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August 23, 1913 



ler and their mother. Miss T. Mein- 

 hardt, O. G. Koenig. Edwin Denker. 

 Those who left later went by rail. 

 They were: C. C. Sanders. W. C. 

 Young, Fred Meinhardt and F. Robin- 

 son. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF AMERICAN 

 FLORISTS. 



The Ladies' S. A. F. held their an- 

 nual meeting on Wednesday. The elec- 

 tion of officers resulted as follows: 

 President. Mrs. C. E. Critchell. Cincin- 

 nati; first vice-president. Jlrs. M. A. 

 Patten; second vice-president. Mis. W. 

 F. Gude; secretary. Mrs. C. H. May- 

 nard; treasurer, Mrs. A. M. Herr. Sec- 

 retary's report showed an addilion of 

 thirty-seven new members, making a 

 totalof two hundred and seventy-three. 

 On Thursday evening the members 

 made an elegant present to Mrs. 

 Traendly. 



FLORISTS' TELEGRAPH DELIVERY 

 ASSOCIATION. 

 The Florists' Telegraph Delivery As- 

 sociation also held their meeting 

 Wednesday afternoon. The usual ad- 

 dresses and reports were made by Pres- 

 ident Bertermann, Secretary Pochelon 

 and Treasurer Rock, Addresses on 

 the work of the association were made 

 by Phil Breitmeyer and George Asmus. 

 Thirty-five retailers were present. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICA. 



The report of Secretary John G. Es- 

 ler showed the following facts: 



Insurance carried upon 38,500,538 

 square feet of glass. 



The total receipts for the year end- 

 ing August 1, 1913, and including last 

 year's balance, as per treasurer's re- 

 port have been $58,255,33, 



The total expenditures, as per, treas- 

 urer's report have been $39,353.34. 



The cash balance on hand is $18.- 

 901.99, of which $483.03 belongs to the 

 Reserve Fund. 



The Reserve Fund now amounts to 

 $30,483.03. of which $30,000 is invested 

 in high grade securities, and $483.03 

 eash in hands of the treasurer. 



The amount of interest collected on 

 ba.r\k deposits for the year is $243.40. 



The amount of interest collected on 

 Reseri'e Fund investments for the 

 year is $1,275.00, 



Interest refunded on bond purchase 

 IS $6,11, 



Losses representing a breakage of 

 118.745 square feet of single thick 

 glass and 85.136 square feet of double 

 thick glass have been paid during the 

 past year. 



Nineteen hundred and sixty losses 

 have been adjusted since the organi- 

 zation of the F. H. A., involving a total 

 expenditure of more than $278,000. 



.\11 indebtedness of the F. H. A. has 

 been paid, and the Reserve Fund is 

 now intact; with a handsome balance 

 in the treasury. A careful considera- 

 tion of the treasurer's report is so- 

 ncited. 



The amendments to Sections 1 and 

 7. of Article 5. of the By-Laws, have 

 been overwhelmingly approved by a 

 membership referendum and their 

 practical working will undoubtedly be. 



to equalize the amount to be paid by 

 unequal risks; and also to define and 

 fix an automatic charge upon hazard- 

 ous risks. 



Following is a summary of the re- 

 port of Joseph Heacock. treasurer: 



Dr. 

 T.I oalance on hand Aug. 1. 1912,. $4,375.81 

 To total receipts for vear ending 



Aug. 1. WVi. 53.87n,52 



$58,255.33 



Cr. 

 By losses paid Aug. 1. 1912, to 



Aug. 1, 1913 $16.4.32.69 



I>,v expenses 3.*iTS,43 



Bt investments 4.242.22 



Misf-ellaneous l.-),000.00 



By balance on hand 18.901.99 



$58,255.33 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



American Rose Society met Wednes- 

 day morning. President Pierson male 

 a felicitous address and Secretary 

 Hammond made report. Many items 

 of routine nature were disposed of. A 

 committee with power to act was ap- 

 pointed in the matter of a test gar- 

 den consisting of Alex. Gumming, Jr.. 

 Theodore Wirth, W. F. Gude and Prof. 

 Beal. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 The American Carnation Society 

 held an Executive Committee meeting 

 on Thursday morning with a good 

 number of the members also present. 

 The questions of the next meeting 

 place and of participation in the New 

 York Flower Show were discussed at 

 great length, 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 

 The American Gladiolus Society 

 met on Thursday forenoon. President 

 Hendrickson's address was a very 

 practical paper. He advocated affilia- 

 tion with the Society of American 

 Florists. Secretary Gage read records 

 and financial reports showing good 

 condition. Treasurer Crawford's re- 

 port indicated balance in the bank of 

 over $500. The judges reported on 

 the very comprehensive display of 

 gladioli and the high standard of qual- 

 ity and variety in the amateur de- 

 partment of the exhibition. The list 

 of awards as read will be published 

 next week. Officers were nominated 

 but the election was deferred until a 

 later session. Discussion of the re- 

 naming of old varieties developed 

 vigorous condemnation of this mis- 

 chievous practice. 



Secretary's Report. 

 ■ There is almost always a critical 

 period in every society's life that af- 

 fects its future existence. I will not 

 say that we have arrived at that pe- 

 riod, but the germ is working, so we 

 must be alert to destroy it before it 

 gets established beyond control. The 

 first indication of this germ's presence 

 is the waning interest of the majority 

 of our members in contributing mate- 

 rial for our bulletin. It we do not get 

 this material our bulletin will not con- 

 tinue to be a factor in holding our 



membership, especially our amateur 

 members, I want to say this much — 

 that the amateurs must do their share 

 in keeping up the interest and stand- 

 ard of the bulletin by contributing to 

 its pages. 



It is about time that something more 

 than mere pen slinging was done con- 

 cerning the renaming of varieties and 

 the naming of other growers' seed- 

 lings without consent of the origina- 

 tor. At a recent exhibition of gladioli 

 in Boston, I had the displeasure of 

 seeing two of Groff's varieties exhib- 

 ited as seedlings and one of these has 

 already been named by Mr, Groff, If 

 this sort of piracy is allowed to con- 

 tinue, what protection can the Amer- 

 ican Gladiolus Society hold out to the 

 honest producer of new varieties? 



Concerning the matter of newspaper 

 publicity, I wish to especially com- 

 mend the articles published through 

 the courtesy of Messrs. F. S. Morton 

 of the Portland Evening Express and 

 J. M. Adams of the Hartford Times. 



Our membership has increased to 

 the number of 23. but it could easily 

 have been raised to double that num- 

 ber with very little effort on the part 

 of our members. 



At the International Flower Show in 

 Xew York last spring, our society of- 

 fered a very attractive prize schedule, 

 but it seems that the time is not yet 

 ripe to bring out a good exhibition of 

 forced gladioli, for the only exhibitors 

 at New York were John Lewis Childs 

 and Chamberlain & Gage. 



At the meeting of the society which' 

 was held in New York it was voted 

 to adopt the "Repertoire des Cou- 

 leurs." published by the French Chrys- 

 anthemum Society, upon the recom- 

 mendation of the Color Chart Commit- 

 tee. 



By direction of the Executive Com- 

 mittee the society medals were sent 

 to the Central New York Horticultural 

 Society and the El Paso County Horti- 

 cultural Society, Colorado Springs. 

 Colo. 



It is my sad duty to have to report 

 the deaths of two of onr members who 

 have passed away since our last meet- 

 ing — Mrs. Monta.gue Chamberlain, who 

 died in Boston. Tuesday evening. Jan- 

 uary 7th. and Frank Banning, whose 

 death occurred at his home in Kins- 

 man. Ohio, March 17th. 



Respectfully submitted: 

 L. MEnxoM G.vGE. Secretary. 



CATALOGS RECEIVED. 



C. Keur & Sons. Hellegom. Holland. 

 Price list of Gladioli for fall or spring 

 shipment. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 

 Henderson's list of wheats, grasses, 

 clovers, etc, for fall sowing. 



New England Nurseries. Bedford, 

 Mass. Catalog of bulbs, evergreens, 

 deciduous trees, hardy vines, shrubs, 

 herbaceous perennials. etc., for 

 autumn planting. .\ most attractive 

 and complete list, fully illustrated. 



IN BANKRUPTCY. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y.— Sunnyfield 

 Nursery Company; assets. $6,724; lia- 

 bilities, $5,978. 



