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HORTICULTURE 



December 5, 1914 



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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 & ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Affiliation. 

 At the convention of this Society 

 held in Boston last August, the follow- 

 ing recommendation of the Executive 

 iboard was adopted, and added to the 

 •Constitution and By-laws of the So- 

 ■ciety: 



; "1. That clubs, societies or kin- 

 "dred organizations of professional flor- 

 ists, gardeners and horticulturists, 

 Ihaving a paid-up membership of one 

 hundred or more members in the S. A. 

 F. & O. H., shall be entitled to one 

 representative on the Board of Direc- 

 •■tors of the S. A. F. & O. H. 



"2. Such representative shall be 

 rthe president of such organization 

 .and must be a member of the S. A. F. 

 .& O. H. 



"3. . Any elective officer or appoint- 

 •ed director of the S. A. F. & O. H. 

 -..^hall not be eligible as a representa- 

 Uive of such organization. 



"4. When the president of any such 

 ■ organization is already a director, the 

 vice-president shall be eligible for the 

 • office. 



"5. Any organization applying for 

 representation shall submit to the 

 :secretary of the S. A. F. & O. H. a 

 •complete list of its membership. It 

 -.shall be the secretary's duty to con- 

 tflrm same and submit It to the presi- 



dent for final confirmation. Such list 

 shall be in the hands of the secretary 

 by December first of each year. An- 

 nouncement of such director shall be 

 made by the president-elect on .Janu- 

 ary first of each year." 



.V number of florists' clubs and hor- 

 ticultural societies having a member- 

 ship which would allow of their becom- 

 ing affiliated with the Society, have 

 already made application for affilia- 

 tion, and have filed the necessary list 

 of membership. Any eligible organiza- 

 tion not already affiliated should lose 

 no time in complying with the above 

 rules. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Charies Borrman, .338 High street, 

 Buffalo, N. Y.. offers for registration 

 the seedling Geranium (zonal pelar- 

 gonium) described below. Any per- 

 son objecting to the registration, or 

 to the use of the proposed name, is 

 requested to communicate with the 

 secretary at once. Failing to receive 

 objection to the registration, the 

 same will be made three weeks from 

 this date. 



Description — Seedling Geranium, 

 La Favorite x Detroit; color, the 

 same shade as Bridesmaid rose: habit 

 dwarf; leaves stocky, having a deep 

 zone. 



As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the Begonia Mrs. J. A. 



Peterson by J. A. Peterson, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio, becomes complete. 



John, Young, Sec'y. 

 53 W. 28th St., New York. 

 November 28, 1914. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 

 GARDENERS. 



A meeting of tlie executive commit- 

 tee of the National Association of Gar- 

 deners, consisting of its trustees and 

 directors, will be held at the Hotel 

 Walton. Broad street, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., on Wednesday forenoon, Decem- 

 ber 9th, at eleven o'clock. 



The bowling committee announces 

 that all members intending to enter 

 (he bowling tournament at the conven- 

 tion of the National Association of 

 Gardeners must register at the busi- 

 ness meting in Horticultural Hall on 

 Wednesday afternoon. December 9th. 

 The business meeting will be called to 

 order promptly at 2 o'clock. The bowl- 

 ing tournament will take place Thurs- 

 day forenoon, December 10th. 



The dinner committee has set the 

 price at $2.50 per person for the an- 

 nual banquet of the association, which 

 will occur in Horticultural Hall on 

 Wednesday evening. December 9th. 

 Mr. David Rust. Horticultural Hall, 

 Philadelphia. Pa., should be advised 

 without delay by those members who 

 will attend the banquet so that proper 

 provision can be made for them. 



Exhibits of novelties, specimen 

 plants and cut flowers of the newer va- 



