June 23, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



789 



Clubs and Societies 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 



NURSERYMEN. 

 Program of the meeting at Phila- 

 delphia. Pa,, June 27-29, 1917. 



Wednesday, June 27th. 



9.30 a. m.— Call to order by the Pres- 

 ident. Address of Welcome: City of 

 Philadelphia. Hon. James Edward Cat- 

 tell; Chamber of Commerce, President 

 Ernest T. Trigg. Response, by mem- 

 ber of the Association. President's An- 

 nual Address, John Watson. Newark, 

 N. Y. Report of Secretary. Curtis Nye 

 Smith. Boston. Mass. Report of Treas- 

 urer, Peter Youngers. Geneva Nebr. 

 Address Hon. Champ Clark Washing- 

 ton. D. C. 



Reports of Committees: Hail In- 

 surance, Frank A. Weber. Chairman, 

 Nursery. JIo. Nomenclature. J. Hor- 

 ace McFarland, Chairman, Harrisburg, 

 Penn. Standardization, Harlan P. Kel- 

 sey. Chairman. Salem, Mass. Land- 

 scape. W. H. Wyman, Chairman, North 

 Ablngton, Mass. Publicity, P. L. Atkins, 

 Chairman. Rutherford, N. J. Tele-' 

 graphic Code, R. C. Chase, Chairman, 

 Chase, Alabama. Transportation, Chas. 

 M. Sizemore, Chairman, Waxahachie, 

 Texas. Appointment of Committees. 

 Adjournment. 



EXECI'TIVE SESSION. 



2.30 p. m. — Reports of Counsel. Cur- 

 tis Nye Smith, Boston, Mass. Reports 

 of Committees: Legislation. Wm. Pit- 

 kin. Chm. Rochester, N. Y. Arbitra- 

 tion W. C. Reed. Chm.. Vincennes. Ind. 

 Distribution M. R. Cashnran Chm. 

 Owatonna. Minn. Tariff. Irving Rouse, 

 Chm.. Rochester. N. Y. Two Years 

 Under the New Constitution. Henry 

 B. Chase. Chase, Ala. Discussion, led 

 by Lloyd C. Stark. Louisiana. JIo. Ex- 

 pending Association Funds to Guaran- 

 tee Largest Possible Returns. J. W. 

 Hill. Des Moines, la. Discussion, led 

 by Irving Rouse, Rochester. N. Y. The 

 Paramount Question: How to Make 

 the Nursery Business Feed and Clothe 

 Us and Pay Our Debts, John Dayton, 

 Painesville, Ohio. Discussion, led by 

 R. C. Chase, Chase, Ala. Standardiza- 

 tion, Cooperation, Organization, J. R. 

 Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas. 



8.00 p. m. — A dinner will be arranged 

 for members and their wives where all 

 can dine together. 



Thursday. June 28th. 



9.30 to 11.00 a. m. — Nurserymen's 

 Publicity. J. Horace McFarland. Har- 

 risburg, Pa. 



11.00 to 12.30— Sales Promotion, Ad- 

 vertising, Irvine Paschall, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. Robert Pyle. West Grove, 

 Pa. 



EXECUTIVE SESSION. 



2.30 p. m. — Prices Wholesale and Re- 

 tail: In the Face of Unprecedented 

 Advance in Labor. Supplies. Etc.. Are 

 We Not Forced to Raise Prices. How? 

 F. H. Stannard. Ottawa, Kans; W. W. 

 Hoopes. West Chester Pa. The Rela- 

 tions of Wholesaler and Retailer: 

 Would the Interests of Either or Both 

 be Better Served Through Separate 

 Organizations? M. R. Cashman Owa- 

 tonna, Minn.; Open Discussion. Pro- 

 hibition of Importation of Nursery 



Stock. E. S. Welch, Shenandoah. la. 

 Discussion, led by Jas. McHutchison, 

 New York, N. Y. Modern Business 

 Efficiency and Practice, Wm. P. Stark 

 Neosho. Mo. The Future in Ornamen- 

 tals. John S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 



EVE.Nl.NG. 



7.30— A meeting of State Vice-Pres- 

 idents will be held. Members are 

 urged to consult together and name 

 their choice for Vice-Presidents. 



8.00 — Meeting of American Nursery- 

 men's Protective Association, Thomas 

 B. Meehan. Sec'y. 



S.30 — Meeting of American Retail 

 Nurserymen's Protective Association. 

 Guy A. Br.^•ant, Sec'y. 



Friday. June 29th. 



9.30 a. m. — Address. Hon. David P. 

 Houston, Secretary of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. When Are Ever- 

 greens (if Ever) Dormant? J. P. 

 Baker, Fort Worth. Texas. Discussion, 

 Maintenance of Soil Fertility, Milton 

 Moss, Huntsville, Ala. 



2.30 p. m. — Selection of place for 

 next meeting. Election of officers. 

 Unfinished Business. Adjournment. 



Monday. June 25. 



Florists' and Gardeners* Club of | 

 Rhode Island. Swartz Hall. Provi- 

 dence. R. I. 



Gardeners* and Florists' Club of || 

 Baltimore, Florist Excliange Hall, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



Tuesday, June 26. 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 Newport, K. I. 



Tarrytowu Horticultural Socisty, ] 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Wednesday, June 27. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society, ij j 

 Oyster Kay, N. Y. I 



American Association of Nursery- ,[ , 

 men, Philadelphia, Pa. j ; 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The last regular meeting until Sep- 

 tember was held in Horticultural Hall 

 on Tuesday evening, June 19, and as 

 has been customary for several years 

 it was Ladies' Night, with a collation 

 and dance following a brief business 

 session. 



Two hundred and fifty persons were 

 present. Seven new members were 

 elected. After the reading of the min- 

 utes and various committee reports, it 

 was voted to hold the annual picnic 

 during the week of July 25th. the 

 actual date to be announced later. It 

 was also voted to keep all club mem- 

 bers joining the colors in good stand- 

 ing until the close of the war. 



A communication was read from 

 Sam. J. Goddard. who had purchased 

 five $100 Liberty Bonds from the 

 Pramingham Bank in the club's name. 

 It -n-as voted to donate $50 to the Red 

 Cross. A letter of cheer was ordered 

 sent to Alexander Mitchell, who was 

 recently hurt in an auto accident. 

 There was a very fine display of orien- 

 tal poppies from Julius Heurlein. 



After the singing of America and 

 The Star Spangled Banner by the en- 

 tire assemblage, the meeting ad- 

 journed to the hall adjoining where a 

 delightful repast of strawberries, cake 

 and ice cream was served. Dancing 

 followed until twelve o'clock. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 

 The Convention Garden. 



Some very active work is now in 

 progress at the New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, covering the lay- 

 out of the Convention Garden. 



The backward season has been 

 greatly in favor of the plantings, and 

 at present it looks as though planting 

 operations may continue for two or 

 three weeks more. 



The public, too, is taking extraordi- 

 nary interest in the Convention Gar- 

 den, as is usual with all the work of 

 the Botanical Society and the work is 

 being done under acute observation. 

 Judging from the Interest commonly 

 expressed in the society's garden 

 work it is expected that the Sunday 

 crowd of visitors alone will run to the 

 75,000 mark. These visitors are not 

 altogether flatdwellers. as one may ob- 

 serve when looking over the license 

 plates on the automobile parkings of 

 a Sunday. 



The rate for planting space is very 

 low. only ten cents per square foot, 

 consequently anyone who has a spe- 

 cialty in the horticultural lines to ex- 

 ploit will lose a grand opportunity for 

 publicity if advantage is not taken of 

 this garden. George V. Nash, head 

 gardener at the Botanical Garden, is 

 giving the Convention Garden per- 

 sonal and constant supervision, a fact 

 which speaks 'well for its success. 



Of course, the plantings are not con- 

 fined solely to novelties. Many retail 

 florists would do well to think of the 

 publicity they could get for small cost 

 by making artistic plantings. The op- 

 portunity is here, will it avail? 



Up to date the following have se- 

 cured space in the garden: W. A. 

 Manda, John Scheepers Co., Inc., Bob- 

 bink & Atkins. A. N. Pierson. Inc., 

 Conard & Jones Co., Henry A. Dreer, 

 Inc., John Lewis Childs, Raymond V^^. 

 Swett, Arthur T. Boddington, Inc., Ar- 

 thur Cowee, B. Hammond Tracy, Wm. 

 Tricker, Thomas Meehan's Sons, A. L. 

 Miller, R. Vincent. Jr.. & Sons Co., and 

 Vaughan's Seed Store. 



John- Yoi-.nt., Secy. 



June 15, 1917. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The Executive Committee of the 

 American Rose Society will hold a 

 meeting in Philadelphia. Pa., during 

 the Nurserymen's Convention. The 

 meeting will be held on June 27th at 

 the City Club, 313 S. Broad St., at 1.00 

 o'clock. Anyone interested in the Rose 

 Society as Rose Growers will be wel- 

 comed at the meeting, for the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society is a most excellent 

 advertising agency for growers of 

 roses and growers of rose bushes. 



Bex.i.vmin H.WMM0ND, Secy. 



Beacon. N. Y. 



The Buffalo Florists' Club met on 

 Tiiesdav evening, June 5 and listened 

 to expert talks on rose and carnation 

 culture by C. T. Guenther of Hamburg 

 and on orchids by Sidney Wells of 

 Buffalo. 



