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HORTICULTURE 



April 2, 1910 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTSa 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



Mid-Lent Meeting of tiie Executive 

 Board. 

 Tlie regular mid-Lent meeting of 

 the Executive Board was held at the 

 ■Seneca Hotel, Rochester, N. Y., March 

 12, 14 and 15. The entire board con- 

 sisting of President Pierson, Messrs. 

 Asnius. Young, Vesey, Dailledouze. 

 Rudd. Craig, Valentine, Vick, Kasting 

 and Dorner were present during the 

 entire session. The usual routine of 

 business was transacted. 



The report of the Treasurer and the 

 financial report of the Secretary for 

 1909 and also the supplementary re- 

 ports for January and February, 1910. 

 were received. These reports were re- 

 ferred to a committee consisting of 

 Messrs. Valentine and Dailledouze and 

 were reported by them to be correct. 

 They were then accepted by the Board. 

 The Treasurer was instructed to de- 

 -posit all interest, received from the 

 funds of the Society, to the credit of 

 the reserve or permanent fund. 



Several changes in rules relating to 

 the management of the Annual Trade 

 Exhibition were adopted. For floor 

 space the rates are to be as follows: 

 Minimum charge, $5.00; 100 ft. or less, 

 20c. per sq. ft.; excess over 100 ft. and 

 not over 200 ft., ISc. per sq. ft.; excess 

 over 200 ft., 15c. per sq. ft. All signs 

 in ajiy exhibit, whether on wall or 

 elsewhere, shall not extend higher than 

 '6 ft. 6 in. above the floor. Sign space 

 ■outside exhibition space shall be 

 'Charged for at same rate as floor space. 

 For wall space for exhibition purposes 

 :and not for signs, the rates shall be 

 one-half that for floor space. All signs 

 used in the exhibition shall be black 

 letters on a white ground. No other 

 ■color may be used either for lettering 

 or for ornament. 



A resolution was adopted providing 

 that the public should be admitted to 

 the exhibition every evening at 7 p. m., 

 and on Thursday from 2 p. m. until 

 closing time and at all other times 

 the exhibition to be closed to the pub- 

 lic. All admission fee of 25 cents will 

 TDe charged. All arrangements attend- 

 ant upon the admission of the public 

 are to be under the control of a com- 

 mittee consisting of Messrs. F. W. 

 Vick, Wm. F. Kasting, and G. B. Hart. 

 Mr. Chas. H. Vick, on the recom- 

 mendation of Vice-President Vick and 

 the Rochester Florists' Association, 

 was unanimously elected Superintend- 

 ent of the Trade Exhibition. 



In connection with the committee of 

 the local club, the Board visited the 

 large convention hall offered for the 

 Trade Exhibition and Meetings and 

 accepted it. This building contains 

 about 48,000 square feet of floor space 

 and was considered by members of the 

 Board to be the best hall ever offered 

 for a trade exhibit. 



President Pierson appointed .John 

 Westcott as chairman of the Conimit- 

 lee on Convention Sports with A. F. 

 Vick, R. G. Salter and J. M. Keller 

 as the other members. 



The usual appropriations were made 

 for the year. 

 Mr, Valentine sulmiitted to the Board 



n outline for the organization of a 

 Retailers' Section of the Society. The 

 plan in general provides that all mem- 

 bers of this section must first become 

 members of the Society. It contem- 

 plates a trade arrangement by which 

 business in distant towns may be ex- 

 changed on a safe basis as to quality 

 of stock and credit. It was the unani- 

 mous opinion of the Board that the 

 idea is an excellent one for the Society 

 and will prove valuable to the re- 

 tailers. 



It was the unanimous opinion of the 

 Board that a special meeting of the 

 Society should be held during the time 

 of the National Flower Sho-w. A rec- 

 ommendation to that effect was made 

 to the Society. 



The following resolution was adopt- 

 ed: 



"Resolved, That if five or more 

 members write to the Secretary ex- 

 pressing an especial interest in any 

 given floricultural topic and re- 

 quest the organization of a section 

 devoted to that subject, the Secre- 

 tary shall assign a place on the 

 program to that topic and shall 

 designate it by a suitable name as 

 a separate section." The object of 

 this arrangement is to provide sec- 

 tions so that members interested 

 in these various sulijects may get 

 together and discuss them. 

 A tentative program for the coming 

 meeting was adopted. 



The Executive Board further in- 

 dorsed the work of the Experiment 

 Stations by passing resolutions com- 

 mending the proposition for the State 

 of New York to appropriate money 

 for the erection of glass houses at 

 Cornell University for experimental 

 and teaching work in Floriculture. A 

 liill was recently introduced in the 

 Legislature at Albany embodying an 

 approi)riation of $50,000 for this pur- 

 pose. 



The Tariff and Legislative Commit- 

 tee was directed to fully investigate 

 the cause of the present high price of 

 glass and to take whatever steps are 

 necessary ■ to relieve the situation. 

 They were also requested to recom- 

 mend such tariff legislation as will pre- 

 vent a recurrence or continuation of 

 the present conditions. 



The following amendments to the 

 constitution and by-laws were pre- 

 sented, ordered placed on record and 

 printed in the program for action at 

 the next annual meeting- 



To amend Article V, Section 1, to 

 read as follows:— The first annual 

 meeting of the Society shall be held 

 at Buffalo, N. Y., on the first Tuesday 

 of August, 1901. Subsequent meetings 

 shall be held annually at such time 

 and place as may be fixed by ballot 

 at the morning session of the second 

 day of each annual meeting and shall 

 continue for at least three days. 



To amend Article IV, Section 2. by 

 striking out the figures 25.00 and in- 

 sert therefor 50.00. meaning to increase 

 the Life Membership from $25.00 to 

 $50.00. 



On Monday night the members of 

 the Executive Board were guests of 

 the Rochester Florists' Association at 

 their second annual banquet. The en- 

 tertainment by the Association was 

 nuioh appreciated. 



The following final resolutions 

 were adopted: — "The Executive 

 Board of the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticul- 

 turists desires to place upon record 

 their appreciation of all the courte- 

 sies which have been shown them 

 by the Florists' Association of 

 Rochester and to recognize the 

 spirit of hearty co-operation shown 

 by the members thereof. We can 

 confidently look forward to an un- 

 usually successful convention next 

 August. We recognize the liberal- 

 ity of the Chamber of Commerce 

 in placing at the disposal of the 

 Society the finest hall we have 

 ever had for our meetings and ex- 

 hibition entirely free of charge. 

 We have enjoyed a most pleasant 

 time at the banquet and are more 

 than delighted with the cordial ex- 

 pression of tlie various local speak- 

 ers. We leave for our homes with 

 the conviction that the earnest 

 workers of Rochester will do their 

 full share in making the Conven- 

 tion of 1910 a complete success. 

 H. B. DORNER, Sec'y. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY 



OF AMERICA. 



Preliminary Schedule of the Second 



Annual Exhibition, 1910. 



i'resiileut Harry Turuer's Cuy, value 



$i;.3.00. For the best 25 vases of Sweet 



l*eas. 



The \V. Atlee Burpee Cup. For the finest 

 and larirest collection of Sweet Pea.s. 



The W. Atlee Burpee Prizes. For vase 

 of waved or Spencer t.vpe Sweet Peas in- 

 troduced 1910. First prize .fS.OO, second 

 :f3.0u, third $'2.00. 



W. W. Rawson & C'o.'s I'rizes. Silver 

 Gilt Modal for a vase of Sweet Peas never 

 licforc exhibited or disseminated, of Ameri- 

 can origin. Silver Medal for the best 25 

 vases Spencer or Uuwin types; open to the 

 trade only. Silver Medal for the best 2U 

 spikes of Sweet Peas "Ituwsou's Snow- 

 lluke." Bronze Medal for the be.st three 

 \ ases comprising white, lavender and pink; 

 open to amateurs only. Silver Medal for 

 the most successful exhibitor among the 

 amateur classes. 



Watkins & Simpson's Prize, value $10.00. 

 For the best vase of Nora Uuwin, Frank 

 Dolby, Mrs. A. Watkius, A. J. Cook, E. J. 

 Castie. 



Arthur T. Boddington Prize, a silver 

 •Challenge Cup," value $50.00— $25.00 to 

 the winner of the cup. second $15.00. third 

 .flU.iX). For a collection of Sweet Peas, 25 

 \ arletles. 



Henry A. Dreer Prizes. For 21 vases 

 of Sweet Peas, the incomparable standard 

 varieties as enumerated in Dreer's Garden 

 Book for 1910 First prize $20.00, second 

 .f."i.(JO. 



Jerome B. Rice Seed Co.'s Prizes. For 

 vase of white Sweet Peas; first prize $5.00, 

 second $3.00, third $2.00. 



Peter Henderson A: Co.'s Prize. $10.00 

 ?old cash. To be awarded the amateur ex- 

 hiliitor of the best and most distinct col- 

 lection of 23 varieties of Sweet Peas, in- 

 cluding not less than six of the Spencer 

 Ivpe. ' The number of spiays to each 

 v'arietv to accord with the Society Rules. 

 Also "a .*10.00 gold cash prize to be 

 awarded the amateur exhibitor of the two 

 best vases of George Washington and 

 Martha Washington Sweet Peas. Each 

 vase to contain iiot less than 25 sprays. 



The Henry F. Mlchell Co. Prizes. For 

 three vases" of Sweet Peas (one vase of 

 each varietv) Frank Dolby. White Spencer, 

 Mrs. Alfred Watkins. First prize $5.00, 

 second $S.OO. third .12.00. 



C. C. Morse & Co.'s Prize, a silver cup. 

 value ,$2.').0O. For the flni'St collection of 

 Sweet Peas (open to the trade only). 



Florists' Exchange Prize. For vase 

 Countess Spencer. First prize $3.00, 

 second $2.00. 

 The time and place to be decided later. 

 For further information write to 



HArtRY A BT'NV.VRD. Secretary, 

 ::12 West nth Street. New York CIt.v. 



