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-March 15, 1919 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB 



The regular March meeting of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club was held on the 

 6th at the Hotel Randolph, president 

 A. J. Zech presiding. 



The following applications were 

 made for membership: 



Florence Keenan, 1306 E. 63rd St., 

 Roy White, 2544 N. Clark St.; Michael 

 Kedden, 820 W. 55th St.; B. E. 

 Gould, Glenview, 111. ; Richard J. 

 Gould, Glenview, 111. ; Peter Hoefeld, 

 172 N. Wabash Ave.; D. F. Simonds, 

 1917 Harrison St.; John Curres, 1457 

 Thorne Ave.; Arthur G. Eichel, 4226 

 N. Crawford Ave.; Chas. Grabig, 1843 

 Irving Park Boul.; F. W. Elverson, 

 New Brighton, Pa.; Andrew Chronis, 

 Adams & Wabash Ave 



Reports were made by the following 

 chairman of committees: T. E. Wal- 

 ters for the Good of the Club, F. 

 Lautenschlager for advertising, and 

 M. Barker for transportation to Cham- 

 paign for the 111. State Florists' As- 

 sociation meeting and a special com- 

 mittee with resolutions on the deaths 

 of four members who have passed 

 away since the new year. 



A. Lange reported for the publicity 

 committee that $426.00 was spent in 

 advertising St. Valentine's Day. 



C. W. Johnson reported the change 

 in the date of the meeting of the 

 American Carnation Society and the 

 completion of arrangements with the 

 La Salle Hotel for the meeting in Jan. 

 1920. The committee is to be retained 

 till after the meeting. The resignations 

 of S. S. Skidelsky of Philadelphia and 

 H. E. Philpott of Winnepeg were ac- 

 cepted. 



There were a number of exhibits 

 which were judged by Geo. Asmus, 

 A. C. Craig and A. Lange. 



Grass growing heads exhibited by 

 H. R. Hughes were given honorable 

 mention and the same was awarded a 

 display of St. Patrick's Day and Eas- 

 ter novelties by Poehlman Bros. Co. 

 A suitable remembrance was 

 ordered sent to H. N. Bruns who was 

 ill in the Robert Burns Hospital. An 

 interesting address was made by Mr. 

 Duffield of the Chicago Association of 

 Commerce. A recommendation by 

 Walter F. Amling that ladies should 

 be invited to become members of the 

 club was well received. 



A very interesting paper was read 

 by Peter Pearson on his experience in 

 growing bulbs of which he is now 

 making a specialty with marked suc- 

 cess. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON 

 Z. D. Blackistone was re-elected 

 president at the March meeting of the 

 club held at the S. S. Pennock store. 

 Other officers are Geo. E. Anderson, 

 vice-president. Win. F. Gude, treas- 

 urer, E. P. Rodman, secretary, and 

 George Field and Capt. W. H. Ernest, 

 executive committee. The secretary 

 gave an account of the recent meeting 

 of the Federal Horticultural Board and 

 the S. A. F. & O. H., and Nurserymen's 

 Association, A. W. Machen explained 

 the method by which the florists 

 should make out their income tax re- 

 turns and answered many questions. 



Z. D. Blackistone 

 President Florists' Club of Washington 

 He was given a rising vote of thanks. 

 Geo. C. Shaffer was appointed chair- 

 man of a committee to make arrange- 

 ments for the April meeting at which 

 the officers for 1919 will be installed 

 and a banquet given. Edward S. 

 Schmid and Geo. E. Anderson will as- 

 sist him. The following applications 

 for membership were received; J. 

 Harper Hetherington, R. J. Lacy, J. D. 

 Blackistone, J. J. Bickings and Geo. 

 A. Comley. 



The officers of the Syracuse Rose 

 Society for 1919 are as follows: 

 president, Dr. E. M. Mills; secretary, 

 E. A. Bates; treasurer, Geo. E. Thorpe. 



The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society. Madison, N. J., has 

 elected the following officers for 1919: 

 president, Otto Koch; vice-president. 

 S. Golding; secretary, Edw. Reagan; 

 treasurer, Wm. H. Duckham. 



STAMFORD HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY 



The regular monthly meeting of 

 this society was held Friady, March 

 7th, at Moose Hall, and if the mem- 

 bers attended every meeting as well 

 as they did this one, it will become 

 necessary for the society to look for 

 a larger meeting place. A committee 

 of three was appointed to make a 

 protest to the Federal Horticultural 

 Board at Washington in regard to the 

 embargo on nursery stock. Three new 

 members were elected and four appli- 

 cations received. The following ex- 

 hibits were awarded prizes: Carna- 

 tion seedling and Carnation Rose 

 Pink, gard. M. J. Quirk, highly com- 

 mended; Carnations Benora and En- 

 chantress Supreme, gard. Adam 

 Peterson, cultural certificate; Carna- 

 tion Washburn, gard. Wm. Morrow, 

 vote of thanks. 



L. C. Root, who has been in the bee 

 keeping business for over fifty years, 

 entertained the members with -a very 

 instructive talk, after which he an- 

 swered in detail many questions 

 raised by the members. Mr. Root 

 proved to be a walking encyclopedia 

 and the members gave him a well de- 

 served rousing vote of thanks. 



G. C. B. 



HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 

 FLORISTS' & GARDENERS' CLUB. 

 The regular meeting was held March 

 4th, with H. E. Downer, Smith College 

 Plant House, Northampton, Mass. 

 There was a good attendance, with 

 President Keyes in the chair. There 

 was a lengthy discussion on the pro- 

 hibition of plant importations after 

 June 1st, which brought out much 

 criticism. Members who had not writ- 

 ten a protest to their local congress- 

 man were urged to do so immediate'y. 

 The awards for exhibits were as fol- 

 lows: H. E. Downer, white azalea, 

 85 points, which won the monthly 

 prize: Gallivan Bros., sweet peas, 75 

 points: F. D. Keyes & Son. Primula 

 obconica, 73 points. The judges were 

 E. J. Canning, G. W. Thornley and E. 

 Hennessey. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY 



The 12th annual dinner of the so- 

 ciety was held at the Glen Head Ho- 

 tel on Wednesday, Feb. 26th, with an 

 attendance of over one hundred. The 

 dinner committee, consisting of 

 Messrs. Ernest J. Brown, Ernest West- 



