March 13, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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DURING RECESS. 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton. 



The members of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club, their wives, sisters, 

 daughters and other lady friends, had 

 a glorious happy evening on Wednes- 

 day, March 10, the occasion being the 

 annual banquet and dance. It was held 

 at the New American House this year 

 instead of Horticultural Hall and the 

 innovation proved advantageous in 

 many ways. Nearly three hundred 

 guests were present, fully one-half of 

 this number being ladies. 



The banquet hall was handsomely 

 decorated under the supervision of 

 George M. Anderson, southern smilax 

 on the walls, palms about the corners 

 and flowers in rich profusion on the 

 tables. The menu was excellent and 

 well serred. 



President Herman Bartsch was his 

 own toastmaster and did it up most 

 ereditably. The principal speaker was 

 President Patrick Welch of the S. A. 

 P. Mr, Welch said some good things 

 about the national society and the ap- 

 proaching convention at San Francisco 

 and said them so convincingly that 

 «[uite a few who were present, several 

 ladies included, volunteered to accom- 

 pany the Boston party to California 

 next August. Other speakers were 

 Secretary W, N, Craig, Treasurer Peter 

 Fisher, Vice-President Methven, S. J. 

 Goddard, Henry Penn and W. J. Ken- 

 nedy, the last named breaking forth 

 Into whirlwind eloquence on behalf of 

 woman suffrage. There was an enjoy- 

 able entertainment by Margaret With- 

 er, piano solos: Emil Chevrill. comedy 

 violin imitations; ,James Singer, bari- 

 tone solos; Katharine Singer, pianist, 

 and Combie's orchestra. Dancing was 

 indulged in from 10 to 12 midnight. 



The next meeting of the Club comes 

 on Tuesday evening, March 16, when 

 Eber Holmes will talk on Indoor Roses. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES 



The Students' Club at the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden will hold a meeting 

 on Friday, March 19, at which G. H. 

 Pring will read a paper on "Aquatic 

 Gardening" and N. J. Cella on "Lawns 

 and their Care." 



Henry P. Michell Co. have offered 

 a very generous list of prizes to be 

 awarded at the National Flower Show 

 in Philadelphia in the spring of 1916. 

 The list includes four gold medals, 

 twenty-one silver medals, seven bronze 

 medals and fourteen silver cups. 



Quite a few St. Louis Florist Club 

 members attended the annual meeting 

 of the Illinois State Florists' Associa- 

 tion at Urbana, 111., last week. Among 

 them were J. F. Ammann, W. J. Pilch- 

 er, John Stridel, Edwin Denker and 

 Charles Johann. 



The Maine State Florists' Associa- 

 tion was organized on March 10, at 

 Orono. J. H. Stalford of Bar Harbor 

 ■was chosen president; Charles F. 

 Strout, Biddeford, vice-president; Alex- 

 ander Lurie, Orono, secretary, and 

 Ernest Saunders. Lewiston, treasurer. 



The St. I^uis Co. Plant and F''lower 

 Growers' Association held a meeting on 

 March 3, at Eleven Mile House. Quite 

 an interesting program was laid out 

 on which discussions followed. It was 

 voted to assist the St. Louis Florist 

 Club when the Carnation Society holds 

 It meeting in St. Louis. J. F. Am- 

 mann made an interesting address. 



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