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HORTICULTURE 



tho saiiic Slim bi> ulloltod to thnt so- 

 ciety H8 »iiB llrei propoBod to allot to 

 tlu'iii. It wfts furtliiT ordtTc'd that ihf 

 allottlDK of tho proniiiinis be left to the 

 ofllclal8 of the Amerlran Carnation So- 

 ciety, u certlllcatlon of the awards 

 made to lie sent to the National Klower 

 Show Commltliv, All collections In 

 this iH'half are to he turned over to the 

 treasurer of the S. A. K. and O. H. and 

 all disliiirsemeiits to he made hy the 

 Siime otllcer. It was believed that this 

 plan would avoid some confusion which 

 has heretofore arisen in handling these 

 matters as hetwe«»n the two associa- 

 tions. 



Mr. KaixMiwald susBested that it 

 would be a Kreat mistake to interfero 

 with the rules of the separate subsidi- 

 ary 8(K-ieties. The niles of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society were accepted 

 as governing the exhibits by its mem- 

 bers at the National Flower Show, with 

 the exception of rule three, which 

 reads: "Only members of the Ameri- 

 can Carnation Society are eligible to 

 compete for prizes, medals or certifl- 

 «ates." Secretary Young voiced the 

 sentiment of the committee that the 

 endorsement and co-operation of the 

 retailers generally throughout the 

 country was realized as being of the 

 greatest assistance, and the National 

 Flower Show Comiiiittee pledged itself 

 to do everything possible to look after 

 their interests. 



At the request of Chairman Asmus, 

 Secretary Young read the typewritten 

 instructions formulated by Chairman 

 Asmus covering in detail the work of 

 the respective sub-committees of the 

 National Flower Show Committee. The 

 full details covered in these programs 

 of work for the committees evidenced 

 the great foresight and thorough man- 

 ner in which these instructions had 

 been worked out by Mr. Asmus, and 

 they were the subject of general com- 

 mendation and ajiproval. Charles H. 

 Fox, Chairman of the Committee on 

 Publicity, addressed the committee, 

 outlined what he expects to do, and ex- 

 pressed the greatest enthusiasm and 

 confidence in the work that will be 

 done by his committee proving most 

 effective. Chairman .Asmus invites sug- 

 gestions from all quarters that may 

 conduce to the furtherance of the Show. 



Instructions to the several sub-com- 

 mittees were endorsed by formal mo- 

 tion and the chairman directed to send 

 them out. The chairman of the Special 

 Program Committee, W. P. Craig, made 

 a report showing the progress to date, 

 and giving a large list of firms who 

 have already contributed special iirizes. 

 Mr. Craig reported that the business 

 men of Philadeliihia are generally en- 

 thusiastic over the show and anxious 

 to co-operate, A resolution was unan- 

 imously adopted instructing the secre- 

 tary to write Messrs. W. N. Riidd and 

 Chas. H. Totly the regrets of the com- 

 mittee at their inability to be present 

 through illness and then to convey to 

 them the best wishes of the commit- 

 tee and the hope that they would soon 

 be completely recovered. 



John Yoim;. Secretarv. 



FlorlHts' Telegruph Delivery and the 

 .National Flower Show Committee. 

 llesldcH various luncheons and a 

 smoker, an clalHirate luncheon, which 

 might more properly have been termed 

 a banquet, was tendered by the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Committee at the Hotel 

 UiSalle, at 1 I'. M.. Wi-dnesday. .March 

 :t. iyi.">. The Coiimilttee for the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club having this spec- 

 ial function In charge were .Messrs. 

 Krnst Weiiihiiclwr. (Jeorge Asmus and 

 .'Viigust roehlmann. 



After a most appetizing spread, 

 lleorge .\smus, as toast-master, called 

 upon the following gentlemen, all of 

 whom made remarks that were out of 

 the ordinary after-dinner spee<-hes, In- 

 asmuch as they abounded in sugges- 

 tions of a business character that were 

 most timely and interesting, these 

 speakers being Philip Itreitiheyer, De- 

 troit, .Mich.; A. Pochelon, secretary 



F. T. I).. Detroit, .Mich.; George 1-:. m". 

 Sliimpp, director F. T. 1)., New York; K. 



G. Hill. Kichmond, Ind.; .1. C. Vaughan, 

 Chicago, III.; Patrick Welch, president 

 S. A. F. & O. H., Boston, .Ma.ss.; August 

 Poehlniann. director S. A. F. & O. H., 

 Chicago, 111; John Young secretary S. 

 A. F. and O. H., New York; Wm. Kroes- 

 chell. Chicago. 111.; Wm. F. Kasting, 

 treasurer S. A. F. & O. H., Buffalo, N. 

 Y.; George Sykes. Lord & Burnham Co.. 

 Chicago. III.; Wm. F. Gude. Washing- 

 ton representative S. A. F. & O. H., 

 Washington, D. C; Charles H. Fox, 

 chairman Publicity Committee, Na- 

 tional Flower Show, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 L. D. McNeff. .McNen-Swenson Co.. 

 Chicago, HI.; Thos. Ftoland, director 

 S. A. F. & O. H., Nahanl. Ma.ss.; W. W. 

 Barnard, seedsman, Chicago, 111.; Theo- 

 dore Wirth. ex-president S. A. F. & O. 

 H.. -Minneapolis, Minn.; Ernst W'ein- 

 hoeber, director F. T. D., Chicago, 111.; 

 .1. J. Hess, director S. A. F. and O. H., 

 Omaha, Neb.; H. H. Bartsch, president 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club, Boston, 

 .Mass.; George Burton, president Flor- 

 ists' Club. Philadelphia, Pa.; Irwin 

 Hertermann, president F'. T. D., Indian- 

 apolis, Ind.; A. Farenwald, Hoslyn. 

 Pa.; Alexander Henderson, seedsman, 

 Chicago, III. 



The first preliminary schedule of the 

 plant classes and premiums for the 

 Fourth National Flower Shnw\ to be 

 held in Philadelphia, March 25 to 

 April 2, 1916, has been issued by Sec- 

 retary ,John Young. This includes sec- 

 tions A to N inclusive. The schedule 

 is issued thus early to give plant 

 growers full time in which to prepare 

 their exhibition stock. All who are 

 interested should send to John Young, 

 .53 West 28th street. New York for a 

 < opy at once. 



Luncheon. 

 The Chicago florists were most as- 

 siduous in their attention to an enter- 

 tainment of the members and guests 

 of the Board Kxecutive of the S. A. F. 

 & O. H.. the Kxecutive Board of the 



The publicity work for the New- 

 York Spring Show seems to be in very 

 enterprising hands. The city and the 

 countryside away out in Jersey and 

 Long Island are liberally placarded 

 with flower show posters and all the 

 metropolitan dailies are giving more 

 than customary space to the promised 

 event. A little disposition to fall back 

 on the sensational, regardless of truth, 

 should be promptly vetoed by the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of New York and 

 the New York Florists' Club, whose 

 members have no desire to be held re- 

 sponsible for wierd fables about un- 

 canny floral freaks. 



.March i:i. 1915 



Clubs and Societies 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The meeting of this club on .Monday 

 evening, .March S, was In wime respectii 

 a record breaker. The hall was crowd- 

 ed almost to the limit, and some of tbo 

 proce<'dlng8 approaihed the spectacu- 

 lar. I'Vom the spirited Joviality which 

 prevailed one would never dreaiu that 

 there was anything the matter with 

 business or that the inemberH knew 

 what It was to be burdened with a 

 care. From the president down to the 

 youngest recruit it was "snap and go" 

 from start to finish. The commissary 

 department, under the management of 

 Phil. Kessler and a retinue of busy 

 assistants, contributed Its full share to 

 the general congeniality, and at the 

 close each member carried away a 

 stein, presented with the compliments 

 of the hou.se committee. 



The principal attraction of the even- 

 ing was a steieopticon lecture by J. 

 Ross Lynch on the Panama-Pacific Ex- 

 position. Beautifully colored views in 

 great numbers were thrown upon the 

 screen depicting the buildings and 

 other features oC the great fair, as well 

 as views of the canal itself and the 

 picturesque scenery on the various 

 transcontinental routes from the East 

 to San Francisco. 



The Spring Flower Show, now close 

 at hand, came in for considerable dis- 

 cussion in the final details of prepara- 

 tion, all of which seem to be well In 

 hand, and the various committees 

 working harmoniously and enthusia.s- 

 tically to that end. F. R. Plerson as 

 chairman of the general committee, re- 

 ported that the sales of space in the 

 trade section amounted to $8300 up to 

 date, and advertising in the souvenir 

 program $1700. A total of over $2000 

 had been contributed in special pre- 

 miums and $1200 worth of trade tickets 

 had already been sold. M. W. Colwell, 

 who has charge of the publicity work, 

 made an address on this subject which 

 was very clever and witty, and made 

 an excellent impression. The "booth" 

 committee was granted an appropria- 

 tion of $200 for the completion of their 

 plans. 



The exhibition tables were but 

 sparsely furnished. It has been an- 

 nounced that this was to be "rose 

 night" and rose growers were invited 

 to show their specialties, but not a 

 solitary rose w-as there. Van Waveren 

 & Son were represented by vases of 

 tulips De W'et. Flamingo and McKin- 

 lay, and Poetaz Narcissus Mignon; 

 .Max Schling showed a fine cocos, Frank 

 Dinda sent a vase of his new white 

 carnation Peace, and there was a vase 

 of beautiful mixed Spencer sweet peas 

 from A. C. Zvolanek. The absence of 

 the roses furnished Max Schling the 

 opportunity for an inimitable burlesque 

 report on the beauties of the imaginary 

 exhibits, which was simply a scream 

 from beginning to end in its droll 

 comicality, and all the funnier because 

 of the seriousness with which it was 

 taken by certain members. The next 

 meeting will be "sweet pea and orchid 

 night." 



Various committees reported prog- 

 ress. The "outing" will take place at 

 Witzel's Point View Grove on July 14. 

 Everything is readj' for the annual 

 dinner, Saturday evening, March 20. 

 Five new members were nominated. 



