HOET ICULTUEE 



November 25, 1916 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton, was held at Horticultural Hall 

 on Tuesday, Nov. 21. A large num- 

 ber of members were present and the 

 lecture of the evening was given by 

 John Davey of Kent, Ohio, well 

 known as "the Father of Tree Sur- 

 gery." The lecture was illustrat-^d 

 by lantern slides and entitled Tree, 

 Insect, Bird. Many of the members 

 expected a lecture on practical tree 

 surgery, but the subject was scarcely 

 touched upon, although many slides 

 were shown of good and bad tree 

 pruning carried out in various cities 

 throughout the states, also the 

 healthy healing effects of large 

 wounds that had been filled in and 

 braced by the Davey System, but the 

 lecturer failed to describe how the 

 process was carried out. .Most of the 

 slides were of birds, insects, cats, 

 rats, etc. The lecturer emphasized 

 the fact of providing plenty of mois- 

 ture at the roots during the growing 

 season to preserve trees in a good 

 healthy condition. 



Mr. Davey utterly condemned the 

 English sparrow and said he would 

 like to see every one in the U. S. A. 

 exterminated. The discussion was 

 slight and chiefly in opposition to his 

 remarks about the sparrow. 



It was decided to invite the Ameri- 

 can Carnation Society to hold their 

 annual convention in Boston in .Janu- 

 ary, 1918. The following officers 

 were nominated for the ensuing year: 

 President, James :\lethven; vice-pres- 

 ident, A. K. Rogers; secretary. W. N. 

 Craig; treasurer. Samuel J. Goddard; 

 executive committee, H. H. Bartsch, 

 \V. J. Kennedy. Peter M. Miller, 

 George Hamer. John F. Briry. Thos. 

 Coles, W. H. Judd. W. C. Rust. 



List of awards: Carnation No. 44, 

 shown by Littlefield & Wyman, N. 

 Abingdon, hon. mention: Carnation 

 No. 48a, shown by Littlefield & Wy- 

 man, report of merit; Carnation Nan- 

 cy, shown by S. J. Goddard. Framing- 

 ham, report of merit ; Carnations Doris 

 and Laddie, shown by S. J. Goddard, 

 report of merit tor each. Rosalia, by 

 the same exhibitor, report of superior 

 merit. Chrysanthemum, sport of white 

 seedling, by S. J. Goddard. report of 

 merit. 



SEWICKLEY HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the monthly meeting, held on 

 Tuesday, November 14, Vice-President 

 R. Boxel presided. The various com- 

 mittees of the chrysanthemum show 

 were given a vote of thanks for their 

 efficient services. For the coming 

 gardeners' convention in Washington. 

 J. Barnet has been appointed public- 

 ity committee for this district and a 

 good delegation should be on hand. 

 Nominations for officers for 1917 being 

 in order, the following were proposed: 

 President, John Barnet, R. Boxel, A. R. 

 Bousey, J. Carman; vice-president, A. 

 Davidson. Rol)ort Taylor: secretary. 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, Nov. 27. 



Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Rhode Island. Swartz Hall, Provi- 

 dence. R. I. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore. Florist Excbange Hall, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



Tuesday, Nov. 28. 



^'c\^■pol■t Horticultural Society, 

 Newport, R. I. 



Tarrvtown Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytown, K. Y. 



Friday, Dec. 1. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 Manchester, Mass. 



North .Shore Horticultural Society, 

 I Lake Forest, 111. 



rasadena Horticultural Society, 

 rasadena, Calif. 

 Yonkers Horticultural Society, 

 I Y'onkers. N. Y. 



lie's Park CuttaKe Gardeners 



Peop 

 Association. Paters 



Saturday, Dec. 



Pacific Coast Horticultura 

 San Francisco. Calif. 



Marcus Curran; treasurer. Wm. 

 Thomson, Jr.; executive committee, 

 Wm. Gillies, Wm. Thomson, A. E. 

 Bousey, A Davidson, R. Boxel, J. Car- 

 man. J. Barnet. Wm. Beele. J. Jones, W. 

 Curran and J. Barnett were appointed 

 to attend the next meeting of the Pitts- 

 burgh Florists' and Gardeners' Club and 

 the Western Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society and get tilings started on 

 the proposed Fall Show for 1917. II 

 was left to the executive committee to 

 arrange for a Ladies' .\ight in Janu- 

 ary. A most interesting paper from 

 the National Association of Gardeners 

 on "Horticulture as a Profession from 

 the Standpoint of a Gardener" was 

 al>Iy read by John Carman, to whom a 

 vote of thanks was accorded. Next four 

 meetings will be at 7.30 instead of S 

 P. M. Twenty-one applications for 

 membership were received. M. C. 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 



FLORIST'S AND GARDNER'S 



CLUB. 



The regular meeting was held jointly 

 with the M. A. C. Florist's and Gar- 

 dener's Club at Amherst, Nov. 13, 

 with the M. A. C. flower show as an 

 extra attraction members turned out 

 in good number and as usual the occa- 

 sion was one of profit and pleasure. It 

 was felt that a closer spirit of coopera- 

 tion between the two clubs would tend 

 to mutual advantage, and to this end 

 an open invitation was extended to the 

 members of each club to attend the 

 meetings of the other. A pleasing fea- 

 ture was the presentation by President 

 Butler, on liehalf of the club, of a cut 

 glass bowl to Prof. Nehrling in honor 

 of his recent marria,ge. 



G. H. Sinclair, D. J. Gallivan and R. 

 S. Cary. judges of the students' work 

 at the show, were called upon to ex- 

 plain the why and the wherefore of 

 their awards. They acquitted them- 

 selves nobly. After a social halt hour 

 members dispersed with the feeling 

 that it was an evening well spent. 



H. E, D. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 

 GARDENERS 



The plans have all been completed 

 for the annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners to be 

 held in Washington, D. C, Dec. 5 and 

 6. The New Ebbitt House has been 

 selected as the headquarters of the 

 association during the convention. The 

 lecture hall of the new Smithsonian 

 Institution has been placed at the dis- 

 posal of the association for its busi- 

 ness meetings. 



Members are requested to register 

 with the secretary at the association's 

 headquarters by nine o'clock on Tues- 

 day morning. Dec. 5, when they will 

 be furnished with complete details of 

 the two days' program, which will be 

 one full of interest and sufficient ac- 

 tivity to keep the visitors occupied 

 during their stay at Washington. 



While the purpose of holding the 

 convention will not be overlooked, it 

 has been decided to make the meet- 

 ings as lirief as possible without im- 

 pairing the business that is to come 

 before them, in order that the visit- 

 ing members may have all opportunity 

 possible to enjoy the many interesting 

 points in and around the Capitol city. 



Con.gress will be in session and an 

 opportunity will be provided the gar- 

 deners to observe how the laws of our 

 country are enacted. On their visit 

 to tlie Department of Agriculture's 

 buildings they may learn how the gov- 

 ernment grows its i)lants while their 

 visit to the mint will enable them to 

 see how money is made. 



An automobile trip through the park 

 system of Washington and a journey 

 to the country estate of George Wash- 

 ington, at Mt. Vernon, are a part of 

 the entertainment. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



The following reports have been 

 received on new chrysanthemums, from 

 the committees appointed by the so- 

 ciety. 



Exhibited at Boston, Oct. 28, by El- 

 mer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., 

 name of variety. Smith's Imperial; col- 

 or white, Jap. Inc.; points com. 88. At 

 New York, Oct. 28, name of variety, 

 October Herald; color bronze; Jap.; 

 points com. 87. name of variety. Smith's 

 Imperial; color, white; Jap. Inc.; 

 points com. 88; name of variety, Miss 

 AnoJa Wright; color, bright pink; 

 Jap. inc.; points ex. 86. At Cincinnati, 

 Nov. 11; name of variety, Helen Lee; 

 color, light pink; Inc.; points com. 8f>. 

 At Chicago, Nov. 11; name of variety, 

 Helen Lee; color, light pink; Inc.; 

 points com. 90. 



At Chicago, Oct. 28, by H. W. Wehr- 

 mann, Maywood, 111., name of variety, 

 Ella; color, bronze yellow; anemone; 

 points, anemone 89. Nov. 4, by Peter 

 Reinberg, Chicago, 111.; name of varie- 

 ty, J. Hamilton Lewis; color, straw 

 color with lavender edge; pompon; 

 points, pompon 92. 



At New York, Nov. 6, by the E. G. 

 Hill Co., Richmond. Ind., name of va- 



