, 

 fat men's race, 100 yards; John Wat- 

 son, one mile walk; Frank Keating, 

 one and one-half mile swim; Daniel 

 L. Donovan, sack race; James Ken- 

 nedy, potato race; James Daly, low 

 hurdle race, 500 yards; John Lyons, 

 880-yard run. The officers of the or- 

 ganization are: James J. Daly, presi- 

 dent; James J. Kennedy, vice-presi- 

 dent; George Gru, treasurer; John 

 Watson, secretary. 



Winterport, Me. — The greenhouses 

 of Wesley Nickerson were badly dam- 

 aged in the electrical storm and heavy 

 hail of August 23. 



Obituary 



James Fitzgerald. 

 James Fitzgerald, formerly promi- 

 nent in the retail florist trade, died 

 in Long Island City, N. Y., on Septem- 

 ber 4, aged 74 years. 



Wm. T. Bell. 

 William T. Bell, founder of the Bell 

 Floral Company now conducted by 

 his sons in FYanklin, Pa., was in- 

 stantly killed by a train on the Erie 

 railroad while walking on the track 

 on August 29. Mr. Bell was 73 years 

 of age and was a native of Eals, 

 Northumberland County, England. 



John W. Graham. 

 An attack of indigestion, from which 

 he bad suffered for some time, proved 

 fatal to John W. Graham, secretary 

 and treasurer of the Philadelphia 

 Lawn Mower Company, who died at 

 his home. No. 6378 Overbrook avenue, 

 Philadelphia, on Wednesday, Septem- 

 ber 6. He was 59 years old and a 

 graduate of Chester Military Acad- 

 emy. His widow survives him. 



William J. Newton. 

 Wm. J. Newton, florist, of Norfolk, 

 Va., died of typhoid fever on August 

 29, aged 33 years. Mr. Newton was an 

 enterprising young man, a credit to 

 the flower business and of attractive 

 personality. He was building up a 

 very prosperous business and his de- 

 mise in early manhood will be deeply 

 regretted by many friends in the trade 

 who knew him and liked him. He 

 leaves a widow and two children. 

 Three brothers are all engaged in the 

 florist business in Norfolk. 



Henry A. Salzer. 



Henry A. Salzer, president of the 

 John A. Salzer Seed Company, of La 

 Crosse, Wis., was instantly killed in 

 an automobile accident on August 22, 

 near Dresbach, Minn. 



Mr. Salzer was born January 23, 

 1855, at Dutch Creek, Iowa, and was 

 the second son of John A. Salzer, 

 founder of the John A. Salzer Seed 

 Co. After the death of the elder Sal- 

 zer in 1892, Henry A. Salzer became 

 head of the concern, which under his 

 management has become one of the 

 leading seed houses in the country. 



Mr. Salzer had also other large in- 

 terests aside from the seed business, 

 among these being the La Crosse 

 Floral Company. Mr. Salzer is sur- 

 vived by his wife and two children. 



Mrs. James T. Aldous. 

 Mrs. James T. Aldous, mother of 

 Artliur Herrington, died on Sunday 

 morning, September 3, aged 76 years. 

 Mrs. Aldous was born at Tangmer, 

 Sussex, England, and was married to 

 William Herrington at the age of 21. 

 Five children of this marriage sur- 

 vive. Mrs. Aldoiis came to America 

 in 1907, accompanied by two daugh- 

 ters, on a visit to her son In Madison, 

 N. J. She met James T. Aldous in 



