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HOETICULTUEE 



May 23, 1914 



MEMORIAL DAY 



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Hydrangeas 50c. to $4.00 each. Spiraea Gladstone and Alexandra, $4.00 to $6.00 per dozen. 

 Rambler Roses, pink and red, $9.00 doz. Bedding Plants, all kinds. Palms $1.00 up. Boston 

 and Whitmani Ferns, $6.00 doz. Cut Tulips, Gesneriana, bright scarlet, $5.00 per 100. 

 Spirtea cut, $4.00 per 100. 



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GARDENERS^ AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



A well-attended meeting on Tuesday 

 evening, May 19, was amply rewarded 

 in the enjoyment of one of the hest 

 talks ever given before this club. A 

 talk by Prof. Rane of the Massachu- 

 setts Department of Forestry had been 

 promised, but this gentleman had been 

 unexpectedly called to the Forestry 

 Convention at Amherst and Secretary 

 Bailey of the Forestry Department 

 took his place most acceptably. The 

 speaker was eloquent, impressive and 

 entertaining in the highest degree. 

 His topic was the forests of Massa- 

 chusetts, the reclaiming of vast tracts 

 of waste land by reforestation, the 

 methods of taxing forest lands, the 

 conservation of timber, fire control 

 and the insect pest problem. He de- 

 clared that there is nothing more 

 conducive to good results than organ- 

 ization and paid a high compliment to 

 the Boston Club for the spirit shown 

 in so large and enthusiastic an atten- 

 dance of members. The lectui-e was 

 illustrated by many fine colored stere- 

 opticon views. Some excellent ex- 

 hibits adorned the platform. W. N. 

 Craig showed four varieties of French 

 hydrangeas, also specimen Otaksas 

 with enormous flower heads, tomato 

 Listers' Prolific and English Mill-track 

 mushrooms. Alex McKay brought a 

 pair of standard Hydrangea Otaksa 

 which were greatly admired, also 

 plants of Calceolaria Stewarti. F. W. 

 Fletcher showed antirrhinums. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held in the Parisli House 

 on May 13. The exhibition committee 

 reported the schedule for the fall 

 show in progress and that special 

 prizes had been offered from the fol- 

 lowing firms: C. H. Totty, Bon Arbor 

 Chemical Co., Scott Bros.. Wm. F. 

 McCord, Weeber & Don, Burnett Bros., 

 Alphano Humus Co., A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc., J. M. Thorburn & Co.. John Wilk, 

 Julius Roehrs Co., Henry A. Dreer. We 

 expect to have the preliminary sched- 

 ule out by the middle of June. We had 

 as our guest Wm. Tricker, Arlington, 

 N. J., who gave a very interesting talE 

 on the culture of water lilies during 

 the past 25 years and what gardeners 

 are doing and what they have done 

 for the water lily. Many questions 

 were asked which Mr. Tricker an- 

 swered promptly as there are few if 

 any in this country who are so well 

 versed on this subject. The society 



held its Ladies' Evening on April 16, 

 when there were present over 100 

 gardeners, their wives and friends; a 

 good program was gone through which 

 was enjoyed by all present. The so- 

 ciety holds its Annual Ball on May 29. 

 Thos. Wilson, Secy. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



Representatives of the American 

 Peony Society, Horticultural Society 

 of Chicago and the Chicago Florists' 

 Club held a meeting at the Hotel Sher- 

 man, Chicago, May 14, to complete ar- 

 rangements for the great annual exhi- 

 bition of the American Peony Society, 

 which will be held in Chicago this year 

 under the auspices of the above organ- 

 izations. Those in attendance in- 

 cluded Wm. A. Peterson, of the Peter- 

 son Nursery; Carl Cropp. of Vaughan's 

 Seed Store; Arnold Ringier. of the W. 

 W. Barnard Co., Thomas Wallis and 

 M. Barker. The Art Institute was se- 

 lected for the exhibition, which will be 

 held June 12-13, this date being sub- 

 ject to change as weather conditions 

 affect the local crop of peony flowers, 

 making it earlier or later. Many ex- 

 perts will show their choicest novel- 

 ties and standard sorts in their best 

 form at the coming exhibition, which 

 from all advance information obtain- 

 able will be the largest and most com- 

 plete of its kind ever held in this or 

 any other country. The most success- 

 ful growers of peonies will tell about 

 their methods in meetings to be held 

 in connection with the exhibition. 



C. W. Johnson, 2226 Fairfax avenue, 

 Morgan Park, 111., was appointed man- 

 ager of the exhibition, and all inquiries 

 referring to premium list, prizes, etc., 

 should be addressed to him. 



M. BARKER, Sec'y Pro Tem. 



Mrs. J. L. Gardner. Wm. Whitman 

 was the principal contributor of nar- 

 cissi and pansies. He also showed 

 fancy pelargoniums. A collection of 

 36 varieties of scented leaved ger- 

 aniums from H. S. Rand, attracted 

 considerable attention and a certif- 

 icate of merit was awarded. A silver 

 medal was given F. W. Fletcher for 

 Antirrhinum Nelrose and honorable 

 mention to Miss Marion R. Case for 

 double Anemone nemorosa. Other ex- 

 hibits included Miss Cornelia Warren, 

 Calceolaria Golden Gem; Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner, collection of orchids; E. A. 

 Clark, pair laburnum in bloom; E. A. 

 Clark, standard Hydrangea Otaksa; 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Gloriosa Roths- 

 childiana; Thomas T. Watt, petunias; 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Clarkia Salmon 

 Queen; Patten & Co., Carnation Prin- 

 cess Dagmar; Miss Cornelia Warren, 

 carnations, poppies and gladiolus 

 Blushing Bride; Mrs. M. W. Chad- 

 bourne, display of cut shrubs; Mrs. E. 

 M. Gill, cut flowers; Lowthorpe 

 School, Groton, cut flowers. There 

 was an excellent display of vegetables. 



MAY FLOWER SHOW. 



The May Flower Show of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, held on 

 Saturday and Sunday. May 16 and 17, 

 was not as large as in previous years. 

 but the quality of the exhibits was 

 unusually good. The attendance of 

 the public was large particularly on 

 Sunday afternoon. Calceolarias were 

 shown in flne form by E. A. Clark and 



A CHARMING ESTATE. 



[A view in tbe w.ater garden of this e.state 

 .Tppears as cover illustration in this Issue.] 



The writer recently had the pleas- 

 ure of a journey (with a big J) over the 

 Converse estate at Marion, Mass., ac- 

 companied by Superintendent Roy. For 

 nearly two hours he guided us from 

 one point of interest to another until 

 all realized that a wonderful develop- 

 ment had taken place in the last few 

 years in the eighty acres of the then 

 undeveloped country comprising this 

 estate. From the moment you enter 

 the gate until you leave the grounds 

 there is a continual panorama of 

 changing scenes. Of special interest 

 at this season one might mention the 

 daffodil walk winding its way among 

 beautiful oaks from the entrance to 

 the greenhouses and massed on either 

 side with innumerable groups of daffo- 

 dils of various kinds. Emperor and 

 Empress displayed wonderful adapta- 

 tion to this location. Again one must 

 not forget the glorious display in the 

 formal garden where the eye is feasted 



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