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HORTICULTURE 



November 16, 1912 



tra also did fine work throughout the 

 evening. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 club will be held at Horticultural Hall 

 on Tuesday evening, November 19, 

 1912. The lecturer of the evening will 

 be Prof. E. A. White of the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College on "Horti- 

 cultural Education for the Gardener 

 and Florist." 



Nominations of officers for 1913 will 

 be made from the floor, as is custo- 

 mary at the November meetings. 

 There will be reports from the ban- 

 quet and other committees, and much 

 other business of importance. All in- 

 terested in horticulture are cordially 

 invited to be present, no matter 

 whether club members or not. 



W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



The annual meeting of the associa- 

 tion will be held in the New Audi- 

 torium Hall, 81 Orange street, New- 

 ark, N. J., on Tuesday afternoon, 

 November 19th. The meeting will be 

 called to order promptly at two 

 o'clock. 



Following routine business and elec- 

 tion of officers, the meeting will be 

 addressed by the following speakers: — 

 Robert Craig, of Philadelphia, Pa., 

 "A Talk to Gardeners." 



Charles H. Totty, of Madison, N. J., 

 "International Flower Show of 1912." 

 Prof. J. J. Taubenhaus, of the Dela- 

 ware Agricultural College, Newark, 

 Del., "Problems of Plant Diseases that 

 Confront the Gardener." 



Harry A. Bunyard, of New York, an 

 illustrated lecture, presenting seventy 

 stereoptlcon views of the International 

 Show in London. 



Following immediately after the 

 meeting, a banquet will be given at the 

 Continental Hotel. The dinner will 

 be served promptly at six o'clock so 

 that members who desire to catch early 

 trains for home will be able to do so. 

 A number of notable guests will be 

 with us. Patrick O'Mara will preside 

 as toastmaster. Members intending to 

 attend the dinner should notify the 

 secretary Immediately so that tickets 

 can be reserved for them. Dinner 

 tickets, $2.50. 



The team bowling tournament will 

 take place on Monday evening, Novem- 

 ber 18th, at eight o'clock, at the Tux- 

 edo Academy Alleys, Newark. Teams 

 to consist of three men, members of 

 the local societies or clubs they rep- 

 resent, and members in good stand- 

 ing in the N. A. G. Entries close on 

 Saturday, November IGth, and should 

 be sent to the secretary's office before 

 that date. 



The tournament for individual bowl- 

 ers will take place on Tuesday morn- 

 ing, November 19th, at nine o'clock. 

 To be eligible for this contest, bowlers 

 must be members in good standing of 

 the N. A. G. 



The Continental Hotel will be the 

 headquarters of the N. A. G. during the 

 convention. Accommodations for mem- 

 bers can be obtained at reasonable 



An exhibit of this year's novelties is 

 Invited, both from private and com- 

 mercial growers. Exhibits can be ex- 

 pressed care M. C. Ebel, secretary N. 

 A. G., New Auditorium Hall, Orange 

 street, Newark. N. J., so as to reach 

 there on the forenoon of the 19th inst. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 



At the November meeting the mem- 

 bers decided that it would be good ad- 

 vertising to show the cards now being 

 gotten out by the N. Y. Florists' Club 

 for the booming of the coming holiday 

 business, and the secretary was in- 

 structed to order fifty of these for dis- 

 tribution. 



The committee having in charge the 

 distribution of prizes among the pub- 

 lic school children in the club's garden 

 contest reported that in view of the 

 limited interest taken in the matter 

 despite the hard work of some of the 

 leading spirits, it was decided that it 

 would be impracticable to make the 

 awards this year. They further re- 

 ported that the school authorities 

 agreed with them in this decision. 



A letter was read from a New York 

 nursery firm in which information was 

 asked as to the status of the Indus- 

 trial Home School, of Tennallytown, 

 D. C, the disbursing officer of that in- 

 stitution having asked that wholesale 

 prices be granted it. At this institu- 

 tion gardening and horticulture is 

 taught and although the membe.s 

 were of the opinion that the work was 

 a laudable one they could not agree 

 that the same prices as are given flor- 

 ists, who made a business of selling 

 their stock, should be quoted them. It 

 is said that the output of the school is 

 sold and it is therefore in competition 

 with the florists. Then again, it could 

 not be seen where it was necessary for 

 them to seek lower prices in that the 

 Government made up any deficits the 

 school experienced. One member said 

 that there were too many of these 

 lilaces in and about the District of Co- 

 lumbia and that the line should be 

 drawn somewhere, although he dis- 

 liked doing it in this case. 



N. L. Hammer, chairman of the 

 bowling team of the club, reported 

 that he had been elected to that posi- 

 tion by the members of the team the 

 other officers being William H. Ernest, 

 captain; George Dalglish, secretary, 

 and George Cooke, treasurer. He fur- 

 ther reported that the team was mak- 

 ing a good showing against its op- 

 ponents and that it would be in fine 

 shape to gain the championship at the 

 S. A. F. and O. H. convention. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The list inst., was chrysanthemum 

 night but when one adds to this 

 "Ladies Night" it is unnecessary to 

 say that it was quite a brilliant and 

 enjoyable meeting, there being no less 

 than ninety ladies present, with about 

 125 members. Charles Schenck pro- 

 vided an excellent vaudeville enter- 

 tainment consisting of a violin solo- 

 ist, lady vocalists and dancing, all of 

 fine talent. There was also a recher- 

 che little supper provided for the 

 ladies by Frank H. Traendly and of 

 course the members were not ne- 

 glected. Mr. Hendrickson, chairman of 

 the publicity committee exhibited the 

 design for the Thanksgiving card and 

 also stated that the committee was 

 in need of the sinews of war to carry 

 on the work successfully. 



The nominating committee put in 

 nomination for the year 1913 the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen: — For president, 

 J. A. Manda. William Duckham, W. 

 H. Siebrecht. Sr., and H. A. Bunyard; 

 for vice-president, I. S. Hendrickson, 

 John Donaldson and J. H. Fiesser; for 

 secretary, A. R. Kennedy, Thos. B. de 

 Forest and John Young; for treasurer, 

 W. B. Rickards, Philip Kessler and 

 C. Schenck; for trustees, F. H. 

 Treandly, Chas. B. Weathered, Harry 

 Turner, John Miesem, A. T. Bodding- 

 ton, F. R. Pierson, H. E. Froment, 

 W. F. Sheridan, P. Hornecker and A. 

 H. Langjahr. President Manda de- 

 clined re-nomination. 



The committee on awards which 

 visited the greenhouses of C. H. Totty 

 last week read its report which gave 

 the new rose Mrs. George Shawyer 

 a record of 90 1-6 points. Six new 

 members were elected and ten new 

 ones proposed. R. E. Berry was 

 authorized by the club to reply to the 

 courteous invitations of the bowling 

 contingent of the Cook County Flor- 

 ists' Association of Chicago. 



Exhibits: "Matchless" carnation 

 from the Cottage Garden Co.; chrysan- 

 themums, Traendly & Schenck; Wm. 

 Eccles carnation. Scott Bros.; Solanum 

 capsicastrum Melvini. A. T. Bodding- 

 ton; a vase of roses from J. J. Bro»- 

 art of N. J. anent which there was 

 considerable discussion. Experts pre- 

 sent were of the opinion that it was 

 the very fioriferous and useful bedder 

 Madam Jules Grolez sent out by Guil- 

 lot in 1897, but the matter was re- 

 ferred to the December meeting for 

 adjudication. 



November Sth was Chrysanthemum 

 Night and brought out a large at- 

 tendance and a splendid an ay of 

 blooms in all classes. The exhibitors 

 were John F. Huss, Alfred Cebelii.s, 

 gardener for Prof. M. W. Jacobus, the 

 Whiting Greenhouses (Carl Peterson, 

 manager), and J. Alfred Weber, gar- 

 dener for Walter L. Goodwin. The 

 awards were as follows: A first class 

 certificate to Mr. Huss and to the 

 Whiting Greenhouses; a certificate of 

 merit to Mr. Cebelius and to Mr. 

 Weber; and a cultural certificate to 

 Mr. Cebelius for a collection of plants 

 of Begonia Lorraine. 



The secretary read from the horti- 

 cultural press an instructive article on 

 "The White Fly and Its Control," by 

 Prof. J. J. Taubenhaus, and a soul-stir- 

 ring address by Dr. W. S. Whitmore, 

 entitled "Flowers and the Gardener." 

 The next meeting will be held on the 

 22nd inst at the County Bldg., Hart- 

 ford GEORGE W. SMITH. Sec. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Exhibited at Madison, N. J., Oct. 31, 

 by Chas. H. Totty, Ceddie Mason, deep 

 red, single com. scale, 87 points; Mrs. 

 Gilbert Drabble, white, Jap., ex. scale 

 90 points; Mensa White, white, single, 

 com. scale 91 points. 



Exhibited at Cincinnati, Nov. 2, by 

 Elmer D. Smith Co.. Yonkers, yellow, 

 Jap. reflexed, com. scale 89 points; 

 Mary E. Meyer, white, Jap., com. scale 

 9:3 "points; Elberon, pink, Jap. in- 

 curved, ex. scale 95 points. 



CHAS. W. JOHNSON, Sec. 



MARYLAND WEEK. 



The official program of the annual 

 meetings and exhibition of the Mary- 

 land State Horticultural Society is a 

 50 page book, handsomely gotten up, 

 and interesting. The event will occur 

 on Nov. 19-23 at Fifth Regiment Ar- 



