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HORTICULTUBE 



June 2, 1917 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



The following communication has 

 Ijeen sent out to all State Vice-Presi- 

 dents from the office of the Presi- 

 dent: 

 State Vice-Presidents: — 



I am this day appointing you Chair- 

 man of the "On To New York" Con- 

 vention Committee. 



Your duty will be to stimulate a 

 large attendance at the Convention iri 

 New York, this August. 



You possibly realize that this is the 

 most important convention we have 

 had in years, due to the fact that seri- 

 ous conditions confront our country at 

 this time, the florists of the country 

 should get together, and must show 

 our co-operation with the Government 

 in the present crisis. 



The florist business is looked upon 

 by the warring nations as unneces- 

 sary business during the time of war. 

 It is up to us to convince the people 

 that our business is very necessary, 

 and absolutely essential in this crisis. 

 We should go further and devise 

 ways and means of growing such 

 stock that will assist the Government 

 in food preservation. Therefore, at 

 this Convention, these various mat- 

 ters can be taken up and discussed. 



Impress upon the members in your 

 state the vast importance of the com- 

 ing Convention, and trust that you 

 will take interest in circulating the 

 members of your state. .Just a sug- 

 gestion — get up a state delegation 

 concentrating at some central loca- 

 tion in your state, and proceed to the 

 Convention in a body. 



Please advise me by return mail 

 what I may expect from you in this 

 work. 



Trusting I may hear from you with 

 a favorable reply. I am. 



Yours respectfully. 



R. C. Kerr. Pres. 

 Houston, Texas, May 28, 1917. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 as no ob.iection has been filed the fol- 

 lowing registration becomes complete. 

 Laelio-Cattleya Adela Griswold, by 

 William E. S. Griswold. Wyndhurst, 

 Lenox. :\lass., Alfred .1. Loveless, 

 gardener. 



JoHx Yoixc, Secy. 



May 26, 1917. 



THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 OF NEW YORK. 



There will be an exhibition of 

 plants and flowers on Saturday and 

 Sunday, .June 9 and 10. in the Museum 

 building. Ne\v York Botanical Garden. 

 This will be open on the first day 

 from 2 to 5, and on the second day 

 from 10 to 5. Schedules are now 

 ready for distribution, and will be 

 sent on application to the secretary, 

 George V. Nash. Mansion. New York 

 Botanical Garden. Bronx Park. N. Y. 

 City. 



George V. N.\sh, Secy. 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, June 4. 



Bermuilsville Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Horticultural Hall, BernardB- 

 viile, X. J. 



Elberon Horticultural Society, 

 Fire Hall, Ellierou. N. J. 



Houston Florists' Club. Chamber 

 of Commerce Uooms, Houston, Tex. 



Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club, Montreal. Canada. 



New Bedford Horticultural So- 

 ciety, New Bedford. Mass. 



Washington Florists' Club, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Tuesday, June 5. 



Florists' and Cardeners' Club of 

 Holvoke and Nortliamidon. Mass. 



Lake Geneva Gardeners' and Fore- 

 men's Association. Horticultural 

 Hall. Lake Geneva. Wis. 



Los Angeles County Horticultural 

 Societv. Lcs Angeles. Cal. 



Paterson Floricultural Society, Y. 

 M. C. A. Bldg.. I'aterson. N. J. 



Florists' Club ot Philadelphia, 

 Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Pittsbursh Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club, Fort Pitt Hotel, 

 bnrgh, Pa. 



Wednesday, June 6. 



Tuxedo Horticultural Society, 

 Tuxedo Park, N. Y. 



Thursday, June 7. 



Albany Florists' Club, Albany, 

 N. Y. 



Reading (Pa.) Florists' Associa- 

 tion, Reading. Pa. 



Southampton Horticultural So- 

 cietv, Odd Fellows Hall. Southamp- 

 ton.' N. Y. 



Friday, June 8. 



Connecticut Horticultural So- 

 ciety. County Building. Hartford, 

 Conn. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New Jersey Floricultural Society was 

 held on Monday, May 21. It was a 

 general reunion of the society and all 

 the older members who helped reor- 

 ganize the same in 1894 were present. 

 The following officers were elected: 

 Joseph A. Manda, president: Rev. L. 

 H. Ldghthipe, vice-president; Edw. A. 

 Manda, treasurer; Geo. W. Strange, 

 secretary. The society will offer its 

 services toward the promotion of 

 home gardening throughout the 

 Granges and a special meeting will be 

 held on June 18 to formulate plans 

 for the same. It is expected that all 

 the heads of the various civic leagues 

 will attend this meeting. 



Prizes will be offered to the ama- 

 teur gardener at our fall show and a 

 schedule will be ready in a few 

 weeks. Geo. W. Strange, Secy. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Nassau County Horticultural 

 Society held its annual Spring Show 

 in the Neighbourhood House, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y., on Wednesday, May 23rd. 

 The quality of blooms did not equal 

 those of last year, owing to the in- 

 clement weather, but competition was 

 keen in all classes. Much praise is 

 due our hardworking manager, R. W. 

 .Jones, for the tasteful arrangement 

 of the show. The judges wore Jas. 

 Duthie. E. Westlake and Jas. Mc- 

 Carthy who awarded the principal 

 honors to John F. Johnson, Jas. .Mc- 

 Donald. Jos. Adler, Win. Xoonan, Jas. 

 McCarthy, John Dombrowsky and 

 Robt. Jones. Cultural certificates 

 were awarded to the following: John 

 F. Johnson for an exquisite vase of 

 salpiglossis; Jas. McCarthy for well 

 grown sweet peas Yarrawa; Robt. 

 Jones for a magnificent group of 

 French hydrangeas. 



H.\Ri!Y GooDB.^ND, Corr. Secy. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The good florists of Washington as 

 well as the amateur rose growers of 

 the locality look forward to a larger 

 crowd than ever to attend the third 

 .■\nnual Outdoor Meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society, which will be held 

 at the National Rose Test Garden 

 (Arlington) Washington, D. C, on 

 Monday, June 4. Visitors are re- 

 minded to meet at Gude Brothers, at 

 9 A. M., where automobiles to the 

 Garden will be provided. Those com- 

 ing kindly notify W. F. Gude, 1214 

 F'. Street, Northwest, Washington, 

 D. C, or Robert Pyle, West Grove, 

 Pa., chairman National Rose Test 

 Garden Committee. 



Acceptances to speak have been re- 

 ceived from Hon. Carl Vrooman, As- 

 sistant Secretary of Agriculture, J. 

 Horace McFarland, President Ameri- 

 can Civic Association, with distin- 

 guished visitors expected from New 

 York, New England, and other distant 

 points. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The St. Louis Retail Association 

 meeting on Monday, May 21st, was a 

 very interesting one. It was an- 

 nounced that at the next meeting an 

 endeavor would be made to make It 

 a get-together meeting, growers, whole- 

 salers and retailers to have a talk 

 aljout consolidation. 



The regular meeting of the Cleve- 

 land Florists' Club will be held Mon- 

 day, June 4th at 8 o'clock in the As- 

 sembly Room of the Hollenden. The 

 speaker will be W. A. Manda, of South 

 Oran.^e, N. J., who will talk on "or- 

 chids." Members of The Garden Club 

 of Cleveland, The Heights Garden Club 

 and The Lakewood Garden Club and 

 Cleveland Women's Florist Club have 

 been invited to hear Mr. Manda. 



Ai,. B. Barber, Secy. 



