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The Florists^ Review 



NOTEMBIB 24, 1921 



W. II. Lincoln and Graf von Fleming 

 and Cleveland cherries from W. N. 

 Craig received honorable mention. 



Carnations Thomas C. Joy and Na- 

 talie, from Patten & Co., were each 

 awarded a report of merit. Mr. Patten 

 spoke glowingly of the sterling qualities 

 of both varieties. Seedling chrysanthe- 

 mums from A. E. T. Eogers received a 

 vote of thanks. Mr. Eogers also had a 

 superb vase of Calanthe Veitchii, 

 awarded a cultural report of merit. Dun- 

 can Finlayson showed Calanthes Orpet- 

 iana, McWilliamsii and Veitchii; they 

 were awjirded honorable mention. Al- 

 bert C. Burragc had fine cut orchids, in- 

 cluding Cattleya labiata, Vanda cceru- 

 lea, Phalaenopsis Aphrodite, Cattleya 

 Dowiana and Cypripedium Leeanum 

 varieties. 



L. D. Towlc received a report of merit 

 for a splendid form of Lreliocattleya 

 Soulange. Ho also showed a splendid 

 plant of Calanthe Sandhurstiana. James 

 Methven received honorable mention for 

 fine Cleveland cherries and James Don- 

 ald a vote of thanks for Chrysanthemum 

 Mrs. E. D. Godfrey. E. B. Dane had a 

 grand specimen of Cypripedium Maudiffi, 

 which received a cultural report of 

 merit. He received a similar award for 

 that fine cypripedium, Leeanum Richard 

 Ledoux. He also showed Odontoglossum 

 grande. 



'Six new members were elected. The 

 death of James Nicol, for many years 

 a member of the club, was reported and 

 P. M. Miller. William Patterson and 

 George M. Anderson were appointed a 

 committee on resolutions. A. K. Rogers 

 announced that the great numbers of 

 corn borers found everywhere on late 

 sweet corn were not the dreaded Euro- 

 penn corn borer, but the corn ear worm, 

 wliicli worked from the tops of the cobs 

 downward, wlieroas the European borer 

 worked from the stems upward. 



W. X. Craig presented resolutions 

 commending President Harding for call- 

 ing a conference for the limitation of 

 armaments and it was voted unani- 

 mously to endorse tliis and forward let- 

 ters to all the American delegates at the 

 conference. 



Nominations of officers for 1922 were 

 made as follows: President, "William H. 

 Judd; vice-president, Harold A. Ryan; 

 secretary, W. N. Craig; treasurer, James 

 Methven; executive committee (for five 

 vacancies), George \V. Butterworth, 

 George W. Hamcr, A. K. Rogers, Duncan 

 Finlayson, Harold Graham, Donald 

 Sutherland. John L. Russell, P. W. 

 Burke, E. T. Denham, Donald McKenzie, 

 Edward F. Xorberg, Gustave Thommen, 

 Walter H. Golhy. 



It was orchid night and excellent 

 practical talks were given on "Calan- 

 thes" liy George Lydiard, on "Cat- 

 tleyas" by George " W. Butterworth, 

 "Phalfpnopsis" by George I 'Anson, and 

 "Cypripediums" by Donald McKenzie. 

 Each of the speakers was asked manv 

 questions and the interest in orchids 

 was evidently quite keen. 



Among those present from a distance 

 were .Tolin Coombs, Hartford, Conn.; W. 

 D. Howard, Milford, Mass.; Harold J. 

 Patten, Tewksbury, and Ralph W. Cur- 

 tis, of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 The next meeting will be held December 

 20, when officers will be elected. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



The annual meeting of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society occurred 

 November 17 at Horticultural hall. The 

 following officers for 1922 were duly 



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