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HOETICULTURE 



August 24, 1912 



Easter Comes Earlier! 



So Do Not Be Caught Napping 



100 1000 



6 to 7 St. David's Harrisii, plump bulbs $5.00 $48.00 



7 to 9 St. David's Harrisii, plump bulbs 9.00 So.OO 



9 to II Very scarce 20.00 



WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS 



100 1000 



11 to 1> Ctnis., Extra bulbs $2.-'5 $21.0:1 



12 to 15 Ctms., Extra bulbs 2.75 25.00 



13 to 15 Ctms., E.ttra bulbs 3.25 30.00 



PAPER WHITES FANCY 



$1.15 per 100; $8.50 per 1000 



FREESIAS 



Mammoth, $1.00 per 100; $9.50 per 1000 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



42 VESEY ST., NEW YORK 



Clubs and Societies 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL AS- 

 SOCIATION. 



This organization iield its fifteenth 

 annual convention in Fraser Hall, 

 Montreal, opening on Tuesda.v, August 

 6, and continuing for three days. At 

 the opening session, Tuesday after- 

 noon. President A. C. Wilshire deliv- 

 ered his address and Secretary-Treas- 

 urer Jules Luck made his annual re- 

 port. About 200 members and visi- 

 tors were present. There was an in- 

 teresting program of essays and busi- 

 ness discussions during the three days 

 in which the principal talkers were 

 George M. Geraghty, Thomas Manton, 

 H. Dillemuth, W. Gammage, H. B. Co- 

 wan, and P. Welch of Boston. Officers 

 were elected on Thursday as follows: 



President— W. Muston. Davisville. Ont. 



First Vioe-rresident— H. B. Cowan, Peter- 

 boro. 



Second Vice-President— George Hopton, 

 Montreal. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Jules Luck, Mon- 

 treal. 



Executive Committee — M. Alilford, Sher- 

 brooke: F. Wise, Peterboro; A Ferguson 

 Montreal: J. Graham. Ottawa; A 11 Bw- 

 ing. Woodstock: H. G. Mullis. Brampton; 

 A. Auuandale, Toronto; F. s. Cliaspman 

 London. Ont. : E. I. Mepstead, Oitawa 



Representatives to Toronto Exhiliition— 

 H. Simmers, Toronto; to Ottawa Exhibi- 

 tion, E. I. Mepstead and C. Craig, Ottawa; 

 to London Exhibition, W. W. Gammage 

 and fl. Dicks. London. 



Auditors — Jos. Bennett. Laohine, and 

 James Mclienna. Montreal. 



Peterboro was selected as the place 

 for the next meeting. Many visits 

 were made and hospitality was lavish 

 everywhere. On the closing day the 

 Association and visitors were guests 

 of the city of Montreal in the fore- 

 noon and in the evening the Associa- 

 tion banquet was held in Stanley Hall 

 and many toasts were responded to. 

 A handsome clock was presented to 

 Mr. Wiltshire by the Association as a 

 token of their appreciation of his serv- 

 ices. P. Welch, of Boston, made the 

 presentation. H. B. Cowan then pre- 



sented Mrs. Wiltshire with a gold 

 watch amid much cheering. Both Mr. 

 and Mrs. Wiltshire acknowledged in 

 few words of thanks. 



The proceedings were enlivened by 

 music, songs and recitations. 



It was pronounced the most success- 

 ful meeting the Association has ever 

 had. 



Weber and Jules Burdet, the next one 

 resulting in the election of Fred H. 

 Weber; for vice president Chas. Young 

 was elected; secretary, J. J. Beneke; 

 treasurer, W. C. Smith; three year 

 term trustee, Wm. Ossic; two year 

 term, John Connon. The installation 

 will take place at the next meeting 

 September 12th, 1912. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this society 

 was held at Glen Cove, N. Y., on Aug. 

 14th. with a good attendance. Asters 

 were exhibited at their best by Messrs. 

 Barton, Boettcher and MacCarthy. J. 

 W. Everett exhibited some fine melons 

 (new seedling) and was awarded a 

 certificate of culture. He also re- 

 ceived a certificate of culture for a 

 fine vase of Lycoris squamigera. H. 

 Boettcher was awarded a certificate of 

 culture for 12 vases of asters all of 

 them good. Honorary mention to F. 

 Pettroccia and J. Marmolate for to- 

 matoes and cucumbers. The society's 

 prize for asters went to G. Barton, and 

 for melons and corn to J. W. Everett. 

 Mrs. J. H. Ottley offered a silver cup 

 for the best 18 Killarney roses to be 

 competed for at the fall exhibition. 

 H. Ortz was elected an honorary mem- 

 ber. It was decided to have the an- 

 nual summer outing at Karatzonyi'a, 

 Glenwood. on Aug. 27th. The next 

 meeting's prizes will be for 12 gladi- 

 olus. 6 onions and .3 heads of celery. 

 JAMES MacDONALD, Cor. Sec. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



A very harmonious meeting was 

 held by this club last Thursday after- 

 noon. The great importance of the 

 meeting was the annual election of 

 officers and S. A. P. convention mat- 

 ters. Thirty-five members were pre- 

 sent. The trustees read a final report 

 of the clubs' picnic which was held 

 at a recent date. 



In the election for president the first 

 ballot resulted in a tie between F. H. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Yonkers Horticultural Society 

 will hold their Chrysanthemum Show 

 in the Armory, October 29, 30, 31. 



At the annual meeting of the White 

 River (Vt.) Horticultural Society it 

 was voted to hold their third annual 

 show about the first of October and 

 to offer premiums to the value of $400. 

 The regular meeting of the Tuxedo 

 Horticultural Society was held in Au- 

 gust. It was decided to set the date 

 for the fall show October 26th to 27th. 

 August 14th the picnic was held at 

 Camp Comfort. Mombasha Lake. Carl 

 D. Schaeffer at the July meeting of- 

 fered a special prize of five dollars to 

 anybody in Tuxedo Park growing a 

 pumpkin to weigh not less than 100 

 lbs., to be exhibited at the fall show. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society viewed 

 20 acres of gladioli at Cedar Acres, 

 Wenham, Mass., on August 15. The 

 committee consisted of President C. W. 

 Parker, W. P. Rich, Jackson Dawson, 

 Thomas J. Grey, William Nicholson, 

 Charles Sander. T. D. Hatfield and A. 

 H. Fewkes. They also inspected the 

 shipping house and storage bins. 

 Luncheon was served in the house 

 after which the party motored to Red- 

 gate, the summer home of President 

 C. W. Parker. 



As announced in our advertising 

 columns, the time-honored annual 

 auction sale for choice of stalls at 

 the Boston Flower Exchange will be- 

 gin at 9 A. M., Saturday, August 31, 

 at the Market, C Park street, Boston. 

 Mass. 



