196 



HORTICULTURE 



February 5, 1910 



During Recess 



NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY 



ASSOCIATION OF PLANT 



GROWERS. 



The Root Conservatory of the Hotel 

 Astor presented a richly brilliant 

 scene on Wednesday evening, Febru- 

 ary 2. Seventy-five happy souls, re- 

 leased for the time being from all 

 thought of business or care, were 

 there to enjoy themselves and they 

 succeeded. The decorations were on a 

 scale appropriate for the occasion, the 

 music was fine and the menu was on 

 the Astor order, which fully tells the 

 story of the first half. 



Then came the speaking. Julius 

 Roehrs, Jr., president of the associa- 

 tion, set a good example for brevity 

 in his introductory remarks, welcom- 

 ing the members and guests and pre- 

 senting P. L. Atkins as toastmaster. 

 Mr. Atkins called attention to the 

 death during the past year of three 

 useful members of the association — 

 John Scott, Herman Dreyer and E. V. 

 Hallock. 



The first speaker called upon was 

 Anton Schultheis who spoke hopefully 

 of the plant market prospects and in 

 advocating closer co-operative rela- 

 tions with the florists' clubs suggested 

 to President Miller of the New York 

 Florists' Club that he should at once 

 get busy on that proposition. Presi- 

 dent Roehrs and A. L. Miller followed 

 with brief remarks and then President 

 F. R. Pierson of the S. A. F. was 

 called upon. Mr. Pierson's talli was 

 earnest in its advocacy of the social 

 and business advantages of organiza- 

 tion. He complimented the gathering 

 on the hearty friendship so evident on 

 this august occasion and the benefits 

 which all must derive from such in- 

 tercourse. 



Ti'easurer H. C. Steinhoff came next 

 and made a merry speech with stories 

 well applied. John G. Esler was then 

 called upon to locate the hail belt 

 which he did to everybody's satisfac- 

 tion and was followed by W. J. Elli- 

 ott who pleaded that he had been 

 "caught with his mits on" and was 

 let off with a good story. 



W. J. Stewart responded for Boston, 

 called attention to some of her prod- 

 ucts, explained the uses of her crooked 

 streets and urged all ,to plan to be 

 present at the great National Flower 

 Show next year, if not before. Messrs. 

 Drury and Reichhaber and J. G. 

 Whilldin of Philadelphia, spoke brief- 

 ly and to the point. Louis Dupuy 

 complimented the committee of ar- 

 rangements and wanted the dinner re- 

 peated in the near future. J. H. Pep- 

 per spoke for the Press and its good 

 influence. Louis Schmutz next made 

 some characteristic remarks. Alex 

 Guttman spoke in congratulatory vein 

 and W. Siebrecht, Jr., was interesting 

 and witty as ever. W. Siebrecht, Jr., 

 reported for the co-operative associa- 

 tion and then came J. Austin Shaw, 

 who did ample justice to the toast of 

 the Ladies. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



Thursday night, January 27, was a 

 glorious occasion for the members of 

 this prosperous organization old and 

 young, their wives, daughters, sweet- 

 hearts and friends. It was the annual 

 dinner and dance and the big lecture 

 hall in Horticultural building never 



t. Dooaue. 

 •J -J.J, 



Dame Boston Be^ns to Get Ready for 1911. 



presented a more beautiful and inspir- 

 ing appearance. The long white tables 

 were simply resplendent with flowers 

 and plants donated by members. Like- 

 wise the stage and walls. We didn't 

 count them but there must have been 

 close to three hundred seated at the 

 tables, gentlemen mostly in evening 

 dress and ladies elegantly gowned, and 

 the dinner itself was the best thus far. 



During the dinner there was orches- 

 tral music, after the dinner there was 

 an hour and a half of speeches and 

 song alternately and then followed the 

 dance which lasted until midnight, 

 after which flowers and plants became 

 the property of the ladies. 



The after-dinner exercises were 

 opened by Vice-President Peter M. Mil- 

 ler in the absence of President J. W. 

 Duncan on account of sickness. Wm. 

 J. Stewart was introduced as toast- 

 master. Responses were made by Ex- 

 President Wm. Downs on behalf of the 

 dinner committee, J. K. M. L. Farqu- 

 har to the toast of "Boston," E. H. 

 Wilson for "China," E. O. Orpet for 

 "The Ladies." All the speeches were 

 of a high order and full of wit. The 

 news from Pittsburgh was communi- 

 cated by the toast-master and the fol- 

 lowing telegram was sent amid much 

 enthusiasm to the American Carnation 

 Society banqueting at the same hour in 

 Pittsburgh: 



"The Gardeners' and Florists' Club at 

 annual banquet congratulate you on suc- 

 cessful convention, appreciate the double 

 honor conferred and have set the beans to 

 soak, and look forward with pleasure to 

 1911." 



A message of sympathy to the club's 

 beloved treasurer, Edward Hatch, in 

 his sickness and best wishes for his 

 speedy recovery was passed by a ris- 

 ing vote. 



The evening's enjoyment was materi- 

 ally heightened by Miss Marguerite 

 Chaffee in recitations. Miss Nellie Fer- 

 guson in fancy dancing, George Collins 

 in comic songs and Miss Jeannie Rif- 

 ford, accompanist. 



The banquet committee consisted of 

 Wm. Downs, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 Robt. Cameron, Peter Fisher and Peter 



M Miller. The reception committee 

 was J. P. A. Guerineau, P. J. Turley, 

 Jas. Wheeler, G. W. Butterwortb, 

 Thos. Peglar and Duncan Finlayson. 

 For the dancing Peter M. Miller was 

 floor director, assisted by Joseph Law- 

 son, and J. L. Miller, Kenneth Finlay- 

 son, Frank Murray and Edward Rose 

 as aids. 



PACIFIC COAST HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Sixty-five members of the Pacific 

 Coast Horticultural Society sat down 

 to their first annual banquet in the 

 banquet room of the Palace, San Fran- 

 cisco, on the evening of January 22. 

 V. Matrala, president of the society, 

 acted as toastmaster. H. Plath, past 

 president, gave a brief history of the 

 society since its inception about eight 

 years ago. As a member of the Society 

 of American Florists, he said he would 

 endeavor to have that body hold its 

 annual convention here in 1915 at the 

 time of the exposition. His remarks 

 were greeted with cheers. Other 

 speakers were: D. MacRorie, who 

 spoke on "Orchids"; John R. Atkin- 

 son, on "Plant Life"; C. Shellgrain, on 

 "The Retail Dealer"; A. Roosi, on 

 "Carnations": E. W. McLellan, on 

 "American Beauties." 



DUTCHESS COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual banquet of the Dutch- 

 ess County Horticultural Society was 

 held at the Nelson House, Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y., Wednesday evening, 

 January 26. It was largely attended 

 and was one of the most successful 

 dinners in the history of the society, 

 although an impromptu affair, with no 

 set toasts. 



Chicago Bovkflers. 

 The Bowling Club of the Chicago 

 florists is as enthusiastic as ever. The 

 score at the last meeting was as fol- 

 lows : 



Carnations 700 771 728 



Roses 737 759 695 



Violets 636 776 725 



Orchids 721 734 754 



