June 17, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



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PATRICK WELCH 



FRANK J. REYNOLDS 



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HENRY HAAS 



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At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of 

 Welch Bros. Co. , held at 226 Devonshire Street, Boston, 

 June 1, 1916, Mr. Henry Haas was elected Manager and 

 Frank J. Reynolds, Asst. Manager. Patrick Welch re- 

 tains the offices of President and Treasurer. 



As President of the Company I wish to express my 

 appreciation of the continued patronage with which 

 you have favored us, and I sincerely hope that we. 

 shall always be able to retain your business, as we 

 feel confident that the merit of our goods and the 

 excellency of our service in both the Cut Flower and 

 Supply Department are of the best. 



PATRICK WELCH, Treasurer. 

 226 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass. 



— C. B. Weathered, chairman; Frank 

 H. Traendly, Charles H. Totty, Wil- 

 liam H. Duckham, Max Schling, L. J. 

 Reuter, Henry Weston, Wallace R. 

 Pierson, George E. M. Stuinpp and 

 John Young. 



A VISIT TO CROMWELL, CONN. 



On Wednesday, June 21st, the mem- 

 bers of the National Association of 

 Gardeners and the American Associa- 

 tion of Park Superintendents will 

 hold a Field Day at Cromwell Gar- 

 dens, Cromwell, Conn., as the guests 

 of A. N. Pierson, Inc. A large delega- 

 tion is looked for, both from the 

 vicinity of New York City and Bos- 

 ton, both of which points are within 

 a day's trip of Cromwell. Those 

 going by way of New York will 

 leave the Grand Central Station on 

 the Green Mountain Express at 8 

 o'clock on Wednesday morning, the 

 21st, securing tickets for Berlin, 

 Conn., from which city Cromwell is 

 reached by trolley. Connection can 

 be made at Greenwich, Conn., at 8.50 

 A. M.; Stamford, 9.02 A. M.; Bridge- 

 port, 9.38 A. M. Those going by way 

 Of Boston will leave South Station at 

 7.55 A. M. via Hartford, from which 

 city Cromwell is also reached by 

 trolley. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



This club celebrated its 30th anni- 

 versary with an out-door meeting at 

 W. J. Pilcher's in Kirkwood on June 

 8th. The members started at 1.30 

 P. M. from the wholesale district in 

 automobiles decorated with American 

 flags and every member wore a red 

 carnation. The procession was lead 

 by W. C. Smith and at the meeting 

 place were met by Mr. Pilcher and 



his force and made comfortable. The 

 tour through the splendid rose houses 

 was most interesting. The meeting 

 was called to order by President 

 Bourdet in the big boiler shed, nearly 

 75 members in attendance. The trus- 

 tees reported the club's annual picnic 

 would be held on July 19 or 20 at 

 Romona Park. Spring Flower Show 

 committee had an excellent report. 

 The committe on organizing the 

 State Florists' Association gave an 

 account of how the new organization 

 had been completed. Ed G. Tedirc, 

 Henry Ochs, H. M. Studdard, Emmett 

 McDonald and Alex Volkman applied 

 for membership. The committe on 

 selecting an official flower for St. 

 Louis for the Convention Bureau, 

 named Coreopsis. 



President Bourdet invited the mem- 

 bers to hold their next meeting at his 

 place, which was accepted with 

 thanks. After adjournment Mr. Pil- 

 cher took the members in hand and 

 entertained them royally. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



The Pittsburgh Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Club held a large and inter- 

 esting meeting in the Dutch Room of 

 the Fort Pitt Hotel on the evening of 

 June 6th. The question of banquet 

 sometime this fall to celebrate the 

 25th anniversary of the founding of 

 the club was brought up, and it was 

 decided that one should be held. The 

 matter of a flower show at the same 

 time was also under consideration. 

 It seemed to be the sense of the club 

 that it would be well to hold a 

 Chrysanthemum Show In connection 

 with the banquet, but that there 

 should be no money prizes. 



Herman Rapp, Leetsdale, Pa., 



showed Gloxinias for which he was 

 awarded a cultural certificate. A coir 

 lection of wild flowers was displayed, 

 which was named by Dr. E. 0. Jen- 

 nings of Carnegie Museum. Then 

 followed the feature of the evening, 

 an 'Illustrated Talk on the Flora of 

 Washington State" by Dr. Jennings. 

 Beginning near the eastern end of 

 the State he took us across to the 

 Pacific Coast, passing over a choice 

 assortment of deserts, mountain 

 peaks and glaciers, great forests and 

 prairies. The wild flowers were in 

 orofusion, the pictures fine and the 

 talk interesting, and the club greatly 

 enjoyed the entertainment and in- 

 struction afforded. 



H. P. JosLiN, Secretary. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



All guarantors for tlie National Flow- 

 er Show held in Philadelphia this spring 

 have had their money returned to 

 them in full with a ten per cent, divi- 

 dend. 



The New Haven County (Ct.) Horti- 

 cultural Society had a free peony show 

 on June 8, but very few peonies were 

 in evidence. There was an excellent 

 showing of German irises, however. 



Miss Van Name showed forty vases 

 of iris. She boasts of 600 varieties 

 in her collection, some very rare. 

 Mrs. Edward H. Jenkins also con- 

 tributed forty vases. Many of these 

 were seedlings and caused a good 

 deal of talk among connisseurs. The 

 Park Department of New Haven and 

 ,lno. W. Anderson of the Yale Botan- 

 nical Gardens also had some very in- 

 teresting specimens. J. H. Slocombe. 

 the veteran florist, showed two large 

 groups of oriental poppies that were 

 greatly admired. 



