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HOBTICULTUEE 



November 28, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Rose Society held a meet- 

 ing on Nov. 18th, at the oflace of 

 Traendly & Schenck, New York City. 

 Considerable business was transacted. 

 Treasurer May reported that the per- 

 manent investment of $3,000 for three 

 guarantee mortgage certificates would 

 be due on Jan. 15th. It was directed 

 that the money be re-invested in guar- 

 anteed mortgage certificates, the in- 

 terest thereon being 5 per cent. This 

 security is legal New York Savings 

 Bank investment. 



The matter of fixing the time and 

 place for the spring show was care- 

 fully gone over. Letters were re- 

 ceived from Baltimore and Chicago, 

 bearing on the matter. President 

 Pierson had visited Chicago and had 

 a conference with some of the leading 

 florists, and it was moved that action 

 for the present as to the time and 

 place for the annual meeting and ex- 

 hibition be deferred until later. 



The Test Gardens at Washington 

 and Cornell University, at Ithaca, N. 

 Y., have been well gotten under way 

 this season. Those at Hartford and 

 Minneapolis were in prime condition. 

 Vice-President Pyle brought up the 

 desirability of general aflBliation with 

 local Rose Societies. To the mem- 

 bers of the Syracuse Rose Society 

 have been sent some 300 bulletins for 

 1913. Mr. Pyle had given an illus- 

 trated lecture on Roses to the Brook- 

 land, D. C, Society. 



The list of roses as originated in 

 America was a subject for consider- 

 ation; the effort being to gather to- 

 gether as near a ftill list as can be done 

 and make it a matter of official record; 

 this has been under way for some two 

 or three years. Last year the official 

 list as entered with the Society of 

 American Florists was tabulated and 

 printed in the hulletin. To get out a 

 more complete list, as a matter of 

 historic data, it was moved that the 

 committee on nomenclature be in- 

 structed to prepare and submit to the 

 Executive Committee, a list of all 

 roses of American origin. 



The annual bulletin for 1913 was 

 the largest edition of the Society's 

 records ever issued. It is proposed 

 this year to increase the number. The 

 bulletin goes far and wide and will 

 be ready about the first of the year 

 1915. Adjourned to meet second Mon- 

 day in December. 



B. Hammond, Secretary. 



Beacon, N. Y. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 NURSERYMEN. 



We are now able to report that the 

 Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Mich., has 

 been chosen by the committee on ar- 

 rangements, Thomas 1. Ilgenfritz and 

 Secretary Hall, as convention head- 

 quarters for the foretieth anniversary 

 of this Association. The accommoda- 

 tions for meetings, exhibits, commit- 

 tees, and for social purposes are un- 

 excelled, and have been generously 

 placed at our command by the man- 

 agement. 



It will be our aim from time to time 

 to keep members posted regarding 



progress made in the development of 

 all efforts to have the program, gen- 

 eral arrangements and entertainment 

 of the very highest quality. What we 

 now ask of members is that they 

 shall become so enthused that they 

 will importune nurserymen who are 

 at present in the cold to become mem- 

 bers before the cold storage doors 

 shut them up beyond the possibility 

 of thawing. The convention of June 

 23-25, 1915, will go down in American 

 Association history as a phenomenal 

 event. John Hall, Secretary. 



204 Chamber of Commerce Build- 

 ing, Rochester, N. Y. 



PACIFIC COAST HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The annual ball of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society in San Francisco 

 on the evening of Nov. 14, was the 

 most successful event of the kind ever 

 held, and great credit is due to Frank 

 Thatcher, who had charge of the ar- 

 rangements. About 350 people were 

 present, and spent a most enjoyable 

 evening. 



Several matters of interest came up 

 at the last regular meeting. Daniel 

 MacRorie reported on his visit to the 

 California Association of Nurserymen 

 convention at San Diego, announcing 

 its decision to convene in this city at 

 the time of the S. A. F. convention next 

 year. President H. Plath announced 

 that he would shortly take up the ap- 

 pointment of the S. A. F. program com- 

 mittee to look after the preparations at 

 this end. It was decided to organize a 

 bowling club among the members, to 

 compete at the S. A. F. convention for 

 the Ebel trophy next year, Friday 

 night being set as the time for prac- 

 tice. It was voted that the Pacific 

 Coast Nurserymen's Association be in- 

 vite! to convene here at the time of 

 the S. A. F. convention, and steps 

 were taken toward organizing a local 

 branch of the Ladies' Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists, Messrs. Gill. Pos and 

 Hofinghoff being named as a commit- 

 tee to act in the matter. D. Raymond, 

 chairman of the field day committee, 

 reported an invitation from the Mac- 

 Rorie-McLaren Company for the Soci- 

 ety to visit their plant at Beresford 

 late in November, the date to be set 

 later. 



The bowling club has just been or- 

 ganized, holding Its first trial game on 

 the evening of Nov. 20 at Schroeder's 

 alley on Turk street. The team in- 

 cludes Daniel MacRorie, H. Plath, M. 

 Pos, R. McArthur, B. Meyer. Victor 

 Podesta. D. Ravmond and J. A. Axell. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Exhibited at Cincinnati, Nov. 14, by 

 Elmer D. Smith & Co., Adrian, Mich., 

 Tekonsha, bronze, job. Inc., Com. scale 

 81 points; ex. scale 85 points; Kew- 

 anee, light yellow bronze shadings. 

 Jap. Inc., ex. scale 89 points. 



Exhibited at Madison, N. J., Oct. 28, 

 Chas. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., B. 

 Pulling, yellow, Jap. reflex, ex. scale 

 93 points. 



HJxhibited at Chicago, Nov. 9, by 



Mount Greenwood, Morgan Park, 111., 

 Mount Greenwood, pink, Jap. Inc., 

 Com. scale 82 points. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS 

 CLUB. 



Our visiting committee planned a 

 trip for us to points not easily reached 

 by trolley, and a party of 35 with eight 

 autos was the result. 



The first point visted was that of 

 Elmer Weaver where we found carna- 

 tions better than they have been at 

 this place for the past three years. At 

 Charles Weavers the sweet peas were 

 just getting into action and the cal- 

 endulas and mignonette were in the 

 highth of vigor and the out enormous. 

 At Harry Weaver's, in addition to car- 

 nations, was a house of tomatoes in 

 full crop and one of stocks coming 

 on for later blooming. At Jacob 

 Weaver's in addition to the usual car- 

 nations there was a batch of seedlings 

 among which was a very promising 

 yellow and a fine salmon pink. At 

 Elias Lefever's we were treated to the 

 best lot of Gloriosa and by all odds 

 the finest house of Pink Delight we 

 ever saw, a peculiarity of this house 

 being the fact that the flowering 

 stems w-ere full of good cuttings, an 

 unusual condition with this variety. 

 At John Shreiner's we found the usual 

 stock of market pot plants along with 

 cut flowers. By market here is meant 

 a city market and that this end of the 

 business pays a reasonable profit is 

 shown by the fact that Mr. Shreiner 

 is continually adding to his place and 

 his personal comforts, even to the 

 lighting of his greenhouses by acety- 

 line gas. At A. W. Denlinger's we 

 found several new houses of up-to-date 

 type and the stock accordingly. At 

 Enos K. Lefever's, among the chrys- 

 anthemums was a beautiful pink that 

 will be just about right for Thanks- 

 giving and could even be held until 

 Christmas. Just what the name was no 

 one seemed to know but one party 

 made a guess that it was "Patti". Wade 

 Galey's was the last place visited and 

 here we found as at all of the places 

 touched, excellent carnations as the 

 principal product. Every establish- 

 ment has one or more modern houses 

 and others will be added as the older 

 ones get worn out so that eventually 

 Lancaster County will be up-to-date in 

 every way and greenhouse builders 

 are keeping right with us to see that 

 we do not fall behind, as witnessed 

 by the fact that both Lord & Rurnham 

 Co. and the King Construction Co. 

 were represented on this trip by 

 Dennis T. Connor and T. J. Nolan, re- 

 spectively. 



At the regular meeting in the even- 

 ing the Flower Show committee re- 

 ported having had a successful show 

 from every point of view and having 

 a balance of some $37.5.00 over and 

 above all expenses. A. K. Rohrer 

 read a paper giving a list of the most 

 profitable shrysanthemums to grow 

 for the various seasons, which was 

 very instructive as the Rohrers do not 

 hesitate to cut out any variety that 

 does not come up to standard. A 

 committee was api)ointed to arrange 



