November 17, 1917 



HOETICULTURE 



537 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 

 The fall meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society was held in Gray's 

 Armory. Cleveland, Ohio, on Novem- 

 ber 9, 1917. Twenty-four members 

 were present. 



President Hammond voiced a cordial 

 welcome and spoke enthusiastically of 

 the success of the work of the Society 

 during the past year. He reported the 

 total paid memberships to date as 

 1922. 



The Secretary read the changes in 

 the constitution and by-laws of the 

 American Rose Society which were 

 proposed at the annual meeting in 

 Philadelphia on March 21, 1917. At 

 that time the Secretary was instructed 

 to send out a post card vote to the 

 life and active members in accordance 

 with article 6 of the constitution. He 

 reported that 186 votes had l)een re- 

 ceived out of a total of 276 voting 

 members, all of which, with the ex- 

 ception of four, were favorable to the 

 following changes: 



Article III, Section 2. to be alti'ied to 

 read as follows: "Voting. All memlicrs of 

 this Society, except honorary members, 

 shall be entitled to one vote on all ques- 

 tions." 



Article IV. of the By-laws to be altered 

 to rear! as follows: "There shall be three 

 classes of members, known as life, houor- 

 ar.v. and annual members." 



".Section 1. The payment of fifty dol- 

 lars (iSO) shall entitle to life member- 

 ship." 



"Section 2. The dues for annual mem- 

 bers shall be two dollars ($2) each year." 



Section ^. which reads. "The annual dues 

 for associate members shall be $1" is here- 

 by repealed. 



Section IV. relating to the payment of 

 dues, shall hereafter be linown as Section 

 III, without change. 



Section V, relating to the distinction be- 

 tween associate and active meral)ers. Is 

 hereby repealed. 



Upon motion of J. Horace McFar- 

 land the Secretary was instructed to 

 cast the proxy votes which provided 

 for the changes in the constitution. 



C. H. Totty and John Young of the 

 National Flower Show Committee re- 

 ported progress on the arrangements 

 for housing the National Flower Show 

 in St. Louis, April 6 to 15, 191S. Both 

 were very optimistic over the prospects 

 tor a successful show with the partici- 

 pation of the American Rose Society 

 and the American Carnation Society. 

 E. A. WiiiTK, Secy. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The New York Florists' Club held 

 a splendid meeting last Monday night. 

 160 members present. Co-operative 

 Publicity proved a prolific subject for 

 general enthusiasm and stirring ap- 

 peals from a number of eloquent gen- 

 tlemen, including Samuel Seligman. 

 Max Schling, and W. R. Pierson, which 

 resulted in many contributions to the 

 fund in sums ranging from .$10 to $2.50 

 each. Arthur Herrington's illustrated 

 lecture on Lilies was very fine 

 and thoroughly enjoyed. A resolu- 

 tion offered by W. H. Siebrecht, 

 ,Ir., asking Mayor-elect Hylan to 

 appoint horticulturists to positions 

 on the Park Hoard was unani- 

 mously carried. Philip F. Kessler re- 

 ported that he expected as many as 

 200 present at Ladies' Night, Satur- 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, Nov. 19. 



Detroit Florists' Club, Bemb Flo- 

 ral Hall, Detroit, Mich. 



Houston Florists' club. Chamber 

 of Commerce Rooms, Houston, Tex. 



New Jersey Floricultural Society, 

 Orange, N. J. 



Tuesday, Nov. 20. 



Gardeners' and Florists* Club of 

 Boston, Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of i 

 Ontario, St. George's Hall, Toronto- 

 Can. 



Minuesota State Florists' Associa- ! 

 tion, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural So- j 

 ciety, Horticultural Hall, Philadel- | 

 phia. Pa. j 



Wednesday, Nov. 21. 



Rhode Islanil Horticultural So- ? 

 ciety, rublie Library, Providence, i: 

 R. I. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Friday, Nov. 23. | 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, !|ll 

 County Bldg., Hartford, Conn. 



Monmouth County Horticultural 

 Society. Red Bank, N. J. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society, 

 Pasadena, Calif. 



People's Park Cottage Gardeners' 

 Association, Paterson, N. J. 

 Saturday, Nov. 24. 



Dol.ibs Ferry Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 



day, Nov. 17. Resolutions on recent 

 deaths in the families of members 

 were adopted. Nominations for offi- 

 cers for 1918 were as follows: Presi- 

 dent, G. E. M. Stumpp (declined), F. 

 R. Pierson, Charles Schenck, J. H. 

 Fiesser; vice-president, P. W. Popp, 

 Charles W. Knight, A. Lee Don; sec- 

 retary, John Young, J. Harrison Dick 

 (declined) ; treasurer, W. C. Rickards. 

 Jr., T. B. de Forest; trustees, James 

 Stuart, Peter Duff, W. P. Ford, Alex. 

 H. Donaldson, John Scheepers, W. H. 

 Long. 



Displays on the exhibition tables 

 were as follows: Cromwell Gardens, 

 new rose Mrs. Henry Winnett (90 

 points), also Mrs. Chas. Russell, Mrs. 

 Shawyer and a collection of single 

 pompon and anemone chrysanthe- 

 mums (highly commended); Howard 

 Nichols, chrysanthemum Glenview (87 

 points); Dailledouze Bros., rose Ophe- 

 lia Supreme (90 points, prelim, certifi- 

 cate); C. H. Totty, collection of chrys- 

 anthemums (highly commended), in- 

 cluding J. P. Schlottman, Helen Marie 

 Totty, Mildred Presby and Lily Mel- 

 ville. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Reports of Committee. 



Exhibited by Flmer D. Smith & Co., 

 Adrian, Mich., at Chicago, Nov. 3: var. 

 .Midnight Sun; color, yellow; Inc.; 

 com. points, 88; var. 62-11-13; color, 

 white; Inc.; com. points, 93. At Cin- 

 cinnati, Nov. 3: var. Midnight Sun; 

 color, deep yellow; Inc.; com. points, 

 87; var. 62-1113; color, white; Inc.; 

 com. points, 90. Exhibit od by E. W. 

 Fengar, Irvington. N. J., at New York, 

 Nov. 3; var. Bronze Buckingham; 

 color, terra cotta; sport of Mrs. Buck- 

 ingham; single; com. points, 86. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Secy. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Reading (Pa.) Florists' Club 

 met on November 1 at the office of 

 Charles Downing and discussed mat- 

 ters of local interest. 



The florists of North Carolina have 

 organized under the name of the State 

 Florists' Association of North Caro- 

 lina, with the following officers: 

 President, Geo. Starr, Wilson; secre- 

 tary and treasurer, A. J. Sykes, Van 

 Lindley Company, Greensboro. 



Binghamton, N. Y., is well warmed 

 up to the project for a flower show, 

 the first attempt in that line for 

 Binghamton, to be held this week by 

 The Binghamton Florists' Association 

 under the leadership of its president, 

 William Schmeiske and his associates. 

 As with most of the floral exhibitions 

 this season the proceeds will be de- 

 voted to charitable use, the Crippled 

 Children's fund being the benflciary in 

 this instance. 



The first autumn exhibition of the 

 Stamford (Conn.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety held on Nov. 2 and 3 was a grati- 

 fying success and very creditable to 

 the young society and the officials. 

 George B. Cannon made an efficient 

 manager and the gardeners employed 

 on the many private estates in this 

 section acquitted themselves most 

 creditably on the exhibition tables. 

 The proceeds were donated to the 

 Stamford Chapter of the Red Cross. 



At the Worcester County Florists' 

 Club's second meeting in the library 

 of Horticultural Hall, A. H. Lange 

 presided, and 24 members were en- 

 rolled. The florists discussed the 

 shortage of coal and other supplies 

 needed for growing and selling flowers. 

 It was decided that as a club or unit, 

 these supplies may be secured with 

 less trouble than if bought by indi- 

 viduals. A publicity committee was 

 appointed, consisting of Harry I. Ran- 

 dall, Michael and William Quarrey 

 and William L. Luby. 



Among the leading exhibitors at the 

 annual chrysanthemum show in Wor- 

 cester, Mass., last week, were H. F. A. 

 Lange. K. W. Breed, Harry I. Ran- 

 dall, A. N. Pierson, S. J. Goddard, Wm. 

 R. Nicholson, Geo. W. Knowlton, A. H. 

 Knight, Lucy M. (^oulson and L>. C. 

 Midgley. Among the exhibits were 

 some attractive dining table decora- 

 tions. A silver medal was given to John 

 H. Dunlop, Toronto, for the new rose 

 Mrs. Henry Winnett, staged by A. N. 

 Pierson; silver medal to S. J. God- 

 dard for carnation Laddie. 



At the recent meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society in lioston, 

 the following named officers were 

 elected: Dr. L. H. Bailey. Ithaca, N. 

 Y., president; Prof. W. T. .Macaw, Ot- 

 tawa, Can., vice-president; E. R. Lake, 

 Washington, D. C, secretary; L. R. 

 Taft, East Lansing, Mich., treasurer; 

 Prof. F. C. Sears, Massachusetts. Dr. 

 S. A. Fletcher, Pennsylvania, Prof. W. 

 N. Hutt, North Carolina, Frederick 

 Cranefield, Wisconsin, and Horace 

 Roberts, New Jersey, executive com- 

 mittee. 



