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H J? T I C: U L T U B E 



February 17, 1917 



Meeting of the Executive Committee. 



The Executive Committee of the 

 American Rose Society met in Phila- 

 delphia on the 8th of Fel)ruary to take 

 up matters pertaining to the coming 

 show. A list of names tor judges was 

 presented and the same will be com- 

 municated with, requesting their serv- 

 ices as judges at the spring exhibition. 



The premium list is growing by the 

 addition of some special premiums, 

 and the interest that is being taken to 

 make this a great show certainly war- 

 rants the belief that there will be 

 nothing lacking for a great popular 

 exhibition. The returns from the call 

 for 50 per cent, of the guarantee fund 

 have been very satisfactory. Applica- 

 tion was made for the registering of 

 four new roses, which was submitted 

 to the committee for report. 



The Portland Rose Test Garden 

 which has been receiving some careful 

 attention tor several months past, was 

 brought forward showing that on the 

 11th of January, 1917, there met in the 

 city of Portland, Ore., a group of peo- 

 ple representing ninety-nine different 

 organizations of the city, the Royal 

 Rosarians, the Portland Rose Society, 

 the Portland Chamber of Commerce, 

 the Portland Floral Society, The Ro- 

 tary Club, the Research Club, the 

 American Institute of Architects, the 

 Parents' and Teachers' Association, 

 etc., who organized themselves into 

 the Portland Association National Rose 

 Test Garden. This organization was 

 promised the co-operation of the city 

 government of Portland through its 

 park department, and is now an estab- 

 lished organization ready for work. 



This movement for a rose test gar- 

 den in Portland has been encouraged 

 from the start by the American Rose 

 Society, the executive committee of 

 which at their meeting in Philadelphia 

 on Feb. 8th decided unanimously to 

 designate Portland, Ore., as the official 

 Rose Test Garden of the Pacific North- 

 west, and to cooperate with the local 

 organization appointed Jlr. Currey, Mr. 

 Clark and Mr. Tucker, who, together 

 with the Portland Association and the 

 City Government of Portland, will 

 formulate plans for the location and 

 government of the garden and provide 

 rules and regulations for all tests and 

 contests. 



The membership dues for 1917 were 

 reported, by the secretary, as coming 

 in finely. There are about 40i) asso- 

 ciate members now on record, and a 

 ticket of admission to the coming show 

 is forwarded to each member as the 

 dues are paid. 



Robt. Pyle presented an invitation 

 from Newport. R. I., to hold an ex- 

 hibition of outdoor roses on the 4th of 

 July next. It was considered best to 

 defer action on this matter until cer- 

 tain details pertaining to the same 

 could be obtained. 



Representatives from the leading 

 firms in Philadelphia were present at 

 the meeting. 



Benjamin Hammond, Secy. 



Beacon. N. Y. 



Monday, Feb. 19. 



Deti'uit Florists' Club, Bemb Floral 

 Hall. Detroit, Mieli. 



Houston Florists' Club, Chamber 

 of Coiiimercf Rooms, Houatou, Tex. 



New Jersey Florioultural .Society, 

 Oranpe. N. J. 



Tuesday, Feb. 20. 



(Janleners' ami Florists' Club of 

 r.ostoii. Ilortkultural Hall, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Ontario. St. George's Hall, Toronto, 

 Can. 



Minnesota State Florists' Associa- 

 tion. Minneapolis, Minn. 



Pennsylvania H(H-tieultural So- 

 ciety, Horticultural Hall. I'hlladel- 

 pliia. Pa. 



Wednesday, Feb. 21. 



Ithotie Island Ilorti<'ultural So- 

 ciety, Public Library. Proyidence. 

 K. I. 



Tarrytown Horticultui'al Society. 

 Tarrytown, .N. Y. 



Friday, Feb. 23. 



('(►nnecticut Horticultural Society, 

 County lililK.. Hartford, Conn. 



.Monmouth County Horticultural 

 Society. Ued Hank. N. .1. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society, 

 Pasadena, Calif. 



People's Park Cottage Gardeners' 

 .\ssociation, Paterson. N. .T. 



Saturday. Feb. 24. 



Hohli's Ferry (iardenei' 

 tion. Hobba' Ferry, N. V. 



.\ssocia- 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the February meeting of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club Ella Grant Wil- 

 son, of Cleveland, Ohio, .gave a very in- 

 teresting talk on advertising and pub- 

 licity. James H. Burdett, Mr. Ek- 

 strom, Mr. O'Tool and Mr. Nauman 

 gave some pood talks on the same sub- 

 ject. Poehlmann Bros, exhibited a 

 very nice collection of orchids, includ- 

 ing a vase of Phalaenopsis Sehilleriana. 

 The Publicity Committee was re-ap- 

 pointed to suggest advertising for 

 Easter. Duncan Roljertson was elec- 

 ted a member, and tlie following appli- 

 cations were received: M. 'Wright, 

 John Sinner, Chas. Nienams, Geo. 

 Kastalnik, Arthur M. Luedtke and 

 and T. E. Waters. There was a very 

 large attendance; in fact, one of the 

 l;est meetings the Chicago Florists' 

 Club has ever had. The Club decided 

 to make the March meeting a Novelty 

 Night. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



Assembly Bill Xo. 16 of the .\'ew 

 Jersey legislature to extend the cor- 

 porate existence of the Florists' Hail 

 Association for thirty years has passed 

 the House, and is now on the calendar 

 of the Senate for future action. As- 

 semblyman Walter G. Winne was the 

 sponsor for the measure and to him 

 the F. H. A, is under obligation for 

 the rapid transit of the bill through 

 the lower House. 



John G. Esler. Secy. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The February meeting of the New 

 York Florists' Club was well attended 

 and full of thrills, in which Philip 

 Kessler's commissary department 

 figured high. The greater part of the 

 proceedings were committee reports 

 and deliberations on various important 

 matters having to do with the ap- 

 proaching International Exhibition, 

 the annual dinner and the S. A. F. 

 Convention. Over ten thousand trade 

 tickets have already been sold for the 

 "International." The annual dinner is 

 to be held at the Biltmore. Nineteen 

 new members were admitted and 

 eleven more were proposed. The Club 

 has never been in such splendid con- 

 dition for heavy responsibilities such 

 as it has to meet this year. Secretary 

 Young's report showing a membership 

 approaching five hundred and a treas- 

 ury balance approximating $15,000. 

 David M. Roth, memory training ex- 

 pert, gave an interesting talk on his 

 system. Richard Vincent, Jr., presi- 

 dent cf the American Dahlia Society, 

 addressed the meeting on matters of 

 current interest. J. Harrison Dick 

 told of the experiences of the visitors 

 to Indianapolis, and a vote of thanks 

 was extended to Lon. Hafner, of the 

 N. Y. C. R. R., for courtesies and at- 

 tention en route. Greetings were re- 

 ceived from F. Marquardt, who is now 

 enjoying the attractions of sunny 

 Florida. 



The exhibition was the best seen at 

 the Club for a long time. Carnations 

 were superb and no less than six pre- 

 liminary certificates were awarded. 

 These were as follows: "Laddie." 88 

 points; "Doris," 85. and "Rosalia." 85, 

 all exhibited by S, J. Goddard, of 

 Framingham, Mass.; "C6ttage Maid," 

 88 points, from Cottage Gardens Co., 

 Queens; "Lucy." 85 points, from Flora 

 Hill Gardens. Chatham. N, J.: "Olive 

 Whitman," 85 points, from M, Math- 

 eron, Baldwins. N, Y. Thanks were 

 voted for Seedling 46 from Flora Hill 

 Gardens. "Cornell" from Ira .Marvin. 

 Wilkes-Barre, Pa., "Mrs. John P. Mars- 

 den" from J. F. Marsden, Par Rocka- 

 way, and Enchantress sport from 

 F. B. Abrams. Blue Point, with a re- 

 quest to see the two last named again. 

 Thanks were also given to Robert 

 Simpson. Clifton, N. J., for a sport 

 from the rose J. J. L. Mock and to 

 Florex Gardens, North Wales, Pa., for 

 rose September Morn. 



CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The bi-monthly meeting of this so- 

 ciety was held in the county building, 

 Hartford, on Friday evening. Feb. 9. 

 John F. Huss exhibited cyclamen and 

 primulas, A committee was appointed 

 to make arrangements for the June 

 Flower Show. Mrs. Wilhelmina Seli- 

 ger submitted a paper translated from 

 a German garden magazine on the cul- 

 ture and hahits of cyclamen and prim- 

 roses, which was read by the secre- 

 tary. A vote of thanks was given to 

 Mrs. Seliger and to Mr. Huss for his 

 exhibits. Alkked Dixon, Secy. 



