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HORTICULTURE 



November 14, 1914 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The news of C. H. Totty's serious 

 illness, of course, threw a blanket on 

 the pleasures of Ladies' Night at the 

 New York Florists' Club meeting. Mon- 

 day. There was a very fair attendance 

 and the business session was made 

 very short. Resolutions were read on 

 the death of Miss Lilian Shaw. The 

 nominating committee reported as fol- 

 lows : 



For president. William H. Duckham. 

 Harry A. Bunyard and I. S. Hendrick- 

 son. Mr. Duckham declined the nom- 

 ination with a very few well chosen 

 words. Aice-president. John Miesem. 

 Robert Koehne, A. M. Henshaw; sec- 

 retary. John Young. L. W. C. Tuthill. 

 M. C. Ebel; treasurer, W. C. Rickards, 

 Charles Schenck. Julius Roehrs. Trus- 

 tees, Alexander Hogg. W. R. Cobb, 

 John H. Fiesser. Oscar Boehler, Emil 

 Schloss, W. E. Maynard. P. W. Popp, 

 Sam Batchellor and James Eraser 

 were elected members. 



There was an exhibit by Charles L. 

 Stanley, Plainfield. N. J., of chrysan- 

 themums Source D'Or. Souvenir D'Or. 

 Yellow Caprice and Lilac Caprice, and 

 one by Charles Webber. Lynbrook, L. 

 1.. of carnation Laura Webber, both of 

 which were awarded a vote of thanks. 



A resolution was passed instructing 

 the secretary to convey the sympathy 

 of the club to Mr. Totty in his illness, 

 sending the best wishes and the hope 

 for a speedy recovery. Many of the 

 younger people remained until almost 

 1 o'clock enjoying the musical program 

 which had been prepared. The house 

 committee deserve great credit for 

 the successful manner in which they 

 pulled off the affair. The meeting 

 room was nicely decorated w-ith flow- 

 ers and oak branches and was made 

 very attractive. 



ST. LOUIS SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Retail Florists' Association en- 

 tertained their members with a ban- 

 quet at the Washington Hotel on 

 Wednesday night, Nov. 11. 



The Lady Florists' Home Circle 

 were entertained by .Mrs. F. W. 

 Bruning at her home on Wednesday 

 afternoon, November 11. 



The St, Louis County Growers' As- 

 sociation held its regular monthly 

 meeting on Wednesday night, Nov. 

 4th. The feature of the meeting was 

 that every member will buy an oil 

 stove and have it in readiness should 

 anything happen to any member's 

 heating system so that in a short time 

 all stoves can be put to work and save 

 the stock. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America voted at Indianapolis to hold 

 its 1915 meeting in Cleveland, O. 



At the Chicago Florists' Club meet- 

 ing on Nov. 5. R. J. Parker and Victor 

 Young were elected to membership, 

 after which, owing to fact that meet- 

 ing was held on the evening of the de- 

 parture of a good many of the mem- 

 bers to the chrysanthemum meet- 

 ing at Indianapolis, the meeting was 

 adjourned until Thursday evening, 

 Nov. 19th, when nominations of offi- 

 cers for ensuing year will be the spe- 

 cial order of business. 



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chrysanthemum show on Thursday and 

 Friday. Nov. 5 and 6. The most elab- 

 orate and effective displays were made 

 by President E. W. Breed and Harry I. 

 Randall, the Pleasant street florist. 

 The Denholm & McKay Company, John 

 Gunn of Whitinsville, O. S. Walker, A. 

 H. Lange, George W. Knowlton of 

 West Upton, and the estates of Mrs. 

 W. X. Estabrook, Mrs. J. C. Whitin 

 and Mrs. Percy G. Forbes were all 

 represented in more or less extensive 

 displays of seasonable material. 



the Society. This mode of advertising 

 has proven very effective heretofore, 

 as it reaches the public more in the 

 form of an announcement than an ad., 

 and does not solicit trade for any one 

 florist. 



The Cincinnati Florists' Society's 

 regular meeting on Monday evening 

 was well attended. Pres. Allen ap- 

 pointed a committee consisting of Gus 

 Adrian, chairman. Max Rudolph. Hen- 

 ry Schwaz. R. Wltterstaetter and Chas. 

 H. Hoffraeister to devise a system of 

 valuation of plants and flowers for 

 taxation purposes and to report there- 

 on to the society at its next meeting. 

 R. Wltterstaetter brought up the dis- 

 cussion that led to the appointment of 

 the above committee. J. A. Peterson 

 and Roger Peterson showed a plant of 

 the new begonia, Mrs. Peterson. 



The American Sweet Pea Society 

 having decided some time ago to hold 

 its next annual exhibition in Newport, 

 R. I., requested the Newport Horticul- 

 tural Society to fix dates and place for 

 the event, so at a meeting of the 

 latter society on November 10, it was 

 voted to liold the exhibition at the 

 Newport Casino on July 8 and 9, 1915. 

 The local society is also planning to 

 hold a general horticultural exhibition 

 in conjunction with the sweet pea ex- 

 hibition and at present the outlook 

 seems very good for a large and inter- 

 esting show. At the above stated 

 meeting Alexander MacLellan of New- 

 port was elected general manager of 

 the joint exhibition. 



The Worcester County (Mass.) Hor- 

 ticultural Society held its annual 



The Knoxville Florists' Society held 

 its regular meeting at Chas. L. Daum's 

 store. Tuesday night, November 3rd. 

 Saturday, November 7th, having been 

 set aside as Chrysanthemum Day, final 

 arrangements were made, and a com- 

 mittee was appointed to get up sufl[i- 

 cient advertising matter in the local 

 papers, (and otherwise as it may see 

 fit), with instructions to do all adver- 

 tising in a cooperative way through 



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