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Bamboo Stakes 
Invaluable for staking Herbaceous 
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6 feet long, tol inchdiameter $1.50 $6.00 $10.00 
8 feet long, ¢ to 14 inch diameter 2.00 8.00 15.00 
Bamboo is much used for Japanese Gardens, Bridges, Kiosks, etc. 
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Meetings and Lectures in July 
(The following dates are meetings unless otherwise specified) 
1. N.Y. Bot. Garden, Bronx Park: lecture, ‘‘Wild 
Flowers of Summer,” Dr. N. L. Britten. 
3. New Bedford, Mass., Hort. Soc.. 
Detroit, Mich., Florists’ Club. 
Colorado, Denver, Florists’ Club 
Retail Florists’ Club of St. Louis, Mo. 
6. Garden Club of New Rochelle, N. Y.: show 
Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 
Cook Co. Florists’ Asso., Chicago, Ill. 
Chicago, Ill., Florists’ Club. 
Albany, N. Y., Florists’ Club. 
Dayton, Ohio, Florists’ Club. 
Milwaukee, Wis., Florists’ Club. 
Reading, Pa., Florists’ Asso. 
Terre Haute, Ind., Florists’ Club. 
7. Pasadena, Cal., Hort. Soc. 
8. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Hort. Soc. 
N. Y. Bot. Garden, Bronx Park: lecture, ‘““Botaniz- 
ing in Sweden,” Dr. W. A. Murrill. 
8,9. Mass. Hort. Soc., Boston, Mass.: sweet pea 
exhibit. 
10. Rochester, N. Y., Florists’ Club. 
Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
Cincinnati, O., Florists’ Club. 
Springfield, O., Florists’ Club. 
11. Syracuse, N. Y., Rose Society. 
Toledo, O., Florists’ Club. 
Starting Another Garden Club 
HE Norristown Garden Club was started three 
years ago by a lady who had a small flower 
garden and who was compelled to throw away Lily- 
of-the-valley plants, owing to their occupying too 
much space in her garden in proportion to their 
short period of bloom. An idea occurred to her: 
several friends were asked to her home, the plan of 
forming a club was discussed, temporary officers 
elected, a committee on by-laws appointed, and a 
public meeting was called within the next two weeks. 
A constitution and by-laws were subsequently 
adopted, the stated object of the club being to 
“promote interest in the culture of flowers, and ex- 
change of ideas, also seeds, plants and bulbs.” The 
officers are a president, vice-president, secretary and 
treasurer. The dues are twenty-five cents. The 
club meets monthly at the homes of the members. 
One of the first club trips was to Bartram’s 
Garden, to the attractive old home of the famous 
botanist. The ancient cider press and site of the 
spring house, and the kitchen with its huge fire- 
place, were inspected as well as the fine trees and 
plants collected from all parts of the world by John 
Bartram. The ancient Cypress, though dead, still 
stands and vines entwine it. 
The club’s first local activity was to plant the 
yard of the new Y. W. C. A. building; some of the 
plants were purchased, others contributed by mem- 
bers from their gardens. The members did the 
planting. : 
Each year a “plant exchange” is held at the home 
of a member who has a large garden and lawn. The 
town people are asked to bring to the exchange seeds 
and bulbs and plants well wrapped in damp news- 
papers and labelled, and to take what they want 
from the exchange. Blooming plants are sent at 
Christmas each year to “shut-ins.” 
Last year the Club undertook to cultivate some of 
the vacant lots, or rather dumps, around the town. 
Seeds and instructions for planting were furnished. 
At the end of the season each person who had cul- 
tivated a lot was to pay one dollar toward the ex- 
pense. The Club did succeed in clearing up some 
very unsightly dumps, and the individuals working 
the plots were in some cases able to make a moderate 
amount of money from the sale of vegetables. 
Each year we celebrate the anniversary of our 
organization by having a birthday party, inviting 
the public and having a speaker from out of town. 
Mr. Otto Thilow has twice addressed the Club, and 
Mr. Adolph Miller has spoken to us about flowering 
shrubs. 
Our programme for the coming year includes 
papers and informal talks on the flowers of Cali- 
fornia, raising plants from slips, Roses, remedies for 
plant diseases, flower arrangement, Rhododendrons, 
Gladiolus, etc. We encourage the planting of trees 
throughout the town and frequently send articles to 
the local papers about their care. 
We have about thirty members and, though our 
organization is still very young, we hope in the 
future to accomplish great things. 
Norristown, Pa. BrertHa S. HArry. 
12. Nassau Co. Hort. Soc., Glen Cove, L. I. 
13. Omaha, Neb., Florists’ Club. 
St. Louis, Mo., Florists’ Club. 
15. N.Y. Bot. Garden, Bronx Park: lecture, ‘The State 
Park at Devil’s Lake, Wis.,’’ Dr. A. B. Stout. 
15,16. American Sweet Pea Society, Bar Harbor, Me.: 
annual show. 
17. Florists’ and Gardeners’ Club of Rhode Island, 
Providence, R. I. 
Detroit, Mich., Florists’ Club. 
18. Portland, Ore., Floral Society. 
Gardeners’ and Florists’ Asso. of Ontario, Tor- 
onto, Can. 
19. R.I. Hort. Soc., Providence, R. I. 
20. Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 
Worcester Co. Hort. Soc., Worcester, Mass.: 
sweet pea exhibit. 
21. Pasadena, Cal., Hort. Soc. 
22. Mass. Hort. Soc., Boston, Mass.: exhibit. 
N.Y. Bot. Garden, Bronx Park: lecture, “Piant Life 
of the Sea,’”’” Dr. M. A. Howe. 
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Hort. Soc. 
24. Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
25. Toledo, O., Florists’ Club. 
27. Reading, Pa., Florists’ Asso. 
29. N.Y. Bot. Garden, Bronx Park: lecture, ‘Popular 
Books on Botany,” Dr. J. H. Barnhart. 
The American Peony Society 
HE annual meeting of the Society, held in New 
York, June 9, 10, 11, proved to be somewhat 
early for the season, and but few local growers exhi- 
bited. In the varieties winning in the color classes 
there were M. Martin Cahuzac, dark red; Festiva 
Maxima and La Tendresse, white; Marguerite Gerard, 
light pink; Mons. Jules Elie, dark pink. These were 
chiefly shown by B. H. Farr, Cottage Gardens, and 
S. G. Harris and G. Peterson. For the “largest and 
best collection” in the amateur classes, Mr. James 
Boyd of Haverford, Pa., was the winner. Giving 
variety to the exhibition were numerous herbaceous 
plants, including Irises, etc., in named collections; 
and T. A. Havemeyer staged Lilium rubellum, rose 
pink, and L. colchicum, lemon yellow, and the late- 
flowering Lilac, Syringa Bretschneideri, which is a 
large inflorescence, rosy lilac in color. The old officers 
of the Society were reélected, and it is probable that 
next year’s meeting of the Society will be held in the 
neighborhood of Philadelphia. 
Seen At Boston 
\Vee to the spring show of the Massa- 
chusetts Horticultural Society were particu- 
larly impressed by the fine display of Rhododendrons 
(hybrids) exhibited by Mr. MHunnewell. The 
varieties were interesting because of the richness of 
the collection from which the specimens were drawn, 
its age and the fact that last winter proved a very 
trying one for the Rhododendron family. These 
specimens, which the grower, Mr. T. D. Hatfield, 
had forced into bloom by bringing indoors, were 
presented as typical varieties for New England: 
Lady Claremont, Charles Dickens, E. S. Rand, 
Marquis of Waterford, Prometheus, Cunninghami 
alba grandiflora, Nivea, Princess Mary of Cam- 
bridge, Everestianum, Mad. Carvalho, Lady Grey 
Edgerton, Henrietta Sargent, and Boule de Niege. 
The new yellow-flowered Azalea sinensis, a decidu- 
ous species from;China, was particularly interesting 
and received the Society’s silver medal. Professor 
Sargent received the gold medal for a large collection 
of Azaleas, a score of distinct forms of the Kirishima 
type (Azalea obtusa). These may be described as 
color variations of the style of the well known 
Hinodegiri, all solid masses of bloom in the early 
spring and ranging in shades of intense reddish 
crimson and true magenta. 
A Garden Club At Sing Sing 
THING is being done to uplift the men 
in Sing Sing Prison and make them better able 
to face the world. They have been given books and 
music; why not flowers and the implements for tak- 
ing care of a garden? Therefore, a garden club has 
been started in the prison for the purpose of 
beautifying the grounds inside the prison walls, 
where the prisoners may be able to see the flowers. 
Contributions of plants, seeds, bulbs and simple 
garden tools, such as watering cans, rakes, hoes, 
spades, weeders, etc., are solicited, and may be sent 
to the Garden Club, care of Mr. Spencer Miller, 354 
Hunter Street, Ossining, N. Y. 
MARGUERITE SPAULDING. 
