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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA 
HORTICULTURAL EVENTS 
International Flower Show, Grand Cen- 
tral Palace, New York, N. Y., March 15-22, 
1917. 
National Rose Festival, First Regiment 
Armory, Philadelphia. March 20-23, 1917. 
St. Louis Spring Flower Show, Armorv, 
Marcli 15-KS, 1017. 
Fifth National Spring Flower Show, Coli- 
seum. .'-;t. l.ouis, April l5-l."i. 1918. 
Cleveland Fall Flower Show, Cleveland, 
O., November, 1917. 
NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL SO- 
CIETY OF LAKE FOREST, ILL. 
The members of the North Short Horti- 
cultural Society of Lake Forest were in- 
vited on Thursday, January 25. to Jlelody 
Farms, the estate of .3. 0. Armour, by the 
superintendent, Thomas W. Head, on the 
opening niglit of the new reading and rec- 
reation room which Mr. Armour built for 
the men employed on the estate. 
The entertainment provided was an in- 
structive lecture on "Insects and Bugs In- 
jurious to Plant Life and the Best Methods 
of Control," by Prof. D. K. JIcMillan, as- 
sistant to the State entomologist of Ur- 
bana, III. 
It was a complete lecture of persoiu>l ex- 
perience and as such may prove of gi'eat 
u.se to the horticulturists and agriculturists, 
especially to vegetable gardeners. 
He mentioned the thousands of dollars of 
damage done every year to one crop and 
another by injurious insects, which, by 
proper efforts, could be considerably cur- 
tailed even to the extent of reducing the 
loss to 50 per cent of its present dimensions. 
Professor McMilla:'. spoke on quite a 
numl)er of insects and bugs, going into de- 
tails, as the corn root aphis worm, the cut 
worm, melon and cucumber beetles, cabbage 
maggot, which is very prevalent among 
truck gardeners in Cook County; Spring 
laid insects, onion maggot, sucking insects 
such as thrip and its relations, san joss and 
oyster scale, squash masffot, corn ear worm, 
plum beetle, codlin moth and rose midge, 
which has been so destructive in some of 
the west side Chicago parks. 
With each life history of the bug came 
the detail of how to recognize it and better 
still, preventive and curative metliods of 
obliterating those insects; these metliods 
having been tested and showing the best of 
results in Illinois. 
Mr. McMillan emphasized the inability of 
some agriculturists to see the advisability 
of expending a little labor and expense to 
keep insect pests under control, thereby 
losing greatl.v when tlie time came for 
marketing their crops. 
Questions were asked after the close of 
the lecture which wen, ablv answered. 
William N. Craig. The last named made a 
motion which met with enthusiastic approval, 
that the meeting tender its united support 
to President Wilson in the present grave in- 
ternational crisis. 
Following the speechmaking an entertain- 
ment from high class artists was given, 
after which dancing was engaged in until 
"the wee sma' hoors agont the hoor o'twall." 
The club took in sixty-six new members dur- 
ing 1916 and its present membership is four 
hundred and sixty, average attendance at 
meetings in 191G was one hundred and sev- 
enty-five. 
MASSACHUSETTS HORT. SOCIETY. 
At Horticultural Hall on February 3 
there were fine displays of Primula sinensis 
from William Thatcher, gardener to Mrs. J. 
L. Gardener and A. M. Davenport, Eric H. 
Wetterlow had a nice group of primulas, the 
result of a cross between P, sinensis and P. 
Stellata. Thomas Roland showed a batch 
of the pretty light pink begonia Flora Ro- 
land, same habits as Cincinnati, but of paler 
ccdor. William Thatcher showed Aphelan- 
dras, Senecio petasites and Cincinnati be- 
gonias. George Melvin. gardener to Col. 
Chas. Pfaff was awarded a silver cultural 
medal for a beautiful specimen of Dendro- 
binm mobile virginale. 
ASSOCIATION OF KEW GARDENERS. 
Tlie members of "Floreat Kew." the Asso- 
ciation of Kew Gardeners in America, will 
hold their annual banquet and reunion on 
March 10, 1017. in New York, this being the 
second da.v of the International Flower 
Show. Full particulars of the event can be 
obtained from the Secretary, S. R. Candler, 
GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB OF 
BOSTON. 
The annual banqviet of the Gardeners' and 
Florists' Club of Boston was held at Horti- 
cultural Hall on February 7 and was a pro- 
nounced success, over .SOO ladies and gentle- 
men Ijeing in attendance. The tables and 
platform were beautifully decorated with 
plants and choice cut fiowers from loading 
private estates and commercial growers. 
.Tames Methven, the president, introduced A. 
P. Colder, who acted as toastmaster in his 
usual inimitable way. Speeches were by R. 
M. Saltonstall, president of the Massachu- 
setts Horticultural Society; William .J. Ste- 
wart, the club's first president in 1887 : Vice- 
President Andrew K. Rogers and Secretary 
ST. LOUIS ASSOCIATION OF GARDEN- 
ERS. 
The Febriiary meeting of the St. Louis 
Association of Gardeners was held last 
night, February 7, at the assembly room of 
the Forest Park Greenliouses. The meeting 
was devoted to a discussion of a large num- 
ber of activities, on suggestions for the fu- 
ture work of this new organization. Many 
excellent ideas were bi ought forward, which 
will, no doubt, be of much value to the exec- 
utive committee in idainiing for the season. 
It was decided that members bring material 
of interest to each meeting, and to hold a 
fall Hower show, and possibly a smaller 
show in .June. The following vice-presi- 
dents were elected: Mr. George Pring, to 
represent the ilissouri Botanical Garden; 
Mr. -Tohn Moritz. to represent the Park 
(Jardeners; !Mr. Stephen Beer, to represent 
the Clayton section of St. Louis County, 
and yh: V. Lindahl, to represent the Kirk- 
wood section of the St. Louis County, they 
being designated first, second, third and 
fourth vice-jn-esident respectively, in the 
order named above, these with L. P. .Tenseu. 
president; Hugo Schoflf, secretary, and 
Ernest Strehle. treasurer. 
STAMFORD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The regular monthly meeting of the Stam- 
ford Horticultural Society was held Friday 
evening, February 2 at the home of Miss 
Helen Smith, iu the Little Theatre on Glen- 
brook Road, with a very good attendance. 
A ver.v interesting paper on the culture of 
Chrysanthemums was read liy Adam Patter- 
son. 
Mr. Morrow read a paper on Budding. 
Grafting and Arching 
Numerous exhibits 
liers of the" Society, 
as follows : 
Vase of Seedling Carnations by A. Wynn 
was highly commended, also 3 vases of mixed 
Carnations receiving a cultural certificate. 
were shown by mem- 
Among the best were 
A Hardy Dwarf Perennial with 
double, semi- double and single flow- 
ers, desirable for beds and borders. 
Beautifully colored yellow and orange 
petals, splashed in varying degrees 
with darker shades of red. Also ma- 
hogany and chooolatc, with purple or 
yellow centers. 
If sown early in March under glass, will 
flower the first year. 
2Sc. the packet 
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