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HORTICULTURE 



April 8, 1911 



made to the exhibitors of plants is as 



follows: 



Certificates of Merit. 



C'uUlwell Lawu Mowi-i- I'o., N'cwliurgli, 

 N. v., lawji mower operated by gasnieue 

 engine; V. Kenr & Sons, Hillegiiui, Hol- 

 land, bulbs; Lord's Frost-proof riant Box 

 Company, plant box; S. U. Cbnrcli. J. Co- 

 mer Jones, Mgr.. Boston, Mass., and Sey- 

 monr, Conji., gasolene engines and spraying 

 maehines: Uevere Rubber <_'onipany (U. P. 

 Whitmarch), Chelsea, Mass., nozzles and 

 couplings; Hitchings & Company, Elizabeth, 

 N. J., ventilating machines; Wertheimer 

 Brothers, New York, gold and silver edged 

 chiffon, sprinkle-proof ribbon. 



Honorable Mention. 



Lord & Buruham Company, Irvington, N. 

 Y., pipe hangers; Hitchings & Company, 

 Elizabeth, N. J., water boiler; Revere Rub- 

 ber Companv, Chelsea, Mass., garden hose 

 and spraying hose; Mrs. S. S. Sanborn, pat- 

 ent forms for table decorations; J. Jarn- 

 dahl, rustic work; Eastern Nurseries, Ja- 

 maica Plain, Mass., collection of evergreens; 

 O. Cusumano, Boston, Florentine terra 

 cotta; Wilson Plant Oil & Fertilizer Co., 

 New York, sprayers and tub carrier; East- 

 ern Library & Supply Co. (MacMillan Co.), 

 New York, works of I'rof. L. H. Bailey; 

 Pierson U-Bar Co., 1 Madison Ave., New 

 York, greenhouse exhibit; Wertheimer 

 Bros., New Y'ork, sprinkle-proof radium 

 glace, grenadine and wire-edged sprinkle- 

 proof ribbons, spun glass pins. 



Highly Commended. 



Schloss Bros., New York, woven Easter 

 Greeting ribbon; Lord & Burnham Co., Irv- 

 ington, N. Y'., ventilating apparatus; John- 

 ston Heating Co., New York, tulmlar tire- 

 box boiler; T. J. Grey Co., 32 South Mar- 

 ket St.. Boston. Mass., Detroit pruner; 

 Weathered Company, Jersey City, N. J., 

 greenhouse exhibit; Wait's Interlocking 

 Steel Co.. Newburgh, X. Y.. steel exhibit. 



The judges were J. F. Ammann, H. 

 E. Philpott and Irwin C. Berteimann. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



A special meeting of this young so- 

 ciety was opened at 2 P. M. on Thurs- 

 day, March 30, at Boston. President 

 Hendrickson made a few preliminary 

 remarks stating that the outlook for 

 the success and usefulness of the or- 

 ganization seemed assured. He men- 

 tioned that a committee on diseases of 

 the gladiolus had been appointed to 

 work in conjunction with the respec- 

 tive State Experiment Stations. The 

 minutes of the last meeting were read 

 by Secretary Merton L. Gage and the 

 feport of Financial Secretary Youell 

 followed. He stated that the member- 

 .-Ship had now reached 172. Membership 

 and Bulletin- comnaittees also "reported. 

 Treasurer' "Fiild'g "report followed, 

 showing a balance of $85.42. Various 

 other committees were heard from and 

 their reports variously discussed and 

 accepted. On the report of the Exhibi- 

 tion Committee regarding the award- 

 ing of certificatos and suggesting a 

 scale of points to be used In awarding, 

 a very interesting discussion ensued 

 as to the comparative importance of 

 size of bloom, form of flower, form of 

 spike, stem length and stiffness, num- 

 ber of flowers on a stalk, vigor, etc., 

 but the report was finally adopted. 



A. Cowee, in speaking for the com- 

 mittee on diseases, expressed the hope 

 that he would be able to get a State 

 appropriation in New York of $2000 

 for that committee's use. The presi- 

 dent was instructed to appoint a nomi- 

 nating committee to choose candidates 

 to be balloted for at the annual meet- 

 ing next August. 



Prof. Beal of Cornell gave some ad- 

 vice on the methods of conducting 

 trial grounds and making records. 



A letter was read from Prof. Craig, 

 Cornell University, on food and soil 

 and best methods of fertilizing. 



A letter from a European grower 

 was read by Mr. Cowee regarding the 



grading of sizes of bulbs In quoting 

 prices to European trade. After dis- 

 cussion it was voted that a commit- 

 tee be appointed to further consider 

 and report on this question at the next 

 meeting. It was voted to accept the 

 recommendations of Mr. Cowee con- 

 cerning the renaming of varieties and 

 the disposition of synonyms; that the 

 Bulletin Committee publish another 

 Bulletin to be ready before the Balti- 

 more meeting and that the society 

 pay the expenses of Mr. Youell for his 

 attendance at this meeting. A vote of 

 thanks was tendered to Messrs. Youell 

 and Gage for their work in preparing 

 Bulletins No.'s 1 and 2. 



Mr. J. Kenr of C. Keur & Sons, Hille- 

 gom, Holland, addressed the meeting 

 calling attention to the practice of 

 culling the flowers of gladioli by grow- 

 ers who sell the bulbs, claiming that 

 It resulted in Injury to the bulbs. He 

 also said that inasmuch as some va- 

 rieties never produced large bulbs, a 

 graded mixture of gladiolus bulbs in 

 sizes was not desirable, as this would 

 throw out many fine sorts, when a 

 large range of varieties was required. 

 There was much enthusiasm expressed 

 over the coming meeting and exhibi- 

 tion at Baltimore in August. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



The illustrated lecture by John Dun- 

 bar, assistant superintendent of parks 

 of Rochester, N. Y., on "Trees, Shrubs 

 and Flowering Plants," was given as 

 per program, in Paul Revere Hall, Me- 

 chanics' Building, Friday, p. m. The 

 lecture, which was enjoyed by a good 

 audience, was illustrated by an ex- 

 tensive sei'ies of lantern slides of trees, 

 shrubs and landscape and garden scen- 

 ery, many of them beautifully colored. 



The formal session of the society 

 took place on Saturday forenoon. A 

 bare quorum was present, many of the 

 members having already started for 

 their homes. President Asmus deliv- 

 ered his address, covering the immedi- 

 ate business of the society and con- 

 gratulating it on the success of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show and allied enter- 

 prises. A telegram was received from 

 Edwin Lonsdale, Lompoc, Cal., as fol- 

 lows; 



"Greetings and congratulations on suc- 

 cessful National Flower Show, hoping the 

 innovation in holding a spring meeting 

 has proven its wisdom by increasing mem- 

 bership materially and broadening in- 

 fluence. 1915 would be a good year to 

 hold convention in San Francisco. This 

 is worthy of the best endeavors of all 

 good friends of the Society." 



The committee on final resolutions, 

 Messrs. A. T. De la Mare, A. Faren- 

 wald, James Forbes, J. H. Pepper and 

 J. R. Fotheringham, presented their 

 report as follows: 



■Whereas, The S. A. F. and O. H., In 

 the holding of Its second National 

 Flower Show in the city of Boston, is 

 deeply indebted to the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Boston and their 

 ladies. Mayor Fitzgerald, the press, 

 and the public of Boston, for courtesies 

 extended and assistance rendered dur- 

 ing the period of the show; and 



■Whereas, The National Flo'wer Show 

 Committee, through its Board of Con- 

 trol and its efficient managers, have 

 all performed their duties in a manner 

 entirely satisfactory to the Society; 

 and 



Whereas, Frank R. Pierson, the 

 Chairman of the National Flower 



Show Committee, has given unlimited 

 time and services to make the Show a 

 success; be it 



Resolved, That the Society extends 

 its most heartfelt thanks for such cour- 

 tesies and assistance rendered, and the 

 entertainment so liberally furnished. 

 Furthermore, 



Resolved, That the Society feels that 

 the Show has been an unqualified suc- 

 cess, due greatly to the efforts of those 

 mentioned. And be It further 



Resolved, That these resolutions be 

 inscribed upon the records of the So- 

 ciety, and copies sent to the organ- 

 ization's members. 



President Asmus then took the floor 

 and, referring to the ardent and un- 

 selfish work done by Thomas Roland 

 towards the success of the show, men- 

 tioned the fact that during its progress 

 a daughter had been added to Mr. Ro- 

 land's home circle, and on behalf of a 

 few appreciative friends presented Mr. 

 Roland with a silver porridge set for 

 the use of the young lady. Mr. Roland 

 in reply said that it had been all very 

 easy work up to the present moment 

 for him, but he found words to modest- 

 ly express his pleasure over the little 

 token and his delight that the great 

 exhibition had been so great a suc- 

 cess. 



The president announced that the 

 Executive Committee would meet in 

 Baltimore on Monday, April 3, and 

 then adjournment until next August 

 was duly declared. 



FLORISTS' TELEGRAPH DELIVERY 

 ASSOCIATION. 



A number of retail florists held a 

 meeting on Wednesday, March 29. J. 

 A. ■Valentine, president of the Associ- 

 ation, explained its objects and the 

 work done thus far. It was thought 

 that the time was now right for strong 

 action. On motion, Irwin Bertemann, 

 of Indianapolis, was appointed secre- 

 tary in place of H. B. Dorner, whose 

 resignation was accepted with regret. 

 The piesident appointed Messrs. Palm- 

 er, Smythe and Rock a committee to 

 act with the president and secretary, 

 to consider and present a schedule of 

 dues and guarantee ratios at a meeting 

 to be held later in the day. In the af- 

 ternoon another session was held at 

 which the committee presented the 

 schedule and after some little discus- 

 sion, the same was adopted. 



George Asmus, president of the S. A. 

 F., read a paper on "How We Handle 

 Rush Work at Easter and Christmas." 

 The paper was quite interesting. He 

 thought that Saint ■Valentine's Day 

 business was not reached out for as 

 much as it might be by florists, and 

 he predicted that this could be made 

 one of the great days of the year from 

 a business standpoint. Speaking ot 

 the taking care of sales charges, he 

 suggested that florists use the register- 

 ing machines, now popular in the 

 country, for every charge made. In 

 the matter of Christmas greens, he 

 found that nowadays it was best to 

 handle only stock of grades superior 

 to those handled by the hucksters and 

 other transient traders. He pointed 

 out the importance of keeping a diary 

 showing quantities of stock and kinds 

 handled every day in the year. Henry 

 Penn told how he had been successful 

 in getting St. Valentine's Day business 

 through liberal advertising In the local 

 papers. 



