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HORTICULTUEE 



November 4, 1915 



BULBS BOXWOODS JOHNSON & MiLLANG, Inc., Auctioneers 



Do Not Forget Salesdays — Monday and Thursday 

 Consignments Solicited 



Coogan Building, 55 57 Wot 26th Street, New York 



Under Cut Flower Exchange) 



Salesdays Monday and Thursday at 10 A. M. 



10,000 square feet devoted to our auction business 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE 



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NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY AS- 

 SOCIATION OF PLANT 

 GROWERS. 



The members ot this association en- 

 joved their annual visit of inspection 

 to the various establishments of the 

 New Jersey members on October 25. 

 The party numbered twenty-three and 

 the usual good time was had. All the 

 places visited were found to be in ele- 

 gant shape and promising tor the com- 

 ing plant season. These included the 

 following establishments: 



F H Dressel, Weehawken; H. C. 

 Steinhoff, West Hoboken: Henry Bau- 

 raann. West Hoboken; J. H. Fiesser, 

 North Bergen; H. Schmidt, North Ber- 

 gen- Herman Scholzel, New Durham; 

 Paul Rickert, North Bergen; Lehnig & 

 Winnefeld, Hackensack; Madsen & 

 Christensen, Woodridge; Julius 

 Roehrs Co., Rutherford; Bobbink & 

 Atkins, Rutherford; Paul Fischer 

 Woodridge; Emil Savoy, Secaucus; 

 Carl A, Woerner, Secaucus. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



The following report of new chrys- 

 anthemums exhibited at Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, Oct. 28, has been submitted by 

 the committee appointed by the so- 

 ciety: 



By The E. G. Hill Co.. Richmond. 

 Ind.: Name of variety, Richmond; 

 color, yellow; Inc.; points com., 87; 

 name ot variety, Nephetos; color, 

 white; Inc., Jap; points com., 86. 



By Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, 

 Mich.; Name of variety, Yondota; 

 color, pink; Jap. Inc.; points com., 86. 

 Name ot variety. Smith's Imperial; 

 color, white, Inc.; points com., 95. 

 Name of variety, October Herald; col- 

 or, golden bronze; Jap. Refl.; points 

 com., 90. 



By C. C. Pollworth Co., Milwaukee, 

 Wis.: Name of variety, Mrs. C. C. 

 Pollworth; color, yellow; Inc.; points 

 Com., 86. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The following described rose has 

 been offered tor registration by Fred. 

 Breltmeyer, Mount Clemens, Mich.: 



Raiser's Description. 



"Rose, Pink Ophelia. Color, a beau- 

 tiful shade of rose pink. A sport from 

 Ophelia, but a stronger and more vig- 

 orous grower than the parent. Origi- 

 nated with us two y£ars ago." 



Benj. Hammond, Sec. 



Beacon, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1916. 



Meetings Next Week 



,l|i Monday, Nov. 6. 



Bcruardsville Horticultural So- 

 cietv. Horticultural Hall, Bernards- 

 ville. N. J. 



Elbcron Hurticultural Society, 

 ill! Fire Hall, Elberon, N. J. 



Houston Florists' Club, Chamber 

 of Commerce Rooms, Houston, Tex. 

 Montreal Ganleners' and Florists' 

 Club, Montreal, Canada. 



New Bedford Horticultural So- 

 cietv. New Bedford. Mass. 



Washington Florists Club, Wash- 

 iugton. D. C. 



Tuesday, Nov. 7. 



Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Hol.voke and Northampton, Mass. 



Lake Geneva Gardeners' and Fore- 

 men's Association, Horticultural j]j.:| 

 Hall, Lake Geneva, Wis. 



Los Angeles County Horticultural 

 Society. Los Angeles, Cal. 



Paterson Floricultural Society, Y. 

 M. C. A. Bldg., Paterson, X. J. 



Philadelphia Florists' Club, Hor- 

 ticultural Hall. Philadelphia, Pa. 



IMttsburgh Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club. Fort Pitt Hotel. Pitts- 

 burgh. Pa. 



Wednesday, Nov. 8. 



Cincinnati Florists' Society, Jabez 

 Elliott Flower Market, Cincinnati, O. 



Dutchess County Horticultural So- 

 cietv. Fallkill Bldg., Poughkeepsle, 

 N. Y. 



Lenox Horticultural Society, Lenox, 

 Mass. 



Morris County Florists' and Gar- 

 deners* Society. Madison, N. J. 



Nassau Count.v Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Pemlirnke Hall. Glen Cove, 

 N. Y.- 

 Thursday, Nov. 9. 



Menio Park Horticultural Society, 

 Menio Park, Calif. 



New London Horticultural Society. 

 Municipal Bldg.. New London, Conn. 



Friday, Nov. 10 



Connecticut Horticultural So- 

 ciety. County Building, Hartford, 

 Conn. 



Westchester and Fairfield Horti- 

 cultural Society, Doran's Hall, 

 Greenwich. Conn. 



Saturday, Nov. 11. 



Dobbs Ferry Gardeners' Associa- 

 I tion, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 



There is to be a guessing party in 

 Washington Tuesday evening, Novem- 

 ber 7, when the members of the Flor- 

 ists' Club get together for the regu- 

 lar monthly meeting. In-as-much as 

 the date of the meeting is also the 

 date of the national election it Is not 

 expected that there will be very much 

 other than politics discussed at that 

 time. The members are to be Invited 

 to submit their guesses on how the 

 elections will go. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



Secretary Ammann of Ihe Illinois 

 f>iate Horticultural Association In- 

 forms us that all the indications point 

 to a grand exhibition at Bloomington 

 oil November 9 and 10. Flowers for 

 this event should be shipped to the 

 Coliseum, in care of Washburn & 

 Sons. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 had as guests at its monthly meeting 

 at the Parker House on Wednesday 

 evening, Nov. 1, H. A. Barnard, rep- 

 resenting Stuart Low & Co., England; 

 W. C. Stickel, president of the Flow- 

 er Exchange, and Col. W. W. Castle. 

 The table decorations of chrysanthe- 

 mums, roses and carnations were by 

 Peter Fisher. 



At its meeting on October 25, the 

 Ne-wport (R. I.) Horticultural Society 

 declined the invitation of the Newport 

 Garden Club to hold a joint exhibition 

 next summer, with the Newport Gar- 

 den Association and the Garden Club, 

 the Garden Association having already 

 declined the invitation on the ground 

 that it had already made its plans for 

 the summer. James Robertson, gar- 

 dener for Mrs. T. O. Richardson, ex- 

 hibited a seedling dahlia, named Mrs. 

 Otis P, Chapman, and the society 

 awarded it a first-class certificate. 



THE BOY SCOUTS IN AGRICUL- 

 TURE. 



The requirements as listed below, for 

 a Boy Scout badge of merit in agricul- 

 ture show a well devised plan for en- 

 couraging boys to attain proficiency 

 in practical things. To obtain a merit 

 badge for agriculture, a scout must: 



1. Explain the nature ot soil, its texture, 

 its need of water, ot air, and of plant and 

 animal life; what the soil does for the 

 plant, and how the soil may be improved. 



2 Make a seed tester and test the germi- 

 nation of three chosen varieties of seed — 

 100 seeds of each variety. 



X Identify and describe ten common 

 weeds of the community and tell how best 

 to eliminate tliem. 



4. Identify six common insect pests, tell 

 what plants they usually infest, and how 

 best to control them. 



5. Have a practical knowledge, for his 

 locality, of plowing, cultivating, harrowing, 

 disking, draining, and harvesting, and the 

 purposes of each. Describe also the farm 

 implements used in each case. 



fi. Tell how plants are propagated — by 

 seeds, roots, cuttings, tubers, buds and 

 grafts. Explain where plants get their food 

 and how they grow. 



7. Explain how to read a weather map, 

 know weather signals, and the making of 

 local observations. 



8. Name and distinguish ten common 

 birds of his locality, and state their value 

 to the farmer. 



