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March :!ii, lOlt* 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



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LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



Thursduy, March iMst was not an 

 Ideal day for a visltinR trip hut twenty- 

 one of us started out with the nrst 

 slop at John Shreiner's where we 

 found some eighty-four varieties of 

 sweet peas of Iiigh srade quality. Thi- 

 Easter bulbs here will be Just right 

 for the buyer. Mr. Shrelner also grows 

 vegetable plants almost by the million 



At Ira l.andis' besides the usual as 

 sort mom of carnations we found a bi^ 

 crop of freesias with tomatoes and po' 

 carnations between the rows and ixia 

 along the edges of the carnation beds. 

 In a number of houses that were run 

 cold on account of the fuel rulings 

 buttercups are being tried out on a 

 large scale. 



M. J. Brinton at Christiana is the 

 largest grower of Easter lilies in the 

 state. They are almost a failure thi-; 

 year, due he thinks to poor bulbs, as 

 they are in the same house that pro- 

 duced such wonderful results last sea- 

 son and with the same temperatures 

 and the same treatment all the way 

 through. Magnificum lilies are just the 

 opposite and he is cutting them in im- 

 mense quantities. He stales that nev- 

 er in his experience has his carnations 

 produced such a continuous crop of 

 good flowers as they did this past win- 

 ter. At Ira Ranck's carnations and 

 sweet peas are the main crop with a 

 batch of Godfrey calla in pots for cut 

 flowers. Mr. Ranck is uncertain about 

 running the houses next winter unless 

 conditions change. 



Walter Denlinger does not have a 

 large place but manages to get a good 

 deal out of his glass with carnations, 

 narcissus, calendula and vegetable 

 plants. His water system froze up for 

 him and he is getting his supply from 

 a well and gasoline engine rou'e. Rut 

 ter Ness at the Gap has carnations a' 

 the main product. White Enchantress 

 is preferred to Matchless as a white. 

 A by-product here along the carnation 

 beds is parsley and they cut it by the 

 barrel. Merry Christmas looked bet- 

 ter here than in any other place In the 

 country. 



Elmer Weaver showed us the finest 

 bed of Benora I ever saw. Miss Theo 

 was a mass of buds and bloom and of 

 good color but rather under size. Avia- 

 tor was far and away the best red we 

 saw anywhere from a money making 

 point of view, with Washburn perhaps 

 just a little better flower. Rosalia was 

 in fine shape and is going to be large- 

 ly grown. Outside of Cottage Maid 

 all the carnations looked fine and i^ll 

 art' in solid beds. A house of sweet 

 peas had enough flowers on one side 

 of the long rows to Veep a man busy 

 cutting all day. He is growing his own 

 sweet pea seed. Chas. M. Weaver Is thi' 

 largest grower of sweet peas in this 

 section. A house of mignonette is in 

 full crop and here ayain we find him 

 growing his own seed. 



One particular feature of this trip 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, April 1. 



llirriiirilHvilli- Iliirtli-iilliinil Sii 

 <-li-t.v. Iliirlli-iilluriil Hull. lli-riiiinlH 

 VIII... .\. .1. 



KIImtiiii llortl.iiltiinil Siirli'Iv. Dr.- 

 Hull. Kllii-riiii. .N .1. 



lliHiHl(ii) l''liirlsi.M' CMtilt, riiiintlH'r 



of <'ittllllM'rfi' ICoollls. MntlHliiII, 'l'('\, 



.M<iiitrr:il iiartlt'in'r.^' am! I•'lurlHI^' 

 (.'lull. Miililrcal. t'aiiiichl. 



XfW Hcilfni-.l Il.irtl.nlturjil So 

 cli'l.v. New Ili'iiriird, .MasH. 



WashliiK'lim KlorlBtB' <:iiili, Waidi- 

 I -l.iii. 1). C. 



I l.vclaiiil KldflBtx' Clnl). I'lcvc 



Tuesday, April 2. 



Kliiiitils' ami c;anliiicT.s' Cliili nf 

 Unlyoke ami .Vurthaiiiptiiii. MasN. 



I.,ake tlfiM'va (ianit'iiiTs' am! !''iirf- 

 llu'll's AsH<M-ia(l(iii. Ilortlctlltlirai 

 IIiill. Laki' (;i-iii-va. \Vi*. 



I,f»s Aimcles <'fMiii(y Horticultural 

 Socict.v. !,os .\nj;el»*s. Cal. 



I'atiTsiin I'lorii'iilturjil Society. Y. 

 M. C. A. HI.!);., I'aterson. N. .J. 



Florists' Clul) of I'hiladi-lpliia. 

 IMiila.li-lplila. I'll. 



IMttstiurgli Florists' anil Cianleii 

 crs' ("lull. Kort I'itt Hole!, IMtts 

 liur^^h. i*a. 



Wednesday, April 3. 



Tuxedo llorlii iiltmal Sociifv. 

 Tuxedo I'ark. .\ V 



Thursday, April 4. 



All)any Florists' Cluli. Albany, 

 N. Y. 



Urailliit' (Pa.) Florists' Associa- 

 tion, Itcailing. I'a. 



Soiitliaiiipton Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Oili! Fellows Hall. Souttiaiiip- 

 ton, .\. Y. 



Friday, April 5. 



N'ortli Shore Horticultural Society, 

 MancliestrT. Mass. 



North Shore Horticultural Society. 

 Lake l''orest. 111. 



Pasadena Ilorticiiltura! .^ociety, 

 Pasadena, Pal. 



People's Park Cotta.':- Cariieneis' 

 Association, Paterson. N'. J. 



Y'onkers Horticultural Society. 

 Y'onkers, N. Y. 



Saturday. April 6. 



I'acilic Coa.st Horiii'iiliiir:'l Society. 



was the number of miles we paral- 

 leled the railroad and the number of 

 loaded coal cars that were side- 

 tracked, hundreds of them and some 

 of them that have been there for 

 weeks without being moved, and yet 

 when the judge of our county court 

 wanted a ton of coal this morning. 

 .March 23d, he could not locate any 

 and had to be satisfied with a quarter 

 of a ton! 



Harry Haverstack was to have given 

 us a paper in the evening on beddins; 

 plants but reported being unable to 

 prepare it so there was no paper for 

 the meeting and .Mrs. A. M. Herr who 

 had a Parent Teachers' meeting at the 

 High School with an illustrated lec- 

 ture on School Gardens, invited us to 

 come there after the business of the 

 club was through, an invitation that 

 was accepted by a number. M. L. 

 Buch and .M. A. Eisman, representa- 

 tives of the Pearline, a boiler prepara- 

 tion, visited the dub and were given 

 an opportunity to talk on their product. 

 Albert M. Herr. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL 

 PHIA. 



A .s|.tcial meeling of The Florists' 

 Club ol Philadelphia was held on the 

 19lh inst. on the call of the president, 

 Adoljih Farenwald, to take action on 

 the passing away of .loseph Heacock, 

 at whici: a committee was appointed 

 and presented the following resolu- 

 tions whicli were unanimously passed. 



Ricsei.vKi). That the Florists' Club 

 of Philadelphia hereby expresses Its 

 deep sense of loss in the death of 

 Joseph Heacock, whose long and 

 faithful service In every phase of the 

 Club's activity, social, business and 

 executive, has always been highly 

 conspicuous and deeply apiireclated 

 by all the members and 



Rksoi.vki). That we hereby put on 

 record the universal feeling of the 

 horticultural world in general for his 

 high character, sterling business in- 

 tegrity and genial helpful disposition 

 for every progressive movement. He 

 was outspoken, honest and fearless, 

 but with malice in his heart towards 

 none, and we all delighted in his well- 

 doing and success, and feel deeply 

 that in losing him we have lost a 

 friend indeed, and furtlier 



Rksoived. That this little rosebud 

 to his memory be duly enshrined In 

 the annals of the Club and that we all 

 hereby bind ourselves to Iteep same 

 everlastingly green and fragrant In 

 our hearts. 



S\Ml'EL S. PENNOCK, R/)nEHT KlKT. 



GtxntiiE C. Watson, Committee. 



POT MAKERS' CREDIT ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 

 The following resolution was adopt- 

 ed by the Pot .Makers' Credit Associa- 

 tion upon the death of Mrs. L. 

 Breitschwerth, proprietor of the Syra- 

 cuse Pottery Co., Syracuse. New York: 



Whereas our Ion;: thiie business friend 

 and fellow member has lieen suildenly taken 

 rroin us. — 



Re it resolved that the following ininutes 

 he entereil upon the reconls <if the Pol 

 Makers' Credit Association in sincere ap- 

 nreiiatlon of her hi2h character and as a 

 testinion.i.-il of our jrreat loss; 



\Vp. the D'lici'is ami inein''ers of tills As- 

 sociation deplore the ruthless fate wlilch 

 has so smlfleiilv eiirled her exeepii^in-illy 

 UHi^ful career and has deprived us of the 

 benefits of her unnagcing Interest In the 

 conduct of this association. % 



We shall honor her niemory by ever 

 ^trlvlnj; to be true to her prlnr-lples and 

 her daily example and the IiIl'Ii standard of 

 honor which she consistently maintained. 



I!e It further ord'Ted that a eopv of 

 these resolutions, suitably engrossed be 

 sent to her devoted family with the deep 

 and fervent sympathy of this association 

 and hope that the tender memories of her 

 helpful life will serve as a sol.ice and In 

 spiratlon In the years to come. 



.March 20. WIS. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



I'resident E. G. Hill has designated 

 Wednesday, August 21, 1918, at St. 

 Louis, Mo., as the time and place for 

 the Florists' Hail Association annual 

 meeting and has appointed James W. 

 Heacock treasurer ol" the Association 

 to fill the unexpired term of Joseph 

 Heacock, deceased. 



John G. Esi.er, Secy. 



