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peted for June 5 and 6. The lecture 

 hall waB well filled with exhibits, in 

 spite of the backward spring, and or- 

 chids were again a great feature. A. 

 C. Burrage received a gold medal for 

 a magnificent group of odontiodas and 

 odontoglossums, all beautifully flow- 

 ered. Among the odontiodas were 

 "Vuylstekese, Bradshawise, lona, Black 

 Prince, Cooksonise and Charlesworthii. 

 A few striking odontoglossums were 

 eximium, Jasper, amabile, warnhamense 

 superbum. Mr. Burrage also showed 

 another group of 100 orchids, which in- 

 cluded oneidiums, cattleyas, Iselias, 

 renantheras, miltonias, phaius, coelogy- 

 nes, etc. A cultural certificate was 

 awarded for some splendidly flowered 

 plants of Coelogyne pandurata and C. 

 Massangeana. 



J. T. Butterworth had some nice bas- 

 kets arranged with well flowered odon- 

 toglossums, oneidiums, dendrobiums 

 and cattleyas. Henry Stewart, gar- 

 dener for Miss C. Warren, had a col- 

 lection of well flowered show pelargo- 

 niums and amaryllis. George F. Stew- 

 art, gardener for A. T. Lyman, showed 

 some grand specimen plants, over a yard 

 across, of Calceolarias Stewartii, yel- 

 low; Baileyi, reddish terra cotta; Med- 

 ford Gem, orange, and Lymani, rich 

 red. The last named has not previously 

 been shown and is a gem with great 

 commercial possibilities; it was award- 

 ed a silver medal. Mr. Stewart was 

 also awarded by a special committee a 

 gold medal for his grand lot of new 

 calceolarias; this medal was offered by 

 the National Association of Gardeners 

 for the most meritorious novelty staged 

 by one of its members and is now 

 awarded for the first time. 



George E. Buxton received honor- 

 able mention for his new geranium, 

 Mrs. Geo. E. Buxton, and Hillcrest 

 Farm received the same award for a 

 collection of growing native plants. W. 

 H. Golby and W. N. Craig received the 

 awards for a collection of narcissi and 

 W. H. Golby won first prizes for col- 

 lection of Darwin tulips and collection 

 of tulips of all classes. 



The trustees of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society are planning to 

 hold a great rose show in the spring of 

 1922 and another big orchid exhibition 

 in 1923. 



Calls are being sent out this week by 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety for the conference of horticul- 

 tural interests to be held at the Museum 

 of Natural History, New York, June 

 15. at 10 a. m., to consider a plan of 

 campaign for securing a modification 

 of Quarantine No. 37. Numerous gar- 

 den clubs, horticultural societies, flo- 

 rists' clubs, etc., will send delegates 

 and this promises to be a real start 

 of a vigorous campaign against the 

 autocratic Federal Horticultural Board. 



Various Notes. 



"William R. Nicholson is cutting 1,000 

 bunches of his special strain of gyp- 

 sophila weekly and will have a big 

 Memorial day crop. He now devotes 

 several benches to myosotis and it has 

 proved a profitable crop, netting as 

 much as $1.60 per square foot this 

 season. He has four long beds of snap- 

 dragons, pink, white and yellow, and 

 finds no trouble in selling them at good 

 prices. He is at present finishing 

 ]j]anting out his houses of chrysanthe- 

 mums direct from the cutting benches, 

 a groat saving of labor compared with 



potting each cutting off. Some 25,000 

 carnations will go into the field this 

 week. Mr. Nicholson is cutting a hand- 

 some lot of delphiniums and of these he 

 has 10,000 plants in the field for use an- 

 other season. 



J. Eisemann, the Beacon Florist, is 

 doing a remarkably good business and 

 has had some fine wedding and funeral 

 orders recently. He is at present doing 

 a great business in artificial wreaths 

 for Memorial day. 



Ernest H. Wilson, assistant director 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, will leave 

 July 8 for a 2-year tour of the world. 



Up to and including May 16 we have 

 only been favored with three clear days 

 in May and twelve have been rainy 

 ones. Temperatures continue abnor- 

 mally low and vegetation is late. The 

 persistent rains keep the ground in such 

 a saturated condition that little plant- 

 ing has been done. 



J. T. Butterworth will exhibit an im- 

 posing group of miltonias at the next 

 exhibition in Horticultural hall, which 

 comes June 5 and 6. Classes are allot- 

 ted for rhododendrons, azaleas, irises, 

 hardy herbaceous flowers, hardy suc- 

 culents, flowering shrubs, miniature 

 rock gardens, etc. The annual peony 

 show is scheduled for June 19 and 20 

 and the rose and strawberry show a 

 week later. 



It would seem as though more arti- 

 ficial wreaths and sprays for Memorial 

 day are being offered this year than 

 ever before. The designs are more 

 tasteful than in former years. That 

 there will be a decided shortage of nat- 

 ural flowers seems a certainty and it 

 would be utterly impossible to serve 



everyone with them. Then, as many 

 prefer the artificial for this oeeasion, 

 if florists will not supply them someor.c 

 else will, and many dry-goods and other 

 stores now feature them prominently. 

 One leading retailer said a day or t\\'o 

 ago, "I don't like this artiflcial bu^si- 

 ness, but people want them and there 

 is more money in them than in natural 

 flowers; so there you are." W. N. C. 



USINGEB'S XTTTEKANOEa 



J. A. Swartley & Sons, Sterling, II!., 

 have opened a temporary store at Dixon, 

 111. This custom of opening this store 

 has prevailed for six years and it is in 

 operation until the plant season closes. 



The Dixon Floral Co., Dixon, HI., re- 

 ports a heavy demand this year for 

 seeds. From the many seeds sold a good 

 number of city lots will produce vege- 

 tables. 



The Sterling Floral Co., Sterling, HI., 

 is busy in all its departments. Funeral 

 work has been heavy and, with a big de- 

 mand for bedding stock, all hands are 

 hard at work. 



Baymond De Rycke, who recently 

 bought the greenhouses of Ekstram 

 Bros., Moline, 111., reports a satisfac- 

 tory business. He is operating under 

 the name of the Sunnyside Greenhouses 

 & Nursery. 



L. Stapp, Bock Islana, HI., is erecting 

 three new houses, which will be ready 

 this summer. 



Hensley's Flower Shop, Bock Island, 

 111., reports a heavy season in the de- 

 mand for funeral work. Cut flowers 

 also have been in large demand. 



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GROWERS DRAFT CONSTITUTION. 



To Be Adopted in August. 



Secretary J. F. Ammann has sent out 

 the draft of the proposed constitution 

 and by-laws of the National Flower 

 Growers' Association, which is the 

 name adopted for the new organization 

 begun in January at Chicago when the 

 American Carnation Society met. This 

 draft will be given consideration by the 

 growers of the country, so that it may 

 be adopted or altered when the first 

 meeting is held at Cleveland, at the time 

 of the S. A. F. convention in August. 

 Since the draft is of such length that 

 it cannot be reprinted in full, the im- 

 portant articles are quoted and others 

 outlined. Copies may be obtained from 

 Secretary J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, 

 HI. 



The objects of the association are 

 given as "the advancement of commer- 

 cial floriculture under glass; devising 

 ways and means for the best and most 

 economical way of producing and mar- 

 keting stock; discouraging unfair com- 

 petition and encouraging cooperation; 

 to more perfectly combat insects and 

 diseases; to bring about uniform work- 

 ing conditions for labor; uniform grad- 

 ing of flowers and plants; to procure 

 uniformity and certainty in the customs 

 and usages in the trade; to educate 

 floriculturists to better business meth- 



ods; to devise and carry out ways and 

 means of bettering selling conditions 

 and eliminating the present cause of 

 waste in marketing flowers; to secure a 

 uniform basis of credit and collection of 

 accounts and to promote the interests 

 of commercial floriculturists." 



Organization. 



The business of the association is to 

 be carried on by a board of directors 

 of fifteen, including the president and 

 vice-president of the association. Tiie 

 members of the board will be chosen at 

 the annual meeting of the associatii") 

 which comprises the delegates from the 

 local organizations on a basis of cue 

 delegate for each twenty-five members. 

 Twenty-five delegates constitute a q'-O- 

 rum. 



While the president and vice-presi- 

 dent are elected by the delegates for 

 terms of one year, the secretary find 

 treasurer are to be chosen by the bourd 

 of directors, from within or without its 

 own membership as it shall decide, and 

 their salaries also fixed by the boavd. 

 Directors are to receive $5 for e.ich 

 day's attendance at meetings and ii^r 

 each day consumed in traveling to nnd 

 from the meeting place and 10 cents 

 per mile one way from place of resi- 

 dence to meeting place. 



The annual dues of the national body 

 are provided for as follows: 



As nnniml dues, an amount equal to 50 <"• "_' 

 for each 1,000 scpiare feet under glass owr" 



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