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HORTICULTURE 



April 2&, 1914 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 April 8th, at Pembroke Hall, Glen 

 Cove, N. y. Special prizes for the fall 

 shows were received from Burnett 

 Bros., Stumpp & Walker, Peter Hender- 

 son & Co., A. T. Boddington, W. E. 

 Marshall & Co., Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 P. E. Conine, Julius Roehrs Co., and 

 M. Stapelton. 



A letter was read from the National 

 Association of Gardeners, inviting the 

 appointment of a committee of three 

 on co-operation to work with the simi- 

 lar committee of the N. A. G. Mr. Wil- 

 kinson, of N. Y. State Dept. of Agrl- 

 •culture gave an instructive address on 

 Home Gardens. F. E. Conine also ad- 

 dressed the meeting by request. After- 

 wards Mr. Duthie spoke of the vegeta- 

 bles shown at some of the N. Y. State 

 Fairs which are usually a collection of 

 monstrosities of the vegetable king- 

 dom, dumped on a table, instead of a 

 Tegetable exhibit such as are staged 

 ty the average private gardener, and 

 the secretary was instructed to write 

 to Mr. Wilkinson to see what could be 

 done to better condition-s. "Let qual- 

 ity and not size prevail." Judges' 

 awards were made as follows: 



Trumpet Narcissus — J. W. Everltt, 1st; 

 tulips — H. Gaut. 1st; hyacinths— F. Honey- 

 man, 1st. Certiflc.ites of culture were 

 an'arded to H. Gaut for a collection of 

 greenhouse-grown vepetables and* herbs; 

 T. Honeyman, for specimen Schlzanthus, 

 and H. Gaut for new Holland tris. Hon- 

 orable mention to .Tas. McCarthy for car- 

 nations and Jas. Macdonald for tulips. 



After the meeting a social and 

 smoker was held and refreshments 

 were served. J. J. Levesson of the 

 Brooklyn Parks will give an illus- 

 trated lecture on Long Island Trees 

 on Thursday afternoon. May 7th, at 

 the Glen Theatre, Glen Cove. Dates 

 for this society's shows are as follows: 

 Rose show, June 9th; Dahlia show, 

 Oct. 6th; chrysanthemum show, Oct. 

 89th and 30th. Exhibits for next 

 meeting, Wednesday, May 13th, 7 P. 

 M., Dawin tulips, flowering shrubs 

 «nd lettuce. 



Habrt Jones, Cor. Secy. 



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Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, N. 

 T., register Carnation Cottage Maid; 

 a sport from Mrs. C. W. Ward. Deep 

 flesh pink. Size 3% to 4 Inches. 

 Habit identical with that of Mrs. 

 Ward. Flower of slightly superior 

 form. 



Chas. L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn.. 

 registers Dr. Sam: Lady Bountiful X 

 Boston Market. Color white. Size 

 2% to 3 inches. Fuller flower than 

 Bountiful and well built up in centre. 

 Very fragrant. ISxtra good substance, 

 making it a fine keeper and shipper. 

 A. F. J. B.\UR, Secy. 



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ANTIRRHINUMS AT THEIR BEST. 



The accompanying picture depicts 

 the vase of antirrhinum shown by 

 John B. Urquhart before the Newport 

 Horticultural Society last week and de- 

 scribed in HOBTICULTUKE. 



The picture does not do the subject 



justice, but an idea of the quality of 

 the flowers may be had when it is con- 

 sidered that the spikes were six to 

 over seven feet tall and some carried 

 over fifty blooms each. The colors va- 

 ried from pure white to dark crimson. 



COOK COUNTY FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Cook Co. Florists' Association was 

 held April 16th at The Tavern, Chi- 

 cago. A communication from John 

 Young, secretary of Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists, and another from W. J. 



More Red Devil Cutters Used Annually Than All Others Combined 



Keimel. vice-president for Northern 

 Illinois, relating to the proposed af- 

 filiation with the S. A. F., were read 

 and discussed. No action was taken. 

 A letter from J. F. Ammann, Edwards- 

 ville. 111., secretary of the Illinois State 

 Florists' Association, in reply to a com- 

 munication regarding the increased ex- 

 press rates on short hauls, was listened 

 to with interest. 



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The sweet May madness of the daffodils. 

 The tremulous music of the brooklets, 



burst 

 Fresh from their ii-v bondage. Hark ' 



The first . 

 Sharp tapping of the golden wing! The 



hills 

 All suddenly alive! Young Spring, her 



band 

 Fragrant with arbutus, looks o'er the land. 

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