H R T I C U L r U K E 



Juiitiiiry Iti. 1915 



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President Kverltl iilso announces 

 that he offerB one hundred dollars In 

 gold for coinpelltlon to inBtlll a preater 

 Interest on the part of profcsslona 

 gardeners towards the liortlcultural 

 press, the prizes to be awarded for the 

 best essavs on horticultural subjects 

 submitted' during the year by a head 

 mrdener and by an assistant Rardener, 

 I member of the N. A. G. The plans 

 of competition are to be arranged by 

 Uie essay tommlttee. to be announced 

 at an early date. 



The national coopiTutive commit- 

 tee expects to make an announcement 

 at an earlv date of its completion of 

 arrangements for correspondence 

 classes in landscaping, forestry and 

 greenhouse management for members 

 of the association. This committee re- 

 quests that all local societies which 

 have acted favorably on the co-opera- 

 tive plan between the national associa- 

 tion and local societies, but which 

 have not yet offlcially advised the sec- 

 retary of the N. A. G. of their action, 

 ■will do so at once so that they may be 

 placed on the list to regularly receive 

 the bulletins to be issued by the nat- 

 ional co-operative committee. 



M. C. Ebel. Secretary. 



condition, the total niembemhlp being 

 t6t. The trust('«-'H report showed u 

 buluiue of cash on hand in the djrfor- 

 enl banks amounting to about li.'KiO. 

 /„ Tiulcma. 1'. W. i'o|)p and Samuel 

 I . llor. recently elected, made ad 



I r.sldcnt Hunyard has entered In- 

 to the work of his otllce with his usual 

 energy and real and the KlorlHts' Club 

 will uiuloubicdly make considerable 

 favorable advancement under his ad- 

 niinistralion. The next meeting will 

 lie Carnation Night, and as there will 

 be a special set of judges composed of 

 carnation growers to act on that 

 evening. introducers of novelties 

 should not overlook the favorable op- 

 porl unity of making an exhibit at 

 that time. 



Following is the list of committees 

 appointed by President Bunyard: 



I.oKlKliitlve— \V. !•". Sliprliliin. Cliiilrinaii. 

 !• (CMiirii, W. n. Slebrcclit, Sr.. .I<.liii 

 liuiialdBou, F. R. PlerKiin, .Too. Millmhl- 

 >iiii. .1. G. Esler. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 There was a very large and enthusi- 

 astic meeting of this club last Monday 

 night and everything went off in 

 splendid shape. There was a little ex- 

 citement at times and arguments got 

 rather lively, but taking it altogether, 

 the meeting was a very successful one. 

 It did not break up until almost 12 

 o'clock and business and discussions 

 went on all the time. Prof. E. A. 

 White, of Ithaca, made a splendid ad- 

 dress, calling special attention to the 

 important work that can be done by 

 the New York State Federation of 

 Floral Clubs and the florists of the 

 state towards the advancement of flori- 

 culture in New York, also giving an 

 outline of the program of events dur- 

 ing Farmers' Week. 



There were magnificent exhibits of 

 the following: Begonias of the dif- 

 ferent varieties brought to the meet- 

 ing by J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, 

 who was present and addressed the 

 meeting. Two magnificent vases of 

 sweet peas from Geo. T. Schuneman, 

 of Rockville Centre, N. Y., and Mrs. 

 Akehurst carnations exhibited by 

 Pennock-Meehan Co., also a fine vase 

 of Buddleia asiatica exhibited by P. 

 W. Popp, .Mamaroneck, and a fine vase 

 of Laura Webber carnations by Charles 

 Webber, Lynbrook, L. I. 



Secretary De Forest, of the traua 

 portation committee, reported that 

 the names were coming in slowly 

 from those desiring reservations on 

 the special car going to the American 

 Carnation convention at Buffalo. The 

 secretary's report was read, showing 

 the club to be in a very flourishing 



HaUKV a. Bl-.NV.\KD, 



President New Yorlj Florists' Clnb. 



Essay and Lecture — Leonnrd Barron, 

 ('h.-iirmnn, .1. Harrison Dick, J. Austin 

 Sliiiw, John H. Pepper. M. C. Ebel. 



Exlilliltion — Max Schltng. Cliainnan, 

 .losepli A. .Manda, .las. Bell, A. N. Kinney, 

 .lohn Birnlp. .1. K. Allen, J. A. Muller. 



House-- Philip Kessler, Chairman, Geo. 

 .Mustoe. .Meyer Othlle. 



Annual Dinner— ("has. Schenck, Chair- 

 man. .1. B. Nugent. Geo. E. M. .Sturapp. 

 W I" Sheridan. Thos. lioothe de I'orest. 

 .\. L,. Miller, \V. E. Maynard. 



(lutintr — l'. W. Arniitace. Chairman. 

 I.ouis S.hmulz. .Ir.. A. J. Giiltman. E. W. 

 Holt. Vlitnr I. .Morgan. .1. \V. WaKeiifohr, 

 A. M. Heiisliaw. .1. Hauik. A. T. Ilnrns. 

 .Tr. Peler Deiivse, .Ir. .los. .7. I.ane, I,. \V. 

 C. Tulhlll. It. G. Wilson, Alf. Deiuusey. Jr., 

 E. A. M.inda. Saiiniel Uedstone. J. A. Buer- 

 lein. Einll .'Schloss. J. W. Beimels, A. H. 

 Donaldson, Victor Dorval. 



Awards Committee— W. H. Duokham, 

 Chairman. Kone Section — Frank H. 

 Traendlv. I". U. Plerson. Uohert Simpson, 

 Wallace Plerson. f'has. H. Brown. W. P. 

 Ford L. B. Coddlngtiui. Carnation .'sec- 

 tion— U. T. Brown. Eugene Dailledouze, 

 Frank Nlquet. Louis Reuter. Chas. Welier. 

 H. E. Fromenl. Julius Chevalley. ChrjB- 

 anlhemum .se<-tlon— Charles H. Totty, Jas. 

 E Seott, Peter Dutr. Th.)S. Head. J. Cann- 

 ins 1". II. Wilshire, William Tricker. 

 r.lwliolus Section- 1. S. Hendriekson, 

 Arthur Cowee. II. C. Reidel. A. U. Ken- 

 nedy, W. H. Umg, J. A. Rasshach, Ed. 

 Sceerv. Sweet Tea Section— Geo. T. Schun- 

 emnn'. Henrv Weston. Chas. Knicht, W. A 

 Sperllns. a'. E. UogK. H. Mamltch, P. W 

 Popp. Orchid Section— Joseph A. Manda 



Henrv Hurrell, AuKU"! .Iniifc-e. Jnhn E. 

 I.acer, Jii>. McMniMO.. Jiillii* Itoehm. Geo. 

 Ilalilwln. I'l«nl Hcllon W A. Muiidn. 

 Philip Cox. Anion SchulthelB, Jr., Frlt« 

 lircNHcI, V. h. Atklua. Anthony Mnnda, H. 

 II. DHrlluirton. 



President Bunyard's Address. 



'The .Ni« \..rk I Inrlnls' 1 lull wan or- 

 nnnl».ed 111 1!*7 and Inioriniraled In IMUl. 

 The eerllflcute of Ineoriioratloii conlulni 

 the following:— 



"The particular huslneMp. and occu- 

 pation of Huch Moclely or cluh In the 

 mielal recreation of Ita ineiubcri and 

 the advjiiiceiiieiil of Florliullure nnd 

 Horticulture. 



•You will note that the Boclal iiIiuh come 

 nrsl. This Ib an It Hhould he. SoclalilUty 

 Is the basis for all liu-inesH and other 



pro lure, hut let us lii-ar In iiilinl : neither 



• ine should he welKhted di.wii nr over- 

 lapp<-<I hv the other. The New York Flor- 

 ists' Cluh Ik a very Herloua liiNlllutlon 

 through Its husIiiesB and political alHIIa- 

 tlons. In fact, It has Ik cimie a national 

 Inslllutlon. It setH the example, and mem- 

 hershlp Is soucht hy m.iiiy In the trade. 

 far nnioved from Its cnvlronnieiils. Espi- 

 .lallv are lt« awards consldereil standard 

 and 'authentic; and apart from this fact, 

 lliev have a broad cummcrclal value. 



•'As President. II Ib inj desire to Iry 

 and uphold Its traditions and carry on 

 the work. Ideas and high standard of 

 aihlevemeiil. as laid ilt.wn by the men « ho 

 organized and conllnucd II. I want my 

 ailnilnlslratlon to be creallve, conslrucllye 

 ■ind progressive and to carry out cspeehilly 

 niie Idea that Is not new but of Kieat mo- 



nieni to tl embers. That Is. for the 



\e« York Florists' Club I" have and own 

 1 permanent home, where we can meet for 

 s.iel.il and business Intercourse, hidd our 

 nieellngs and entertain onr out of-towu 

 nieiiibers and friends— a himie built for 

 posterltv. It Is possible! Surely, we are 

 bltr enough and broad enouiih and have 

 suindent tlnanclal responsibility among 

 our members to hanille such a proposition 

 .iiid sustain it wlthoul drawing upon our 

 present surplus. Real est:;te bargains have 

 never been more plentiful than '"'w;-^'' 

 we can raise ten lliousand dollars IJIO.OOUI 

 for a Flower Show guarantee, surely it 

 would be possible to sell sullbleiil b<inds 

 to r.ilse funds to secure a building. 1 

 would suggest the Issuing of such bonds 

 at a popular price, say ».jO.OO each, so that 

 •It least everv member could secure one 

 ..r more; these to be secured by a secoiid 

 mortgage. In this way, a building could 

 be purchased and altered, the first mort- 

 L-age being held by one of our depositories 

 or by a trust company. „ . « rr i. 



"Afflllatlon with the S. A. F. & O. H. 18 

 now a concrete fact. By virtue of my of- 

 |\ce as President of your club, I liecome 

 .lutomatically a director in the mother or- 

 L-aiilzatlon nnd as such am the connecting 

 link between you. and it will be your 

 business to instruct me as your ambassa^ 

 dor so to speak, to carry out your wishes 

 and ideas comiiallble with the best inter- 

 .sis of the dual societies. For progressive 

 l..(;lslatlon. alllllation is but the beginning. 

 It will broaden and grow as lime flies. It 

 is an epoch in this club at which you will 

 be able to point with pride In the near 

 future. , , , , ,, 



" 'In union there Is strength.' and while 

 the S .\. F. & O. H. has civen us this 

 opportunity, cannot we look around In our 

 vl.lniiv and see if we, too, cannot offer 

 the riiiht hand of fellowship. I note In 

 the prospectus of the International Garden 

 Club that the President of the New York 

 Florists' Club Is an ex olBcIo member. 

 This club has leased from the City of New 

 York the Bartow mansion, situated In Pel- 

 ham Park, near City Island; have appro- 

 priated money lo build roads and have 

 alreadv plans in hand for u rose garden 

 and other specialized work. Are you 

 aware wh.it all this means to you? It 

 means primarily tliat the masses arc In be 

 educated alone the broader sense of gar- 

 dening It means that we are to have a 

 new generation of flower and plant lovers, 

 and In time vou will become Ihe indirect 

 beneflciarlcs through increased business; 

 besides this, there are horticultural so- 

 cieties and school garden associations at 

 our door that should .it least have our 

 moral support. I would recommend .a 

 .ommittee to report upon the number and 

 numbpr.shlp of these societies and their 

 objects for possible .ifllliatlon In some 

 ftirm or other. „, , 



The Internatlon.il Flower Show next 

 March affords unrivaled opportunities for 

 the trade to exhibit .ind advertise their 

 wares There should be no waning of in- 



