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HORTICULTURE 



March 8, 1919 



GARDENERS' AND FLORI STS' CLUB 

 VICTORY BANQUET. 

 The Victory Banquet held ljy the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Boston in 

 Horticultural Hall on Feb. 26 proved 

 to be ii great success, with an attend- 

 ance oi nearly 250 ladies and gentle- 

 men. As is usual at the banquets, 

 the dining tables were very beautifully 

 decorated with plants and cut Bowers, 

 and palms and flowering plants were 

 very effectively used on the stage. 

 \iicr the excellent, menu had been 

 disposed of. President Rogers, who 

 officiated as toastmaster. welcomed 

 everyone and spoke of the share the 

 club had taken towards winning the 

 world war. no less than 45 members 

 having joined some branch of the 

 service, of whom two had been killed 

 in action, several wounded and gassed, 

 and the French croix de guerre had 

 been awarded several members for 

 bravery. 



Nathaniel F. Kidder spoke for the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 and emphasized the need of continued 

 liberal plantings of vegetables and 

 care given with a garden. W. C. Stick- 

 el responded to the toast of the United 

 States of America in his usual able 

 manner. P. E. Palmer spoke for our 

 sister republic and ally, France, and 

 told in eloquent language of the won- 

 derful work she had done for civili- 

 zation. Robert Cameron was fairly in 

 his element in responding for the Brit- 

 ish Empire. He gave many figures to 

 prove that but for Britain Germany 

 would have won the war as we were 

 unable to get our troops over without 

 British transports and warships as 

 protectors. William Evans spoke ear- 

 nestly and convincingly of the heroic 

 work of Belgium, and was warmly ap- 

 plauded. Peter Pederzina fairly brought 

 the house down, to use a common 

 phrase, in his response for Italy, and 

 spoke in so earnest, forcible and tell- 

 ing a manner that he got round after 

 round of cheers. W. N. Craig respond- 

 ed for the ladies, and spoke of the 

 immense work they had done here 

 and abroad towards winning the war. 



The audience rose and drank a 

 silent toast to the memories of John 

 Enos Blocksidge and M. V. Roberts, 

 killed in France, and on motion of 

 W. N. Craig paid a similar tribute to 

 William J. Stewart, buried only a few 

 hours before the banquet, and who 

 had ever had the club's interests much 

 at heart and was largely instrumental 

 in organizing it in 1887 at bis then 

 store on Bromfield street. 



Various popular and patriotic songs 

 were sung at intervals during the 

 evening and several talented artists 

 furnished vocal selections, those of 

 .lames Sawyer being enthusiastically 

 encored. At the conclusion of the 

 post prandial exercises the hall was 

 cleared for dancing, which was en- 

 joyed until midnight. 



tion will be held in the Floricultural 

 Building, University of Illinois, l'r- 

 bana, .March 11-12, the opening ses- 

 sion at 2.30 p. m. to be followed by 

 another at 7.:jo. The second day will 

 be devoted to conferences and inspec- 

 tion of the experimental greenhouses. 

 An interesting programme has been 

 arranged and every florist in the 

 state is invited to be present. Those 

 who attend are earnestly requested to 

 . bring with them anything new chey 

 may have, either in flowers or ideas. 

 The Chicago party will leave the 

 Park Row station via the Illinois Cen- 

 tral railroad, March 11, at 8.45 a. m., 

 due at Champaign 11.59 a. m. The 

 fare in each direction to Champaign, 

 the railroad station for Urbana, is 



Andrew K. Rogers. 



President Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston. 



$4.08, war tax included. No reduc- 

 tion is made for round trip and there 

 is no party rate. 



Michael Barkkr. 

 Chairman Transportation Committee. 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 

 The thirteenth annual convention 



of the Illinois State Florists' Associa 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



NEW YORK, MARCH 15 TO 22. 

 1920. 



The Schedule Committee of the In- 

 ternational Flower Show to be held in 

 the Grand Central Palace. New York, 

 next year, is entering upon the prep- 

 aration of the premium schedule, and 

 in order to make the scope of the ex- 

 hibits as extensive as possible, sug- 

 gestions are invited from those who 

 can make small exhibits, or exhibits 

 of but one variety, as to classes to be 

 provided and the probability of filling 

 the same. Any suggestions which 

 may be forthcoming should be plainly 

 stated and submitted to C. H. Totty. 

 Madison. N. J., chairman of the 

 Schedule Committee, not later than 

 March 20th next. 



John Young. Secretary. 



1170 Broadway. New York. 



CONNECTICUT NURSERYMEN'S 



ASSOCIATION 

 The 13th annual meeting of the 

 Connecticut Nurserymen's Association 

 was held at Heublein's Hotel, Hart- 

 ford. Conn., Tuesday, Feb. 25th, 1919. 

 The records showed the association to 

 be in a flourishing condition. 



We were entertained and instructed 

 by the following able speakers: 



E. A. Brown of Hartford County 

 Farm Bureau, who spoke on "The 

 Tractor," and answered many ques- 

 tions regarding them. 



W. W. McCartney of New Haven, on 

 "How Can We Get the Most Out of 

 the Quarantine Act?" 



F. B. Kelley of Princeton. N. J., on 

 "Are Nurserymen Receiving Enough 

 for Their Products?" He also spoke 

 on "Market Development." 



Dr. W. E. Britton, State Entomolo- 

 gist, gave us one of his interesting and 

 instructive talks on "Insect Pests 

 Which We Import." 



W. E. Campbell, of New Haven, 

 gave an illustrated talk on "Publicity 

 and the Best Way of Bringing Our 

 Wares to the Consumers' Attention." 



The following were elected officers 

 for the ensuing year: President, 

 Chester Brainerd. Thompsonville, Ct. ; 

 vice-president, H. W. Gottschalk, Man- 

 chester. Conn.; secretary, F. L. 

 Thomas, Meriden. Conn.; treasurer, 

 W. W. Hunt, Hartford, Conn. 



We were shocked to learn of the 

 passing of one of our most esteemed 

 members, a short time since. Mr. E. 

 A. Brassill, of Hartford. Resolutions 

 of regret were passed, a copy sent to 

 his family, and spread upon the asso- 

 ciation's records. 



The following committees were ap- 

 pointed by President Brainerd: Legis- 

 lative, J. R. Barnes. Stephen Hoyt, C. 

 R. Burr; executive, W. W. McCart- 

 ney, W. W. Hunt, E. F. Coe; entertain- 

 ment, P. M. Hubbard, W. E. Campbell. 

 Gustave Minge; publicity, W. E.Camp- 

 bell, H. W. Gottschalk, C. R. Burr. 

 The meeting adjourned at 4 p. m.. the 

 members going in a body to the Hart- 

 ford Auto Show to look over the trac- 

 tors. F. L. Thomas, Secy. 



Meriden. Conn. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The officers of this society for 1919 

 are as follows: President, James 

 Boyd; vice-presidents, Henry F. Mich- 

 ell, Robt. Craig. Wm. Kleinheinz, J. 

 Otto Thilow : treasurer, Sidney W. 

 Keith; secretary, David Rust. 



The office and library are now at 606 

 Finance Bldg.. South Penn Square. 

 Philadelphia, and the meetings are 

 held on the third Tuesday of each 

 month, except Julv and August, at 

 3.30 p. m. at Griffith Hall. 1420 Chest- 

 nut street. Philadelphia. 



The program of exhibitions for 1919 

 is as follows: 



Exhibition of peonies, outdoor cut 

 flowers, and hybrid tea roses, at Fire- 

 men's Hall. Byrn Mawr. Penna., June 

 3 and 4: exhibition of sweet peas, 

 hardy perennials and hybrid perpetual 



