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June 15. I91S 



experience of one of New KiiKlund'K 

 best plunt cniftoinen, Wllllain Martin, 

 who still looks as hiile und fresh as 

 those who are twenty years his 

 Junior. Aa areas Ko today, Mr. Kid- 

 der's gardens are less extensive than 

 some others, but their layout with 

 pleasant grass walks, pergolas and 

 other features could hardly be im- 

 proved upon. 



Everyone spent a happy and proflt- 

 able afternoon, and before leaving 

 President Rogers thanked Mr. Kidder 

 for giving them the opportunity to 

 visit his estate, who in turn expressed 

 the pleasure it had given him to have 

 the club members visit him, and he 

 hoped all would come again. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The nieelinK last Monday evening 

 was lightly attended, probably on ac- 

 count of stormy weather. The prin- 

 cipal subjects under consideration 

 were the coal restrictions and outlook, 

 the proposed prohibition of plant im- 

 portations, the embargo on Japanese 

 shipments and various matters of 

 local interest. Messrs. F. R. Pierson, 

 Patrick OMara, C. H. Totty. Winfred 

 Rolker and W. H. Siebrecht, Jr.. were 

 the principal speakers. A resolution 

 of thanks to W. F. Gude was passed 

 for his splendid help to the S. A. F. 

 committee. Messrs. Pierson, O'Mara. 

 Siebrecht and Rolker were constituted 

 a committee to draw up a letter pro- 

 testing against the exclusion of Hol- 

 land shipments. J. S. Fenrich re- 

 ported for the committee on flower 

 distribution to the hospitals. The 

 death of Mrs. Darlington was an- 

 nounced and much deplored, also the 

 lieath of President Schenck's nephew. 

 A vote was passed for a Club Service 

 Flag. P. W. Popp showed long- 

 spurred hybrid Columbines and Karl 

 Druschki roses for which he got 

 honorable mention and a cultural cer- 

 tificate. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON 

 The June mefling of the Florists' 

 Club of Washington. D. C. took the 

 form of a ladies' night and the mem- 

 bers and their families journeyed in 

 automobiles to Suitland Park, Mary- 

 land, for a "Pie Feast." A large num- 

 ber of pies were sent to the park by 

 Mendel Behrend, a member of the 

 club, together with plenty of milk "to 

 wash down the crumbs." Additional 

 refreshments were also served. 



The grounds were strung with Jap- 

 anese lanterns and made attractive by 

 the West brothers who are located 

 there. That the members enjoyed 

 every minute of the evening was evi- 

 denced by the fact that they decided 

 to close their stores at noon on July 

 4th and go back to Suitland Park for 

 a family outing. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY 



The ..\nnual June KxhIbition of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society was 

 held June 11 in the gymnasium of the 

 Young .Men's Christian Association 

 building. Owing to the very unfavor- 

 able weather the week preceding the 

 show, particularly on Monday, stock 

 was ."o damaged by the heavy rain 

 that many intending exhibitors failed 

 to exhibit. While there were not so 

 many exhibits as usual, they were of 

 yood (iiiality. At the close of the ex- 

 hibition the flowers were sold for the 

 l)enefit of the local Red Cross. 



The following special prizes were 

 awarded; 



Certificate of Merit, John I). Rocke- 

 feller (Oeorge Wittlinger, gard.), spec- 

 imen Goniophlebium subauricalum: 

 cultural certificate, .lames W. Smith, 

 cut perennials: cultural certificate. Es- 

 tate of Ferd. Herman, herbaceous 

 flowers, roses, etc.; cultural certifi- 

 cate. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, cut 

 Sweet William; cultural certificate. 

 John D. Rockefeller, cut hardy peren- 

 nials. 



Other prizes awarded were as fol- 

 lows: 



First. John D. Rockefeller, best col- 

 lection of flowers cut from hardy per- 

 ennials. 



FMrst. .Mrs. J. B. Trevor, Yonkers 

 (Howard Xichols, manager), best two 

 iiuarts of strawberries. 



First, Dr. C. C. Brace (George Mc- 

 intosh, gard.), best quart of straw- 

 berries; second, D. E. Oppenheimer 

 (A. Macdonald. gard.). 



First. Dr. C. C. Brace, best twelve 

 Frau Karl Druschki roses; second. 

 Estate of Ferd. Hermann; third, John 

 D. Rockefeller. 



First. D. E. Oppenheimer, best 

 twelve vases of sweet peas, 2.5 sprays 

 each: second. Mrs. J. n. Trevor. 



First, John D. Rockefeller, best vase 

 50 sprays mixed sweet peas; second. 

 Dr. L. H. Baekland (gard. James Ca- 

 selli.) 



First, Dr. C. C. Brace, best three 

 varieties of peonies. 



First. John D. Rockefeller, best four 

 varieties of peonies, three blooms 

 each. 



First. Mrs. J. B. Trevor best collec- 

 tion twelve varieties of vegetables, 

 twelve species. 



First, Dr. C. C. Brace, best collec- 

 tion six varieties of vegetables, six 

 species; second. Miss E. W. Frothing- 

 ham (Michael Crehan, gard.). 



First, John D. Rockefeller, vase of 

 outdoor-grown blue flower, one variety. 

 The judges of the exhibits were 

 George Middleton. Tarrytown; Wil- 

 liam C. Roberts, Ossining; and Henry 

 Kaslberg. Dobbs Ferry. 



STAMFORD (CONN.) HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



There was the usual large attend- 

 ance present at the meeting of the 

 above society, held on June 7th. 



It was decided to hold an outing in 

 conjunction with the Greenwich and 

 Tarrytown societies, time and place to 



be announced later. The preliminary 

 schedule for our midsummer show 

 was approved, which will be held on 

 July 5th, at 2 p. in., and will be free to 

 the public. 



The Judges made the following 

 awards: 



A. Alius, viise iif roses Frau Karl 

 Druschki, highly commended: straw 

 berries Chesapeake, honorable men- 

 tion: Delplilniuni Bella dnnna seed- 

 lings, cultural certificate. A. P. Wezel, 

 carnations, honorable mention: Hy- 

 drangea General Vicount de Vil)raye, 

 (ultural certificate. J. Foster. Carter's 

 Sunrise Tomato, honorable mention. 

 A. Wynne, lettuce, highly commended. 

 A. Pederson, collection of pansies. 

 honorable mention. 



A. P. AVe/ei., Cor. Sec. 

 Xorolon. Conn. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The regular June meeting of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club was held at the 

 Randolph Hotel. Randolph and Wells 

 streets, June 6th. President Lauten- 

 schlager was out of the city and Vice- 

 President O. J. Friedman, presided. 



The plan for having the principal 

 b\isiness of the meeting to be informal 

 talks by representatives of all 

 branches of the trade worked out well 

 and was participated in by Walter 

 Amling and Peter Pe?rson in behalf of 

 the growers: O. J. Friedman, for the 

 retailers, C. John Michaelson for the 

 commission men and T. E. Waters for 

 the supply houses. So much interest 

 was evinced and so many good points 

 brought out that it was decided to con- 

 tinue the discussion at the next meet- 

 ing. 



As the July meeting day falls upon 

 the 4th it was voted to hold it on the 

 18th at Karthauser's Grove. 



E. OUinger was appointed chairman 

 of a committee to arrange for a flower 

 sale for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A. 

 in the near future. 



It was voted that chairmen and 

 members of committees should here- 

 after receive no compensation for 

 their services otherwise than the 

 thanks and appreciation of the club. 



It was also voted to dispense with 

 the annual picnic this year. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership: l.ouis Meurat. Park Ridge. 

 111.; J. C. Nielson. 654 S. Sangamon 

 St.: John Prickett, Des Plaines, 111.; 

 Emil Danz. 1611 W. Lake St.; Thos. D. 

 Long, 31 W. Randolph St.; Harry Ble- 

 witt, Des Plaines, 111. 



The secretary was instructed to 

 send a telegram of sympathy, in be- 

 half of the club, to H. E. Philpott. 

 whose recent bereavement in the death 

 of Mrs. Philpott was reported. 



Vaughan's seed store had a fine ex- 

 hibit of iris and peonies. 



