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HOETICULTURE 



December 13, 1913 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



The club met on the evening of De- 

 cember 2 in the Fort Pitt Hotel, Pitts- 

 burgh. It was expected that Mr. E. G. 

 Hill of Richmond, Ind., would be pres- 

 ent and speak on his specialties, the 

 chrysanthemum and the rose, but at 

 the last moment word was received 

 that owing to other engagements he 

 would be unable to meet with us. 



However, the club had a very pleas- 

 ant and profitable evening, there be- 

 ing a variety of exhibits of a high or- 

 der of merit. 



Aw.irds : Bureau of Parks, for cypripe- 

 diums and begonias a cultural certificate; 

 Walter James, Homewood, a cultural cer- 

 tificate for begonias Cincinnati and Turn- 

 ford Hall; T. J. Malcolmson, Sewickley, 

 for group of crotons, a certificate of merit; 

 Carl Beclierer. Dixmont, mention for new- 

 hydrangea Montrose: Elliott Nursery Co.. 

 Springdale, special mention for collection 

 of hardy shrubs and grasses; S. S. Skid- 

 elsky & Co., shipped by Michigan Cut 

 Flower Exchange from Detroit, Mich., car- 

 n.ition Philadjlphia, a first-class certificate. 



The secretary read a letter from 

 President-elect Wirth of the S. A. F., 

 asking for the names of persons con- 

 sidered eligible for the position of 

 State vice-presidents, and the club 

 unanimously recommended W. A. 

 Clarke, of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower 

 Co., for the position. 



The representative of the Elliott 

 Nursery Co. spoke strongly in favor 

 of the use of the proper botanical 

 names in sending orders for plants 

 and shrubs to nurserymen, instead of 

 the common names, which vary locally 

 in the different parts of the United 

 States, and which causes much confu- 

 sion. 



H. P. JosuN, Secretary. 



WESTERN NEW YORK HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



January is the fruit growers' month 

 in New York State, and Rochester is 

 their Mecca. For fifty-nine years the 

 Western New York Horticultural So- 

 ciety has held its meetings, and tn« 

 fruit-growing industry owes very 

 much to the splendid accomplishments 

 of this organization, which is both the 

 oldest and largest association of fruit 

 growers in the Empire State. The 

 gathering of January 28th, 29th and 

 30th will be a memorable one, the pro- 

 gram containing several attractive 

 features. Among the out-of-state 

 speakers will be the always-welcome 

 Professor S. A. Beach, of the Iowa 

 College of Agriculture; Dr. Lipman, 

 director New Jersey Agriculture Col- 

 lege Experiment Station; a Michigan 

 peach-grower, etc. 



A large aggregation of spray rigs, 

 etc., is already arranged for. Liberal 

 prizes are offered in the competitive 

 class for fruits, such as a solid silver 

 cup, several large cash prizes for 

 boxed fruits and collections, and the 

 usual cash prizes for single plates. 

 Those wishing further information re- 

 garding the fruit entries should at 

 once communicate with John Hall, 

 secretary-treasurer. 204 Granite Build- 

 ing, Rochester, N. Y., also for copies 

 of program when ready. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The December meeting, on Monday 

 evening last, was an unusually large 

 one, there being about 150 members 

 and others present. Election of offi- 

 cers was one of the important items 

 in the order of business. It had been 

 generally understood that Mr. Bun- 

 yard was going to withdraw from the 

 field as a nominee for president, thus 

 leaving Mr. Duckham as the sole can- 

 didate, but he did not do so. The elec- 

 tion resulted as follows: President. 

 William H. Duckham (by 60 to 42); 

 vice-president. Henry Weston; secre- 

 tary, John Young (re-elected) ; treas- 

 urer, W. C. Rickards (re-elected); 

 trustees for two years, Jos. A. Manda, 

 Chas. H. Totty, F. H. Traendly. 



Brief addresses were made by the 

 candidates elected. Two applicants 

 were elected to membership and there 



William H. Duckham. 



were five proposals. William Klein- 

 heinz, Paul Huebner and Robert Pyle 

 were present from Philadelphia. Ed- 

 ward Sceery, of Paterson, N. J., who 

 had been a member for twenty years, 

 made his first appearance and was in- 

 troduced to the members and made a 

 most interesting speech, saying that 

 the reason he was there now, willing 

 to take up the work which he had 

 neglected so long, was on account of 

 the recent National Flower Show, held 

 in New York, which had caused such 

 widespread interest among the retail 

 florists of the country. 



Max Schling made a delightful ad- 

 dress on "Modern Advertising." and 

 the secretary was instructed to write 

 him the thanks of the club and appre- 

 ciation of his remarks as to what the 

 New York Florists' Club was doing for 

 the retail florists of the country. 

 There is no question but what Mr. 

 Schling's address made a big hit. 

 While some of his ideas may not meet 

 with the approval of everyone, they 

 are, nevertheless, very interesting and 

 certainly very sincere. Owing to the 



lateness of the hour, Mr. L. W. C. 

 Tuthill's paper on "Advertising, the 

 Gasolene of Business," was postponed 

 to the Januai-y meeting. 



The new rose Hadley was exhibited 

 by A. N. Pierson, Inc., and scored 89 

 points and received a preliminary cer- 

 tificate. S. J. Reuter & Son, Inc., ex- 

 hibited the new rose Prince E. C. de 

 Arenberg, which scored 85 points, re- 

 ceiving a preliminary certificate. The 

 same firm exhibited the new rose Lady 

 Ann Borrdsell, which scored 82 points. 

 The Michigan Cut Flower Co. exhib- 

 ited a vase of the new carnation Phila- 

 delphia. This shipment did not arrive 

 in the best of condition and the com- 

 mittee requested to see it again. 

 Philip F. Kessler exhibited four vases 

 of orchid-flowering sweet peas, receiv- 

 ing a vote of thanks for same. 



Wallace R. Pierson addressed the 

 meeting in behalf of the American 

 Rose Society, stating that that Society 

 had agreed to co-operate and make 

 their exhibition at the coming Spring 

 Exhibition in New York, and urging 

 all growers to put their shoulder to 

 the wheel and make this the grandest 

 exhibition of roses made in this coun- 

 try. He had already received the 

 promise of large exhibitors from the 

 west and middle west. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The annual meeting of this Society 

 was held on the evening of December 

 9. with a very good attendance of 

 members. The following officers were 

 elected: President. William MacKay; 

 first vice-president, John B. Urquhart; 

 second vice-president, James Bond; 

 treasurer, A. K. McMahon; recording 

 and financial secretary, William Gray; 

 sergeant-at-arms. William F. Smith; 

 executive committee, Andrew S. Mei- 

 kle. Richard Gardner. Alexander Mac- 

 Lellan. Bruce Butterton, Samuel 

 Speers. John T. Allan, Alexander 

 Eraser. C. M. Bugholt and James Rob- 

 ertson: auditing committee. Herbert 

 Bliss, Bruce Butterton and W. S. Sis- 

 son. 



The pleasant features of the meet- 

 ing was the harmony among the mem- 

 bers and the verj' satisfactory reports 

 of the officers covering the work of the 

 year, the treasurer's statement show- 

 ing a much larger cash balance than 

 the Society ever had before. 



A rising vote of thanks was given 

 Andrew S. Meikle, the retiring presi- 

 dent, for his very efficient work during 

 the three years he filled the office. 



J. Robertson. 



MINNESOTA STATE FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



At the recent meeting of this asso- 

 ciation there was a fine exhibition of 

 chrysanthemums and awards were 

 made as follows: 



I.nCrosso Floral Co., diploma: I^. S. 

 Donaldson Greenhouses, diploma: Min- 

 neapolis Floral Co., certiflcute of merit for 

 chrysanthemums, also for carnations: 

 Woodend Farm, rertiflcate of merit; Holm 

 vS: Olson, certificate of merit : Minneapolis 

 Park Greenhouses certificate of merit. 



Gttst. M.M.MQnsT. Sec. 



