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HORTICULTURi: 



October 9, 1909 



FLORISTS' 



CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



Joseph Heacock was elected presi- 

 dent, Alfred Burton, vice-pres., Geo. 

 Craig, treas., and D. Rust, secy., at the 

 aiiiiual meeting held on the 5th inst. 



Reports for the year were made by 

 the retiring officers. The club seems 

 to be in a reasonably prosperous con- 

 dition, but the new officers are confi- 

 dent of being able to improve things 

 inside of the next twelve niontlis. 



Joseph Heacock, the new president, 

 is well known, both locally and all 

 over the country, as a great grower of 

 American Beauty roses and palms. 



.'\lfred Burton, the vice-president, 

 while a younger man, has already, won 

 his spurs in the arena, and is a worthy 

 representative of the craft. He is a 

 son of John Burton, and conducts a 

 range of greenhouses nearby. Alfred 

 Burton is a modest man and makes no 



Alfred Burton 



Vice-Pres. Florists' Club of Philadelphia. 



promises, yet we know that he will 

 make a good ofiicial and ably supple- 

 ment the progiessive Joseph Heacock 

 in the handling of the reins of the 

 pioneer Florists' Club of America. 



David Rust and George Craig, the 

 secretary and treasurer, are carry- 

 overs, and we have given their pedi- 

 grees before, so there is no necessity 

 of telling anything about them at this 

 time. They are "all right" and will 

 do their level best to help out the club 

 in its laudable ambition to make the 

 florists' trade "bigger and better" 

 from now on. There's lots of room for 

 improvement! 



We missed Wni. K. Harris at this 

 meeting and understand he is pretty 

 low again. We trust his wonderful 

 stamina will stand him in good stead 

 once more. 



John T. Gilison, who was on the sick 

 list among convention delegates, was 

 oh hand, hale and hearty. 



A discussion on carnation plants 

 took place. Crops have been .short. 

 The consensus of opinion seemed to 

 be In favor of pot-grown plants. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the last meeting of this society 

 Maurice Fuld talked on the subject of 

 dahlias. A lecture on Birds by Mr. 

 Forbush is scheduled for October 15. 



On September 24 was held the first 

 incorporation meeting of the society. A 

 clerk was chosen and most of the by- 

 laws adopted. The meeting adjourned 

 till October 8, when it is expected to 

 get the rest of the business tran- 

 sacted and papers ready for the cor- 

 poration commissioners. 



JosEi'H Heacock 



i'lesident Florists' Club of Philadelphia. 



LENOX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society, 

 Saturday, Oct. 2nd, was largely attend- 

 ed. Messrs. G. Foulsham, W. Jack 

 and A. Bond, were appointed arrange- 

 ment committee for the forthcoming 

 exhibition which will be held in the 

 Town hall, Lenox, Oct. 26-27, and 

 promises to be one of the best the so- 

 ciety has ever had. Special interest is 

 centered on the group of miscellaneous 

 Ijlants arranged for effect to occupy 

 space S X 13. for which Henry A. Dreer 

 offers a silver cup to be won twice be- 

 fore becoming property of exhibitor. 

 This cup was won by E. Jenkins in 

 1907 and in lOOS by F. Heeremans. 

 Some very fine grou])s of orchids are 

 expected and the classes calling for in- 

 dividual specimens of orchids will be 

 sharply contested. Roses, carnations 

 and chrysanthemums are very promis- 

 ing and competition in the classes for 

 these flowers will be keen. Vegetables, 

 which are always a conspicuous fea- 

 ture of our annual exhibition will be 

 fully up to the standard of past years, 



A welcome visitor at the society's 

 meeting was H. A. Barnard represeni- 

 ing Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, 

 Middlesex. England. 



GEORGE H. INSTONE, Secretary. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The October meeting of the Florists' 

 Club of Washington was held at 1214 

 F. St., on the evening of the 5th inst. 

 It was the day set for the Washington 

 florists especially to visit the Vincent 

 farm at White Marsh, Md. Six of the 

 trade went and expressed themselves 

 as more than pleased at their trip. The 

 show was held open one day more, 

 hoping that more florists would go. 

 The old grievance against the street 

 fakirs was taken up and discussed at 

 much length; those who supply the 

 fakirs also came in for their share of 

 criticism. A circular letter was got- 

 ten up by the club asking the co-opera- 

 tion of all the local growers and whole- 

 salers in suppressing the nuisance and 

 also requesting that their attitude be 

 made known by the next meeting of 

 the club. 



One new member was admitted, B. 



David Rl>t 

 Sen-etary Florists' Club of Philadelphia. 



Winkler, a florist at Chevy Chase, 

 Md. A vote of thanks was tendered 

 Geo. H. Cooke for his beautiful decora- 

 tion of the Washington Florists' Club 

 car, and many regrets expressed that it 

 was not in competition. 



FRENCH CHRYSANTHEMUM SO- 

 CIETY. 



The fourteenth Annual Show and 

 Congress of this society will be held 

 at Marseilles on the 23rd, 24th and 25th 

 of October. The meetings of the Floral 

 Committee are fixed for the 5th, 13th, 

 2.'3rd and 28th of October and the 9th 

 of November. The Roll of member- 

 ship now consists of 799 iviembers, in- 

 clusive of 61 affiliated societies. The 

 agfuda for the Congress includes the 

 following questions to be discussed: 

 Amendment of the Floral Committee 

 I'egulations, Damijing of blooms. In- 

 sects and diseases, A small color chart 

 as supplement to the Repertoire des 

 Couleurs, Systematic experiments for 

 manuring plant.- ;;rown in the open. 



C. H. P. 



