December 19, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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has long been a loyal member of the 

 club and of the S. A. F. Emil Schloss 

 represents the "allied interests." His 

 specialty is florists' ribbons. For 

 many years his exhibits at the vari- 

 ous conventions and shows have been 

 generous and effective and, as a busi- 

 nessman well-known and popular 

 among the entire trade, he will prove 

 a valuable man in the councils of the 

 club. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Rose Society had a full 

 meeting at the office of Traendly & 

 Schenck in New York City on Decem- 

 ber 14th. Thomas Roland on behalf 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety extended an invitation to the 

 American Rose Society to hold their 

 annual exhibition and meeting in Bos- 

 ton on March 25. 26. 27 and 28th, the 

 same being accepted. The exhibit in 

 pots and tubs is to be made on the 25th 

 and cut roses are to be staged on Fri- 

 day the 26th. The committee to act 

 with the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society in preparing a premium list 

 are — Louis J. Renter. Westerly, R. I., 

 Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass., and 

 Alex, Montgomery, Natick, Mass. 



A special committee was ajipointed 

 to solicit premiums and is composed of 

 the following— Louis J. Renter. Wes- 

 terly, R. I.; E. Allan Peirce. Waltham, 

 Mass.; Eber Holmes, Montrose. Mass.; 

 S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia, Pa.; Wal- 

 lace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; 

 Frank H. Traendly, New York City, 

 Patrick Welch, Boston, Mass.; E. O. 

 Hill, Richmond. Ind.; August F. Poehl- 

 mann, Morton Grove. 111.; William F. 

 Kasting. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Vice-President Pyle moved tlie con- 

 sideration of the appointment of com- 

 mittees for governing Rose Test Gar- 

 dens, and the following committees 

 were appointed. The central rose gar- 

 den committee are: Alex. Gumming, 

 ,Jr., Cromwell, Conn., Chairman; 

 Thomas N. Cook, Watertown, Mass., 

 and Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, 

 Conn. The committee for the Wash- 

 ington test gardens are — Robert Pyle, 

 West Grove, Pa., chairman; Admiral 

 Aaron Ward, Roslyn, N, Y.. Charles F. 

 Tansill, Washington, D. C. The com- 

 mittee for the Cornell test garden are 

 —A. C. Beal, Ithaca, N. Y.. John Wat- 

 son. Newark. N. Y.. and Rev. Dr. Mills, 

 Syracuse, N. Y. The committee for 

 the Hartford test gardens is John 

 Huss, chairman, Hartford, Conn., and 

 for the Minneapolis test gardens Theo. 

 Wirth, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Upon motion it w'as resolved that in 

 recognition of the action of the Syra- 

 cuse Rose Society in becoming affil- 

 iated with the American Rose Society 

 with its over 300 members the presi- 

 dent of the Syracuse Rose Society — 

 Rev. Dr. E. A. Mills be chosen an hon- 

 orary vice-president of the .\merican 

 Rose Society. 



The annual bulletin has been started 

 and the intent is to get out the best 

 annual report that has yet been issued. 

 The Secretary reported this work well 

 under way. 



The number of members of the 

 American Rose Society who belong to 

 the Society of American Florists and 

 Ornamental Horticulturists is 104, and 

 this number entitles the American 

 Rose Society to appoint one of its 

 ■number (its president) as a director 



on the board of the S. A. F., — Walla. . 

 R. Pierson in this case. 



Be.nj.v.mi.x H.\M.\i0ND, Sec'y. 



Beacon. N. Y. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The meeting of this club at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Dec. 1.5, was fairly well 

 attended. W. R. Cobb of Lord & 

 Burnham Co., New York, gave a 

 stereopticon lecture on greenhouse 

 construction that proved to be in- 

 structive and was well received. 



The following were elected to office 

 of the year 1915: Herman H. Bartsch 

 of Waverley, president; James 

 Methven, Readville, vice-president; 

 William N. Craig, Brookline, secre- 

 tary; Peter Fisher. Ellis, treasurer; 

 Geo. M. Anderson, Milton Win. J. Ken- 

 nedy, Chestnut Hill, Peter M. Miller. 

 Boston, Wm. J. Patterson, Wollaston, 

 Andrew K. Rogers, Readville, execu- 

 tive committee. 



A discussion on greenhouse ventila- 

 tion took place after refreshmenis 



f u' cessful plant grower, but as a busi- 

 ness man of more than ordinary pre- 

 ception and push. In the club he has 

 been a loyal member, serving with 

 zeal on various committees and as its 

 vice-president, and nobody who knows 

 him will doubt that he will "make 

 good" as its chief official. 



Herman Bartsch 



President-elect Gardeners' nnd Florist.s' 

 Club ot Boston. 



were served, headed by Wm. Downs. 

 It promised to be lively and interest- 

 ing, but was cut short on account of 

 the lateness of the hour. 



Among the exhibits were five vases 

 of carnations from S. J. Goddard of 

 Framingham, including White Won- 

 der, Pink Delight, Gloriosa, Cham- 

 pion and Gorgeous. F. W. Fletcher 

 showed two vases of snapdragon. A 

 vase of white antirrhinums came 

 from W. N. Craig. One of the best 

 exhibits was a coliection ot Christmas 

 plants from W. W. Edgar Co. 



Herman Bartsch, the newly elected 

 president of the Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Club of Boston comes to this posi- 

 tion ot honor through the good old 

 practical route ot efficiency and in- 

 tegrity in business and faithful serv- 

 ice in' such duties as the organization 

 has imposed upon him. As manager 

 ot the business of the W. W. Edgar 

 Company at Waverley, Mass., Mr. 

 Bartsch has made an unexcelled rec- 

 ord not only as an intelligent and 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



The annual convention of the Nation- 

 al Association of Gardeners was held 

 in Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 on Wednesday and Thursday, Decem- 

 ber 9th and 10th. The business meet- 

 ing on Wednesday afternoon was 

 opened by J. Otto Thilow, with an ad- 

 dress of welcome to the visiting gar- 

 deners, following which he presented 

 a gavel to the association, the head of 

 which was made from a piece of wood 

 from a Cedar of Lebanon, said to have 

 been brought to Washington from Mt. 

 Lebanon, the handle of wood taken 

 from the home of Thomas Jefferson, 

 Monticello. W. Va., the bronze caps 

 from metal taken from the wreck of 

 the Maine, which was sunk in Havana 

 harbor. The gavel is the gift of George 

 W. Hess, superintendent of the Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, Washington. D. C, and 

 is to be used by the presiding officer 

 at future meetings of the association- 

 After the presentation. Mr. Thilow 

 turned the meeting over to President 

 William H. Waite. The secretary's re- 

 port and those submitted by the va- 

 rious committees disclosed that the 

 year about to close has been an active 

 one in the organization. The treas- 

 urer's annual report showed a substan- 

 tial bank balance to the credit of the 

 association. 



The following new officers were 

 elected for the ensuing year: Presi- 

 dent. John W. Everitt. Glen Cove, N. 

 Y.; vice-president, William S. Rennie, 

 San Francisco, Cal; secretary, Martin 

 C. Ebel, Madison, N. J.; treasurer, 

 James Stuart, Mamaroneck. N. Y. 

 Trustees: William Kleinheinz, Ogontz, 

 Pa.; Peter Duff. Orange. N. J.; George 

 W. Hess, Washington, D. C; William 

 Turner. Mendham, N. J.; and John 

 Dodds, Wyncote, Pa. 



W. Frank Therkildson of Philadel- 

 phia, addressed the meeting on "The 

 Progress of Horticulture in this Coun- 

 try." He presented some statistics on 

 the magnitude of the nursery and seed 

 growing industry, his subject being de- 

 voted more to the commercial end of 

 the growing than to the private end, 

 but what he related proved interesting 

 to the gardeners as it gave them an in- 

 sight in commercial horticulture as It 

 is conducted in the United States. 

 Richard Vincent, Jr., White Marsh, 

 Md., presented an interesting paper on 

 "The Gardener of the Past and Fu- 

 ture," which was well received. The 

 illustrated le( ture by Robert Pyle. 

 West Grove, Pa., on "Roses, and Rose 

 Gardens at Home and Abroad." proved 

 most interesting and instructive. Some 

 fine pictures were shown of European 

 rose gardens, also some excellent 

 views of rose gardens at Portland. Ore. 



There were about seventy-five mem- 

 bers present at the meeting, the se- 

 vere storm of the preceding days hav- 

 ing prevented many who intended to 

 be at the convention from attending. 

 At the conclusion of the business meet- 

 ing, the members adjourned to the ban- 

 quet hall where they were joined by 



