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«ieht hours. After sowing, we put the 

 flats in a sand pit which is used for 

 the propagation of coleus. This pit is 

 in good light, with no direct sunshine, 

 and has a slate bottom, with pipes be- 

 neath. The bottom heat is 70 to 80 

 degrees. The flAti do not stand directly 

 on the slates, bttt there is about one 

 inch of sand in the pit. Then we sur- 

 round the flats with lights of glass 

 and also place glass on top, to keep 

 in the moisture. Of course we ventilate 

 occasionally. E. M. A. 



The treatment described in the fore- 

 going letter does not seem- to be se- 

 riously wrong, except that the covering 

 of the flats with a case of glass is not 

 necessary for these seeds, and might 

 cause fungi in the soil to a sufficient 

 degree to rot some of the seeds and 

 thus to lower the percentage of ger- 

 mination. A temperature of 65 to 70 

 degrees is sufficient for asparagus 

 seeds, and it is quite possible that you 

 have kept them rather too warm and 

 moist. Some growers sow in shallow 

 iienches in a warm house, in preference 

 to putting the seeds in flats. 



W. H. T. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



State Vice-president. 



President Patrick Welch has appoint- 

 ed J. G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J., state 

 vice-president of New Jersey in place 

 of Joseph A. Manda, who declined the 

 appointment. John Young, See'y. 



Membership Contest. 



The president desires to notify all 

 persons interested in the prize contest 

 that the rules to govern the same are 

 ihanged to read as follows: 



1. Anyone desiring to enter the contest must 

 tirst I register by sending Ills or her name and 

 address to the secretary, John Young, 53 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. New York, as early as 

 possible, who will forward application blanks 

 immediately. 



2. The contestants must forward to the secre- 

 tary as received a list of the new members 

 secured, accompanied by fee of $5 for t-ach 

 annual member and $30 for each new life mem- 

 lipr. Each annual member shall count one; each 

 life meml)er shall count six. 



3. The secretary will publish a list of the 

 new members thus secured, and of the contestants 

 tiius securing them, In the trade papers weekly. 

 •Tilly 31, 1915, at 6 p. m., the candidate having 

 tlie largest number of names to his or her credit 

 sliall be declared the winner. (Contest closes at 

 'i p. m. sharp at the secretary's office In New 

 York city. Applications for membership sent by 

 niall and received after that hour will not be 

 counted.) 



4. The ulze to be selected by a committee of 

 tliree, two'tippolnted by the president of the 

 society and one by the winner. The president's 

 Rold watch and chain, value $150, is the prize. 

 Iiut If the winner prefers, the same value will 

 l>e offered in something else — that is optional, 

 *150 in gold, if preferred. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



February 6, 1915. 



BOSTON'S MIDWINTER SHOW. 



The annual midwinter flower show 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, February 6 and 7, was an excel- 

 lent one and filled the main exhibition 

 hall. The carnation men were out in 

 force and put up a superb lot of flow- 

 ers, competition being keen. Boston 

 never has staged flowers of grander 

 quality. Awards were: 



Fifty mixed carnations — S. J. Goddard, first; 

 A. A. Pembroke, second. 



Twenty-five blooms, private gardeners only — 

 '!eo. Page, gardener to Mrs. Frederick Ayer, 

 ilrst and second; Alex. McKay, gardener to E. A. 

 Clark, third. 



Fifty white^C. S. Strout. first; A. A. Pem- 

 Itroke, second, -each with Matchless. 



Fifty light pink— A. A. Pembroke, first; S. J. 

 Goddard, second, each with Glorlosa. 



Fifty rose plnk^C. S». Strout.i first, -with. Mrs. 



Mantel Decoration by the Idle- Hour Nurseries, Macon, Ga. 



C. W. Ward; M. A. Patten & Co., second, with 

 Philadelphia. 



Fifty fiesh pink— John A. Nelson, first; C. S. 

 Strout, second, each with Pink Delight. A grand 

 lot of flowers were shown In this class, all being 

 Pink Delight. 



Fifty deep pink — A. A. Pembroke, first, with 

 Gorgeous; C. S. Strout, second, with Rosette. 



Fifty crimson — C. S. Strout, first, with splen- 

 did Pocahontas; A. A. Pembroke, second, wltii 

 fine Princess Dagmar. 



Fifty scarlet— C. S. Strout, first, with Cham 

 plon; S. J. Goddard, second. 



Fifty white variegated — A. A. Pembroke, 

 first; John A. Nelson, second, each with Benora. 



Fifty yellow variegated — A. A. Pembroke, 

 first, with Yellow Prince. 



Albert Roper secured a silver medal 

 for Miss Alice Coombs, which he showed 

 in fine shape. M. A. Patten & Co. 

 received honorable mention for Sun- 

 beam, a promising flesh pink seedling. 



Single Tlolets — Esty Bros., first; William Sim, 

 second. 



Flowering plants were numerously 

 shown and of splendid quality. 



Sir Begonia de Lorraine — Wm. Thatcher, gar 

 dener to Mrs. J. L. Gardner, first; W. W. Edgar 

 Co., second; Alexander McKay, third. 



Six 8-inch pots of freesias— George Page, first: 

 H. Stewart, gardener to Miss Cornelia Warren, 

 second; E. H. Wetterlow, gardener to Mrs. Lester 

 Leland, third. 



Eight Primula Sinensis— Martin Sullivan, gar- 

 dener to W. Whitman, first; Martin Sullivan, 

 second; William Thatcher, third 



Eight Primula stellata— William Thatcher, 

 first; Martin Sullivan, second. 



Eight Primula malacoides— Martin Sullivan, 

 first; A. J. Newell, gardener to E. S. Draper, 

 Hopedale, Mass., second; George Page, third 

 There were eight entries. 



Eight Primula obeonica— Martin Sullivan, tfrst 

 and second; William Thatcher, third. 



Eight Roman h.vacinths— William Thatcher 

 first; Martin Sullivan, second; Duncan Finlayson 

 gardener to Larz. Anderson, third. ' 



Six polyanthus narcissi — William Thatcher,, 

 first. 



Six pots calanthes — William Thatcher, first. 

 Three orchids, other than calanthes — DuneaD 

 Finlayson, first; J. T. Butterworth, second; 

 William Thatcher, third. 



Specimen orchid — Duncan Finlayson, first; 

 /I. T. Butterworth, second; William Thatcher, 

 ." tliird. 



William Martin, gardener to N. T. 

 Kidder, received honorable mention for 

 a seedling amaryllis. William Thatcher, 

 for Dendrobium primulinum, received a 

 certificate of merit and Duncan Finlay- 

 son a similar award for Cymbidium in- 

 signe X C. Wiganianum. George Page 

 showed a beautiful specimen of Acacia 

 heterophylla, also fine Erica melanthera 

 and other plants. W. W. Edgar Co. 

 had a fine group of rhododendrons, 

 genistas, Darwin tulips, etc. A. J. 

 Newell showed Begonia Sutton's Crim- 

 son Bedder. H. Stewart, gardener to 

 Miss Cornelia Warren, had a nice group 

 of flowering and foliage plants, and 

 Walter Angus a collection of camellias. 



There was a splendid show of fruit 

 and vegetables. The Boston Market 

 Gardeners' Association had thirty-five 

 bushel boxes of choice hothouse vege- 

 tables, which made a show in them- 

 selves. W. N. C. 



Bisbee, Ariz. — Harry Seeley will 

 shortly open a high-class florists' store. 

 He recently made a trip to Phoenix, 

 where he made arrangements for a 

 supply of stock from the Dunbar Rose 

 Gardens. 



