HORTICULTURE 



January 7, 1911 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMEN- 

 TAL HORTICULTURISTS 



Appointments by Presi- 

 dent Asmus. 



Directors, three years: 



B. Allan Pelrce, Waltham, 

 Mass.; Harry A. Bunyard, 

 New York, N. Y. 



Botanist: Prof. John 

 F. Cowell, Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Buffalo. N. Y. 



Pathologist: Prof. H. 

 H. Whetzt'l, Ithaca. N. Y 



Entomologist: Dr. S. A. 

 Forbes, Urbana, 111. 



Washington Representa- 

 tive of the Society: Wil- 

 liam P. Glide, Washington, 

 D. C. 



Tariff and Legislative 

 Committee: John G. Es- 

 ler. Saddle River, N. J., 

 chairman; F. H. Traend- 

 ly, New York, N. Y.; J. C. 

 Vaughan, Chicago, 111.; 

 Patrick Welch, Boston, 

 Mass.; J. O. Thilow. Phila- 

 delphia. Pa.; E. G. Hill. 

 Richmond, Ind. 



Committee on School 

 "Gardens: Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, Fishkill-on-Hiidson, 

 N. Y., chairman: C. B. 

 Whitnall. Milwaukee. Wis., 

 Michael Barker, Chicago, 

 III. 



State Vice-Presidents. 



California, Edwin Lons- 

 dale, Lompoc; District of 

 Columbia, Z. D. Black- 

 istone, Washington; Georgia, Daniel 



C. Horgan, Macon; Illinois, North, 

 Fred Lautenschlager, Chicago; Illinois, 

 South, J. F. Amraann, Edwardsville; 

 Indiana, Theo. Dorner, Lafayette; 

 Iowa, James S. Wilson, Des Moines; 

 Louisiana, Harry Papworth, New Or- 

 leans; Maryland. Chas. L. Seybold, 

 Baltimore; Michigan, East, Norman 

 A. Sullivan, Detroit; Michigan, West, 

 Elmer D. Smith, Adrian; Missouri, 

 East, Fred H. Weber, St. Louis; Mis- 



E. Allan Peirce 



Director for Three Yenr.s. 



President George Asmus 



sissippi, S. W. Crowell, Rich; New 

 Hampshire, R. E. Hannaford, Ports- 

 mouth; New York, East, A. L. Miller, 

 Brooklyn; Ohio. North, Frank A. 

 Friedley, Rocky River; Ohio, South, 

 C. E. Critchell, Cincinnati; Pennsylva- 

 nia. East, S. S. Skidelsky, Philadel- 

 phia: Rhode Island, L. J. Reuter. 

 Westerly; Tennessee, C. L. Baum. 

 Knoxville; West Virginia, A. Lang- 

 hans. Wheeling; Ontario, John Con- 

 non. Hamilton; Manitoba, H. E. Phil- 

 pott, W'innipeg; Quebec, George A. 

 Robinson, Montreal; Alberta, A. M. 

 Terrill, Calgary. 



E. Allan Peirce. 



E. .\llan Peirce. appointed by Presi- 

 dent Asmus to the honor of direc- 

 torship in the Society of American 

 Florists, is a well-accredited represen- 

 tative of Boston floriculture. He is 

 the son of the late E. N. Peirce, popu- 

 larly known as "Parmer Peirce," and 

 in association with his brother con- 

 ducts the large plant and flower-grow- 

 ing business established by his father 

 at Waverley, Mass., under the title of 

 Peirce Bros. 



Allan Peirce was born in Arlington 

 Mass.. on May 11, 1S69. He has in 

 (loniinable industry, resourcefulness al- 

 ni(j.-<t unlimited and has the qualities 

 of persuasive leadersljip well devel- 

 oped. His hustle of last year as State 

 Vice-President of the S. A. P., whereby 

 he brought in a big list of new mem- 

 bers is generally known. He is a 

 director in the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change, the original Park Street Mar- 

 ket. On the preparatory local work 

 for the National Flower Show, Mr. 

 Peirce has rendered signal service. 



Harry A. Bunyard. 

 Harry A. Bunyard, ap- 

 pointed a director in the 

 S. A. P., is well known as 

 a traveling man and now 

 general manager for Ar- 

 thur T. Boddington. He 

 was born January 3rd, 

 1868, at Ashford, Kent, 

 England. His father, 

 Thomas Bunyard, was one 

 of the sons of the old es- 

 tablished firm of Thomas 

 Bunyard & Sons, Maid- 

 stone, Kent, "Nurserymen, 

 Seedsmen and Florists." 

 At 14 years of age Harry 

 was apprenticed in his 

 father's business, going 

 from there to Sander's, 

 St. Albans — spending con- 

 siderable time in the seed 

 and orchid departments. 

 In the Royal Horticultural 

 Society's Gardens at Chis- 

 wick, London, he studied 

 and worked under the late 

 Archibald Barron — and 

 during that time was fore- 

 man of the orchid and 

 herbaceous departments; 

 while here, he competed 

 for the prize offered by 

 the London Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, for the best es- 

 say on "Roots and Their 

 Work," securing second 

 prize against nearly one 

 hundred competitors of 

 Great Britain. 



In the year 1888, Mr. Bunyard ar- 

 rived at Castle Garden as an emigrant, 

 securing his first "job" with Peter 

 Henderson & Co., working at their 

 greenhouses in Jersey City; the follow- 

 ing year he took a position with 

 Pitcher & Manda as herbaceous tore- 

 man, becoming their first traveling 

 man and remaining with them to their 

 dissolution. Mr. Bunyard was the first 

 man to sell orchids west of Chicago, 



Harry A. Bunyard 



Director for Three Years. 



