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HOKTICULTURE 



November 13, 1915 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



A regular meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club was held in the club's 

 rooms, Grand Opera House Building, 

 November 8. 



A. L, Miller, for the Flower Show 

 Committee, reported progress. F. R. 

 Pierson, chairman of the general com- 

 mittee, also made a brief report and 

 handed in a check for $297.44 as the 

 balance coming to the club on the set- 

 tlement of the affairs of last spring's 

 show. 



Resolutions on the death of Edwin 

 Lonsdale were read and adopted, as 

 also were resolutions on the death of 

 Lawrence W. Kervan. The death of 

 Edw. Walz, a member, was announced, 

 and A, J. Manda, J. A. Shaw and Geo. 

 Hildenbrand were appointed a com- 

 mittee to prepare resolutions of sym- 

 pathy with the deceased's family. 

 F. W. Wagenfiihr, Philip F. Kessler 

 and John Donaldson were appointed a 

 committee to prepare resolutions on 

 the death of Mrs. Victor Dorval. A. M. 

 Henshaw, for the transportation com- 

 mittee, made a final report on the pre- 

 parations made for the party going to 

 the Cleveland Flower Show. 



The committee on nominations pre- 

 sented the names of the following as 

 candidates for election to office at the 

 December meeting: 



For president — Harry A. Bunyard, 

 Henry Weston and Philip F. Kessler; 

 vice-president — Chas. Knight, Alex. E. 

 Hogg and G. E. M. Stumpp; secretary 

 — John Young and J. Harrison Dick; 

 Treasurer — Wm. C. Rickards, Jr., and 

 Roman J. Irwin; trustees — Joseph S. 

 Fenrich, Chas. Schenck, Ed. Sceery, 

 W. R. Pierson, Robt. G. Wilson and 

 Max Schling. Mr. Bunyard declined 

 his nomination for president, as also 

 did Mr. Dick for the secretaryship. 



There was an animated and rather 

 harmonious discussion on "The Chrys- 

 anthemum Situation," in which Messrs. 

 A. J. Guttman, W. H. Long, J. T. Scott, 

 A. Herrington, G. E. M. Stumpp, H. A. 

 Barnard of England, and others took 

 part. Taken from the different stand- 

 points of grower, wholesaler and retail- 

 er, it was agreed that while the chrys- 

 anthemum was at times "a bit of a 

 nuisance," the trade could not get 

 along without it, and the public liked 

 it. A good word, however, was put in 

 for the singles and pompons, which 

 seemed to gain in popularity each 

 year. Some complaint was made of 

 shipments by some growers of varie- 

 ties which did not appear to keep, 

 wilting badly when in the hands of 

 consumers, and causing loss and an- 

 noyance to the retailers handling 

 them. 



It being "Chrysanthemum Night," 

 there were several exhibits staged for 

 the attention of the committee on 

 awards, as well as exhibits of other 

 flowers. The following is the list with 

 the awards: 



By Philip F. Kessler, Chrysanthe- 

 mum Julia Lagravere, grown by W. W. 

 Matthews. Great Neck. N. Y.. vote of 

 thanks; Pompon Western Beauty, by 

 the same grower, vote of thanks; 



Monday, Nov. 15. 



Detroit Florists' Club, Bemb Floral 

 Hall, Detroit, Mich. 



Houston i^lorists' Club, Chamber 

 of Commerce Rooms, Houston, Tex. 



Tuesday, Nov. 16. 



Gardeners' and Florists' of On- 

 tario, St. George's Hall, Toronto, 

 Can. 



Lake Geneva Gardeners' and Fore- 

 men's Association, Horticultural Hall, 

 Lake Geneva, Wis. 



Minnesota State Florists' Associa- 

 tion, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Horticulutral Hall, Philadel- ii|J 

 phia. Pa. 



Wednesday, Nov. 17. 



Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Public Library, Providence, 

 R. I. 



Thursday. Nov. 18. 



Essex County Florists' Club, 

 Kreuger Anditorlum, Newark, N. J. 



New Orleans Horticultural Society, 

 Association of Commerce Bldg., New 

 Orleans, La. 



North Westchester County Hortl- 

 cultural Society, Mt. Klsco, N. Y. 



Tacoma Florists' Association, Mac- 

 cabee Hall, Tacoma, Wash. 



Friday, Nov. 19, 



North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Manchester, Mass. 



Single W. E. Buckingham, grown by 

 Chas. Smith & Sons, Woodside, cul- 

 tural certificate. By Scott Bros., Elms- 

 ford, N. Y., Pompon White Dotty, 91 

 points, certificate of merit. By James 

 Bell. Oyster Bay. N. Y., single cactus- 

 flower chrysanthemum seedling, certi- 

 ficate of merit. By Wm. Tricker, Ar- 

 lington, N. J., New Hardy Chrysanthe- 

 mum Arlington, certificate of merit. 

 By Frank Dinda, Farmingdale, N. Y.. 

 white Anemone Seedling, certificate of 

 merit; collection of Anemone seed- 

 lings and vase of Glenvlew, vote of 

 thanks. By Florex Gardens, North 

 Wales, Pa., Rose Prima Donna, award 

 of merit. By Charles Weber, Lyn- 

 brook, N. Y., Carnation Laura Weber, 

 vote of thanks. 



NEW LONDON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This society held its annual Chrys- 

 anthemum Show at the Court House, 

 New London, Conn., on the 3rd and 

 4th inst. The society congratulates it- 

 self on the success it obtained. Fruit 

 was scarce compared to last year's 

 display but the quality was a trifle 

 better. Vegetables and flowers were 

 better than last year and much keener 

 competition. E. Robinson, foreman of 

 the Branford Farm Greenhouses, 

 staged grapes, roses and cattleyas. 

 The leading varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums were, Mrs. H. J. Jones, Bob Pull- 

 ing, Odessa, Nerissa, Meudon, F. S. 

 Vallis, Wm. Turner, Mrs. Gilbert 

 Drabble, F. T. Quittenton. Mrs. H, 

 Stevens, Glenview, etc. H. E. L. 



PITTSBURGH GARDENERS' AND 

 FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The gathering of members for the 

 meeting November 2d in the Fort Pitt 

 Hotel was the largest of the season. 

 It was Chrysanthemum Night, which 

 always is very popular. Wm. Falconer, 

 having sent a note that he would be un- 

 able to attend the meeting on account 

 of a celebration of his birthday being 

 in progress at his house, congratula- 

 tions and good wishes were 'phoned 

 him from the club. It developed that 

 about ten members were expecting to 

 attend the Cleveland Flower Show 

 and arrangements were made looking 

 toward their going in a body. 



H. A. Dreer, of Philadelphia, made a 

 large display of the late outdoor flow- 

 ering chrysanthemums, both pompon 

 and aster-flowering varieties. The 

 blooms were in good order for so late 

 In the season, and were very interest- 

 ing and a vote of thanks was tendered 

 the exhibitor. The exhibit of the large 

 greenhouse-grown chrysanthemums 

 was very fine, and shown by many ex- 

 hibitors, although curiously enough the 

 displays were all by private gardeners 

 and the Bureau of Parks, except in 

 one instance. 



As has been the case for the last 

 few years the largest blooms shown 

 were those of Wm. Turner and Gilbert 

 Drabble. Wells' Late Pink brought 

 out favorable comment. The single C. 

 L. Hutchinson was thought better than 

 Garza, and singles Roupel Beauty, 

 Dorothy Dunn and Betsy Presbrey 

 were very fine. A potted plant of a 

 yellow sport of Anna was shown. The 

 exhibits of chrysanthemums were of 

 such a high order of merit that the 

 club did not attempt to designate 

 shades of excellence in their awards 

 of certificates, but awarded cultural 

 certificates to the following: 



Herman Rapp, gard. with D. T. Watson. 

 Leetsdale. Pa.; M. Curran, gard. with 

 Mrs. Home. Sewickley, Pa.; A. A. I.^aeh. 

 gard. with H. J. Heinz, Pittsburgh: H. B 

 Keillor, gard. with A. Peacock, Pittsburgh ; 

 Bureau of Parks, Northside; Bureau of 

 Parks, Schenley; T. Tyler, gard. for C. P. 

 .\rmstrong, Pittsburgh. 



H. P. JosLiN, Sec'y. 



NORTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its annual meeting and 

 election of officers at Manchester, 

 Mass., on Friday evening, Nov. 5. The 



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