March 15, 1913 



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Swan Peterson Floral Co., Gibson City. — 

 Knchantress carnations. 



A. C. Browu, Springfield. — Carnations. 



W. C. HIU Floral Co.. Streator.— Carna- 

 tions. 



Arvid Anderson, Mollne. — Seedling carna- 

 tions. 



E. G. Hill Co., Richmond. Ind.— Carna- 

 tions. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc.. Cromwell. Conn. — 

 Rose Milady. 



A. Henderson & Co., Chicago. — Carnation 

 Philadelphia. 



G. Sweuson, Elmhurst. — Sweet peas. 



Bassett & Washburn, Chicago. — Hoses 

 Rhea Held, Sunburst, Lady Hillingdon, 

 also seedling carnation. 



Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago. — Carna- 

 tions Gloriosa, White Wonder, White En- 

 chantress, The Herald, seedlings No. 86, 

 and other seedlings. 



.John Steldle, Olivette, Mo. — Seedling car- 

 nation. 



Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, N. T. — Car- 

 nation Matchless. 



H. N. Bruns, Chicago. — Lily of the val- 

 ley. 



Travis Grate Co., Henry, 111. — Rocker 

 grate. 



Raedlein Basket Co., Chicago. — Baskets. 



Certificates of merit were awarded to 

 E. G. Hill Co., for carnation Commodore; 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc.. Cromwell, Conn., for 

 rose Milad.v; A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, 

 for carnation Philadelphia; G. Swenson, 

 for winter-flowering sweet peas; Chicago 

 Carnation Co.. for carnation The Herald 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, 



Cineraria Night, February 28th, 

 brought out a splendid collection of 

 blooming plants of this favorite flower. 

 President Huss showed fifteen varie- 

 ties of hybrid dwarfs. Including some 

 of the cactus type. Alfred Cebellus ex- 

 hibited C. stellata. George W. Fraser 

 of Storrs Agricultural College, Schiz- 

 anthus Wisestonensis, and a promising 

 seedling carnation, A. G. Gulley, cerise 

 pink, a cross of Beacon and a single 

 seedling. Awards were as follows: 

 Cultural certificates to Mr. Cebellus 

 and Mr. Huss; a first-class certificate 

 to Mr. Fraser for the schizanthus, and 

 a certificate of merit for the carnation 

 seedling. 



Plans are being made for a banquet 

 at Harry Bond's, Hartford, on the 

 evening of the 18th. The committee in 

 charge are Cuno A. Helfricht, A. 

 Righenzl, and W. W. Hunt. Promi- 

 nent speakers are expected to enliven 

 the occasion by addresses. 



Our next meeting will be "Pruning 

 Night," March 14th, with a practical 

 demonstration of pruning of orna- 

 mental stock by President Huss. 



George W. Smith, Secretary. 



Melrose, Conn., Mar. 11, 1913. 



freight classification defined, freight rates 

 reduced. Tbey have caused the rallr. ads 

 to give carload rates where uursciy prtd- 

 ucts were formerly paying less carload 

 rates in carload lots. The work of this 

 committee has saved more than the mem- 

 bership fee to every nurseryman in the 

 United States. 



Xlie legislative committee, under the able 

 leadership of Wm. Pitkin, has prevented 

 much unwise and unfair state and federal 

 legislatiou from becoming law, and now are 

 testing the constitutionality of several 

 state laws which are injurious and unfair 

 to nursery interests. You are today re- 

 ceiving the benefits of the work of these 

 lommlttees. but by not being a member of 

 the association you are not paying your 

 fair share of the expense. 



The committee upon publicity, rootgall, 

 standard grading, etc., have done and are 

 doing equally good work. Like the watch- 

 man on the tower, these committees must 

 constantly be on the alert, for there Is no 

 limit to the necessity for eternal vigilance. 



All that has been accomplished has cost 

 the association thousands of dollars in 

 legal, traveling and other legitimate ex- 

 lienses. Every nurseryman in the United 

 States shares in these benefits — he can't 

 helo it, and we should all be willing to lend 

 practical help and financial support by be- 

 coming a member of the organization, the 

 dues of which are $5 per year. 



Each member gets a Badge Book about 

 .Inne 1st each year, also a badge number 

 which he wears at conventions so that his 

 customers recognize him by his number. 

 The Badge Book Is worth more than the 

 membership fee to every progressive nur- 

 seryman. He also gets a copy of the an- 

 nual report of each convention containing a 

 stenographic report of all discussions, re 

 porta of committees, speeches and papers. 

 The association's telegraphic code will save 

 \ou many dollars. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 



James McHutchison, chairman of 

 the membership committee of the 

 American Association of Nurserymen, 

 Is sending out a letter from which we 

 extract the following: 



Every live ambitious nurseryman should 

 become a member. The association was 

 organized in 1875 for the promotion and 

 protection of nursery interests throughout 

 the 48 states, and as a member you will 

 be entitled to all Its benefits and ad- 

 Tantages. , , 



The tariff committee has been successful 

 during the past few years in securing a 

 tariff equltalile and satisfactory to nursery- 

 men. Thev have had the duty upon FrenrU 

 fruit stocks made per 1000. thus doing 

 away with all the controversies over valu- 

 ation that previously prevailed. They re- 

 cently visited Wa.shliigton and expect to 

 prevent the threatened tariff reduction. The 

 work of this committee has been of Im- 

 mense value to all nurserymen. 



The transportation committee has had 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The March meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club, last Monday evening, 

 brought out a good attendance. The 

 main topic was naturally the Inter- 

 national Flower Show which will have 

 come and gone before the next regular 

 meeting of the club. Reports of com- 

 mittees showed a good progress 

 towards completion of preparations 

 for the club's part in the management 

 of the big affair and the entertain- 

 ment of the vast throng of visitors 

 who will come from all sections of the 

 country. Interest in the club's work 

 was shown by the large number of ap- 

 plicants for membership. That there 

 is plenty of hustling to be done be- 

 tween now and the opening of the 

 show is realized but the outlook is 

 encouraging and everything harmoni- 

 ous. All are delighted over the rapid 

 recovery of Secretary Young after his 

 recent operation. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 An exhibition of orchids, roses and 

 miscellaneous flowers Is scheduled by 

 the Horticultural Society of New 

 York for Saturday, March 15. 



The annual meeting of the Ken- 

 tucky Society of Florists was held on 

 March 5 at the home of George E. 

 Schulz. Joseph Able read a paper on 

 bookkeeping. 



At the next meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club of Boston, 

 Tuesday evening, March 18th, Edwin 

 Jenkins of Lenox is expected to de- 

 liver a lecture on sweet peas and their 

 culture outdoors. 



A meeting of the ladies' committee 

 of the New York Florists' Club was 

 held on Feb. 28th. Mrs. F. H. Traend- 

 ly was elected chairman, Mrs. Julius 

 Roehrs, Jr., secretary and Mrs. Joseph 



A. Manda, treasurer. These ladies are 

 entrusted with the responsibility of 

 the entertainment of visiting ladies 

 at the time of the National Flower 

 Show, and the names as given above 

 are a suflicient guarantee that the 

 hospitality of New York will be well 

 demonstrated on this important occa- 

 sion. 



The Twenty-sixth Annual Dinner of 

 the New York Florists' Club will be 

 held at the Hotel Astor, 45th street 

 and Broadway, Thursday evening, 

 April 10th, 1913, at 7.30 o'clock sharp. 

 This annual event will occur during 

 the week of the International Flower 

 Show when visitors from distant 

 points will be entertained as guests of 

 the club. The dinner committee con- 

 sists of John B. Nugent, Jr., Robert 

 Koehue. Thomas Boothe Deforest, 

 Walter F. Sheridan, Alex. M. McCon- 

 nell and Joseph S. Fenrlch, Secretary. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held Its 

 regular meeting March 6th. The re- 

 port of the transportation committee, 

 regarding the trip to the National 

 Flower Show was given and dis- 

 cussed but no action decided upon. 

 By vote of the club Andrew McAdams 

 was made an honorary member. The 

 resignation of D. A. Robertson was 

 read and accepted. Vaughan's Seed 

 Store was given a vote of thanks for 

 an exhibition of seedling red canna 

 known as No. 15 and the new "baby 

 rambler" rose Brna Teschendorff. A 

 communication from the Florists' Tel- 

 egraph Delivery was read and referred 

 to the "good-of-the-olub" committee. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 of Baltimore celebrated their twenty- 

 sixth anniversary Monday night by 

 having a fine banquet. One hundred 

 or more members were present. Ex- 

 president Robert L. Graham presided 

 as toastmaster. At the meeting of the 

 club before the banquet the annual 

 election of officers took place as fol- 

 lows: president, William J. Johnson; 

 vice president, James L. Towner; 

 treasurer, Fred G. Burger; correspond- 

 ing secretary, Noah F. Flitton; finan- 

 cial secretary, George Talbot; libra- 

 rian, Charles M. Wagner. Only the 

 first two named are new officers, all 

 the others being reelected. Toasts 

 were responded to by all the officers, 

 Richard Vincent, Jr., James Hamilton 

 and several others also contributed 

 valuable talks. Everyone was out for 

 a good time and they had it too. The 

 club is in a very prosperous condition, 

 with a good nest egg in the treasury, 

 and new members joining every meet- 

 ing night. Some of the work the club 

 is accomplishing will be of great value 

 to the State. No doubt that through 

 Its efforts there will be erected In the 

 near future a magnificant Horticul- 

 tural or Exposition building. 



Northampton, Mass.— The Holyoke 

 and Northampton Florists and Gar- 

 deners' Club entertained the families 

 of members at a banquet Tuesday 

 evening, March 4. The company num- 

 bered about 125 and after dinner there 

 was an informal program of speech- 

 making and music, presided over by 

 the president, Edward J. Canning of 

 Northampton. The membership of the 

 club numbers 50. 



