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HOETICULTUBB 



November 6, ISHB 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The regular monthly meeting was 

 held on Nov. 2nd. Exhibits consisted 

 of a new rose from the Florex Gar- 

 dens much after the style of Russell, 

 but fuller; and five seedlings from 

 Edward Towill showing quite some 

 promise in the future progress of the 

 Queen of Flowers. 



The main entertainment of the even- 

 ing was the debate: "Is it for the 

 benefit of the business at large to lieep 

 flower vendors off the street?" For 

 two hours the wit, wisdom and pliil- 

 osophy waxed and waned but there 

 was not one dull moment and the 

 crowded meeting was so primed that 

 the chair had finally to call time on 

 Ihem. As one member expressed it to 

 the writer after the meeting — it was 

 as good as two hours at Keith's. 



John Westcott, Robert Craig, Charles 

 H. Grakelow, Harry S. Betz, Charles 

 E. Meehan, Robert Kift, Alfred M. 

 Campbell and Mr. Zeiger were the star 

 orators cf the occasion. 



On the question finally being put to 

 a vote thi' result was about ei^ht to 

 one in favcr of removing the present 

 restrictions against selling posies on 

 the street and a petition will be sent 

 to the authorities to that effect show- 

 ing that that body was not properly 

 informed some years ago as to the 

 sentiment cf the trade when it passed 

 a restrictive ordinance on the subject. 



The essay committee presented their 

 program for February. March and 

 April which was adopted as follows: 



FEBRUARY :--"A Review of tbe newer 

 <-;ii'n:itioiis : their value and promise: as 

 sliown l)y tests of tlie past season." As- 

 .signed to Robert T. Urown of tlie Cottage 

 <:!irdens Co.. New York. 



Members are requested to Ijring to tljis 

 uieeting anything new or interesting, espe- 

 cially in Tarnations — as tliis will be dis- 

 tinctly "Carnatlou uight" — February being 

 the munth this flower shows the zenith of 

 its splendor. 



MARCH: — "The modern winter-flowering 

 Sweet Pea — its origin and development to 

 date." Assigned to Howard M. l<;arl, man- 

 ager for \V. Atlee Burpee & Co., pioneer 

 developers of the Sweet Tea in America: 

 and supplemented bv .\lbnn Harvey, of 

 Brandywine Summit, one of the most suc- 

 cessful commercial growers of the Sweet 

 Pea in this locality— with remarks and ex- 

 hlliits of the most up-to date varieties. 



Exhibits are also requested from the 

 Wldener conservatories, and all other grow- 

 ers who have anything interesting to show- 

 in the Sweet Pe«. 



APRIL: — "A symposium on the newer 

 Ro.ses: what they think of thuso thev have 

 tested during the past few seasons." As- 

 signed to Stephen Morteusen, Edward 

 Towill and Martin Samtman. 



Richness and variety in the rose family 

 (from a commercial cut flower standpoint) 

 has made great progress recently. A dozv'n 

 years ago we had about Ave varieties— now 

 we have nearly thUty to choose from. 



Samuel S. Penuock, president of the 

 American Rose Society, Is hereby author- 

 ized to recjucst In the name of the club, a 

 donation of twelve blooms each of all the 

 standard varieties available fn.m the differ- 

 ent growers and to stage sauie for the In- 

 formation and delight of our members and 

 their friends. Any other member of the 

 club who may have something new or in- 

 teresting Is also requested to exhibit, so as 

 to make this a gala night for "The Queen 

 of Flowers." 



Monday, Nov. 8. 



Cleveland Florists' Club, Hollen- 

 den Hotel. Cleveland, Ohio. 



Oardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore. Florist Exchange Hall. 



New York Florist Club. Grand 

 Opera House. New York City. 



Rochester Florists* Association, 95 

 -Main St. East. Rochester, N. Y. 



Tuesday, Nov. 9. 



Florists' and Gardeners' of Hol- 

 yoke and Northampton, Mass. 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 Newport. R. I. 



Wednesday, Nov. 10. 



Cincinnati Florists' Society, Jabez 

 Elliott Flower Market, Cincinnati, O. 



Dutchess County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Poughkeepsie, N. i'. I 



Lenox Horticultural Society, Lenox, i 

 Mass. 



Morris County Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Society, Madison, N. .T. 



Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ■.'iety, Pembroke Hall, Glen Cove, ! 

 N. V. I 



Thursday, Nov. 11. [ 



Menlo Park Horti<'Ultural Society, 

 Mcnlo Park, Calif. 



New London Horticultural Society, 

 Municipal Bldg., New London, Conn. 



Friday, Nov. 12. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, j| 

 County Bldg., Hartford, Conn. ' 



Westchester and Fairfield Horti- ll 

 cultural Society, Doran's Hall, Green- | 

 wich. Conn. 



Saturday. Nov. 13. 



Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Boston, Mass. 



The program for the December and 

 .January meetings has already been 

 reported in Horticultuke. Altogether 

 the prospect for a lively winter in the 

 pioneer Florists' Club of the country 

 is good. 



When you can get a man like John 

 Westcott, who will be seventy-five if 

 he lives to the 16th of next Detember, 

 to get up and make a speech such as 

 he did at this meeting almost on a 

 minute's notice, you can bet there's a 

 whole lot of life in the venerable or- 

 ganization yet. He surprised us all 

 and covered himself with glory. 



Liveliest and best attended meeting 

 in many a long day and at no expense 

 to the club for free eats or drinks; 

 and the December meeting will be still 

 better. Don't miss it. 



The New Haven County Horticul- 

 tural Society held a very interesting 

 meeting last week. It was the sum- 

 ming up of the work at the annual ex- 

 hibition in September. The president 

 of the society. Herbert P. Clark, gave 

 out hundreds of dollars in bank checks 

 and hundreds of dollars in other valu- 

 able premiums to the fortunate ex- 

 hibitors. In turn President Clark was 

 presented with the Hitchings cup 

 which he had won. This cup was pre- 

 sented by the secretary of the society, 

 W. E. Mcintosh, who took occasion to 

 praise the president for the very fine 

 blooms which he had grown. 



NEW YORK WHOLESALE FLOR- 

 ISTS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The annual banquet of this associa- 

 tion was held at the Hotel Breslin in 

 New York on Thursday, October 28, 

 and was a great success. To the com- 

 mittee in charge, A. H. L,angjahr, P. J. 

 Smith and Wm. P. Ford, great credit 

 was accorded for the able manner in 

 which all details were arranged. The 

 banquet room was very tastefully dec- 

 orated with autumn leaves and yellow 

 chrysanthemums, and on the large 

 table was a centre-piece of Hoosier 

 Beauty roses. Each member wore a 

 gardenia boutonnierre. A fine musical 

 programme added to the enjoyment of 

 the repast. Coffee and cigars being 

 served, P. J. Smith introduced Walter 

 F. Sheridan as master of ceremonies, 

 who ably officiated, as might be ex- 

 pected of him. He first called upon 

 Frank H. Traendly, president of the 

 association, and to the great surprise 

 of that gentleman, proceeded to pass 

 sentence upon him for all the good he 

 had done for the association during the 

 eight years he had been at its head. 

 After compelling his attentiou until 

 everything in the way of nice things 

 had been said of him, he presc-nted 

 him, on behalf of the association, with 

 a beautiful gold clock and candelabra 

 to match, as a token of the :»pprocia- 

 tion in which he was held by bis fel- 

 low-members, and of his faithful serv- 

 ice as their presiding officer. 



Mr. Traendly, who for once in his 

 life was taken completely unawares, 

 upon recovering his composure, first 

 assured himself that the clock was 

 running on good time and was in good 

 working order, then feelingly ex- 

 pressed his thanks, and those of Mrs. 

 Traendly for the testimonial, promis- 

 ing to use his best endeavors to still 

 further advance the interests of the 

 association, and to continue its effi- 

 cieacy. Each member present added 

 a few words of appreciation to those 

 of the toastmaster, and, it might be 

 said, increased the discomfiture of the 

 gentleman under sentence. 



After these proceedings, a special 

 meeting of the association was held, 

 at which business coming properly be- 

 fore the association was disposed of. 

 Much enthusiasm over the work of the 

 organization was evinced, and many 

 suggestions were made looking to a 

 further extension of its scope. The 

 impression prevailed that there could 

 be no better organized body of busi- 

 ness men today than that found in the 

 Wholesale Flori.sts' Protective Associ- 

 ation, whose only aim is to improve, if 

 possible, the wholesale market condi- 

 tions in New York, and to advance and 

 protect the interests of its members in 

 everj way. The secretary-manager. 

 Ward W. Smith, was also warmly com- 

 mended for the able manner in which 

 he had fulfilled the duties of his office. 

 At the close, announcement was made 

 that Mr. Traendly had that day been 

 appointed by President Welch a mem- 



