December 20, 1913 



HOETICULTUEE 



867 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The monthly meeting. Tuesday 

 evening, December 16, brought out a 

 very large attendance of members, 

 this being election night. There was 

 no contest except for members of the 

 executive committee, all of the other 

 officers of last year being renominat- 

 ed and unanimously re-elected, viz.: 

 President, \V. J. Kennedy; vice-presi- 

 dent, Herman Bartsch; secretary, W. 

 N. Craig; treasurer, Peter Fisher. An 

 amendment to the by-laws, increasing 

 the executive committee from five to 

 seven members, inclusive of the presi- 

 dent and vice-president, having been 

 adopted, the business was to choose 

 five out of the eleven names on the 

 ballot and the winners were Peter M. 

 Miller, Geo. M. Anderson, James 

 Wheeler, \V. C. Rust and W. J. Col- 

 lins. During the counting of the votes 

 the time was given to talks by sev- 

 eral members on the approaching S. 

 A. F. convention in Boston. Stirring 

 addresses were made by J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, P. Welch, Thomas Roland, 

 Wm. Sim, M. A. Patten, F. E. Palmer 

 and W. J. Stewart, and much enthu- 

 siasm was aroused by the optimistic 

 views expressed by all the speakers. 



The following resolutions were 

 adopted: 



WHEREAS, Death lias taken from us 

 one of our most useful .ind valued mem- 

 bers, Edward Leroy Pierce; therefore, 

 be it 



RESOLVED, That we hereby express 

 ourselves of loss in his separation from us 

 and from his life work for the profession 

 which wp follow. 



Edward L. Pierce was a gentleman of 

 sterling character, a progressive business 

 man, a genial companion and an interested 

 and loval member of this Club. 



We join with his family and business 

 associates In their sorrow : their bereave- 

 ment touches our hearts, and to tliem we 

 desire to express in these few inadequate 

 words our deep sympathy In the loss of so 

 good a man a« our late fellow-member, 

 Edward Leroy Pierce. 



On the platform the following ex- 

 hibits were displayed: Azalea Pet- 

 rlck's Superba by Breck-Robinson 

 Co.; Calanthe Harrisii. a lovely white 

 variety, by Weld Garden; Begonias 

 Lorraine, Cincinnati and Lorraine 

 sport by A. M. Davenport to show the 

 distinctive character and superiority 

 of the latter; Mignonette, Patten's 

 strain, by T. J. Grey & Co.; seedling 

 zonal pelargonium by John Walsh; 

 Carnations Gorgeous and Alice by 

 Peter Fisher. 



Eleven new members were received. 

 The landscape gardening class was 

 reported to be filled to fullest capac- 

 ity with eager and enthusiastic pupils. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



This club held a very fine meeting 

 last Thursday afternoon. The at- 

 tendance was large and a great deal 

 of interest was displayed during the 

 proceedings, which took up the entire 

 afternoon. The Publicity Committee 

 made a good report of their work so 

 far. but were not yet ready to report 

 on the advisability of holding a spring 

 flower show. They were given until 

 the next meeting to make such a re- 

 port. All other committees made final 



reports and were discharged with 

 thanks. All outstanding bills were 

 ordered paid. 



The most interesting feature was 

 a discussion led by Walter Ogle on 

 Profits on Carnations and Greenhouse 

 Expenses. After his figures were 

 displayed on the blackboard, every- 

 body were on their feet to cut it into 

 ribbons. This brought out points that 

 the members wanted to know, and 

 everybody was pleased at the conclu- 

 sion. The question box also featured 

 in discussions. The New Year meet- 

 ing comes early — January 8th, at 2 

 o'clock P. M. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society was 

 held at Pembroke hall. Glen Cove, N. 

 Y., Wednesday, December 10th. This 

 being the end of the financial year, 

 the most important business was the 

 reading of the financial report for 

 the past year, and election of officers 

 for the coming year. S. J. Trepess. 

 treasurer, read the report, which, con- 

 sidering the heavy expenses for this 

 year, was very favorable. Presi- 

 dent C. F. Brown then resigned the 

 chair and called upon James Duthie 

 to install the new officers, who were 

 as follows: President, Henry Gaut; 

 vice-president, William Grey; treas- 

 urer, Ernest J. Brown; recording sec- 

 retary, Ernest Westlake; correspond 

 ing secretary, Harry Jones; trustee 

 for three years, James Holloway; ex- 

 ecutive committee, Valentine Cleres. 

 James McCarthy. Walter McKinley. 

 James Gladstone. Herman Boettcher, 

 Hy. Goodhand and Oscar Bjorkgren. 



The awards for the monthly com- 

 petition were as follows; Lettuce, 

 Pierre Charbonniad; violets, Herman 

 Boettcher; poinsettias. Percy Chubb. 



The annual dinner will take place 

 in February. 1914. The next meeting 

 will be at Pembroke hall. Glen Cove, 

 on Wednesday, January 14th, at 2 

 P. M. Competition carnations. 12 

 white, 12 pink, and 12 any other color. 

 Harry Jo.nes. Cor. Sec'y. 



COOK COUNTY (ILL.) FLORISTS- 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The December meeting of the Cook 

 County Florists' Association was held 

 on the 11th inst., a week earlier than 

 usual, on account of the nearness of 

 the holidays. R. Karlstrom, represent- 

 ing W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J., 

 was a visitor and briefly addressed the 

 club. Two new names were proposed, 

 John J. Walsh and Paul R. Klings- 

 porn, both of 176 North Michigan ave- 

 nue, the latter lately of Philadelphia, 

 and made a short address. Ernest 

 Rober, of Willmette, 111., showed sam- 

 ple plants of begonias Gloire de Lor- 

 raine and Glory of Cincinnati. Blooms 

 of carnation Philadelphia were ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Scheel, and Wiedenhorf 

 by McAJlister. The committee on 

 sports and pastimes reported arrange- 

 ments for a dance to be given by the 

 club. January 23, at Columbia Hall. 

 Otto Goerisch was in charge of ar- 

 rangements. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the Society 

 was held in the County Building, Hart- 

 ford, on December 12th. The election 

 of officers for the ensuing year re- 

 sulted as follows: 



President, John F. Huss (re-elected); 

 1st vice-president, Carl Peterson ; 2nd vice- 

 president, Warren S. Mason; 3rd vice-pres- 

 ident, John Gerard; secretary, Alfred 

 Dixon (re-elected); treasurer, W. W. Hunt 

 ire-elected). County vice-presidents (all 

 re-elected): Litchfield, Walter Angus, 

 Chapinville; Fairfield, Charles H. Plump, 

 West Redding; New Haven, John H. Slo- 

 comhe, New Haven; Windham, Frank M. 

 Smith, Willimantic: Tollant, Theodore 

 Staudt, Rockville; Middlesex, Arthur A. 

 Curtis, Deep River. Librarian, William T. 

 Hall ; botanist, C. H. Sierman ; Pomologlst, 

 C. H. Hollister. 



The executive committee will be ap- 

 pointed by the President at the meet- 

 ing to be held on the second Friday In 

 January. A short address was made 

 by Theodore Staudt of Rockville, and 

 President Huss made some reminis- 

 cent remarks regarding Theodore 

 Wirth, ex-superintendent of Elizabeth 

 Park, Hartford, now superintendent of 

 parks, Minneapolis. One of the feat- 

 ures of the meeting was a vase of 

 Lilium magniflcum exhibited by War- 

 ren S. Mason, the bulbs having been 

 taken from cold storage in September. 

 Alfred Dixon, Sec'y. 



Wethersfield, Conn. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The schedule of premiums for the 

 23rd Annual Convention and Exhibi- 

 tion, which will be held in Cleveland, 

 O.. on January 28-29, 1914, has been 

 mailed to all the members. Should 

 any of them fail to reach their proper 

 destination, a postal will bring an- 

 other. 



The arrangements for this meeting 

 are going on apace, and judging by 

 the ■ interest that is already being 

 manifested, this convention bids fair to 

 eclipse all that have gone before. 

 Cleveland is easily reached from all 

 points and the shipping facilities are 

 of the very best, so that no inconven- 

 ience should be experienced by any- 

 one in getting to the convention, both 

 personally and with the exhibits. 



The entire affair is to be pulled off 

 at the new "Statler Hotel," one of the 

 most up-to-date, convenient, and yet 

 very reasonable hostelries in the 

 countrv. Exhibition, meetings and 

 banquet will all be held here, in the 

 one building. 



The beauty and value of the exhibi- 

 tion will this year be enhanced by tb- 

 addition of retail exhibits, contributed 

 by the retailers of Cleveland and any- 

 one from outside the city who is pro- 

 gressive enough to know a good thing 

 when he sees it. 



The exhibition will be reserved for 

 iftspection by the members until 8 

 P M. on Wednesday and again on 

 Thursday until 2 P. M. On Thursday 

 evening a banquet will be served to 

 the members of the A. C. S. and the 

 Cleveland Florists' Club. 



Every member is urged to make an 

 effort to attend this convention and 

 to make an exhibit. 



A. F. J. Bur. Ser'.v. 

 Indianapolis, tnd. 



