March 2, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



259 



ANNUAL DINNER OF THE NEW 

 YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



This annually recurring event took 

 place at the Hotel St. Denis on Satur- 

 day night, February 24, according to 

 established usage. Be it Imown that 

 Saturday night is always selected be- 

 cause the next day is Sunday and after 

 such a strenuous affair as the New 

 York dinner a day of rest is expedient. 

 The attendance was upwards of fifty 

 and the chair was acceptably filled by 

 president Totty and Patrick O'Mara 

 was toastmaster. The decorations of 

 the room were most elegant, among 

 the donations for this purpose being 

 orchids and orchid bouttoniers from 

 Lager & Hurrell, Alma Ward carna- 

 tions from C. W. Ward, Welcome from 

 Dailledouze Bros., Winsor in large 

 quantity from F. R. Pierson Company 

 and daffodils from John Young, Ex- 

 president Walter F. Sheridan intro- 

 duced toastmaster O'Mara after the 

 substantial repast had been put out 

 of sight. Mr. O'Mara's address was in 

 that gentleman's best form, touching 

 on the fine phases of the horticul- 

 turists' ■ profession and counseling 

 loyalty to the Club and to the National 

 Society. In calling upon president 

 Totty to speak for the club the toast- 

 master paid a fine tribute to that gen- 

 tleman. Mr. Totty spoke briefly pledg- 

 ing his best efforts to the interests of 

 ihe organization and its members. 

 The toast to the S. A. F. was re- 

 sponded to by J. C. Vaughan, one of 

 the ex-presidents of that society. He 

 dilated on the wonderful development 

 of the cut flower industry during the 

 past twenty years and urged that an 

 active interest be taken by New York 

 florists in the National flower show 

 projected for next year in Chicago. 

 "Estate development and the private 

 gardeners" was the topic next in or- 

 der, responded to by Harry Turner 

 who told of the great possibilities in 

 garden development backed by un- 

 limited funds and merited confidence 

 in the gardener. 



The star speaker of the evening, 

 senator James F. Minturn of New 

 Jersey, was then introduced and made 

 a most delightful address, replete with 

 wit, sentiment and poetic historical 

 lore. He characterized agriculture as 

 the basis of the strength of the nation 

 and enlarged on the delight of rural 

 life, the attractions and beneficial in- 

 fluences of the suburban or country 

 home, and the revivifying power of a 

 life close to nature. The effect was in- 

 spiring and at the close the eloquent 

 speaker was accorded a rising vote of 

 thanks amid vociferous cheering. 

 Later in the evening he held an in- 

 formal reception each guest being pre- 

 sented to him in turn by his friend 

 Mr. O'Mara. 



Other topics and the speakers who 

 discoursed wittily and instructively on 

 them were as follows: Memories of the 

 Florists' Club, by Walter F. Sheridan; 

 The Work of the Horticultural Ex- 

 plorer, by John E. Lager; Exhibitions 

 as Educators, by John Birnie; The 

 Horticultural Press, by S. S. Butter- 

 field, and The Ladies, by J. Austin 

 Shaw. 



Votes of thanks were accorded to 

 the toastmaster and the donors of 

 flowers. During the session music was 

 discussed by a line orchestra and there 

 were songs by Mr. Wade, stories by 

 Jack McDonald, Scotch songs in the 

 vernacular by John Birnie and Robert 



E. Berry and a German song in New 

 Jersey style by R. M. Schultz. It was 

 after 1 A, M. when the party broke 

 up, all satisfied that the N. Y. club 

 never had a more glorious time. 



DOBBS FERRY HORTICULTURAL 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The regular meeting of this associa- 

 tion was held in their room in Odd 

 Fellows' Hal! on February 23, Robert 

 Boreham in the chair. The prizes for 

 the best display of cut flowers were 

 awarded to J. Bradley, gardener to 

 H. Sidenburg, Hastings-on-Hudson, 

 Claude Wilson, Dobbs Ferry, second. H. 

 Kastberg, gardener to the Misses Mas- 

 ters also staged a fine collection and 

 was awarded a cultural certificate for 

 some very fine seedling amaryllises. H 

 Keiling, gardener to Mr. S. McComb, 

 was awarded a cultural certificate for 

 some of the finest roses it has been 

 our pleasure to see. This proved to be 

 one of the finest displays of cut flowers 

 the association has had. Messrs. Jas. 

 T. Scott, S. Bradley and W. Preston 

 were the judges. 



Mr. J. Bradley read a paper on the 

 culture of cyclamens and was accorded 

 a hearty vote of thanks. He staged 

 some blooms of a handsome double 

 flowered cyclamen. Jas. T. Scott told 

 of the different methods used in the 

 treatment of cyclamens which he had 

 seen in his travels through the country 

 and was very interesting and instruc- 

 tive. Foliage plants in not larger than 

 8 in. pots are the special subjects for 

 the next exhibition. 



ELBERON HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society 

 was held on February ISth with presi- 

 dent Robertson in the chair and a 

 large attendance. James Kennedy, 

 superintendent for G. W. Young read 

 a very interesting and instructive 

 paper on outdoor roses. 



The exhibition table was covered 

 with cut flowers, and it was conceded 

 by all that it was the finest display 

 of flowers that has yet been staged at 

 the meetings. The exhibitors were P. 

 Murray with vase of freesia. Purity; 

 W. D. Robertson, gardenias; A. Bauer, 

 stocks. Beauty of Nice and Carnation 

 Victory; A. Greib, violets Princess of 

 Wales; H. Wood callas; F. Dettlinger, 

 California violets; J. Kennedy, tulips 

 Pottebaker yellow; E. Petzel, white 

 carnations and W. Swain collection of 

 cut flowers. W. Kennedy of Redbank 

 showed a vase of a seedling carnation. 



ROSE NIGHT AT PHILADELPHIA. 



Mr. P. Joseph Lynch, secretary and 

 treasurer of the Dingee and Conard 

 Company. West Grove, Pa., will deliver 

 a paper on "Rose Plants by Mail" at 

 the next regular meeting of the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia, to be 

 held Tuesday evening, March 5, 1907, 

 and in connection therewith it was de- 

 cided to invite an exhibition of rose 

 novelties on same evening. Those 

 having meritorious novelties, it it is 

 not possible to bring them personally, 

 will please send them by express pre- 

 paid, care of Mr. David Rust, Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Broad street, Philadel- 

 phia, time enough so that they will be 

 sure to reach their destination before 

 the meeting is called to order, so as to 

 give all those interested ample oppor- 

 tunity to examine same thoroughly. 

 EDWIN LONSDALE. 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' AS- 

 SOCIATION. 



The second annual convention of 

 this body took place at Bloomington 

 on February 19th and 20th, about 

 seventy-five members being in attend- 

 ance. President J. F. Ammann 

 called the meeting to order at 3 p. m. 

 AVednesday, and H. H. Green made the 

 address of welcome to the visitors. 

 W. N. Rudd responded telling briefly 

 of the enormous growth of the flower 

 trade in recent years. The president's 

 address followed. It was a business- 

 like paper and was well received. 



In the evening a banquet was ten- 

 dered the Association by the Bloom- 

 ington Florists' Club. W. N. Rudd 

 acted as toastmaster. Addresses were 

 made as follows; 



The State Society and Its Object— 

 S. E. Beal, Urbana. 



Our Hoosier Neighbors — J. D. Car- 

 mody, Evansville, Ind. 



The Sunny Side of the Florist's 

 Business — Edward GuUett, Lincoln. 



Trials of a Retailer— Albert T. Hey, 

 Springfield. 



Why Isn't a Florist as Good as Any 

 Other Man — P. J. Foley, Chicago. 



Florists' Clubs — P. J. Hauswirth, 

 Chicago. 



At the session on Wednesday morn- 

 ing an interesting and instructive pro- 

 gram was presented. Prof. A. C. Beal, 

 of the University of Illinois, spoke of 

 the work in floriculture at the univer- 

 sity. H. Hasselbing, of the University 

 of Chicago, spoke on "The Effect of 

 Light and Shade on Plants." W. N. 

 Rudd told of some of the things that 

 he had seen at the carnation show in 

 Toronto, after which Prof. Blair, of 

 the University of Illinois, spoke of 

 the florist trade in Illinois and gave 

 some figures as to its extent. 



Ofllcers were elected as follows: 

 President, Albert T. Hey, Springfield; 

 secretary, A. C. Beal, University of 

 Illinois; treasurer, George A. Kuhl, 

 Pekin; first vice-president, J. F. 

 Ammann, Edwardsville; second do., 

 Wilbur Gullett, Lincoln; third do., 

 Charles Loveridge, Peoria; fourth do., 

 William Heinl, Jacksonville; fifth do., 

 August Poehlmann, Morton Grove; 

 sixth do., H. Hasselbing, Chicago; 

 seventh do., Dr. A. S. Halstead, Belle- 

 ville. 



The meeting was closed with an ad- 

 dress by the president, in which he 

 reviewed the present meeting and told 

 of some of the things which he ex- 

 pected the association to accomplish 

 in the future. Resolutions of sympathy 

 were passed for the death of the first 

 president of the association, the late 

 James Hartshorne of Joliet. J. D. 

 Carmody, of Evansville, Ind., was 

 made an honorary member of the asso- 

 ciation. The next meeting will be 

 held in Springfield. 



The exhibition in connection with 

 the meeting was also a great success. 

 One of the most notable features was 

 the large attendance during the even- 

 ing when the show was open to the 

 public, the hall being packed with 

 people most of the time and the inter- 

 est manifest in the florists' material 

 being remarkable. The exhibits of cut 

 flowers were exceptionally fine. Those 

 who had exhibits were as follows: 



Supplies — Bombay reed Manufactur- 

 ing Company, Columbia, S. C. ; Foley 

 Manufacturing Company, Chicago; 

 Hummel & Downing, Milwaukee; M. 

 Rice & Co., Philadelphia; A. L. Ran- 



