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H O KT I (Mr r/riTRE 



Januiiry 8. 191G 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETi 



On January 26-27. 1916. the Ameri- 

 can Caniulion Society will hold Its 

 25th Annual Convention anil Kxhilii 

 tlon at St. Louts. Mo. Arrangements 

 have been made to hold hoth exhibition 

 and business sessions in the Planters 

 Hotel, whiih offers farillties unsur- 

 passed for that purpose. St. Louis be- 

 ing the terminus o( many of the east- 

 ern railn ad systems, there should be 

 no ditliciilty in reaching the conven- 

 tion from all directions. There should 

 especially he a large attendance from 

 west of the Mississippi and those grow- 

 ers will have opportunity as never be- 

 fore to exhibit blooms. 



The exhibition will be staged by 1 

 o'clock, and after the judging is fin- 

 ished it will be held for inspection by 

 the members until 8 P. M. at which 

 time the public will be admitted and 

 the first business session will be called 

 to order. No admission will be charged 

 at the door and the public will be ad- 

 mitted on Wednesday evening. Thurs- 

 day afternoon and evening. 



The members are requested to at- 

 tend the business sessions, the first of 

 which will be called to order at 8.00 P. 

 .M. Wednesday. Another session will 

 be held on Thursday morning and, if 

 necessary a third one on Thursday af- 

 ternoon. Nomination of officers on 

 Wednesday evening, election on Thurs- 

 day morning. The banquet will be 

 served on Thursday evening. 



The schedule of prizes for the ex- 

 hibition has just been received. Copies 

 of same may be had on application to 

 the Secretary. A. F. J. Baur, Indian- 

 apolis. Ind. 



The party from Boston for tlie A. C. 

 S. meeting at St. Louis will leave the 

 South Station at 1 P. M.. on Jan. 24, ar- 

 riving at St. Louis by 9.55 P. M., Jan. 

 25th. This is the best connection we 

 can possibly make, as it gives us ample 

 time to prepare for the exhibition on 

 Wednesday. 



The fare, individual, $28.50; 10 or 

 more. $26.35; upper berth. $5.20; lower 

 berth, $6.50; drawing room. $23.00. 



The drawing room will be reserved 

 for any one wishing to take flowers for 

 the exhibition as on previous occasions. 

 If you are contemplating making the 

 trip please advise me as soon as con- 

 venient and I will make all necessary 

 reservation. 



Yours sincerely, 



S. J. GOODARD. 



Framingham, Mass. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Inaugural Meeting of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society for 

 the year 1916 will be held at Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Saturday. Jan. 8. 

 at eleven o'clock. 



The business of the meeting will be 



Meetings Next 

 Week 



Monday, Jan. 10. 



( h-vciMiul I'liirlMf Chill, llolli 1. 

 (Ii'ii lliili'l. I'lfvclaiKl. Ulilo. 



liiinliiicrs' iiiid KlorlKts' Cluli ■ i 

 llnllllilori', Florist KxillilllKi- Hull. 



Ni-w Viirk Khirl.sts' I'Ullp. <!r:ih.| 

 HlMTii House, Now York City. 



ISoihvster Florists' Assorliillon, ILj 

 Miilii St.. Kast, Rochester, N. Y. 



Tuesday. Jan. 11. 



i-'lorlsts' iinil (JMnliiiiTs' nul> "f 

 llolyoko niKl .N'ortliainiiloii. .Miiss. 



N<-w|iorl llorlliiillunil Soil<l>. 

 \.-u]i.iri. U. I. 



Wednesday. Jan. 12. 



rin. liiiiati l-'lorlsts' Soclcly. .lalMZ 

 i:illciit Flower Market. Cliuliiiiall, M. 



Imtiliess Coiiuty Horticultural So- 

 I lely. I^ouglikeepsle. N. Y. 



.Morris County Florists' and Gar- 

 ili-uers' Soiiety. Madison. N. J. 



Nassau County llortleultural So 

 i-letv. Pembroke Hull. Clen Cov.-. 

 N. Y. 



Friday, Jan. 14. 



Conucetlout Horticultural Soi i' i 

 County Blrtc, Hartford. Conn. 



Westrbester and Falrfleld Horn 

 cultural Society, Doran's Hall, Greeu- 

 wlch, Conn. 



the delivery of an inaugural address 

 by the new president, Richard M. Sal- 

 tonstall. the report of the board of 

 trustees, the reports of officers and 

 the reports of the chairmen of the 

 various committees of the society for 

 the past year. 



WiLUAM P. Rich, Sec. 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP GAR- 

 DENERS. 



President William N. Craig, of the 

 .National Association of Gardeners, has 

 ;i|i|)oiiiled the following directors to 

 serve three years; John W. Kveritt, 

 Glen Cove, N. Y.; Thomas W. Logan, 

 .lonkintown, Pa.; Itobert Cameron. 

 Cambridge. .Mass.; James Mac.Machan, 

 luxedo Park. N. V.; A. Bauer. Deal 

 lieach. N. J.; Uavid Kraser, Pittsburgh. 

 I'a.; George W. Hess. Washington, D. 

 C. To fill the unexpired term of W. N. 

 Craig, to serve uiit 1 i:ilS: William J. 

 Kennedy, Chestnut Hill, Mass. To fill 

 the unexpired term of A. J. Smith, to 

 serve until 1917: Thomas W. Head, 

 Lake Forest, 111. To fill the unexpired 

 term of Theodore Wirth, to serve until 

 l'.tl7: L. P. Jensen, St. Louis, Mo. 



The following committees have been 

 appointed by President Craig to serve 

 for the year 1916: 



National Cooperative Committee — W. N. 

 Craig. Itrookliiie, Mass.; Theodore Wlrth, 

 Minneapolis, Minn.; James Stuart, Mamaro- 

 neck, N. Y.; Martin C. Ebel, Mndlaon, N. J. 



• ouunlttec on Kssays and Horticultural 

 Int^lruction— William H. Waite, Kumsoo, 

 N. .1.: ICdwln Jenkins, Lenox, Mass.; Ar- 

 thur Smith, Reading, Pa.; Theodore Wlrth, 

 Mimn-apolis, .Minn.; William Downs, Chest- 

 iiiit Hill. Mass. 



Comniillee on Meritorious Exhibits — 

 William KIcinheinz. Ogontz, Pa.; Alexan- 

 der Mackenzie. Highland Falls. N. Y.; Wil- 

 liam Hertrlck, San Gabriel, Cal.; Duncan 

 FinlnysoD, Urookllne, Mass.; Alblo Martini, 

 Lake fJeneva, Wis. 



Committee on Bird Preservation and 

 I'ropagatlon— L. P. Jensen, St. Louis, Mo.; 

 Itobert WllllamsoD, New Canaan, Conn.; 

 Carl N. Fohn. Colorado Springs, Colo.; 

 William Kennie, San Rafael, Cal.; William 

 Reid, Orange, N. J.; A. J. Loveless, Lenoz, 

 Mass. 



ST. LOUIS MEETINGS. 



The St. Louis Klorist Club meets 

 next on January 13th in Odd Fellows' 

 Hall, at 2 o'clock prompt. A great 

 attendance is looked for. 



.Mrs. F. C. Weber. Sr.. will entertain 

 the Ladies' Florists' Home Circle tor 

 its New Year's meeting at her home 

 on Berlin avenue. Wednesday, January 

 12th, at 2 o'clock. 



The Retail Florists' Association will 

 meet at the Mission Inn, Monday, Jan- 

 uary 17th. at 8 P. M. 



The meeting of the Missouri State 

 Horticultural Society takes place Jan- 

 uary 12. 13. 14, at the Planters' Hotel. 

 Thursday, the 13th, will be "Florists' 

 Day." Several members of the Florist 

 Club are down to read papers during 

 the morning session. 



The County Grow'ers' Association 

 held its New Year meeting Wednes- 

 day, January 5th, at the Eleven .Mile 

 House. 



BOOMING THE NATIONAL 



FLOWER SHOW. 

 The following communication has 

 just been received from Chairman 

 Therklldson, of the Philadelphia Na- 

 tional Flower Show Publicity Commit- 

 tee; 

 Editor HoitTiccLTUBE: 



Dear Sir — Enclosed you will find 

 copy of the Poor Richard Almanac. 

 This is the official organ of the Poor 

 Richard Club of this city. As you per- 

 haps know, this club is behind the 

 Convention of the Associated Advertis- 

 ing Clubs of the World. The Poor 

 Richard goes to all Associated Clubs, 

 and they are using the Flower Show 

 poster stickers. 



In a day or two I will send you an 

 eight-sheet poster covering the bill- 

 board advertising that we expect to do 

 in connection with the National Flower 

 Show. There will be 830 of these pos- 

 ters in the Philadelphia and New York 

 districts, together with 1000 single 

 sheet posters 28 by 42, and many thou- 

 sands of window cards of two sizes will 

 be distributed. 



We hope to have the mayor declare 

 March 25 to April 2nd Flower Show 

 Week. We are anticipating a line of 

 publicity such as has never been 

 equalled before, and if the present 

 plans go through without a hitch we 



