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HORTICULTURE 



August 22, 1914 



SUMMARY OF TREASURER'S 

 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT. 



January 1st, 1914, to August 1st, 1914. 



Jan. 1, Bahiute in Peruiauent 



Fund $15,704.03 



Receipts to Aug. 1, 1914 1,431.98 



Balance Permanent Fund, Aug. 1. $17,136.01 



Jan. 1, Balance in General Fund. ?13,386.T4 

 Receipts 3,200.00 



$16,586.74 

 Disbursements 5,088.85 



Balance General Fund, Aug. 1 . . . $11,497.89 



Balance Special Fund, Aug. 1 $1,558.50 



Invested as follows : 



Permanent Fund. 



Dunkelberg Bond & Mortgage, ^_^^^ 



Fort Wayne, Iiid $0,000.00 



City & .Suburban Realty Co., ,^„„„ 



Fort Wayne, Ind 1,500.00 



Germania Savin.ss Bank, Pitts- 

 burg, Pa 711. 1 S 



Peoples' Bank. Buffalo. N. Y 6,082.10 



American Savings Bank, Buffalo, 



V Y o,o4— .lo 



$17,136.01 

 General Fund. 



American Savings Bank, Buffalo, 



N. Y $4,898.87 



German-American Bank, Buffalo, 



N. Y 3,368.78 



Peoples' Bank. Savings account, 



Buffalo. N. Y 2,848.42 



Peoples' Bank. Checking account, 



Buffalo, N. y 549.98 



$11,666.05 

 Less Checks still out— No. 360-1.. 168.16 



.<11,497.S9 



Special Fund. 



Manufacturers' and Traders' Na- 

 tional Bank, Buffalo, N. Y $1,558.50 



Bond and Mortgage at 59f interest. 



Pittsburg and Buffalo Savings Banks, 4% 

 interest. 



Peoples' Bank on Savings account, 4% 

 interest. 



Peoples' Bank on Checking account, 3% 

 interest ou quarterly balances. 



William P. Gude, now presented 

 several reports, all of which were duly 

 received and separately acted upon, as 

 follows: 



REPORT OF WASHINGTON 

 REPRESENTATIVE. 



W. F. Gude made a brief report 

 stating that he had not been called on 

 for much of importance during the 

 year. He made reference to the res- 

 ignation of Prof. Galloway as Assist- 

 ant Secretary of Agriculture and the 

 appointment of Geo. W. Hess as su- 

 perintendent of the Botanic Garden. 

 He also made allusion to the useful 

 records being compiled by the office 

 of Economic and Systematic Botany 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry and 

 by the office of Horticultural and Pom- 

 ological Investigations. 



For the Committee on Law and Leg- 

 islation he reported that with the one 

 exception of a reference for adjust- 

 ment of certain classification of 

 freight rates, the Committee has had 

 nothing before it. In this case, after 

 a visit to the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission in Washington, the matter 

 was transferred to New York. There 

 the Commission heard Mr. Ward of 

 the S. A. F Committee, and then took 

 the matter under advisement. In the 

 event the classification is reduced, It 

 will make considerable difference In 

 the service rendered, as the goods will 

 not go forward as promptly as first- 

 class freight. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ROSE 



GARDENS AT ARLINGTON 



FARM, VA. 



W. F. Gude reported for this com- 

 mittee that they had been actively at 

 work co-operating with the officials of 

 the U. S. Government, having the Rose 

 Garden laid out and getting nearly 

 50 per cent of it planted and although 

 the garden has only been in existence 

 about four months, over three hun- 

 dred varieties of roses are already 

 growing nicely. This garden is only 

 about ten minutes ride from the cen- 

 ter of the city of Washington. The 

 largest part of the work, laying out 

 and planting the garden has been un- 

 der the direction of C. L. Mulford. 

 landscape gardener. Department of 

 agriculture. 



Three hundred and thirty-six lots 

 of roses have been planted, including 

 three hundred and nine varieties. 

 Only one-half of the garden was laid 

 off this year. This was made into 

 twelve beds capable of accommodating 

 eventually seventy-two varieties a 

 bed, 12 plants of each kind. The rose 

 garden is to be surrounded by a trel- 

 lis six feet high for the training of 

 climbing roses, provided at appropri- 

 ate points with eight-feet posts and 

 cross pieces over the adjoining walk 

 for the more vigorous climbers and 

 shorter posts for the pillar roses. It 

 is planned also to have pergolas in the 

 corners of the garden and special deco- 

 rative features at the four entrances. 

 At the most commanding point on its 

 main walk a low mound will be raised 

 from which to view the garden. On 

 this an appropriate rose covered shel- 

 ter is planned from which can be seen 

 the Capitol, Washington Monument 

 and many other notable buildings in 

 Washington, as well as the old Lee 

 Mansion at Arlington and the new- 

 naval radio station. Everything pos- 

 sible will be done to have a beautiful 

 garden, as well as a test garden. 



In addition to Mr. Mulford. Mr. 

 Gude mentioned Robt. Pyle, West- 

 chester, Pa., who had rendered won- 

 derful help toward getting the Garden 

 started, also Prof, Corbett, Dr. Van 

 Vleet and Mr. Steubenranch, of the 

 Department of Agriculture, all of 

 whom rendered valuable assistance. 

 The committee asked that any one 

 having roses, not yet listed in said 

 garden, contribute such for the gen- 

 eral good of the rosarlans throughout 

 the country. 



COMMITTEE ON WM. R. SMITH 



MEMORIAL. 

 W. F. Gude reported for this commit- 

 tee that progress is being made in the 

 collection of funds. The proposed re- 

 moval of the Botanic Garden at Wash- 

 ington will have a bearing on the char- 

 acter of the Memorial and as soon as 

 the new site has been decided upon it 

 is expected that a substantial sum can 

 be appropriated for a suitable memo- 

 rial in the new garden. Mr. Gude 

 stated that the sum in bank to date 

 amounts to $1396.60; pledged $750. 



President Wirth recognized Mr. R. 

 C. Kerr, President. Texas State Flor- 

 ists' Association, Houston, Texas, who 

 spoke interestingly of the rapid and 

 enthusiastic progress being made in 

 floriculture in his state. 



William J. Stewart being recognized 

 by the Chair, called attention to the 



enforced absence of Ex-President John 

 N. May on acconut of sickness and 

 read from a personal letter by that 

 gentleman sending greetings and kind 

 wishes to the members. The message 

 was received with appreciative ap- 

 plause, and on motion of Ex-President 

 Hill. Secretary Young was requested 

 to send a letter of sympathy and good 

 wishes to Mr. May. 



Irwin C. Bertermann called atten- 

 tion to the sad death of Mrs. E. A. 

 Fetters, of Detroit, Mich., who lost her 

 life while out boating Sunday and sug- 

 gested that a suitable floral offering 

 be forwarded with the sympathy of 

 the Convention. Mrs. Fetters having 

 been a member of the Ladies' S. A. F., 

 and her husband a member of the S. 

 A. F. The motion carried unanimous- 

 ly. President Wirth announced that 

 the next business in order was consid- 

 eration of invitations for holding 1915 

 Convention. 



On motion of W. F. Kasting, Buffalo, 

 N. Y.. the time for balloting on the 

 convention city was fixed at from 7 to 

 9 o'clock P. M.; ballots to be deposited 

 in the Secretary's office. 



SELECTION OF MEETING PLACE 

 FOR 1915. 

 This item in the program, the last 

 regular business for the afternoon ses- 

 sion on Tuesday, was the incentive for 

 considerable oratory, serious and hu- 

 morous, participated in by D. Mac- 

 Rorie of San Francisco, who pre- 

 sented credentials and greetings from 

 the Pacific Coast Horticultural Society 

 and eloquently urged the California 

 city for the next meeting place, BenJ. 

 Hammond of Beacon, N. Y., Hugo 

 Plath of San Francisco, M. C. Ebel of 

 Madison. N. J., E. G. Hill of Richmond 

 Ind., J. G. Esler of Saddle River, N. J., 

 all advocating San Francisco; S. A. 

 Anderson who presented an invitation 

 from the Buffalo Florists' Club; W. F. 

 Kasting of Buffalo, W. A. Manda of 

 South Orange, N. J.. Chas. Lenker of 

 Freeport, N. Y., and George Asmus of 

 Chicago, all of whom favored Buffalo 

 for 1915. It was decided that the polls 

 should be open for balloting, from 7 to 

 9 P. M., Messrs. Anderson and Mac- 

 Rorie being appointed tellers and J. G. 

 Esler judge. The President's Recep- 

 tion was on at its height at the Copley- 

 Plaza Hotel when the news was passed 

 aroimd that San Francisco was the 

 winner by the margin of one vote. 



PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION. 



This important social event took 

 place on Tuesday evening in the mag- 

 nificent ball room of the Copley-Plaza 

 Hotel and was one of the most success- 

 ful affairs of the kind in the history 

 of the Society. President and Mrs. 

 Wirth were assisted in the receiving 

 line by a number of present and past 

 officials of the Society and their ladies 

 and it took fully an hour for the long 

 and brilliant procession to pass. Music 

 was furnished by a band of 24 pieces 

 and dancing was indulged in until the 

 midnight hour. 



SECOND DAY. 

 The session on Wednesday morning 

 opened with a light attendance but the 

 hall gradually filled up and a very in- 

 teresting meeting ensued. The tellers 

 reported on the balloting for next place 

 of meeting showing the selection of 

 San Francisco by a plurality of one 

 vote. The announcement was received 



