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HOETICULTUEE 



October 16, 1915 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The monthly meeting of this club on 

 Monday evening. October 11. was well 

 attended by a representative gather- 

 ing of florists, gardeners, seedsmen 

 and others from New York, New Jer- 

 sey and other sections. The principal 

 items of business as per the secre- 

 tary's prospectus were the exhibition 

 of chrysanthemums, payment of dues, 

 S. A. F. and O. H. affiliation. Cleve- 

 land Flower Show and House Com- 

 mittee. Not the least among these 

 attractions was the last named and 

 ample justice was done by the mem- 

 bers to the roast turkey, celery 

 and approved accompaniments lib- 

 erally distributed by Chairman Phil. 

 Kessler and his loyal minions. There 

 were committee reports, communica- 

 tions, etc., in ample supply, all of 

 which in the harmonious atmosphere 

 which prevailed received good natured 

 approval. "The ayes have it" quoth 

 the president as each was passed 

 along. F. R. Pierson urged zealous ac- 

 tivity on the part of the members in 

 securing special premiums for the 

 Spring Flower Show. F. L. Atkins for 

 the Club and T. A. Havemeyer for the 

 Horticultural Society, are the chair- 

 men of the respective committees to 

 receive these special premiums. 



A. M. Henshaw told of the general 

 arrangements in progress for the com- 

 fort of members proposing to go to the 

 Cleveland Show and for the transpor- 

 tation of exhibits thereto. 



The judges reported on the exhibits 

 of the evening, as follows: 



Carnations Laura Weber by Chas. 

 Weber, Victory and Prosperity Sport 

 by Rowehl & Granz, vote of thanks. 

 Seedling Dahlia Sunshine by Mrs. 

 Stout, Short Hills, N. J., highly com- 

 mended. Collection of dahlias all 

 types, by P. W. Popp. highly commend- 

 ed. Collection of dahlias by W. A. 

 Manda, all highly commended, the fol- 

 lowing six being given special men- 

 tion: Mrs. Minnie Burgess, red: Per- 

 fection, cream color, certificate of mer- 

 it; No. 16, deep salmon, certificate of 

 merit; Joseph Manda, red: Albert 

 Manda, pale yellow striped pink; Ver- 

 onica Manda, variegated. Chrysanthe- 

 mum Wm. Rigby, a sport of Mrs. G. 

 Drabble and vase of bedding varieties 

 "by C. H. Totty, vote of thanks with 

 request to see Wm. Rigby again. 

 Chrysanthemum Marigold (Early Frost 

 X Golden Queen) from A. N. Pierson. 

 vote of thanks. Chrysanthemum Frank 

 Dinda. a pink seedling by Frank 

 Dinda, scored 85 points, commercial 

 scale. 



The following resolution reported by 

 Patrick O'Mara was adopted: 



Resolved that the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club have heard with the deepest 

 regret of the sudden illness and death 

 of Samuel Thorne. That we take this 

 opportunity of expressing our sym- 

 pathy with the family of our deceased 

 life member, friend, iiatron and col- 

 league in their bereavement. 



We desire further to express our 

 sense of the great loss which the city 

 and community, as well as horticul- 

 ture, have sustained in his decease. 



He was a shining example for those 

 who survive him. noted tor his reso- 

 lute industry, uncompromising integ- 

 rity, wise enterprise, high public spir- 

 it, sage counsel and helpful attitude 

 towards those who sought his advice. 

 He was a man deserving of all honors, 

 a conspicuous success in his field of 

 endeavor, an encouragement for all 

 who would follow his example. 



We cherish his memory and grate- 

 fully testify to his many acts of prac- 

 tical help in our efforts to advance 

 horticulture in this city. 



Resolved, that our Secretary be in- 

 structed to send a copy of this resolu- 

 tion to the family of the deceased and 

 cause same to be published in the hor- 

 ticulture press. 



P.iTRiCK O'Mara, Chakles H. Tottt, 

 Walter F. Sheripan. 



PACIFIC COAST HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of the Pacific 

 Coast Horticultural Society held Sat- 

 urday evening, October 2. was well at- 

 tended and several interesting mat- 

 ters were taken up. The admission of 

 several new members, some of na- 

 tional prominence, was a feature of 

 the meeting. They included Wm. F. 

 Kasting, of Buffalo. N. Y.; Patrick 

 Welch, of Boston; Vincent Gorly, of 

 St. Louis; Jas. Kirkman, of New York; 

 Walter W. Coles, of Kokomo, Ind.; 

 C. W. Ward, of Eureka, Cal.; Frank 

 Sherrer, superintendent of parks of 

 Los Angeles, Cal.; John Morley, park 

 superintendent of San Diego, Cal.; 

 A. C. Zvolanek, of Lompoc, Cal. The 

 illustrated lecture on "Wood Decay of 

 Ornamental Plants." presented by 

 Prof. W. T. Home of the Department 

 of Plant Pathology of the University 

 of California, was very well received. 

 Members were urged to enter exhibits 

 at once for the Grand National Show. 

 October 21 to 26. They were invited 

 to attend in a body the formal exer- 

 cises to be held in the South Gardens 

 in front of the Palace of Horticulture 

 this Saturday afternoon in connection 

 with Exposition Gardeners' Day at the 

 Fair, at which time a handsome trophy 

 will be presented to John McLaren on 

 behalf of the people of San Francisco 

 in recognition of his able services in 

 the landscaping of the Exposition 

 grounds. It was decided to observe 

 Florists' Day at the Exposition on 

 October 25. Among the evening's ex- 

 hibits were three vases of dahlias by 

 Frank Pelicano. which took 95 points, 

 and one pot each of Ficus luteseens. 

 Ficus utilis and Ficus pandurata by 

 H. Plath. rated at 92 points. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the Board of Directors 

 will be held at Cleveland. O.. on Fri- 

 day November 12. The Cleveland 

 Florists' Club rooms in the Hollenden 

 Hotel will be placed at our disposal 

 and the meeting will be called at 

 'i.00 P. M. Any of our members who 

 liappen to be in Cleveland at that 

 time are invited to be present. 



A. F. J. Bavr. Secy. 

 Jos. H. Hill. Pres. 



TEXAS NURSERYMEN'S CONVEN- 

 TION. 



The regular annual meeting of the 

 Nurserymen's Association met in 

 Waco, Sept. 28-29. All of the mem- 

 bers of the association but ten and 

 several nurserymen who are not mem- 

 bers, were present. The meeting was 

 one of the best that has been held by 

 the nurserymen for several years. 

 Some of the most important questions 

 pertaining to the nursery business 

 were brought before the convention 

 and all were freely discussed. The 

 association was welcomed to Waco by 

 Mayor J. W. Riggins. Response to 

 the welcome address was made by 

 C. C. Mayhew, of Sherman. 



The report of the secretary-treas- 

 urer, the president's annual address, 

 reports of committees, appointment of 

 committees and an address by J. H. 

 Arbenz. of Sarita, on "The Nursery- 

 men's Interest in a State Board of 

 Horticulture," comprised the proceed- 

 ings of the first session, Tuesday 

 morning, September 28. 



One of the most interesting and 

 most important reports was made by 

 the Legislative Committee. J. R. May- 

 hew, of Waxahachie. chairman of this 

 committee, made an extensive report 

 of the work this committee has been 

 doing. The greater portion of his re- 

 port dealt with the Oklahoma Inspec- 

 tion Law. He stated that the feeling 

 between the nurserymen in Texas and 

 the Texas nursery inspectors was 

 much better now than at any time in 

 the past. He. however, introduced 

 the matter of a proposed uniform in- 

 spection bill and a committee was ap- 

 pointed to report on this proposed bill, 

 making recommendations to the asso- 

 ciation. The committee recommended 

 that the Texas Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion indorse the proposed bill, which 

 was done. A telegram was sent to the 

 president of the Oklahoma Nursery- 

 men's Association, informing him of 

 the action taken by the Texas nursery- 

 men, requesting that the Oklahoma 

 nurserymen also approve the bill and 

 seek its adoption. 



The Tuesday afternoon session was 

 full of interesting discussions. A 

 paper was read by J. B. Baker on 

 "Notes on New or Little Known Orna- 

 mentals." After the session, the nur- 

 serymen were taken in automobiles 

 for a drive over the city and a barbe- 

 cue was served at the Fish Pond club 

 house. The Wednesday morning ses- 

 sion was taken uji by two addresses, 

 reports of committees and election of 

 oflicers. The address of Mr. Ed. L. 

 Ayres. Chief Inspector of Orchards 

 ami Nurseries, on "Crown Gall and 

 Other Diseases," was much appreci- 

 ated by the nurserymen. He had quite 

 a lot of specimens with which he illus- 

 trated his lecture. J. R. Mayhew ad- 

 dressed the association on "How can 

 the Texas Nurserymen's Association 

 Best Work in Co-operation with the 

 National Association." He reviewed 

 the history of both the organizations 

 and sliowed how important benefits 

 coukl be obtained. A strong appeal 



