January 18, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



55 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular January meeting of the 

 Chicago Florists* Club was turned 

 aver to the sports and pastimes com- 

 mittee of which T. Waters is chair- 

 man, and the result was a Victory 

 Banquet at the Hotel Randolph, fol- 

 lowed by dancing. About 100 mem- 

 bers and guests were present, of 

 whom nearly one half were of the fair 

 sex. Some very flattering remarks 

 were heard about the young ladies in 

 the trade who attended the party and 

 showed as much skill in dancing as 

 they display in business life. A short 

 business session preceded the banquet 

 and Allie Zech was installed presi- 

 dent. Walter Amling, vice-president 

 elect, was absent on account of the 

 death of his father and will be in- 

 stalled later. A. T. Pyfer, secretary, 

 and Otto Amling, treasurer, were then 

 installed and remarks were brief In 

 view of the dinner waiting, which all 

 pronounced one of par excellence. 



Phil Foley, past president of the 

 club and president of the Foley Green- 

 house Mfg. Assn., was toastmaster, 

 and those who know him best know 

 that nothing more needs to be said. 

 As ever the right word was ready 

 every time, and this part of the even- 

 ing was immensely enjoyed by all. 



C. C. Pollworth and Mrs. Pollworth 

 from Milwaukee were guests, as were 

 also H. M. Robinson of Boston, Ore 

 Gnatt and F. Henock of La Porte, Ind., 

 and A. F. J. Baur of Baur & Stein- 

 kamp, Indianapolis. 



Dancing followed and all the wor- 

 ries common to the lot of the florist 

 were forgotten in its enjoyment. 



A letter from J. F. Ammann, presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F., was read ex- 

 pressing regret at his inability to at- 

 tend. 



The next meeting will be Feb. 6 and 

 will be Novelty Night. Anyone hav- 

 ing any novelty to exhibit is invited 

 to write to the secretary. 



The committee awarded the club's 

 certificate of merit to the Ruth Baur 

 Carnation, which was exhibited at the 

 banquet. 



STAMFORD HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Stamford Horticultural Society was 

 held Friday evening. January 3rd. 

 Henry Wild was installed as presi- 

 dent. Owen A. Hunwick. secretary, 

 both for the third time; J. Foster, 

 vice-president and G. C. P.oon. record- 



ing secretary. A. Peterson was ap- 

 pointed treasurer to take the place 

 of the late Edward Davey, who was 

 buried the same afternoon. Mr. Wild 

 spoke of the career of Mr. Davey. The 

 loss is great to the society not only 

 as an officer, but as member and 

 friend. All the members arose in re- 

 spect to his memory. A committee 

 for the entertainment of members with 

 their families was elected. The Red 

 Cross Chapter of Stamford expressed 

 their thanks for the $150.60 sent to 

 them by the society, this being the 

 net proceeds of the fall show. The 

 following exhibits were awarded prizes 

 by the judges: 



Strelitzia Regina, seeding carnation, 

 white, honorable mention; Enchan- 

 tress Supreme, cultural certificate, 

 gard. M. J. Quirk; carnation Rock- 

 acre, sport, certificate of merit; seed- 

 ling chrysanthemum, vote of thanks, 

 gard. Alexander Geddes. 



The lecture of the evening was by 

 G. C. Boon. His subject was "Restor- 

 ing an Old Orchard." He explained 

 how along a scientific way an old 

 orchard was restored. The orchard 

 had been allowed to grow to brush 

 and did not produce a sound apple 

 when he got hold of it. The owner 

 wanted results and two years after he 

 got over 1000 barrels of sound apples 

 that were as good or better than many 

 coming from Oregon. He told the 

 meeting how he went to work pruning, 

 plowing and seeding a green crop 

 which was burned under in the spring 

 followed by fertilizer; also how im- 

 portant it is to spray thoroughly and 

 at the right time, and advised the 

 keeping of more sheep in the state 

 of Connecticut. After the lecture sev- 

 eral questions were asked concerning 

 apple culture. 



G. C. Boon. 



The meeting of St. Louis Growers' 

 Association was held on January 8. A 

 lively discussion on prices and stock 

 was held and growers seemed well 

 pleased with returns received since 

 Christmas. Jules Bourdet led a dis- 

 cussion on the formation of the new 

 florists' board of trade and most of 

 the members agreed that such a board 

 would he beneficial as the three 

 branches of the trade, grower, whole- 

 saler and retailer, could meet and dis- 

 cuss market conditions and possibly 

 get a maximum and minimum of cut 

 flower prices. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The annual meeting of the South- 

 ampton Horticultural Society should 

 have been held on Jan. 2nd, but being 

 a very stormy evening and very few 

 present, a special meeting was called 

 for Jan. 10th for the purpose of elect- 

 ing 1 officers and transacting other busi- 

 ness incident to the annual meeting. 

 The following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year: President, D. T. 

 Wells; vice-president, Stanley R. 

 Chandler; Secretary, H. H. Wells; 

 financial secretary, William McLeod; 

 treasurer, Frederick Marshall; corres- 

 ponding secretary, George Campbell; 

 executive committee, James T. Dick- 

 son, Charles Frankenboch, Hugh 

 Davidson, George Anderson, Essog 

 Carr, Frederick Marshall, Stanley R. 

 Chandler, George Anderson. It was 

 voted to hold the annual flower and 

 vegetable show the coming summer. 

 Also to continue the monthly exhibits. 

 Exhibitors to receive first, second and 

 third prizes at the end of the year as 

 per points gained. It was also decided 

 to dispense with the annual banquet 

 as demands for benevolent purposes 

 were considered paramount. After 

 some interesting discussions on vari- 

 ous subjects the meeting adjourned. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB 

 The St. Louis club held its meeting 

 Thursday, January 9, at the W. C. 

 Smith Wholesale Floral Co., thirty-five 

 members being present. Reports of 

 the Publicity Committee were called 

 for but owing to the absence of Secre- 

 tary J. J. Beneke were unable to re- 

 port. 



A discussion on cost of production 

 was led by Fred Ammann, president 

 S. A. F. It was decided that the pub- 

 licity committee should handle this 

 important question and get grower, 

 wholesaler and retailer together for 

 further cooperation. It was resolved 

 that condolences should be sent to 

 the families of Alex Lurie and Fred 

 Albers in their recent bereavements. 

 Fred Ammann made an exhibit of 

 newspaper advertising and R. J. Mohr 

 advocated advertising by the Florists' 

 Publicity Committee. C. W. Wors, Jr., 

 spoke of his camp life at Camp Kear- 

 ney and Alex Lurie of the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden gave an illustrated 

 talk on the curious varieties of plants 

 and weeds common to the study of 

 horticulture, 



