December 10, 1911 



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the great Phipps Conservatories In 



Schenley Park was good. 



The Bureau of Parks, Schenley 

 Park, showed five varieties of begon- 

 ias. Of these one of our large retail 

 florists preferred Agatha in his trade, 

 but for conservatory work President 

 Jones prefers (".lory of Cincinnati — 

 certificate of merit. 



Bureau of Parks showed cypripedl- 

 ums and anlisias. the berries of which 

 were said to color best at a temper- 

 ature of 45 degrees — certificate of 

 merit 



G. and J. W. Ludwig showed Christ- 

 mas greens from Oregon, Mahonia 

 acanthifolla special mention. 



In honor of the presence of Mr. 

 Smith, refreshments were served by 

 the hotel management, which brought 

 to a close a very pleasant meeting. 



Subject for the January meeting: 

 "Roses." H. P. JOSIJN, Sec'y. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 

 This organization held its annual 

 meeting on the evening of Dec. 12, 

 when reports from the various officers 

 wire submitted showing the Society 

 to be in a high state of efficiency, 

 which is mainly due to the harmony 

 prvailing among its workers. A large 

 number of members were present, and 

 all seemed to favor the re-election of 

 the officers, which was done in most 

 cases, including that of president, and 

 the follow inn are those elected for the 

 ensuing year: 



President, Andrew S. Meikle; first 

 vice-president, William Mackay; sec- 

 ond vice-president, John B. Urquhart; 

 recording secretary, Daniel J. Cough- 

 lin: treasurer, A. K. McMahon; finan- 



\\ni;i:w S. Mm 



Preside it el< i ' Newport Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



cial secretary, John P. Hami 



• -at-arms, William v Smith; ex- 



, committi e, Richard Gardner, 



John T. Allan. Alex MacLellan, James 



Robertson. Bruce I William 



c. M Bugholl and Fred Franco, 



with the above oflV 



A I., | ... , ,-. .I poinsettias was on 

 exhibition, at d as they were said to 

 be the besl evei seen here, they were 



More Feed Per Acre 



The a .^t of producing meat or milk would be much 

 less if it required le icn I pi luc the fei d. 



Both the quantity and quality of the feed improve 

 when the right pi int fo ids are used t<. supplement the 

 manure and clover. They improve enough to yield a 

 handsome profit on the expenditure. 

 1 he riyht plant food ii i nough 



POTASH 



in available form. Supplement the manure and phosphate 

 with 50 to 100 pounds of Muriate ol Potash, or 200 to 400 

 pounds oi K.unit. per a< re, and you will riiisc big corn and 

 fine clover after the grain and at the same time improve 

 the leit.lity of the soil. 



Try Potash salts alone on the swamp land pasture and 

 note the clover and good grasses crowd out the wild hay. 

 Write us for prices of Potash, one bag up. 



GERMAN KALI WORKS. Inc. 



Continental Building, Baltimore Monadnock Block, Chicago 



Whitney Central Bank Bnildtnc. New Orleani 



awarded the bronze medal of the So- 

 letj The exhibitor was Fred Jenkins, 

 gardener for Mrs. Cornelius Vandei 

 bilt. The offer of a silver cup from 

 Miss Fanny Foster was thankfully ac- 

 cepted as a prize for twenty-five 

 \aiieties of dahlias to be exhibited at 

 suitable times, the competition to be 

 open to private gardeners only, and 

 the cup to be won twice by the same 

 exhibitor. The business session was 

 followed by a social, which all seemed 

 to enjoy with appropriate refresh- 

 ments. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The annual meeting of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society was held on De- 

 cember 2nd, and was largely attended, 

 with President Foulsham in the chair. 

 Treasurer Jack was all smiles when 

 he read the financial report, stating 

 that the Society had had one of the 

 most successful years in its history, 

 also that the surplus funds were care- 

 fully invested, and much to the mem 

 bers' regret asked to be excused from 

 holding office for another term. The 

 secretary also read his annual report. 

 showing that the Society had elected 

 three life members and twenty-two an- 

 nual members, and everyone present 

 was of the opinion that this had been 

 B banner year for the Society, and the 

 office. accorded a hearty vote of 



thanks. 



After the general routine of dusi- 

 . Hon of officers took 

 place. Messrs. George Foul 

 George Breedman were re-e 1 

 prei idem and vice-president; Mian J. 

 Jen] II. Instone, 



retary; and William Hoo- 

 per 1 secretary. 



Messrs. E. Jenkins and A. II Win- 

 getl gave an lnt< n 



re, em Land Expi York - 



but neither ol thi ere lucky enough 

 to win an: ol the farms. 



Messrs. P. Hi remans and E. Jen- 



littee 

 to draw up resolutions upon the death 

 ember, Captain John S. 

 Barnes. 



GEO. H. INSTONE, Secretary. 



NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY 



ASSOCIATION OF PLANT 



GROWERS. 



The annual fall inspection tour of 

 the members of the N. Y. & N. J. 

 Association of Plant Growers took 

 place recently. The trip took two 

 days and the members were conveyed 

 in automobiles to seventeen estab- 

 lishments on Long Island and four- 

 ti ,11 in New Jersey. 



On the Long Island trip a noon day 

 stop was made at the dining hall of 

 John Xiederstein, Middle Village, 

 where under Frederick Marquardt's 

 direction a sumptuous meal had been 

 prepared. The accompanying picture 

 was taken at Middle Village by Miss 

 Marie Marquardt. It will be noticed 

 that F. R. Pierson, who occupied the 

 front seat, was the guiding spirit of 



larger car, wl mmittee's 



bod- 

 \. L. Miller and Anton Schul- 

 \, 1 only was the trip very in- 

 live and profitable, but the mem- 

 bers had en • 



e annual meeting of the New 

 York and New Jersey Association of 

 Plant Growers was held at the office 

 of the secretary, William H. Siebrecht, 

 Jr., on December 5th, and Important 

 business was transacted. 



The annual election of officers took 

 place with the following result: Presi- 

 dent, Frederick Marquardt, Middle Vil- 



