January 16, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



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followed the occupation of florist in 

 England up to the age of 21 years, 

 when he came to America and secured 

 employment in Cincinnati, wiiere he 

 remained for a time, later soing to 

 New York, where he was married to 

 Miss Susan E. Samson. After his 

 marriage, Mr. Sanders again returned 

 to Cincinnati, and was engaged as 

 florist for .Joseph Longworth, grand- 

 father of Congressman Nicholas Long- 

 worth. In 1857 Mr. Sanders removed 

 to St. Louis. 



Many beautiful floral designs were 

 sent to the funeral by the local trade 

 and friends. The St. Louis Florist 

 Club, of which Mr. Sanders was a 

 member for 22 years, sent a handsome 

 wreath. The pall bearers were Fred 

 C Weber, Theo. Miller, J. J. Beneke, 

 C. A. Kuehn, Fred Amniann. Frank 

 Fillmore, E. H. Michel and F. H. 

 Meinhardt. Many other members of 

 the fraternity attended. 



LONSDALE ON HYBRIDIZATION. 



On Friday evening, Jan. Sth, Edwin 

 Lonsdale was to have read a paper on 

 hybridization and cross-fertilization 

 to the students of the National Farm 

 School, lUicks Co., Pa. At the last mo- 

 ment Mr. Lonsdale found it impossible 

 to be present and the paper was sent 

 to Mr. Fancourt, who read it in his 

 stead. The students were intensel.v in- 

 terested. Mr. Lonsdale took them back 

 to the time of Theophrastus, who first 

 saw the necessity of impregnating the 

 date palm. He gave a history of the 

 evolution of the carnation from the 

 time of William the Conciueror to the 

 present world-wide recognized Ameri- 

 can perpetual flowering varieties. He 

 told of the earlier work of the Euro- 

 pean rosarians and of the later sys- 

 tematic efforts of Henry Bennett. His 

 history of the pansy was a lesson in 

 itself. Phloxes and other annuals 

 were treated in a masterful manner. 

 He spoke of the latest achievement in 

 systematic hybridization in the re- 

 sults obtained in the Wichauraiana 

 roses and Meehan's Mallow Marvels. 

 At the close of the reading the stu- 

 dents gave a hearty vote of thanks to 

 the author. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



Secretary Esler of the Florists' 

 Hail Association, calls the writer's 

 attention to the fact that in condens- 

 ing the report of that association for 

 publication, certain important statis- 

 tics were left out, and he wishes that 

 members will correct the records as 

 published in the annual report of the 

 S. A. F. & O. H. by adding the follow- 

 ing: 



Extra half and extra whole insur- 

 ance upon 7,354,293 square feet of 

 glass, making a total risk upon 29,- 

 092,566 square feet of glass. 



W. N, Rudd, Secretary, S. A. F. 



AN ASSIGNMENT. 



J. F. & D. J. Quinn, florists, of Har- 

 vard street, Brookline, Mass., have 

 made an assignment. It is understood 

 that the amount of liabilities is quite 

 large. The firm have been heavy buy- 

 ers at the Boston Flower Market and 

 several prominent growers are hard 

 hit. 



A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT 

 OF THE S. A. F. 



To each member of the S. A. F. and 

 O. H. I send greeting and best wishes 

 for the New Year. 



This is to be an important year for 

 the florists — the tariff is to be revised 

 and you are all Interested in the re- 

 sult. In addition to that it is neces- 

 sary to follow up the work which has 

 previously been ina\ig\irated in the 

 way of securing equitable rates from 

 express and railroad companies, and 

 the recognition of just claims present- 

 ed against them. It is evident that a 

 society that is strong numerically and 

 financially can do more for its mem- 

 bers than a weak one can, and I ap- 

 peal to both your loyalty and to your 

 self-interest when 1 ask you to at, 

 once assist in securing additional 

 members. There are about nine thou- 

 sand florist establishments of all kinds 

 in this country and our society has a 

 total membership of nine hundred, so 

 that each member might find It possi- 

 ble to secure nine new members. 



Of course we do not expect such re- 

 sults but it is not too much to expect 

 that each member will get at least 

 one new member, and thus quickly 

 double our membership. No florist can 

 consistently say you "Nay", for there 

 is not one of them whose business im- 

 portance has not been increased by the 

 fact that for over twenty years our 

 society has been consistently working 

 to promote the calling in which he is 

 engaged. If any men can afford to 

 stay out of the society it would be 

 the big concerns whose financial 

 strength and whose volume of business 

 would entitle them to a respectful 

 hearing from any corporations with 

 which they do business. But these 

 very concerns are the ones you are 

 certain to find enrolled on the booKs 

 of our society. May it not be that 

 some portion of their success is due to 

 having associated with other brignt 

 men at our conventions and to the 

 added enthusiasm bound to come from 

 contact with successful men in lue 

 same line of work? 



To my mind the annual report which 

 is mailed to each member is of great 

 value. It contains a complete list of 

 the members with their addresses, and 

 to those who do not have a regular 

 directory of the florists of the coun- 

 try, it furnishes names of florists in 

 nearly all the states. This list con- 

 tains the live progressive men with 

 whom it pays to do business. 



If you had to send an order to be 

 filled in a town where there were two 

 florists and you knew nothing of either 

 except that one belonged to the S. A. 

 P. and O. H. and the other did not, 

 would it take you long to decide as 

 to which one you would take a chance 

 on? Is not that point alone enough 

 to bring the retailers into the fold? 



We hope that the Tariff and Trans- 

 portation Committee will be such dip- 

 lomats that they will secure just what 

 they want from Congress and that the 

 Express Companies will concede all 

 the things that can reasonably be 

 asked of them. 



But if a strong navy is a guarantee 

 of peace to a nation, we may well as- 

 sume that a strong membership and a 

 full treasury will be our best reliance 

 in securing the remedies we seek. 



AVhen the next annual report is pub- 

 lished it will show how many new 



membership fees have been sent in by 

 each old member — Let your name be 

 prominent among these active workers 

 for the good of the society. 



So I urge upon you to at once go 

 to work and secure new members (not 

 next month, but now) and thus renaer 

 to the society the loyal service she 

 lias a right to expect from you; at 

 the same time making your member- 

 ship more valuable to yourself. 



Yours for a larger and more power- 

 ful society. J. A. VALENTINE, 

 President. 



APPRAISERS' DECISION. 

 Before Board 3, December 10, 1908. 



No. 200S4. — Evergreen Seedlings — 

 Norway Spruce — Protest 16762S of 

 Wells, Fargo & Co. (New York). 



Norway spruce, classified as ever- 

 green seedlings under paragraph 252, 

 tariff act of 1S97, was claimed to be 

 dutiable under the provision in the 

 same paragraph for ornamental trees. 

 Protest overruled. 



Waite, General Appraiser: * * * The 

 importers have offered no evidence in 

 support of their contention. The ap- 

 praiser makes a special report, which 

 reads, in part, as follows: 



Nomay spruce is one of the com- 

 monest of the evergreens. It is never 

 referred to or classified in commer- 

 cial catalogues as anything other than 

 evergreen, nor is it ever placed in the 

 same group with what are called or- 

 namentals — i. e., maples, chestnuts, 

 elms, etc. The particular stock under 

 consideration was a seedling, not 

 grafted. 



(The appraisers' conceptions concerning 

 evergreens and "ornamentals" seem to be 

 badly mixed. The decision itself may be a 

 proper construction of the law but the ig- 

 norance displayed in the last four lines is 

 awful.— Ed.) 



ELM COURT FARM CLUB ROOM. 



A striking example of the way a 

 keen business man may care for the 

 well-being of his employees is fur- 

 nished by Mr. Win. Douglas Sloan at 

 his large 'estate in Lenox, Mass., where 

 he has recently erected for the various 

 employees a comfortable club room 

 well heated and ventilated, and 

 lighted by electricty. Installed there- 

 in is a pool table of the finest make, 

 and a phonograph of the latest design 

 furnishes musical entertainment. Chass, 

 checkers, dominoes, cards and a well 

 stocked library make the club attrac- 

 tive to the young men, keeping them 

 interested and amused and away from 

 the more or less harmful and expen- 

 sive attractions of the adjacent city of 

 Pittsfield. Mr. Sloan has not only 

 earned the .gi'atitude of his employses 

 but has made a splendid investment 

 that will bear continuous interest in 

 more efficient work and in the mental, 

 moral and physical well-being of his 

 employees. 



The Illinois Heater & Mfg. Co., 40th 

 street and Wentworth avenue, Chi- 

 cago, have now three acres of ground 

 and a brick factory, 50x100 ft., at Dow- 

 ner's Grove. This will give them room 

 for their rapidly increasing business in 

 the manufacture of self-watering win- 

 dow and porch boxes, hanging baskets, 

 lawn and cemetery boxes, jardinieres, 

 etc. This company will open an office 

 in the down-town district of Chicago 

 iu a short time, probably on Lake 

 street, and will be prepared to push 

 their business better than ever before. 



