January 19, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



57 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A regular meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club was held in the Grand 

 Opera House building, Monday, Jan. 

 14, and 160 members were present. 



The meeting was called to order 

 by Retiring-President Stumpp, who 

 thanked the members, officers and 

 committees for the support given him 

 during the past year, and requesting 

 the same support be given to the in- 

 coming president, Charles Schenck. 

 In his remarks Mr. Stumpp mentioned 

 especially Secretary Young, who had 

 assisted him in many ways in carry- 

 ing on the work to a successful issue. 

 Peter Duff and .\lex. H. Donaldson as 

 trustees were introduced and prom- 

 ised to fulfill their respective offices 

 to the best of their ability. 



The treasurer's report showed re- 

 ceipts of $7,899 and total resources 

 now invested $16,928.03. 



The secretary reported 71 new mem- 

 bers added during the past year, mak- 

 ing the total membership at present 

 441. Flower show profits for the past 

 four years were as follows: 1914, 

 $410; 1915, $2,297.44: 1916, $4,041.53: 

 1917, $3,821.60. 



Chas. B. Weathered, Chairman of 

 the Flower Show Committee, gave a 

 detailed report of the meeting of the 

 joint coiamittee which had been held 

 in the afternoon, and this repon was 

 most optimistic. In the opinion of 

 the committee, there was nothing to 

 fear but what the coming exhibition 

 would be a success. 



J. K. Polykranas, Ed. Boylan ami 

 Ed. Deery were elected to member- 

 ship and 29 new names were proposed. 

 The Secretary read the acknowl- 

 edgments from the boys at the front 

 for the "kits" sent them at Christmas 

 time. A letter was submitted from 

 the gardeners of the park department 

 of Brooklyn, complaining that they 

 had been removed from the civil serv- 

 ice list and put in the laborers' class 

 and requesting the assistance of the 

 Club in taking the matter up with the 

 Civil Service Commission so that they 

 would be placed back on the civil serv- 

 ice list as heretofore. Later the sec- 

 retary was authorized to take up this 

 matter with Alex. E. Hogg. 



The Board of Trustees were in- 

 structed to secure a box in the safe de- 

 posit vault for the securities and 

 other valuable papers of the Club and 

 to recommend which officer of the 

 Club should be in possession of the 

 key to the box, such official to be 

 properly bonded, premium to be paid 

 by the Club. A committee was ap- 

 pointed to take up the question of the 

 annual banquet and instructed to 

 make a detailed report at the next 

 meeting. 



It was decided that it should lie 

 made known to the public through 

 the trade press that the office of the 

 president of the Club would be the 

 lieadquarters for visiting florists who 

 are in the Federal Service, and if any 

 florist in the country has relatives in 

 the Army or Navy who are likely to 

 be in the vicinity of New York, they 

 are to notify either the secretary or 

 treasurer, who will see that they are 

 properly entertained. It was recom- 

 mended that a publicity committee 

 lor the Club be appointed, with E. C. 



FRUIT FOR DECORATIVE USE 



While it cannot be classed among 

 the essential food crops yet the pro- 

 duction and use of choice fruit grown 

 under glass merits greater attention 

 than has thus far been given to it by 

 the florist trade. There is room for 

 a limited supply of such products in 

 any one of the larger towns, to say the 

 least. The accompanying picture 

 shows grapes as grown for table 

 decoration and refreshment by Sam. 

 Murray of Kansas City, Mo. The 



variety is Black Hamburg and Mr. 

 Murray's experience is that grown in 

 this manner they are both popular 

 and profitable. 



In the background stands Mr. Mur- 

 ray and in front is William Sharpe 

 who has been with Mr. Murray for 

 over thirty years, an excellent plants- 

 man and "true as steel." Their 

 friendship dates from 1881 when they 

 met as fellow workmen at Peter Hen- 

 derson's. 



Vick as chairman. A committee was 

 also appointed to look up more suit- 

 able and better ventilated meeting 

 room, this committee to report at the 

 next meeting. 



A transportation committee was ap- 

 pointed to make the necessary ar- 

 rangements for the next S. A. F. An- 

 nual Convention and National Flower 

 Show. This committee was given au- 

 th&rity also to canvas the East in the 

 interests of those who intend to make 

 exhibits in St. I.ouis, and endeavor to 

 secure a special car or cars to carry 

 the exhibits to St. Louis. Many mem- 

 bers addressed the meeting calling the 

 attention of the members to the im- 

 portance of the coming National 

 Flower Show, urging them all to as- 

 sist in every way possible in making 

 this exhiibtion a success. 



The secretary was instructed to fur- 

 nish President Schenck with the 

 necessary credentials as a member of 

 the S. A. F. Executive Board. The 

 Board of Trustees was Instructed to 

 prepare a budget for the year's ex- 



penses and present same at the next 

 meeting. 



A vote of thanks was ordered to be 

 sent to the Sun Publishing Co., The 

 Evening Sun, E. C. Vick. and the 

 writer of the article which appeared 

 in the Evening Sun on Jan. 9, entitled, 

 "Flower Gardens as Usual." This 

 kind of publicity seemed to make a 

 big hit with the members of the Club. 



W. A. Manda moved an amendment 

 to the Constitution and By-Laws fixing 

 the secretary's salary at $500. Vase 

 of carnations was exhibited by Mrs. 

 John F. Marsden. 



The following committee were ap- 

 pointed: Awards: Jos. Manda, chair- 

 man; J. H. Fiesser, Arthur Herring- 

 ton, Peter Duff, A. Kottmiller, S. G. 

 Milosy, Henry Weston. 



Exhibition: Charles W. Knight, 

 Henry C. Riedel and three others. 



House: Phil F. Kessler, Victor 

 Alzen, Alex. H. Donaldson, Henry 

 Hoffman, Hamilton Henry. 



Chairman P. F. Kessler of the House 

 Committeo and President Schenck 



