March 23. 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



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man of the local co-operation commit- 

 tee of the Nassau County, N. Y., Horti- 

 cultural Society, spoke of the resolu- 

 tion adopted by his society several 

 years ago and which was likewise 

 adopted by other local societies 

 throughout the country on accepting 

 members from one local society into 

 another on presentation of proper 

 credentials and asked that the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners again 

 direct attention to this resolution that 

 gardeners moving from one district 

 to another may take advantage of it. 

 The association agreed to send out 

 another notice to local societies on the 

 matter. 



The conference endorsed the action 

 taken by the directors earlier in the 

 day, on a communication received from 

 a local society w-ith copy of a legisla- 

 tive bill introduced in the state of New 

 Jersey against the payment of commis- 

 sions, gratuities, etc., etc., to refer the 

 communication to the next annual con- 

 vention to take action thereon. 



At the meeting of the trustees and 

 board of directors held in the fore- 

 noon, the secretary was instructed to 

 take such action as was necessary to 



learn from the B\iel Administrator at 

 Washington what his attitude would 

 be towards the private greenhouse 

 next winter and to endeavor to have 

 the Fuel Administrator permit private 

 houses to secure coal reserve during 

 the summer months. The directors 

 endorsed the plans of the service 

 bureau of the association to bring it 

 to the attention of country estate 

 owners to secure their co-operation in 

 more firmly establishing it. The 

 directors decided on St. Louis as the 

 next meeting place of the executive 

 board, to be held in August. St. Louis 

 members of the association also asked 

 that a conference be held In that city 

 at the same time. 



A letter was read from Secretary 

 Young, of the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticultur- 

 ists advising that President llobert 

 Weeks had been appointed a director 

 of that society. The directors voted 

 to invest $1,000 of its treasury funds 

 in the next call for Liberty Bonds. 



The next conference will be held 

 in Boston the latter part of April, the 

 exact date to be announced later. 



M. C. BBKI-. Secy. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The Chicago Florists' Club met at 

 the usual place, March 7th, with a 

 large number in attendance. Morris S. 

 Smith, 231 W. Madison street, and Vic- 

 tor Bergman, 617 Cornelia avenue, were 

 elected to membership. The report of 

 the publicity committee was read by 

 the chairman, Fred Lautenschlager, 

 and showed that the committee had 

 received to date for stamps, posters, 

 etc., for use in advertising the florists 

 special days, particularly St. Valen- 

 tine's Day, $1,413.29, with disburse- 

 ments of $596.09, leaving a balance of 

 $817.20, some of which is still to be 

 collected. There were several exhibits, 

 including the new pink snapdragon St 

 Louis, grown by \V. A. Rowe Floral 

 Co., of St. Louis, for which certificate 

 of merit was recommended. A display 

 of novelty vases suitable for St. Pat- 

 rick's Day, by A. L. Randall Co., re- 

 ceived a vote of thanks. Columbia 

 sweet peas, white and pink, by George 

 Ball, Glen Ellyn, 111., and warranted 

 100 per cent, true, was recommended 

 lor a certificate of merit. Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. showed some American-made 



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