January 18, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



75 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The January meeting, the first un- 

 der the new administration of the New 

 York Florists' Club, was a well at- 

 tended and notably enthusiastic one. 

 Nineteen new members were added 

 and an equal number proposed and 

 there were other indisputable evi- 

 dences that the animation of the ap- 

 proaching great event, the Interna- 

 tional Flower Show, is taking a firm 

 hold of the cratt, which this influen- 

 tial organization so effectively repre- 

 sents. The secretary's report showed 

 a total membership of 367 and the 

 treasurer's report a tjalance of $5,000 

 to the good at the end of 1912. 



The retiring president, Joseph Man- 

 da, made a few appropriate remarks 

 at the opening and then the new in- 

 cumbent, W. H. Siebrecht, was es- 

 corted to the platform by his two 

 friendly rivals at the recent election, 

 H. A. Bunyard and W. H. Duckham. 

 He made an address outlining a busy 

 year ahead, pledging his best endeav- 

 ors and asking for the hearty sympa- 

 thy and assistance of the members, 

 especially the younger ones. John 

 Donaldson, who is the incoming vice- 

 president, made a nice talk as did the 

 other newly-elected officers and sev- 

 eral new members. F. R. Pierson was 

 elected to replace Mr. Donaldson on 

 the board of trustees for the unex- 

 pired term of one year. 



Mr. Hendrickson reported for the 

 publicity committee that the fund for 

 posters had been about used up and 

 a small advertisement in the papers 

 for McKinley Day was the only expen- 

 diture proposed. Mr. Donaldson made 

 a report of progress for the Smith 

 memorial committee. Mr. Weathered 

 reported for the entertainment com- 

 mittee and his plea for a worthy en- 

 tertainment of the visitors at the Na- 

 tional Flower Show was endorsed by 

 a number of speakers. The awards 

 committee reported on their visits to 

 inspect the carnations "Northport" 

 and "Matchless," recommending the 

 club's certificate in each case. Favor- 

 able action was taken on the annual 

 dinner and the summer outing propo- 

 sition. 



Mr. Totty made a report on the 

 progress being made on the National 

 Flower Show, stating that on the 

 trade exhibition section and souvenir 

 program the results already accom- 

 plished are far greater than in any- 

 similar enterprise in the club's his- 

 tory and predicted that the occasion 

 would be an unprecedented business 

 boom for all who should take advan- 

 tage of it. 



On the exhibition table were the 

 following exhibits, all of which re- 

 ceived a vote of thanks: Carnations 

 British Triumph, crimson, Wm. 

 Eccles, scarlet, and Lady Northcliffe, 

 pink, from Scott Bros-'.; Northport 

 from J. D. Cockcrott; Enchantress 

 Supreme from Dailledouze Bros.; Sal- 

 mon Beauty from Traendly & 

 Schenck; Improved Enchantress from 

 Frank Niquet; Matchless from Cot- 

 tage Gardens. 



President Siebrecht appointed the 

 following committees: 



Essav— J. Austin Shaw, Leonard Barron, 

 M. C. Ebel. 



Legislative — Frank E. Pierson, Patricls 

 O'Mara, Walter F. Sheridan. 



Exhibition — John Miesem, Charles 

 Schenck, Patrick J. Smith, A. Kakuda, 

 Charles Weber. 



House and Entertainment — Frank M. 

 Duggan, Ale.x J. Guttman, Alfred E. 

 Wheeler. 



Award — Joseph A Mauda, John Donald- 

 son. Wallace R. Pierson. A. L. Miller, 

 Frank H. Traendly, Robert Simpson, I. S. 

 Hendrickson. 



Dinner — J. B. Nugent, Jr., Alex. McCon- 

 nell. W. F. Sheridan. Thomas B. DeForest, 

 Robert Koehne, Joseph Fenrick. , 



Outing — Philip F. Kessler, Victor Dorval. 

 Thomas Weston. A. Buckholtz, Louis 

 Schmutz. Jr.. W. Phillips. Bert Chadwick, 

 Roman J. Irwin. Anton Schultheis, Jr., A. 

 Dcmeusy, Jr., H. C. Eeidel, Paul Meeoni. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



Although Jan. 7 was a bad evening 

 for our meeting a good many members 

 came out. Officers were put in nomi- 

 nation as follows: President, Neil 

 McCallum; vice-president, E. C. 

 Reineman; treasurer, T. P. Lang- 

 hans; secretary, H. P. Joslin; 

 assistant secretary, W. A. Clark; ex- 

 ecutive committee, P. S. Randolph, C. 

 H. Sample and A. Frishkorn. 



The matter of a club smoker or club 

 entertainment of some kind was 

 brought up, but it was decided to do 

 nothing until after the election of the 

 new president. 



One of the members is John CostoCf, 

 a native Bulgarian, who, responding 

 to requests gave a description of Bul- 

 garia and Montenegro, and a history of 

 their relations with Turkey and the 

 present war. First he spoke of the 

 great rose fields in Bulgaria, miles in 

 extent, where the roses are grown sim- 

 ply for the famous attar of roses, 35 

 lbs. of rose petals going to the mak- 

 ing of a single ounce of the attar.' 



Mr. Costoff was acting as school 

 teacher in Macedonia when his con- 

 nection with the revolutionary society 

 compelled him to flee the country, and 

 he came to the United States. By the 

 time he had finished his account of 

 Turkish atrocities we were all Bulga- 

 rians in heart and gave him enthusias- 

 tic applause for his interesting re- 

 marks. 



Fine specimens of White and Pink 

 Killarney and Richmond roses were 

 shown by the Pittsburgh Cut Flower 

 Co. H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club held a 

 verj' interesting meeting last Thursday 

 afternoon. This being the first meet- 

 ing in the new year the members came 

 out in good numbers, including all the 

 ofl5cers, with President Fred H. Weber 

 presiding. Mr. Bergestermann of the 

 publicity committee made a report of 

 their work since the last meeting, and 

 announced that the fund had reached 

 $200. A lengthy discussion followed as 

 to how this money should be spent to 

 reach the best possible publicity. It 

 was decided that a call be made on the 

 Retail Florists' Association to send a 

 committee to the next meeting and dis- 

 cuss with our members as to the best 

 jjossible way to gain publicity through 

 these committees. The question box 

 brought out some interesting discus- 

 sions. The next meeting takes place 

 Feb. 13th. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



The executive board of the National 

 Association of Gardeners held its first 

 meeting for the year on Wednesday 

 afternoon, January 8th, at the Murray 

 Hill Hotel, New York City. President 

 William H. Waite was in the chair. 



After disposing of the routine busi- 

 ness before the meeting the subject 

 of the association maintaining a de- 

 partment, along the lines of horticul- 

 tural societies abroad, to which mem- 

 bers of the profession may look for 

 opportunity for advancement, was 

 brought up for discussion, and resulted 

 in the secretary being enpowered to 

 take the necessary steps to bring about 

 the establishment of such a depart- 

 ment. 



On motion made by ex-President 

 Logan it was also decided that the 

 association award a medal for any 

 new meritorious varieties of flowers, 

 plants, vegetables or fruits originated 

 iDy a gardener being a member of the 

 association and that the president an- 

 nually appoint a committee of judges 

 for that purpose. Mr. Waite appointed 

 Messrs. William Kleinheinz, of Penn- 

 sylvania; Peter Duff, of New Jersey; 

 and James Stuart, of New York, to 

 serve as a committee for 1913. 



An appropriation was voted for the 

 purpose of holding a National Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Bowling Tournament 

 in New York City during the week of 

 the International Show, to which mem- 

 bers of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists are to be invited. The event will 

 occur at Thumm's Alleys, on Broad- 

 way, famous for many big bowling 

 events, and the association will offer 

 two cups — one for the team and one 

 for the individual making the highest 

 score at the tournament. The tourna- 

 ment will be open to teams of three 

 men, members of any local florists' or 

 gardeners' club which they represent, 

 and members either of the N. A. G. 

 or S. A. F. The individual tournament 

 will be open to members of the N. A. 

 G. and S. A. F. The following commit- 

 tee was appointed to complete all ar- 

 rangements: — John Dodds, John W. 

 Everitt. A. Bauer, James Stuart, and 

 William Robertson of Jenkintown, Pa. 

 Many valuable prizes have already 

 been contributed. 



Lester E. Ortiz, superintendent of 

 the Pratt estate at Glen Cove, N. Y., 

 and vice-president of the Farmers' 

 Congress, of New York, addressed the 

 meeting stating that in his opinion the 

 men who serve as superintendents on 

 the private estates of the future will 

 have to be informed on every branch 

 that goes to make up a complete pri- 

 vate establishment. He urged that the 

 gardeners co-operate with the farmers 

 to influence a more liberal appropria- 

 tion of the millions expended annually, 

 by the nation and states, to the pur- 

 pose of educational work in agricul- 

 ture and horticulture. He said that 

 some sixteen or seventeen millions 

 will be appropriated this year and that 

 the gardeners of the nation should 

 have some voice in the recommenda- 

 tions for distributing this vast sum. 

 A meeting of the Farmers' Congress 



