January 13. 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



41 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The opening meeting for this mo- 

 mentous year in the history of the 

 New York Florists' Club, on Monday 

 evening, Jan. 8, was what might fairly 

 be termed a roiiser. The new officers 

 were duly installed, each making his 

 little speech of appreciation and zeal 

 for the duties incumbent upon him 

 and President G. E. M. Stumpp made 

 a most excellent impression in the 

 manner in which he filled the chair. 

 It was the general verdict that this 

 session betokened a record year for the 

 club. Four new names were added to 

 the membership and nineteen more 

 were proposed. 



All official rei.orts were in a satis- 

 factory strain. The treasurer and 

 trustees sliowed a balance of nearly 

 $15,000 in the treasury. C. B. Weather- 

 ed reported on the coming Interna- 

 tional Flower Show, showing that 

 space is being rapidly taken up and 

 that many advertising orders for the 

 Official Program are coming in, thus 

 assuring the best of the series thus far. 



A communication from Winfried 

 RoeUler asking for consideration of 

 the proposed White Pine Blister ex- 

 clusion legislation was referred to the 

 legislative committee 



The secretary was instructed to 

 write a letter of good cheer and hope 

 for speedy recovery to Joseph Vocke, 

 of W. H. Siebrecht's, Coogan Building, 

 who is ill at Ashville, N. C. 



President Stumpp made the follow- 

 ing appointments. 



Delegates to the State Federation of 

 Horticultural Societies and Florists' 

 clubs at Ithaca; F. R. Pierson and 

 Prof. E. A. White. 



Legislative — W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., 

 James McHutchison, F. R. Pierson. 



Essays and Lectures — Leonard Bar- 

 ron, J. liarrison Dick, L. W. C. Tut- 

 hlll. 



Exhibitions— Chas. W. Knight. H. C. 

 Riedel, Richard Hughes. 



House Committee — P. F. Kessler, 

 A. Buckholz, Alex. H. Donaldson. 



Annual Dinner — A. L. Miller, Char- 

 les Schenck, Emil Schloss, T. B. de 

 Forest, J. G. Esler. 



Awards— P. W. Popp, Chas. H. 

 Brown, Julius Roehrs, P. B. Rigby, 

 Joseph Manda, W. H. Duckham, Henry 

 Weston. 



To Secure Special Premiums — John 

 Canning, W. R. Col)b. Julius Roehrs, 

 W. H. Siebrecht, F. H. Traendly. 



Awards on exhibits for the evening 

 were made as follows: Florex Gardens, 

 North Wales, Pa., Rose September 

 Morn, highly commended; H. F. Byx- 

 bee, Norwalk. Conn., Daphne odora, 

 cultural certificate; G. F. Neipp, Chat- 

 ham, N. J., seedling carnation. No. 22, 

 highly commended; P. W. Popp, Roman 

 hyacinths, vote of thanks. 



It was voted that the February 

 meeting take the form of a S. A. F. 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, Jan. 15. 



Detroit Florists' Club, Bemb Floi'iil 

 Hall, Detroit, Mich. 



Houston Florists' Club, Cliamber 

 of Commerce Rooms, Houston, Tex. 



New Jersey Floricultural Society, 

 Orange, N. J. 



' Tuesday, Jan. 16. 



(Jarduners' and Florists' Club of 

 Hoston, Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Ontario, St. George's Hall, Toronto, 

 C.in. 



Minnesota State Florists' Associ.i- 

 tion, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Horticultural Hall, Pbiladel- 

 pliia. Pa. 



Wednesday, Jan. 17. 



Kbode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Public Library, Providence. 

 I R. l'. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Thursday, Jan. 18. 



Essex County Florists' Club, 

 Kreuger-Auditorinni. Newark, N. J. 



New Orleans Horticultural Society. 

 Association of Commerce Bldg., New 

 lidll Orleans. La. 



North Westcliester County Horti- 

 cultural Society, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 



Taconia Florists' Association, Mnc- 

 caliee Hall, Tacoma, Wasb. 



Friday, Jan. 19. 



Nortb Sliore Horticultural Society, 

 Manchester, Mass. 



Convention arrangement night. Work- 

 ing committees will be appointed and 

 all wires put into service with a view 

 to work up and perfect arrangements 

 for the greatest convention in history 

 of the National Society. 



THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



A bill to extend the corporate ex- 

 istence of the Florists' Hail Associa- 

 tion will be introduced in the New 

 Jersey Legislature this winter by Hon. 

 Walter G. Winne, an assemblyman 

 from Bergen Co. 



This matter gives some of us old 

 timers some food for reflection, that 

 thirty years have elapsed between the 

 time the F. H. A. started out upon 

 what was at that time an unknown 

 venture, and practically a guess as to 

 the required rates. 



The writer sometimes wonders 

 whether those who assumed the re- 

 sponsibility of putting what was then 

 an unknown insurance effort upon its 

 feet, would have the gall to attempt 

 the same performance today. 



The adjustment of nearly 2,500 

 claims amounting to nearly .$400,000 

 without a single law suit is one of the 

 thinss that the originators of a novel 

 form of insurance have reason to look 

 upon with more than passing pride. 

 John G. Esler. 

 Saddle River, N. J. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Inaugural Meeting of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 for the year 1917 will be held at Horti- 

 cultural Hall, Boston, on Saturday, 

 January 13, at twelve o'clock, to hear 

 the Inaugural Address of the Presi- 

 dent, the report of the Board of Trus- 

 tees, the report of the Committee on 

 Prizes and Exhibitions, and tlie re- 

 ports of the various other committees 

 of the society, which reports will be 

 open for discussion and action. 



William P. Rich, Secy. 



Program of lectures and discussions 

 during the season of 1917 to be held at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston, Saturdays, 

 at 2 o'clock, P. M. unless otherwise 

 stated. 



January 13.— New England Gardens. 

 Illustrated with direct color photo- 

 graphic slides. By Loring Underwood, 

 Boston. 



January 20.— Seed Sowing Sugges- 

 tions. By William N. Craig, Brook- 

 line. 



January 27. — Formation and Char- 

 acteristics of Peat and Muck Lands 

 and Some of their Uses. By Alfred 

 P. Dachnowski, Physiologist, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington. 



February 3. — Perrenials we should 

 grow. Illustrated. By Prof. Arno H. 

 Nehrling, Mass. Agricultural College, 

 Amherst. 



February 10. — Recent Troubles with 

 our Forest Trees. Illustrated. By 

 Prof. F. W. Rane, State Forester, 

 Boston. 



The John Lewis Russell Lecture. 



February 17.— Biological Principles 

 of Plant and Animal Breeding. Illus- 

 trated. By Dr. W. E. Castle, Bussey 

 Institution, Jamaica Plain. 



February 24. — Bees in Relation to 

 Horticulture. Illustrated. By Dr. Bur- 

 ton N. Gates, Mass. Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Amherst. 



March 3. — Strawberry Culture. By 

 0. M. Taylor, New York Agric. Exper. 

 Station, Geneva. 



March 10.— Cranberry Culture. Illus- 

 trated. By Marcus L. Urann, Presi- 

 dent United Cape Cod Cranberry Co., 

 South Hanson. 



March 17.— Orcharding in the West 

 and South. Illustrated. By Prof. V. 

 C. Sears, Mass. Agricultural College, 

 Amherst. 



March 24. — No lecture on this date. 

 Spring Flower Show. 



March 31.— Alpine Plants. Illus- 

 trated. By Mrs. Louis Chanler, New 

 York. 



WiiJ-KiD Wheeleu, Chairman. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 

 NEW YORK. 



An exhibition will be held in the 

 American Museum of Natural History, 

 Central Park West and Seventy- 



