May 15, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



653 



TEXAS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The second annual convention of 

 this association will be held at Fort 

 Worth on July 6 and 7, 1915. The pro- 

 gram is as follows: 

 First Day — Tuesday, July 6, 9 A. M. 



Meeting called to order by Vice- 

 President Baker. Opening Invocation. 



L. J. Tackett, Pres. of Ft. Worth 

 Florist Club, welcomes the convention 

 to Ft. Worth. 



Address of Welcome in behalf of the 

 City of Pt. Worth, by the mayor. Re- 

 sponse by H. B. Beck, Austin, Tex. 

 President Robert C. Kerr, takes the 

 chair. 



Patrick Welch, president of the S. 

 A. F. & O. H. Address on "Co-opera- 

 tion of the S. A. F. and The Southern 

 Florists." 



Dan. MacRorie, vice-president of the 

 S. A. F. & O. H. "What we may ex- 

 pect at the San Francisco Conven- 

 tion." 



August Poehlmann, member of the 

 board of directors of S. A. F. "What 

 the Big Growers Think of the South as 

 a Market." 



"The Florists' Part in the Texas Ar- 

 boretum," by J. S. Kerr. Sherman, Tex. 



"The Possibilities of an Experimen- 

 tal Range of Glass at College Station," 

 by E. J. Kyle. College Station, Tex. 



"How I am Growing Carnations Suc- 

 cessfully in Sguth Texas," by Mrs. E. 

 O. Wessinger, Beaumont, Texas. 



"The Effect of the War on the South- 

 ern Florists," by H. O. Hanna, Sher- 

 man, Tex. 



Round Table Discussion — "The Re- 

 tail Flower Store and its Management 

 and some Methods of Saving Time and 

 Materials," by H. Greve, Dallas, Texas. 

 First Day — P. M. 



Report of the Secretary-Treasurer — 

 Appointing of committees. Reports 

 of the presidents of the Texas Local 

 Florists' Clubs. Report and recom- 

 mendation of Tom Wolf, chairman of 

 the Flower Show Committee. 

 First Evening. 



Dinner at 8.30 P. M. in honor of the 

 president, by local florists. 



Second Day — Wednesday, July 7, 

 9 A. M. 



Invitation for Next Convention; In- 

 vitation for Annual Flower Show; 

 Election of Officers; Report of Stand- 

 ing Committees; Report of Special 

 Committees; Unfinished Business; 

 New Business; Adjournment. 

 Second Day — P. M. 



Entertainment by local florists. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The Chicago Florists' Club held its 

 regular monthly meeting Thursday, 

 May 6, with a large number in attend- 

 ance. The chief event of the evening 

 was the lecture on Business Building 

 and Salesmanship. The arguments 

 struck home, and so great was the in- 

 terest shown that many pronounced it 

 to be the most successful meeting in 

 the history of the club. The speaker 

 was G. H. Foglcman of the Slieldon 

 School, who emphasized the import- 

 ance of perfect harmony between the 

 four parts of any business, viz., finan- 

 cial, executive, producing and selling. 

 He likened the parts of a business to a 

 chain, which would be as weak as the 

 weakest part and said each employee 

 was an important link. 



The death of a member, John Zeck, 

 was reported and a committee was ap- 

 pointed to draw up resolutions regard- 

 ing the same. The following were 

 elected to membership: P. M. Palez, 

 Little Rock. Ark.; P. J. Foley, Jr.. 31st 

 street and Spaulding avenue, Chicago; 

 H. O. S. Nichols. 1323 E. 57th street. 

 Chicago; C. J. Michelson, 172 N. Wa- 

 bash avenue, Chicago; F. S. Webb, 30 

 E. Randolph street, Chicago. 



The proposition of holding a fall 

 flower show was discussed at length 

 and will be taken up again at the next 

 meeting. Sentiment is generally in 

 favor of the show. 



AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The busy campaign of R. Vincent, 

 Jr.. during the past few weeks in the 

 interest of a national dahlia society 

 culminated in a well-attended and real- 



R. Vl.VCE.M, Jk. 



ly enthusiastic meeting at the Grand 

 Hotel, New York City, Monday after- 

 noon May 10th. Richard Vincent, 

 Jr., of White Marsh, Md., pre- 

 sided and Jos. Lane of the Garden Mag- 

 azine, Garden City, N. Y. was secre- 

 tary. The secretary has promised to 

 send us an official report of the meet- 

 ing and as his report will no doubt 

 appear in our issue of next week we 

 shall not undertake to forestall it with 

 any details now. Full organization 

 was effected, constitution and by-laws 

 adopted and many ringing speeches 

 eulogistic of the dahlia and proclaim- 

 ing the need of nomenclature revision 

 and classification were made. Alto- 

 gether it was a busy and hustling 

 afternoon and the American Dahlia 

 Society sho\ihl grow to a lusty youth if 

 the circumstances of its birth count 

 for anything. 



NEW JERSEY FLORICULTU RAL 

 SOCIETY. 



A regular monthly meeting of the 

 New Jersey Floricultural Society was 

 held in Orange on May :Jrd, 1915. There 

 was a fine turn-out of members. The 

 chief topic was the preparation of the 

 schedule for the fall show. The soci- 

 ety wishes to thank all those who 

 donated prizes. We feel sure that the 

 show will be a success. Schedules will 

 be in the hands of the secretary by 



June 1st and will be mailed to anyone 

 on application. Awards were made as 

 follows: Peter Hauck, Jr., gard. Max 

 Schneider, lilies, 80 points; carnations, 

 75 points; sweet peas, 55 points; cal- 

 ceolaria hybrida, 65 points. Mrs. Wm. 

 Barr. gard. Emfl Panuska, Lantana 

 elegantissima, 55 points. 



Geo. W. Str.\nge, Sec'y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The St. Louis Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation will hold a regular monthly 

 meeting on May 17, at the Washington 

 Hotel. This will be the last meetings 

 until fall. 



The second meeting of this month of 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden Stu- 

 dents' Club will take place Friday 

 night. May 21. Herman Von Schrenk 

 will lecture on "Preservation of 

 Woods." 



The regular monthly meeting of 

 tlie Florists' Club of Washington, D. 

 ('., scheduled for last week, has been 

 postponed. A heavy rainstorm pre- 

 vented many of the members from 

 turning out. All pending matters will 

 come up at the June meeting when a 

 special entertainment will also be held. 



The St. Louis County Growers' Asso- 

 ciation held their annual meeting on 

 Wednesday, May 5. Officers elected 

 were as follows: Fred W. Ude, Jr., 

 president; Wm. Edwards, vice-pres. ; 

 Hugo Gross, treasurer; Joseph Deutch- 

 mann, secretary. A long discussion 

 took place on the season's business and 

 prices. 



The new rose Hoosier Beauty raised 

 by F. Dorner & Sons Co., of Lafayette, 

 Ind., has received the gold medal of 

 the National Rose Society of England 

 at a recent exhibition in London. This 

 is certainly a high achievement for an 

 American rose and in addition the 

 British horticultural journals mention 

 the rose in terms of superlative praise. 



MAKE 



A 

 BREAK 



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BEDDING PLANTS 



They will "sell like hot cakes" 

 for the next two weeks . 



See the Ads of Pansies, Geran- 

 iums, Vincas, Lobelias and 

 other good stock in 

 this paper 



