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HORTICULTURE 



September 13, 1913 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The opening meeting lor the new 

 season held in Grand Opera House 

 headquarters on Monday evening, Sep- 

 tember 8, was a very gratifying one 

 in attendance and interest, about fifty 

 members being present. Reports were 

 made by entertainment, outing and 

 transportation committees and Secre- 

 tary Young gave an enthusiastic ac- 

 count of his experiences in Minneap- 

 olis, full details of the trade exhibition 

 and outdoor planting, after which the 

 thanks of the club were extended to 

 the Minneapolis Florists' Club and 

 Park Commissioners and a telegram 

 of sympathy to Theodore VVirth on ac- 

 count of his accident, was voted. H. 

 A. Bunyard on the outdoor exhibition; 

 Leonard Barron on the gardens of the 

 Northwest: Frank Traendly on the 

 hospitality extended to the Convention 

 ladies; M. C. Ebel on general topics, 

 including insects; .John G. Esler on 

 recreation: Joseph A. Maiida on the 

 sports; Chas. Lenker on Sulzer's veto 

 of the Cornell Bill, and Max Schling 

 on the interests of the retail dealers, 

 all together made a preiiy lively pro- 

 gram. The Convention testimonials 

 were uniformly eulogistic in the high- 

 est degree. 



The death of John B. Nugent, Sr., 

 was reported and a committee on 

 resolutions was appointed, consistmg 

 of W. F. Sheridan, John Young and 

 F. H. Traendly. 



A brilliant exhibition of gladioli, 

 dahlias, etc., was made by Messrs. 

 John Lewis Childs, Thos. W. Head and 

 C. H. Totty, to each of whom the 

 thanks of the club were voted. Mr. 

 Totty showed the new early outdoor 

 chrysanthemum Helene 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



Stating that the .Minneapolis conven- 

 tion was by far the best that he had 

 ever attended, William F. Gude enter- 

 tained the members of the Florists' 

 Club of Washington with a very inter- 

 esting account of the proceedings and 

 of the various entertainments provid- 

 ed for the florists and their families 

 The remarks of several other mem 

 bers of the Club who have just re- 

 turned from vacations spent in Boston 

 has set the others to planning to take 

 in the next convention to be held 

 there and a good representation from 

 this city may be expected. The Sec- 

 retary was instructed to convey to Mr. 

 Robert McLennen the congratulations 

 of the club upon his having attained 

 the highest individual bowling score 

 at the convention and the hope that 

 he may repeat the performance next 

 year. This is an added incentive to 

 the local bowling club, of which he is 

 a member, to do their best with tlie 

 hope of winning the team prize. 



Upon adjournment refreshments 

 were served and the evening proved 

 a pleasant one regardless of the ex- 

 treme heat which kept a n\imber of 

 the florists away. N. L. Hammer acted 

 as secretary in the absence of Mr. 

 Mayberry, who has. accompanied by 

 Mrs. Mayberry, been spending a short 

 vacation in Maryland, 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The next regular monthly meeting 

 of the club will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Tuesday even- 

 ing, September 16, 1913, at 8 o'clock. 

 The subject of the meeting will -be 

 "Convention Echoes," with short ad- 

 dresses from President Farquhar, of 

 the S. A. F.. Vice-president-elect Patrick 

 Welch and other prominent club mem- 

 bers who attended the late Minneapo- 

 lis Convention. There will be consid- 

 erable other business of importance 

 and it is hoped there will be a large 

 attendance at the coming meeting to 

 open the fall campaign. 



W. X. CRAIG. Sec. 



acted. The attendance was very much 

 better than at the previous meetings. 



The annual dahlia show of the New 

 Bedford (Mass.) Horticultural Society 

 will be held on Friday and Saturday, 

 September 19 and 20. The society will 

 also hold a chrysanthemum show 

 early in November. 



The Pittsburgh Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club met at the Fort Pitt Hotel 

 on Tuesday evening, September 2nd. 

 Mrs. E. McFath talked on "Hardy 

 Plants" and Fred Burki told about 

 the Minneapolis Convention. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The annual show of dahlias, fruit, 

 etc.. will be held at Horticultural Hall. 

 Boston. Friday. Saturday and Sunday, 

 Sept. 12 to 14. Admission free. 



The twenty-seventh annual conven- 

 tion of the Association of American 

 Cemetery Superintendents will take 

 place at Buffalo. N. Y.. on September 

 17. 18 and 19. Bellett Lawson, Jr., 

 River Grove, 111., is secretary and can 

 supply all advance information. 



.Mrs. John Steidle will entertain the 

 St. Louis Ladies' Florists' Home 

 Circle on her birthday. Wednesday. 

 September 17. at her home in Olivette 

 Mo. 



The St. Louis County Cut Flower 

 Growers' Association held its meeting 

 Wednesday night. Sept. 3. It was ar- 

 ranged to hold an outing some time 

 this month. 



The Society of Iowa Florists at its 

 annual meeting on August 27. elected 

 officers as follows: Pres. M. J. Gra- 

 ham, Adel; vice-president, J. T. D. Ful- 

 mer, Des Moines; secretary-treasurer, 

 Wesley Greene. Des Moines; directors. 

 G. A. Heyne. W. H. Rickey. O. H. Her- 

 man and F. J. Olsan. 



The Detroit Florist Club held its 

 meeting, Sept. 1. at the home of J. F. 

 Sullivan. J. F. Sullivan, M. Pochelon 

 and R. M. Unger were appointed pub- 

 licity committee. 



The Cincinnati Florists' Club held 

 its regular meeting last Monday even- 

 ing. Only routine business was trans- 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Lenox Horticultural Society was held 

 in the Town Hall, Lenox, Mass., Sat- 

 urday evening. September 6th. The 

 chief business was concerning the 

 coming fall exhibition, which comes 

 off on the 23rd and 24th of October. 

 Walter Jack was elected chairman of 

 the committee of arrangement and the 

 names of several prominent gardeners 

 were mentioned as likely to act as 

 judges. Ed. Jenkins gave a very in- 

 teresting talk on his recent trip to 

 Niagara Falls and Toronto exhibition. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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