April 24, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



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supremacy of the rose as a national 

 flower, an eminent divine wrote a 

 strong philippic in which he said: 

 "Tliere is a flower, a tulip, which has 

 engrafted the love and affection of 

 most people into it. And what is a 

 tulip? A well complexioned stench, 

 an ill odor wrapped up in pleasant 

 colors." Yet some of the modern Dar- 

 win tulips have a fragrance which is 

 most wholesome and delicious. Prob- 

 ably the growers of olden days had 

 nothing of the kind. The fact Isn't 

 always realized that some of the nar- 

 cissi also have a delightful scent. One 

 of them, known as White Lily, is es- 

 pecially notable in this respect, hav- 

 ing a perfume which reminds one of 

 the tuberose. Ordinarily plants which 

 have passed maturity cease to have a 

 pleasant perfume, but the English 

 writer already quoted observes that 

 this is far from being true in the case 

 of the little tree known as Bird Cher- 

 ry, Cerasns p&dus. He says that the 

 dying leaves of this tree give off a 

 most delicious fragrance which he 

 often stops to inhale. 



FLOWER SHOW OF THE AMERI- 

 CAN DAHLIA SOd'ETY. 



A meeting of the Executive Commit- 

 tee of the American Dahlia Society 

 was held Monday, April 12, at the 

 Pennsylvania Hotel, New York, for the 

 purpose of taking up the business of 

 the Autumn Flower Show. 



Notwithstanding the fact that the 

 railroad strike was at its height at that 

 time, there were present: Richard 

 Vincent, Jr., White Marsh, Maryland; 

 George L. Stillman, Westerly, R. I.; 

 F. Louis AJUng, West Haven, Conn.; 

 I. S. Hendrickson, Flowerfield, N. Y.; 

 William Noonan, Locust Valley, N. Y.; 

 James Duthie, Oyster Bay, N. Y.; I. N. 

 Failor, Richmond Hiil, N. Y.; and B. 

 C. Vick. 



George W. Kerr. Doylestown. Pa., 

 was expected to attend; he was ready 

 and at the station, but was unable to 

 get a train to New York. 



Prof. George W. Fraser. of the Con- 

 necticut Agricultural College, was un- 

 able to leave the college at this time. 



The fiUly attended meeting under 

 the adverse circumstances shows the 

 spirit of the committee. 



It was decided that there would be 

 three classes of exhibitors, namely. 

 Commercial Growers, those who grow 

 tubers for sale; Private Growers, 

 those who employ gardeners, but do 

 not sell stock, and Amateurs, those 

 who grow their own plants, individ- 

 ually, except the work of plowing or 

 spading and handling the fertilizer, 

 who grow dahlias for their own pleas- 

 ure and not for sale. 



The Dahlia Shaw will be held Sep- 



tember 27, 28 and 29, at the Pennsyl- 

 vania Hotel, New York. 



The exhibits of amateurs shall be 

 admitted free. 



Garden clubs will he limited to 100 

 square feet at a flat rate of $10. 



Competitive exhibits may be dis- 

 played in the trade space, so that ex- 

 hibitors who enter flowers for display 

 only and also flowers in competition 

 can keep all their exhibits together to 

 make the best possible general display. 



The price of trade space to be $1 

 per square foot. Admission 50 cents. 

 Trade tickets will be sold at $25 per 

 hundred. TTnused tickets will not be 

 redeemed. 



Each exhibitor shall have three sea- 

 son tickets. 



A Schedule Committee was ap- 

 pointed consisting of James Duthie. F. 

 l^uis Ailing. I. S. Hendrickson and 

 William Noonan. with the suggestion 

 that the schedule be prepared as soon 

 as possible to include dahlias, in the 

 various classes, also other autumn 

 flowers, fruits and vegetables. 



The following trade space was taken 

 at the meeting: 



I. N. Failor, Richmond Hill, N. Y., 

 50 square feet; John Lewis Childs. 

 Flowerfield. N. Y., 150 square feet; F. 

 Louis Ailing, West Haven. Conn.. 100 

 square feet; Geo. L. Stillman. West- 

 erly. R. I., 100 square feet; William 

 Noonan. I»cust Valley. N. Y.. 50 

 square feet; Richard Vincent, Jr.. 

 White Marsh, Md., 100 square feet. 



As there is about 2,000 square feet 

 of trade space to be sold, it will be 

 seen that a quarter of it has already 

 been taken. 



EinvARi) C. VioK. Secretary. 



THE WESTCHESTER AND FAIR- 

 FIELD (CONN.) HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 above society was held in Greenwich. 

 Conn., April 9. Vice-President Harry 

 Jones occupied the chair. The feature 

 of the evening was the presentation of 

 the silver medal from the National 

 Association of Gardeners to Robert 

 Williamson for the highest number of 

 points secured with exhibits during 

 the past year. James Stuart gave an 

 interesting description of the Boston 

 Flower Show, comparing some of the 

 exhibits with those shown at the New 

 York International Exhibition. The 

 general opinion of the members was 

 that the New York show was the su- 

 perior. The labor question came up 

 for considerable discussion. It is 

 rather humiliating to find that Italian 

 and Polish laborers are receiving 

 higher wages than the professional 

 gardener. On the motion of Mr. See- 

 ley the question of holding a summer 



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flower show was left over until our- 

 next meeting, which is on Friday even- 

 ing. May 14. Prizes from the J. H. 

 Troy and A. X. Pierson fund will be- 

 given for exhibits and a discussion on 

 matters concerning the gardening 

 profession will be brought up that 

 evening. The concert and dance held 

 at Greenwich, March 23, was a great 

 success. Those fortunate enough to 

 he present had a jolly good time and 

 enjoyed themselves to the utmost. 

 Jack Conrov, Cor. Sec. 



MORE MONEY FOR GARDENERa 



According to newspaper reports 

 gardeners on private estates are now 

 firmly demanding increased wages. Itr 

 is stated that assistant gardeners in 

 the cottage colpny at New Y'ork, who 

 formerly were paid $60 a month, but 

 who have had them advanced in many 

 cases to $80 a month are about to ask 

 for a further increase to $100 a month. 



