July 20, 1912 



HOETICULTURE 



81 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



President Richard Vincent, Jr., lias 

 made the following appointments: 

 Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. J.; W. 

 N. Rudd, Chicago, 111.; August Poehl- 

 mann, Chicago, 111.; Robert Craig, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; George Asmus, Chi- 

 cago, 111.; Harry A. Bunyard, New 

 York; Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, 

 Mich.; Benj. Hammond, Fishkill, N. 

 y.; I. S. Hendrickson, Floral Park, N. 

 r., as a Committee on Affiliation. 

 President Vincent will act as chair- 

 man of this committee. 



Edward Wintersou, Chicago, 111., and 

 H. Brown, Richmond, Va., as members 

 of the Committee on Sports. 



Judges of the Trade Exhibition: — 

 Robert L. Graham, Baltimore, Md., 

 Adolphus Gude, Washington, D. C, 

 and A. L. Vaughan, Chicago, 111., for 

 sections A, B, F; W. P. Craig, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., A. L. Miller, Brooklyn, N. 

 Y., and E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, 

 Mass., for C. D.; S. S. Pennock, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., Charles E. Critchell, Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, and Ernest Weinhoeber, 

 Chicago, 111., for E. G; Philip Breit- 

 meyer, Detroit, Mich., F. H. Weber, 

 St. Louis, Mo., and H. V. Hunkle, Mil- 

 waukee, Wis., for H. 



The program of the convention is in 

 course of preparation, and will be sent 

 out shortly with badge for 1912 to all 

 members who have paid dues for 1912. 

 It will facilitate the work of the secre- 

 tary's office in Chicago, If all mem- 

 bers who have not already done so, 

 will remit dues promptly and badge 

 will be sent by return mail. 



Applications for space are still com- 

 ing in freely and it has become neces- 

 sary to take some of the space in the 

 Annex which was reserved for the 

 display of automobile trucks and 

 power wagons, for exhibitors in some 

 of the other classes. Among the many 

 applications this week are: 



W. H. Elverson Pottery Co., New 

 Brighton, Pa.; A. E. Kundcrd, Goshen, 

 Ind.; Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.; The 

 •O. F. Zurn Co., Phlla., Pa.; Joseph Hea- 

 coek, Wyncote, Pa.; Quaker City Machine 

 Works, Richmond, Ind.; Advance Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; The B. F. Goodrich Rubber 

 Co., Chicago, III.; Jac. Lederer, Chicago, 

 111.; Morehead Mfg. Co,, Detroit, Mich.; 

 G. E. Travis Co., Henry, 111.; Am. Florist 

 ■Co., Chicago, 111.; Florists Publishing Co., 

 Chicago, I11.;'H. G. Dreyer & Son, Cleve- 

 land, 0. 



JOHN YOUNG, 

 Supt. of Trade Exhibition. 



CANADIAN HORTICULTURAL AS- 

 SOCIATION. 



The fifteenth annual convention will 

 be held Aug. 6th, 7th, Sth and 9th, 

 1912., at Eraser Hall, Montreal, P. Q. 



Officers — Ex-president, John Conuon; 

 president, A. C. Wilshire; 1st vice-presi- 

 dent, Walter Muston; 2nd vice-president, 

 secretary, Julius Luck, 1018 Queen Mary 

 Road; treasurer, C. H. Janzen. 



Executive committee — 3 years, J. Gra- 

 ham, A. H. Ewing and H. G. Mullles; 2 

 years, A. Annandale, P. S. Cheesman and 

 E. J. Mepsted; 1 year, F. McKenna, Wm. 

 Downing and A. E. Ellis. 



Superintendent of trade exhibit — George 

 A. Robinson, 530 St. Catherine Road. Outre- 

 mont. 



Program. 

 Opening session, Tuesday, August 

 ■6th, 2.30 P. M. Address of Welcome, 



by the Mayor of Montreal. Reply by 

 J. Connon, Hamilton, Ont. President's 

 address: A. C. Wilshire, Montreal. 

 Secretary's report, Julius Luck, Mon- 

 treal. Treasurer's report, C. H. Jan- 

 zen, Berlin, Ont Appointment of 

 Judges for trade exhibit. Question 

 box. 



Wednesday, Aug. 7th, 9.30 A. M. 

 Discussion of President's address. Re- 

 port of Judges on trade exhibit. Paper, 

 Cost of Production of Florists Stock, 

 by W. W. Gammage, London, Ont. 

 Question box. 



Afternoon. Guests of the Montreal 

 Harbor Commission. 



Eight P. M. Paper, The Economical 

 Management of a Retail Store, by Geo. 

 M. Geraghty, Toronto, Ont. Paper, 

 Commercial Orchids, by Thomas Man- 

 ton, Eglintou, Ont Queston box. 



Thursday, Aug Sth, A. M. Guests of 

 the City of Montreal. Thursday, Aug. 

 Sth, 3 P. M. Unfinished business. 

 Selection of Place for next meeting. 

 Election of officers. Final resolutions. 

 Practical Demonstration in Arrange- 

 ment of Cut Flowers, by H. Dillemuth, 

 Toronto, Ont. Association banquet, 

 7.30 P. M. 



Friday, Aug. 9th. Visiting, Mac- 

 Donald College, St. Anne de Bellevue. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



The summer meeting of the board of 

 directors of the National Association 

 of Gardeners, was held in Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Boston, on Saturday after- 

 noon, July 13th. After disposing of 

 the routine business before the session 

 and deciding on holding the annual 

 convention during the early part of 

 November, the exact date and place to 

 be announced later, adjournment fol- 

 lowed to enable the members of the 

 National Association present to attend 

 the meeting of the American Sweet 

 Pea Society, to which they had been 

 earlier invited. In the evening the 

 members were entertained at an in- 

 formal banquet, together with the 

 members of the Sweet Pea Society, by 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston. 



On Sunday, the day following, sev- 

 eral members of the National Associa- 



tion with others, enjoyed an automo- 

 bile tour of the city's parkways and 

 parks, also a visit to the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, the newly-elected superinten- 

 dent of parks, Mr. James B. Shea, ac- 

 companying and entertaining the vis- 

 itors at one of the park inns. Our 

 members returned to their homes even 

 more impressed than heretofore that 

 to the gardener Boston leads as the 

 city of genuine hospitality. 



M. C. EBEL, Sec. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



An adjourned meeting of the Chica- 

 go Florists' Club was held July 11, 

 over 50 members being present. 



The evening was devoted to discus- 

 sion of the proposed changes in the 

 by-laws and to the reports of the S. A. 

 F. convention committees. D. A. Rob- 

 ertson, chairman of Ladies' Entertain- 

 ment Day Committee, reported favor- 

 ably on the South Shore Country Club 

 and the matter held for further con- 

 sideration. 



W. N. Rudd, chairman badge and 

 ticket committee reported selection 

 made and 3000 ordered. E. F. Win- 

 terson reported that sports and pas- 

 times committee had their plans all 

 ready for the 0. K. of C. Graham, 

 chairman S. A. F. sports committee. 

 Geo. Asmus asked for any further sug- 

 gestions for the souvenir album. E. 

 A. OUinger reported the baseball team 

 complete, and P. J. Foley spoke of the 

 outing at Ravinia Park. 



An invitation was telegraphed to 

 the National Sweet Pea Society at 

 Boston, to hold its next meeting here. 



Next meeting will be held July 25. 



J. W. Page, Paul Diebold, James 

 Fisher. Tony Einwech, G. E. Raedleln, 

 A. L. Randall and S. G. Anderson were 

 elected to membership. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



At the meeting on Thursday after- 

 noon, July 11th, all the officers were 

 in attendance and a large number of 

 members when President Windier 

 called the meeting to order. Trustee 

 Weber reported that the trustees had 

 completed all arrangements for the 

 annual outing for Wednesday, July 17, 



FERN GROUP BY W. A. MANDA AT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. 



Winner of Silver Cup for 12 Specimen Fcths and First Prize for 6 New Ferns. 



