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HORTICULTURE 



September 14, 1918 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The initial meeting for the season 

 1918-19, on Monday evening, Septem- 

 ber 9, was a splendid affair, fully 125 

 members being present. R. Vincent, 

 Jr., of Whitemarsh, Md., was an in- 

 terested and interesting visitor. Presi- 

 dent Schenck handled the occasion in 

 a very able manner and made some 

 very encouraging and optimistic re- 

 marlis on the outlook. Mr. F. R. New- 

 bold and a number of ladies interested 

 in patriotic movements were present. 

 There was a fine exhibit of seasonable 

 flowers. Mr. Vincent, C. H. Totty, J. 

 A. Manda, J. S. Fenrich, and Secretary 

 Young were among the notable orators 

 of the evening. 



A feature of the exhibition was the 

 superb collection of choice named 

 gladioli by J. Lewis Chllds. It was 

 awarded a silver medal. George 

 Schlegel, gard. S. J. Milosy, showed 

 a beautiful cattleya— C. Moira. This 

 also received a silver medal. C. H. 

 Totty showed a new rose, "Premier." 

 It was pronounced "very promising" 

 and will be exhibited again. A 

 "Giant Everblooming ' raspberry — "La 

 France" which fruits from midsummer 

 until frost was staged by J. Scheepers 

 and was awarded a preliminary certifi- 

 cate. R. Vincent, Jr. received high 

 commendation for a handsome display 

 of dahlias. 



The unfurling of the club's service 

 flag by Mrs. Curtin and Mrs. Mc- 

 Vickar, bearing fifteen stars was an in- 

 spiring event. The publicity cam- 

 paign, "Say it with Flowers" propa- 

 ganda, flowers to hospitals, credit 

 system, census bureau work, S. A. P. 

 and P. T. D. activities all furnished 

 abundant incitement to eloquence and 

 it was taken full advantage of. 



An invitation to attend the meeting 

 of the Federation of Horticultural 

 Societies and Floral Clubs, to be held 

 in Syracuse, was received from Secre- 

 tary White. A vote of thanks was 

 extended to the St. Louis Florist Club 

 for hospitalities to the representa- 

 tives of the New York Florists' Club. 

 Committees on the death of James 

 Dean and A. V. D. Snyder were duly 

 appointed. 



ship In the S. A. F. & O. H. by reason 

 of his splendid efforts to secure S. A. 

 F. members, which enabled him to 

 win and donate to the club the $100 

 Liberty Bond offered by President 

 Totty. 



A motion was unanimously adopted 

 to invest a liberal portion of the club 

 money in Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds. 



The Soldiers Committee reported 

 that approximately 80 trade members 

 from this city and environs were now 

 with the colors. 



The new administration with Chas. 

 J. Graham at its head, supported by 

 an able secretary and executive com- 

 mittee, was launched with a spirit of 

 harmony that augurs well for the suc- 

 cess and welfare of the club during 

 the next 12 months. 



President Weeks of the National 

 Association of Gardeners announced 

 that the Gardeners' annual conven- 

 tion, which was to be held in this city 

 Sept. 24, 25, 26, had been postponed, 

 through patriotic motives, until after 

 the war. The club lost three mem- 

 bers by death during the last year — 

 C. F. Bartels, B. Hart and Fred 

 Ponting. 



CLEVELAND FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual meeting of the Florists' 

 Club, held at the Hollenden Sept. 9, 

 was a very successful gathering. The 

 annual report of the secretary showed 

 a comfortable financial balance. Frank 

 A. Friedley was voted a life member- 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held its 

 regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 

 5th, at the Randolph Hotel. It was 

 retailers' night, the third of the se- 

 ries that covered all the branches of 

 the business, growers, wholesalers and 

 retailers. Papers had been requested 

 but there were but two responses, one 

 from A. Lange, prominent retail florist 

 in the "loop" tor many years and the 

 other one anonymous. 



The members showed more willing- 

 ness to discuss than to write and re- 

 marks more or less interesting were 

 made by most of those present. 



E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., was 

 present and spoke of the close rela- 

 tionship between the three sides of 

 the florists' business and the absolute 

 necessity of understanding and har- 

 mony between them if success would 

 come to all, especially now when so 

 many things were menacing the trade. 



The matter of the trade's part in 

 the Fourth Liberty Loan was dis- 

 cussed and E. C. Amling's store was 

 chosen as headquarters. Fred Lauten- 

 schlager, president of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club was made chairman and 

 his committee will be named next 

 week. 



GARDENERS' CONVENTION POST- 

 PONED. 



Acting on the recommendation of 

 some of its members, the executive 

 committee of the National Association 

 of Gardeners has voted to postpone its 

 annual convention, which was planned 

 to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, Septem- 

 ber 24-26, in order that the association 

 may comply with the recent request 

 issued by the director of the railroads 

 to avoid all unnecessary traveling and 

 respond to the general appeal to invest 

 in War Savings Stamps by investing 

 the savings of convention expenses, 

 and to hold the convention in Cleve- 

 land at the conclusion of the war. 



In postponing the annual national 

 meeting for the duration of the war, 

 the executive board urges that garden- 

 ers' local conferences be frequently 

 held to discuss ways and means by 

 which the gardeners can aid in speed- 

 ing the war. 



In announcing the convention's post- 

 ponement. President Robert Weeks in- 

 structed that the secretary and treas- 

 urer publisli their financial reports at 

 the close of the fiscal year, December 

 first, and that the secretary also pub- 

 lish a report of the association's ac- 

 tivities including its Service Bureau 

 and the work of the various commit- 

 tees during the year. 



Madison, N. J. M. C. Ebel, Secy. 



The Cleveland gardeners have ar- 

 ranged to hold a gardeners' confer- 

 ence at the Hotel Hollenden on Tues- 

 day evening, Sept. 24, at 8 o'clock, to 

 which all gardeners and those inter- 

 ested in the development of orna- 

 mental horticulture are invited. The 

 conference will be devoted to consid- 

 ering wartime means, how the gar- 

 dener can best serve the country's in- 

 terest. Some noted speakers, both in 

 and out of the profession, will be 

 heard. In New England a conference 

 under the auspices of the Boston gar- 

 deners is being planned to be held 

 some time during the middle of Octo- 

 ber in the city of Boston. 



M. C. Ebel, Secretary. 



The Grand Dahlia show of the 

 American Institute of the City of New 

 York and the American Dahlia Society 

 will be held at the Engineering build- 

 ing 25 to 33 West 39th street, between 

 5th and 6th avenues, New York city, 

 Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1898, from 7 to 10 

 p. m. and Wednesday and Thursday 

 September 25 and 26, 1918 from 10 a. 

 m. to 10 p. m. 



