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HORTICULTURE 



March 21, 1914 



Davis, California, on grape growing in 

 that state. 



Mr. McGinnis discussed the care of 

 shade trees, and spolie of planting 

 young trees that were well formed in- 

 stead of planting just any kind of a 

 tree, whether large or small, that may 

 be in most any shape, depending on 

 the way it has been cut. He also 

 warned the owners of trees against the 

 falte tree doctors, that had been do- 

 ing some work. He spoke of the work 

 that should be done, but said that it 

 should be performed by someone who 

 understood the business. 



Prof. Newell told of the life history 

 01 the codlin moth, and how it can be 

 controlled. It was brought out in this 

 paper that this insect Is very impor- 

 tant to the apple growers of Texas. It 

 was stated that the codlin moth prob- 

 ably damages the apple crop of Texas 

 at least one hundred thousand dollars 

 annually. Prof. Newell spoke of the 

 little work that has been done on the 

 codlin moth in this state, which is due 

 to the small funds that the Depart- 

 ment of Entomology has. 



Mr. D.' A. Frank of Dallas, delivered 

 a very interesting paper on the "Value 

 of the Home Garden to the Farm 

 Home." This subject was handled 

 from the standpoint of cutting down 

 the expenses of living on the farm. 



After the discussion of these sub- 

 jects, and the transaction of business, 

 the society adjourned. 



STATE FLORISTS OF ILLINOIS 

 AND INDIANA. 



The joint meeting of the Illinois 

 State Florists' Association and the In- 

 diana State Florists' Association at 

 Danville, 111., was a gratifying succesg 

 in all respects. The exhibition hall 

 was handsomely decorated and there 

 "were nearly fifty exhibitors in the va- 

 rious departments,. Among the promii 

 nent firms represented were the fol^ 

 lowing: ' 



Poehlraann Bros. Co., Chicago: 

 plants, supplies, flowers, etc., general 

 display; highly commended. Frank B. 

 Smith's Sons, Danville: Easter plants, 

 roses, carnations, etc.; highly com- 

 mended. National Soldiers' Home: 

 palms and decorative plants; highly 

 commended. A. N. Pierson Co.i, Cr6m- 

 well, Conn.: new rose Hadley; certifi- 

 cate of merit. E. C. Amling Co., Chi- 

 cago: sweet peas and other flowers; 

 highly commended. Inland Supply Co., 

 Danville: irrigation machinery, pumps, 

 etc.; highly commended. F. Dorner & 

 Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.: splendid 

 showing of seedling carnations; certi- 

 ficate of merit to Pink Sensation. 

 Bassett & Washburn: roses and seed- 

 ling carnations; certificate of merit 

 for Belle Washburn carnation. Wend- 

 land & Keimel, Elmhurst: display of 

 roses; highly commended. Mt. Green- 

 wood Cemetery, Chicago: carnation 

 Rosette; highly commended. A. Roper, 

 Tewksbury, Mass.: carnation Alice 

 Coombs. Other carnation exhibitors 

 weret W. J. Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 Chicago Carnation Co., S. S. Skldelsky 

 & Co., Phila., carnation Philadelphia 

 Pink; Chas. Loveridge, Peoria, also 

 roses and violets; J. P. Ammann Co., 

 Edwardsville, III., also roses; A. C. 

 Brown, Springfield, 111.; Henry Baer, 

 Peoria; W. Anker, Danville, also bulb 

 flowers; C. C. Walker, Danville; Baur 

 & Steinkamp, Indianapolis: Hartje & 



Elder, Indianapolis; Andrew Peterson, 

 Hoopeston; A. G. Fehr, Belleville. 

 Other rose exhibitors were F. F. Bent- 

 hey & Co., New Castle, Ind.; W. L. 

 Leiker, Fairmount; E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind. Other exhibitors of 

 various specialties were W. A. Manda, 

 So. Orange, N. J., George Reinberg, 

 Chicago, P. Britz, Danville, Pleasant 

 View Greenhouses, E. Osborne, 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, Chas. Arnold, 

 Des Plaines, A. Washburn & Sons, 

 Bloomington, A. J. Pettit, Indianapolis, 

 M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa., A. A. 

 Arnold Co., Chicago, Detroit Flower 

 Pot Co., H. N. Bruns, Chicago, Car- 

 nation Support Co., Wertheimer Bros., 

 Danville Floral Co., Pyfer & Olssm, 

 G. Swenson and Kroeschell Bros. 



At the business meeting the follow- 

 ing officers were elected by the Illinois 

 Association: President, H. C. Smith, 

 Danville; vice-president, C. W. John- 

 son, Morgan Park; secretary, J. F. 

 Ammann, Edwardsville; treasurer, F. 

 L. Washburn, Bloomington. 



On Wednesday a visit was made to 

 Champaign on invitation of the Dan- 

 ville Florists' Club and the visitors 

 were hospitably entertained. The ban- 

 quet took place on Tuesday evening, 

 there being about 150 ladies and gen- 

 tlemen present. A. C. Kohlbrand of 

 Chicago was toastmaster and among 

 the guests was "Uncle" Joe Cannon, 

 who made a most entertaining speech. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



On account of the illness of Alex 

 Cumming, Jr., the Talk on Roses 

 which he was to have given before the 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural 

 Society at Stamford, Conn., on March 

 13, had to be postponed. Henry F. 

 Michell Co. of Philadelphia have of- 

 fered their silver and bronze medals 

 for table centrepieces of outdoor 

 flowers and foliage, by assistant gar- 

 deners, at the June meeting, probably, 

 which is to be held in association with 

 the Board of Managers of the Port- 

 chester Hospital. The fall exhibition 

 will be held in New Rochelle, N. Y. 



A long list of offers of cash, cups, 

 etc., was read from various seed 

 houses, nursery firms, and others in- 

 terested in the welfare of the Society, 

 thus assuring a fine premium list for 

 the fall show. It was decided to let 

 the matter rest until the Executive 

 Committee of the N. A. G. meet early 

 in April, when a more comprehensive 

 proposition will be appreciated by the 

 Society. 



There was a beautiful display on 

 the exhibition tables and awards were 

 as follows: 



Cultural certlflcate to Geo. Allen for 

 Darwin tulips, Louis Whitman for Shawyer 

 roses, and W. J. Sealey for Primula ob- 

 couica; honorable mention to L. Whit- 

 man for Ward carnations. A. Bieschke for 

 hybrid freesias, and Carl Hankeusen for 

 winter-flowering sweet pens. The follow- 

 ing were highly commended : Carl Han- 

 kensen for <-arnations. A. L. Marshall for 

 Cattleya Inminosa, and P. W. Popp for 

 Mahernia odorata. Vote of thanks to 

 Paul Dwenger for violets, A. L. Marshall 

 for carnations, and Louis Whitman for 

 Telegraph cucumber. 



Next meeting will be held on April 10. 

 P. W. Popp. 



in Odd Fellows^' Hall, with 25 mem- 

 bers in attendance and Vice-president 

 Jaenicke in the chair. Mr. Jaenicke, 

 as chairman of the pageant committee, 

 made a report, and after a discussion 

 it was decided to withdraw this com- 

 mittee and the support of the club in 

 pageant matters. The trustees re- 

 ported that the club banquet would 

 be held some time in June at the Jef- 

 ferson Hotel. After full discussion it 

 was voted that as the local trade 

 showed so little interest regarding the 

 fall show, the club drop this matter at 

 least for this year. 



Mr. Jaenicke was down for a lecture 

 on City Gardens, and he thought the 

 attendance should be larger for a lec- 

 ture of this kind, but consented to 

 give it, and the lecture was full of 

 interest to those present and at the 

 finish was given a hearty vote of 

 thanks. The next meeting will take 

 place April 9th. 



A NEW SOCIETY PROJECTED. 



A new horticultural society for 

 Hampden county to. include the Hamp- 

 den County Horticultural Society and 

 the Springfield Amateur Horticultural 

 Society and to be affiliated with the 

 Hampden County Improvement League 

 will be formed in a meeting to be 

 held in the mahogany room of the 

 Auditorium at 8 o'clock Wednesday, 

 evening, March 25, and it is expected 

 that a thriving organization will be 

 perfected at that time. Since the 

 Hampden Horticultural Society has 

 been practically lifeless for some years 

 and the Springfield Amateur Horticul- 

 tural Society, which has held some 

 very fine displays of flowers in the 

 Science Museum for two years, needs 

 help and the Hampden County Im- 

 provement League is ready to come to 

 their assistance, it was decided last 

 evening in the meeting of the Ama- 

 teur Horticultural Society to be best 

 to join with the proposed new society 

 and it was voted to do so. 



The objects of the new society as 

 stated in the preamble of the consti- 

 tution are to interest fruit growers, 

 florists, market gardeners and others 

 interested in general horticulture in 

 the exhibition of their products, as 

 such exhibitions tend to encourage the 

 horticultural industry in Hampden 

 county, and to co-operate with and 

 render all possible assistance to the 

 Hampden County Improvement League 

 in its endeavor to disseminate infor- 

 mation along horticultural lines. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The Northampton and Holyoke 

 (Mass.) Gardeners' and Florists' Asso- 

 ciation has appointed a committee, 

 comprising E. J. Canning, John Brown 

 and A. B. Butler, to consider the ad- 

 visability of holding a flower show. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held its 

 regular monthly meeting March 12th 



President Kleinheinz of the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America an- 

 nounces a meeting of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America to be held at 

 the Grand Central Palace, New York, 

 on March 25th at three o'clock P. M. 

 All members attending the show are 

 invited to be present. 



Chas. W. Jounson, Secy. 



The Southampton (N. Y.) Hortl- 



