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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1914- 



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COMING EVENTS 



Meetings and Exhibitions in December 



1,2,3. 



Minnesota State Florists' & Horticultural Society, Minne- 11. 



sota State College of Agriculture, St. Anthony Park, 



Minn.: meetings and lectures. 12. 



Worcester County Horticultural Society. Horticultural 14. 



Hall, Worcester, Mass.: annual meeting. 16. 



Pasadena, Calif. Horticultural Society: meeting. 18. 



Nassau Co. Horticultural Society, Glen Cove, L. I.: 26. 



meeting. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford. Conn.: meet- 

 ing. 

 Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society: meeting. 

 Rochester, N. Y., Florists' Association: meeting. 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., Horticultural Society: meeting. 

 Pasadena, Calif., Horticultural Society: meeting. 

 Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society: meeting. 



Note: The Editors will be grateful for information about the doings of horticultural societies, 

 garden clubs, etc., and especially as regards notices of coming events to be announced in this de- 

 partment. In order to ensure timely publication, the information must reach the Editors not later 

 than the twelfth day of the month preceding the date of issue in which the notice should appear. 



A New Begonia 



THE Society of American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists announces that Mr. J. A. Peterson 

 of Cincinnati, Ohio, has registered the new winter- 

 flowering begonia Mrs. J. A. Peterson. It is a seedling 

 from Begonia Socotrana X Gloire de Sceaux; the flowers 

 are a deep cerise-pink changing to dark red with age, 

 and are borne in great profusion from October till 

 March. It is at its best during December and January. 

 The foliage is similar to that of Gloire de Lorraine, but 

 of an iridescent bronze-red, decidedly distinct from all 

 other varieties. It has been grown by Mr. Peterson for 

 the past three years, and its keeping qualities are ex- 

 cellent. 



New Chrysanthemums at the Government 

 Flower Show 



THE feature of the chrysanthemum show held by 

 the Department of Agriculture at Washington in 

 October was the large and varied collection of Chinese 

 and Japanese greenhouse varieties. The most striking 

 variety new to this country was Mrs. R. H. Boggs, an 

 English blossom. It is a white reflex, with wide florets, 

 and the largest flower in the show, being nearly thirteen 

 inches across. In form it is similar to the Bob Pulling, 

 which attracted a great deal of attention last year. A 

 number of fine specimens of the Bob Pulling were shown 

 this year. 



A flower which attracted attention from amateur 

 growers who visited the show was the Flamingo, a 

 medium sized blossom of reflex form, and most unusual 

 coloration. The florets are a very deep red with bright 

 yellow reverse. Government experts say the Flamingo 

 will become a popular commercial variety. 



Among garden varieties, a striking new pompon was 

 exhibited, called the Golden West. It is a small flower 

 of brilliant yellow color and very perfect form. Arthur 

 is the name of a new single variety having floats of 

 mixed red and white. 



The Government gardeners have given special atten- 

 tion to the development of what they term semi-doubles 

 — blossoms having usually four rows of florets, and being 

 in form something between a pompon and a single. 

 They predict that these flowers will become very popu- 

 lar commercially because they are hardy and ship well. 

 Many varieties of this type were shown. One of the 

 most striking is among the seedlings from which the 

 exhibition flowers of next year will be chosen, and which 

 have not yet been named. This is a deep red flower 

 with yellow reverse, like the Japanese Flamingo. 



Another promising flower among the seedlings still 

 unknown to fame is a deep red single, with an anemone 

 centre, and a beautiful quill ray. There were a num- 

 ber of excellent quill flowers in the collection. 



The exhibition this year was larger than last, there 

 being about 1,800 plants on exhibition, including about 

 320 varieties. 



Washington, D. C. Harvey Ferguson. 



Great Flower Show for Newport 



ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for a 

 sweet pea show on July 8 and 9, 1915, which will 

 be held under the auspices of the American Sweet 

 Pea Society, the Newport Garden Association, and the 

 Newport Horticultural Society. Plans are now under 

 consideration for the addition to this convention of a 

 summer meeting of the American Rose Society. The 

 show will be held in the Newport Casino, Newport, R. I. 



New Garden Clubs Formed 



WE TAKE pleasure in announcing the formation of 

 two new garden clubs, one at Louisville, Ky., 

 and the other at Tarboro, N. C. The latter was formally 

 organized on October 20th, 1914, the secretary being 

 Rebecca R. Bridgers. A vigorous association has been 

 launched at Bernardsville, N. J., with Mrs. Lloyd as 

 president. Several successful meetings have already 

 been held. 



The Shedowa Garden Club 



ONE of the first garden clubs to be formed in Ameri- 

 ca was the Shedowa Garden Club of Long Island. 

 with headquarters at Garden City. The name is an 

 Indian one meaning "Great Plains," the title given to 

 Hempstead Plains, where Garden City is located. 



The aims of the club, as set forth in its printed leaflet, 

 are: The improvement of home gardens; the exchange 

 of experiences; the protection of the native flora; the 

 fostering of flower and vegetable shows; the encourage- 

 ment of well kept cottage dooryards and children's 

 gardens; the adoption of a color standard; the federa- 

 tion and cooperation of garden clubs. 



Books on gardening are owned by the club and lent 

 to members. A travelling library of twenty- five volumes 

 on gardening and horticulture was borrowed from the 

 New York State Library for two years. Catalogues 

 of American and foreign dealers, are also kept in the 

 club library. The club is in constant communication 

 with the United States, and also the New York State, 

 Departments of Agriculture; the Agricultural College of 

 Cornell University; the Arnold Arboretum; the Long 

 Island Railroad Experiment Station at Medford; with 

 amateur garden clubs and professional horticultural 

 societies all over the country ; as well as with individual 

 authorities on gardening matters, both in America and 

 Europe. Lectures on the culture of flowers, bulbs, 

 shrubs, etc., are given by experts at the monthly meet- 

 ings. Personal experiences of members are, of course, 

 exchanged, and the members of the executive committee 

 stand ready at a moment's notice to give any assistance 

 in their power. 



The protection of the native flora, owing to local con- 

 ditions, is a harder task and has consisted chiefly, so 

 far, in a finely illustrated lecture on "The Vanishing 

 Wild Flowers of Hempstead Plains" by Mr. Norman 

 Taylor, of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden; in striving by 

 precept and example, to teach children, as well as 

 grown-ups, not to pick flowers, or break shrubs and 

 trees in a wanton and harmful manner; and in posting 

 signs pleading for the destruction of the egg clusters 

 of the tent caterpillar. 



The fostering of flower and vegetable shows has been 

 shown by an improvement of the floral exhibit at the 

 annual County Fair; and by the inauguration of local 

 flower and vegetable shows, which have paid for them- 

 selves in entry fees and admissions, and even left a small 

 surplus for the treasury. Competent judges have given 

 their services. Small shows of separate genera — bulbs, 

 dahlias, peonies, etc. — are held at the monthly meetings 

 in season. 



The encouragement of well-kept cottage dooryards 

 owing, as in the case of the wild flowers, to unusual local 

 government, was rather a problem; prizes weie offered, 

 but without much result. The method now to be tried 

 is the awarding of prizes at the autumn flower and vege- 

 table show for the products of the cottage gardens. 



The encouragement of children's gardens has been 

 more successful. All the children of the Garden City 

 public school who care to compete are given twenty- 



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