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every effort to present our claims in 

 their own language which we did not 

 do in our initial attempt and we are 

 hopeful that results will prove more 

 satisfactory. 



I cannot understand why France. 

 Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Australia 

 and the Hawaiian Islands do not 

 realize the importance of their mem- 

 bership in the P. T. D. or at least giv- 

 ing us the privilege of showing them 

 their lost opportunity. Their absolute 

 Indifference, not being courteous 

 to make a reply to our correspond- 

 ence, is beyond my comprehension. 

 However, it is quite possible they don't 

 understand our intentions and take it 

 for granted that it is another Ameri- 

 can trick to fleece them in some way. 

 Some line of educational propaganda 

 will be necessary to enlighten them 

 on the necessity of international co- 

 operation. The Secretary is fully 

 awake on the subject and will lose no 

 opportunity to spread the gospel of 

 F. T. D. 



Yours for more F. T. D. A. co- 

 operation, 



Albert Pochelon, 



Secy. F. T. D. A. 



A BIG GREENHOUSE PROJECT. 



According to a newspaper article an 

 effort is being made to finance a big 

 greenhouse company to be organized 

 at Webster, Mass. The project is be- 

 ing presented by Ferdinand C. Reibe, 

 who is trying to interest Webster peo- 

 ple in the plan for the erection of 

 seven mammoth greenhouses, to be 

 400 feet long and from 40 to 60 feet 

 in width, where he proposes to grow 

 flowers for the market, selling direct 

 to the large dealers. Mr. Reibe has 

 had blueprints made and plans drawn 

 for the proposed venture, together 

 with an estimate of the cost, which 

 he places at over $200,000. Mr. Reibe 

 has long been owner and manager of 

 the Webster Floral Co. 



ARNOLD ARBORETUM JOURNAL. 

 The second copy of the Journal of 

 the Arnold Arboretum, edited by Prof. 

 Charles S. Sargent, has been issued, 

 and will prove of no little value to stu- 

 dents of advanced botany and others 

 who desire specific information about 

 the subjects discussed. A particularly 

 interesting article is one written by 

 E. H. Wilson on the Bonin Islands and 

 their ligneous vegetation. A supple- 

 mentary article deals with new woody 

 plants in the Bonin Islands. Other ar- 

 ticles are: "Notes on American Wil- 

 lows," by Camillo Schneider; "New 

 Species, Varieties and Combinations 

 from the Herbarium and the Collec- 

 tions of the Arnold Arboretum," by 

 Alfred Rehder. 



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GENERAL NEWS NOTES. 



The officers of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club elected at the last meeting 

 are as follows: President, Archibald 

 M. Henshaw; vice-president, C. W. 

 Knight; secretary, John Young; treas- 

 urer, William C. Rickards, Jr.; trus- 

 tees for two years, Arthur Herrington, 

 Emil Schloss, Max Schling. 



Officers of the Albany Florists' Club 

 to serve for the next year are as fol- 

 lows: President, Edward P. Tracey; 

 vice-president, Albert Jenkins; secre- 

 tary-treasurer, Louis H. Schaefer; 

 trustees for two years, Fred A. Dan- 

 ker, Frederick Henkes, and Thomas F. 

 Tracey. 



Prof. E. H. Wilson, assistant direc- 

 tor of the Arnold Arboretum, lectured 

 on Korea and Its Vegetation before 

 the Horticultural Society of New York 

 at its meeting Wednesday evening. 



Wilbur Patten, of Tewksbury, Mass., 

 has gone to Florida where he owns an 

 orange grove. Probably he will spend 

 the winter there. 



J. W. M. Huckeby has bought the 



greenhouse establishment of John G. 

 Bettmann & Sons at New Albany, Ind. 



The greenhouse business of Carl 

 Swenson at Winstead, Ct, has passed 

 into the hands of Henry T. Hoctor. 



A large addition has been made to 

 the greenhouses of France & Vander- 

 grift at Monroe, Mich. 



Luhman Bros, have opened a new 

 greenhouse establishment at Muske- 

 gon, Mich. Edward Luhman will be in 

 active charge. 



About ten thousand feet of glass has 

 been added to the Anderson green- 

 house establishment at Cannon Falls, 

 Minn. Clyde M. Young, who was for- 

 merly at Oelwain, la., is in charge. 



The new offices of the Chicago Flor- 

 ists' Club are: President, T. E. 

 Waters; vice-president, A. T. Pyfer; 

 secretary, Fred Lautenschlager; treas- 

 urer, Paul Weiss; trustee for three 

 years, W. J. Keimel. 



Frank M. Ross has been rebuilding 

 his store in Philadelphia and the 

 changes made are gTeat improve- 

 ments. 



