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AcjQUST 6, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



is 



ed hard as chairman of the refreshment 

 committee. Peter Miller and the whole 

 of the sports committee put in good 

 work. 



E. J. Kogean, who was anchor man 

 on the commercial tug of war, fainted at 

 the close of the contest, but soon re- 

 vived. Mrs. Kogean proved fleet-footed 

 in the ladies' 100-yard race, making the 

 fastest time yet recorded for this race. 



Various Notes. 



W. H. Elliott has completed and plant- 

 ed his big new greenhouse at Madbury, 

 N. H. The dimensions are 60x1,340. It 

 is divided into seven sections, of which 

 six are devoted to Killarney and Rich- 

 mond. Included are seventy-five of the 

 white Killarney which sported with Mr. 

 Elliott. The house contains about 50,- 

 000 plants and is probably the finest 

 rose house in the world. Mr. Elliott 

 will not attend the S. A. F. convention 

 at Niagara Falls, leaving this week for 

 the Maine woods for a few weeks' com- 

 plete rest. 



The exhibition at Horticultural hall, 

 August 8, should prove a good one. 

 Phloxes and annuals will be special fea- 

 tures. August 22 and 23 there will be 

 a large late summer show. 



Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Neil, of Dor- 

 chester, sailed for England on the Ma- 

 jestic July 25. Mr. Neil will visit many 

 prominent growers in and around London 

 and will also take in the Island of Jer- 

 sey, also hoping to see the great Shrews- 

 bury show. 



Thomas Clark, of Houghton & Clark, 

 has a cottage at Winthrop for the season, 

 where he is spending his vacation. 



S. J. Goddard has finished housing his 

 carnations, which are a fine lot, quite 

 free from stem-rot. He will soon be able 

 to start picking. 



William Nicholson will spend his vaca- 

 tion this month at Nantucket, enjoying 

 the shark fishing off that island. 



Andrew Christensen, of Stoneham, who 

 is a large grower of carnations, will not 

 house his plants for a month yet, find- 

 ing that early housing does not pay. 



Herman Waldecker, of Braintree, is 

 just cleaning out his tomatoes, which 

 have given him heavy crops this season, 

 to make room for carnations, which are 

 looking splendid. 



Florists bothered with cutworms who 

 have not yet found a reliable cure for 

 these pests should try Strawson's Vapor- 

 ite. Experiments last week, which we 

 had the pleasure of witnessing, proved 

 that the cutworms' lease of life was 

 brief once they had come in contact with 

 this preparation. A small portion causes 

 death. 



Only a small number of members have 

 as yet made up their minds to attend the 

 Niagara convention, but it is hoped that 

 Boston will send a good representation. 

 Among those who hope to attend are 

 M. A. Patten, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 F. N. Sanborn and Thomas Pegler. 



The appearance of two additional ene- 

 mies of shade trees, in the oak borer and 

 leopard moth, adds to the already for- 

 midable list of insects we have to fight. 

 The oak borers' attacks are made at 

 long intervals and were quite severe seven 

 years ago, since which time we have 

 been almost immune from them. The 

 leopard moth is a newcomer, and Pro- 

 fessor Kirkland blames the English spar- 

 row for driving from the cities the na- 

 tive insectivorous birds, which would de- 

 stroy them. So far as our observations 

 nave gone, these same sparrows are about 

 the only birds which eat any considerable 



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number of our destructive tree pests, 

 the native birds seeming to prefer more 

 appetizing food. 



Kecent rains have wonderfully im- 

 proved dahlias, and prospects now are 

 for a splendid crop of these popular fall 

 flowers in Massachusetts. The number of 

 commercial specialists in them increases 

 yearly, and there are few gardens where 

 at least a few dahlias are not grown. 



Kenneth Finlayson, Robert Cameron 

 and W. N. Craig left for Bar Harbor, 

 Me., Tuesday evening, August 4, to of- 

 ficiate as judges at the flower show open- 

 ing there August 6. 



A special meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists ' Club has been called for 

 Saturday evening, August 8, at Horti- 

 cultural Hall. Important business will 

 come up and a large attendance of mem- 

 bers is hoped for. 



The Amherst field day has been 

 changed from August 14 to 15, to accom- 

 modate some who could not make the 

 journey on the earlier day. 



The Niagara G>nvention. 



F. E, Palmer, state vice-president for 

 Massachusetts of the S. A. F., earnestly 

 hopes that a goodly number of mem- 

 bers of the Gardeners ' and Florists ' Club 

 of Boston will attend the convention 



at Niagara Falls, opening August 18. 

 If all who intend to go would make 

 up their minds early, so that concerted 

 action could be taken, the economy and 

 comfort of the trip would be greatly fa- 

 cilitated. This, of course, includes any 

 who desire to attend the convention, 

 whether members of the club or not. 

 The best rates available are on the 1% 

 fare, certificate basis, making the round 

 trip from Boston $15.92 on the New 

 York Central, or $15.12 on the Fitchburg 

 railroad. This is exclusive of the 

 sleepers. 



There is no doubt in Mr. Palmer's 

 mind that the destiny of the S. A. F. 

 is to evolve into a national horticultural 

 society on a broad basis, and that the 

 gardeners ' and florists ' clubs of the coun- 

 try will be the natural feeders and cor- 

 respondents of the society. That being 

 the desirable objective, private gardeners 

 as well as all lovers of horticulture should 

 attend the meetings and seek to direct 

 the policies of the S. A. F. into the 

 desired channels. Mr. Palmer- will be 

 g}ad to assist in bringing togjether , all 

 who propose to attend the convention, 

 and will promptly give any information 

 bj^tainable, but hopes no one'wilL.pHt off 

 making up his mind until the last <nto- 

 ment. W. N. Cbaiq. 



