April 5, 1913 



HOETICULTUEE 



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given thought enough to the subject 

 to be able to appreciate the tremendous 

 strides that have been made in flori- 

 culture during recent years. Garden- 

 ing in its highest expression, it is true, 

 has been thoroughly commercialized in 

 these recent years, but, when judged 

 by its results, this can hardly be re- 

 gretted. Flowers that were once the 

 peculiar and exclusive possession of 

 people of means have been made of late 

 years accessible to all, and this may 

 be said notwithstanding that retail 

 prices are sometimes far in excess of 

 what the plain people can afford to pay. 

 But the plain people are not com- 

 pelled to buy flowers in the highest 

 market. As a rule, they have found 

 means whereby they may purchase the 

 blooms and plants at first hand. The 

 street stands of the larger cities, too, 

 cater to the wants and tastes of the 

 populace in this particular, and it is 

 a wholesome sign of the times that 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 The adjourned meeting of the Soci- 

 ety will be held in the Lecture Room 

 in the New Grand Central Palace at 

 the time of the International Flower 

 Show, as follows: — 



Monday, April 7th. at 10.30 A. M. 

 Thursday, April 10th, at 10.30 A. M. 

 John Young, Sec'y. 



There will be a meeting on Monday 

 afternoon, April 7th, at the Grand Cen- 

 tral Palace in New York, of the Na- 

 tional Publicity Committee provided 

 for at the last convention of the S. A. 

 F. in Chicago, to consider the proposi- 

 tion of providing for a permanent sec- 

 retary of the National Committee to 

 aid in advancing the publicity move- 



stated this would be the best of its 

 kind ever held in this country. He 

 suggested that the Washingtonians 

 join those going from Baltimore on 

 the train leaving this city at 7 

 o'clock. Monday morning, A special 

 car is to be provided and an entertain- 

 ing trip is to be expected. Fred H. 

 Kramer promised to look after the 

 transportation facilities and notices 

 will be sent to all members advising 

 them of this action. 



For the banquet committee, W. F. 

 Gude reported that this event would 

 be given the latter part of this month 

 at one of the down-town hotels. 



Following the adjournment of the 

 business meeting the members par- 

 took of a buffet luncheon, after which 

 they discussed matters of interest 

 The members of the bowling team 

 got together on certain plans concern- 

 ing the Minneapolis trip while the 

 others talked mostly shop. 



W. H. DUCKHAM 

 Superintendent Competitive Exhibition 



these stands are increasing in number 

 and likely soon to contribute to the 

 formation of flower marts on the Eu- 

 ropean plan. 



The New York show will afford visi- 

 tors an opportunity of judging between 

 the skill of the practical florists of 

 some of the foremost nations of the 

 world, and this of itself will be a feature 

 of the exhibition that will be certain to 

 attract great attention. The United 

 States, compared with France, Ger- 

 many and Holland, is rather young in 

 the art of flower development, but it 

 has probably made more rapid strides 

 than any other nation in this respect 

 during the last twenty-flve years. For 

 this it is indebted largely to the splen- 

 did work of the horticultural societies, 

 to the skill displayed in public gar- 

 dens and parks, and to the modest yet 

 effective achievements of the green- 

 house men, who are themselves repre- 

 sentative of all the nations. The in- 

 ternational exhibition should have the 

 good effect of giving floriculture in the 

 United States a new impetus. Doubt- 

 less this country has much to learn in 

 return for all it may be able to teach 

 the participants of sister nations in the 

 Grand Central Palace show. 



— Boston Christian Science Monitor. 



Chakles H. Totty 



Oliairman Local Governing Board and In- 

 ternational Flower Show Committee. 



ment. All florists' clubs in the coun- 

 try having a Publicity Committee and 

 having appointed a representative to 

 membership in this National Commit- 

 tee should see that a representative 

 is in attendance. 



W. R. PlEKSON, 



Representative of tlie Publicity Committee 

 of the New York Florists' Club. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., was a guest of 

 the Florists' Club at the regular 

 monthly meeting. Mr. Vincent was 

 well received and was called upon for 

 a few remarks regarding the Minne- 

 apolis Convention. He gave a very 

 interesting account of what is to be 

 expected and suggested a trip by water 

 from this city to Boston and thence 

 via the Great Lakes with the Boston 

 aggregation. The expense incident to 

 the trip according to Mr. Vincent 

 would not exceed that of the through 

 rail trip. He expressed a desire to 

 see ail present at Minneapolis at the 

 proper time. 



Regarding the New York Show he 



Thomas Roland 

 International Flower Show Committee. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



A feature of the monthly meeting 

 held on the 1st inst. was a splendid 

 vase of the grand white carnation, 

 Matchless, exhibited by the Pennock- 

 Meehan Co. In form this is a rather 

 loose flower like Prosperity, but 

 charming in outline, and a flower to 

 send the artistic soul into raptures. 

 It is claimed that it will produce 20 

 per cent, more per square foot than 

 any other variety at present grown. 

 Mr. Teylinjen gave a talk on Darwin 

 tulips. Charles E. Meehan .gave an in- 

 teresting account of his trip to the 

 West Indies and Panama. The trans- 

 portation committee to arrange for the 

 convention trip next August was an- 

 nounced by President Thilow: John 

 Westcott, George Watson, Edward 

 Reid, Dennis T. Connor, and Charles 

 E. Meehan. 



The new retailers' club applied for 

 accommodations. Mr. Rust told them 

 that the regular charge for a meeting 

 was $15. Robert Craig moved that 

 they be allowed to meet for nothing— 

 at the convenience of the house com- 

 mittee. 



