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H O K T I C U L T U K K 



May 16, 1915 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Th«< uiinouiK'fiiit'iK tlKil K. M. Wil- 

 son, from the Arnold Arboretum. Bos- 

 ton, would entertain tlie club with a 

 talk on the gardens of Japan, illus- 

 trated by colored stereopticon views 

 taken in the Mikado's country, brought 

 out a crowd which well filled the club 

 room. Previous to Mr. Wilson's ap- 

 l>earance. however, an unexpected in- 

 cident occurred— a visit and address 

 by .Miss Jarvis. of Philadelphia, the 

 lady who is said to have started 

 "Mothers' Day" Miss .Jarvis under- 

 took to upbraid the florists for their 

 interference and efforts to popularize 

 flowers other than the white carna- 

 tion for exploitation on Mothers' Day. 

 .ludj-nng from the facial expression 

 and subsequent comments of her audi- 

 ence one could but think of the line in 

 the old song in which .Mrs. O'Flaherty 

 figured— "It's lucky for you that you're 

 not a man!" The inopportune effort 

 was. however, courteously received 

 and .Max Schling and J. B. Nugent, 

 both of whom took the floor in re- 

 joinder to the lady's plea, while de- 

 cidedly forceful in their expressions, 

 made an excellent record for gallant 

 self-control. 



R. Vincent. Jr.. of White Marsh. Md., 

 gave a little talk on the subject of the 

 birth of another daughter to the S. A. 

 F., the American Dahlia Society, which 

 he had helped to organize that after- 

 noon, and made a speech that was 

 both humerous and eloquent for his 

 favorite flower. 



J. K. M. L. Parquhar. who had ac- 

 companied the lecturer of the evening 

 from Boston as accredited body-guard, 

 was then called upon by President 

 Bunyard for an introductorv word re- 

 garding Mr. Wilson and "his work 

 which Mr. F^rquhar did in a very 

 witty and appropriate manner, and 

 was followed by T. A, Havemeyer, 

 who spoke briefly but enthusiastically 

 of his pleasure at the opportunitv to 

 hear Mr. Wilson. 



Mr. Wilson was then introduced, the 

 lights were turned down and for an 

 hour the club members were enter- 

 tained with a series of beautiful views 

 of Japanese gardens and natural 

 scenery, pleasingly described in a man- 

 ner which left no doubt of how close 

 to Mr. Wilson's heart were the scenes 

 he portrayed. He told of the great 

 holidays of the cherries, of which the 

 Japanese have no less than seventy 

 varieties under cultivation, and showed 

 one famous specimen of Prunus pen- 

 dula known to be over 400 vears old 

 The glory of the wisteria bloom was 

 impressively shown and Mr. Wilson 

 said that the species grown in Japan 

 should do equally well in this countrv 

 under intelligent cultivation, of which 

 a very liberal supply of water is a very 

 important factor. The Japan people 

 make gardening a hobby and regard it 

 as man's highest profession, but they 

 had never taken any particular inter- 

 est in the Illy until they began to re- 

 alize its commercial possibilities One 

 reason for the unhealthy character of 

 the auratum and other lily bulbs as 



received from Japan is the insatiable 

 demand in this country for large-sized 

 bulbs and the cultural methods pur- 

 sued in order to gratify this call. 



There was a fair-sized display of 

 plants and flowers on the exhibition 

 tables. Awards were bestowed as fol- 

 lows: .\ward of merit of culture to 

 c<)lle<tion of liardy herbaceous flowers 

 from A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; 

 pansies and bedding plants from 

 Charles Hunt, Stalen Island; ICnglish 

 daisies from Charles Schienig. Klm- 

 hurst. N. Y, The light pink carnation 

 Baroness de Brenner, an introduction 

 by Stuarl Ix)w & Co.. of Ixindon. Kng- 

 laml, was shown by S. J, Batchelor, of 

 -Mamaroneck, and scored 86 points, 

 thus securing a preliminary certifl- 

 cate. Van Waveren & Son showed 

 some handsome Darwin tulips and new 

 narcissi. 



PACIFIC COAST HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY.. 

 The Pacific Coast Horticultural Soci- 

 ety held its regular monthly meeting 

 on May 1, with a large attendance. 

 The session vv'as largely confined to 

 routine business. Daniel MacRorie 

 gave a detailed report on preparations 

 for the coming convention of the Soci- 

 ety of American Florists, putting spe- 

 cial emphasis on the progress being 

 made at the Convention Garden in 

 Golden Gate Park, Plans were also 

 discussed regarding various other com- 

 ing events, including the Fall Flower 

 Show, the May Flower Show, which is 

 in progress this week, and a sweet pea 

 show to be held in June, Representing 

 the exhibition committee. H, Plath 

 urged the co-operation of the members 

 of the society in participating in these 

 shows. The resignation of J. Jacques 

 as treasurer was presented and ac- 

 cepted. The vacancy was filled bv the 

 nomination of Daniel Raymond for the 

 office. Awards were made for the fol- 

 lowing exhibits: General McArthur 

 roses, by E. Gill; Baby Standard 

 Thyme citriodora by Frank Pelicano: 

 Primula obconica by H. Plath. and 

 Adiantum Farleyense by the MacRorie- 

 McLarcn Co, 



ROCHESTER FLORISTS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The Rochester Florlste' Association 

 held their regular meeting on May 

 loth at their rooms, No, '.Kl Main street 

 East, President Charles Vlck presid- 

 ing. It was reiiorted that the Syra- 

 cuse Florists' Club will be here next 

 Sunday, May 16th, to see the lilac dis- 

 play at the parks, etc. They will be 

 met by u commitlee of Rochester flor- 

 ists, who will take the visitors about 

 On May 22nd, the Ontario Horticul- 

 tural Society of Canada will visit 

 Rochester to inspect the parks and 

 floral Rochester, and will also be en- 

 tertained by a committee of Rochester 

 florists. 



A committee consisting of Messrs 

 Dunbar. Dildine and King was appoint- 

 ed to draw up resolutions on the sad 

 death of J, W, Cragg, who passed 

 away Sunday May 9th. The resolu- 

 tions follow: 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON, 

 At the next club meeting on .Mav 18, 

 in Horticultural Hall, Prof, A," H, 

 .Xehrling, of the iMassachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College, Amherst, will speak 

 on "Horticultural Education," a sub- 

 ject which should appeal to all classes 

 of our members. There will be some 

 fine exhibits as usual. The club will 

 hold a field day at the Arnold Arbore- 

 retum on Friday, .May 21. Members 

 and friends are asked to meet at the 

 Forest Hills entrance at 2,30 o'clock. 

 To reach the Forest Hills gate take 

 elevated, steam or surface cars to For- 

 est Hills. The entrance is only five 

 minutes' walk from the elevated and 

 steam railroad stations. A large va- 

 riety of trees and shrubs will be in 

 fine condition on May 21 and the field 

 day should prove a most profitable one. 

 W, N, Craig. Sec'y. 



r i^„ .T""',, 'i '""* .I'lensed the Autlior of 



fri.n,! "' '"''"', "''" '■""' «•"' esteemed 

 frlond nnd nicmlier. .Mr, J, w. CraitB- 

 llicipfore. be It ■^■"BB . 



Kp.«olved l.y the Uochester Florists' As- 

 soriatlon in inwtlnj.' assi-nihlod. that— 



iiemher, anil lie<-niise of his ncibllltv of 

 .■har.utor whi.h ..ndeared him to every 

 one with whom he cime In r„nta<-t we 

 cxperienfe a great Io,ss in hl.s death; 



-nd--thnt wp extend to his family our 

 ntppest s.vnipathy ; 



„„^''''t"'"' ■■' .''°Py <"■ "Jese resolutions be 

 bpread upon the permanent records of this 

 .A.ssodntlon, 



After regular routine business E F 

 Rowe of The J. H. MacFarland Com- 

 pany, gave a very interesting talk on 

 "Advertising the Retail Florist," His 

 remarks were full of good sound logic, 

 and enthused his hearers. He paid a 

 very high compliment to Rochester as 

 a beautiful city, to the florists of 

 Rochester for their share in its beauti- 

 fication, etc, and the local flower 

 shows. He spoke of the co-operative 

 advertising here and in other cities, 

 also the far-reaching effect of publicity 

 along the florists' lines; further, the 

 value of catalogues and follow-ups. 

 Advertising, like medicine, he said, 

 should not be taken in the dark. The 

 field should be well looked over, to see 

 what the demand is, and then gone 

 after. Mr. Rowe advised the florists 

 to make an effort to interest owners 

 of commercial buildings to put up win- 

 dow boxes, etc. this idea having been 

 successful in other cities. After ad- 

 journment a very palatable luncheon 

 was served by Nathan Graves and his 

 hustling committee. They always see 

 that the boys' stomachs are well filled. 

 One of the very pleasing features of 

 the Rochester Florists' Association 

 meetings of late, has been the musical 

 program, under the excellent care of 

 George Boucher, chairman of the musi- 

 cal committee. Too much cannot be 

 said of the efforts of this committee, 

 and what they are doing to enliven 

 tlie meetings. As evidence of this, all 

 of the members arc taking an active 

 part in musical numbers, and it is 

 bringing about an atmosphere of genial- 

 ity, which is adding very materially to 

 the entertainment at each meeting, 

 H, E, B.VTEs. Vice-Pres. 



