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H R T I C TJ L T U E E 



May 17„1913 



EVERYTHING 



FOR DECORATION DAY 



We mean Everything that there is any money in for you. 

 We are taking every possible precaution to insure the 

 sending out of good material. Our new storage vaults are 

 specially equipped — no gas used — and every facility for 

 delivering flowers as they should be, will be used. 



We Stand on the Reputation of Our Roses 



THE FINEST IN NEW ENGLAND 



Full Supply of all Greens and- Decorative Requisites of 

 every kind. Preserved and Artificial Foliage and Flowers 



BAY TREES— Standard, $10 to $18; Pyr, $12 to $35 a pair— Heavy Selected Goods 



WE CAN PLEASE YOU 



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112 ArcH St. 



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represent the club as to matters of 

 publicity at the New York show gave 

 an interesting feport on the benefit de- 

 rived by retailers through, of course, 

 the wholesalers and growers, from the 

 great amount of advertising exhibitors 

 get at the flower shows, which seems 

 to be one of the most effective ways 

 of advertising. The Transportation 

 Committee reported that arrangements 

 for a special train had been made with • 

 the Great Western Railroad Company, 

 the very best Pullman equipment, to 

 leave August 18th. A number of let- 

 ters were received from various clubs, 

 stating that they would be pleased to 

 join the Chicago Florists' Club special 

 train at Chicago. A very interesting 

 itinerary will soon be sent out. The 

 Good of the Chib Committee has taken 

 an active part in publicity. Chairman 

 Waters promised some interesting 

 items on publicity at our next meeting. 

 V. Niemitz, expert on horticulture, 

 (?f Russia, who has been traveling in 

 our Western States the past six 

 months, was present. 



vice-president for eastern Missouri was 

 who was present, was informed that 

 he w-Quld have charge of the transpor- 

 tation to the S. A. F. meeting at Min- 

 neapolis next August. 



An invitation from the director of 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden invit- 

 ing the club to hold its next meeting 

 at the garden was accepted with 

 thanks. 



The Chicago Florists" Club and the 

 Cook County Florists' Association of 

 Chicago both sent-invitations inviting 

 the members to travel with them on 

 their special trains to the S. A. F. 

 convention. 



The question^ box as usual brought 

 out some very interesting discussions 

 and the few present enjoyed a very 

 pleasant afternoon. The next meet- 

 ing will take place at the Missouri Bo- 

 tanical Garden on Thursday, June 

 12th, at 2 P. M. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The meeting of the St. Louis Florist 

 Club which was held on Thursday, 

 May 8th, was a pleasant one but very 

 poorly attended. Fifteen regulars In- 

 cluding three officers were in attend- 

 ance. The trustees reported on the 

 annual picnic and were given full 

 power to act as to place and date. The 

 publicity committee reported on their 

 work for "Mothers' Day." A letter 

 from President Farquhar of the S. A. 

 F. informing the club that he had ap- 

 pointed Mr. Edwin Denkcr as state 

 read by the secretary. Mr. Denker, 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTU RAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of this Society on 

 May 9th. a very interesting report was 

 received from Prof. Blake of the State 

 Experiment Station, on experiments in 

 Rose Culture during the past season. 

 They found that Killarney is much 

 more susceptible to injury from lack 

 of lime than My Maryland and that 

 some soils need much more lime than 

 others and different mixtures of the 

 same soils apparently show the need 

 of different amounts of lime. In their 

 tests there appears to be very little 

 difference between magnesium lime- 

 stone and the regular calcium lime- 

 stone. They found that the organic 

 matter content in the soil is an impor- 



tant thing in growing American Beau- 

 ties. It has also been shown that the 

 pruning out of the fine growth of My 

 Maryland roses has a tendency to re- 

 duce the yield. Fairly uniform results 

 were attained from nitrate of soda, 

 cottonseed meal and concentrated 

 tankage, as a source of nitrogen. The 

 regular monthly competition for points 

 resulted as follows: 



Will, Keid — ciirnatiiiDs 90. roses SO; John 

 Dervau — roses 7.5; Max Schneider — carna- 

 tions 85. sweet peas TO, lilies 8.5; F. Berge- 

 land — carnations 65; E. I'amiska — Cattleyn 

 Skiiinori 85. Aglaoneiiui coinmutMtuni 6(1. 

 For the Lord & Biirnhaiii and Skern 

 prizes: E. Panuska — Ficiis pandurata 50; 

 .T. Dervan — roses 68; Wm. Eeid — carna- 

 tions 90. 



The eighth annual Dahlia, Fruit and 

 \egetable Show will be held at Eng- 

 lish's Banquet Hall. Main and Walnut 

 streets, Orange. N. J., on Saturday, 

 September 27th, and Sunday, Septem- 

 ber 28th. 



John Dervan, Secretary. 



433 Centre St.. Orange, N. J. 



ST. LOUIS COUNTY PLANT AND 

 FLOWER GROWERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 

 This new organization held a meet- 

 ing on Wednesday night. May 7th, to 

 put into effect a permanent organiza- 

 tion and fifty of the most prominent 

 florists in the county enrolled their 

 names as members. 



Permanent officers were elected as 

 follows: Frank Vennemann, presi- 

 dent: Wm. Winter, vice-president; Joe 

 Dietchmann, secretary; W. J. Pilcher, 

 treasurer; F. W. Ude, Jr., Hugo Gross 

 and H. H. Ahuer, trustees. The com- 

 mittee on organization and by-laws re- 



