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HORTICULTURE 



January 17, 1914 



Snapdragons--New and True Winter Floweiing 



I now offer this tested strain for the first time, in two distinct colors — Pure White and Golden 

 Yellow. This novelty has been grown and developed for the past ten years by me and has proved to 

 be continuous and profitable Winter Bloomers, producing a reliable mid-winter cut-flower crop. 



Well rooted cuttings $10.00 per 106, to the trade onl^. Stock limited. Orders booked now, for deliveries 

 in rotation after March 1st. Can also be obtained from J. Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass. 



H. HLJEIBNER, Gro-ton, IVI 



WORCESTER COUNTY (MASS.) 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The lectui'e course for the season of 

 1914 has been arranged as follows: 



Friday, Jan. 2, Bird lecture, by F. 

 Schuyler Mathews, Cambridge: Thursday, 

 Jan. 8, illustrated lecture, "Alpine 

 Flowers," by Herbert W. Gleason, Boston ; 

 Thursday, Jan. 15, "Fruit Conference," re- 

 port of delegates to the American E'omo- 

 logical Society meeting in Washington, 

 D. C, David L. Fiske, Grafton, aud dis- 

 cussion; Thursday, Jan. 29, Ladies' Day, 

 talk on Indian Life, Legends and Songs, 

 by Miss Bee Mayes (Pe-Ahm-E-Squeet), 

 Floating Cloud, of Boston ; Thursday, Feb. 

 6, "Vegetable Growing and Marlieting," by 

 H. W. Tinker, Warren, R. L: Thursday, 

 Feb. 12, illustrated lecture, "Travels in 

 South America," by Prof. George H. 

 Biakeslee, of Clark College; Thursday, 

 Feb. 19, illustrated lecture, "Co-operation 

 and Marketing as Seen in Europe." by J. 

 Lewis Ellsworth ; Thursday, Feb. 26, "Seed 

 Growing," by S. F. Willard, Wetbersfleld, 

 Conn.; Thursday, March o, Spring Ex- 

 hibition. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The 39th annual meeting of the 

 American Association of Nurserymen 

 will be held June 24-26, 1914, at the 

 Hollenden Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio. 



As we go to press the New York 

 Federation of Floral Clubs is in ses- 

 sion at Cornell University, Ithaca. 

 Full report of the meeting will appear 

 In next week's issue. 



All the officers of the Kansas City 

 (Mo.) Florists' Club were re-elected 

 at the meeting on January 2d, as fol- 

 lows: President, G. K. Parker; vice- 

 president, P. B. Fromhold; secretary- 

 treasurer, W. L. Fowler. 



The Executive Committee of the 

 American Rose Society held a session 

 In New York on Monday, January 12, 

 at the office of Traendly & Schenck. 

 There were present President W. R. 

 Pierson, Secretary Benj. Hammond, 

 Treasurer Harry O. May, Robert Pyle 

 of West Grove, Pa., Eber Holmes, 

 Montrose, Mass., S. S. Pennock, Phila. 



The ninth annual convention of the 

 State Horticultural Society, State 

 Nurserymen's Association and State 

 Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 at Nashville, Tenn., on January 28th, 

 29th and 30th, 1914. The headquarters 

 chosen will be at the Maxwell House. 

 The meetings will be held in the As- 

 sembly Room of this hotel. 



The Masonic Grand Lodge will be In 

 session during the week, for which oc- 

 casion the railroads of the state give 

 a special round trip rate to Nashville. 

 There will be a large exhibit of fruit. 

 The Joy Floral Company has invited 

 the members attending the conven- 

 tions and their friends to visit their 



greenhouses. The Atlas Powder Com- 

 pany will have a demonstration show- 

 ing the use of dynamite in horticul- 

 ture. 



Under the auspices of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York, there will 

 be a lecture in the East Assembly 

 Hall, American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York on Saturday, Jan. 

 17, at 4 o'clock, by Edwin Jenkins, 

 of Lenox, Mass., on Sweet Peas. 



Mr. Jenkins gave a very interesting 

 and practical lecture before the society 

 about a year ago on the rose. He is 

 an enthusiastic sweet pea grower, and 

 will undoubtedly give practical hints 

 and information as to the cultivation 

 of this popular flower. A good audi- 

 ence should greet him. At the same 

 time there will be an exhibition of or- 

 chids, carnations and sweet peas. 



The 59th Annual Meeting of the 

 Western New York Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held at Convention Hall, 

 Rochester, N. Y., on January 28, 29 

 and 30. The program, which has just 

 been issued, is quite lengthy and covers 

 an unusual number of topics appertain- 

 ing to fruit culture and garden veget- 

 ables. There is one talk on the re- 

 forestation , of the Genesee Valley, but 

 strangely enough, this organization al- 

 though bearing the name of "Horti- 

 cultural" gives no attention to orna- 

 mental trees, shrubs or flowers or 

 other garden products except those 

 aboved named. 



The New Jersey Floricultural Socie- 

 ty met Jan. 5th at Orange, N. J. The 

 list of awards were as follows: 



Wm. Reid, 1st. with Cypripedium Lea- 

 num; A. P. Nezel, 2d, with vase of roses; 

 Max Schneider, 3d, with Begonia Glolre de 

 Lorraine. 



Non-competitive — Vote of thanks to Emil 

 Panuska, for Libonia floribunda; Max 

 Schneider, for Roman hyacinths; A. P. 

 Nezel, for mignonette and carnations; 

 Frank Drews, for cypripedium, and Chas. 

 Ashmead highly commended for carnations 

 and camellias. 



The society holds its 19th annual 

 dinner at the Plaza Hotel, Orange, N. 

 J., on Feb. 2nd. 



Geo. W. Strange, Sec'y. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held its 

 regular monthly meeting on Thurs- 

 day, Jan. 8th, 35 members were pres- 

 ent. The main topic was the holding 

 of a spring flower show and after a 

 long discussion it was voted not to 

 hold it this year. The question of a 

 fall show this year was left In the 

 hands of the Publicity Committee. 

 The club's 28th anniversary banquet 

 was discussed and the time and place 

 was left in the hands of the trustees. 



R. J. Windier spoke as to his duty 



as State vice-president for the S. A. 

 F.. and asked for co-operation from 

 the members, which was promised. 

 John S. Carter, president of the Nico- 

 tine Mfg. Co., also gave a nice talk on 

 what he thought would be a good plan 

 to run a paying flower show. 



The Elberon Horticultural Society 

 held its regular monthly meeting Jan- 

 uary 5th with a large attendance pres- 

 ent. It was decided to hold a Chrys- 

 anthemum Show in Asbury Park, New 

 Jersey, this fall, for which an exhibi- 

 tion committee was appointed. It was 

 also agreed to hold Carnation Night 

 on Monday, Feb. 2nd. And all those 

 desiring to exhibit new varieties can 

 do so by sending them to William 

 Bryan, florist, Elberon, N. J., who will 

 see that they are properly staged. 

 They may be sent by mail, United 

 States Express or Adams Express as 

 most convenient. A prize will be 

 offered for the best vase of twelve, 

 also cultural certificates. The newer 

 varieties will also be passed upon by 

 the judges. 



Our president gave a very instruc- 

 tive talk upon the culture of Celosias, 

 dwelling especially on the variety 

 Castle Gould. Altogether this meet- 

 ing has been one of the best the so- 

 ciety has held for a long time. 



William Bktan. 



The Washington Florists' Company, 

 Gude Bros. Company, and Dr. W. W. 

 Evans, the latter a florist of Hamil- 

 ton, Va., placed a number of new and 

 popular roses and carnations on ex- 

 hibition at the January meeting of 

 the Florists' Club of Washington. 

 Prince D'Arenberg caused consider- 

 able comment. The members com- 

 pared the two roses and there were 

 many who favored it in preference 

 to Richmond. It is stated that ap- 

 parently the darker the weather the 

 finer is the color of the flowers which 

 average 40 to 45 petals each. The 

 Washington Florists' Company also 

 exhibited a very dark rose which goes 

 under the name of the Black ?rince. 

 The exhibition of Gude Bros. Company 

 consisted of Benora carnations. Sweet- 

 heart, Mrs. Ward and Fire Flame 

 roses, and sweet peas. Dr. Evans in- 

 troduced Mary Meadow, a pink, and 

 Burns Scarlet carnations, which re- 

 ceived favorable mention. A resolu- 

 tion was adopted congratulating Mr. 

 George W. Hess on his appointment 

 as superintendent of the National 

 Botanical Gardens. A. F. Faulkner, of 

 New "^ork, being present, was called 

 upon to say a few words. Following 

 the serving of refreshments adjourn- 

 ment was taken. 



