April 13, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



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NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



An unusually large number of mem- 

 bers filled the club room to repletion 

 at the meeting of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club last Monday evening. Talks 

 had been promised by W. H. Elliott 

 of Madbury, N. H., on "Greenhouse 

 Business in War Time," and Kenneth 

 Glllett of Southwick, Mass., on "Native 

 Plants," but Mr. Elliott was prevented 

 from appearing by a death in the 

 family and Mr. Gillett asked to have 

 his lecture assigned to a later date. 

 There was no lack of interest, how- 

 ever, and a variety of timely topics, 

 together with an uncommon epidemic 

 of volubility kept things moving lively 

 antil a very late hour. The usual 

 series of reports of various officials 

 and committees were made, the most 

 significant one being that on the re- 

 cent flower show, by Secretary John 

 Young, to the effect that receipts were 

 ahead of expenses. "Publicity" was a 

 fruitful subject for remarks, but the 

 Liberty Bond Issue and the part that 

 floriculture and the Club members 

 should take in making it a success 

 overshadowed all other topics. The 

 headquarters tor the local florists' 

 activities has been established at the 

 office of Lord & Burnham Co., .30 Bast 

 42nd street, and part of the expense 

 of same is to be paid by the Club, the 

 balance by other co-operating socie- 

 ties. Subscriptions of $24,500 by the 

 wholesale interests were reported by 

 President Traendly of the Wholesale 

 Florists' Association and the amounts 

 already subscribed by other Club 

 members totalled nearly $20,000 more. 

 Many members present volunteered 

 their services as bond salesmen to 

 visit the trade in their territory. The 

 Retail Florists' Association, New York 

 and New Jersey Association of Plant 

 Growers and sister organizations are 

 all holding special meetings in the in- 

 terest of Liberty Bond promotion. 



A. T. Delamare, Charles H. Totty 

 and A. Herrington we^e appointed a 

 committee on resolutions relative to 

 the death of J. Harrison Dick. The 

 new flower show committee was con- 

 stituted as follows: A. L. Miller, 

 chairman: William Duckham, Chas. 

 H. Totty, Ed. Sceery, W. R. Pierson, 

 Geo. E. M. Stumpp, Max Schling, 

 Charles Schenck, P. W. Popp and F. H. 

 Traendly. 



Exhibits of the evening were An- 

 tirrhinum "Wier's White" by J. Ebb 

 Wler & Sons, Jamesport, L. I. (highly 

 commended), and freesias by E. Far- 

 del, Great Neck, L. I. (vote of thanks). 



STAMFORD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the monthly meeting, April 5th, 

 at the home of Miss Helen W. Smith, 

 more than 50 members were present 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, April 15. 



Detroit Floriste' Club, Bemb Flo- 

 ral Hall, Detroit, Mich. 



Houston Florists' Club, Chamber 

 of Commerce Rooms, Houston, Tex. 



New Jersey Florieultural Society, 

 Orange, N. J. 



New York Federation of Horti- 

 cultural Societies and Floral Clubs, 

 1170 Broadway, New York City. 



Tuesday, April 16. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club ot I 

 Boston, Horticultural Hall, Boston, | 

 Mass. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Ontario, St. George's Hall, Toronto, 

 Can. 



Minnesota State Florists' Associa- 

 tion, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Griffith Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Wednesday, April 17. 



Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Public Library, Providence, 

 R. 1. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y'. 



Thursday, April 18. | 



Essex County Florists' Club, 

 Kreuger-Auditorium, Newark, N. J. 



New Orleans Horticultural Society, 

 Association of Commerce Bldg., New 

 Orle;ins, La. 



North Westchester County Horti- 

 cultural Society, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 



Tacoma Florists' Association, Mac- 

 cabee Hall, Tacoma, Wash. 



Friday, April 19. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 Manchester, Mass. 



and, thanks to the hospitality of the 

 hostess, a most enjoyable time was 

 had. A very creditable display of cut- 

 flowers and plants were before the 

 judges. 



The awards were as follows: Cul- 

 tural certificates to A. Alius, Stamford, 

 Conn., tor Cattleya Mossiae; Hy- 

 drangea Otaksa, Amaryllis vittata 

 hybrida and carnations Princess Dag- 

 mar, highly commended; cultural cer- 

 tificates to A. Bieschke, Noroton. Conn., 

 for specimen French hydrangeas; W. 

 Morrow Stamford for Amaryllis vittata 

 hybrida; James Foster, Stamford 

 Conn., honorable mention for carna- 

 tions; A. P. Wezel received an honor- 

 able mention for display including car- 

 nations Belle Washburn, sweet peas. 

 Narcissus Peter Barr, and Narcissus 

 poeticus Red Beacon. 



President Henry Wild gave a short 

 lecture on "Fruit Trees and Vines for 

 Small Gardens," a very timely topic. 

 It was voted that members of other 

 societies, who wish to resign and are 

 in good standing, may become mem- 

 bers of our society without any ex- 

 pense to them the first year. It is 

 hoped that this will also be adopted 

 by other societies all over the country 

 for the benefit of all concerned and 

 horticulture at large. Discussions had 

 necessarily to be brief to allow for the 

 social features arranged for by Miss 

 Smith, which were thoroughly enjoyed 

 by all until midnight. 



A. P. Wezel. Cor. Secy. 



Noroton, Conn. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club met April 

 4th at the Bismark Hotel, corner Ran- 

 dolph and Wells streets, in their new 

 club rooms. The coal committee of the 

 Club, C. L. Washburn, Aug. Poehlmann 

 and Peter Reinberg, had invited E. T. 

 Mohr and Geo. F. Stamer of the Fort 

 Dearborn Coal Co. to speak on the coal 

 question. All florists were advised to 

 order their supply within sixty days, 

 as the price is fixed by the government 

 and there is nothing to gain by wait- 

 ing, while delay may be dangerous. 

 The advertising committee reported 

 a big drive for Mothers' Day under 

 way. New and attractive posters have 

 been mailed to every florist in Chicago 

 and to the leading florists in the coun- 

 try. Chairman Lautenschlager an- 

 nounced that while in the East re- 

 cently he had disposed of more than 

 30,000 of the Mothers' Day stamps and 

 rosters. 



The meeting was known as the S. A. 

 P. night and the good-of-the-club com- 

 mittee had arranged for the presenta- 

 tion of an operetta written especially 

 for the club, known as "The Garden of 

 the Allies." Quite a number of ladies 

 and children were present as guests of 

 the club, and all enjoyed the entertain- 

 ment. 



GARDENERS' BOSTON CONFER- 

 ENCE. 

 The Gardeners' Conference to be 

 held in Boston under the auspices of 

 the National Association ot Gardeners, 

 will meet in Horticultural Hall on 

 Thursday afternoon, April 18th, at 6.30 

 o'clock. The hour named has been se- 

 lected as the most convenient time of 

 the day for horticulturists to come to- 

 gether at this season of the year. 

 W. N. Craig will preside as chairman, 

 and an interesting program is being 

 arranged. All gardeners and those in- 

 terested in their profession are in- 

 vited to attend. 



M. 0. Ebex, Secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 

 The Royal Horticultural Society of 

 London has awarded a flrst-class certl^ 

 ficate to Cattleya Clotha var. General 

 Pershing (C. Enid X C. Trianae Grand 

 Monarch). — A beautiful form, one of 

 the best, from the florists' standpoint, 

 ever raised. The sepals and petals of 

 soft lilac tone, the lip crimson. Shown 

 bv Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. 



The Paterson Florieultural Society 

 entertained a delegation from the 

 Tuxedo Gardeners' Association Satur- 

 day night in Cedar Cliff hall, Haledon, 

 N. J. The hall was prettily decorated 

 with carnations, antirrhinums, sweet 

 peas, roses and standard geraniums 

 from the greenhouses of Mrs. A. F. 

 Leonard, Haledon, and Dr. D. T. 

 Millspaughs, Totowa. Thomas Wilson, 

 of Tuxedo, and Professor David Miller, 

 ot Edinburgh, Scotland, made inter- 

 esting addresses. Refreshments were 

 served, and there was an enjoyable 

 musical program. 



