May 16, 1908 



HORTICULTURE, 



659 



Memorial Day 



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NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



FLORISTS' 



CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 



The business meeting on May 5 was 

 followed by an entertainment. As 

 usual Prof. Charlemagne Koehler 

 was the chief attraction. Mr. Taylor, 

 of the Department of Agriculture, 

 also contributed to the evening's en- 

 joyment. An entertainment is also 

 planned for the next club meeting on 

 June 2. 



The Washington florists are to at- 

 tend the benefit performance given 

 at Raiischer's on May 19 for Prof. 

 Koehler in a body. The program of 

 this entertainment will be of a very 

 high order, all the finest talent in 

 Washington contributing to the even- 

 ing's pleasure. The Florists' Bowling 

 Team gives an excursion to Chesa- 

 peake Beach on June 19 for the benefit 

 of the team. The team is to play 

 thirty games within the next week 

 with a view to professional worii 

 later on in the summer. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The ieg\ila;- mteting" of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club took place Thursday, 

 May 7. It was voted to have a picnic 

 in July and Geo. Adams was made 

 chairman of arrangements. There was 

 a good attendance considering the 

 weather. H. E. Philpot, of Winnipeg,, 

 wap a wplcome visitor. Out-of-town 

 florists arc invited to attend any of the 

 meetings of the club. They are held 

 the first Thursday of each month at 

 (he Union Restaurant. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting of this club on Mon- 

 day evening, May 11, was attended 

 by about forty members. Prosperity 

 evidently prevails in the organization, 

 tor six new members were voted in 

 and six more were proposed. The 

 business of the evening was largely 

 committee reports. Harry O. May 

 read resolutions of sympathy witli 

 James Dean on the death of his 

 daughter, which were adopted. Mr. 

 O'Mara. on behalf of the committee 

 on transportation to Niagara Falls, re- 

 ported progress, as did Mr. Shaw for 

 the outing committee. Mr. Rickards, 

 for the house committee, appealed to 

 the members to bring plenty of flow- 

 ers for ladies' night, which is set for 

 April 27. Mr. Marshall intimated that 

 there is room in the bowling club for 

 a few more bowlers who can score up 

 to at least 90. 



Mr. O'Mara informed the meeting 

 that he has just accepted the appoint- 

 ment as chairman of a committee to 

 be constituted by the president of 

 the S. A. F. for the purpose of assist- 

 ing and co-operating with the Census 

 Bureau at Washington so that the 

 next census may include comprehen- 

 sive and truthful statistics of flori- 

 culture in the United States, which 

 shall be of practical value and show 

 the actual strength in numbers, capi- 

 tal and commercial influence of the 

 florist and gardener industries. Mr. 

 Beaulieu showed vases of Mme. Peret 

 pansies and mammoth daisies. 



PITTSBURG FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



At the meeting on May 5 there was 

 much interest and enthusiasm when 

 the committee of the private garden- 

 ers announced that $30 would be given 

 as prizes at the June meeting to pri- 

 vate gardeners only, as follows: For 

 12 roses toutdoo-r), 1st $10, 2d $5; for 

 12 peonies, 1st $10, 2d ?5. As the regu- 

 lar June meeting will fall on the 2d, 

 it will probably be early for outdoor 

 roses to be at their best, and an ef- 

 fort will be made to hold the meeting 

 at a later date. A letter was received 

 from the .gardener at Rock Springs, a 

 famous picnic resort on the Ohio River, 

 suggesting that the club select that 

 place for its picnic. W. A. Clarke and 

 J. W. Jones were appointed a commit- 

 tee to report at next meeting. The 

 matter of delinquent dues was taken 

 up. This comes up yearly and is al- 

 ways a delicate subject to handle. Ac- 

 cordin.g to the rules of the club, dues 

 are payable in advance, but if neg- 

 lected, notices are sent for the two 

 following years, after which if pay- 

 ment is not made the name is dropped. 

 Considering the large membership of 

 the club the loss on this account is 

 comparatively small. 



The subject of the meeting was bed- 

 ding plants. N. C. Mfidsen, gardener 

 for R. H. Boggs, showed an. astonish- 

 ingly large and fine plant of Calceo- 

 laria hybrida, so thickly set with large 

 yellow blossoms as almost to hide the 

 foliage. Had there been prizes offered 

 this would surely have taken first 



