September 1, 1917 



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to the front in the administration of 

 the affairs of the S. A. P. 



"There is no reason to be pessimis- 

 tic. Let us stand erect, hold our 

 heads up and don't let us 'hang our 

 harps on the weeping willow tree.' " 

 —E. G. Hill. 



A reception to visitors, with re- 

 freshments, was given by the pub- 

 lishers of the Florists' Exchange on 

 Thursday afternoon from 1 to 3 

 o'clock. 



The most enthusiastic ovation of 

 the entire Convention was that given 

 to Ex-president Patrick Welch when 

 he came forward to second the nom- 

 ination of Chas. H. Totty. 



In our list of ex-presidents seated 

 on the platform at the opening ses- 

 sion, Tuasday afternoon August 21, we 

 inadvertently omitted the name of 

 1 atrick Welch. He was right "on the 

 job" there and all through the Con- 

 vention. 



From all sides there came expres- 

 sions of approval and satisfaction 

 from those who had space in the 

 trade exhibition. Abundant room, ex- 

 cellent arrangements and a good 

 amount of business is the verdict gen- 

 erally. 



Those "M. I. P. brand" red white 

 and blue cradles shown in The Bay- 

 ersdorfer exhibit "caught on" at once. 

 It is said that Martin Reukauf sold 

 over one thousand of these cute little 

 basket novelties on his last trip to 

 the Coast. 



"War problems will be overcome by 

 the American people in due time. 

 This scarcity of imported plants 

 should give a great boom to other 

 things — French hydrangeas for ex- 

 ample, and the finer kindsi of an- 

 tirrhinums and campanulas for Easter 

 plants. We can find plenty of good 

 substitutes for Azaleas." 



— Robert Craig. 



President Kerr made a good rec- 

 ord as a presiding officer, better by 

 far than some of his illustrious 

 predecessors. He was distinctly in 

 bis element at the session where the 

 publicity subscription fever was at its 

 height and the shouting reminded 

 one of the stock exchange when a 

 boom is on. 



On Thursday evening the ladies 

 were entertained at the McAlpin Hotel, 

 according to program, by the New 

 York Florists' Club. There were re- 

 freshments, music and dancing, and 

 we need only add that the details were 

 under the management of Philip F. 

 Kessler to indicate that the affair 

 was simply perfect from start to 



finish. 



THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE 

 LADIES' S. A. F. 



HoRTicuLTi'HE Congratulates the S. 

 A. P. ladies on their selection of Mrs. 

 Julius Roohrs of Rutherford, N. J., as 

 their standard bearer for 1918. This 

 popular young lady has been a faithful 

 worker in the organization for years; 

 she is "to the manor born," her father 

 being C. E. Koch, a well known Flat- 

 bush plant grower; and we know the 

 Ladies' S. A. F. will enjoy a pros- 

 perous year under her administration. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR 

 DENERS. 



The summer meeting of the Executive 

 Board of the National Association of 

 Gardeners was held at the Murray Hill 

 Hotel, New York City, on Thursday. 

 August 23. Ex-President William N. 

 Craig occupied the chair. 



President Thomas W. Head and 

 Vice-President Theodore Wirth wrote 

 that owing to the general conditions at 

 the present time it was impossible for 

 them to come east. Mr. Head advised 

 that his local entertainment commit- 

 tee on the 1917 convention is actively 

 engaged in planning the program and 

 providing for the comforts and enter- 

 tainment of the visitors at Chicago. 

 Mr. Wirth submitted a number of rec- 

 ommendations for the consideration 

 of the board. 



The secretary's and treasurer's 

 financial reports showed the associa- 

 tion to be in a flourishing condition. 

 116 new members have been added to 

 the roll since the Washington conven- 

 tion in December, 1916, and 45 delin- 

 quent members have been dropped for 

 non-payment of 1916 dues. 



William F. Gude, of Washington, 

 D. C, an honorary member of the as- 

 sociation, who was chairman of the 

 committee that planted the Yew tree 

 at Washington's tomb, Mt. Vernon, 

 Va., last April, attended the meeting 

 and made a report of the successful 

 planting of the tree. 



After a long discussion it was de- 

 cided that the association was not yet 

 strong enough financially to extend the 

 activities of the Service Bureau be- 

 yond its present scope, but that the 

 Bureau be maintained along the pres- 

 ent lines until the next meeting. It 

 was decided that the members of the 

 association who have already enlisted 

 and who may enlist in their country's 

 cause should be carried on the books 

 of the association, without payment of 

 dues, until the termination of the war. 



A committee was appointed to re- 

 vise the By-Laws, with instructions to 

 present the revised By-Laws at the 

 Chicago convention. The secretary 

 was instructed to communicate with 

 the different local horticultural so- 

 cieties within reasonable distance of 

 New York to plan for a suitable date 

 for a meeting in New York City to 

 which the local societies may send a 

 representative of their local co-oper- 

 ative committees to formulate plans 

 for closer cooperation between the 

 local societies and the national or- 

 ganization. 



Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday. 

 December 4-,'>-6th. were voted as the 

 dates for the Chicago convention. 

 The general program will be in charge 

 of the local committee appointed by 

 President Head. From reports re- 

 ceived it appears that a big delegation 

 may be looked for from eastern and 

 other points. 



Dedication of the new Horticultural 

 Hall at Manchester-by-the-Sea. Mass.. 

 took place on Thursday afternoon, 

 August 30. Particulars in next week's 

 issue. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS- 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The regular meeting was called for 

 and at the home of B. F. Barr, on 

 August 16. A majority of the mem- 

 bers came in autos and early enough 

 to inspect the 94 acres of farm and 

 nursery, where there is fourteen acres 

 of fine tobacco, a good acreage of 

 wheat and com and a fine herd of 

 Holstein cattle. 



In the nursery we found a great 

 variety of conifers, shade trees and 

 shrubbery. The lawn is filled with old 

 majors of trees that money could 

 neither buy nor replace and shrubbery 

 Ijorders as well as a forma! garden. 



President H. A. Schroyer called the 

 meeting to order on the balcony. After 

 a bit of preliminary business Mr. Fred 

 Ritehy was called upon to give an ac- 

 count of a recent 1600 mile auto trip 

 extending as far east as Boston. 



Arthur Neissen of Philadelphia, be- 

 ing called on for remarks stated that 

 a number of carnation growers were 

 dropping carnations and going into 

 roses which he thought ought to be 

 good news to this carnation growing 

 section as it would help to equalize 

 the flower situation next winter. He 

 commented on the fact that we Lan- 

 caster men should consider ourselves 

 well off in the matter of labor as it 

 was simply impossible to get it in some 

 sections. He strongly advised grow- 

 ing high-grade stock and watching 

 all items of expense in doing it. 



The next meeting will be Sept. 20th, 

 in the regular rooms at the Lancaster 

 Chamber of Commerce 7.30 p. m. A 

 report of the N. Y. Convention will be 

 made by B. F. Barr and the writer, 

 and we hope to see many friends at 

 this meeting. Ausekt M. Herb. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Newport Garden Club held its 

 second meeting in its new home, the 

 former Brien residence, Wednesday 

 afternoon, Aug. 15, when a large num- 

 ber of members and friends were 

 present to listen to a talk on "Gladioli" 

 by Mrs. B. Hammond Tracy. Awards 

 for the flowers exhibited were as fol- 

 lows: Mrs. Thomas .1. Emery, silver 

 medal, for new and rare hardy jjlants: 

 Miss Fanny Foster, medal, for seed- 

 ling gladioli; B. Hammond Tracy, 

 bronze medal and gratuity, for new 

 varieties of gladioli; Oscar Shultz, 

 bronze medal for amaryllis; Fred P. 

 Webber, certificate of merit and gra- 

 tuity for primulinus hybrids; Mrs. 

 Charles F. Hoffman, cultural certifi- 

 cate tor Mrs. Frank Pendleton glad- 

 ioli; ]Miss Rosa A. Grosvenor, cultural 

 certificate for gladioli. 



The Prize List for the plant and 

 flower department of the Rochester 

 (N. Y.) Exposition has been issued 

 and should bring out a good exhibition 

 both in the professional and amateur 

 sections. The dates are September 3 

 to 8 inclusive. The committee in 

 charge consists of Chas. H. Vick. 

 chairman, George T. Boucher. H. B. 

 Springer, Fred C. Thomann and E. P. 

 Wilson. Edgar F. Edwards Is secre- 

 tary and manager. 



