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August 11. 1917 



STAMFORD. (CONN.) HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



At iho AufniRt mpetinR hold In Moose 

 Hall. Stamford. Conn., on Friday even- 

 tag AuRust :ird. the Interest of the 

 members was well shown by a large 

 attendanro. and exhibits of high qual- 

 ity were on the tables. Following is 

 a list of the awards: Cultural c-erttfl- 

 cates to .\dolph Alius for caladlums. 

 Michael Smith for I.llluni tlKrlnuin. .\ 

 Bleschke for colleotion of gladioli, and 

 to J. Foster for melons, var. King of 

 Strawberry Hill. The followinB ex- 

 hibits were nightly commended; Al- 

 bert Fetfet for collection of gloxinias, 

 and Adolph Alius for a collection of 

 flowers and vegetables. A vote of 

 thanks was given to A. Geddes for 

 Buddleia niagniflc.T. .\. Wynne for Dah- 

 lia Red Hussar, and to Anton Pederson 

 for a new variety of polebean. 



The committee for the Fall Show 

 had been hard at work during the past 

 month and reported good progress on 

 all matters. It was decided to dis- 

 pense with all cash prizes, and award 

 ribbons instead, all surplus profits to 

 go to the local Red Cross. George B. 

 Cannon of the Stamford Seed Co., waa 

 elected publicity agent for the Show. 

 At the next meeting Sept. 7th. Mr. A. 

 WjTine will read a paper on Snapdra- 

 gons. 



Mr. Dean of the .Arthur T. Boddlng- 

 ton Co., was present and gave the 

 members his views of some of the 

 recent shows he had visited. 



A. W. KiNi;. Corr. Sec. 



GLADIOLUS SOCIETY OF OHIO. 



The Fifth Annual Exhibition of the 

 Gladiolus Society of Ohio will be 

 staged August 14th, loth and 16tb, in 

 the men's dining room of the Halle 

 Bros. Co., Cleveland, O. An invitation 

 is extended to all growers of gladioli 

 to enter all classes. This applies to 

 amateurs, non-commercial and com- 

 mercial growers. There Is no entry 

 fee charged and the show Is open free 

 to the public. The retail florists of 

 Cleveland will make displays of table 

 decorations, baskets and corsage bou- 

 quets. These always attract much at- 

 tention. It Is expected that the at- 

 tendance this year will be very large 

 because of the thousands that visit the 

 Halle Store dally. Premium lists may 

 be had from Secretary W. A. Christy, 

 Warren. C, or M. A. Vinson, 402 

 Leader-News Bldg.. Cleveland. The 

 prizes consist of over $100 in cash, five 

 silver cups and ten medals. 



Now York, and the .New York l'"loriHt.s' 

 Club, each organlrntlon having con- 

 tributed to tho prize fund. In addi- 

 tion to the general prizes, many 

 spe<-lal premiums are offered. 



Schedules may be had on applica- 

 tion to the Secretary of tho Hortlcul- 

 turnl Society of New York, Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park. N. Y. City. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The Eighth Annual Exhibition and 

 Convention of this Society will be held 

 from August 23rd to 26th in the 

 Museum building. New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. City. The 

 exhibition will be given under the au- 

 spices of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, the Horticultural Society of 



THE POLICY OF THE FLORISTS' 

 HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



Tho Florists' Review In a recent 

 Issue arises to remark that 'the Flor- 

 ists' Hail Association has never ad- 

 vertised Its advantages In such a 

 way as to bring theitr to the atten- 

 tion of the entire body of the 

 trade." Inasmuch as this is a mild 

 criticism of the policy adopted by the 

 Board of Directors of the F. H. A. a 

 few words of explanation may be nec- 

 essary. 



The F. H. A. is an association which 

 is purely mutual and is operated with 

 out profit to any one, because insur- 

 ance is effected at actual cost. Allow 

 me to ask, for example, if the Editor 

 of the Review were altruistic enough 

 to hand out his advertisements with- 

 out profit, how much money would he 

 be willing to appropriate to advertise 

 the fact? 



To my mind, the Directors of the 

 F. H. A. have adopted a wise policy 

 in using the money placed in their 

 trust, for the benefit of F. H. A. mem- 

 bers, rather than use it in inducing 

 others to share the benefits which 

 others have been wise enough to se- 

 cure. 



Equitable adjustments, prompt pay- 

 ment of losses and methods of promo- 

 tion that have never conflicted with 

 tne insurance laws of any state, have 

 given exceedingly satisfactory results. 

 John G. Esler. 



KENTUCKY SOCIETY OF FLORISTS 



At the July meeting of this Society 

 the following resolution was adopted: 



"The Kcntiirkj- .Society of Florists as- 

 pemtiled In regulnr mootbly meeting, here- 

 by protists ngnlDHl the price of coal agreed 

 on nt the conference lately held between 

 the Nntlonul Council of Defense, The Fcd- 

 •■ral Trade Commission and the Mine Op- 

 erators as being extortionate, oppressive, 

 unjust and altogether out of proportion to 

 the cost of production. We reriuest that 

 our senators and representatives use all 

 their Influence and power and work for a 

 law authorizing the President to appoint 

 a committee with power to establish prices 

 on coal and food and we pray our Presi- 

 dent to appoint on such committee men 

 who have the welfare of the whf)le people 

 nt heart and who will not allow the con- 

 sumer to pay unfair prpes for the benefit 

 of a few coal operators and food speculat- 

 ors, who by their action. In unduly increas- 

 ing iirices In a crisis like the present, are 

 proving themselves disloyal, if not trait- 

 ors, to the best Interests to the country. 



"Be it further resolved. That a copy of 

 this resolution be sent to the President of 

 the United States, our senators and rep- 

 resentatives, to the Council of National 

 Defense and the Federal Trade Commis- 

 sion." 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The next regular meeting of the Now 

 York Florists' Club will be held In the 

 club rooms In the Grand Opera House 

 Building, northwest corner of Twenty- 

 third street and Eighth avenue. New 

 York, on Monday, August 13. at 7.30 p. 

 m. Chairman Charles Knight, of the 

 Exhibition Committee, is making stren- 

 uous efforts to have a good show- 

 ing of gladioli, asters and other sea- 

 sonable plants and flowers and would 

 appreciate a creditable display from 

 the trade. H^xhiblts sent in the care of 

 H. C. RIedel, 49 West 28th street, will 

 be taken to the club rooms and prop- 

 erly staged. 



NATIONAL VEGETABLE SHOW. 



The First National Vegetable Show, 

 conducted by The Vegetable Growers 

 Association of America and the East- 

 ern States Exposition will be held at 

 Springfield, Mass., on October 12 to 

 20, 1917. 



The premium list Is Just out. The 

 prizes are liberal in amount and en- 

 tries are open to the world. All indi- 

 cations point to a big popular affair. 

 Howard W. Selby, Philadelphia, is 

 president of the Association. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



A meeting of the Officers and Board 

 of Directors is called at Hotel McAl- 

 pln. New York, ladles' headquarters, 

 Tuesday evening, August 21st. By or- 

 der of the president. Miss Fulmer. Mrs. 

 J. G. Hancock, chairman. 



Mb.s. Cn.\.s. H. Matxabd, Secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Annual Meeting of the American 

 Gladiolus Society will be held In the 

 Museum Building, Botanical Gardens, 

 Bronx Park, New York, at 2 p. m., 

 August 24th. By order, H. Youell, 

 secretary. 



The New Orleans Horticultural So- 

 ciety has elected the following named 

 ofUcers: E. Farley, president; Petfer 

 Ackermann, vice-president; Richard 

 Elchllng, secretary; John Eblen, treas- 

 urer. "The treasurer reported that 

 there was $739.69 In the treasury. 



PUBLICATION RECEIVED. 



The Proceedings of the Fifteenth 

 Annual Meeting of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America, held at 

 Philadelphia, November 8, 1916, has 

 been received from the secretary's of- 

 fice. Some Tery useful matter Is in- 

 cluded besides the report of the pro- 

 ceedings such as lists of foreign and 

 American varieties disseminated in 

 1916, review of the work of the ex. 

 amining committees, etc. A portrait 

 of President W'illiam Vert makes an 

 appropriate frontispiece. 



