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HOKTl CULTURE 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' PETITION. 



\Vf. Ilie iiiiilcrsiijiiiil. Ilcirlsts and 

 »;ur(li'ner8 of St. Louis, in view of the 

 Kreat success in oUier important cities 

 of the plan of appointing a landscape 

 architect to the office of park commis- 

 sioner, and especially in view of the 

 city's present crippled finances, which 

 denied I'ark Couiniissioner Davis the 

 assistance of a landscape architect 

 (hiriiiK the latter part of his term, do 

 hereby urgently rcQuest that the next 

 park cominlssloner of St. Louis be a 

 landscape architect and do recommend 

 heartily for that important office Mr. 

 Henry C. Muskopf. 



L. Jules Bourdet, president St Louis 

 Florist Club; J. J. Beneke. secretary 

 St. Louis Florist Club; .-Mex Johnson. 

 O. K. Sanders, care Sanders Nurseries; 

 Fred C. Weber; F. H. Weber; C. 

 Y'oung & Sons Co.. Chas. C. Young; 

 Teresa Badaracco: Grimm & Gorly; 

 Diemer Floral Co.; Oscar Sleile; Max 

 Herzog: F. J. Fillmore; H. B. Schaad; 

 John M. Walther; Wm. Schray & 

 Sons; Mullanphy Florist. W. A. Seigor, 

 Pres.; W. M. Robinson; Kalisch Bros. 

 Floral Co.; J. W. Boerm; A. F. Wald- 

 mann; Theodore Miller: E. J. Wald- 

 bart; Volkman Floral Co., per Alexan- 

 der Volkman; W. H. Kruse; Bentzen 

 Floral Co.. A. J. Bentzen, Pres.; Tower 

 Florist, O. H. Huettniann, Mgr. : 

 O'Leary Florist, per Mr. O'Leary; 

 Ayres Floral Co., per R. A. Tubbeslng; 

 The Flower Shop, P. J. Herrmann, 

 Mgr.: Andrew Meyer, Jr. 



THE S. A. F. AS A BUSINESS HELP. 



A florists" supply liou.sc has written 

 the following to Secrelarv Young of 

 the S. A. F. 



"Kindly credit this check for dues 

 and forward button at the earliest pos- 

 sible date, as the writer expects to go 

 on the road shortly and he expects 

 the little button to open the door in 

 many places. We have found this but- 

 ton has really meant something to us 

 in associating and identifying us with 

 the florists." 



A word to the wise should be suf- 

 ficient. It costs money and business 

 to stay out of the S. A. F. today. 



PORTLAND FLORISTS TO OR- 

 GANIZE. 



The efforts that have been made by 

 the florists of Portland, Me., and vicin- 

 ity to form an organization for their 

 mutual benefit will culminate in a 

 meeting to be held at Stroudwater 

 Grange Hall next Monday night, when 

 there will be a banquet, social session, 

 election of ofiicers and the adoption 

 of by-laws and regulations governing 

 the new association. The committee 

 which has charge of arrangements is 

 composed of Mrs. Lizzie Dennett, Miss 

 Marion McGunigle. Ernest Conant and 

 Alex Skillin. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arbore- 

 teum. Boston, will be the speaker be- 

 fore the next meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club, Monday, May 10. Mr. 

 Wilson's subject will be "Gardens and 

 Flora of Japan," illustrated by lantern 

 slides. 



posed of ladles of CharlotleBvlUe, Vu.. 

 will have a discussion on Uo.ses — prop- 

 er soil, location, varieties and diseases 

 and a talk on the trial rose gardens at 



.Xrllngton Friday. April L':!. Any of 



our readers interested should eoinniun- 

 icate with Mrs. Russell Bradford, sec- 

 retary of the club. 



.\t the meeting of the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society on Monday evening, 

 K. Witterstaetter showed his new 

 climbing rose, a dark pink sport of 

 Taiisendschoen. The florists present 

 were greatly impressed by its general 

 excellence. A comniutilcation from 

 the St. Louis Florist Club relative to 

 the American Carnation Society meet- 

 ing in St. Louis next year was read. 



The New London (Conn.) Horticul- 

 tural Society met in the Council Cham- 

 ber of the Municipal Building on the 

 8th inst. .\fter the minutes had been 

 read, members who attended the New- 

 York show told what they had seen 

 and their opinion of the show in gen- 

 eral. Prof. E. H. Jenkins, director of 

 the New Haven Experiment Station, 

 then spoke on Fertilizers for the Or- 

 chard. Cut flowers were shown by 

 Alfred Flowers, and schizanthus and 

 stock plants by John Malona and 

 Stanley Jordan. H. E, L. 



Dr. Robert Huey will give an illus- 

 trated lecture on Roses before the 

 I.ansdowne Natural History Club on 

 the evening of Tuesday, April 27th. 

 As is well known Dr. Huey is one of 

 our greatest living authorities on the 

 merits of the different varieties of out- 

 door roses suitable for this climate. 

 The meeting will be held in the hall of 

 the Twentieth Century Club, adjoining 

 Lansdowne station, P. R. R., seven 

 miles from Broad street. Admission 

 free. George L. Pennock. president of 

 the club, will act as chairman of the 

 meeting. 



The St. Louis Florist Club meeting 

 on Thursday, April 8th, was rather 

 poorly attended and very little busi- 

 ness was transacted. President Bour- 

 det appointed C. Bergestermann on the 

 .•\niniann committee in place of R. J. 

 Windier, resigned. Mr. Windier also 

 annoimced that he had resigned as 

 state vice-president of the S. A. F., 

 owing to the fact that he is about to 

 leave the city. A committee was ap- 

 Iiointed to draw up resolutions on the 

 death of Geo. R. Frow. After this a 

 .general talk on the Easter business 

 was taken up. A discussion of ques- 

 tions for the box brought the meeting 

 to a close. 



The Albemarle Garden Club, com- 



The regular annual meeting of the 

 New Jersey Foricultural Society was 

 held in Orange on April 5. Joseph A. 

 Manda offered a prize of $5.00 to be 

 used at the fall show. Letters were 

 read from Stumpp & Walter Co., offer- 

 ing cup; Henry A. Dreer, offering a 

 prize of $5.00; also the Bon Arbor 

 Chemical Co. A vote of thanks was 

 tendered to all. Awards for the even- 

 ing were as follows: Max Schneider, 

 carnations, 75 points; sweet peas, 70 

 points; stocks, 95 points; Cineraria 

 stellata, 90 points; Emil Panuska, 



April 17, 1916 



ciuerarius, 78 points; Arthur Jackson, 

 violets, 70 points. 



Gkohue M. SriiA.vue, Sec. 



.•\t the meeting of the Connecticut 

 llnrticultiiral Society In the county 

 building. Hartford, last Friday evening, 

 after the routine business was trans- 

 acted, the members were entertained 

 by John F. Hubs, who told what he 

 saw at the New York Mower show In 

 March. He gave a minute description 

 of the different exhibits, speaking par- 

 ticularly of the rose gardens of F. R. 

 Plerson of Tarry town-on-lludson and 

 A. .\. Plerson. of Cromwell, and the 

 exhibit of orchids by Julius Roehrs of 

 New Jersey. John Gerard of New 

 Britain, who h.i.s made a side line of 

 flower seeds for many years, especially 

 pansy seeds, said he should advise all 

 to save their own seed this year. 

 While last year he handled several 

 thousand dollars' worth of pansy seed, 

 this year, on account of the war, he 

 could not get a single seed. 



DURING RECESS. 



New Bedford Horticultural Society. 



The annual banquet of the New Bed- 

 ford Horticultural Society was held at 

 the Parker House on the evening of 

 April 8th. Seventy-seven members and 

 their friends were present. Congress- 

 man Walsh was the guest of honor and 

 made a few appropriate remarks. 

 These were followed by short timely 

 remarks by President Roy and Chair- 

 man Barrows of the entertainment 

 committee. The profusion of flowers, 

 decorative plants and their artistic ar- 

 rangement was a notable feature. 

 President Roy contributed a few very 

 fine plants. Others were furnished by 

 Post & Gray, James Garthley and 

 others. 



When dinner had been completed a 

 most enjoyable musical program was 

 rendered. There were many selections 

 upon a Victrola and solos by Miss 

 Mabel E. Roy, Miss A. M. Murphy, 

 John P. Rooney, and Louis W. Macy. 

 Harry Wooley gave entertaining reci- 

 tations. Miss Grace Peirce and Miss 

 .\. E. Rooney accompanied the soloists 

 upon the piano. 



Mr. Barrows, William M. Post and 

 James McVickar were the entertain- 

 ment committee. 



Fr.v.nk L. Gray. 



New York Florists' Bowling Club, 



Thursday, April 8th, 1915. 



W. p. Ford 152 1«4 161 



H. C. Rledel 191 211 168 



P. Jacoljson 152 169 158 



R. .T, Irwin 154 188 152 



A. J. Guttman 218 158 182 



Littfe Ads Bring Big Returns 



Little ada. In onr Claaslfled Colnmni bring 

 big return! to botb adrertlaer and pnr- 

 chaaer. 



Anytblng that can be sold to florlau, gar- 

 deners, park and cemetery superlnteodenta, 

 etc.. can be aold tbroneb this medlam In 

 tbis department, and at very small coat. 

 Don't fall to read tbem earb Isaae, for yoa 

 will And one or mors tbat will proT* profit- 

 able to jon. 



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