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January, 1917 
“Lillian Moore” I 
This is the Rose that won M 
the ^1000.00 Prize at the | 
Panama-Pacific Exposition. J 
Orders accepted now for J 
June delivery, $2.50 plant; J 
$25.00 doz. ■ 
“Special Import Offer” | 
To Show the Superiority of 
Irish-Grown 
ROSES 
We will send : — ■ 
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H Assorted Two Year Old DormaDt Rose 
I Plants - Spring delivery, prepaid to 
any section of the coontry for 
Our Complete Catalogue en- m 
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catalogue over 200 varieties M 
of Hardy Roses and ,300 | 
varieties of the finest Chry. I 
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List of Delphiniums and H 
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Charles H. Totty | 
Madison New Jersey * 
COMING EVENTS 
V9LUB ^SOCIETY NEW 
Meetings, etc. in January 
(F allowing dates are meetings unless otherwise specified) 
1. New Bedford, Mass., Horticultural Society. 
2. Lake Geneva, Wise., Gardeners’ & Foremen’s Asso- 
ciation, 
3. Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
4. Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. ’ 
5. Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Scx:iety. 
8. Rochester, N. Y., Florists’ Association. 
New York Florists’ Club, New 'V'ork City. 
Garden Club of New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
10. Lenox, Mass., Horticultural Society. 
Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
Nassau Co. Horticultural Society, Glen Cove, L. I. 
Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
12. Westchester, N. Y., & Fairfield, Conn., Horticultural 
Society. 
Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, Conn. 
13. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 
16. Garden Club of Myers Park, Charlotte, N. C. : show. 
Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners’ & Foremen’s Asso- 
ciation. 
17. Rhode Island, Horticultural Society, Providence, R. I. 
Tarrytown, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 
Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
18. Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 
19. Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society. 
22. Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
24. Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
26. Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, Conn. 
27. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 
31. Short Hills. N. J., Garden Club. 
31-Feb. 1. Amer.- Carnation Society. Indianapolis, Ind.: 
annual convention and exhibition. 
Carnations at Indianapolis 
HE annual exhibition and convention 
of the American Carnation Society is 
to be held at Indianapolis, Ind., on January 
31st and following day, the various state 
florist associations acting in cooperation. 
This organization has done splendid work in 
fostering the development of the modern 
winter flowering carnation, and, as usual, 
a goodly aggregation of new seedlings seeking 
endorsement may be expected. 
Rose Show for Philadelphia 
NE of the floral features of the coming 
season will be the spring exhibition of 
the American Rose Society at Philadelphia, 
Pa., March 20th to 23rd next. The First 
Regiment Armory has been engaged for the 
exhibition, and with the great rose growing 
industry that is located within easy reach 
of the city there is every reason to expect a 
great display of flowers. The cooperation of 
the local Florist Club and of the Pennsylvania 
Horticultural Society is assured. Mr. Adolph 
Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa., the well known rose 
grower, has been appointed manager. 
White Medal Awarded to Wm. Robinson 
'^HE Trustees of the Massachusetts Horti- 
cultural Society have awarded the 
George Robert White Medal of Honor for the 
year 1916 to William Robinson of Gravetye 
Manor, Sussex, England. 
Mr. Robinson has been a very prominent 
figure in horticulture, not alone in England 
but throughout the world, and his name will 
be quite familiar through his writings in 
horticultural literature, as an exponent of 
the natural style of flower gardening as op- 
posed to the formal carpet bedding and 
ribbon borders of former years. He founded 
the journals. The Garden, Gardening Illustrated, 
and Flora and Sylva, and is the author of 
numerous volumes treating of subjects of 
horticultural interest. The one by which he 
is probably best known to American readers 
being the “English Flower Garden.” 
This is the eighth award of this medal made 
by the Society in recognition of eminent 
service in the advancement of horticulture. 
Previous awards have been made to Prof 
C. S. Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum, 
Jackson T. Dawson, Victor Lemoine of Nancy, 
France, Michael H. Walsh, the Rose specialist 
of Woods Hole, Mass., Park Commission of 
the City of Rochester, N. Y., Sir Harry J. 
Veitch of London, and Ernest H. Wilson. 
Pittsburg Flower Show, 1917 
' I 'HE Alleghany County Garden Club’s 
-*■ preliminary schedule of the Pittsburg 
Flower Show, June 13 to 16, 1917, has been 
issued. The money prizes offered in the open 
classes are unusually large, but for that 
matter the same might be said of the prizes 
offered for the private gardeners and for special 
features. This exhibition bids fair to be one 
of the dominant features of garden club activi- 
ties of the coming year, and is under the direc- 
tion of Mr. Arthur Herrington, of Madison, 
N. J. 
Dynamite for Mosquitoes 
' I^HE residents of a small town in New 
Jersey were for years pestered by an 
unusual number of mosquitoes which, upon 
investigation, were found to be propagating 
in stagnant pools of water lying between the 
railroad tracks and the nearest street. It was 
found that these could not be drained to the 
street gutters, hence another method had to 
be employed, and it was decided to sink the 
water into the ground. A heavy charge 
of dynamite was sunk and discharged about 
twenty feet under the surface. This caused 
the pools of water to disappear in short order, 
and they disappeared permanently, too! 
Where Grass Will Not Grow 
TF YOU have a parking strip or a bit of lawn 
or a fence corner which is too gravelly or 
too deficient in humus to carry a crop of grass, 
try W hite Clover. Clover is more resistant to 
unfavorable conditions of this sort than any- 
thing else the home builder has at his disposal 
— it will fight Dandelions and Thistles, and 
will make a green and luxuriant growth on 
soil too poor to raise grass. .'\nd after it has 
been clipped and left on the ground for a 
couple of seasons, the barren strip can be again 
spaded or plowed, and will be found to have 
gained greatly in plant food and physical con- 
dition. 
Clover clippings, if you do not care to let 
them remain for a top dressing, make fine 
green food for poultry. They can be fed fresh, 
or can be cured and stowed in boxes or sacks 
for winter use. In this shape the chickens will 
eat them dry, or they can be scalded and served 
as a part of a hot mash. WTite clover is one 
of the best crops for bee keepers to raise. 
The ground should be thoroughly prepared, 
by spading and raking. As this is the last cul- 
tivation that will have to be given the crop, 
this work should not be slighted. Then get an 
even distribution of the seed, and the inherent 
vitality and perseverance of the plant itself 
will do the rest. 
As an aid in getting the seed evenly distrib- 
uted, a simple home seeder will prove inval- 
uable for moderate sized patches. It works on 
the pepper box principle, and can be made 
from any baking-powder can. Perforate the 
cover with small holes, fill the can half or three 
quarters full of clover seed, and proceed to 
“salt down” the spaded area. 
W'ashington. Paul E. Iriem. 
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