April 27. 1916, 



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Here's a New Idea, a Stole Supplied by a Canadian Florist, to be Worn With a Traveling Costutne. 



HEBE'S A NEW ONE. 



Here is a sure enough novelty that 

 every florist will hope to see become a 

 fad. The idea is that of Hall & Kob- 

 insoB, ef Montreal, who supply the 

 photographs used in the accompanying 

 illustration. The arrangement is called 

 the bride's stole, and Hall & Eobinson 

 say it is intended to be worn by the 

 bride who is attired in a traveling suit 

 at the time of the ceremony. The stole 

 illustrated was made of ccelogynes and 

 lily of the valley on a white satin base. 



PAPER BOXES GOINa UP. 



• A visible increase in the selling price 

 of paper boxes may result from a con- 

 ference of some 150 members of the 

 Western Paper Box Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation and their allied interests in 

 Chicago last week. A resolution was 

 adopted calling upon the members to 

 ' * buy raw materials conservatively and 

 in quantities only that are for immedi- 

 ate demand and use." 



KEW GABDENEBS MEET. 



The first annual meeting of the Asso- 

 ciation of Kew Gardeners in America 

 was held at Shanley's, 117 West Forty- 

 second street, New York, April 5, in 

 the form of a retinion and battquet. 

 There was a large attendance of Kew 

 men, their wives and friends from many 

 states in the Union and old friends had 

 an opportunity to meet again. 



It was decided to hold the next an- 

 nual banquet and reunion during the 

 week of next year 's spring show in New 

 York. The officers elected for the en- 

 suing year were: President, William 

 Free, of Brooklyn ; vice-president, James 

 MacPherson, of Trenton, N. J.; secre- 



tary, S. R. Candler, of Southampton, 

 N. Y. S. R. Candler, Sec'y. 



WOMEN'S CONFEBENCE PBOOBAM 



The third annual conference and ex- 

 hibit of the Women's National Agri- 

 cultural and Horticultural Association 

 will be held in Horticultural hall, Bos- 

 ton, May 18, 19 and 20. A "garden 

 sale" will be conducted by the Wo- 

 men's Educational and Industrial 

 Union and luncheon will be served by 

 the same organization during the days 

 of the meeting. The program for the 

 conference follows: 



Address of welcome, by Samuel W. McCall, 

 governor of Massachusetts. 



On behalf of Boston, James M. Curley, mayor, 

 and for the Massachusetts Horticultural Associa- 

 tion, R. M. Saltonstall, president. 



"Preparedness in Agriculture," by George T. 

 Powell, of the New York Experiment Station. 



"Some Recent Developments in Horticaltaral 

 Training," by Mrs. EWith L. FuUerton, of the 

 Long Island Experiment Station. Medford, N. Y. 



"Schools and Home Gardens," by Miss Mabel A. 

 Turner, supervisor of school gardens, Milton, 

 Mass. 



"Our Grandmothers' Roaes," by Miss Helen 

 Holmes, of Kingston, Mass. 



"Trees and Hedges for City and Town Plant- 

 ing," by A. A. Shurtleff. 



"English Versus American Gardens," by Miss 

 M. Youngs, of Garden City, N. Y. 



"Ten Less Familiar Garden Flowers." by Mrs. 

 Francis King, president of tbe Women's National 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Association. 



"Egg Farm and Profit," by Miss Alice L. Day. 

 of New Canaan, Conn. 



"A Vignette of Brockton's Gardens," by Miss 

 A. B. Burke, of Brockton. Mass. 



"Massachusetts' State - aided Agricultural 

 Schools." by C. T. Whitcomb, formerly director 

 of the Massachusetts educational exhibit at the 

 Panama-Pacific Exposition. 



"Flowers and Gardens of Japan," Illustrated, 

 by E. H. Wilson. 



In addition to the foregoing, short 



addresses will be made by members of 



the faculties of Cornell University, 



Simmons College, Lowthorpe School of 



Landscape Architecture, Penn School 



of Horticulture for Women and the 



Bridgewater, Mass., Normal School. 



PENTSTEMONS DAMPING OFF. 



I have a fine crop of seedling pentste- 

 mons which I have had difficulty in 

 transplanting. They have from four to 

 six leaves. When transplanted, tkey 

 seem to damp off at once. Can you sug- 

 gest a remedy! I should also like to 

 have some cultural notes on these 

 plants. Do they require pinching, as 

 snapdragons do? H. M. — La. 



Pentstemons need a cool house. Per- 

 haps you are growing them too warm. 

 I have never had any trouble with them 

 (lamping off. You will find a eoldf rame 

 to be a much better place to grow them 

 in than a greenhouse. Use a light, but 

 moderately rich soil. They do not. re- 

 quire any pinching. They can be 

 planted out at any time when danger 

 of frost has passed. They succeed well 

 in a bed by themselves, or can be 

 planted in clumps in a mixed border 

 of annuals and perennials. They are 

 at their best in cool weather and I am 

 afraid your summers will prove pretty 

 hot for them. Keep them moist at the 

 root, for good results. 



C./W. 



Lake Forest, HI. — Edward Owen 

 Orpet, father of Will H. Orpet, who is 

 awaiting trial for the murder of Marion 

 Lambert, has been named as defendant 

 in a $10,000 slander suit filed by At- 

 torney James Welch, counsel for John 

 Tiplady, a gardener employed by Mrs. 

 Nettie McCormick. According to Tip- 

 lady, Orpet senior is responsible for a 

 story that Tiplady during the time he 

 was employed as gjjjsdener by A. B. 

 Dick traded a number *6f rare and valu- 

 able plants with another Lake Forest 

 gardener and then sold the plants he 

 received in the trade to a Highland 

 Park florist. 



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