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HORTICULTURE 



April 11, 190S 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 

 Annual Meeting of the Executive 

 Board. 



The Kxociitive Board met at the 

 Prospeot House. Niagara Falls, March 

 23 and 1:4. I'resident Tiaendlv and 

 Messrs. McClure. Hallock. Wirtli. Far- 

 quhar, Asmus, Young, Stewart and 

 Rudd were present. Messi-s. Kastiug 

 and Cowfll were appointed to fill the 

 vacancies caused by the absence of 

 Mr. Murray and Mr. Beatty. The usual 

 routine business was transacted. 



The programme for the August con- 

 vention was discussed and the main 

 features decided upon, the details be- 

 ing left as usual to the president and 

 secretary. 



As I he charter provides that the 

 main off.ce of (he Society shall be in 

 the city of Washington, the President 

 was instructed to- appoint an oflRcial 

 represeutative of the Society in the 

 city of Washington who should main- 

 tain such an office. 



Mr. Hallock w-as appointed a com- 

 mittee to revise parts of the proceed- 

 ings relative to school gardens, to 

 make such additions thereto as seemed 

 advisable and put them in shape for 

 publicatirn for general distribution, 

 can-ying out recommendations made 

 by the Society. 



It was resolved that the President 

 of the Society be authorixed to offer 

 the silver and bronze medals of the 

 Society at the horticultural exhibitions 

 in this countiy for new and merito- 

 rious plants or flowers of American 

 origin, provided that he is convinced 

 that the exhibition at which they are 

 proposed to be offered shall be "m.cre 

 than local in scope and of sufficient 

 extent to warrant recognition by this 

 Society, no more than one medal to 

 be awarded to the same plant or 

 flower. 



Chas. II. Keitsch of Buffalo having 

 been nominated by the Buffalo florists, 

 was elected superintendent of the 

 trade exhibition. 



The Secretary was instructed to cor- 

 respond v.-ith the census bureau with a 

 view to having the method of obtain- 

 ing the census statistics in so far as 

 they relate to floriculture more care- 

 fully considered and that certain 

 changes be made which will render the 

 results more reliable and more valu- 

 able. 



Considerable attention was given the 

 action of the Society regarding the 

 nomenclature committee and registra- 

 tion, and it w^s the sense of the Board 

 that the following out of the proposed 

 course would entail an indefinite but 

 large expense on the Socieiv in the 

 future, and therefore the Board could 

 not concur and the matter was referred 

 back to the Society for further con- 

 sideration. It was the sense of the 

 Executive Board that it was neither 

 feasible uor desirable for this Society 

 to attempt to fix the commercial value 

 of any plant or flower under present 

 conditions. 



In view of the fact that it would 

 soon be necessary to repiiblish the by- 

 laws, the committee discussed them in 

 detail and recommended certain 



amendments to be submitted to vote 

 at the next convention, most of them 

 being meiely verbal corrections. 



An examination of the treasurer's 

 report showed that the Society now 

 has in its permanent fund about ^H'i'M 

 and nearl.\ $4000 in its genei-al fund. 

 This showing was very gratifying to 

 the members of the Board, and it was 

 believed il would also be pleasing to 

 the members in general. 



The menibei-s were moi-e than 

 pleased with I he hearty and cordial 

 manner in which the local people as- 

 sisted them in their work, and espe- 

 cially with the manner in which Mr. 

 Cutler mere than redeemed all the 

 promises made at Philadelphia. 



Practically the entire lower floor of 

 the Cataract House has been placed at 

 the disposal of the Society as well as 

 the grounds adjoining. This will give 

 ample space for the trade exhibition 

 and the meetings under one roof and 

 on one licor. and will also give room 

 for the planting of flower beds for the 

 exhibition of plant novelties. Mr. 

 Isaacs, the proprietor of the Cataract 

 and International Hotels, assured the 

 committee that he would be glad to 

 have any such planting done and 

 would furnish without charge a com- 

 petent gardener to care for the plants 

 up to exhibition time. As these ac- 

 commodations are all furnished with- 

 out expense to the Society, it would 

 seem that the nnancial results of the 

 convention at Niagara Falls must 

 necessarily be better than evei- before. 

 Following the custom of some years 

 past the accrued interest on both the 

 perniaaciit and general funds was or- 

 dered added to the reserve fund. 



George W. McClure was appointed 

 chairman of the committee on sports 

 and J. R. Cloudsley was appointed as 

 a member of that committee, the third 

 member to be announced later. Mr. 

 Ewing and Mr. Philpott of the Cana- 

 dian Horticultural Association met 

 with the committee on the last day 

 and ariangenrents were partially com- 

 pleted for joint sessions of the S. A. F. 

 and the Canadian Horticultural So- 

 ciety, details being left to be settled 

 at a later date. The question of in- 

 ternational games was left to the 

 Sports Committee. It was decided that 

 the bowling games should be held at 

 Buffalo during the last day and even- 

 ing. 



The final resolutions which were 

 adopted with enthusiasm expressed the 

 appreciation of the Board for the 

 "many courtesies shown us by every- 

 body '.ve came in contact with during 

 our visit." Ex-Mayor Cutler anrl Mr. 

 Isaacs cf the International Hotel Co.. 

 and Major Butler of the Natural Food 

 Co., and President and Mrs. Kasting 

 were personally thanked in the anal 

 resolutions both for assistance offered 

 and hospitalities extended, and the 

 Board adjourned more thau pleased 

 with the kindness and courtesies 

 shown and with the highest anticipa- 

 tions for a successful and enjoyable 

 convention. 



It should be noted by the members 

 of the S. A. F. that Mr. Isaacs offered 

 fn ease enough early reservations of 

 rooms were made at the Cataract 

 House to reserve the entire hotel ac- 



commodations of the building for the 

 members of the S. A. F. If this offer 

 be taken adavnlage of, it will result 

 in an ideal and unique situation in the 

 experience of the Society. Trade ex- 

 hibition, meeting hall and hotel ac- 

 commodations all under one root. The 

 rates are from %ZM) to J5.00 per day, 

 American plan, that is, meals included. 

 W. N. RUDD, Secretary. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the regular monthly meeting of 

 this society on the 3rd inst.. an addi- 

 tional attraction to the usual display 

 of the season's flowers was given by 

 the W. A. Manda special prizes 

 awarded by the committee as follows: 

 1st, William Reid, for a specimen 

 Anthurium: 2nd, Popken & Collins 

 for standard white lilac; 3rd, John 

 Derwin. for a specimen Cineraria 

 stellata. There was a table of orchids 

 by Lager & Hurrell of Summit; hya- 

 cinths, by Thomas Jones of Short 

 Hills; stocks, by Max Schneider; 

 vases of roses, carnations, antirrhi- 

 num and sweet peas, by John Derwin. 

 An interesting account of the forma- 

 tion of the new American Orchid So- 

 ciety was given by Henry Hurrell and 

 a unanimous vote expressing the good 

 wishes for its success and prosperity 

 passed. JOSEPH B. DA^^S. 



DETROIT FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Detroit Florists' Club held a 

 grand exhibit of Easter plants in con- 

 nection with the last regular meeting. 

 The principal plants shown were Baby 

 Rambler, hybrid roses, spiraeas, aza- 

 leas hydrangeas. Special mention is 

 deserved by Jas. Taylor, of Mt. Clem- 

 ens, for beautiful snapdragon, Robt. 

 Klagge for bulbous stock, Kaiserin and 

 La Detroit roses. The Department of 

 Parks and Boulevards staged a very 

 interesting collection of calceolarias. 

 Philip Breitmeyer held the attention 

 of the boys for a long time while tell- 

 ing of his recent trip south. Messrs. 

 Robt. Rahaley and A. Sylvester, of the 

 -Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, staged 

 all plants. .\ liberal lunch helped to 

 impress the experiences of this banner 

 evening more firmly in our memory. 

 FRANK DANZER. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The regular monthly meeting and 

 lecture of this society was held in 

 the rooms of the American Institute, 

 Berkeley Lyceum Building. 19-21 W. 

 Forty-fourth street. New York City, on 

 Wednesday, .^pril S. 1908, at 4 o'clock 

 P. M. Mr. H. H. Saylor, Architectural 

 Editor, Country Life in America, de- 

 livered a lecture on ".An .Architect's 

 Views on the Use of Plants in Tying 

 the House to the Landscape." illus- 

 trated by lantern slides. 



THE WINNIPEG (MAN.) FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The Winnipeg Florists' Association 

 spent a most enjoyable evening on 

 Thursday. March 2Gth. at the green- 



