August 6, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



169 



FLORISTS'CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The August meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held at Eagle Hall. A final 

 report of the Flower Show committee 

 of last fall was accepted, and com- 

 mittee was dismissed with thanks. 

 Wm. F. Gude, the usual toastmaster 

 and chairman of the Flower Show 

 committee, spoke officially of the 

 great progress already made with the 

 coming exhibition and of the very 

 great benefit to be derived from com- 

 bining w^th the Householders' ex- 

 hibition, stating that the prospects 

 are good for an attendance of 75,000 

 persons. It has been finally decided 

 to allow the florists 10,527 square feet 

 in the south end of Convention Hall 

 for their exhibit which will run from 

 Oct. 29th to Nov. 5th inclusive. Floor 

 plans and s'.-etches in perspective were 

 submitted. A motion was adopted to 

 the effect that the club and trade papers 

 advocate parcel post and carry the mat- 

 ter to the next S. A. F. convention. 



The business being at an end the 

 meeting adjourned at 9.10 p. ni. Wm. 

 F. Gude then introduced Edward S. 

 Schmidt as host; he responded in a 

 pleasant address of welcome and a 

 bounteous feast was then served. 



R. Vincent, Jr., president of the 

 Maryland State Horticultural Society 

 was next introduced. He extended a 

 cordial invitation to the Club to visit 

 the dahlia show this fall and asked 

 the co-operation of the Washington 

 men in the next exhibition of the 

 Maryland State Horticultural Society 

 to make it the "best ever." He also 

 asked the help of Washington in try- 

 ing to secure the convention of the 

 S. A. F. for Baltimore for next year. 



The following Baltimoreans were 

 present: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Seybold, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bourn, Mr. and 

 Mrs. R. Vincent, Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Morse, and Mr. George Morrison. The 

 latter, president of the Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club of Baltimore, paid a 

 pretty tribute to both Mr. Schmidt 

 and the club. 



Col. Montague, president of the D. C. 

 Order of Eagles, made a very fiowery 

 address. Chas. Seybold made a humor- 

 ous address and Thomas Grant, sec- 

 retary, Washington Chamber of Com- 

 merce, added a few remarks. 



The Baltimore ladies got in at 10.45 

 p. m. from a delightful car ride to 

 Glen Echo and were served with re- 

 freshments. It was a most delightful 

 evening altogether and Mr. Schmidt 

 ■was declared a most delightful host. 



THE YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., LTD., AT THE JAPAN-BRITISH 



EXHIBITION. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



Robert Kift was the star attraction 

 (his subject being "the Trade Press") 

 at the regular monthly meeting of the 

 above club, August 2nd. The speaker 

 has been intimately connected with 

 trade journalism for many years and 

 spoke from ripe experience and with a 

 breadth of view and comprehensive- 

 ness that but few are gifted with. We 

 have secured a copy of the paper and 

 hope to be able to give it to our read- 

 ers in full at an early date. In the 

 after discussion that took place J. 

 Otto Thilow paid an eloquent tribute 

 to the trade journal — giving it credit 

 for being the most inspiring medium 

 in the onward progress of our profes- 

 sion. What is being said, done and 

 thought everywhere is accessible to 

 everybody even to the remotest ham- 

 lets of the country and furnishes a 



The accompanying pictures show 

 only a portion of the extensive ex- 

 hibits by this company at the Japan- 

 British Exihibtion where they have a 

 very large and most interesting col- 

 lection of old Japaneses dwarf trees, 

 trained in various shapes and many of 



tural novelties. The space occupied is 

 over 2000 square feet. 



One of the illustrations shows a por- 

 tion of the ground in the exhibition 

 utilized for keeping the trees in a fresh 

 condition prior to their removal to the 

 building, Mr. S. Susuki from Yoko- 



them unique. All came from Yoko- 

 hama via the Canadian route at a 

 great outlay for overland freight, pack- 

 ing etc.. and aie now growing in fancy 

 porcelain pots. The exhibit also com- 

 prises a number of valuable ornamen- 

 tal bronze and stone lanterns, together 

 with fern designs and other horticul- 



hama and Alfred Dimmock are inspect- 

 ing a collection of Thuja obtusa and 

 in the background will be noticed some 

 specimen wistarias and maples. The 

 other picture shows the exhibit of stone 

 garden lanterns which are very much, 

 in demand in England for use in Japa- 

 nese gardens. 



constant, stimulus to those engaged in 

 every branch of the business. Fred 

 Ehret voiced the sentiment that the 

 retailers' advertizing through this 

 channel, had practically opened the 

 way for the new and important busi- 

 ness of national and international tel- 

 egraj.hic flower orders. 



The special features for next meet- 

 ing, first Tuesday in September, will 

 be nomination of offlcers and an "ex- 

 perience fest" of convention dele- 

 gates. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY, 



There will be a lueeting of our board 

 of directors at Rochester, N. Y., on 

 August 19th, 1910. The time is set 

 for 9.30 a. m. Much important busi- 

 ness is to come before this meeting, 

 and it is hoped that a good attendance 

 will be present. Any members of the 

 A. C. S. who happen (o be in Rochester 

 will he welcome at this meeting, and 

 are in fact, urged to be present. 

 F. BtlRKI, President, 

 A. F. J. BAUR, Secretary. 



