February 5, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



191 



News of the Clubs and 

 Societies 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



Resignation of Mr. H. B. Beatty. 



Owing to impaired healtli Mr. H. B. 

 Beatty, treasurer of the S. A. F. & 

 O H., tendered his resignation as 

 treasurer at a meeting of the Execu- 

 tive Board held at Pittsburgh, Pa., on 

 January 26th to 2Sth, 1910. The resig- 

 nation was accepted by the board. 

 The ai)|)oiutment of Mr. W. F. Kast- 

 ing of Buffalo, N. Y., as the successor 

 of Mr. Beatty, was confirmed. Mr. 

 Wm. P. Kasting having been duly 

 qualified according to .Article II, sec- 

 tion 3, paragraph (d). Is now Treas- 

 urer of the Society. 



The following is the resignation of 

 Mr. Beatty and the resolutions passed 

 by the Board. 



Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 27, 1910. 

 Mr. F. R. Pierson, President, 



Society of American Iflorists and 

 Ornamental Horticulturists, 

 Fort Pitt Hotel, City. 

 Dear Sir: — 



I liereby tender my resignation as 

 treasurer of ttie Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists, 

 to take effect as soon as my successor can 

 be elected and qualified. 



As a large maority of tbe directors of 

 the Society are in the city, I trust that 

 you may be able to get them together to- 

 day or tomorrow, to elect my successor, 

 as I desire to turn over all funds of the 

 Society as soon as possible. 



Very truly yours, 

 F. B. DORNER, Secretary. 



Fort Pitt Hotel, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 27, 1910. 



WHEREAS, The Executive Committee of 

 the Society of American Florists and Or- 

 namental Horticulturists has received the 

 resignation of Mr. H. B. Beatty, as treas- 

 urer of the Society. 



THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, Thai 

 in accepting this resignation we desire to 

 place on record our appreciation of his 

 long and valued services to the Society 

 and his unbounded liberality with the 

 office. 



We part with him with the greatest re- 

 gret which we feel sure will be shared by 

 everv member of the Society. 



It" is only our consideration for his im- 

 paired health, which we are assured is due 

 to overwork in his many Interests, that 

 compels us reluctantly to accept his 

 resignation at this time. 



E. B. DORNER, Secretary 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The regular meeting on Tuesday last 

 was well attended, the attraction be- 

 ing the palmer by Adolph Farenwald, 

 "Why the Small Rose Grower Should 

 Join the American Rose Society." 

 Abundant food for thought was brought 

 out in this paper, and the between re- 

 marks made by the essayist, the prin- 

 cipal point being that the average rose 

 grower does not show the same amount 

 of enthusiasm as the carnation grower, 

 hence the latter society has better at- 

 tended meetings and exhibitions. The 

 various points were debated by Chas. 

 E. Meehan, W. A. Leonard, Robert Kift, 

 Leo Niessen and S. S. Skidelsky. The 

 latter gave some illustrations of how, 

 only a few years ago. it was difficult to 

 sell a new carnation; now old varie- 

 ties have been superseded by better 

 ones and today new ones are contin- 

 ually coming out, so that the carnation 

 introducer and the carnation grower 

 are comijel'ea to go to the conventions 

 to keep up-to-date, while in roses so 



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few changes in varieties are made, as 

 compared with carnations. 



At the March meeting Albert M. 

 Ilerr will be the essayist; his subject, 

 "Carnations." 



Much satisfaction is expressed here 

 that the Carnation Society goes to Bos- 

 ton next year at the time of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show, and it is hoped 

 that the Rose Society will do likewise. 



Mr. W. H. Taplin on "Carnations." 

 Ladies are invited. 



JOHN YOUNG, Secretary. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the next meeting of the New 

 York Florists' Club the following prizes 

 will be awarded: Piize for the best 

 exhibit of carnations. Prize for novel- 

 ties sent out in 190S-09; not less than 

 25 flowers of one variety. Prize for 

 the best 50 carnations ur any variety. 

 These prizes are offered by Reed & 

 Keller, Stumpp & Walter, Vaughan's 

 Seed Store. 



All exhibits should be sent in care 

 of Mr. Walter F. Sheridan, 39 West 

 28th street, who will see they are prop- 

 erly staged. 



The essayist of the evening will be 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The fourth annual meeting of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association will 

 take place Feb. 15th and 16th. As the 

 meeting is at Urbana where the State 

 LTniversity and the State Agricultural 

 Experiment Station are located, the 

 meeting will be of unusual importance. 

 The conservatories, put up after the 

 most approved models, will be worth 

 the visit to anyone intending to build 

 soon and the meetings themselves will 

 be of special interest because of the 

 location. A large attendance is ex- 

 pected. 



Prof. W. P. Brooks, of the Amherst 

 Agricultural College, lectured before 

 the Worcester County (Mass.) Horti- 

 cultural Society on January 27, on the 

 uses and abuses of commercial fertil- 

 izers. 



