October 21, 1916 



HOETICULTUKE 



539 



Fred H. .Meinhardt and David S. Ged- 

 dis. Interesting addresses on the com- 

 ing National Flower Show wore made 

 by George Asmus, Chas. II. Totty, 

 David S. Geddis, Chas. F. Hatfield and 

 Goodman King. 



In the evening the committee at- 

 tended a special meeting of the St. 

 Louis Florist Club in the Coliseum 

 Building. All of the officers of the St. 

 Louis Florist Club were present and 

 in addition there was an attendance 

 of fifty-one members representing the 

 different florists' interests of the city. 

 The early part of the meeting was 

 presided over by George Asmus who 

 made a rousing address calling atten- 

 tion emphatically to the necessary 

 work attached to a National Flower 

 Show. Each member of the commit- 

 tee in turn was called upon to en- 

 lighten the members present as to 

 what was required to make the coming 

 show the success it certainly will be. 

 They also gave a detailed report of 

 the work in connection with previous 

 National Flower Shows and it was 

 made very clear that this coming ex- 

 hibition would have the benefit of this 

 experience. 



The meeting w-as then turned over 

 to President Jules Bourdet, of the 

 local club, who called upon each mem- 

 ber present for a few remarks and all 

 were enthusiastic and promised to as- 

 sist in every w-ay possible to make the 

 next National Flower Show to be held 

 in St. Louis more successful than any 

 that have been held before. 



Frank Robinson, secretary and man- 

 ager of the Coliseum, who without 

 question is one of the best show man- 

 agers in this country, gave an interest- 

 ing talk promising his support and as- 

 sistance wherever possible. The Na- 

 tional Flower Show will have the 

 hearty support of the Business Men's 

 League. 



The National Flower Show Commit- 

 teemen were very favorably impressed 

 with their reception and were delight- 

 ed to see the great interest and enthu- 

 siasm shown by the florists interests 

 in St. Louis and later on when the 

 local committees are appointed the 

 work of the exhibition will go on with 

 a rush, and there is no question but 

 what the Fifth National Flower Show 

 will compare favorably with any pre- 

 ceding flower shows. 



After the meeting in the Coliseum 

 the committee were entertained at 

 supper by President Bourdet and 

 other members of the Florist Club. 



On Saturday morning another ex- 

 ecutive session of the committee was 

 held and many important necessary 

 details were arranged for. A visit was 

 also made to Shaw's Botanical Gar- 

 dens and the officials of this institu- 

 tion are very enthusiastic and pleased 

 at the coming of the National Flower 

 Show to St. Louis and will give their 

 support both financially and otherwise. 

 JoH.v YoxxG, Sec. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held its 

 monthly meeting Oct. 12th at the St. 

 Louis Cut Flower rooms, about fifty 

 members present. The meeting was 

 honored by the presence of President- 

 elect R. C. Kerr of the S. A. F., who 

 came here to attend the meeting of 

 the National Flower Show Committee. 

 Speeches were made by R. C. Kerr, F. 



Coming Exhibitions 



! Oct. 26-27, Madison, N. J.— Twen- 

 tieth Annual Flower Show, Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' So- 

 ciety, James Assembly Hall. 



Oct. 27-29. Moant Kisco, N. T.— 



J Fall show of the Northern Westches- 

 I ter County Hort. and Agrl. See. 



[ Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Greenwich, Conn.— 



Fall Flower, Fruit and Vegetable 

 Show of the Westchester and Fair- 

 field Horticultural Society. 



Nov. 1-6, Boston. — Grand Autumn 

 Exhibition of Plants, Flowers, Fruits 

 and Vegetables. Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Horticultural Hall. 



Nov. 1 to 3, Tarrytown, N. Y. — 

 Chrysanthemum show of the Tarry- 

 town Hort. Soc. In Music Hall. 



Nov. 2-3, New Bedford, Uass. — 

 New Bedford Horticultural Society, 

 Annual Chrysanthemum Show. 



Nov. 8, Philadelphia.— Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America in con- 

 junction with Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



Nov. 8-10, New York. — Annual 

 Chrysanthemum show of the Ameri- 

 can Institute, Engineering Society 

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



Nov. 9-10, Bloomington, 111. — Fall 

 Flower Festival, Illinois State 

 Florists' Association. 



Nov. 9-11, L/ancaster, Pa. — Fall 



flower show. 



Nov. 9-12, New York— Fall exhibit 

 Horticultural Society of New York 

 at Museum of Natural History. 



Nov. 10-11, Cleveland, O.— Second 

 Annual Flower Sliow. Hotel Hol- 

 li'nilen. 



Nov. 11-19, New Orleans, la. — llj 



Flower show. 



Nov. 14-15, Providence, B. I. 



Flower show of R. I. Hort. Soc. 



C. Weber, Jr., Fred Ammann and 

 others. Frank Gorly spoke on pub- 

 licity and Mr. Ohlweiler urged co- 

 operation tp make the Spring Show of 

 1917 and the National in 191S record 

 successes. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, 



The monthly meeting of the above 

 society was held on October 18. There 

 was a good attendance to listen to a 

 most entertaining illustrated lecture 

 by Arthur Herrington on "Spring 

 Bulbs. New Ideas in Planting and Ar- 

 rangement." There was a nice show- 

 ing of cosmos and chrysanthemums. 

 After the lecture the business meeting 

 was held in the library. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



An Executive meeting of the Amei-- 

 ican Rose Society will be held at the 

 Hotel Breslin, Broadway and 29th 

 street. New York City, on Monday, Oc- 

 tober 23rd, at 2 P. M., to decide on a 

 place of meeting and to make arrange- 

 ments for the next annual show. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 An enthusiastic meeting of the club 

 was held on Tuesday evening, October 

 17; 110 members being present and 

 six new members added. Resolutions 

 on the death of Jackson Dawson were 

 adopted, the committee on resolutions 

 lieing A. P. Calder, Sr., Duncan Finlay- 

 son and T. D. Hatfield. 



Herman H. Bartsch lectured on 

 chrysanthemums from the commercial 

 standpoint, and he said to produce 

 chrysanthemums such as the Wm. W. 

 Edgar Company marketed, cost them 

 $7.00 per hundred to grow, and if they 

 got $10.00 a hundred for them they 

 considered that a fair profit. He went 

 very minutely into the culture of the 

 leading varieties, etc. 



Eric H. Wetterlow of Manchester, 

 Mass., spoke on the growing of speci- 

 men blooms from the private garden- 

 er's point of view. He found that 

 growing in 8-inch pots was superior to 

 growing in benches, and that they 

 could not be grown for less than $9.00 

 per dozen blooms. A lengthy discus- 

 sion followed the reading of both pa- 

 pers. 



On the exhibition table were Chry- 

 santhemums Polly Rose and Oconto 

 from W. W. Edgar Company; vase of 

 chrysanthemums from W. E. Pratt; 

 Chrysanthemums Hortense Malgat and 

 Cranfordiae from W. N. Craig, also 

 Bouvardia Humboldtii and Pure Cul- 

 ture Mushrooms; collection of mount- 

 ed specimens of our native flowers 

 from W. H. Judd, Arnold Arboretum; 

 also displays of apples from several 

 exhibitors. All these exhibits were 

 awarded a vote of thanks. 



There was quite a lengthy discus- 

 sion on the proper protection of trees 

 and shrubs during the winter from 

 the ravages of rabbits, etc., and tlie 

 use of burlap and slightly smearing 

 the stems with coal tar was consid- 

 ered to be the best preventive. 



It was announced that John Davy, 

 of Kent. Ohio, the original tree sur- 

 geon, would give a stereopticon lec- 

 ture at the next meeting, Nov. 21. his 

 subject being "Trees, Insects. Birds." 

 The club plans to invite several other 

 societies to Join them on that evening 

 to hear and enjoy this lecture. 



The October meeting of the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society was held 

 Wednesday evening, October IS, 1916, 

 in Manning Hall, Brown University. 

 Professor Albert F. Blakeslee, Cold 

 Spring Harbor. Long Island, New 

 York, gave an " illustrated lectui-e on 

 "The Value of Modern Plant Breeding 

 to the Horticulturist." showing a very 

 interesting set of slides. E. K. Thomas 

 of State College, Kingston, R. I., is 

 secretary. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICULTUR- 

 AL SOCIETY. 

 The monthly meeting of this society 

 was held at Glen Cove, N. Y. on Oct. 

 11. Final arrangements were made 

 for holding the Chrysanthemum Ex- 

 hibition on Nov. 2 and 3. James Glad- 

 stone was appointed manager of the 

 same. It was decided to hold a smok- 

 er after our next meeting on Nov. 8. 

 Robert Jones offered a prize of ten 

 dollars for the best table decoration 

 of chrysanthemums by assistant gar- 

 deners, to be competed for at that 

 meeting. An essay received from the 

 Association of Gardeners on "Malnu- 

 trition in Trees" by Arthur Smith was 

 read and discussed. 



J.\MEs McC.VRTitv, cor. secy. 



