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HORTICULTURE 



November 16, 1918 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A meeting of the club was held on 

 Monday evening, November the 11th, 

 in the club's rooms, Grand Opera 

 House Building. The attendance was 

 rather lighter than usual, owing to 

 the general rejoicing going on all over 

 the city due to the celebration of the 

 close of the war. President Schenck 

 presided and ogened the proceedings 

 with a reference to the importance of 

 the evening in a national way, and 

 hoped that the meeting might go on 

 record as a patriotic one for the flor- 

 ists. He reported as a result of the 

 club's work on the recent Liberty 

 Loan drive the selling of bonds to 

 the amount of $400,000, a sum greatly 

 exceeding that turned in from the 

 trade for the previous loan. A letter 

 was read from Governor Strong of the 

 Federal Reserve Bank, expressing his 

 great satisfaction at the liberal sub- 

 scription through the New York flor- 

 ists. Mr. Schenck mentioned as par- 

 ticularly ardent workers: P. H. Lea, 

 who sold bonds to the amount of $65,- 

 000; Lord & Burnham Co., who were 

 in great part responsible for the large 

 amount raised at the club's last meet- 

 ing, and Robert E. Berry, who sent 

 up from Virginia, where he is now lo- 

 cated, $500 for bonds which he per- 

 haps could have placed to better ad- 

 vantage with his local committee. The 

 Chair called upon Patrick O'Mara, 

 who was present, to receive congratu- 

 lations from the club upon the com- 

 pletion by him of a period of 50 years' 

 service with the firm of Peter Hen- 

 derson & Co. Mr. O'Mara accepted 

 the congratulation in his usual grace- 

 ful manner, and gave a little sketch 

 of his duties during all those years. 

 C. H. Totty presented Mr. O'Mara in 

 behalf of the club, a beautiful bunch 

 of the new rose Premier. 



Philip F. Kessler was called to the 

 floor to receive congratulations on 

 reaching his forty-fifth birthday at the 

 close of the war. "Phil" responded 

 by inviting all to indulge in a turkey 

 lunch at the close of the meeting, the 

 same to be provided by him at his 

 own expense. 



The Flower Show Committee, 

 through P. W. Popp, reported that the 

 committee would decide in a few days 

 whether It would be advisable to hold 

 a spring flower show next year. 



The committee on nominations for 

 officers for the ensuing year reported 

 as follows: 



For President — Chas. Schenck, John 

 Canning, Philip F. Kessler. 



For Vice-President — P. W. Popp, 

 Emil Schloss, Chas. Knight. 



For Secretary — John Young, John H. 

 Pepper, J. G. Esler. 



For Treasurer — W. C. Rickards, Jr., 

 T. B. DeForest, A. T. Bunyard. 



For Trustees — Patrick J. Smith, E. 



C. Vick, Wallace R. Pierson, Max 

 Schling, Percy B. Ri|by, A. T. De La 

 Mare. 



Resolutions were presented on the 

 deaths of C. B. Weathered, Jr., A. V. 



D. Snyder and L. Schmutz, Jr., and 

 the same were passed. The secretary 

 reported the deaths of R. JI. Ward 

 and Walter H. Siebrecht, members of 

 the club; the wife of C. O. Giessler, 

 Wni. Weber, son of Charles Weber, 

 and a brother of Arthur G. Vescelius. 

 Committees were appointed to pre- 

 pare resolutions in these cases. 



C. H. Totty reported the result of 

 the hearing recently held before the 

 Federal Board of Horticulture in re- 

 gard to a proposed prohibition of 

 plant imports, accounts of which have 

 already been published. Arthur C. 

 Radice was elected to membership 

 and Clarence Ankers of Rockville 

 Centre was nominated for election. 

 There was a short discussion on the 

 coal situation and the various restric- 

 tions placed upon the consumption of 

 fuel by florists, but no action was 

 taken, it being the opinion of the 

 meeting that the time would soon come 

 when all embargoes would be raised. 

 A committee • of two was ordered to 

 be appointed to look into the matter 

 of appointing representatives to a 

 conference shortly to be arranged by 

 the United States Chamber of Com- 

 merce, with a view to forming a flor- 

 ists' section in the Chamber. 



There was the usual array of ex- 

 hibits of flowers for inspection by the 

 committee on awards. The following 

 awards were made: 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., 

 collection of pompon and single chrys- 

 anthemums, also exhibition variety 

 Barbara Davis; silver medal. 



R. L. Dunn, St. Catherines, Ontario, 

 Canada, vase of new chrysanthemums, 

 sport of Wm. Turner, scoring 85 

 points; preliminary certificate. 



C. H. Totty Co., Madison, N. J., vase 

 of new rose Premier, scoring 91 

 points; preliminary certificate. 



can Rose Society our friend and coun- 

 selor, Admiral Aaron Ward, has passed 

 into the "Great Beyond," and 



Whereas, we feel keenly the loss of 

 his wise counsel in the work of the 

 Society where his keen love of roses 

 and his thorough knowledge of their 

 culture both in this country and 

 abroad made his membership in this 

 Committee and in the Society of in- 

 estimable value, therefore be it 

 . Resolved, that we express to Mrs. 

 Ward and family our sense of loss, our 

 deep sympathy for them in their 

 bereavement, and our app'eciation of 

 the rare quality of the character of 

 Admiral Ward; and be it further 



Resolved, that a copy of these reso- 

 lutions be sent Mrs. Ward, a copy 

 spread on the minutes of the Society, 

 and copies inserted in the horticultural 

 press. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Resolutions of Executive Committee 

 on the death of Admiral Aaron Ward: 



Whereas, since the last session of 

 the Executive Committee of the Ameri- 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



List of the awards made at the Au- 

 tumn Exhibition of Plants, Flowers, 

 Fruits and Vegetables, November 6 

 and 7. 1918: 



Awards for Plants and Flowers. 



Silver Medal: Albert C. Burrage, 

 group of orchids and foliage plants; 

 Joseph Manda, Cypripedium in=:igne 

 Sanderae; E. S. Webster, gard. P^ter 

 Arnott, Begonia Exquisite; E. S. Web- 

 ster, twelve specimen plants of Win- 

 ter-flowering Begonias. 



Certificate of Merit: F. Dorner & 

 Sons Co., Carnation No. 119. Miss F. 

 P. Mason. Chrysanthemum "Manod- 

 nock;" Miss F. P. Mason, Chrysanthe- 

 mum "Nashawtue." 



Honorable Mention: P. Dorner & 

 Sons Co., Carnation No. 167. M'ss F. 

 P. Mason, Chrysanthemum "Paiio." 



Vote of Thanks: AUston Conserva- 

 tories, group of Flowering and Foliage 

 Plants. 



Awards for Fruits. 



Apples — Five varieties: 1st, Au- 

 gustus Hemenway, supt. Wm. R. 

 Thomhill: 2d. Hillcrest Farm. One 

 variety: 1st, Augustus Homenway, 

 Mcintosh; 2d, Nathan F. Sea'-s. Fall 

 Pippin. Crabapple: Twenty-four 

 specimens: 1st, Hillcrest Farm. 

 Quinces — Twelve specimens: 1st, Is-^ac 

 Locke, Champion: 2d, P. W. Dahl. 

 Pears — Collection of eight varieties: 

 1st, P. W. Dahl. Four varieties — 1st, 

 Edward B. Wilder. Two va-ieties. 1st 

 P. W. Dahl. One variety: 1st. W. O. 

 Kendall, Dana Hovey: 2d, Mrs. El- 

 bridge Torrey, Angouleme. 



Honorable Mention: Mrs. R. Good- 

 nough, basket of Eaton Grapes. 



Vote of Thanks: W. G. Kendall. 

 Vergennes Grapes; 



Awards for Vegetables. 



Collection of Vegetables — Fifteen 

 varieties: 1st, James A. Neal. Col- 

 lection of four varieties: 1st, Hill- 

 crest Farm. 



Honorable Mention: Faulkner Farm, 

 Carter's Sunrise Tomato. 



Vote of Thanks: Mrs. Augustus 

 Hemenway, Jr., Hubbard Squash. 



