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HORTICULTURE 



November 4, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



In connection with the 16th annual 

 exhibition of the Morris County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Society a session 

 of the Gardeners' Association of Amer- 

 ica was held in the lecture room. 



This association was incorporated 

 under the laws of the State of New 

 Jersey in July last and the annual 

 convention was held on Friday, Octo- 

 ber 27. during the flower show at 

 Madison, N. J. It was well attended 

 and great interest was taken in all 

 the proceedings. The lengthy consti- 

 tution and by-laws were read and 

 adopted and letters were read from 

 the Mayor and Board of Trade of 

 Buffalo, N. Y., inviting the association 

 to meet in that city next year. Mr. 

 J. Downing, president of the Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' So- 

 ciety, welcomed the assemblage to 

 Madison and expressed hopes for the 

 future of the society. The election of 

 officers resulted in having for presi- 

 dent. Thomas H. Logan, Jenkintown. 

 Pa.; first vice-president. Martin E. Til- 

 letson, Great Neck, L. I.; second vice- 

 president, W. Rennie, Pasadena, Cal.; 

 secretary, M. C. Ebel, Madison, N. J.; 

 treasurer, R. H. Caverly, Lowell, Mass. 



J. Otto Thilow made an eloquent ad- 

 dress. He spoke in approval of the 

 proposition to widen the sphere of ac- 

 tivity of the Gardeners' Association 

 and gave great credit to the great 

 influence of the private estates, pub- 

 lic parks, school gardens, embellish- 

 ment of factory grounds, etc., in the 

 advancement of horticulture in this 

 country. He said that the demand 

 for gardeners of ability is increasing 

 rapidly and wonderful opportunities 

 are now in sight for able men. In 

 Eurone they have reached the stage 

 of civilization where they can't do 

 without flowers and we. in this land 

 of homes, are progressing in the same 

 direction. The gardener should now 

 assume a more aggressive stand and 

 not keep himself so much to himself. 

 Be earnest: be enthusiastic; drill and 

 sing horticulture into the e:trs of the 

 people. He closed with an urgent 

 plea for the prevention of further for- 

 est depletion. 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar was the next 

 speaker, his topic being the "Garden- 

 ers' Opportunity as Presented Today" 

 — such an opportunity. Mr. Farquhar 

 declared, as had never occurred in this 

 or any other country. The gardener, 

 he said, is to take a higher position, 

 with a recognition and recompense 

 more in keeping with his services. He 

 would have the gardener prepare fcr 

 this by making himself master of his 

 calling. "The outdoor department of 

 horticulture is the most important at 

 the present time. Too many of the 

 craft are deficient in knowledge of es- 

 sentials and there is imminent danger 

 of the gardeners being supplanted by 

 students with a college-acquired scien- 

 tific education, but lacking horticul- 

 tural knowledge. The gardener should 

 know soil constituents, the fundamen- 



tal requirements for tree growth and 

 vegetable culture; should have an all- 

 round equipment in the use of hardy 

 peronnials and shrubs, the laying out 

 and development of grounds, the use 

 of the level, the making of drains and 

 care of lawns, plant physiology, ento- 

 mology, the forcing of fruit and vege- 

 tables under glass, as well as exotic 

 plants and flowers. The "tree doctor" 

 is an encroachment on the gardeners' 

 domain which the gardener should by 

 his own knowledge be able to repel 

 and a large proportion of the land- 

 scape architects are equally super- 

 fluous. The gardener should be in a 

 position to do all these things and be 

 able to so lead his employer that he 

 would come to him for counsel in all 

 such operations instead of depending 

 upon book-taught interlopers for ad- 

 vice on matters which the latter are 

 accustomed to assert the gardener 

 does not understand. "Learn, learn, 

 learn." was the burden of Mr. Farqu- 

 har's appeal and it made an almost 

 sensational impression upon his audi- 

 ence. 



C. H. Totty then addressed the Asso- 

 ciation on the subject of the "Pro- 

 posed National Flower Show in New 

 York, in 1913, Its Aims, and the Gar- 

 deners' Duty and Privilege in the 

 Great Enterprise." Everything should 

 be done to help along the great move- 

 ment to induce the people to have 

 their own home, own flower garden, 

 own fruits and vegetables. The gar- 

 deners' power for good in this great 

 upward movement is immeasurable. 

 The flower show can be made to do 

 much effective work to this end. The 

 gardeners should enthusiastically sup- 

 port the S. A. F. and personally as 

 well as in their organized capacity 

 co-operate with the S. A. F. in its 

 commendable project. 



Wm. J. Stewart, John Young and 

 W. E. Maynard were also called upon 

 and gave unstinted approval to the 

 sentiments expressed by the previous 

 speakers. 



Following adjournment the members 

 and visitors were invited to dinner 

 at the American House, after which 

 speeches were again in order. J. Aus- 

 tin Shaw complimented the Morris 

 County organization on the success of 

 its exhibition and predicted an unpre- 

 cedented display at the National 

 Flower Show in New York. "Baby" 

 Foley from Chicago avowed he was 

 celebrating his birthday and removed 

 his coat for greater freedom as he ad- 

 dressed his audience as "Fellow gen- 

 tlemen and gardeners, newspaper men 

 and barnacles," and related some of 

 •his oast performances, closing with a 

 cordial invitation to all to come to 

 Chicago S. A. F. Convention next sum- 

 mer. E. O. Orpet spoke interestingly 

 of his experiences in gardening in 

 the west. H. A. Bunyard said that the 

 Gardeners' Association should stand 

 on its own bottom as a gardeners' 

 organization and leave the general 

 field to the Society of American Flor- 

 ists. M. C. Ebel, R. M. Schultz and 

 C. H. Totty all spoke words of wel- 

 come on behalf of the local society. 

 Other speakers were J. H. Pepper, 

 Wm. J. Stewart, Joseph A. Manda and 

 Robt. Bottomley. The services closed 

 with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne." 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Committee on Gardens of the 

 .Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 represents one of the departments of 

 the society's work the object of which 

 is to encourage the developement and 

 ornamentation of private grounds of 

 large and small estates. Premiums 

 and medals are offered in recognition 

 of tasteful planting and arrangement 

 and for successful results in garden 

 making. 



The Committee has completed its 

 visits of inspection for the current 

 year and announces its awards as 

 follows: 

 H. H. Hunnewell Triennial Premium. 



For an estate of not less than three 

 acres planted in the most tasteful and ef- 

 fective manner, with the most desirable 

 ornamental trees and shrubs, and kept In 

 the best order for three consecutive years: 

 First— Col. Harry E. Converse, Marion; 

 Second — Andrew Gray Weeks, Marion. 



For a garden of spring-flowering plants: 

 First— George E. Barnard, Ipswich. 



Society Prizes. 



For a garden of summer or fall-flowering 

 plants: First— George E. Barnard, Ip- 

 swich. 



For a garden or collection of peonies: 

 First— 'Wilton Loekwood, South Orleans. 



For a garden or collection of hardy 

 roses: First — Col. H. E. Converse, Marion: 

 Second— Wilton Loekwood, South Orleans. 



For a garden or collection of irises : 

 First — Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton. 



For a rook garden: First — Charles W. 

 Parker, Marblehead ; Second — George E. 

 Barnard, Ipswich. 



For a water garden : First — Col. H\ E. 

 Converse. Marion: Second — George E. Bar- 

 nard, Ipswich. 



For a garden of large or small fruits: 

 First— Dr. W. G. Kendall, Atlantic: 

 Second — George E. Barnard, Ipswich. 



For a vegetable garden : First — Oliver 

 Ames. North Easton ; Second— George E. 

 Barnard, Ipswich. 



Special Awards. 



C. S. Eaton. Marblehead, Honorable Men- 

 tion for vegetable garden. Mrs. H. R. 

 Foote. Marblehead, First Class Cultural 

 Certificate for rose garden. F. A. Smith. 

 Ipswich, First Class Cultural Certificate 

 for applp culture. David F. Roy. Silver 

 Medal for superintendence of Converse es- 

 tate. Marion. James Marlborough, Silver 

 Medal for superintendence of Proctor es- 

 tate. Topsfield. 



The annual chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society will be held at Horti- 

 cultural Hall. Thursday to Sunday, No- 

 vember 9 to 12. From the entries al- 

 ready promised a brilliant show is as- 

 sured. In addition to the display of 

 chrysanthemums there are classes for 

 orchids and for groups of flowering 

 and foliage plants. There will be also 

 exhibits of fruits, native and foreign, 

 arranged for decorative effect with a'i- 

 tumn foliage and berried shrubs. A 

 popular ladies' orchestra will furnish 

 music every afternoon and evening. 

 WM. P. RICH, Secretary. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The supporters of the American Rose 

 Society are responding finely to the re- 

 quest for a guarantee fund to enable 

 the society to offer a first-class prize 

 list for the coming joint exhibition at 

 Detroit. Several amateurs have come 

 forward — Samuel Thorne. of Mill- 

 brook, N. Y.. and Mrs. E. M. Sharpe of 

 Wilkesbarre. Also ex-President W. H. 

 Elliott, August Poehlmann, and "A 

 Friend." 



The Detroit show will be made a 

 public popular exhibition. The Wayne 



