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H li T I C U L T U K E 



February 22, 1919 



LENOX. MASS., HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of this society 

 was held in the Town Hall. Lenox, 

 Feb. 12th. A splendid display of car- 

 nations including the varieties Laddie, 

 C. W. Ward, Pink Sensation and a 

 deeper pink sport of this same variety 

 was staged by F. E. Nash, gard. to 

 A. N. Cooley, Pittsfleld. President 

 Johnson showed a fine vase of yellow 

 antirrhinum. 



Resolutions were unanimously 

 adopted disapproving the recent action 

 of plant exclusion by the Federal 

 Horticultural Board and a copy or- 

 dered sent to Rep. Treadway of this 

 state. Following routine business a 

 recess was declared to welcome the 

 members' wives and many visiting 

 friends. The society was organized a 

 quarter of a century ago and in view 

 of the significance of this, the 25th 

 anniversary, an excellent program 

 was arranged for the presentation of 

 the society's diploma to its past presi- 

 dents. Edwin Jenkins, chairman of 

 the committee on arrangements, pre- 

 sided during the rest of the evening 

 and announced the program. A most 

 delightful entertainment preceded the 

 presentation in which a few of the 

 most prominent artists of Pittsfleld 

 and Lenox took part— a recitation by 

 Miss Anna Jenkins, "The Wee Penny 

 Whistle of Sandy MoGraw"— received 

 much applause and to which Miss Jen- 

 kins responded with "Back to Blighty," 

 splendidly rendered and equally well 

 received. At the conclusion of the in- 

 strumental and vocal entertainment 

 the chairman called upon Arthur T. 

 Boddington, New York, one of the old- 

 est members of the society to make the 

 formal presentation. 



Mr. Boddington in well chosen 

 words outlined briefly the progress of 

 the society since its inception. He 

 was personally acquainted with each 

 of the recipients of the diploma and 

 said at the outset that it was a most 

 remarkable fact that as yet not a sin- 

 gle death had been recorded of a past 

 president of the Lenox Horticultural 

 Society. Another fact worthy of note 

 was that with the exception of three, 

 all were present to receive the di- 

 ploma. Letters had been previously 

 read before the meeting from John F. 

 Huss, Walter Jack and George Foul- 

 sham, the three past presidents un- 

 avoidably absent. 



While many of the recipients are 

 still residents of Lenox several had 

 traveled long . distances: Martin 

 Finaghty, Boston; Charles R. Russel, 

 Tarrytown; Allen Jenkins and Edward 

 Edwards, both of Worcester, Mass. A 

 lew others came from outlying dis- 

 tricts. Mr. Boddington was accorded 

 a rising vote of thanks for having so 

 very eloquently "done his duty." 



Light refreshments were then served 

 to the hundred people present, who 

 later danced to the music of a splendid 

 orchestra and who in the wee sma' 

 ours of the mornin' returned to their 

 homes well tired but exceedingly 

 happy. The committee in charge — 

 E. Jenkins, A. H. Wingett and F. 

 Heeremans — is to be complimented on 

 the success of this meeting. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The club met Thursday afternoon at 

 the salesroom of C. A. Kuehn. The 

 carnation show was postponed till 

 March meeting, as being the day be- 

 fore Valentine's Day many retailers 

 and growers could not attend. 



President Hummert spoke on his re- 

 cent visit to Cleveland and the S. A. 

 F. meeting at Detroit, and urged that 

 every florist become a member of S. 

 A. F. 



President Fred Ammann also spoke 

 on the future great work mapped out 

 for the Society of American Florists, 

 and urged further support. 



The next meeting will be a Carna- 

 tion and Spring Flower Show, and out- 

 side growers are requested to send 

 their new varieties for exhibition. The 

 location of the meeting is not yet de- 

 cided. 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 

 FLORISTS' AND GARDEN- 

 ERS' CLUB. 



The regular meeting of the Holyoke 

 and Northampton Florists and Garden- 

 ers' Club was held on Tuesday, Feb. 

 11, at E. J. Canning's Nursery, North- 

 ampton, Mass. M. Adams of Butler & 

 Ullman of Northampton was elected 

 a member. E. J. Canning gave a brief 

 but entertaining report of the New- 

 England Nurserymen's Convention at 

 Boston and James Whiting of Amherst 

 gave a talk on outdoor roses. 



The monthly prize was won by H. E. 

 Downer, of Smith College, with a pot 

 of Primula malacoides var. King 

 Albert. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, 

 1920. 



An enthusiastic meeting of the 

 Flower Show Committees of the New 

 York Florists' Club and the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York was held 

 at the headquarters of the New York 

 Florists' Club, 1170 Broadway, on 

 Monday afternoon, February 17, 1919. 



Only five members of the commit- 

 tees were absent. The following were 

 present: Theodore A. Havemeyer, F. 

 R. Newbold, Richard G. Hollaman, F 

 R. Pierson, C. H. Totty, W. H. Duck- 

 ham, Jos. A. Manda, George V. Nash. 

 P. W. Popp, John Canning, Philip F. 

 Kessler, Charles Schenck, F. L. At- 

 kins, J. Scheepers, Max Schling, W. H. 

 Siebrecht, Sr., A. L. Miller and Secre- 

 tary John Young. 



At this meeting the committees 

 merged into a joint committee and 

 unanimously decided to hold a spring 

 show in 1920, the opening date to be 

 Monday, March 15th, and the closing 

 date Sunday, March 21st. The show 

 will be held in the Grand Central Pal- 

 ace, which is shortly to be re-convert- 

 ed to exhibition use. $15,000 was vot- 

 ed to be set aside for premiums. C. H. 

 Totty was appointed chairman of the 

 Schedule Committee. Theodore A. 

 Havemeyer was elected chairman of 

 the Joint Committee, with John 

 Young as secretary and F. R. New- 

 bold, treasurer. The secretary is to 

 have charge of selling the trade space 

 and will also have charge of the prep- 

 aration of the official program. 



Many novel features to be intro- 

 duced at the show were discussed, and 

 it is expected that the program will 

 be unique in this respect. F. L. At- 

 kins, W. H. Duckham and Max Schling 

 were appointed a committee to design 

 the official sign for the exhibitors, 

 with directions that the slogan of the 

 Publicity Campaign "Say it with 

 flowers" is to be featured at the head 

 of every sign. No other design of 

 signs is to be permitted. It was de- 

 cided to offer a prize of $100 for a 

 poster design and this announcement 

 is to be made forthwith. 



Arthur Herrington was appointed 

 manager of the show and also was 

 added to the committee. E. F. Korbel 

 and Worth F. Colwell were appointed 

 publicity managers. 



F. L. Atkins, for Bobbink & Atkins. 

 Rutherford, N. J., was first to book 

 for exhibition space, taking 200 square 

 feet; Max Schling was a close second 

 to book for the same amount. 



The meeting went on record as dis- 

 approving the recent action of the 

 Federal Board of Horticulture in es- 

 tablishing a quarantine against impor- 

 tation of plants and flowers. It was 

 considered that such action will rob 

 lovers of horticulture of the oppor- 

 tunity to see many desirable European 

 and other foreign productions in 

 plants and flowers, and would undoubt- 

 edly take away some educational in- 

 terest which has always been attach- 

 ing to flower shows. 



John Young. Secy. 



February 17, 1919. 



