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HORTICULTURE 



July 18, 190S 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



THE GREAT S. A. F. TRADE EX- 

 HIBITION. 



Now that the spring rush of busi- 

 ness and work is practically over 

 thoughts will naturally turn to the 

 annual convention to be held at Niaga- 

 ra Falls, N. Y., August 18-21. 



The trade exhibition of which the 

 management has been placed in my 

 hands, will be as interesting and com- 

 plete as in former veais. Entries which 

 have been made up to now bear me out 

 when I say that 1 think this will even 

 be the banner year for this branch of 

 the S. A. F. convention. It will be 

 worth while to travel a long distance 

 to see all the good things that will 

 be shown here. It is still five weeks 

 to the time when all florists will wend 

 their way to beautiful Niagara Falls, 

 but already there are about fifty firms 

 and individuals who have spoken for 

 space and are making preparations to 

 show their wares and products to the 

 many visitors who will fill the large 

 halls and rooms where the exhibition 

 will be held. Among those already 

 booked ate the following: 



Square 

 feet. 



Altimo Culture Co 50 



Boas & Co 55 



H. Baversdoifer & Co 400 



Chas. D. Ball 100 



Robbink & Atkins 170 



A. K. Banks 24 



A. X. Boddington 150 



J. L. Childs.. 120 



Arthur CJowee 125 



H. A. Dreer 400 



Detroit Potteiy Co 56 



A. T. De La Mure Pub. Co 19 



Foley Mfg. Co 80 



Heieiulei'ii Mf^-. Co 200 



W. C. Heller & Co 240 



Ionia Pottery Co 100 



W. F. Hasting Co 100 



Kroeschell Bros. Co 100 



J. C. Mr.ninger Co 120 



Henry F. Michell Co 40 



The Morehead Co 19 



H. D. Mann Co 84 



■R . A. Manda 100 



S. S. Fennook-Meehan Co 265 



F. O. Pierce Co 64 



J. A. Payne 510 



F. R. Pirrson Co 200 



Quaker Citv Machine Works 24 



Keed & Keller '. 40(1 



M. Rice & Co 300 



Schlosa Bros 150 



Horticulture Pub. Co 19 



Traendly & Scheuck 25 



Vaugban's Seed Store 200 



James Vick's Sons 34 



Weathered Co 100 



Whilldin Pottery Co 50 



Wertheimer Bros 250 



yuess Garden Co 25 



I have also had a number of inqui- 

 ries for hotel accommodations, all of 

 which have been put into the proper 

 hands. From what I have observed 

 by coming into contact with people 

 interested in this meeting I feel sure 

 that this convention will be up to the 

 usual standard, the large Eastern cities 

 will bring their regular quota and no 

 doubt the West can secure good rates, 

 so there should be no reason why the 

 Falls will not see a record crowd of 

 florists. Pel haps it would be well for 

 all, especially those who travel in 

 large parties and wish to stay together, 

 to secure hotel room early. 



CHAS. H. KEITSCH. 



810 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 

 submit for registration the roses list- 

 ed below. Public notice of such regis- 

 tration is hereby given and any per- 

 son knowing the previous use of the 

 names selected or of any other reason 

 why registration should not be made, 

 are lequested to forward their objec- 

 tions to the undersigned. 



Silver Moon: Cherokee by Wichu- 

 raiana — Soft, white, semi-double, flow- 

 ers four inches across. Climbing 

 habit. 



Garnet Climber: Lucullus by Wiohu- 

 raiana — Deep garnet red, double flow- 

 ers in clusters. Climbing habit. 



Dr. W. Van Fleet: Souvenir du Pres. 

 Carnot by Wichuraiana — Light, rosy 

 pink, double flowers. Climbing habit. 



Radiance' Cardinal by an unnamed 

 seedling — Brilliant, rosy carmine, fine 

 buds, splendid habit and foliage. 



W. N. RUDD, Sec'y. 



July 10, 1908. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held its 

 regular monthly meeting on last 

 Thursday afternoon in Bowman's 

 Hall and the attendance was large. The 

 trustees made a lengthy report regard- 

 ing the annual picnic which takes 

 place this week, Wednesday, in Nor- 

 mandy Park. State Vice-President 

 John Steidle, of the S. A. F. next re- 

 ported regarding transportations to the 

 meeting at Niagara Falls and on a 

 vote of the members the Big Four 

 R. R. was selected, the rate being 

 $21.40 for the round trip and ?4.00 

 per berth each way. The party will 

 leave here on the Knickerbocker spec- 

 ial, Monday, August 17, at 1 P. M. 

 and arrive at the Falls Tuesday at 

 8.43 A. M. Any one wishing to go 

 with the delegation should send his 

 name to John Steidle, Central, St. 

 Louis, Mo., before the next meeting 

 of the club. If enough make the trip 

 to fill all the lower berths of a car 

 a special will be at the club's disposal. 

 The nomination of officers was next 

 in order and resulted as follows: W. 

 E. Young and Walter Retzer for pres- 

 ident: Henry Emunds, Edwin Den- 

 ker and George Augermuller for vice- 

 president; A. J. Bentzen for secretary; 

 J. J. Beneke and F. H. Weber for 

 treasurer: Geo. Frow, J. F. Ammann, 

 Carl Beyer and Charles Fulgraf for a 

 three-year term trustee. The election 

 will follow at the next meeting which 

 will take place August 13. 



The balance of the afternoon was 

 taken up with discussions on import- 

 ant questions. The one of how to in- 

 crease the attendance and the mem- 

 bership of the club received the most 

 attention. During the discussion some 

 valuable pointers were noted down by 

 the trustees who were by a vote in- 

 structed to follow them out, starting 

 with the next meeting, when things 

 will be made so interesting that those 

 who attend will not miss another. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



The club picnic June 25th was held 

 in the grove of the Pittsburgh Rose 

 and Carnation Co. The dancing and 

 music was in the great barn of the 

 Pittsburgh Rose and Carnation Co. 

 and when the end came, as come it 

 must to all good times, great hay 

 wagons were provided to take the 

 picnicers to either trolley or steam 

 cars as they might elect, and not the 

 least of the fun was that hay wagon 

 ride. 



The regular meeting of the club was 

 held July 7 and five new members 

 were elected. There was a general 

 exhibition of annual and perennial 

 flowers, and a competitive exhibition 

 among the private gardeners. Prize 

 for best display of twelve varieties of 

 perennials was awarded by the com- 

 mittee, Messrs. Clark, Elliott and 

 Feme, to Robert Lillie, gardener for 

 Mr. Barnsdale. and the prize for best 

 twelve varieties of annuals was 

 awarded to Fred Wissenbach, garden- 

 er for W. L. Mellon. There was an 

 interesting collection of wild flowers 

 gathered by Mr. Fred Burki in Ba- 

 kerstown. Phipps Conservatories, 

 Schenley Park, J. W. Jones, foreman, 

 showed fine sweet peas, and the G. 

 R. Elliott Nurseries. Hills, Pa., showed 

 a large general collection of peren- 

 nials. 



As committee in charge of trans- 

 portation for the S. A. F. convention 

 at Niagara Falls, the president ap- 

 pointed E, C. Reineman assisted by 

 T. P. Langhans. 



It was decided to hold no meeting 

 in August, and the club adjourned to 

 the first Tuesday in September. 



H. P. JOSLIN, Sec'y. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its monthly meeting in Pem- 

 broke Hall, Glen Cove, on Wednesday 

 evening. President Jaenicke occupied 

 the chair. The minutes of the previous 

 meeting were read and approved of. 

 Two new members were proposed and 

 three elected; also three ladies were 

 elected honorary members. Wm. Mac- 

 kenzie, chairman of the executive com- 

 mittee, presented a schedule for the 

 fall show which was approved. Con- 

 tributions of special prizes were of- 

 fered by Stumpp & Walter Co., Peter 

 Henderson & Co., and W. E. Marshall 

 Co., New York; also W. H. Weeks, 

 Sea Cliff. Several members also of- 

 fered special prizes. It was voted that 

 no member compete for his own prize, 

 and the committee were asked to have 

 a preliminary schedule prepared by 

 the next meeting. It was also voted 

 to have a Dahlia show in October. 

 J. F. Johnston consented to read a 

 paper on evergreens at next meeting. 

 The awards on the exhibits by points 

 were H. F. Meyer, corn, 81; Valentine 

 Cleves, poppies, 71; Oscar Adder, rhu- 

 barb certificate of culture, yuccas hon- 

 orable mention. An exhibition of ever- 

 greens by Mr. Johnston received a 

 vote of thanks. Mr. Johnston gave 

 an interesting talk on evergreens and 



