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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 
THE 
GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 
OF AMERICA. 
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 
NATLONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 
President, Vice-President , Treasurer, 
W. N. CRAIG, THEO. WIRTH, JAMES STUART, 
Brookline, Mass. Minneapolis, Minn. Mamaroneck. N. Y. 
Secretary, MARTIN C. EBEL, Madison, X. T. 
TRUSTEES FOR 1916. 
Peter Duff, Orange N. J.; William H. Duckham, Madison, N. J.; William 
Turner, Bernardsville, N. J.; William Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa.; John F. 
Huss, Hartford, Conn. 
DIRECTORS. 
To serve until 1917 — Wm. Hertrick, San Gabriel, Cal. ; Robert Angu 
Tarrytown, N. V.; Robert Bottomley, New Canaan, Conn.; Alex. Fraser, 
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Newport, R. I.; Arthur Smith, Reading, Pa.; Thomas W. Head, Lake 
Forest, 111.; L. P. Jensen, St. Louis, Mo. 
To serve until 1918— William H. Waite, Rumson, N. J.; William 
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Kennedy, Chestnut Hill, Mass.; Edward Kirk, Bar Harbor," Me. ; John W. 
Johnston, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; Carl N. Fohn, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Peter 
"Johnson, Dallas, Tex.; Thomas Proctor, Lenox, Mass. 
To serve until 1919— John \V. F.veritt, Glen Cove, N. Y. : Thomas W. 
Logan, Jenkintown, Pa., Robert Cameron, Cambridge, Mass.: James Mac- 
Machan, Tuxedo Park. N. Y. ; A. Bauer, Heal Beactk N. J.; David Fraser, 
Pittsburgh, Pa.; George W. Hess, Washington, D. C. 
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 
President. 
EMIL T. MISCHE, 
Portland, Ore. 
J. W. THOMPSON, 
Seattle, Wash. 
JOHN F. WALSH, 
New York, X. Y. 
Vice-Presidents, 
ALEX. S'l UART, 
Ottawa, Out. 
E. P. GRIFFIN, 
East St. Louis, 111. 
Secretary-Treasurer, 
ROLAND W. COTTERILL, 
Seattle, Wash. 
L. P. JENSEN, 
St. Louis, Mo. 
EUG. V. GOEBEL, 
Grand Rapids, Mich, 
Vol. XX. 
January, 1916. 
No 1 
SWEET PEA SHOW FOR SAN FRANCISCO 
It has been definitely decided to hold a Sweet Pea 
Show in San Francisco in June. 1916, and full details 
will soon be announced. A number of prizes have 
already been promised and more are expected shortly. 
This show will be under the auspices of the American 
Sweet Pea Society, of which Lester Morse of San 
Francisco is vice-president. Those in charge of the 
local arrangements are endeavoring to secure the use 
of the upper floor of the Ferry Station for the show, 
as this floor offers opportunities for producing some fine 
effects in displays, besides being conveniently located 
and one of the most conspicuous places that could be 
chosen for a flower show in that city. 
THE NEW YORK SPRING FLOWER SHOW 
The committee in charge of the Xew York Spring 
Flower Show, which will be held in the Grand Central 
Palace, Xew York City, April 5 to 12, reports that every- 
thing is progressing most favorably and that the indica- 
tions are that the 1916 show will surpass the previous 
shows held in the Grand Central Palace in every way. 
Society is again expected to play an important role in 
the attendance at the show, for the New York Spring 
Flower Show is looked upon as one of the season's^ 
society events. Some attractive exhibits are promised in 
the nature of large displays, with such novel features 
as the Dutch Bulb garden and the rock garden. 
The private growers' classes have been liberally pro- 
vided for and the gardener, it is expected, will take an 
active part to make the show a big success, both as a 
"booster" and as an exhibitor. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 
There will be an exhibition of plants and flowers 
given by this society at the American Museum of 
Natural History on Wednesday, January 19. Schedules 
are now ready and will be sent on application to the 
secretary, George V. Xash, New York Botanical Gar- 
den, Bronx Park, Xew York City. 
Premiums are offered for orchids, carnations, sweet 
peas, Schizanthus, and snapdragons. One of the uses of 
these monthly exhibitions is to furnish opportunity to 
gardeners to exhibit whatever they may have in fine 
condition at that time, and for this reason the Exhibition 
Committee is empowered to award special prizes for 
things not provided for in the schedule. Gardeners are 
therefore invited to bring in plants or flowers of unusual 
interest or of unusual excellence in cultivation. 
The medals of the society may also be awarded to the 
best vases of new varieties of carnations. 
A meeting of the society will be held in the afternoon 
at 3 :45, followed at 4 by a lecture by Mr. W. N. Craig, 
superintendent at Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Mass., on 
"The Home Flower Garden." This announcement 
insures an interesting and practical talk on a subject of 
much interest at the present time. 
George V. Nash, Secretary. 
THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF WEST- 
ERN PENNSYLVANIA 
The Horticultural Society of 'Western Pennsylvania 
held its initial meeting for the coming year of 1916 in 
the East Liberty Branch of Carnegie Library, President 
David Fraser, presiding. On this occasion the members 
had as their guest, James Scott, of Scott Brothers, of 
Elmsford, New York, who talked informally, first on the 
value of organization work, and then on chrysanthe- 
mums, defining distinctly the differential qualities of 
those grown for private use and exhibition, and those 
intended for commercial tables. The latter subject was 
most appropriate, as it was decided definitely at this ses- 
sion to hold the first annual fall or chrysanthemum show 
next season, certain classes to be open to all exhibitors. 
Cultural certificates were awarded as follows: Secre- 
tary Thomas Edward Tyler, calanthe, ontoglossum and 
cyprepedium lacanum orchids ; Xeil Forsythe, spirea 
venus; Mr. McNamara (head gardener for the Pitts- 
burgh Country Club), a collection of vegetables includ- 
ing celery, beets, carrots and onions; Walter James (in 
charge of the W. Henry R. Hilliard greenhouses), Far- 
quhar's giant pink and white primulae sinonsis and Lor- 
raine begonias. At the next session of the society, the 
subject of "Roses" will be discussed by a specialist" 
