December 5, 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



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Ellwaxoek & Barky s Fruit Exhibit at New York State Fair, Syracuse, N, Y., September, 1908 



NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY 



ASSOCIATION OF PLANT 



GROWERS. 



The annual meeting of this Associa- 

 tion was held on Tuesday evening. 

 December 1st. at the office of William 

 H. Siebrecht, Jr., the secretary, 277 

 Broadway, New York. The following 

 officers were elected and installed for 

 the coming year: President. Julius 

 Roebrs. Jr., Rutherford, N. J.: vice- 

 president, A. L. Miller, Brooklyn: 

 treasurer, Herman C. Steinhoff. West 

 Hoboken, N. J.; secretary. William H. 

 Siebrecht. Jr., New York; directors, 

 John Scott. Brooklyn; Herman Schoel- 

 zel, New Durham, N. J.; Anton Schul- 

 theis, College Point, L. I.; Julius 

 Roehrs. Sr., Rutherford, N. J.: Louis 

 Dupuy, Whitestone, L. I., Alfred Win- 

 nefeld, Hackensack, N. J. Among the 

 other business transacted in the course 

 of the meeting a committee of three 

 was appointed with full power to make 

 arrangements for a banquet to be 

 given by the Association during the 

 month of January, 1909. The commit- 

 lee consists of Messrs. A. L. Miller. 

 John Scott and Herman Schoelzel, and 

 .bulging from the results of the ertorts 

 of these gentlemen, who also acted 

 upon the committee which arranged 

 the Association's clam bake last Sep- 

 tember, it is expected that this ban- 

 quet will be a gTand affair. This 

 Plant Growers' Association has now 

 been in existence two years, and dur- 

 ing that time it has not only serve! 

 to promote the business interests of 

 its members, but has also succeeded 

 in establishing more friendly inter- 

 course and feeling among the mem- 

 bers. 



LOS ANGELES FLORIST CLUB. 



The tegular meeting of the Los An- 

 geles Florist Club was held at. Cale- 

 donian Hall, Nov. 14th, Vice-president 

 Houghton occupying the chair. This 

 was one of the most successful and en- 

 joyable events of the season. Theie 

 were gathered together florists, nur- 

 serymen and gardeners from all over 

 (he city. An invitatiou had been ex- 

 tended to the Pasadena Gardeners' As- 

 sociation which was accepted, and al- 

 most the entire section turned out in 

 a body. There were addresses and 

 committee reports galore, all of which 

 brought, out abundant oratory and 

 songs. The various experiences of 

 llorist and nurserymen in California 

 and other parts were talked of. At the 

 conclusion refreshments were served 

 and a most enjoyable time was brought 

 to an end. H. E. GEORGE. 



continuous bloomer, not diseased in 

 any form stem long and strong, calyx 

 in vi r bin sts 



ALBERT M. HERR. 

 Lancaster. Pa. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 

 Charles H. Fox gave an entertaining 

 talk at the last monthly meeting of the 

 above named club, his theme being 

 "Salt on the tail of an idea." A smok- 

 er followed the business meeting, at 

 which much local and long distance 

 talent entertained the members. Julius 

 Roehrs of Rutherford, N. J., and W. J. 

 Stewart of Boston were among the 

 out-of-town visitors. A splendid vase 

 of White Killarney rose was exhibited 

 by the Pennock-Meehan Co. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 Carnation Registered. 

 By Frank Eisner. Great Barrington, 

 Mass. — "William Stanley," parentage 

 .\I. A. Patten and Harry Fenn. color 

 crimson; size ?. to 3 1-2 inches, fringed 

 full centre habit, vigorous grower, 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The convention of the California 

 Fruit Growers' Association was sche- 

 iliili-d for Dec. 1-5, at Sacramento. 



Cards, bowling, dancing, etc.. were 

 indulged in at the meeting of the 

 Cleveland (0.1 Florist Club on Nov. 16, 

 when the ladies were entertained. 



\t the annual meeting of the Mon- 

 ti. nuth County Board of Agriculture 

 held at Freehold. N. J., Nov. 21, D. 

 Howard tones was elected president. 



Thomas W. Lawson and I. H. Hatch 

 wi e elected president and secretary 

 respectively of the Marshfield (Mass.) 

 Vgricultural and Horticultural Society 

 ai their annual meeting on Nov. 17. 



The Central Illinois Horticultural 

 Society at its recent convention at 

 Hoopeston elected A. M. Augustine, 

 president; A. V. Sehermerhorn, vice- 

 president: .1 B. Burrows, of Decatur, 

 secretary. 



The Indiana Horticultural Society 

 has recently issued a neat illustrated 

 pamphlet of thirty-two pages setting 

 forth the great inducements presented 

 by Indiana to persons who want to 

 grow fruit or truck, or capitalists who 

 wish to make a safe investment. 



The El Paso County Horticultural 

 Society met on Nov. 17 in Colorado 

 Springs. Colo., and elected Gen. Wil- 

 liam J. Palmer honorary president. 

 and the following board of officers: 

 President, J. F. Humphrey; vice-presi- 

 Dr. Arnold and E. L. Rolston; 

 ary, Fred F. Horn. 



