HOETICULTUEE 



December 4, 1915 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



The following committees have been 

 appointed by President Welch in ac- 

 cordance with resolutions passed at 

 the San Francisco Convention: 



On amendment to by-laws providing 

 for selection of convention city two 

 years in advance — Theodore Wirth, 

 chairman, Minneapolis, Minn.; W. A. 

 Manda, South Orange, N. J.; John F. 

 Huss, Hartford, Conn. 



On Publicity — Irwin Bertermann, 

 chairman, Indianapolis, Ind.; J. C. 

 Vaughan, Chicago, 111.; Ed. P. Tracey, 

 Albany, N. Y.; Henry Penn, Boston, 

 Mass.; Ralph M. Ward, New York. 



On Development of American Prod- 

 ucts — H. P. Knoble, chairman, Cleve- 

 land. O.; C. W. Ward, Eureka, Cal.; 

 E. H. Wilson, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



On National Credit and Collections 

 Bureau — F. H. Traendly, chairman, 

 New York. N. Y.; W. F. Kasting, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y.; S. S. Pennock, Philadel- 

 phia. Pa.; N. A. Benson, Denver, Colo.; 

 Fred'k A. Danker, Albany, N. Y.; Geo. 

 W. Smith. Cleveland, O.; Thos. Roland, 

 Nahant, Mass.; F. L. Atkins, Ruther- 

 ford, N. J.; Hans Plath. San Francisco, 

 Cal. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., offers for registration the Cannas 

 mentioned below. Any person object- 

 ing to the use of the proposed names 

 or registration is requested to commu- 

 nicate with the secretary at once. 

 Failing to receive objection to the reg- 

 istration, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Canna Lafayette — In some respects 

 it resembles tlie famous "Meteor" but 

 the flowers are a more intense scarlet. 

 The heads of bloom are carried erect 

 above the healthy, green foliage, pro- 

 ducing a brilliant effect in mass plant- 

 ing. 



Canna Windmar — This canna is 

 rather dwarf in habit; tlie flowers are 

 medium in size, fine rounded petals; 

 color, clear distinct orange, broadly 

 margined with canary-yellow. An 

 early and free bloomer, self cleaning, 

 erect trusses carried well above the 

 foliage, which is a marine shade of 

 green. Parentage, Buttercup x seed- 

 ling. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The next meeting of The Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia will be held on 

 Tuesday evening, December 7th. At 

 this meeting there will be a debate, as 

 follows: 



"Is it wise for the producer to de- 

 pend entirely on the enterprise of the 

 retailer for marketing his products." 

 Affirmative assigned to Chas. H. Grake- 

 low; negative assigned to W. Frank 

 Therkildson. 



There will also be several new roses 



Monday, Dec. 6. 



BernardsvUle Horticultural .So- 

 ciety, Bernardsville. N. J. 



Elberon Horticultural Society, 



Houston Florist Club, Houston, 

 Texas. 



Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club, Montreal, Canada. 



Nev.' Bedford Horticultural Societ.i*. 

 \pw Bedford, Mass. 



New Jersey Floricultural Society, 

 Orange. N. J. 



Washington Florist Club, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Tuesday, Dec. 7. 



Lake Geneva Gardeners' and Fore- 

 men's Association, Lake Geneva. Wis 



Ixis Angeles County Horticultural 

 Society, Los Augeles, Calif. 



Paterson Floricultural Society. 

 Paterson, N. J. 



Philadelphia Florists' Club. Phila 

 delphia. Pa. 



Pittsburgh Florists' and Gar 

 deners' Cltib, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



State Florists' Association of In- 

 diana, Anthony Hotel. Fort Wayne. 

 Ind. 



Wednesday, Dec. 8. 



Cincinnati Florists' Society, .Talic. 

 F:illott Flower Market, Cincinnati. O. 



Dutchess County Horticultural So- 

 li ciety, Poughkeepsie. N. Y. 



Leno.'j County Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Society. Madison, N. ,T. 



Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 i-ietv. Peml>roke Hall, Glen Cove. 

 X. Y. 



Thursday, Dec. 9. 



National Associaticjn of Gardeners' 

 Convention. Horticultural H.ill. Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



Friday, Dec. 10. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, 

 County Bldg., Hartford, Conn. 



Westchester and Fairfield Horti- 

 cultural Society. Doran's Hall. Green- 

 wich, Conn. 



Saturday, Dec. 1L 



Massachusetts Horticultural .So- 

 ciety, Boston. Mass. 



on exhibition. E. J. Fancourt of Pen- 

 nock Meehan Company, is chairman of 

 the Novelties Committee. 



David Rust, Sec'y. 



THE GARDENERS' CONVENTION. 



Everything is in readiness for the 

 annual convention of the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners which will be 

 held in Boston next week, December 

 9th and 10th. 



The committee on arrangements — 

 W. N. Craig. Duncan Finlayson and 

 William J. Kennedy — announces that 

 the convention will be opened in Hor- 

 ticultural Hall promptly at two o'clock 

 on Thursday. That day will be de- 

 voted to the disposing of the business 

 before the convention. Friday will be 

 given up to visiting points of horticul- 

 tural interest in and around Boston. 

 The Copley Square Hotel has been se- 

 lected as the headquarters of the as- 

 sociation. 



A joint committee of the horticul- 

 tural interests of Boston and the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Boston, is 

 planning to make the visit of the gar- 

 deners to their city a memorable one. 



TWO IMPORTANT FORESTRY 

 MEETINGS. 



On Thursday, December 9th, 1915, at 

 two o'clock, the Massachusetts Fores- 

 try Association will hold its annual 

 meeting at 3 Joy street, Boston. Dr. 

 H. T. Fernald, State Nursery Inspec- 

 tor, will talk about "The White Pine 

 Blister Rust" and tell of Its discovery 

 in Massachusetts. Mr. Lewis R. 

 Speare, will discuss "The Advantages 

 of Shade Tree Planting on State High- 

 ways" and the plans of beautifying the 

 Circuit. The cost of growing a crop 

 of white pine will be given in figures 

 from actual experience by Elliott R. 

 B. Allardice, superintendent of the Wa- 

 chusetts Department of the Metropoli- 

 tan Water and Sewerage Board. Op- 

 portunity will be given for questions 

 and discussion. 



The American Forestry Assoclatioa 

 is to honor Boston with Its annual 

 meeting on January 17 and 18. Speak- 

 ers of national prominence will be on 

 the program, and all of the forestry 

 interests of New England will take 

 part. This is a get together meeting 

 of conservationists of the entire coun- 

 try and many states are expected to be 

 represented. All meetings will be held 

 at the Copley-Plaza. Seats at the ban- 

 quet which will be given on the even- 

 ing of January 17th should be ordered 

 in advance. These may be engaged 

 through the .Massachusetts Forestry 

 Association. All meetings will be oi>en 

 to the public. 



ST. LOUIS SOCIETY MEETINGS. 



The officers of the St. Louis Florist 

 Club met at the home of W. C. Smith 

 on Monday night, November 29, to 

 perfect plans for the next club meet- 

 ing. An interesting program was 

 mapped out and the officers were 

 nicely entertained by Mr. and Mrs. 

 Smith. 



The St. Louis Florist Club will meet 

 in Odd Fellows Hall. Thursday after- 

 noon, December 9, at 2 o'clock, when 

 one hundred members are expected to 

 be present. 



The Growers' Association meetings 

 was held on Wednesday, December 1, 

 at the Eleven Mile House. 



The Lady Florists' Home Circle will 

 meet at the home of Mrs. F. W. Brue- 

 n g on Wednesday afternoon, Decem- 

 ber 8. 



The Retail Florists' Association meet 

 on Monday night, December 20, at The 

 Mission Inn Garden. Secretary Weber 

 says that quite a few new applications 

 are pending. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Florists' and Gardeners' Club. 

 Dayton, Ohio, voted to hold a flower 

 show during the Industrial Exhibition. 



