January 13, 1917 



HOETICULTUEE 



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CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB 



The Chicago Florists' Club held its 

 regular meeting Jan. 4th at the Morri- 

 son Hotel with a large attendance. In- 

 stallation of officers and the naming 

 ot committees were the principal fea- 

 tures of the meeting. Owing to illness 

 the president-elect, Wm. H. Amling, 

 was unable to be present but the other 

 officers, Paul R. Klingsporn, vice-pres., 

 Otto Amling, treas. and A. J. Zech, 

 secy., were present and duly installed. 

 The following standing committees 

 were named: Good of the club, Geo. 

 Asmus, Guy French, Fred Lauten- 

 schlager; sports, Peter Olsem, Joe Ein- 

 wich. Fred Price; transportation, M. 

 Barker. 



The advertising question again came 

 up, this time with a definite proposi- 

 tion to get out little Valentine posters 

 for boosting that day. They contain 

 the practical hint, "Let your Valentine 

 present be flowers," and will be used 

 on boxes and parcels. Arrangements 

 for the trip to Indianapolis, where the 

 annual convention of the American 

 Carnation Society will take place Jan. 

 31 and Feb. 1, were reported by the 

 transportation committee and will be 

 found elsewhere. 



A committee was appointed to draft 

 resolutions on the deaths of Wm. F. 

 Kroeschell and N. J. Rupp. 



I. Cole of Springfield, 111., called at- 

 tention to the need of revising the pre- 

 mium list at the state shows and cut- 

 ting out varieties no longer in general 

 cultivation. 



C. T. Guenther, of Hamburg, N. Y., 

 had a vase of Chrysanthemum Ham- 

 burg Late White, which was fine for 

 the season. Fred Stielow of Niles Cen- 

 ter, 111., had fine sample vases of Mrs. 

 Russell and Ophelia roses. Wellworth 

 Farms Greenhouses showed Milady 

 and Killarney Brilliant roses which 

 were much admired. A vote of thanks 

 was given the exhibitors. The Secre- 

 tary reported 344 members in good 

 standing. 



FIRE AT CRAIG'S 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The next regular monthly meeting 

 of the Club will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Tuesday even- 

 ing, January 16, 1917, at 8 o'clock. 



The annual installation of the new- 

 ly elected officers will be performed: 

 each officer will make a short address. 

 There will be no regular lecture, and 

 only necessary business will be trans- 

 acted. There will be reports from 

 the treasurer and secret'iry on the 

 past year's operations. Following the ' 

 business session, there will be a pleas- 

 ing entertainment, followed by a col- 

 lation and dancing. Ladies are cor- 

 dially invited to be present. 



The annual club banquet will be 

 held at Horticultural Hall on Wednes- 

 day, February 7. 



The fifld day originallv arranged 

 for December 16. at Framine;hara, 

 Mass.. had to be postponed owing to 

 the severe snowstorm. It will be held 

 on January 20. 1917. Special car on 

 the Boston and Worcester railroad 

 will leave Park square. Boston, at 

 one o'clock sharp. A cordial invita- 





After tiik Fiue at Craig's. 

 Fire broke out in the boiler house 

 at about 6 P. M., Saturday, January 

 6th, in the Norwood, Pa., establish- 

 ment of the Robert Craig Company. 

 In consequence, the main supplying 

 the heat for the entire range became 



severed and the whole place was in 

 jeopardy. Fortunately the weather 

 was mild and by strenuous work with 

 oil stoves, etc., the stocks were all 

 saved until repairsi could be made. The 

 loss will probably be not over a thou- 

 sand dollars. No insurance. 



After the Fike at Cr.u;g's. 



tion is extended, not only to club 

 members, but to all others interested 

 in seeing high-grade carnations, and 

 other commercial crops, to attend. 

 The establishments which we hope to 

 visit are those of S. J. Goddard, W. R. 

 Nicholson, John W. Nelson and John 

 T. Butterworth. 



W. N. Craig, Secy. 



The officers of the New Haven 

 County (Conn.) Horticultural Society 

 for 1917 are as follows: President, 

 Wm. J. Rathgeber; vice-president, 

 George A. Crombie; secretary, W. C. 

 Mcintosh; treasurer, Bavid Kidd. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 



Boston, Mass. — McAlpine & McDon- 

 ald, nurserymen and florists; capital 

 stock. $25,000. Incorporators, William 

 A. JIcAlpine, C. Frank McDonald and 

 Florence E. Sheare. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Among the twenty-nine who sat 

 down to the John Burton Christmas 

 dinner there were fourteen grand- 

 children. Twenty-nine is a pretty 

 hefty family gathering. 



Frederick J. Michell, Jr., of the seed 

 firm of Henry F. Michell Company, as 

 speaker at the weekly luncheon of the 

 Rotary Club, at the Ho'tel Adelphia. 

 gave some very interesting facts on 

 "Seeds, Bulbs and Plants" on Janu- 

 ary 3. 



Tlie preliminary prize list of the 

 American Rose Society is now on the 

 press and will reach the trade very 

 shortly. This is for the big rose fes- 

 tival to be held in Philadelphia, 

 March 20, 21, 22, 23. About five thou- 

 sand dollars in cash premiums is 

 offered, besides many gold and silver 

 medals. It promises to be a great 

 show. 



