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HOBTICULTUBE 



September 23, 1916 



NEW YORK STATE FEDERATION 

 OF HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 

 A meeting of the State Federation 

 of Horticultural Societies was held at 

 the State Fair in Syracuse on Septem- 

 ber 14, 1916. Vice-President E. A. 

 Bates of Syracuse presided. There 

 was a good attendance at the meeting, 

 and various reports were given on the 

 work of the different committees dur- 

 ing the past year. A committee con- 

 sisting of Messrs. JlcCarthy, Thorpe 

 and White was appointed to draw up 

 suitable resolutions on the death of 

 President Wm. F. Kasting. 



It was the opinion of the Federa- 

 tion that its work would be more 

 effective if there were more meetings 

 during the year. It was, therefore, 

 voted to hold an annual meeting at 

 New York State Fair Grounds in Syia- 

 cuse during State Fair Week, a second 

 meeting at Cornell during Farmers' 

 Week, a meeting in New York City 

 during the Spring Flower Show, and 

 a fourth meeting with some society 

 of the Federation at such time as the 

 President might designate. It was 

 voted to provide for an executive 

 board to consist of the President. 

 Secretary and Treasurer of the State 

 Federation of Horticultural Societies 

 and the president of each affiliated 

 society in the Federation. 



The officers elected for the ensuing 

 year were as follows; 



President, F. R. Picison. Tarrytown ; 

 First Vice-President. Dr. E. A. Bates. 

 Syracuse: Second Vice-President, fieorjre 

 McCarthy, Syracuse; Third A'ice-President, 

 C. H. Vick, Rochester; Fourth Vice-Presi- 

 dent, George E. Thorpe. Syracuse; Fifth 

 Vice-President. F. A. Tanker. Albany ; 

 Secretary. E. A. White. Itliaca ; Treasurer. 

 W. A. Adams, Buffalo. 



It was voted to appoint a commit- 

 tee of the Federation to confer with 

 the Horticultural Council in regard 

 to an appropriation for a Horticul- 

 tural Building at the New York State 

 Fair. The members elected to this 

 committee were President Pierson 

 and Messrs. Bates, Lumsden, Work- 

 man and Thorpe. 



E. A. White, Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The September meeting of the Flor- 

 ist Club was held at the Sanders Nur- 

 sery Co. in St. Louis County on Thurs- 

 day. September 14. The members met 

 in the wholesale district and the trip 

 was made in decorated automobiles. 

 After a walk through tlie greenhouses 

 and nursery grounds the meeting 

 was held on the lawn. The show 

 committee reported that the Spring 

 Flower Show would be held in Armory 

 Hall, March, 1917, and that the show 

 was incorporated as the St. Louis 

 Flower Show Association. F. J. Fill- 

 more and C. C. Sanders were appoint- 

 ed to install the new officers, as fol- 

 lows; Jules Bourdet, president; Aug. 

 H. Hummert, vice-president; J. J. 

 Windier, secretary; W.C.Smith, treas- 

 urer; F. A. Windier, trustee. The re- 

 tiring officers— J. J. Beneke, for the 

 past ten years secretary, and W. S. 

 Wells, vice-president— were given a 

 rising vote of thanks for their good 

 ■work while In office. The meeting 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, Sept. 25. 



Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Rhode Island. Swartz Hall, Provi- 

 dence. R. I. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore. Florist Exchange Hall, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



Tuesday, Sept. 26. 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 Newport, R. I. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytown. N. Y. 



American Dahlia Society. New 

 York. 



Wednesday, Sept. 27. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society. 

 Oyster Bay. N. Y. 



then adjourned and refreshments were 

 served on the lawn by Misses Laura 

 and Jessie Sanders. The next meet- 

 ing will be held on October 12 at the 

 St. Louis Wholesale Cut Flower Co.'s 

 new home. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The September meeting of this club, 

 held on Tuesday evening. September 

 19. was a most enjoyable affair and an 

 auspicious opening of the season of 

 1916-17. Fully two hundred and fifty, 

 of whom at least one-half were ladies 

 were present to enjoy the stereopticon 

 lecture on "Birds and Their Value to 

 Gardeners and Florists. " Another at- 

 traction was the promise of a colla- 

 tion and then dancing to follow the 

 lecture. 



Mr. Forbush showed a large number 

 of prettily colored pictures of wild 

 birds in various positions and activi- 

 ties, many of them obtained only after 

 the exercise of much ingenuity and 

 patience. The lecttire was convincing 

 as to the necessity of protection for 

 the native birds in order to cope with 

 toe insect invasions. Mr. Forbush's 

 antiphathy to the English sparrow 

 drew out several members in defence 

 of this much berated emigrant. 



The younger members tarried and 

 indulged in dancing until close to the 

 midnight hour. 



At the October meeting of the club 

 "Chrysanthemums" will be the sub- 

 ject. In November there will be a 

 stereopticon lecture on "Tree Sur- 

 gery," and in December one on "Green- 

 house Construction." 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Fruit and Vegetable Exhibition 

 of the Massachusetts Harticultural 

 Society will be held in Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, on Saturday and Sun- 

 day, October 7 and 8. The hall will 

 be open lor exhibits of new, rare or 

 improved varieties of plants, flowers, 

 fruits and vegetables, for which suit- 

 able recognition will be made on Sat- 

 urday afternoon, September 23, and 

 Saturday afternoon, October 21. 



The Grand Autumn Exhibition will 

 open on Wednesday, November 1, and 

 close on Sunday night, November 5. 

 This latter is a "pay show." The 

 others are free to the public. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this society 

 on September 13 was the best attend- 

 ed of the season. A letter was re- 

 ceived from Henry Gibson tendering 

 his resignation as secretary, he being 

 about to locate elsewhere, and Ernest 

 Westlake was appointed secretary pro 

 tem. During his term of office Mr. 

 Gibson proved to be a most capable 

 official and we deeply regret losing his 

 services. He carries the best wishes 

 of all his fellow members to his new 

 location. The schedule of the Chrys- 

 anthemum Show, 53 classes, was read 

 and approved. In all but a very few 

 classes competition is open to all. 

 James Gladstone was appointed man- 

 ager for the Dahlia Show to be held 

 on October 5 with Thomas Twigg as 

 assistant. An essay on "Mushrooms 

 and Their Culture" was read by 

 Joseph Robinson, describing the vari- 

 ous types of edible fungi and the dis- 

 tinguishing characteristics of the poi- 

 sonous varieties. Two essays received 

 from the National Convention of Gar- 

 deners were very favorably received. 



Awards were made to the following 

 exhibits; Jos. Robinson 1st for rausk- 

 raelon; F. Petroccia 1st for corn, and 

 lima beans, also vote of thanks for 

 new Honeysweet corn. 



James McC.vrthy, Cor. Sec. 



SEWICKLEY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Sewickley (Pa.) Horticultural Society 

 was held on Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the 

 Odd Fellows Hall. The coming show, 

 on Sept. 22 and 23, was up for discus- 

 sion and a final committee of arrange- 

 ments appointed. W'm. Thomson, Sr., 

 showed some orchids and Thos. Stur- 

 gis showed a collection of gladioli, 

 also some very fine seedling dahlias 

 of the Indian family type. A vote of 

 thanks was accorded the exhibitors. 

 Reports of the Field Day, held on Aug. 

 30, showed the picnic to have been a 

 success in every way. The Societ.v ex- 

 tended a vote of thanks to Mrs. Wm. 

 Thaw for her kindness in granting the 

 freedom of her estate for the day. 

 Applications were received for five 

 new members. 



M. CURRAX. 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The September show of the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society was 

 held in the Narragansett Hotel, Provi- 

 dence, on September 12 and 13. There 

 was a grand display of dahlias, gladi- 

 oli, asters and roses, as well as fruit 

 and vegetables and the public attend- 

 ance was very large. W. D. Hathaway 

 and Miss Nellie Jilson were large win- 

 ners in the professional dahlia classes. 

 J. P. Rooney received a gold medal 

 for his dahlia Mrs. Frederick Grinnell. 

 and Geo. L. Stillman got a like award 

 for his Millionaire. Roger Williams 

 Park put up a showy table of flowers. 

 The next exhibition will be in Novem- 

 ber. 



