November 23, 1912 



HOETICULTURE 



713 



Dreer*s Cibotium Schiedei 



We have over 20,000 square feet of glass de- 

 voted to this valuable decorative plant and can 

 supply stock that will please you, both as to 

 quality and price. 



Splendid plants in 6 inch pots $1.50 each 



Splendid plants in S inch tubs 2.50 each 



Splendid plants in 10 inch tubs $3.50 to 5.00 each 



Splendid plants in 12 inch tubs $6.00 to 10.00 each 



MISCELLANEOUS FERNS 



> ephrolepis Scottii 6 inch pots 50 cts. each 



Neplirolepis ScboUeli 6 inch pots 50 cts. each 



Adlantum Farleyense 3 inch pots 25 cts. each 



Adlantum Farleyense 5 inch pots 75 cts. each 



Mixed Ferns for Dishes. All of the standard varieties, In 

 good plants, from 2^4 inch pots, $3.50 per 100; $30.00 per 

 1000. 



HENRY A. DREER, Inc., 714 chestnut st., Philadelphia, pa. 



The above prices are intended for the trade only 



eral visitors from abroad. Wm. Duck- 

 ham of U. S. A. and Mr. Cos from 

 South Africa responded. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



A GLEN COVE WINNER. 



OHIO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The first chrysanthemum show ever 

 held in Cleveland, O., opened Nov. 14 

 at the Grays armory. The show was 

 held under the auspices o£ the Ohio 

 Horticultural Society, and continued 

 . Friday and Saturday. 



The list of exhibitors included 

 among others, Elmer D. Smith & Co.; 

 A. N. Pierson; the Waban Rose Con- 

 servatories; E. C. Cockcroft, Charles 

 H. Totty, W. H. Taylor, L. E. Holden, 

 W. G. Mather and others. 



Great interest was shown by Cleve- 

 land florists in their numerous en- 

 tries in classes providing cut flowers 

 and pot-grown plants of commercial 

 value. The table decorations and 

 bouquets caused keen competition, and 

 commanded much interest among the 

 visitors. 



The armory was specially decorat- 

 ed for the occasion, plants being sent 

 trom the conservatories of W. G. 

 Mather, A. F. Holden, L. E. Holden, 

 the city's and other greenhouses. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held a 

 very successful banquet and dance in 

 the crystal room of the Sherman Ho- 

 tel, November 14th, a large number 

 being present. The chairman of the 

 committee in charge was Guy French 

 of Poehlmann Bros., Morton Grove. 

 The occasion added new impetus to 

 the interest of the club. 



The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety, at its annual meeting, November 

 15th, elected the following officers: 

 President, John Chapman; vice-presi- 

 dent, Eric Wetterlow; clerk, James 

 Salter; treasurer, John Jaffrey; libra- 

 rian, Robert Mitchell; executive com- 

 mittee, William Swan, Joseph Clark, 

 William Till, Alfred Parsons, Herbert 



The accompanying illustration shows a specimen chrysanthemum plant. Lady Dydia, 

 grown and exhibited by Eobert Marshall, at the Glen Cove Show, where it took first 

 prize. 



Shaw. It was voted to hold a banquet, 

 the date to be announced later. 



The 46th annual meeting of the Min- 

 nesota State Horticultural Society will 

 be held in the Court House, Minneapo- 

 lis, Dec. 3-6, 1912. A number of other 

 organizations are scheduled to meet at 

 the same time. Banquet on Thurs- 

 day evening, Dec. 5. A very extensive 

 program of addresses has been pie- 

 pared, mainly on topics of interest to 

 fruit growers. 



by lantern slides, on the London 

 Flower Show last spring. After the 

 business meeting the members sat 

 down to an informal lunch and smoker. 



Regular meeting of Cincinnati Flor- 

 ists' Club was fairly well attended. Chas. 

 H. Hoffmeister, A. C. Heckman, Jr., 

 and Ray Murphy were appointed a 

 committee of three to arrange tor a 

 banquet on the night of December 9th. 

 The committee have selected the Ben- 

 net House at 8 P. M. Richard Vin- 

 cent, Jr., will give a talk, illustrated 



At the last meeting of the Newport 

 (R. I.) Horticultural Society a new 

 variety of Jerusalem cherry (solanum 

 capicastrum) was exhibited by George 

 Melvin of South Framingham, Mass., 

 who grew it and has named it Melvini. 

 The Society awarded its gold medal 

 to Mr. Melvin for his exhibit. A 

 first-class certificate of merit was 

 awarded to Mr. William Gray, gar- 

 dener for Mrs. William B. Leeds, for 

 an unusual variety of mushrooms. A 

 committee of seven was appointed to 

 meet a committee of the Garden Asso- 

 ciation to arrange plans for the June 

 Flower Show, to be held under the 

 auspices of the two organizations. 



