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11 O RT I (' U I.TU H E 



January 18, 1919 



of my fellow members in the promo- 

 tion and carrying out of whatever is 

 decided upon as a necessary part of 

 our work. It shall be my object to 

 encourage and help any endeavor 

 which may come from our younger 

 members as likely to increase interest 

 in our meetings and promote our use- 

 fulness as a trade body. Our discus- 

 sions are free and open, and no one 

 should feel that because his member- 

 ship is more or less new, his views or 

 ideas should not be presented. The 

 motto of our club, "All One." is in- 

 tended to be taken literally. We are 

 really all one, and no one more than 

 another. 



We shall have many things to en- 

 gage our attention this year, not the 

 least' of which will be the securing of 

 more adequate accommodation for our 

 meetings. All must admit that we 

 have outgrown our present quarters, 

 but what we can do, in the present 

 rather congested housing conditions 

 so apparent in our city, is a matter 

 for serious consideration. 



In taking the gavel of office from my 

 worthy predecessor, I realize that there 

 is a surrender from an officer who has 

 been tried in the fire and found abso- 

 lutely true; and when I am called up- 

 on to make a similar surrender it is 

 my fondest hope that the same can 

 be said of me, and I shall do my best 

 to have it said worthily 



The other officers were called to the 

 platform and acknowledged in a 

 graceful way their re-election. 



President Kessler then announced 

 his committee appointments as fol- 

 lows: 



Legislative Committee — W. II Siebrecht, 

 Jr.. P. O'Mara, I''. K. rierson. 



Awards- -Clms. W. Knight, Chairman, A 

 Herrington. Peter Duff, Jos. A. Manda. \Y 

 H. Siebrecht. Sr.. S. G. Milosy, W. R. 

 Pierson. 



Flower Show Committee — C H. Totty. 

 Chairman, Clms. Schenck, P. H. Traendly, 

 <;. E M. Stumpp, Wallace R. Pierson, W. 

 H. Duckham, Max Schling, P. W. Popp. 

 A. L. Miller. John Xoung, P. F. Kessler. 



House and Entertainment Peter Oer- 



laivd, Chairman, Ayrea Booth, Alex M. 

 Donaldson, Edw. A. Hanft, Henry Hofl 

 mann. 



Exhibition Committee— Roman J. Irwin. 

 Chairman, I.. T.Rodman, Fred'k Cowperth 

 w.-iite. A. Bucbhdls. 



Essay and Lecture E. C Vlck, Chair- 

 man: John II. Pepper. A. T DeXnMare. 



Pnblioit) Committee — T. H. Pepper, 

 Chairman, ('.. E. M. Stumpp, E. C. Vick, 



To Collect Flowers tor Hospitals Joseph 

 Fenrlch, A. l,c Moult. Peter Gerlaird, Paul 

 A Rlge, John 1!. Kervan, Maurice Glass, 

 Tony or Costos Sokelos, A. S. Nash. P. !•'. 

 Kessler 



Dinner Committee- Charles Schenck, 

 Aiidrev Scott, A T Bunynrd, Wm, II. 

 Siebrecht, Jr.. Emil Scliloss 



Treasurer Rickards presented his re- 

 port, verified by the audil of the Trus- 

 tees, which showed :i ' ala'nce in the 

 bank of $15,556 00. 



The following were elected to mom 

 ip in the Club: 



R. H. ('. Hard. Syracuse, N. Y.: F. 

 G. Sealey, 3056 Perry Ave., Bronx, N. 

 Y.; O. J. Van Bourgondien, 147 Mag- 

 nolia Ave.. Arlington. N. J.; Bornatl 

 Kinsman, 3917 King's Highway. 

 Brooklyn, N. Y.; Simon Schneirow, 

 3917 King's Highway, Brooklyn, N. Y.; 

 Isadore Landsman, E. 38th St. and 

 Lenox Rd„ Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Nominations for election at the next 

 meeting were as follows: 



Hans Schwartz, Riverdale, N. Y.: 

 James Moran, Purchase St., Rye, N. 

 Y.; Anthony Moran, Purchase St., Rye, 

 N. Y.; Robert H. Lickman, Brookwooil 

 Gardens, East Islip, N. Y.: Joseph 

 Lee, Windholme Farm, Islip, N. Y.; 

 Frank Laban, 55 West 26th St., New- 

 York city; Matthew Sampson, Jr., 55 

 West 26th St., New York city; Max 

 Lehmann, 292 Grand St., New York 

 city; Robert LaBan, 55 West 26th St.. 

 New York city; Isaac Abrams, 123 E. 

 7th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Wm. Doyle. 

 55 West 26th St., New York city. 



The Secretary made a report re- 

 viewing the work of the Club for 1918 

 and it was seen that 58 new members 

 had been initiated and the losses were 

 8 through resignations and death. 



A resolution on the death of Mrs. 

 Milliot of Yonkers was read and 

 adopted and a committee appointed to 

 prepare memorials on the deaths of 

 George Allen and Mrs. McGovern. A 

 resolution presented by John Scheep- 

 ers on the death of Captain DeLa Mar 

 was passed. 



On motion of Chas. Schenck. it was 

 decided that the club should hold its 

 annual dinner, as usual, and President 

 Kessler appointed the following com- 

 mittee: Chas. Schenck, Andrew Scott. 

 Alfred T. Bunyard. W. H. Siebrecht 

 Jr., Emil Schloss, to carry out arrange- 

 ments for the dinner. 



The President also appointed a 

 transportation committee to arrange 

 details on the trip to Cleveland for 

 the occasion of the American Carna- 

 tion Society's convention and exhibi- 

 tion on January 29th and 30th. He 

 also announced that the committee on 

 collection of flowers for distribution 

 in military and naval base hospitals 

 would stand, supplemented by Aubrey 

 S. Nash and himself. 



There was quite a discussion on the 

 subject of Publicity, as directly ap- 

 plied to the work of the National 

 Publicity Campaign. Secretary John 

 Young made a lengthy address in 

 which he detailed many comical ex- 

 periences incidental to his recent 

 'coast to coast" trip in the interests 

 of the Campaign. His various stories 

 e enjoyed by his audience, who ap- 

 ired to think that his oration was 

 bort. 



Wallace R. Pierson also had quite a 

 little to say on the subject of Public- 

 ity and drove home a point when he 

 told what the Hartford florists were 

 doing at holiday times. He said they 

 were using whole pages in their local 

 newspapers on a co-operative basis 

 and he wondered whether the New 

 York florists were ready to adopt a 

 similar course. 



G. E. M. Stumpp spoke of the great 

 value of the slogan, "Say It With 

 Flowers," to such as would use it. 

 "Say it in every way," he said "even 

 with soles of a florist's foot." 



NORTHAMPTON FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB 



The monthly meeting of the North- 

 ampton and Holyoke Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club was held on Tuesday. 

 Jan. 7, at Butler & Ulman greenhouses. 

 Northampton, with a good attendance. 

 The club decided to offer a price for 

 the best exhibit at each meeting for 

 the coming year to stimulate more 

 interest in bringing out exhibits. 



Heing carnation night a fine exhibit 

 was made of twenty-three vases of car- 

 nations from four growers of the vicin- 

 ity. Butler & Ulman won the first 

 prize with a vase of Laddie and were 

 also awarded a certificate of merit for 

 the extensive decorations at their 

 greenhouses for the occasion. 



A. Haeseleb. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICA. 

 Occasionally a former member of 

 the Florists' Hail Association who has 

 been chasing after will-o'-the-wisp 

 windstorm insurance writes, "How- 

 can we get back into the old reliable 

 F. H. A.?" Easiest thing in the world. 

 Make an application for new mem- 

 bership and upon the receipt of the 

 initiation fee you will be properly en- 

 rolled. Same thing applies to those 

 who desire membership. 



John G. Esler. 



NEWS NOTES. 



North Easton. Mass. — Charles J. 

 Norling after a service of 20 years as 

 grower at the greenhouses of John 

 MacFarland, has resigned his position 

 to take effect Feb. 1. He goes with 

 James H. Leach & Sons. 



Glen Cove, L. I. — Carnation Laddie 

 was the feature of an exhibit at the 

 January meeting of the Nassau Coun- 

 ty Horticultural Society. It was shown 

 by J. F. Johnston of the George 1>. 

 Pratt estate and he received a certifi- 

 cate of culture, as well as the favor- 

 able comment of all horticulturists 

 pi esent. 



