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HORTICULTURE 



August 21, 1909 



News of the Clubs and Societies 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF 



AMERICA. 



Summary of Secretary's Report for 



Year Ending August 1st, 1909. 



The 31,816,138 sijuare feet of glass 

 insured by the 1,605 members of The 

 Florists' Hail Association of America, 

 are located in 40 different states and 

 territories. 



The total receipts for the year end- 

 ing Aug. 1, 1909, including last year's 

 balance, as per Treasurer's reports, 

 have been $49,231.05. 



The total expenditures, as per 

 Treasurer's reports, have been 

 $42,116.37. 



The cash balance at the close of the 

 year is $7,114.68, of which $1,621.64 be- 

 longs to the reserve fund, leaving 

 $5,493.04 in the emergency fund. 



The amount of interest collected on 

 Reserve Fund investments for the year 

 is $SS1.00. The amount of interest col- 

 lected on bank deposits for the year 

 has been $oi5.93. 



Losses representing a breakage of 

 215,665 sq. ft. of single thick and 

 231,827 sq. ft. of double thick glass 

 have been paid during the year. 



1,400 losses have been adjusted since 

 the organization of the F. H. A., in- 

 volving a total expenditure of more 

 than $161,000.00. 



The 10 per cent assessment on haz- 

 ardous risks nettti the treasury $65.31. 



The estimated liabilities of the Asso- 

 ciation are, unadjusted losses amount- 

 ing to possibly $2,500. 



The reserve fund consists of 

 $20,000.00 in securities and $1,621.64 in 

 cash, being a total of $21,621.64. 



The losses paid by the Florists' Hail 

 Association since.its organization is an 

 Indisputable argument In favor of Hail 

 Insurance and the fact that the exces- 

 sive losses of the past two seasons 

 have been paid without the levy of an 

 extra assessment is a matter of just 

 pride for the officials of the Associa- 

 tion, and one for congratulation by its 

 members. 



JOHN G. ESLBR, SecreUry. 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The New England Dahlia Society 

 will give its second exhibit at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, on September 

 10, 11 and 12. This year's exhibit is 

 expected to eclipse anything of its kind 

 ever undertaken tor the reason that all 

 outlooks for good flowers are splendid 

 and with the enormous increase in our 

 society competition in all classes ought 

 to be sharp. 



In connection with this exhibit we 

 shall issue a special number of the 

 Dahlia News which no doubt will be 

 one of the most interesting papers 

 ever published on this subject for it 

 will contain articles by many promin- 

 ent American and English writers. 

 Germany and France will also be 

 represented. Some of the articles will 

 be illustrated, our first attempt in this 

 line with the Dahlia News. 



MAURICE FULD, Sec'y. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



On Thursday, August 12th, the an- 

 nual meeting of the club took place at 

 the home of the Bentzen Floral Co. 

 When President William Young called 

 the meeting to order there were thirty 

 members present incluiding several vis- 

 itors. After all the opening proceed- 

 ings had been disposed of and the dif- 

 ferent committees had reported, the 

 election of officers took place and the 

 following was the result: President, 

 George B. Windier; vice-president, 

 John Connon; secretary, J. J. Beneke; 

 treasurer, W. C. Smith* three-year 

 term trustee, A. J. Bentzen. President 

 Young declined the nomination, saying 

 he did not believe in the third term. 

 It is to be hoped that the members will 

 assist the new officers in their efforts 

 to arouse interest in the meetings and 

 secure new accessions to the club. 

 Joseph Hauser of Webster, applied for 

 membership. 



The trustees were instructed to find 

 a new location for club meetings by 

 October. The next meeting will be 

 held with the H. J. Weber & Sons 

 Nursery Co. in Gardenville. The meet- 

 ing proceeded with the question box 

 and a general talk on carnations, roses 

 and chrj'sauthemums followed. 



After adjournment Mr. Bentzen in- 

 vited the members to look over his 

 place, which we found in tip top shape: 

 this ended with a flue lunch on the 

 lawn in the rear of the house. A vote 

 of thanks was extended to his com- 

 pany for the afternoon's entertain- 

 ment. 



BUFFALO FLORIST CLUB. 



At the next nieeing of the club on 

 September 7, William Legg will read 

 a paper on "Summer Flowers in Buf- 

 falo Parks." This paper was booked 

 for the August meeting but was held 

 over on account of the small attend- 

 ance. A full house is expected in Sep- 

 tember. Other papers will be read at 

 each of the coming meetings. The 

 outdoor paper is being prepared by 

 N. A. Adams on "The Slaughter of 

 the Flowers." 



DENVER FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 A florists' club in Denver, Colo., has 

 been under consideration for some time 

 and the effort bore fruit at a meeting 

 on August 5, when 73 of the craft 

 organized and elected J. A. Valentine 

 president, B. E. Long vice-president, 

 A. H. Bush secretary and John Berry 

 treasurer. The next meeting will be 

 on September 9. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Lachine Horticultural Society 

 (Can.) will hold the tenth annual ex- 

 hibition on Aug. 26 in Town Hall. 



The annual flower exhibition of the 

 Garden Club of New Canaan, Conn., 

 will be held on the grounds of Mrs. 

 Charles E. Diefenthaler on August 14. 



At the Wisconsin State Fair, to be 

 held this fall, there will be a daily 

 demonstration in preparing various 

 compounds used in fighting insect 

 pests and diseases that attack fruit 

 and vegetables. 



During Recess 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



About thirty-five members of! the 

 club visited the nurseries of W. B. 

 Whittier & Co. at South Framinghain, 

 on Saturday, August 14, and were 

 dplightfully entertained by Mr. Whit- 

 tier and his assistants who took them 

 through the extensive grounds, com- 

 prising 175 acres, planted with ever- 

 g!eens choice and rare, blue spruce in 

 ^[ilendid condition, peonies and flower- 

 ing stock that made one doubt it was 

 the end of the season. A cold storage 

 house, warranted frost proof, 60 x 150, 

 has just been constructed. A piece of 

 woodland is being cleared to make 

 1 com for a shipment of rhododendrons 

 in addition to the large stock already 

 carried. A recent purchase of land will 

 give this firm a tract of 250 acres, and 

 it was the sentiment of the visitors 

 that it is one of the finest nurseries in 

 New England. Refreshments were 

 served; remarks were made by Wil- 

 liam Downs, president of the club, T. 

 J. Grey, Messrs. Btitterworth and Pal- 

 mer, and fittingly responded to by Mr. 

 Whittier. Although it was late when 

 the party broke up several of them 

 went on to S. J. Goddard's place where 

 they found the violets and all the stock 

 in the house in prime condition. Alto- 

 gether this was one of the most enjoy- 

 able outings the club has had. 



MARKET GARDENERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION OF BOSTON. 



The field day of the Market Garden- 

 ers' Association of Boston, was held at 

 Peddock's Island, in the harbor, on 

 Saturday, August 14. Over 300 were 

 Ijresent and the affair was a most bril- 

 liant success. Alter a sumptuous din- 

 ner the athletic games were run off, 

 with winners as follows: — 



One hundred yard dash — W. E. Belle- 

 ville. 



Fa,t men's race — Patrick Hurley. 



Sack race — W. W. Rugg. 



Old men's race — George D. Moore. 



Three-legged race — W. E. Belleville 

 and M'. G. Waite. 



Running broad jump — W. E. Belle- 

 ville. 



The event of the day that attracted 

 the most attention, however, was the 

 quoit match, doubles and singles. Long 

 and earnestly was this match fought 

 out. Several remarkable exhibitions 

 of quoit throwing were made by the 

 contestants. When George Purington, 

 one of the most popular men in the 

 market district, won the singles and 

 again with E. F. Skahan won the 

 doubles, the air was rent with cheers. 

 A baseball game closed the day's 

 si)orts. 



The committee of arrangements oon- 

 sisted of E. F. Skahan, George Puring- 

 loii and J. P. Esty. 



The committee in charge of the 

 sports consisted of George Lovell, Fred 

 Moore and T. F. Donahue. 



ALBANY (N. Y.) FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Over one hundred persons enjoyed 

 the third annual outing and clam-bake 

 held by the Albany Florists' club at 

 Menkes Brothers' grove near Newton- 

 ville. The day was spent in looking 



