March 29, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



AND 



ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



NATIONAL PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN. 



A good deal of encouragement is 

 derived from letters such as the fol- 

 lowing, received from A. Washburn & 

 Sons, of Bloomington, 111.: "We are 

 pleased to note that the Publcity Com- 

 mittee is trying to raise double the 

 amount of money raised last year, and 

 we are pleased to enclose our cheque 

 for an extra $25 to help on the 

 amount." And the following, from 

 Prey & Frey, Lincoln, Neb.: "We are 

 enclosing our cheque for $50 for the 

 National Publicity Campaign. This is 

 for one year only and is in addition 

 to our subscription of $35 per year 

 for four years." When subscribers to 

 our fund voluntarily increase their 

 subscriptions, it is an endorsement of 

 the value of our campaign. 



Some of our members who have our 

 project close at heart are making per- 

 sonal effort among the florists of their 

 respective communities, and are meet- 

 ing with success. Among them we 

 might mention Albert M. Herr, of Lan- 

 caster, Pa., part results of whose ef- 

 forts appeared in our article two 

 weeks ago. If all our members would 

 take the same Interest, it would not 



be long before the $100,000 aimed for 

 would be greatly oversubscribed. Such 

 work is not only of advantage to the 

 campaign, but it establishes a friendly 

 feeling among members of the craft, 

 tending to make each more interested 

 in the other. This feature was freely 

 commented upon at the recent meeting 

 of the Society's Executive Board. 

 Chairman Asmus of the Publicity Fi- 

 nance Committee in referring to a 

 visit he made to Pittsburgh last year, 

 in company with your secretary, said: 

 "We had the pleasure of introducing 

 to each other some of the florists 

 there who were prominent in business 

 and yet had never met. That may be 

 astonishing, but it is an actual fact." 

 More than one trade organization des- 

 tined to be of use to our industry has 

 been formed as a direct result of cam- 

 paign activities^ 



Your secretary plans to start out on 

 a series of trips about the 25th of this 

 month. He will consider it a courtesy 

 if secretaries of clubs and other trade 

 organizations will advise him as to 

 their meeting dates, and whether they 

 would be desirous of having him pres- 

 ent at any stated meeting to produce 

 data and give information regarding 

 our publicity work. Such advice would 



materially help him in the preparation 

 of his itinerary. 



Florists who have not yet subscribed 

 are again urged to consider the ad- 

 visability of making an early sub- 

 scription. Regular subscripton blanks 

 may be obtained on application to the 

 secretary's office, or may just as well 

 be sent in any manner more con- 

 venient. If enthusiasm is needed, just 

 procure copies of the magazines noted 

 in our announcement of last week for 

 it will certainly be found in their col- 

 umns. 



Why wait? Never a more oppor- 

 tune time than now. 



The following subscriptions have 

 been received, and are in addition to 

 those previously announced, being an- 

 nually for four years unless otherwise 

 stated: 



A. Lange, Florist, Chicago, 111., $100; 

 I. N. Kramer & Sons, Cedar Rapids, la., $15; 

 G. M. Thost, De Soto, Mo., $10; Geo. H. 

 Benedict. Salisbury, Md., $5; Alex. Millar, 

 Dallas. Tex., $5; Joseph J. Braun, Stafford 

 Springs. Conn., $5. 



For One Year — Wm. A. Murdock, Tltug- 

 ville, Pa.. $10; Fred. Hoffman, Pawtucket. 

 E. I.. $10. 



Second Subscription — A. Washburn & 

 Sons. Bloomington, 111., $25. 



Total, $185.00. Previously reported, 

 $34,105.50. Grand total, $34,290.50. 



John Young, Secy. 



1170 Broadway, New York. 



March 22nd. 



IN MEMORIAM 

 Wm. J. Stewart 



William J. Stewart, our dear arid no- 

 ble friend and leader is no more. We 

 knew for some time that he may leave 

 us any time, but now as he has gone, 

 we can hardly realize that we shall 

 meet him no more. In our thoughts 

 he will be among us to our own last 

 days. 



Those who knew him well can never 

 forget him. We have all been bene- 

 fited in our association with him, and 

 inspired by his love for our noble pro- 

 fession his unbounded enthusiasm and 

 ambition for constant progress in all 

 horticultural matters and undertak- 

 ings, and his aggressive and fearless 

 championship for our aims and rights. 

 His extensive experience and knowl- 

 edge were the foundation of his al-- 

 ways sound judgment, and when he 

 spoke, he spoke well, and was wise in 

 council. He was a man of great and 

 good influence among his fellow crafts- 

 men, and also a man with a big heart, 



that harbored true, deep, genuine 

 friendship and loyalty. 



To know him was to love him and I 

 shall always consider it my good for- 

 tune that I met and knew him, and 

 a great privilege that I was permitted 

 to be one of his intimate friends. We 

 all keenly feel our loss, but it Is just 

 his person that has left us; his coun- 

 cil and spirit and the memory of him 

 and hia good deeds will be with us as 

 long as we live and after we are gone. 

 Theodore Wirth. 



Minneapolis, Minn. 



OBITUARY. 



We wish to take this opportunity to 

 express our thanks and appreciation 

 to Mr. Stewart's friends for their 

 many acts of kindness during his last 

 illness and to those who, since our 

 bereavement, have tendered to us their 

 sympathy, through flowers, personal 

 letters and tributes in Horticulture 

 and other florist trade papers. 



Mrs. W. J. Stewart 



and family. 



William G. Ellwanger 

 Wm. G. Ellwanger, nurseryman and 

 rose culturist, died March 22d at his 

 home in Rochester, N. Y., aged 77 

 years. He leaves a wife, one son and 

 six daughters. Mr. Ellwanger was 

 born in Germany and came to this 

 country at the age of 11. After work- 

 ing on farms for a while, he estab- 

 lished the nursery business with which 

 he was connected until his death. 



NEW CORPORATIONS. 

 Buffalo, N. Y.— Buffalo Nicotine Co., 

 to manufacture , insecticides, capital 

 stock, $50,000. - Incorporators, T. G. 

 Offers, R. J. Hyatt and P. Ernst. 



Verona, N. Y. — Goff Garden Com- 

 pany, general farming and garden 

 business, capital stock, $350,000. In- 

 corporators, C. A. J. B. and C. E. Goff, 

 Sherrill. 



