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April 24. 1916 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 This club held a very .pleasant iiiet-l- 

 Ing April 20. H. Howard Pepper, of 

 the Industrial Trust Co.. Providence. 

 K. I., gave ail InterestinK talk on bank- 

 Ins forms and methods iiiulcr tlie title, 

 •'Tales of a Teller." He touched uiwn 

 the various faults In Uie average man's 

 business transactions and suggested 

 their remedies. 



A letter of sympathy was sent to 

 Chas. Sander, gardener of the Sar- 

 sent estate. Brookline. upon the death 

 of his wife. E. J. OvinKlon, of Newton 

 Centre, briefly explained the results of 

 some experiments that are being made 

 with the "Umetes" which he manufac- 

 tures. 



There were several exhibits on the 

 tables which caused much favorable 

 comment because of their quality. 

 These included calceolias from A. M. 

 Davenport, of Watertown; French hy- 

 drangeas, tulips, daffodils, poet's nar- 

 cissi and a Cattleya hybrid from Faulk- 

 ner Farm, Brookline; yellow mar- 

 guerites from Ed. Winkler, of Wake- 

 field; roses from Thos. Roland, Na- 

 hant; roses from Montrose Green- 

 houses; roses from W. H. Elliott, of 

 Brighton, and a vase of Rhododendron 

 praecox from Harvard University Bo- 

 tanic Garden. 



The awards were as follows: A re- 

 port of merit to W. N. Craig for cat- 

 tleya hybrid, also for French hydran- 

 geas; a vote of thanks to Thos. Roland 

 for vases of roses; A. M. Davenport 

 for calceolarias; Ed. Winkler for mar- 

 guerites; Elier Holmes for roses; W. 

 H. Elliott for roses; Robert Cameron 

 for Rhododendron praecox. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 

 The regular meeting of the Nassau 

 County N. Y. ) Horticultural Society 

 was held Wednesday evening, April 14. 

 The euchre and dance held on April 8 

 ■was reported to have been a success In 

 every way. It was agreed to hold three 

 flower shows during the coming season 

 — Rose Show, in the week of June 6; 

 Dahlia Show, October 7; Fall Show, 

 October 28 and 29. 



Special prizes for the fall show were 

 received from the following: Hitch- 

 ings & Co.. W. E. Marshall & Co., 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, Pino-Lyptol Co.. .John Wilk. 

 Weeber & Don, Burnett Bros., Bon Ar- 

 bor Co., Harry A. Bunyard Co., J. M. 

 Thorburn Co.. Peter Henderson & Co., 

 C. H. Totty. .Julius Roehrs Co.. Lord & 

 Burnham Co.. Pierson U-Bar Co., Cot- 

 tage Gardens Co.. Carter's Tested 

 Seeds Co., F. Edmonds. W. R. Kinnear. 

 Rev. J. W. Gammack, E. M. Underbill 

 and Kohler Bros. 



Frank Honeyman was awarded first 

 prize for the best vase of roses. Prizes 

 for next meeting will be for three 

 heads of lettuce, three heads of cauli- 

 flower and vase of outdoor flowers. 

 James Glad,stonf-. Cor. Sec. 



S. A. F. 1915 CONVENTION 

 GARDEN. 

 At the last URM!tWiB of the (;onvcii- 

 tion committee of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society. Daniel .Mac- 

 Roric. for the Committee on Conven- 

 tion Garden, reported that the commis- 

 sioners of the Golden Gate Park had 

 kindly consented to allow the Society 

 of American Florists a portion of the 

 park for a Convention Garden. The 

 site chosen is admirably adapted for 

 the purpose. The commissioners did 

 not limit the Society of American 

 Florists to space, making it possible 

 for exhibitors to make their disjilays 

 as liberal as they may desire. Flor- 

 ists, seedsmen, nurserymen and gar- 

 deners from all parts are invited to 

 exhibit. The care of the Convention 

 Garden will be in charge of John Mc- 

 Laren, superintendent of Golden Gate 

 Park. San Francisco, thereby assuring 

 exhibits of the best of care and atten- 

 tion 



We would advise intending exhibit- 

 ors to eliminate sub-tropical plants, 

 such as cannas, etc., as they do not 

 thrive well in San Francisco, on ac- 

 count of our cool climate. Dahlias, 

 gladioli, etc., make a grand showing 

 when planted here the first week in 

 May. All other plants that like a cool 

 climate do remarkably well. 



A flat rate of 10c. per square foot 

 will be charged for the upkeep of ex- 

 hibits. Applications for space and fur- 

 ther particulars may be had by ad- 

 dressing Daniel MacRorie. 432 Phelaii 

 Building, San Francisco. Address all 

 exhibits to John McLaren, Golden Gati; 

 Park, San Francisco, express prepaid. 



PACIFIC COAST HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The Pacific Coast Horticultural So- 

 i-iety held its regular monthly meeting 

 on the evening of April 10th. The 

 principal speaker was Prof. Babcock 

 of the University of California, who de- 

 livered a lecture on "Plant Breeding," 

 illustrated by stereopticon views. The 

 members were notified that a move- 

 ment has been started for a fall fiower 

 show, which in all probability will de- 

 velop into an elaborate affair if the co- 

 operation of the Exposition can be ob- 

 tained as seems likely at the present 

 time. Plans for the convention of the 

 Society of American Florists were the 

 subject of considerable discussion and 

 it was evident from the reports that 

 the committee are getting down to 

 work.. W. A. Leslie was admitted to 

 membership in the local society, and 

 three new members were added to the 

 exhibit committee in the persons of 

 Messrs. Illings, Fotheringham and Pos. 

 The exhibits were particularly good, 

 including Rhododendron Pink Pearl, a 

 specimen six feet through, said to be 

 the largest ever shown on this coast. 

 It was shown by the MacRorie-Mc- 

 Laren Co.. and was rated at 95 points. 

 Frank Pelicano had a display of cut 

 tulips, rated at 80 points; nephrolepis 

 Smithii from H. Plath took 80 points; 

 E. Gill's display of outside Irish Fire 

 Flame roses took 75 points. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



At a meeting of the National Flower 

 Show Committee, held on March 1-2 

 lust, In Chii-ago. in conjunction with u 

 meeting of fhe Executive Hoard of the 

 Society of American Florists and Or- 

 namental Horllculturlsts. Chairman 

 George Asmus, of Chicago, and Secre- 

 tary John Young, New York, were In- 

 structed to raise a guarantee fund of 

 $10,000 to cover the National Flower 

 Show to be held In Philadelphia In 

 March, 191C. and contribution blanks 

 for this purpose are now being dis- 

 tributed from the secretary's office. It 

 may be stated that at previous Na- 

 tional Shows the guarantors not only 

 were reimbursed to the extent of their 

 actual contributions, but received a 

 substantial share of the profits. 



While the sum mentioned could, no 

 doubt, be raised in and around Phila- 

 delphia, it was the thought of the 

 committee that the fund should be na- 

 tional in character and represent every 

 section of the country. The forthcom- 

 ing show in Philadelphia promises to 

 eclipse everything previously attempt- 

 ed in flower shows in America, and It 

 goes without saying that it will result 

 beneficially to the trade at large. 



The committee also would esteem 

 donations of special prizes, the same 

 to be offered under the names of the 

 donors. Anyone dfsposed to offer a 

 special prize, should, if possible, select 

 the subject for his award from the pre- 

 liminary schedule, thus relieving the 

 obligations to the prize fund to the ex- 

 tent of the value of the donation. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



At the April meeting of the Florists 

 Club of Washington, D. C, the mem- 

 l)ers had as their guests Senator Wil- 

 liam E. Chilton, of West Virginia; 

 Richard Vincent. Jr.. of White Marsh, 

 Md.. and Richard Matthews, who is 

 the chief of detectives of Liverpool, 

 England, and who came to this coun- 

 try on official business. 



The feature of the evening's enter- 

 tainment was a motion picture exhibi- 

 tion and victrola concert. In a short 

 talk, 1. Goldsmith, a talented enter- 

 tainer, made as the target for a series 

 of "knocks" several of those present, 

 and in an interesting manner Mr. Vin- 

 cent outlined his plans for the forma- 

 tion of a dahlia society. In view of the 

 extensive entertainment provided all 

 except the most important items of 

 business were dispensed with. Fred 

 H. Kramer reported that the banquet 

 committee was busily engaged with 

 plans for that event. 



Refreshments were served during 

 the evening and others of the mem- 

 bers made short talks. 



GLADIOLUS SHOW AT ATLANTIC 

 CITY. 



The American Gladiolus Society has 

 decided to hold two exhibitions of 

 Gladioli this year, one at Newport on 

 August 18 and 19. as announced, auu 

 an additional one at Atlantic City 

 from August 26 to August 29. in- 

 clusive. The latter exhibition is in- 

 tended for the benefit of the growers 

 and dealers, as Atlantic City in Au- 



