HO R TIC UI/ TUBE 



October 21, 1916 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The Executive Committee of the 

 American Rose Society met in New 

 York City on October 9th, and consid- 

 erable business was gone over. A re- 

 port was made In regard to the Wash- 

 ington Test Garden, that it had been 

 materially improved since early 

 spring, and that Dr. Van Fleet was to 

 assume general direction of the same. 



Application was received from How- 

 ard & Smith of Los Angeles, Cal., for 

 the registration of a new seedling un- 

 der the name of "California," de- 

 scribed as follows: 



"The rose 'California' In color Is burnt 

 orange shaded with golden yellow at the 

 base of the petals. The flowers full; bud 

 long and pointed; fairly fragrant; a strong 

 vigorous grower in this climate, and prac- 

 tically mildew proof." 



This rose has been investigated and 

 the registration ordered. 



The place of the next annual meet- 

 ing was a topic of consideration and 

 the suggestion has taken form to hold 

 a Rose Society meeting in Philadelphia 

 next spring. There were certain of- 

 fers of a guarantee fund made by five 

 individuals towards making it a suc- 

 cess, and the matter by resolution was 

 referred to President Pennock to make 

 preliminary inquiry relative to the 

 rose exhibit in Philadelphia in 1917 at 

 the annual meeting. 



Application and correspondence was 

 gone over relative to a Rose Test Gar- 

 den at Bellingham, Wash., also at Col- 

 lege Station, Texas. It was decided to 

 hold a meeting of the American Rose 

 Society at the coming Chrysanthemum 

 Show to be held in Philadelphia dur- 

 ing November, when as many mem- 

 bers of the American Rose Society as 

 can it is hoped will attend. The fund 

 for Rose Disease investigation by prof. 

 Louis Massey of Cornell University 

 has been responded to so tar by 

 twenty-eight members of the American 

 Rose Society. 



Benjamin Hammond, Secy. 

 Beacon, N. Y. 



FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



A meeting of the Board of Directors 

 of the Florists' Hail Association of 

 America was held at the Hotel La- 

 Salle, Chicago, 111., on Friday, Octo- 

 ber 13, 191C. President B. G. Hill of 

 Richmond, Ind., presided, the follow- 

 ing officers and directors being in at- 

 tendance; J. F. Ammann, Edwards- 

 vllle. 111.; John G. Esler, Saddle River, 

 N. J.; Anders Rassmussen, New Al- 

 bany, Ind.; Charles P. Mueller, Wichi- 

 ta, Kan.; J. A. Valentine, Denver. 

 Col.; Samuel Murray, Kansas City, 

 Mo.; C. L. Washburn, Chicago, 111.; 

 Fred Burki, Gibsonia, Pa. 



The only directors absent were J. J. 

 Hess, Omaha, Neb., who was en route 

 to the National Flower Show Commit- 

 tee meeting at St. Louis, and Hon. Jo- 

 in the midst of a congressional cam- 

 paign and therefore unable to attend. 

 The officers of the past year were 



Meetings Next Week I 



Monday, Oct. 23. 



Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Rhode Island, Swartz Hall, Provi- 

 dence, R. I. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore, Florist Excliange Hall, 

 Baltmore. Md. 



Tuesday, Oct. 24. 



Newport Horticultural Society, 

 Newport, R. I. 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 Tarrytown, N. V. 



Wednesday, Oct. 25. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society, 

 Oyster Bay, N. Y. 



Friday, Oct. 27. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, 

 County Bldg., Hartford. Conn. 



Monmouth County Horticultural 

 Society, Red Hauls. N. J. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society, 

 Pasadena, Cilif. 



People's Park Cottage Gardeners' 

 Association, Paterson, N. J. 



Saturday, Oct. 28. 



Dolib's Ferry Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion. Dobb's Ferry, N. Y. 



re-elected, viz.: E. G. Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind., president; J. F. Ammann, 

 Edwardsville, 111., vice-president; Hon. 

 Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa., treas- 

 urer; John G. Esler, Saddle River, N. 

 J., secretary. 



On motion, it was ordered that the 

 Twenty-ninth Assessment to be levied 

 on March 1, 1917, shall be at the rate 

 of twenty cents per 100 sq. ft. on 

 single strength, and eight cents per 

 100 sq. ft. on double strength glass: 

 the increase over the last assessment 

 being occasioned by the exceedingly 

 heavy hail losses during the past sea- 

 son which necessitated the paying out 

 of an unusual amount. 



The charter of the Association which 

 will have been in practical and suc- 

 cessful operation for thirty years upon 

 June 1, 1917, will be renewed under an 

 Enabling Act of the New Jersey Legis- 

 lature this coming winter, and the sec- 

 retary was authorized to take the 

 necessary steps to that end. The sec- 

 retary was also authorized to file the 

 list of Hail Association members with 

 the secretary of the S. A. F. & 0. H. 

 for the purpose of securing representa- 

 tive upon the S. A. F. & O. Board 

 through President E. G. Hill. 



A large part of the day was given 

 over to the discussion ofthe necessary 

 changes in the by-laws, and J. A. Val- 

 entine of Denver, Col., was appointed 

 a committee of one to draft the amend- 

 ments in accordance with the trend 

 of the discussion for eventual sub- 

 mission to the stockholders. These 

 new amendments are expected to es- 

 tablish a fiscal year under which ar- 

 rangement the annual meetings of the 

 Association will be held at the call of 

 the President after such fiscal year is 

 concluded at such time and place as 

 he may designate. The members of 

 the Board are to be congratulated up- 

 on having successfully accomplished 

 work that will be to the benefit of the 

 Association. John G. Esler, Secy. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW COM- 

 MITTEE. 



The special meeting at St. Louis 

 on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13 and 

 14, was attended by George Asmus, 

 chairman, John Young, secretary, J. J. 

 Hess, treasurer, Chas. H. Totty, W. P. 

 Craig, A. Farenwald, and President- 

 elect R. C. Kerr. Patrick Welch and 

 Thomas Roland were unable to be 

 present. 



The committee were welcomed at 

 the Jefferson Hotel by F. H. Mein- 

 hardt, J. J. Windier. H. C. Irish, Jules 

 Bourdet, D. S. Geddis, H. J. Fillmore, 

 A. Miller and Chas. F. Hatfield, secre- 

 tary and general manager of the St. 

 Louis Convention Bureau. 



The committee were the guests of 

 F. H. Meinhardt for breakfast at the 

 Jefferson Hotel after which all the 

 exhibition halls suitable for a flower 

 show were visited and inspected. At 

 noon the committee went into execu- 

 tive session at tlie Planters' Hotel. The 

 final reports of the National Flower 

 Show held in Philadelphia were re- 

 ceived and all business in connection 

 with that exhibition was cleared up. 



By unanimous vote it was decided 

 to hold the next National Flower Show 

 in the spring of 1918 in St. Louis. By 

 similar vote it was decided to lease 

 the building known as the Coliseum 

 for this exhibition and the dates to be 

 April fi to l.j. The secretary of the 

 committee was authorized to prepare 

 the necessary floor plans showing 

 available spaces for the trade exhibits 

 and if possible to arrange for a scale 

 of prices which would include the cost 

 of booth and signs. This would assist 

 in having one general scheme of ar- 

 rangement and decoration in the trade 

 section. Chas. H. Totty, Thomas Rol- 

 and and A. Farenwald were appointed 

 a committee to prepare a preliminary 

 schedule. 



The secretary was instructed to 

 communicate with the American Rose, 

 Carnation, and Sweet Pea Societies 

 inviting them to co-operate with the 

 National Flower Show by holding 

 their annual meetings and exhibitions 

 at the same time. The secretary was 

 also authorized to raise immediately 

 the usual guarantee fund of $10,000. 

 Mr. Asmus tendered his resignation 

 as chairman of the committee giving 

 his reasons why some other member 

 of the committee should be elected to 

 that office. After being thoroughly 

 discussed Mr. Asmus was induced to 

 reconsider his decision and upon mo- 

 tion of Mr. Totty his resignation was 

 not accepted. 



At 6.30 P. M. the committee were 

 the guests of the officials of the Con- 

 vention Bureau at dinner in the Plant- 

 ers' Hotel. Among those present were 

 Goodman King, president of the St. 

 Louis Convention Bureau, and Chas. 

 P. Hatfield, secretary of the same bu- 

 reau, representatives of the daily 

 press, Jules Bourdet. president of the 

 St. Louis Florist Club, J. J. Windier, 

 secretary, and A. H. Hunimert, vice- 

 president of the same club. Also W. 

 W. Ohlweiler, J. J. Beneke, P. A. 

 Windier, V. J. Gorley, Chas. Beyer, 



