September 16, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



377 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Chib held its 

 first meeting of the season at the Mor- 

 rison Hotel, Sept. 7, with sixty in at- 

 tendance. Interest centered on the 

 paper of the evening by AUie Zech, on 

 the influence of the special flower 

 sales of the department stores on the 

 florists' business. .Mr. Zech's paper, 

 which appears on another page of this 

 issue presents a serious problem in 

 the Hower business of Chicago. P^ach 

 year the large department stores cut 

 more heavily into the trade on all the 

 florists' special days and offer flowers 

 and plants at a price much lower than 

 those quoted in the regul ir channels. 

 The reading was followed by a lively 

 discussion. Some contended that it 

 helped to foster the love of flowers 

 In homes where flowers otherwise 

 would not be used, and others that 

 only the worthless stock found its way 

 to the department stores, and it was 

 suggested that one way out of the 

 situation would be for retail florists 

 to have more frequent special sales 

 of their own. AUie Zech has grown 

 up in the business and applies his 

 mind as well as his hands to his work. 



Arthur Herrington of New York 

 was a guest of the club and gave an 

 interesting talk on the flower show 

 to be held in Pittsburgh. Pa., in June 

 1917. The proposition of a joint ad- 

 vertising campaign in the newspapers 

 was again discussed and showed that 

 five thousand dollars had been pledged 

 by the wholesalers, but no action was 

 taken, that would lead to anything 

 definite. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Club was held Tuesday, September 

 5th in the Fort Pitt Hotel. E. C. 

 Reineman was appointed chairman of 

 a committee to arrange for a banquet 

 in the late fall or early winter in 

 commemoration of the 2ath anniver- 

 sary of the founding of the Club. For 

 the Flower Show next June under the 

 auspices of the Garden Club of Alle- 

 gheny County President Becherer was 

 appointed to handle matters in rela- 

 tion thereto. The preliminary sched- 

 ules for the show have already been 

 mailed, and under the managership of 

 Arthur Herrington the outlook is very 

 promising for a large and successful 

 flower show. An interesting exhibit of 

 seasonable flowers was made by vari- 

 ous members for which they received 

 a vote of thanks. It was suggested 

 that the subject for the next meeting 

 be Trees, embracing their identifica- 

 tion, proper planting and care, and 

 members were asked to bring speci- 

 mens of the foliage of those for which 

 they wished Identification. 



H. P. Jos I.I N, Secretary. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON 

 The Florists' Club of Washington, 

 D. C, expects to win fame during the 

 coming season on the bowling alleys, 

 for sanction was given at the month- 

 ly meeting for the use of the club 

 name by a team to be entered in the 

 Commercial Duckpin League. This 



Coming Exhibitions 



Sept. 18, Orange, N. J. — Dahlia 

 and Horticultural exhibitions of the 

 New Jersey Floricultural Society. 



Sept. 22-23, Paterson, N. J.— Kifth 

 annual Fall flower show of New Jer- 

 sey Floricultural Society at Younj; 

 Men's Christian Association Hall. 



Sept. 23, Maplenood, N. J. — Second 

 annual Dahlia exhibition. 



Sept. 26-28, New York, N. Y.— 



Anier. Dahlia Soc.'s annual show, In 

 Engiueerinif BIdg.. 25 W. D'Jth .St. 

 In conjunction with The American 

 Institute of the City of New York. 



Sept. 26-29, Chicago. — Vegetal)Ie 

 Growers' Association, Hotel La Salle. 

 Annual Conveution and "Trade Ex- 

 hibit. 



Oct. 7-8. Boston. — October Fruit and 

 Vegetable Exhibition, Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, Horticultural 

 Hall. 



Oct. 10-12, New Orleans, ta. — 



Eighteenth Annual Convention Amer- 

 ican Association of Park Superin- 

 tendents. 



Oct. 26-27, Madison, N. J. — Twen- 

 tieth Annual Flower Show. Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' So- 

 ciety, James Assembly Hall. 



Oct. 27-29, Monnt Kisco, N. Y. — 



Fall show of the Northern Westches- 

 ter County Hort. and Agri. Soc. 



Oct. 31-Xov. 1, Greenwich, Conn. — 



Fall Flower. Fruit and Vegetable 

 Show of the Westchester and Fair- 

 field Horticultural Society. 



Nov. 1-5, Boston. — Grand Autumn |||| | 

 Exhibition of Plants. Flowers. Fruits 



and Vegetables. Massachusetts Hor- j !l 



ticultural Society. Itorticultural Hall. ||||| 



Nov. 1 to 3. Tarrytown, N. Y. — 



Chrysanthemum show of the Tarry- 

 town Hort. Soc. in Music Hall. 



Nov. 8-10, New York.— Annual 



Chrysanthemum show of the Ameri- 

 can Institute. Engineering Society 

 Bldg., 25-33 W. 39th St.. New York. 



Lancaster, Pa. — Fall 



Nov. 9-11, 



flower show. 



Nov. 9-12, New York — Fall exhibit 

 Horticultural Society of New York 

 at Museum of Natural History. 



Nov. 11-19, New Orleans, La. — 



Flower show. 



Nov. 14-15, Providence, K. I. — 

 Flower show of E. I. Hort. Soc. 



matter was brought up by Edward 

 Xiedomanski, who declares that a 

 prize-winning aggregation can be got- 

 ten together. The big event of the 

 evening was the annual crab feast 

 given by Edward S. Schmid. and after 

 the completion of the regular busi- 

 ness of the evening those present 

 went downstairs where long tables 

 had been spread. A rising vote of 

 thanks was tendered to Mr. Schmid 

 and a number of speeches were made. 

 Motion pictures were also exhibited, 

 through the courtesy of Sidney B. 

 Lust, of the United Film Service, and 

 in addition there were pictures of the 

 recent outings of Kallipolis Grotto, 

 and in these Fred H. Krarner was one 

 of the star performers. President 

 Jenkins made a report on his mission 

 as representative of the club in a con- 

 ference with officials of the Washing- 

 ton Aquarium Society, which sought 

 the co-operation of the florists in the 

 running of a show here in November. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB- 



The September meeting of the Clul) 

 was well attended, considering the in- 

 terruption to travel caused by the car 

 men's strike. Much of the time was 

 spent in interesting accounts of the 

 happenings of the summer, participat- 

 ed in by Secretary Young, H. A. Bun- 

 yard and the various chairmen of com- 

 mittees, the principal speaker being 

 Joseph A. Manda who gave a very en- 

 tertaining story of the Convention, 

 the boat trip thereto by the .\"ew 

 York members and the kind reception 

 at New Orleans. A vote of thanks 

 was extended to the florists of Hous- 

 ton and New Orleans. The expected 

 lecture by A. Herrington was post- 

 poned until the October meeting on 

 account of the death of Mr. Herring- 

 ton's mother. 



The "International " exhibition ' for 

 next spring and the S. A. F. Conven- 

 tion for next summer were discussed 

 and a glowing prospect for the great- 

 est florist gathering ever had was 

 voiced by Secretary Young. He stated 

 that there is already a large call for 

 exhibition space assignments. Vice- 

 President-elect A. L. Miller added his 

 enthusiastic promise for whole-souled 

 effort to make 1917 a record year in 

 the annals of New York horticulture 

 and was the recipient of a vote of 

 thanks for his gift of cigars. John 

 Canning of Ardley was awarded hon- 

 orable mention for an exhibit of Sal- 

 via farinacea and its white variety. 



President Weston appointed Pat- 

 rick O'.Mara, Frank H. Traendly and 

 Walter F. Sheridan a committee to 

 prepare resolutions on death of W. F. 

 Kasting and Chas. H. Totty, Peter 

 Duff and Charles Knight a committee 

 to prepare resolutions on death of 

 Win. Tricker. 



NEW YORK DAHLIA SHOW. 



Preparations are well in hand for 

 the forthcoming Dahlia show, to lie 

 held by the American Dahlia Society 

 in conjunction with the American In- 

 stitute of the City of New York, at the 

 Engineering Building, 2i5-33 W. 39th 

 St., between Fifth "and Sixth aves.. 

 New York. The show will be opened 

 on Tuesday, the 26th, continuing over 

 Wednesday and Thursday, and as the 

 schedule of the American Institute is 

 a lengthy one, and is amplified by the 

 special prizes of tlie American Dahlia 

 Society, keen competition from a wide 

 section of the country aroiind New 

 York is expected. Silverware and 

 medals are offered by the A. D. S., 

 while money exclusively is offered by 

 the American Institute, the total 

 prizes running to over $460. 



Every section of the Dahlia is 

 catered to and there are three divi- 

 sions in the schedule for commercial 

 growers, professional giardeners and 

 amateurs, each beinr protected in 

 their own division. Admission to the 

 show will be free and it is hoped that 

 with the present favoral)le weather, 

 cooler nights and showers, such a 

 E'ahlia show as New York has not 

 seen before will be staged. 



Entries should be directed to Wil- 

 liam A. Eagleson, secretary of the 



