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HORTICULTURE 



June 13, 1908 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The last meeting prior to the sum- 

 iner recess was held on the fifth in- 

 stant at the Society's rooms in Orange, 

 ■when the flor;il display of the season's 

 fiowers from the border and green- 

 house filled the tables. 



Peonies from S. & A. Colgate, gar- 

 dener William Read, Charles A. Munn, 

 gardener John Hayes, Stewart Harts- 

 home, gardener Arthur T. Caparn, 

 and Charles Hathaway, gardener Max 

 Schneider; delphinium and digitalis 

 from Thomas Jones of Short Hills and 

 cattleyas, laelio-cattleyas, cypripedi- 

 ums, lycastes from Lager & Hurrell 

 and Orson A. Miller. 



The topic for the evening, "Flowers 

 for Commercial Uses,' was introduced 

 by John E. Lager, and George Smith, 

 A. T. Caparn, John Hayes, Orson A. 

 Miller and President Malcolm Mac- 

 Rorie took part in the discussion. Mr. 

 Lager .stated that the demand at the 

 present time was for soft colors and 

 delicate tints; that the popular taste 

 showed a leaning for any form of 

 novelty; that prices vvere influenced 

 by the desire for something out of the 

 common run and that this sentiment 

 had a tendency to attract trade to 

 metropolitan centres where $2.00 was 

 frequently paid for an article com- 

 manding only 7.T cents outside. Mr. 

 JMiller declared that in his experience 

 as a salesman he had found that a 

 woman never knows what she wants, 

 and when the clerk had torn down a 

 whole shelf of goods she would return 

 to first article shown which she had 

 previously declared she did not want. 

 He re\erted to the time-worn ma.>:im 

 that the ability of the salesman lay 

 in disposing of what he was most anx- 

 ious to get rid of, and that the pre- 

 vailing taste was dominated by wom- 

 an's vanity. Upon a call for named 

 varieties of peonies by the chair most, 

 of those present stated thai, the most 

 striking flowers present had been cul- 

 tivated for a long time by themselves 

 — so long as to have lost their identity. 



George Smith was appointed to visit 

 A. D. Rose who is lying seriously ill 

 at his residence in Montclair. 



JOSEPH B. DAVIS. 



RETAIL FLORIST ASSOCIATION. 



I wish to- enlighten the wholesale as 

 well as the general florist associates of 

 the city of New York, also your valu- 

 a,ble paper, that the so-called Retail 

 Florist Association of the Borough of 

 Brooklyn, city of New York, is an as- 

 sociation formed for the purpose of 

 bettering the trade, sooiabilify and a 

 standard time for closing, and not to 

 do harm or cause any bitter feeling to 

 any one. 



Every retailer doing a legitimate re- 

 tail florist business in the Borough of 

 Brooklyn, city of New York, is cordial- 

 ly invited to become a member and as- 

 sured of a square deal. 



Our next regular meeting will be 

 held at our rooms in the Imperial, on 

 June 22nd, at 9 p. m., sharp. 



WM. A. PHILLIPS, Sec'y. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The June meeting of this club, the 

 last for the season, was held on Mon- 

 day evening, June S, with a rather 

 light attendance. The various active 

 committees which made reports were 

 those on transportation, P. O'Mara. 

 chairman: outing, W. E. Marshall, 

 chairman, and ladies' night, W. Rick- 

 ards. chairman. .Mr. O'Mara's recom- 

 mendation of the Lackawanna route to 

 the Niagai-a Falls convention next Au- 

 gust was adopted by a tmanimous vote. 

 Mr. Marshall distributed copies of the 

 complete program for the annual out- 

 ing and games to take place at Witzel's 

 Point Grove, July 1. Mr. Rickards re- 

 ceived a. vote of thanks for his com- 

 mittee in recognition of the success of 

 ladies' night last month. Mr. Mar- 

 shall's report on the progress being 

 made by the bowling team seemed to 

 indicate that F. H. Traendly will not 

 be called upon to pay for many, if any. 



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S r.iris. Frame. .June 14, l.j. luter- s 



S national rose show. S 



S Montreal, Que., June 15, Gardeners' 5 



S and Florists' Club. S 



S Pi-ovidence, R. I., Juue l.'i, Flor- E 



S i.^ts' and ijardoners' Club of Rhode S 



C Island. S 



S Boston, Mass.. .lune 16, Ga) d- — 



S enere' and Florists' Club. .Tune S 



^ 211, 21, Massachusetts HoiticnlturMl S 



— Societ.v, I'ose and strawherry show. — 

 S Detroit, Miih., .Tune 17, Detniit ~ 



— Florist Cluh. — 

 E Huntington, N. Y.. Juno 18, Hun- S 



— tinj-'ton Horticultural and AgL-iciil- s 

 ~ lural Society, rose and strawhen-y S 

 S show. SS 

 S New Orleans, I^a., June IS, New Z 

 S Orleans Horticultural Society. ~ 

 ~ Ithaca, N. Y., June 19, '20, .\ine]i- S 

 £ can Peony Society, annual meeting. S 

 S r.rooklyn, N. Y.. Retail Florist E 

 S Association, June 22. S 



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free tickets to the convention tourna- 

 ment on account of scores nmde in the 

 practice ganies. Jos. .Vlanda and John 

 Donaldson had won the first and sec- 

 ond prizes offered by Mr. Marshall. 

 Special committees as appointed pre- 

 sented resolutions of condolence on 

 the death of Secretary John Young's 

 mother, William Scott and James 

 Shanley, severally. 



Harry 1'urner, gardener for Howaril 

 Gould at Port Washington, showeil 

 two vases of English carnations, Mrs. 

 Trelawney and Calypso, for which a 

 cultural certificate was awarded. Mr. 

 .\a.sh of the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den then enlertained the members with 

 a series cf beautiful stereoption pic- 

 tures, in colors, of hardy flower.ng and 

 tr'dtiug shrubs and trees for ^siiicl,. 

 at the close, a hoaity vote of tlianks 

 was accorded. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club will be on the second 

 Monday in September. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 

 The Florists' Club of Washington 

 met on June 2nd. at Scottish Rite Hall. 

 There was a very poor attendance and 

 bvit little business transacted. This 

 hall net being suitable for the meet- 

 ings a committee vas appointed to 

 look up a better one. Wm. F, Gude 

 was appcined chairman of the com- 

 mittee on "Sunday Law." It is desired 

 to have a special meeting so that the 

 opinion of each member of the club 

 can be ascertained on this subject. It 

 is understood that C. H. Meehan has 

 shipped to 1''. H. Kramer of Washing- 

 ton, D. C, the pink seedling "No. 20," 

 also "No. 27" and "No. 28." These 

 roses will be grown for Mr. Meehan 

 to be exhibited at the chrysanthemum 

 show this fall. 



AMERICAN APPLE GROWERS' 

 CONGRESS. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Apple Growers' Congress 

 held a meeting at the Southern Hotel, 

 St. Louis, last week to make arrange- 

 ments for their sixth annual conven- 

 tion which is to meet in that city 

 in August next when topics of in- 

 terest to apple men will be discussed. 

 The speakers for this occasion have 

 not yet been selected. Several re- 

 ports were received on the apple crop, 

 which were of a somewhat discourag- 

 ing character. 



Anions- the gentlemen present were 

 Prof. H. C. Irish, Senator H. M. Dun- 

 lap, W. R. Wilkinson, T. C. Wilson 

 and T, H. Todd. A large attendance 

 at the convention has been promised. 



ALBANY FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting on June 4 was with W. 

 C. King and forty members, the larg- 

 est number in some time, were present. 

 Fred A. Danker, representing a com- 

 mittee who are preparing a circular 

 upon the care of plants, for distribu- 

 tion among- customers, asked tor an 

 extension of time. H. G. Eyres was 

 unable to be present and deliver an 

 address upon the cultivation of the 

 amarylHs. with which he has been 

 very successful, but W. C. King re- 

 viewed the spring trade in happy 

 fashion and spoke optimistically of the 

 future. Le-wis Schaefer entertained 

 with recitations, refreshments were 

 served and the evening was altogether 

 enoyable. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The Chicago Florists' Club held their 

 regular meeting on the first Thursday 

 of the month. W. O. Johnston of the 

 Foley Manufacturing Co. was elected a 

 member and W. A. Arnold, foreman 

 for Geo. Reinberg, was iiropo.sed for 

 membership. It was decided to hold 

 the annual picnic on Sunday, July ]9th, 

 at Morton's Grove. This place was 

 again selected because of its fine 

 grounds and excellent shade. The pro- 

 gram has not yet been decided upon. 



