December 21, 1918 



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president, Oscar F. Gritzmacher, New 

 Britain; third vice-president, John C. 

 Willard, Wethersfield; treasurer, W. 

 \V. Hunt, Hartford; secretary, Alfred 

 Dixon, Wethersfield; librarian, William 

 T. Hall, Hartford: botanist, John C. 

 Willard, Wethersfield; pomologist, C. 

 H. Sierman, Hartford. 



The treasurer's report showed the 

 society to be in good financial condi- 

 tion, having a substantial balance on 

 hand with all bills paid. 



The second December meeting will 

 be omitted on account of the Christ- 

 mas holidays, and the next meeting 

 ■will be the second Friday in January, 

 the 10th. 



Alfred Dixox, Secy. 



Wethersfield, Conn. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The meeting on Tuesday evening 

 was election night and the following 

 officers were elected: president, A. K. 

 Rogers; vice-president, Chas. P. Sweet- 

 ser; secretary, W. N. Craig; treas- 

 urer, S. J. Goddard; executive com- 

 mittee, James Methven, James Wheel- 

 er, H. H. Bartsch, William H. Judd, 

 Walter H. Golby. 



The awards for exhibits were as 

 follows: Pure white Cattleya Lady 

 Veitch, shown by L. D. Towle, Newton, 

 honorable mention; two specimen 

 plants Cattleya Percivaliana, W. H. 

 Golby, cultural report of merit; Chi- 

 nese artichokes, W. H. Golby, vote or 

 thanks; unnamed cerise pink seedling 

 carnation, H. A. Stevens. Dedham, 

 honorable mention : Chrysanthemum 

 Mistletoe, Janiten & Wollrath, honor- 

 able mention; specimen poinsettia 

 bracts, W. W. Edgar Co., vote of 

 thanks; vase of Stevia serrata, W. N. 

 Craig, honorable mention. Mr. Craig 

 also received a vote of thanks for 

 Dwarf Stevia serrata. 



It was voted to have a Ladies' night 

 in January and a committee was ap- 

 pointed to make arrangements for a 

 "Victory" banquet early in February. 



Herman Bartsch, of W. W. Edgar 

 Co., read a paper on Plants tor Christ- 

 mas. He placed azaleas at the head 

 of the list as the most desirable 

 Christmas plant, followed by cyclamen 

 and begonias. He brought out the 

 good points of the various varieties of 

 begonias, placing Cincinnati at the 

 head, followed by Melior. He regret- 

 ted that more ardisias were not 

 grown, and mentioned, as other good 

 Christmas plants, oranges, primulas, 

 heaths, peppers, Jerusalem cherries 

 and freesias. He felt that a really 

 good yellow flowering plant was need- 

 ed to fill out the Christmas list. 



Henry Penn spoke on Plants for 

 the Retail Stores for Christmas, and 



PLANTS FOREMOST IN POPULAR- 

 ITY FOR CHRISTMAS. 



Poiusettias in Pan. 



Otalieite Orange 



Started his remarks by urging every- 

 body to practice optimism, stating 

 that the florists had gone through the 

 greatest of trials and had come out 

 with credit. He emphasized the de- 

 sirability of selling plants on a close 

 margin, carrying them in quantity and 

 keeping trade encouraged. Approxi- 

 mately 24,000 plants were delivered 

 from his store in the three days pre- 

 ceding Christmas, 1917, requiring 68 

 boys and 24 machines, at an average 

 cost per plant of 2S%c. for handling. 

 The average selling price for all the 

 plants handled was $4.00. He advo- 

 cated a reasonable average selling 

 price, and agreed with Mr. Bartsch 

 that cyclamens were the most satis- 

 factory Christmas plants, with be- 

 gonias a close second. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of this society 

 was held in Pembroke Hall, Glen 

 Cove, on December 11th. In spite of 

 the inclement weather there was a 



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large attendance. The President's 

 special for table decoration by assist- 

 ant gardeners was won by Henry Mi- 

 chaelson, assistant to Geo. Ferguson; 

 2nd, John Gailens, assistant to Wm. 

 Churchill. Treasurer Ernest J. Brown 

 presented a creditable annual report, 

 showing the society had passed a suc- 

 cessful season both in point of mem- 

 bership and financially. Sam. J. Tre- 

 pess was called on to conduct the 

 election of officers, which resulted in 

 the following being elected for the 

 ensuing year: Joseph .4dler, presi- 

 dent; Frank Watson, vice-president; 

 Ernest J. Brown, re-elected treasurer; 

 Ernest Westlake, re-elected secretary; 

 Harry Goodband, re-elected corre- 

 sponding secretary; Robt. Jones, trus- 

 tee for three years; executive commit- 

 tee, William Noonan, Thos. Hender- 

 son, Ben. Sutherland, Wm. Milstead, 

 Wm. Churchill, W. G. Carter and Thos. 

 Meech. There was a short discus- 

 sion on "How to grow Amaryllis" 



