Febiuary 6, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



173 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 

 The Trip to Lancaster. 

 Thursday afternoon was very profit- 

 ably spent by the visitors in a ride by 

 tram as guests of W. J. Palmer to the 

 Palmer greenhouses at Lancaster, some 

 ten or twelve miles from Buffalo. Mr. 

 Palmer has a fine establishment of 

 about 200,000 sq. ft. and the houses are 

 devoted to a general line of plants and 

 flowers required in a city floral store, 

 but largely to carnations and to forced 

 bulb stock. Among the carnations the 

 varieties Scarlet Glow, Philadelphia 

 Pink and Sunbeam — the latter a partic- 

 ularly soft and lustrous pink — were the 

 objects of especial admiration. On en- 

 tering the office the first thing to catch 

 the visitor's eye is the motto, "No 

 home is complete without flowers." 

 Pass it along. 



The Banquet. 



The banquet hall of the Iroquois Ho- 

 tel on Thursday evening, January 28, 

 was an object lesson and inspiration 

 in floral decoration. Arches of smilax 

 terminated at the capitals of the co!-' 

 umns in rich outbursts of carnations 

 in brilliant variety of color. There 

 were artistic touches in plenty and the 

 toastmaster's reviewing stand was an 

 unique and impressive success as a 

 frame work for the sturdy form and 

 expansive smile of Buffalo's eminent 

 citizen, Wm. F. Kasting, post master 

 and past-master toastmaster, the shin- 

 ing light of this memorable occasion. 



The banquet was a success in every 

 way. After the savory viands had 

 been annihilated, Toastmaster Kasting 

 began the business of the second sec- 

 tion with a few opening words and in- 

 troduced the president of the Buffalo 

 Florists' Club, Wallace H. Eiss, who 

 voiced a welcome to the visitors. J. 

 A. Valentine next responded for the 

 "subsidiary societies." S. J. Goddard 

 followed, thanking the members for 

 their loyal support during his presi- 

 dency, "w. R. Pierson said some good 

 words for the American Rose Society, 

 George Asmus for the National Flower 

 Show and C. S. Strout for the State of 

 Maine. F. R. Pierson extended a cor- 

 dial invitation to the International 

 Flower Show in New York City and 

 was followed by President-elect Jos. 

 H. Hill, W. J. Palmer, S. A. Anderson, 

 Fred Brown, George B. Urban, J. H. 

 Dunlop, F. E. Dorner, A. F. J. Baur, 

 W. A. Manda, J. P. Ammann, who 

 spoke for St. Louis, the next meeting 

 place, W. J. Stewart, and I'nser Louis 

 Neubeck, all of whom had something 

 merrv or otherwise appropriate to say. 

 Then came the reading of the final 

 resolutions by J. A. Valentine and 

 "Auld Lang Syne" as a fitting finish 

 to an occasion that will be long re- 

 membered by those who participated. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Board of Directors' Meeting. 

 President Patrick Welcli has issued 

 a call for the meeting of the Board 

 of Directors at the La Salle Hotel, 

 Chicago, 111.. Monday, March 1, at 

 10 A M. John Yoi no, Sec'y. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The regTilar monthly meeting was 

 held on the 2nd lust. After routine 

 the essayist of the evening Adolph 

 Farenwald spoke about the S. A. F. 

 So far as your scribe could gather, his 

 idea seemed to be that tlie reserve 

 fund of the S. A. P. should be used for 

 aavertising the business — for the bene- 

 fit not oniy of the growers but the re- 

 tailers. Unally. a motion, something 

 to that effect, was carried. What busi- 

 ness the Philadelphia local club had 

 to presume to dictate to an entirely 

 distinct and different organization did 

 not appear. But Mr. Farenwald made 

 it quite clear in another discussion 

 when he told them that last month's 

 vote about the exhibition hall at Alle- 

 gheny Ave. didn't amount to anything; 

 that the matter was entirely up to the 

 S. A. F. committee and the Florists' 

 Club had nothing to do with it — which 

 is quite true. That's the funny part of 

 it. Why should we worry? 



The essay committee of which Mr. 

 Farenwald is chairman, announced 

 that the March meeting will be de- 

 voted to carnations. The speakers 

 have not yet been selected. . Leo 

 Niessen spoke in favor of co-operative 

 advertising, also condemned strongly 

 selling through department stores. 

 Any outlet seems good to the growers, 

 but evidently Leo was thinking more 

 of his retail clients while he spoke 

 thusly. It's a kittle question. We do 

 not pretend to answer it. But with all 

 due deference it seems to us that the 

 commission man is the growers' man. 

 The retailers so far as we have ob- 

 served are abundantly able to take 

 care of themselves. It. therefore, looks 

 as if it were up to the commission man 

 to try to get the best results. 



An Institute meeting will be held 

 March 5th and flth and a committee 

 was appointed representing the club. 

 This is the old Farmers' meetings of 

 which our good friend Ed. Lonsdale 

 made such a success some eight years 

 ago. David Rush has now taken the 

 matter up as county representative 

 and we are to have a good old revival. 

 Ed. in his sick bed in California will 

 rejoice and say that a man's good work 

 does really bear fruit after all. Fred 

 Michell, Jr., Thomas B. Meehan and 

 others will represent the Florists' 

 Club. The Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society is also a co-partner and will 

 be well represented. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 



NEW YORK. 

 The Annual Fall Exhibition of this 

 society will be held on November 4th to 

 7th, inclusive, at the American Muse- 

 um of Natural History. The schedule 

 of premiums is now being prepared, 

 and as soon as ready announcement 

 will be made in these columns. This 

 is the big autumn show around New 

 York, and it is hoped that other soci- 

 eties in this vicinity in fixing the dates 

 of their shows will avoid this period 

 in so far as possible. Such- action will 

 accrue to the best interests of all. 

 Gkorcr V. Nash. Ser'y. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 NURSERYMEN. 



Message From the Secretary. 



Seven years ago this Association 

 held its annual meeting in Detroit, 

 •Michigan. At the Cleveland conven- 

 tion of 1914 Detroit was again practi- 

 cally unanimously chosen for the 

 meeting of 1915. So much enthusiasm 

 was evinced in the discussion as to 

 the city in which our fortieth anniver- 

 sary should be celebrated that we con- 

 sider ourselves warranted in boosting 

 "the City Beautiful" in anticipation of 

 June 23-25, next. It is such fun to be a 

 "booster," because, after your energy 

 has been spent, such a delightful satis- 

 faction gets up under a man's vest as 

 he congratulates himself on his suc- 

 cess, always, of course, presuming that 

 he has boosted in a good cause. So 

 let us all assume the role of the 

 booster in one united effort to make 

 this fortieth anniversary the most 

 notable in the Association's history — 

 notable in the size of membership, 

 notable in attendance and notable in 

 all other ways that shall build up the 

 business of the legitimate nurseryman. 



To this end 'let every man look after 

 the fellow who is "not on the list.'' 

 President Chase is on the war path. 

 He has appointed a committee of 

 seven live men to boost the member- 

 ship, with Brother Will Munson, of 

 Texas, as chairman. Somethin' doin'. 



As already announced. Hotel Cadil- 

 lac will be headquarters. Mr. T. I. 

 Ilgenfritz (some call him "Tom") is 

 chairman of the committee on arrange- 

 ments and entertainment. He has 

 made the personal acquaintance of the 

 manager of the hotel, who has prom- 

 ised not only to do his best to give 

 satisfaction equal to that fett seven 

 years ago, but to surpass it as far as 

 his capabilities will permit. 



The entertainment mill is working 

 and we will shortly be able to take 

 members more fully into the commit- 

 tee's confidence. The program mill is 

 also grinding, and we suggest that 

 members write to Brother C. R. Burr, 

 Manchester, Conn., any thought they 

 may have that will be helpful to him. 



I shall be glad to give prompt atten- 

 tion to all inquiries regarding mem- 

 bership, etc. 



Yours for a 1915 boom, 



John Haix, Secretary. 



204 Granite Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 



NEW ENGLAND NURSERYMEN'S 

 ASSOCIATION. 



Charles H, Greaton of Providence, 

 K. 1., who served last year as vice- 

 president was elected president of the 

 New England Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion at the annual convention held in 

 the Narragansett Hotel, Providence, 

 Jan. 27. "The convention was well at- 

 tended and spirited debates arose over 

 the sale of surplus stock and methods 

 of management. Nursery experts from 

 many sections of New England ad- 

 dressed the convention on matters of 

 import. Prior to closing. Springfield. 

 Mass., was selected as the place for 

 the convention next year. 



Other officers elected were as fol- 



