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HORTICULTURE 



March 29, 1919 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The annual dinner of the New York 

 Florists' Club, held Saturday evening, 

 March 15, at Hotel Iiiltmore, was a 

 most enjoyable affair. 



There were but few guests from out 

 of town and many of the familiar old 

 faces were also missed. 



President Phil. Kessler made a brief 

 address and then introduced in succes- 

 sion, John Harmon, Park Commis- 

 sioner of Brooklyn, Prof. E. A. White, 

 J. P. Sinnott, R. G. Hollaman and Mrs. 

 Ella Grant Wilson, all of whom spoke 

 appropriately to the occasion. 



President Kessler also called on R. 

 G. Hollaman to make the presentation 

 of a silver tea service and tray on be- 

 half of the members of the club, to 

 past President Schenck. Mr. Holla- 

 man extolled Mr. Schenck's work and 

 made mention of the many problems 

 which the latter had had to deal with 

 during the term of office, emphasizing 

 particularly the success of the club's 

 efforts in connection with the Third 

 Liberty Loan, for which Mr. Schenck, 

 as president, was largely responsible. 



Past President Schenck in his 

 acknowledgment of the gilt, stated 

 that he had done no more than the 

 office of president of the largest club 

 of its kind in the world called for and 

 paid special tribute to those members 

 who had co-operated with him. The 

 scope and work of the club, he stated, 

 is of such a nature as to require the 

 services of the biggest man to be 

 found in the ranks of its members, 

 many of whom he believed should pre- 

 pare themselves for the office. 



With the close of the speech-making 

 the evening was then given over to 

 dancing, during which several mem- 

 bers contributed to the entertainment. 

 The elimination dancing contest was 

 won by Mrs. J. G. Leikens and Chas. 

 Schenck, and Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Glass 

 for first and second honors, respective- 

 ly. The prizes were two silver vases 

 and a box of candy, donated by Pres- 

 ident Phillip Kessler. Each lady was 

 also presented with a half pound box 

 of candy, also donated by the presi- 

 dent. 



Among the out-of-town visitors were 

 Mrs. E. G. WSIson and daughter, F. R. 

 Pierson, R. Vincent, Jr., J. H. Dunlop 

 and George Geraghty. Mr. Dunlop 

 showed a great vase of his new rose, 

 Frank W. Dunlop, a cross of Mrs. Geo. 

 Shawyer and Mrs. Chas. Russell, which 

 attracted much favorable comment. 

 The decorations of the banquet hall 



were notable, the walls being literally 

 hidden from sight by flags, the Ameri- 

 can predominating. 



The head table was splendidly dec- 

 orated with orchids, Adiantum farley- 

 ense and roses, contributed by Geo. E. 

 M. Stumpp, who also arranged the rec- 

 orations. The 25 tables were also lav- 

 ishly adorned with flowers, donated by 

 various wholesalers. The decoration 

 of these tables was also the compli- 

 mentary work of Mr. Stumpp. 



LANCASTER COUNTY FLORISTS- 

 ASSOCIATION. 

 March 20th, there was a meeting 

 of the War Garden men of Lancaster 

 held in the Chamber of Commerce 

 Rooms which was addressed by Rufus 

 Herr of Strasburg and Fred Ritchy of 

 Lancaster. We had what was per- 

 haps the most thoroughly co-operative 

 meeting we have had for some time 

 due to the paper by M. J. Brinton 

 on the duty club members owe to this 

 club and the fact that we were 

 bunched together in a small space. 

 Mr. Rrinton's paper was full of that 

 wisdom that comes from a man who 

 speaks only when he has something 

 to say and I hope to be able to give 

 this later on for publication. He spoke 

 of the wonderful flowers, of Laddie 

 he saw in Philadelphia exhibited by 

 Mr. Kleinheinz and the fact that he 

 brought one along home with him 

 which was kept in his bedroom for 

 two days, then taken to the green- 

 house and kept in the cut flower room 

 where it was in perfect condition up 

 to and including February 11th. The 

 plants that produced these flowers 

 were grown inside all summer, and 

 those of us who know Mr. Kleinheinz 

 know also that they had proper care 

 every minute of the summer and that 

 no insect nor impure air was allowed 

 within fifty feet of these plants. 



S. S. Pennock who kindly made his 

 return home from Baltimore via Lan- 

 caster in order to attend the Club 

 meeting said that Akehurst has a new 

 seedling the color of Ward, a much 

 freer bloomer and just as good a keep- 

 er, that looks good to him, but that 

 it may not be put on the market as 

 a plant proposition. He also gave us 

 an impressive talk on the employment 

 of returned soldiers who were not able 

 to take up ordinary occupations on 

 account of being partly disabled, say- 

 ing that many of these men could do 

 greenhouse work and would make ex- 

 cellent employes. 

 T. J. Nolan made a flying trip from 



Philadelphia to attend the club meet- 

 ing returning the same night. He 

 reports business as very satisfactory 

 and always has some pat remarks on 

 matters pertaining to the welfare of 

 the florist. 



Short talks were made by B. F. 

 Barr, H. A. Schroyer and A. M. Herr. 

 on the duty club members owe to their 

 club and their fellow members. 



The next meeting of the club will 

 be held April 10th at the home of 

 Chas. M. Weaver of Ronks, Pa., where 

 a number of the new Burpee sweet 

 peas are being given a tryout. Mem- 

 bers from Lancaster will take the 

 Coatsville car 5.45 p. m. (daylight 

 saving time) inspect the place and 

 listen to a talk by Mr. Kerr of the 

 Burpee Co. on how these peas are pro- 

 duced. 



The Ladies Auxilliary held a meet- 

 ing at the home of Mrs. Lemon Landis, 

 Lancaster, with a good attendance and 

 an interesting programme carried 

 through. They will have a joint meet- 

 ing with us next month at the Weaver 

 home and after business have a so- 

 cial and refreshment hour to which 

 we are all looking forward. 



At,bebt M. Herr. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



The coming monthly meeting of the 

 Florists Club of Philadelphia, to be 

 held on the evening of Tuesday, April 

 1st, 1919, in the Roof Garden of the 

 Hotel Adelphi. offers the best program 

 of the season. An invitation is cor- 

 dially extended to the women in the 

 trade. 



There will be an exhibition of 

 Easter* plants, comprising selections 

 from the best growers in the city. 

 Nothing approaching this display of 

 commercial flowering plants, many of 

 them decorated as featured in the 

 stores at Easter, has ever been seen 

 at a Florist Club meeting. This 

 should be especially interesting to the 

 retail florists, those from out of town 

 can profitably make a 'day of it' fin- 

 ishing their Easter purchases here, 

 and spending the evening at the club. 



"Dollars and Cents — How to Make 

 and Save Them." is to be the topic of 

 the evening. The committee have 

 been very fortunate in having secured 

 two professors from the Wharton 

 School of Finance of the University of 

 Pennsylvania. Each the head of his 

 department. 



Dr. Edward P. Moxey, Jr., will tell 

 of the importance, and give simple 



