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H ORTl CULTURE. 



March 13, 1909 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting on 

 Monday evening. 8th inst., was to have 

 been Rose Night. W. H. Elliott ot 

 Boston was to have read a paper on 

 rose culture and preparations had 

 been made for an extensive exhibition 

 of the Queen of Flowers but instead 

 the meeting was turned into a Lodge 

 of Sorrow. No business was transact- 

 ed and after appropriate remarks by 

 Vice-president Harry Turner, who oc- 

 cupied the chair, and several other 

 members and the report of a set of 

 resolutions on the death of President 

 Hallock by a committee appointed for 

 that purpose the club adjourned. 



On the exhibition tables a beautiful 

 array of roses was displayed. The 

 judges examined them and will make 

 their report at the next meeting. 

 White Killarney was shown in fine 

 shape by Waban Rose Conservatories 

 and F. R. Pierson Company. My 

 Marvland from Robert Simpson, A. N. 

 Pierson and Myers & Samtman was 

 grand. Nothing finer than Richmond 

 as staged by A. Farenwald has been 

 seen for a long time. Mrs. Jardine, 

 Kate Moulton and Mme. Abel Chat- 

 enay were also included in Mr. Simp- 

 son's collection, and Mr. Farenwald 

 was further represented by Killarney. 

 The Brant Hentz Flower Company 

 sent superb American Beauties; Val- 

 entine Haman, Bridesmaids: W. G. 

 Badgley. Killarney, Bride and Brides- 

 maid: W. A. Manda, Cherokee and 

 South Orange Beauty and Henry 

 Hentz, Jr.. had Bride and Bridesmaid 

 in good form. 



Following is the report of the spe- 

 cial committee on the death of Pres- 

 ident Hallock: 



Whereas. We, the members of the 

 New York Florists' Club, are over- 

 whelmed with grief at the sudden de- 

 mise of our friend and President Edw. 

 V. Hallock, who was struck down on 

 the night of March 2 while apparently 

 in the full possession of his health 

 and faculties, and 



Whereas, The, club has sustained a 

 great loss in the death of its president 

 at the beginning of his term of office, 

 when the prospects of a brilliant year 

 seemed most promising. 



He was an able executive, an ear- 



nest woiki r in the club's behalf and 

 exerted his best energies for its up- 

 building. 



Mr. Hallcck stood for all that was 

 elevating in horticulture, lending his 

 speech and pen for its advancement; 

 not the least of his efforts was direct- 

 ed to the in'roduction of a course of 

 practical horticulture in our public 

 schools. 



He was a man whose attractive per- 

 sonality appealed to all; generous, 

 sympathetic; of fine impulses; kind 

 and considerate of the feelings of 

 others, he leaves many friends to 

 mourn him 



Therefore be it 



Resolved. That these minutes be 

 spread upon the record of this club 

 and a copy be forwarded to his be- 

 reaved family, to whom we tender our 

 deepest sympathy. 



W. F. SHERIDAN, 

 FRANK H. TRAENDLY, 

 JOHN YOUNG. 



March 8. 1909. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



The Cincinnati Florists' Society 

 have selected the following chairmen 

 of committees in connection with 

 local preparation for the S. A. F. Con- 

 vention to be held in Cincinnati next 

 August: 



President's reception — Albert Mc- 

 Cullough. Charles McCullough and 

 Peter Olinger. Entertainment — J. A. 

 Peterson. Badges — E. A. Forter. Pro- 

 gram— .\. Sunderbruch. Transporta- 

 tion— G. Adrian. Hall— J. W. Rodg- 

 ers. Women's entertainment — E. G. 

 Gillett and C. E. Critchell. Ball game 

 — Frank Dellar. Bowling — C. E. 

 Critchell. 



William Murphy has been selected 

 for recommendation to the S. A. F. ex- 

 ecutive committee for the position of 

 superintendent of the trade exhibition. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



Next meeting night will bring forth 

 definite plans as to the arrangement 

 of our fall show. Fortunately the 

 sentiment pre^ails to arrange a gen- 

 uine show which will interest the pub- 

 lic, not one of those bench and bottle 

 compositions which draw the florists 

 only. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Newport Horticultural Society 

 held a real business meeting Tuesday 

 evening, March 9th, when the sched- 

 ule and other matters connected with 

 the June Show came up and were all 

 settled. This schedule does not differ 

 much from those of recent years ex- 

 cept that an important addition was 

 made to the School Children's Classes 

 which is provided for by a substantial 

 donation from Mrs. Lorillard Spencer. 

 Mrs. Robert Goelet's liberal donation 

 of one hundred dollars a year for five 

 years also provides for two new class- 

 ,es for this show, the first being a spe- 

 cified table of flowering plants, and 

 the other a vase of cut flowers. John 

 B. Urquhart, gardener for Mr. R. L. 

 Beekman. had on the exhibition table 

 a specimen plant of the new fern 

 Nephrolepis superbissima, which was 

 its first appearance before this soci- 

 ety. On account of its rich dark green 

 color and being unusually well grown 

 it was awarded a first class certificate 

 of merit. 



The Society then voted to offer one 

 silver medal and one bronze medal to 

 the New England Dahlia Society for 

 two worthy exhibits of dahlias to be 

 specified later, and shown at the pro- 

 posed exhibition of the N. E. Dahlia 

 Society this year. The Society also 

 voted to order for distribution to the 

 school children of Newport, a large 

 number of printed leaflets giving help- 

 ful directions for the growing ot flow- 

 ers and vegetables. 



J. R. 



PERPETUAL FLOWERING CARNA- 

 TION SOCIETY. 

 The annual general meeting took 

 place at the Hotel Windsor, London, 

 Eng., on Feb. 10. Mr. J. S. Brunton 

 presided, and about a score of the 

 members were present. A scheme 

 for the registration of the names of 

 new varieties has been adopted and 

 nine such have been registered during 

 the year. A variety must gain at 

 least" 85 points to entitle it to first- 

 class certificate. Two cups have been 

 presented to the society, one by Lord 

 Howard de Walden and the other by 

 the American Carnation Society. 



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