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December 15. 1917 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



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NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 Tho muDlhly lueeling of tho New 

 York Florists' Club on Monday even- 

 ing. Doc-oniber 1ft. was attended by a 

 Koodly number of nienibers. attracted 

 In part by tbe fact that offlcers for tlu' 

 year 1918 were to be elected. A num- 

 ber of gentlemen who had been nomi- 

 nated for the several olhces withdrew 

 their names before balloting began so 

 that Charles Schenck, for president. 

 John Young for secretary and W. C. 

 Rickards, Jr.. for treasurer had uo 

 competitors and were elected unani- 

 mously. For vice-president there were 

 three candidates, P. W. Popp winning 

 out. There were five candidates from 

 which to select three trustees, the 

 fortunate ones being Peter Duff, Wm. 

 P. Ford and A. H. Donaldson. President- 

 elect Schenck being called upon gave a 

 nice little talk, assuring the club of his 

 appreciation of the honor bestowed 

 and promising to do all in liis power 

 as presiding officer to promote the effi- 

 ciency and welfare of the organization. 

 He interjected some remarks on the 

 good asset which he felt the club to 

 have in its able and industrious secre- 

 tary. Brief talks in similar tenor were 

 given by the other officers-elect. 



F. R. Pierson gave a very interesting 

 account of his visit to Washington as 

 one of the delegates to present the 

 florists' needs in the coal supply emer- 

 gency. He strongly urged that florists 

 should devote a portion of their glass 

 to the production of food plants as an 

 adjunct to the flower business. His 

 remarks were received with approving 

 applause and later in the evening a 

 resolution favoring his suggestion was 

 unanimously adopted. W. C. Nolan of 

 Philadelphia, who was one of the seven 

 new members added to the roll, said 

 that there was plenty of coal already 

 mined but means for moving it were 

 woefully lacking. C. H. Totty ex- 

 pressed similar views. A. Herrington 

 asked for more consideration than has 

 been accorded to lecturers on some oc- 

 casions when they were not given the 

 platform until an unreasonably late 

 hour. Philip F. Kessler presented the 

 bill for the recent Ladies' Night at the 

 Hotel McAIpin and same was ordered 

 paid and a standing vote of thanks 

 given to Mr. Kessler for his efficient 

 services as chairman of the house com- 

 mittee during the year. 



Exhibits of the evening were as fol- 

 lows: Chrysanthemum Golden Mistle- 

 toe Sport, and Yellow Pompon Sport ot 

 Chrysanthemum Baby, from A. N. Pier- 

 son, Cromwell, Conn.; Carnation En- 

 chantress Sport XX, and Carnation 

 Rose Pink Enchantress from C. H. Al- 

 len, Floral Park, N. Y.; Carnation 

 Olive Whitman from M. Matheron, 

 Baldwin, N. Y.; Rose Silvia and Rose 

 Rosalind, from F. R. Pierson. Tarry- 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, Dec. 17 



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New JiTBey Flurlvultunil Soclcl.v, 

 OraiiRc, N. J. 



Tuesday, Dec. 18. 



GardoiHTM" mill i-'Ittrtsts' Chili (if 

 ItoHton, Uurtlc'iillurul Hull, ISuHtuu, 



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CnriK'norH' and Florists' Club of 

 Ontario, St. GeorRe's Hall, Toronto, 

 Can, 



MliincHotu Stato I'hirlsts' Associa- 

 tion. Mliini'iiiMiliH. Minn. 



rcnnMVlvanIa llnrllrnltural So- 

 ci.'t.v, (iilimii Hall. I'liliacli-liilila, I'a. 

 Wednesday, Dec. 19. 



Kliucli! Island Ildiliiniitural So- 

 ciety, Public Library, I'rovldenii', 

 K. I. 



Tnrrytown Hortlciiltnnil Society, 

 Tarrytown. \. V. 



Thursday, Dec. 20. 



Essex County Florists' Club. 

 KreuBer-Auditoriuni, Newark. N. .1. 



New Orleans Horticultural Society. 

 .\hSo(!latlon of Coniinerce Kldg., Now 

 Orleans. I. a. 



North WestfliestiT County Horti- 

 cultural Soeietj-. Mt. Klsco. N. Y. 



'raconia Florists' Association. Mac- 

 cnbee Hall, 'racmna. Wasli. 



Friday, Dec. 21. 



North Shore Horticultural Society, 

 Manciiestcr, Mass. 



Saturday, Dec. 22. ■ 



Dobbs Fciiv Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion, Dulil.< I', n \. N Y. 



town, N. Y'.; Primula malacoides 

 Townsendi and Capsicum Christmas 

 Joy, from A. L. Miller. Jamaica. N. Y. 

 The capsicum received an award ot 

 high commendation. 



BUFFALO FLORIST CLUB. 



At the reKulur meeting of this Club, 

 on Dec. 4th, secretary Wm. Degg de- 

 livered an address on "Home Garden- 

 ing," a brief summary or wnicn 

 follows: 



•Effective cultivation of vegetables 

 and flowers for the home Is possible 

 only when the amateur gardener has 

 been trained from early years In gar- 

 den-craft. To this end, our schools 

 and playgrounds ought to have gardens 

 in connection with their other forms 

 of equipment by means of which the 

 school children become familiar with 

 the work. The florists would not lose; 

 but rather gain by this added popular- 

 ization of horticulture; for in the 

 winter the flower grower of summer 

 months woulil miss the brightness of 

 his garden more than it he had not 

 learned to depend upon flowers as a 

 part of his life, and he will hie him 

 to the florist's shop to be an apprecia- 

 tive customer." 



Mention was made of the fact that 

 Wm. Ji. Palmer has gone to Wash- 

 ington to work in the interests of the 

 florists in the present threatened coal 

 situation. This announcement opened 

 a general discussion upon the topic, 

 and a resolution was adopted to be 

 sent to Mr. Gude of Washington and 

 one copy to each of the Congressmen 

 representing this district, asking for 

 considerate action. In the course of 



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