HOETICULTUBE 



October 28, 1916 



CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF 



NURSERYMEN. 



The sixth annual meet of the Cali- 

 fornia Association of Nurserymen was 

 held in the Convention Hall Of the 

 Civic Recreation Building. Santa Bar- 

 bara, October 26, .27 and 28, 1916. The 

 program of papers and topics for dis- 

 cussion included the following: 



Production, Prices, Salesmanship 

 and Credits, by George C. Roeding, 

 President Fancher Creek Nurseries, 

 Fresno. 



Horticultural L a w s. Pomologists 

 and Plantsmen. by (Jeorge H. Hecke, 

 State Horticultural Commissioner, 

 Sacramento. 



Transportation Freight Rates as Af- 

 fecting the Development of Califor- 

 nia's Nursery Industry, by Chas. W. 

 Ward, President Cottage Garden .Xur- 

 series. Eureka. 



California Native Plants in Our 

 Parks and Gai-dens, by Theodore 

 Payne, California Wild Flower Sjie- 

 cialist. Los Angeles. 



The Orange and Lemon in an Art 

 Atmosphere, by F. N. Renfro, Secre- 

 tary National Orange Sliow. San Ber- 

 nardino. 



Standardization of Commercial Nur- 

 sery Products, by Wni. T. Kirkman, 

 Jr., President Kirkman Nurseries, 

 Fresno. 



The Proposed California Pure Seed 

 Law, by George P. Weldon, Deputy 

 State Horticultural Commissioner, 

 Sacramento 



Commercial Bulb Growing in Cali- 

 fornia, by Colin H. Mclsaac, Secretary 

 Chamber of Commerce, Santa Bar- 

 bara. 



The Latest in Avocados and other 

 Tropical Fruits, by T. U. Barber. Hart 

 & Barber Avocado Company, Los An- 

 geles. 



Plant Immigrants in Our Parks and 

 Gardens, by Prof. R. T. Stevens, Land- 

 scape and Floriculture U. of C, Ber- 

 keley. 



The City Beautiful— Its Parks and 

 Boulevards. by Ernest Braunton, 

 Santa Barbara. 



The House Beautiful. Plants for 

 Porch and Interior Decorations, by 

 Mrs. Myrtle Shei)herd Francis, Ven- 

 tura. 



New Plants of Commercial Value to 

 the Trade, by D. W. Coolidge, Presi- 

 dent Coolidge Rare Plant Gardens. 

 Pasadena. 



Santa Barbara: A Mecca for Plant 

 Lovers, by Frank Ball, Santa Bar- 

 bara. 



Friday evening was Ladies' Night. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The principal features of the Octo- 

 ber session of this society was the 

 large attendance and_ fine exhibition 

 of flowers. The judges awarded cul- 

 tural certificates to Wm. Grehem for 

 bouvardia; high commedation to Robt. 

 Grunnert for carnations, and to An- 

 thon Pederson tor roses, also to the 



latter a vote of thanks for carnations, 

 miscellaneous flowers and grapes. P. 

 W. Poijp was highly commended for 

 gladioli, a cultural certificate liav- 

 ing been previously awarded. Every- 

 thing is in readiness for the Fall Ex- 

 hibition to be held this year in Green- 

 wich, Ct., October ?,1 to November 1. 

 A liandsome schedule of 121 classes 

 is in readiness for distribution. Valu- 

 able prizes of silverware, cut glass, 

 and cash are offered in all classes. .7. 

 H. Troy and F. Ei. Conine who were 

 visitors addressed the meeting briefly. 

 The next meeting will be held Nov. 

 10 when the nominations for officers 

 for 1917 will be in order. 



P. W. Popi-, Cor. Secy. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



Bulletin of Peony News, No. Z. to- 

 gether with the Proceedings of the 

 American Peony Society for 1916 has 

 been published by the Society and 

 sent out by Secretary Saunders from 

 whom copies may be had on applica- 

 tion, and who also, will no doubt be 

 pleased to answer any inquiries re- 

 garding the society's work and the 

 conditions of niembershii). The docu- 

 ment is a 30-page pamphlet and con- 

 tains the proceedings of the society, 

 a report on the New York exhibition 

 and on local exhibitions, a very val- 

 uable symposium of the newer foreign 

 varieties, a contribution on Paeoniu 

 lutea as a basis for cross-fertilization 

 by W. H. Thurlow, a chapter on peony 

 fragrance, notes from the secretary's 

 office and a list of the officers and 

 members of the society. 



According to the treasurer's report 

 the society has .$1,722.42 in the treas- 

 ury. Thirty-four new members were 

 elected at the New York meeting, and 

 the attendance at the exhibition to- 

 talled 16,082. The next meeting will 

 be held -in 1917 in Philadelphia. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



Thursday the 19th was worse than 

 any Friday the 13th ever heard or read 

 of, but in spite of all this twenty-two 

 loyal florists turned out to visit the 

 establishments in the vicinity of Lan- 

 caster. Five automobiles did the con- 

 veying act and everyone enjoyed the 

 trip. The first call was made on Ru- 

 dolph Nagel, "Chrysanthemum King" 

 of this section. He has all of the 

 good ones in fine shape along with a 

 few that are not living up to their 

 reputation, but this is always the case 

 where one buys all the novelties. 

 Pompons are exceptionally good. 

 Geraniums are grown as a side line 

 and we found sweet peas and mig- 

 nonette being started to take the 

 place now occupied with chrysanthe- 

 mums. At the B. F. Barr green- 

 houses was found everything pertain- 

 ing to the growing end of a retail es- 

 tablishment. Three houses of roses, 

 three of carnations, sweet peas, 

 daisies and every imaginable variety 

 of pot plant. A number of houses 

 have been remodeled, several new- 

 ones added and the whole place has 

 an appearance of jirosperity. 



From Barr's we went to Thos. R. 

 Fries, where stock is grown for the 

 market in great variety. Next door 

 to Fries is The Wheatland Green- 

 houses, under the management of the 

 writer, with .1. L. Lockard as the 

 grower, and as this stock had been 

 very much deteriorated Mr. Lockard 

 deserves credit for the flne condition 

 we found it on this visit. The output 

 this season will be chrysanthemums, 

 carnations and snapdragon. 



At President Harry Schroyer's we 

 found the storeman's usual assort- 

 ment, with chrysanthemums in the 

 majority. Many things cannot be 

 grown here on account of the smoke 

 from the railroad. At Secretary Frank 

 Kohr's. close by, we found sweet peas 

 and calendulas started for the ship- 

 ping trade, the balance being devoted 

 to market stock. 



At Enos Kohr's we saw over forty 

 tliousand carnations, not one plant 

 missing or any dead leaves. Chrysan- 

 themums were not grown extensively, 

 but what he had were immense flow- 

 ers on ten-foot stems. If there are 

 not a few houses added here next 

 summer it will not be the fault of this 

 winter's crop. 



At the next place visited, that of 

 Henry D. Rohrer, run under the su- 

 pervision of his two sons, carnations 

 are all planted in solid beds and look 

 perfectly at home. Chrysanthemums 

 are also largely grown, a good propor- 

 tion being BonnalTon, with a small 

 house devoted to novelties, a good 

 number of which are intended for our 

 show. They also have a house of 

 myosotis for cut flowers and primulas 

 Ijy the thousands. TJiere is never 

 any idle space here, one crop follow- 

 ing another in rapid succession. 



Lemon Landis grows a variety of 

 stock for the stores and ships (|uite 

 a bit during the year. He has several 



