. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 108 The American Florist. Feb. ij. Oceanic, N. J. The semi-monthly meeting of the Mon- mouth County Horticultural Society was held February 5. The meeting was very well attended and interesting. A grand display of cut flowers was on exhi- bition. H. A. Kettel, gardener to James Loeb, had some fine lily of the valley, roses, Lilium Harrisii and narcissi, scor- ing in all 220 points. James Dowlen, gardener to H. L. Terrell, had a well flowered plant of Coelogyne cristata, a vase of good roses and a vase of carna- ti
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 108 The American Florist. Feb. ij. Oceanic, N. J. The semi-monthly meeting of the Mon- mouth County Horticultural Society was held February 5. The meeting was very well attended and interesting. A grand display of cut flowers was on exhi- bition. H. A. Kettel, gardener to James Loeb, had some fine lily of the valley, roses, Lilium Harrisii and narcissi, scor- ing in all 220 points. James Dowlen, gardener to H. L. Terrell, had a well flowered plant of Coelogyne cristata, a vase of good roses and a vase of carna- tions, scoring in all 235 points. Mr. Dowlen exhibited several seedling carna- tions of promise, a crimson scoring 90, a red 90, a scarlet 85, and several whites scoring 70 points. Geo. H. Hale, gar- dener to Edward D. Adams, had some well grown freesias, Princess of Wales violets and imantophyllums, scoring in all 250 points. The judgesof theevening were W. W. Kennedy, A. G. Williams and Wm. Turner. The members who visited Tarrytown, N. Y., to attend the annual dinner of the Tarrytown Horticultural Society, arrived home safely, although I understand the snow was a little deep in places. They reviewed their trip in detail. J. Yomaus, our Oceanic Chauncey Depeiv, made a speech which will not be forgotten for a long time at Tarrytown. The discussions ot the evening were on experiment stations and San Jose scale, and its treatment in winter and summer. Most of the members present took part. Mr. Hale, in order to find the views of the members, asked whether they thought it essential for a person learning the gar- dening profession to take up botany to become a good gardener. Most of those present gave their views, some stating that if a gardener could combine and carry the two he would be a stronger man, but the general trend of the views was against it, stating it was not neces- sary, as botany was a study in itself and from their experience and observation botanists as a rule made
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