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H R T 1 C IT L T U K E 



December 14, 1918 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The closing session of the New York 

 Florists' Club for the year 1918 and 

 the last meeting under the administra- 

 tion of President Charles Schenck, 

 was held on Monday night, December 

 9. It was the occasion of election of 

 officers for the following year and 

 there was a very good attendance, not 

 far from one hundred and seventy-five 

 members being pres- 

 ent. The withdrawals 

 from candidacy for 

 various offices left the 

 ticket almost unani- 

 mous, the - only coiv- 

 tests being for the 

 position of vice-presi- 

 dent and on the trus- 

 tee list there being 

 four names left on the 

 latter from whioh to 

 select three. The, re- 

 sult as declared by 

 tellers was as fol- 

 lows: President, Phil- 

 ip F. Kessler; vice- 

 president, P. W. Popp; 

 secretary, John 

 Young; treasurer, 

 Wm. C. Rickards; 

 trustee, E. C. Vick, 

 Percy P. Rigby and 

 A. T. De la Mare. 



The meeting opened 

 with the usual pre- 

 liminary reports of 

 secretary and various 

 committees. The sec- 

 retary's minutes indi- 

 cated a gross member- 

 ship now of over five 

 hundred. P. W. Popp 

 reported on the meet- 

 ing of the trustees 

 held on the previous 

 afternoon. Previous to 

 election the members 

 were amused by some 

 interesting and start- 

 I i n g demonstrations 

 with liquid air by 

 Professor Andrews. 



Following the re- 

 cess and announce- 

 ment of the results 

 of the election, the 

 successful candidates were called to 

 the platform and each one made a 

 nice little speech of acceptance and 

 promise of faithful attendance to the 

 club's welfare. Many plaudits were 

 vociferously given to all and specially 

 to the president-elect, who is one of 

 the most popular members ever elected 

 to office. 



Interesting letters were read from 

 Winfred Rolker in reference to the 

 plant exclusion act, E. A. Manda, 

 sergeant major with the Army of Oc- 

 cupation, and T, A. Havemeyer asking 

 the club to participate in the proper 

 reception, of the returning soldiers 

 when officially welcomed by the city. 

 Provision was made for the renting of 

 a permanent club office, in connection 



with the premises occupied by Secre- 

 tary Young for S. A. F. business. 



Charles H. Totty reported on the 

 Chamber of Commerce Convention at 

 Atlantic City. The information therein 

 appears elsewhere in this paper. Mr. 

 Totty reminded the members of the 

 disastrous outlook due to'the inpending 

 exclusion act whereby dracaena canes 

 and other essentials to the prosecution 

 of the florist industry could not be ob- 

 tained. 



Philii' F. Kessleh 

 I') If iilent-elect New York Florists' Club 



A. L. .Miller reported for the flower 

 show committee that no public flower 

 show would be attempted until the 

 spring of 1920. 



The secretary read reports of sym- 

 pathy on the deaths of R. M. Ward. 

 W. R. Siebrecht, Wm. Vescelius, Mrs. 

 Geisler and Wm. Weber, son of Chas. 

 Weber. 



Exhibits on the tables and the 

 awards made by the judges on same 

 were as follows: A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 Cromwell, Conn.. Chrysanthemum 

 Golden Mistletoe. 86 points and prelim- 

 inary certificate. Teaneck Green- 

 houses, Teaneck, N. J., antirrhinums, 

 vote of thanks. Charles Smith & Son. 

 Corona. L. I., single chrysanthemums, 

 vote of thanks. R. E. Sealey, Cedar- 



hurst, L. I., Chrysanthemum Bright- 

 view, preliminary certificate. Elmer 

 D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., three 

 vases of new Chrysanthemums, vote 

 of thanks. S. Van Reyper, Dundee 

 Lake, N. J., stevia, vote of thanks. 



The roll of honor of the New York 

 Florists' Club is as follows: 



E. K. Baumann, Rahway, N. J.; 

 Arthur Clarke, New York City: Wil- 

 liam Chalmers. Mamaroneck, N. Y., 

 (with Canadian Forces); P. R. Doer- 

 rer, Westfield, N. J.; 

 L. E. Dupuy, White- 

 stone. N. Y.; Isadora 

 Fight, New York City; 

 A. M. Henshaw, New 

 York City: Emil Kam- 

 ros. New York City; 

 A. N. Kinney, New 

 York City; J. J. Lane, 

 Garden City, N. Y.; 

 Edward A. Manda, 

 West Orange, N. J.; 

 P. P. Meissner, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y.; C. H. Per- 

 kins, 2nd, Newark, 

 N. Y.; George C. Sie- 

 brecht, New York 

 City; John Tinney, 

 New York City; Thos. 

 Tobin. New York City; 

 David B. Thorn, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y.; David S. 

 Ward, Queens, N. Y. 



GARDENERS' AND 

 FLORISTS' CLUB 



OF BOSTON. 

 The regular month- 

 ly meeting of the club 

 will be held at Horti- 

 cultural Hall on Tues- 

 day evening, Dec. 17, 

 at 7.30 o'clock. The 

 annual election of offi- 

 cers will take place at 

 this meeting. H. H. 

 Barsch of Waverley 

 will give one of his 

 practical talks on 

 "Growing Plants for 

 the Christmas Trade." 

 Henry Penn will fol- 

 low with what is sure 

 to prove an interesting 



talk on "Handling 



Plants at the Store 

 for the Christmas Trade." There will be 

 a discussion on each subject. Mem- 

 bers are invited to contribute flowers, 

 plants, etc., for the exhibit table. Re- 

 freshments, which have been omitted 

 for some time, will be served at the 

 meeting and a large attendance is 

 looked for. y^ jj cbaig. Secy. 



.\t the residence of Harry C. Hues- 

 man, 562 Schuylkill avenue, the 

 monthly meeting of the Reading, Pa., 

 Florists' Association was held Thurs- 

 day evening, Dec. 5. with all members 

 in attendance. Trade for the holiday 

 season was lengthily discussed and 

 arrangements will be made to meet 

 the demands as best as possible. 



