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HORTICULTURE 



February 4, 1911 



During Recess 



Dinner at Glen Cove, 



The fifth annual dinner of the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society, 

 which tool< place Wednesday evening, 

 January 25 at Schleicker's Hall, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y., was a most glorious and 

 hilarious success. J. Austin Shaw oflS- 

 ciated for the third time as toastmas- 

 ter over a crowded house. There were 

 fully a dozen New York visitors. The 

 dinner was good, the speakers elo- 

 quent, the music exhilarating, especial- 

 ly the bag pipes, and it was not far 

 from morning light when the affair 

 broke up. Among the speakers were: 

 Rev. J. W. Gammack, P. E. Conine, 

 B. G. Davis and S. S. Butterfleld, 

 who spoke for the Press; W. H. Waite 

 for the Yonkers Society, Robt. Angus 

 for the Tarrytown Society, Wm. Duck- 

 ham for Morris Co. Society, H. A. Bun- 

 yard for the S. A. F., W. Rickards a 

 song, C. H. Totty for The Queen of 

 Flowers, R. P. Bowne for Glen Cove, 

 W. A. Sperling for the Seedsmen, Ar- 

 nold Koehler for the Nurserymen (also 

 a' song), W. B. Maynard for the Asso. 

 of Gardeners, Senator Lenker for the 

 Common People, Charles Plumb for 

 the Ladies, and President Trepess for 

 the Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Andrew Wilson gave a vaude- 

 ville performance ably assisted by 

 Robert M. Schultz. James Tough 

 played the pipes, W. R. Kinnear gave 

 a recitation and "there were others." 

 President Trepess took occasion be- 

 fore the toasts were started, to pre- 

 sent to Mr. Duthie, the retiring presi- 



dent, with a token of appreciation on 

 behalf of the members. Mr. Duthie In 

 accepting thanked them all very 

 heartily. Mr. Duthie then also made 

 a presentation which consisted of $10 

 in gold which he had offered as a 

 prize for the largest winner of first 

 prizes at the monthly competition. 

 President S. J. Trepess was the win- 

 ner. There was also a second prize of 

 $5 which was won by G. Wilson, but 

 to the regret of all he was unable to 

 be present. C. H. Totty in the course 

 of his remarks made mention of a new 

 single chrysanthemum of his which 

 he had named "Jack Bveritt" after J. 

 W. Everitt, ex-president of this soci- 

 ety, also that he offered a gold and 

 silver medal for the best exhibit of 

 this variety at the fall exhibition. 



score on the afternoon of Monday, 

 February 13. A match game between 

 New York and Rutherford bowlers is 

 contemplated. 



St. Louis Bowlers. 



Quite a few local florist bowlers took 

 part in the national bowling tourna- 

 ment in the big Coliseum, St. Louis. 

 Among them were: C. A. Kuehn, J. J. 

 Beneke, George Schriefer, J. Meln- 

 hardt, Carl Beyer and A. Y. Ellison. 

 All made good scores but were hardly 

 in it for prizes. 



Chicago Bowlers. 



The Florists' Bowling Club made 

 the following scores Jan. 25th: 



CARXATIO.NS. VIOLETS. 



Ayees . . l.-i7 1.".2 17."i StiiiJii.v .170 163 158 



Krauss .156 136 14.") Lieb'manl28 130 169 



Goeriseli.154 114 133 Fr'dman 164 157 176 



ScUultz .144 200 139 Lorman .131 209 150 



A. Zeck.211 178 182 Yaruall .192 164 168 



ORCHIDS. ROSES. 



EluebDer 202 148 1.54 Win'son 141 147 153 



FarleT ..200 140 177 Wolt ...150 149 133 



J. Zeok.157 166 145 Bvers ..135 155 106 



Degnan .137 168 172 D'sm'nd 128 112 98 



Graft ...1.59 160 139 Foster ..175 182 200 



New York Bowlers. 



Scores last Friday night were 'as fol- 

 lows: 



Manda, 122 128 194 Berrv. 120 115 129 

 F'nr'oli. 117 146 — K'sPlor, 139 110 117 

 RV'k'rds. 109 l.'-iS 211 Scott, 163 142 136 

 Sliaw. 110 104 105 Ch-dw'eklSO 186 186 

 Nugent. 64 61 83 W.itkiiis. .fS 92 103 



A special prize is promised for high 



INCORPORATED. 



Geneva, N. Y. — H. E. Merrel Nur- 

 sery Co.; to conduct a general nursery 

 and fruit business. Capital stock $40,- 

 000. H. E. and E. H. Merrel ot New 

 York and H. L. King of Geneva, incor- 

 porators. 



New York, N. Y. — ^The Old Domin- 

 ion Industrial Co., capital stock $300,- 

 000; to engage in forestry, agriculture 

 and horticulture. Incorporators, W. J. 

 Robertson, Stephen S. Anderson, W. 

 R. Graham, all of New York City. 



The North Shore (Manchester, 

 Mass.) Horticultural Society's Show 

 Schedule for 1911 has been issued. 

 Three shows — Rose, Summer and 

 Chrysanthemum — are to be held. The 

 schedule has many new features as 

 regards its general make-up, rules, 

 scales of points and the various prizes 

 offered. Copies will be sent on ap- 

 plication to J. D. Morrison, secretary. 



POTASH PRICES PLEASE 

 FARMERS AND DEALERS 



Sales to Them Increase. 



The long published statement re- 

 garding the potash situation, signed 

 by Mr. Bradley and others, contains 

 some near truths, much argument and 

 some opinions of attorneys, the latter 

 being evidently influenced by their 

 clients' presentation of their troubles. 

 All of these need to be considered i.l 

 connection with the following facts: 



Mr. Robert Bradley did not sign the 

 contract July 1, 1909, but according to 

 Mr. Schmidtmann it was signed by 

 Mr. Peter Bradley in New York, Au- 

 gust 18. 



The statement of the Prussian Min- 

 ister of Commerce in the German Par- 

 liament on July 7t,h contained the fol- 

 lowing: 



"Being a man of caution, I have al- 

 ready drawn up a prospective law. 

 which naturally I have not yet placed 

 before the Bundesrat. Now everybody 

 knows where he stands and can 

 arrange the business accordingly. 

 Whether the potash syndicate will be 

 formed is not material. The question 

 rather is, whether it will be possible 

 to counteract the consequences detri- 

 mental to the general welfare." 



It is quite inconceivable that Mr. 

 Bradley should not know of this on 

 August 18th, when the contract pro- 

 vided that "any export or import du- 

 ties or other governmental charges 

 which may hereafter become effective 

 within the life of the contract shall 

 also be paid by the buyer," was 

 signed. 



Under the circumstances the sign- 

 ing was a speculation which so far 



has not been successful, but he made 

 a bad guess on what was going to hap- 

 pen and Mr. Schmidtmann out-traded 

 him. 



The other 68 buyers who see fit to 

 cast their lot in with Mr. Bradley had 

 contracts with the Sollstedt mine, 

 which did not expire until 1917. 

 These contracts guaranteed the aver- 

 a.ge price paid by the two greatest 

 American fertilizer corporations, and 

 had they not consented to change 

 them the mine (which had been pur- 

 chased by another American corpora- 

 tion, the International Agricultural, of 

 which Mr. Schmidtmann is president), 

 would have been obliged to pay the 

 tax. 



However, in September or October 

 they saw fit to sign supplemental con- 

 tracts in which they assumed all 

 taxes and other governmental charges, 

 German or American. They, too, 

 made a bad guess and were outwitted 

 by Mr. Schmidtmann. 



The trade lists show about 600 fer- 

 tilizer manufacturers in the United 

 States, so that only about one-tenth 

 of them are represented in the pres- 

 ent contention. Among those who are 

 not asking the government for help 

 in trying to get an advantage over 

 their competitors is the Virginia-Caro- 

 lina Chemical Co., the largest fertilizer 

 corpoiation in America. On the con- 

 trary, the German mine Einigkeit, 

 controlled by the Virginia-Carolina 

 Co., recently joined the potash syndi- 

 cate. 



Mr. Bradley's ideas on conservation 

 seem to consist mainly of "filler." The 

 fact that the law requires an increase 

 of at least five per cent yearly in the 

 quantity mined proves that there is no 



intention of limiting production. The 

 conservation policy of the law is that 

 the mining shall be so regulated that 

 mines more favorably situated shall 

 not export their products at a price 

 lower than the average cost of mining 

 and lower than that for which the 

 Germans themselves can secure the 

 same products. 



We have every reason to believe 

 that the German Foreign Minister did 

 not assure Ambassador Hill that "it 

 would not invalidate or impair the 

 American contracts," but that the as- 

 surance was given that a provision 

 would be made so that the American 

 buyers need not pay more for their 

 potash than had been paid In previous 

 years. This promise was faithfully 

 carried out and this provision stands 

 in the law, but the buyers have never 

 asked for the liberal reductions which 

 it permits. 



Mr. Bradley dramatically inquires: 

 "How, therefore, can Germany afford 

 to start a tariff war with the United 

 States?" Germany has no such inten- 

 tion. A small but noisy fraction of the 

 American fertilizer manufacturers is 

 trying to convince the American Gov- 

 ernment that it ought to start a tariff 

 war in order to get them out of a bad 

 bargain. 



In the meantime, the potash business 

 is getting lots of effective advertising. 

 Farmers and dealers are buying direct 

 in greatly increased amounts at re- 

 duced prices, and are quite satisfied 

 with the situation since it permits 

 them to mix their fertilizers at home 

 at much less cost than they can secure 

 them in ready mixed form. 



GERMAN KALI WORKS, 

 Adv. By H. A. Huston, Secretary. 



