:!04 



HORTICULTURF 



\i g st 26, 1913 



PLANTATION OF LONGI FLOR U M GIGANTEUM LILIES, JAPAN. 



When Ralph M. Ward of New York 

 received cable advice of the flood in 

 Japan which destroyed thousands of 

 homes in and about the bulb district, 

 he cabled the flood sufferers 2000 yen 

 as a donation. The growers affected 

 appreciated this kindness so much that 

 they decided to get along without 



using the money as a relief, and es- 

 tablished among themselves what they 

 call the Flood Donation Commemora- 

 tion Fund, and used the funds in buy- 

 ing up the very finest Giganteum seed 

 bulbs produced in the Kingdom. The 

 above photograph shows the results 

 of the first year's planting and cul- 

 tivation and demonstrates that an ex- 



ceedingly high quality can be produced 

 from the right planting stock. Their 

 intentions are to supply Mr. Ward, 

 beginning in 1912, with a grade of 

 Giganteum superior to anything pro- 

 duced. The money is used entirely to 

 promote quality, and the growers have 

 their heart and soul devoted to the 

 cause. 



PERSONAL. 

 frank Fillmore of St. Louis, had 

 charge of the floral booth at the Royal 

 Arcanum festival at Priestess Pari;. 

 all of the last v 



Charles Schenck. of Traendly & 



ScheiK'k, New York, returned from 



European trip on Tuesday, August 



14. looking much benefited by the 



voyage. 



Many ■■> nquiries at the con- 



vention for Col. W. W. Castle of Bos- 

 ton, who, in recent conventions, has 

 mad'' so many warm friends among 

 the members by his unique personal- 

 ity, and all were full of symp 



>arned of his seriou. ill- 

 ness — lasting ever since last Easter — 

 with many wishes expressed for his 

 speedy return to good health. 



On his return from Baltimore, .1. K. 

 II, 1.. Farquhar of Boston received a 

 telegram inviting him to address the 

 Lenox (Mass.) Garden Club on Tues- 

 day afternoon. August 22. which he 

 did at the parlors of Hon. Jos. H. 

 Choate, Stockbridge, and in the even- 

 ing of the same day attended the 



meeting of the Lenox Horticultural 

 Society, thus finishing up a most 

 strenuous ten days. 



Mr. H. A. Barnard, representing 

 Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 

 Enfield, England, is due to arrive in 

 New York soon on another American 

 trip, and iiia;, be addressed at the 

 Hotel Albert, 11th street and Univer- 

 sity place. New York. 



Visitors in New York: P. Welch, 

 A. E. Thatcher and J. K. M. L. Farqu- 

 har, Boston; John Canning, Ardsley, 

 N. Y.; M. Barker, Chicago; C. C. Poll- 

 worth, Milwaukee; H. E. Philpott, 

 Winnipeg, and others en route to and 

 from the Baltimore convention. 



Boston visitor: J. Nash of Moore, 

 Hentz & Nash, New York. 



NEW ROSES 



Originated by Jackson 

 Dawson 



Lady Duncan, Dawson. Daybreak, Farquhar, William Egan 

 and Minnie Dawson 



WRITE F-OR PRICES 



We carry a very large stock of Fine Conifers, Deciduous Trees 

 and Shrubs and Hardy Herbaceous Perennials 



Send for Our New Illustrated Catalogue 



IM NURSERIES 

 JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. 



Henry S. Dawson, Mgr. 



