November 18, 1916 



HOETICULTUEE 



667 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the executive commit- 

 tee of this society was held at the 

 Hotel Breslin, N. Y., on I-Yiday, Nov. 

 10, there being present Geo. W. Kerr, 

 president; Harry A. Bunyard, secre- 

 tary; Wm. Sim, treasurer; J. Harri- 

 son Dick, Wm. Gray, Edward Jenk- 

 ins and W. A. Sperling. 



A report was rereivec! irom Geo. 

 W. Kerr and W. A. Sperling, who 

 were appointed an auditing commit- 

 tee at the annual meeting last July. 

 They reported the books in good 

 order, with a balance of .$147 in cash 

 on hand and all expenses and bills 

 paid. Their report as set out in the 

 following paragraph was accepted 

 and they were discharged with 

 thanks. 



TRIAL BALANCE, NOVEMBER. 1016. 

 Dr. 



L. 10, Vases $229.24 



L. 40, Guarantee Fmul 25.00 



L. 6". B. H. Show aoet 420.50 



L. 25, Expense 265.01 



Cash 45, Cash on Ijaud 147.99 



.$1,157.74 

 Cr. 



L. 1. Membershi[) .«l.j2.00 



L. 41, Guarantee Fund 260.00 



L. 51, Prize Donors .'SOO.OO 



L. 52, Prize Donors, nutsidi'i-s .S.j.OO 



I.. 75, Receipt, gate 75.00 



L. 110. Surplus Funil 2.')9.74 



When $20 leieivej from I'.. 



H. Horticultural is pasted. 20.00 



' .«!. 157.74 



A warm vote of thanks was passed 

 to Chas. H. Totty. Madison. N. J., and 

 John Stalford. Bar Harbor. Me., who 

 between them had procured subscrip- 

 tions for a special fund, amounting 

 to $276; Mr. Totty having obtained 

 $1611 and Mr. St-jlford $116. It was 

 through their efforts that the so- 

 ciety's finances were put on a sound 

 basis at this time. 



It was proposed tbrit all members 

 whose dues were three years in ar- 

 rears be dropped. An ureent letter 

 of appeal will be sent to those who 

 are delinquent. There are 75 mem- 

 bers in good standing at the present 

 time, and 10 life members. 



A long general discussion took 

 place in regard to ways and means 

 of assisting the society and enlarging 

 its membership. It was event i; illy 

 resolved that some publication, to be 

 called a bulletin, be prepared contain- 

 ing useful articles on varieties, culti- 

 vation and so forth, this to be pub- 

 lished together with the schedule 

 earlv in January. Advertisements 

 will be solicited to help pay the cost 

 of the bulletin. The schedule, with 

 minor alterations, it is hoped, will be 

 on the same lines as that of last year. 

 Edwin Jenkins proposed that the 

 next show be held in Boston. Mass.. 

 the date being the first Saturday 

 after the 4th of July. Wm. Gray 

 seconded, and it was agreed to. Wm. 

 Sim was appointed a committee of 

 one to interview the trustees of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Sociotj- 

 with a view to obtaining a guarantee 

 from that society of assistance to- 

 ward the prize fund for the show. 



Meetings Next Week 



Monday, Nov. 20. 



D.troit Florists' Club, liemb Floral 

 Hall. Detroit. Mich. 



Houston Florists' Club, Chamber 

 of Commerce Rooms, Houston, Tex. 



New Jersey Floricultural Society, 

 Orange, N. .1. 



Tuesday, Nov. 21. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston, Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Ontario, St. George's Hall, Toronto, 

 Can. 



Minnesota State Florists' Associa- 

 tion. Minneapolis. Minn. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Horticultural Hall, Philadel- 

 phia. Pa. 



Wednesday, Nov. 22. 



Oyster Bay Horticultural Society, 

 Oyster I>ay, N'. Y. 



Friday, Nov. 24. ijihji 



Connecticut Ilortiiultural Society, ||||| 

 County Bldg., Hartford. Conn. |']|| 



Monmouth County Horticultural 

 Society. Red Bank. N. J. 



Pasadena Horticultural Society, 

 Pasadena, Calif. 



People's Park Cottage Gardeners' 

 Association, Pnterson, N. J. 



Saturday, Nov. 



Dobb's Ferry Garflenera 

 tiou, Dobb's Ferry, N. Y. 



An invitation to meet with them 

 had been received from the officers 

 who are arranging the National 

 Flower Show at St. I^ouis in 1918. and 

 who are offering $250 as prizes for 

 sweet peas. It was resolved to sug- 

 gest that this sum be at least doubled, 

 since few growers, it vias thought, 

 would be induced to send displays 

 unless liberal prizes were offered. 

 General satisfaction was expressed at 

 the prospects before the society, and 

 it is hoped that a successful year lies 

 ahead. hauhy A. Buxy.vkd, Secy. 



NASSAU CO. HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At the monthly meeting of this so 

 ciety Wednesday evening, Nov. 9th, 

 the principal feature was the competi- 

 tion by assistant gardeners for the 

 best table decoration for prizes offered 

 by Robert Jones. .Tames Halloway. 

 Samuel Trepess and Daniel Coughlin 

 were appointed as judges and they 

 awarded 1st prize to James Waite. 2nd 

 to George Ford and 3rd to .Arnold Gat- 

 tiker. Out chrysanthemums comprised 

 the other exhibit of the evening and 

 for these classes John Johnstone. Jo- 

 seph Adler and Frank Watson acted 

 as judges. They awarded 1st prizes 

 to James McCarthy, and to John Doni- 

 browski certificate of culture for single 

 chrysanthemum Emma, and honorable 

 mention for a seedling anemone. After 

 the meeting a most enjoyable smoker 

 was held. Our annual meeting will 

 be held the second Wednesday in De- 

 cember at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. 

 Election of officers will there take 

 place. 



J.vMics i\IcC.M{TiiY. Cor. Sec'y. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



In the call for the regular meeting, 

 Monday evening, Nov. 13, Secretary 

 Young gave a mild intimation of the 

 joyful time in store for the members 

 and their ladies, and the attendance 

 was of a size and character to well 

 attest the wisdom of this I^adies' 

 Night festival. Our account of the 

 affair should properly go in the "Dur- 

 ing Recess" column, for business was 

 o.uickly despatched and everybody 

 flocked to the spacious dance hall on 

 the floor below the club rooms, where 

 they found the band and the caterer 

 r.nd the house committee all ready 

 for big doings. So seductive was the 

 entertainment and dancing that the 

 clock struck 1 A. M. before the merry 

 revellers were ready to go home. It 

 certainly was one glorious celebra- 

 tion and pleased everybody. At the 

 short business meeting which iire- 

 ceded the entertainment, nomination 

 of officers was put through with the 

 following result: 



For President— Chas. Schcnck. Henry 

 Weston. Frank R. Pierson, Thos. B. De 

 Forrest. G. E. M. Stumpp. 



Vice-President— J. H. Flesscr. Max 

 Sehllnc. P. \V. Popp. 'VV. G. Badgley. 



Secretary— John Young. J. Harrison Dick 

 (declined). M. C. Ebel. 



Treasurer— W. C. Rickarrts. Wallace R. 

 Pierson. James McHutcblson. 



Trustees— Roman J. Irwin, Christian 

 .Madsen. John Canning. A. Kottuiiller, Chas. 

 H. Brown. Victor Dorval. 



George T. Schuneman. of Baldwins. 

 sent a handsome exhibit comprising 

 fifteen varieties of sweet peas. Frank 

 Dinda showed seedling anemone 

 chrysanthemums and Paper White 

 narcissi. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



President W. X. Craig, of the Na- 

 tional .Association of Gardeners, has 

 appointed the following committee on 

 Convention Publicity: George W. 

 Hess. Washington. D. C: William 

 Kleinheinz, Ogontz. Pa.; David Eraser. 

 Pittsburgh, Pa.: Robert Cameron. 

 Cambridge. Mass.; John C;inning. 

 Ardsley. N. Y.; P. W. Popp. Maraaro- 

 neck. N. Y.; Thomas J. Wilson. Tux- 

 fdo Park. N. Y.; .'.nton Bauer. Deal 

 Peach. N. J.; James Duthie. Oyster 

 Bay, X. Y.; John Barnet. Sewickley. 

 Pa.'; Edw. Jenkins. Lenox. Mass.; Wil- 

 liam Gray, Newport. R. I.; Thomas W. 

 Head, l.ake Forest. III.: Albin Mar- 

 tini. Lake Geneva, Wis.; L. P. Jensen. 

 St. Louis. Mo.; Percy Ellings, Menio 

 Park. Cal. 



The convention will be held in 

 Washington, D. ('.. December .''. and 6 

 and in addition to an interesting pro- 

 gram, which has been provided for 

 the meetings, entertainment of the vis- 

 iting members has not been over- 

 looked. There is to be an auto trip 

 through the park system of Washing- 

 ton, a visit to the White House. Cap- 

 itol and the various departmental 

 buildings, and to the country estate of 

 George Washington at Mount Vernon. 

 A large attendance both from the east 

 and west is looked tor. 



