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THE GARDE N M A G A Z I N E 
August, 1916 
Flower Lovers’ Calender 
For August 
Sow seeds for your Winter garden. 
Candytuft, ^lyosotis, Mignon- 
ette, Cineraria, Primulas, Mar- 
igolds, etc. 
Pansy seeds for E.\RLY Spring 
flowers. 
Seeds of many Perennials. 
Our 1916 F.-MLL bulb BOOK is ready. 
Send for it. Tells all about growing 
YOUR OWN FLOWERS 
Bulbs for Winter bloom. Bulbs for 
early Spring days. Bulbs for Sum- 
mer’s Glory. 
Tells also “How to grow bulbs.” to per- 
fection in Our Prepared Mossjiber. Magic Flowers. 
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LANDSCAPE PLANS 
For any grounds — any where 
Plans for moderate sized places made by mail 
a specialty. Send rough sketch for estimate. 
GEO. B. MOULX>ER. Landscape Architect 
Smith’s Grove Kentucky 
ORCHIDS 
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Send twenty^five cents for catalogue. This amount will be refunded 
on your first order. 
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And Outdoor 
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Price list of standard varieties and some new introductions with 
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COMING EVENTS 
LUB ^SOCIETY NEW 
Meetings and Lectures in August 
{The follon'ing dates are meetings unless otherivise specified) 
1. Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners’ Sc Foremen’s .Asso. 
3. Marshfield, \Iass., Garden Club. ' 
4. Pasadena, Calif., Horticultural Society. 
5. Bot. Garden. Bronx Park, N. Y.: Lecture, “Destructive 
Insects,” Dr. F. J. Seaver. 
7. New Bedford, Mass., Horticultural Society. 
9. Shedowa Garden Club, Garden City, L. I. 
Nassau Co. Horticultural Society, Glen Cove, L. I. 
11-13. American Gladiolus Society, Boston, Mass.: show. 
12. Bot. Garden. Bronx Park, SJ. Y.: Lecture, “The Summer 
Flower Garden,” Mr. G. V. Nash. 
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 
14. Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
Garden Club, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
17-19. Newport, R. I., Horticultural Society: show. 
18. Pasadena. Calif., Horticultural Society. 
19. .’Agricultural Division, United Shoe Machinery Athletic 
Asso., Beverly, Mass.: vegetable and flower show. 
Bot. Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y.: Lecture, “Among the 
Canons and Deserts of Southeastern Utah,” Dr. 
P. A. Rydberg. 
24,25. Worcester Co. Horticultural Soc., Worcester, Mass.; 
Gladiolus and children’s exhibit. 
Gardeners’ Union, Lewiston, Me.: annual flower show. 
26. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 
Bot. Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y.: Lecture, “From the 
Colorado Foothills to Yellowstone Park,” Dr. F. 
W. Pennell. 
28. Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
Summer Show of the Morristown Garden Club 
' I 'HE summer show of the Morristown, N. 
-t J., Garden Club was held on June 23rd, 
at the residence of Mrs. Charles Bradley in 
Convent, N. J., in conjunction with the 
Morris County Gardeners’ and Florists’ 
Society. The members of the Garden Club 
staged their own exhibits. There were no 
cash prizes; outside of the silver cups and 
medals, the other awards were ribbons. 
Every exhibitor was awarded six points on 
a first prize, four on a second prize and two 
on a third. After the class judging was over, 
the total number of points secured by each 
exhibitor was aggregated and the one having 
the greatest number of points was awarded 
the Sweepstakes Silver Cup. This lucky 
person was Mrs. H. McK. Twombly (Robert 
Tyson, Supt.), Convent, N. J., who also 
secured a silver cup for the most effective 
arrangement of roses in a four-foot space; 
first prize for the best collection of fruit; and 
first for the best display of Hybrid Perpetual 
and Rambler roses. Mrs. Chas. Bradley 
(David Francis, Supt.), of Convent, made a 
clean sweep in the Sweet Pea classes. A 
silver cup was awarded to the Harkness 
Estate, at Madison, for Hybrid Tea Roses, 
and their exhibit of Iris was the best in the 
exhibition. 
A class that created a great deal of interest 
was for a table decoration, open only to 
members of the Morristown Garden Club. 
Exhibitors arranged their own flowers which 
they, personally, had grown. There were 
ten entries in this class and the first prize, 
the Special Silver Medal of the Morris 
County Gardeners’ and Florists’ Club, was 
awarded to Mrs. Robert Locke, of Morris- 
town, whose decoration consisted of Corn- 
flowers and California Poppies. Mrs. D. H. 
McAlpin, also of Morristown, won second 
place with a charming arrangement of 
Dianthus, and Mrs. T. Tower Bites, of 
Convent, was third with Roses. 
The Working Gardeners 
'' \XrE CALL ourselves The Working Gar- 
» » deners, although we are not much of an 
organization. We have three forms of meet- 
ings — exhibition, pilgrimages or “hikes,” and 
visiting each other’s gardens. The early 
summer this year was so rainy and disagree- 
able that we were not able to keep to any 
i )rogramme, but we did manage to have a 
’eony exhibit and also to see the Peony dis- 
play at The Cottage Gardens in Queens, 
N. Y. We really are not at all like most 
garden clubs; we have no officers, but only 
a committee on admissions and a so-called 
“efficiency woman” — myself! 
Oyster Bay, L. I. Winifred Ives Clarke. 
The Myers Park Garden Club 
TN the May, 1916 number of The 
Garden Magazine there was published 
an account of the beginning of the Myers 
Park Garden Club, in Charlotte, N. C. It 
is now a really established organization. 
We followed out our regular programme of 
meetings through March, April and May; 
we opened the meetings always with roll call 
for suggestions, then followed three interest- 
ing talks or papers, and general discussion of 
the subject. Whenever possible, we had some 
outsider attend the meeting and say a few 
words — local florists and truckers, and suc- 
cessful amateurs — which added greatly to 
the interest of the meetings. 
As the spring blooms began the members 
would bring contributions from their own 
gardens, until the big tables in the office 
would be masses of color. Every member was 
entitled to bring a guest to each meeting who 
generally received these flowers. 
On the 13th of May we had the privilege 
of having with us Dr. W. C. Coker, Professor 
of Botany at the University of North Carolina, 
a constructive scientist as well as a student, 
and he outlined for us a system for studying 
our native trees, which we are planning to 
make a part of our work next season. 
On the 27th of May we closed our spring 
work with a Flower Show, which took place 
in Myers Park, and which combined the 
pleasures of a lawn party with the interests 
of a Flower Exhibit. In spite of the drought 
from which we have been suffering, there 
was a large display and great care was shown 
in the arrangement of the exhibits. 
From the enthusiastic meetings, the large 
attendance, and the response to every sug- 
gestion, we feel that our Garden Club is a 
great success. 
Sarah Prince Thomas. 
New Garden Clubs Formed 
T he good work goes on apace. Two 
new garden clubs have recently been 
formed: The Hudson River Club, which is 
active in the neighborhood of Dobbs Ferry, 
Tarrytown, etc., was established as the result 
of the w'ork of the local members of the 
International Child’s Welfare League and 
will have, as one of its prime objects the en- 
couragement of garden work among the 
school chddren. Meetings of the members 
have already been held m connection with a 
series of lectures on garden topics held under 
the auspices of the League in some of the best 
known gardens of the Hudson Valley. 
The second club referred to is at Great 
Neck, and was organized as a special depart- 
ment of the work of the women’s club of the 
district. 
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