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HOETICULTUBE 



October 10, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



George Burton was elected president 

 of this, the oldest Florists' Club in 

 America, at its annual meeting held 

 on the 6th inst, succeeding J. Otto 

 Thilow, who had the unusual honor 

 of having held the office for two suc- 

 cessive terms. In relinquishing the 

 gavel to Mr. Burton, Mr. Thilow made 

 one of the most touching and inspir- 

 ing speeches — in fact (as that past- 

 master in eloquence Robert Craig con- 

 fided to us after the meeing) — it was 

 a real burst of eloquence and one of 

 the finest things we have heard in 

 many a moon. John C. Gracey was 

 elected vice-president. 



"But like King Alexander I would reign, 

 And I would reign alone. 

 I'd brook no monarch in thy soul 

 No rival on my throne." 



This well deserved compliment to 

 our good friend Mr. Gracey will, we 

 feel sure, be the means of bringing 

 again within the wide all-sheltering 

 arms of the mother, those foolish 

 seceders who deserted the home nest 

 without rhyme or reason. The Flor- 

 ists' Club is big enough and broad 

 •enough to embrace all branches of the 

 ■business. The secretary and treasurer 

 ■were re-elected. Mr. Thilow gave an 

 account of his recent trip to California 

 which was listened to with much in- 

 terest. Reports for the year, financial 

 and otherwise, were read and ap- 

 proved. The club has grown a little 

 — and the little is perhaps better than 

 a big growth of evanescent character. 



ALBANY FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The monthly meeting of this Club 

 was held on Thursday, Oct. 1st, at 

 the Albany Cut Flower Exchange. L. 

 H. Schaefer asked for another month 

 to settle up flower show report. 



On motion of Thos. Tracey it was 

 voted to have debates and essays at 

 all the regular meetings, and F. A. 

 Danker was selected to start the good 

 work at the next meeting. The ques- 

 tion box also will be taken up for the 

 ■winter meetings. The secretary was 

 instructed to send a letter of condo- 

 lence to A. D. Wemple and family on 

 the death of his father-in-law. Stephen 

 Green, representing H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., Philadelphia, who was present, 

 ■was asked to give the members an idea 

 of the effect of the war on florists' sup- 

 plies for the future. He said many 



of his firm's purchases had been held 

 up but he believes they will yet re- 

 ceive some but at a possible advance 

 in price owing to the difficulties of 

 shipping and raise in freight rates. 

 Edw. Tracey, F. A. Danker and L. H. 

 Schaefer were appointed a commit- 

 tee to take up the trip to the S. A. 

 F. and O. H. convention at San Fran- 

 cisco in 1915. and to induce the mem- 

 bers who intend to go to start a pool 

 and deposit a sum of money every 

 meeting towards the expense of same, 

 the money to be deposited in a sav- 

 ings bank so that it will draw in- 

 terest. Remarks were made by Mr. 

 Snj'der. of Rhinebeck. X. Y.; Mr. 

 Sanders: Fred Goldring. and others. 

 After adjournment Chairman L. H. 

 Schaefer of the Entertainment Com- 

 mittee invited the members to some 

 refreshments. Next meeting, Nov- 

 ember 5th. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



The Fall Exhibition of this Society 

 will be held at the American Museum 

 of Natural History, New York City, 

 from October 30 to November 3, in- 

 clusive. An invitation is extended to 

 all to make exhibits. Prizes are of- 

 fered for chrysanthemums, both plants 

 and flowers, roses, carnations, foliage 

 and decorative plants, new plants, and 

 orchids, both plants and flowers. There 

 are classes for both commercial and 

 non-commercial growers. 



Three prizes of $50, $35, and $15 are 

 offered for twelve vases of cut chrysan- 

 themum blooms, in twelve varieties, 

 three blooms of each, stems eighteen 

 inches long. This should bring out 

 keen competition. Schedules will be 

 sent on application to the secretary, 

 George V. Nash, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. City. 



George V. Nash, Sec'y. 



The leading horticulturists in Bel- 

 gium, Luxemburg, France, Ireland, 

 England and Holland are proceeding 

 with their San Francisco exposition 

 plans and the war will not mar the 

 most wonderful horticultural display 

 ever seen in one beauty spot. In a 

 letter just received from Belgium to 

 the officials of the Panama-Pacific In- 

 ternational Exposition, notice is given 

 of the early shipment of 10,000 bulbs. 

 "We have Lot given up hope of visiting 

 the exposition," said the writer. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Secretary Baur is mailing to each 

 raiser of one or more new varieties of 

 carnations a list of his varieties, with 

 a request for the data lacking of mak- 

 ing the society register complete. 

 There are some 300 carnation breed- 



ers recorded, with a total of about 

 1500 varieties. There are several 

 whose address Mr. Baur is unable to 

 find. A list of their names and the 

 varieties they raised is appended. 

 Perhaps some of our readers might 

 help to locate them. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Garden Society of Montclair, N. 

 J., held a dahlia show at the Old First 

 Presbyterian Church on September 26. 



At the first annual flower show of 

 the Garden Club of Chester Valley, 

 Pa., there was a fine display of flowers, 

 fruits and vegetables. 



The Northampton and Holyoke 

 I Mass.) FTorists' and Gardeners' Club 

 will hold their annual chrysanthemum 

 exhibit in the city hall, Northampton, 

 November 10 and 11. 



The Worcester County (Mass.) Hor- 

 ticultural Society held its regular au- 

 tumn show on Thursday, October 8. 

 A banquet was served at noon with 

 guests from Boston and Providence 

 present. 



The Oyster Bay Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its third autumn show at 

 Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y., on 

 September 30. The displays of vege- 

 tables ■svere especially good being 

 really the most interesting feature of 

 the exhibition. 



The Oklahoma State Nurserymen's 

 association met September 22 for its 

 annual fall meeting, at the Lee-Huck- 

 1ns, Oklahoma City. P. W. Vaught, 

 of Holdenville is president and Jim 

 Parker of Tecumseh is secretary of 

 the organization. 



The fourth annual exhibition of the 

 Paterson (N.J.) Floricultural Society 

 on September 25. 26, was a big success 

 in every sense. The judges were Wil- 

 liam Taney, David Miller of Tuxedo 

 and Jacob Witlinger of Ossining. N. 

 Y., and they had a long list of prizes 

 to award. 



A garden exhibit was held at the 

 Froebel school, Muskegon, Mich., on 

 Sept. 22. The pupils of the school 

 exhibited flowers and vegetables grown 

 in home gardens by themselves. There 

 was also a table for exhibits of flow- 

 ers, fruits and vegetables grown by 

 adults. 



The annual exhibit of the Wappin- 

 gers Falls (N. Y.) Dahlia and Im- 

 provement Society originally sched- 

 uled to take place on Sept. 25 and 26 

 was held on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 

 2 and 3. The continued dry weather 

 has retarded the growth and bloom of 

 many flowers. 



The fifth annual exhibition of the 

 Elberon (N. J.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held at the Asbury Park 

 casino November 3, 4 and 5. The show 

 is styled as a chrysanthemum exhibit 

 but it will not be confined to this 

 flower. In addition to flowers, fruits 

 and vegetables will be shown. 



The Battle Creek (Mich.) Horticul- 

 tural Society held a dahlia show on 

 September 29, in the Toeller-Dolling 

 window. The idea of staging a flower 

 exhibition in a show window is rather 

 -novel. But "big oaks from little 

 acorns grow," and it all helps toward 

 an increased interest in flowers. 



The Preliminary Schedule of Prizes 



