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HORTICULTUEE 



December 6, 1919 



Society of American Florists and Ornamei tal Horticulturists 



Take out life membership NOW, when the cost is only 

 $25.00. After December 31st the cost will be $50.00. 

 These fees are for members in good standing only. 



If you are not already a member, remit $30.00, which will 

 provide for your initiation and promote you to the Life 

 Membership list. After the date named annual member- 

 ship "will cost $5.00 per year. A Life Membership re- 

 lieves you of further payments, except the 50 cents annual 

 subscription for the Society's "Journal.'' 



Over 600 members have taken Life Membership certifi- 

 cates this year. 



We issue to Life Members a handsomely engrossed certifi- 

 cate, suitably framed, the display of which is recommended. 



Cheques should be made payable to the Society of American Florists, 

 and sent to 



1170 Broadway, New York 



JOHN YOUNG, Secretary. 



ter season for fall berries of every 

 kind. They have been plentiful for 

 some time past and will continue to 

 be so through the Christmas season. 

 This is especially true of red berries. 



Boxwood seems to be even with the 

 past number of years as to supply, 

 quality and price, but at this time it 

 is too early to predict what will be the 

 outlook regarding mistletoe. 



Hemlock is said to be plentiful, as 

 is also Southern wild smilax, but the 

 latter is holding a little above the av- 

 erage market price for the past few 

 years, all of which seems to indicate 

 that the Christmas market on greens 

 will be very satisfactory to the aver- 

 age florist, and I think there will be a 

 large quantity used with good results 

 to the dealers, retailers and trade in 

 general. It is advisable, nevertheless, 

 for everyone needing greens of any 

 kind to order early and be on the safe 

 Side. 



So far as the writer knows, Henry 

 Penn, of Boston, has the first florist's 

 establishment In which the employees 

 have formed a mutual benefit associa- 

 tion. This organization which is 

 known as the Penn Cooperative 

 Association is only a few weeks old, 

 but it already includes every member 

 of the staff, about twenty in number. 



The organization was formed primar- 

 ily for benefit purposes, but it also has 

 a social character which will prove, 

 no doubt, of great value in helping the 

 members to get better acquainted and 

 to work more in harmony. The dues 

 are only twenty-five cents, but it will 

 not take long to accumulate a fund of 

 considerable size. This fund can be 

 drawn upon at any time if a member 

 needs financial assistance because of 

 sickness in the home or any other 

 reason. A loan will be made in such 

 cases without interest and be repaid 

 as conditions warrant. 



The officers of the Association are 

 made up entirely of employees and 

 are as follows: 



President. Maurice Clancy. 

 Secretary, Miss Susan Duwan. 

 Treasurer. Miss Katherine Lyons. 



The social possibilities of the new- 

 organization were made apparent a 

 few nights ago when the male mem- 

 bers were invited to the home of 

 Jacob Harris, in Brookline, where they 

 were given a dinner which was pre- 

 pared entirely by Mr Harris himself, 

 and which was pronounced a master- 

 piece worthy the efforts of a hotel 

 chef. Music and other forms of en- 

 tertainment made the evening one to 

 be long remembered. 



Apart from the benefit which the 

 employees of the store may get from 

 such an organization as the one de- 

 scribed, it is conceivable that the 

 morale of any store where an organ- 

 ization of this sort is in existence will 

 be improved and the employers as well 

 as the help be better off. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The New York Florists' Club will 

 hold its next meeting Monday night 

 when officers will be elected. The 

 candidates for president are A. M. 

 Henshaw, president of the Henshaw 

 Floral Co., Inc., and I. S. Hendrickson, 

 of John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, L. I. 

 Roman J. Irwin is a candidate for 

 vice-president. John G. Esler has de- 

 clined to run. John Young, the pres- 

 ent secretary, and Edward C. Vick, are 

 the nominees for secretary. William 

 Kather has declined to run for treas- 

 urer, which leaves the field to W. C. 

 Rici;aras. Jr., now holding the office. 

 The nominees for trustees are A. T. 

 Bunyard, Emil Schloss, Thomas Booth 

 De Forest and Max Schling, three to 

 be elected. 



Six new plant houses have been 

 erected by Anton Schulthies at College 

 Point. Xew York. 



