December 18, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



813 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting on Monday evening, 

 December 13, was attended by about 

 75 members — a very creditable repre- 

 sentation considering the wild storm 

 which was raging, and gave memor- 

 able significance to the ill-omened 13th. 

 The big business of the evening was 

 the election of officers for the year 

 1916. There were no contests except 

 on vice-president and trustees, all the 

 other officers being elected by unani- 

 mous vote. The successful candidates 

 are as follows: President, Henry 

 Weston; vice-president, George E. M. 

 Stumpp; secretary, John Young; treas- 

 urer, Wm. C. Rickards; trustees, Chas. 

 Schenck, Robt. G. Wilson, .Max Schling. 

 All these gentlemen made brief ad- 

 dresses except .Messrs. Schling and 

 Wilson, who were absent. Quite a dis- 

 cussion took place regarding the ex- 

 hibit of the rose re-named "Prima 

 Donna" and this matter was given 

 careful consideration by many of the 

 leading members; it was decided that 

 the New York Florists' Club could not 

 and would not countenance the award 

 of certificates or officially recognize 

 plants and flowers which were given 

 improper names. After tlie exhibitor 

 had affixed the proper name of the 

 variety Madam Paul Euler the exhibit 

 was accorded a vote of thanks. 



A. L. Miller introduced the subject 

 of the coming National Flower Show 

 in Philadelphia which he considered 

 w'as recognized as the great coming 

 event by all florists from Maine to 

 California and suggested that the Club 

 request of the National Flower Show- 

 Committee, that a day be set aside to 

 be known as "New York Day" and 

 that a committee be appointed to make 

 arrangements for a party of five or six 

 hundred to go to Philadelphia in a 

 special train on New York Day. The 

 motion of Mr. Miller was warmly sec- 

 onded by Chas. H. Totty and the con- 

 sensus of opinion was that the mem- 

 bers of the Club should make it a point 

 to join the party and make the attend- 

 ance at the National Flower Show on 

 "New York Day" a record breaker. 

 A. L. Miller, Frank H. Traendly. .loseph 

 Manda. Wra. Duckham and C. H. Totty 

 were appointed a committee to make 

 the necessary arrangements. 



Resolutions were presented on the 

 death of Edward Walz and Mrs. Victor 

 Dorval. A committee was appointed 

 to draw up resolutions on the death 

 of the late W. Atlee Burpee, the com- 

 mittee being E. C. Vick. W. A. Sperl- 

 ing. W. C. Rickards, ,Tr.. J. B. Deamud, 

 H. A. Bunyard. 



Richard Vincent. Jr.. addressed the 

 meeting in the interest of the Amer- 

 ican Dahlia Society. In the absence 

 of Chairman F. R. Pierson. of the gen- 

 eral Flower Show Committee. A. L. 

 Miller and Frank H. Traendly reported 

 for the coming Spring Show. Their 

 report was very rosy, showing the 



Meetings Next 

 Week 



IVIonday, Dec. 20. 



Detroit Florists' Club, Bemb Floral 

 null, Detroit, Mich. 



Houston Florist.s' Club, Chamber 

 of Commerce Rooms. Houston, Tex. 



Tuesday, Dec. 21. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston, Horticultural Hall, Bostou, 

 Mass. 



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, Horticultural Hall, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



Wednesday, Dec. 22. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society, 

 Oyster Bay, N. Y. 



Friday, Dec. 24. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, 

 County Bld^'.. Hartford. Conn. 



.Monmouth County Horticultural 

 Society. Red Bank, N. J. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society, 

 Pasadena, Calif. 



Saturday, Dec. 25, 



Dobbs Fcrr\' Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 



Henry Weston, 



Presldcut-Flcct New York Florists' Club. 



work well under way and In a satisfac- 

 tory condition. 



The exhibits were Rose Mme. Paul 

 Euler. by Guttman & Raynor; Carna- 

 tion Gorgeous, by B. Willig; Chrys- 

 anthemums .Mistletoe and Mrs. E. D. 

 Godfrey, grown by Cliarles Smith & 

 Son. and exhibited by Phil. F. Kessler. 

 ("ultural coininondation was awarded 

 on the chrysanthemums and vote of 

 thanks on the others. 



NASSAU CO. HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Nauuau Co. Horticultural Society 

 was held in Pemljroke Hall, Glen 

 Cove. N. Y., Dec. 8. The following 

 awards were made: Begonia Glolre 

 de Lorraine — 1st to Frederick Hitch- 

 man; 25 carnations — 1st, Robert 

 Jones. Mr. Jones also exhibited a 

 splendid vase of chrysanthemum 

 Odessa for which he was awarded a 

 cultural certificate. This being the 

 annual meeting. Treasurer Ernest 

 Brown read his financial report, 

 showing that the Society is in a flret 

 class condition financially. Mr. 

 Brown received a very hearty vote of 

 thanks for his efficiency. 



The election of officers now being 

 in order President Westlake, after 

 thanking his fellow members for their 

 harmonious co-operation during his 

 term of office, appointed James Duthle 

 as chairman to conduct the election. 

 The following officers were elected: 

 President, James McDonald; vice pres- 

 ident, Joseph Adler; treasurer, Ernest 

 Brown; secretary, Harry Jones; cor- 

 responding secretary, James Mc- 

 Carthy; trustee, Ernest Westlake; 

 executive committee, Robert Jones, 

 John Johnstone, Arthur Cook, James 

 Gladstone, August Fournier, Walter 

 McKinley and Thomas Twigg. The 

 newly elected officers were installed by 

 Mr. Duthie and Mr. McDonald then 

 took the chair and conducted the re- 

 mainder of the meeting. 



It was decided to hold our annual 

 dinner on January 2,5, and a committee 

 I omposed of Messrs. Ernest Brown, 

 Joseph Adler and James Duthie was 

 appointed by President McDonald to 

 make full arrangements. 



Jamks McCarthy, Cor. Sec'y. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



The meeting of the club December 

 7th in the Fort Pitt Hotel was well 

 attended. The main topic for discus- 

 sion was the late Cleveland Flower 

 Show. There had been a good attend- 

 ance from Pittsburgh and every one 

 was delighted. The introducer and 

 grower of the Mrs. M. R. Morgan, yel- 

 low sport from Timothy Eaton chrys- 

 anthemum, which took the third prize 

 at the show, was present, and we all 

 agreed with him that it was a fine 

 commercial chrysanthemum. Some 

 were so enthusiastic over the Cleve- 

 land Flower Show that they raised the 

 question of Why cannot Pittsburgh do 

 likewise? and the main obstacle 

 seemed to be the lack of a hall cen- 

 trally located, but the leaven of a 

 flower show seemed to be working, 

 and who can tell what may happen 

 yet? 



There were exhibits of ))ink Astllbe 

 Japonica in pots by Carl Becherer, of 

 poinsettias by Pasquale FabbozzI, gar- 

 dener for J. C. Trees, the latter 

 also showing Roman hyacinths in 

 pots. Poinsettias were also shown by 

 the Phipps Conservatories. To all 

 three exhibitors cultural certificates 



