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HORTICULTURE 



April 14, 1917 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Aiirll meeting of tlie New York 

 Florists' Club held last Monday even- 

 ing was an enthusiastic one and well 

 attended considering that it was on the 

 day following Easter, 75 members be- 

 ing present. Seventeen new members 

 were elected as follows: Arthur F. 

 Bloodgood, Hawthorne, N. Y.; F. E. 

 Conine, Stratford, Conn.; Daniel 

 Coughlin, Glen Cove. N. Y.; August .1. 

 Stotz, Clifton, N. J.; John J. Mar- 

 quardt. Middle Village, N. Y.; Joseph 

 Trepel. Brookl.vn, N. Y.; Henry Bald- 

 win, Maniaroneck, N. Y.; James A. 

 Sullivan, Jersey City. N. J.; A. M. Mer- 

 ian, Rye, N. Y.; William Koehler, As- 

 toria, N. Y.; S. Entracht. New York, 

 N. Y.; Adolph Kruhm, New York, N. 

 Y.; Victor .'\lzen. New York, N. Y.; 

 Samuel J. Heming. Brooklyn, N. Y.: 

 Theodore Malandre. New York, N. Y.; 

 Henry Rudolph, Essex Falls, N. J.; 

 Ayres Bootli, New York. N. Y. 



Committees reported as follows: 

 Flower Show Committee — Gross re- 

 ceipts. ?44.000; space sold. $15,438; 

 trade tickets, $6,044; adv. in program. 

 $4,000; net results will be about the 

 same as last year. The next show will 

 be March 14-21. 1918. Executive com- 

 mittee on S. A. F. convention— Much 

 in-ogress being made. Dinner Commit- 

 tee—Affair a success in every way. A 

 resolution was passed requestiong the 

 Board of Trustees to look into the 

 matter of club funds — i. e., to invest 

 some of it in good safe bonds, as sav- 

 ings banks now refuse to take deposits 

 from clubs such as this. 



The new Flower Show Committee 

 was appointed as follows: Chas. B. 

 Weathered, chairman, W. R. Pierson, 

 P. W. Popp. C. H. Totty. F. H, Traend- 

 ly,, John Young. Harry Weston. L. J. 

 Renter. Max Schling. G. E. M. Stumpp. 



J. N. Hoff was not present to give 

 tile promised lecture on "Humus," but 

 John Scheepers, at short notice, gave 

 an illustrated lecture on "Tulips." 



Exhibits and awards were as fol- 

 lows: Sweet peas by Jas. F. Barclay, 

 Black Hall, Conn., highly commended; 

 Spanish iris and Darwin tulips "Match- 

 less" by P. W. Popp, highly commend- 

 ed; sweet peas by Roman J. Irwin, va- 

 riegated antirrhinum, by Chas. W. 

 Knight, sweet peas by S. van Riper. 

 Dundee Lake. N. J., carnation "Lucy" 

 by Floral Hill Nurseries. Chatham. N. 

 J., vote of thanks to eacli. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its regular meeting on April 

 6th at Manchester. Mass. Prof. Scher- 

 er, head of the Scientific Research De- 

 partment of the Davey Institute of 

 Tree Surgery, gave a very interesting 

 lecture on the W^hite Pine Blister Rust. 

 By request he also spoke briefly on 

 the chestnut blight and the fungus of 

 the horse chestnut. A good discus- 

 sion followed. It was voted that the 

 Society offer at once to the National 

 Government their new building for 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, April 16. 



Detroit Klciriats' Club, Bemb Flo- 

 ; rnl H:ill, I),-lr,iit. Mich. 



Houston Florists' Cliil) Chamber 

 tit <'oiiinu'rcc Uoi'nis. Hoiistou. Tex. 



New .Tersi'v Florieiilttiral Society, 

 iiniiit'i'. N. .)'. 



Tuesday, April 17. 



(iartleiiers' ami Florists' Club of 

 Ontario, St. George's Hall, Toronto, 

 <'Mn. 



Minnesota State Florists' Associa- 

 tion. Minneapolis. Minn. 



I'ennsylvania Horticultnral Socie- 

 I ty. Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, 

 I'm. 



Wednesday, April 18. 



Klioiie Island Horticultnral .Socie- 

 t\\ Puhlii' I..il)rary. I'rovidence. R. I. 

 'I'arrvtown Ilortic-nltnral .Society, 

 r.irryt \vn. N, V 



Thursday, April 19. 



I'sse.x Ciinnty Florists' Club, 

 Krenjier-Anditorinni. Newark. N. J. 



New Orleans Horticultnral So- 

 ciet.y. Association of Commerce Bldg., 

 .\ew Orleans, I^a. 



North Westchester County Horti- 

 cn'turai Society. Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 



'I'acoma Florists' Association, Mac- 

 caliee TIall, Tacoma. Wash. 



Friday, April 20. 



North Shore Horticnltitral Society. 

 Manchester, Mass. 



whatever use it can make of it during 

 the period of the war. It was also 

 voted to appoint a committee to take 

 care of the matter of home gardens 

 for the district of Wenham. Hamilton 

 and Ipswich. The building commis- 

 sioner reported splendid progress. 

 Lord & Burnham Co. have presented 

 the Society with two boilers tor heat- 

 ing the building. 



It is planned to hold one general 

 exhibition on August 8 and 9. and prob- 

 ably several special exhibitions later 

 in the fall. The following gentlemen 

 are on that committee: .Martin H. 

 Warner, chairman. William Canning. 

 Murdo MacKay. Martyn Eyberse and 

 Gustave Ericson. 



A vote of thanks was tendered Prof. 

 Scherer for his lecture and to Herman 

 Sanford and William Till for their re- 

 port as delegates to the Davey Con- 

 vention. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Objections having been filed to the 

 name "Aurora" handed in for registra- 

 tion of a new Canna by the Conard & 

 Jones Co.. West Grove. Pa., said firm 

 wishes to withdraw same and substi- 

 tute the name "Evening Star." 



As no objections have been received 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registrations of new Cannas. Snow 

 Queen. Druid Hill, and Morning Glow, 

 by the Conard & Jones Co., West 

 Grove, Pa., same become complete. 



John Younk. Secretary. 



April 7. 1917. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW COM- 

 MITTEE. 



A meeting of the National Flower 

 Show Committee was held at the Hotel 

 Biltmore, on the afternoon of Satur- 

 day, March 17th, with the following 

 members present: 



George Asmus, chairman, Chicago, 

 111.; Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. J.; 

 A. Farenwald, Roslyn, Penn.; Patrick 

 Welch, Boston, Mass.; Thomas Roland, 

 Nahant, Mass.; John Young, secretary, 

 New York City; J. J. Hess, treasurer, 

 Omaha, Neb.; R. C. Kerr, Pres. S. A. P. 

 & O. H., Houston, Texas. 



There were also present: A. L. 

 Miller, V. P., S. A. P. & 0. H., Jamaica, 

 N. Y.; William J. Keimel, Elmhurst, 

 111.; William R. Nicholson, Framing- 

 ham, Mass.; J. P. Ammann, President 

 American Carnation Society, Edwards- 

 ville, 111.; S. S. Pennock, President 

 American Rose Society, Phila., Penn. 



The business of the meeting was 

 confined to a discussion of a proposed 

 closer affiliation of the Rose and Car- 

 natioti Societies with tlie work of the 

 National Flower Show Committee, 

 looking to an increase in the interest 

 attaching to National Flower Shows. 

 After a thorough threshing-out of 

 various questions the following resolu- 

 tions were passed unanimously: 



"That the American Rose Society 

 and the American Carnation Society 

 be asked and be empowered to send 

 a delegate to attend the regular called 

 sessions of the National Flower Show 

 Committee to assist in arranging for 

 the coming National Flower Show in 

 St. Louis. 



"That the American Rose Society be 

 permitted to underwrite the schedule 

 lor the rose classes to the extent of 

 $2,500.00; that they be responsible for 

 same, and, in return, will participate 

 in any i)Ossible jjrofits from the Flower 

 Show on a pro-rata basis, after the 

 balance of the premium list and ex- 

 penses are paid. Should the exhibi- 

 tion show a loss, the American Rose 

 Society will assume a pro-rata sliare of 

 said loss. 



"That the American Carnation So- 

 ciety be pertnitted to underwrite the 

 schedule for the carnation classes to 

 extent of $1,000; that they be respon- 

 sible for same, and, in return, will 

 participate in any ijossible profits from 

 the Flower Show on a pro-rata basis, 

 after the balance of the premium list 

 and expenses are paid. Should the 

 exhibition show a loss the American 

 Carnation Society will assume a pro- 

 rata share of said loss." 



John Youno, Secy. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 



The eighth annual exhibition of the 

 American Gladiolus Society will be 

 held under the ausi)ices of the New 

 York Botanical Society, New York 

 Horticultural Society, and New York 

 Florists' Club, at the Museum Build- 

 ing, Botanical Gardens, Bronx Park, 

 August 23, 24, 25, 26, 1917. 



Through the energy and influence of 

 Vice-President T. A. Havemeyer. the 



