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HORTICULTUKE 



August 31, 1912 



of George Sykes, manager of their Chi- 

 cago office. 



Farquhar and Wirth are a great team 

 to look forward to for 1913. Mark it 

 down as certain that the New York 

 Flower Show and the Minneapolis 

 Convention, under such leadership will 

 leave a shining record on the pages 

 of S. A. F. history. 



The daily lunch In the basement 

 was a feature admirably carried out 

 and, in this instance, was greatly appre- 

 ciated by the visitors. The exhibit- 

 ors were especially benefited by this 

 generous provision as it helped to keep 

 customers in the building and was a 

 great convenience to them in many 

 ways. 



E. G. Hill's suggestion that the S. 

 A. F. purchase a big exhibition tent to 

 be used when hall rents are too high 

 is not without merit. Mr. Hill can 

 speak from his experience abroad last 

 spring and we should like to hear 

 more of it. It has much more to com- 

 mend it than anything thus far pre- 

 sented regarding a "home." 



August Poehlmann's words in advo- 

 cacy of harmony and fraternal agree- 

 ment, "each for all and all for each," 

 at the close of the visit to his estab- 

 lishment at Morton Grove, were full 

 of noble sentiment and well worth re- 

 membering. Personalities and acrimo- 

 nius discord make for disintegration 

 and men who foster such are among 

 the worst enemies of any organiza- 

 tion. Happily, the S. A. F. is probably 

 as free from this blight as any society 

 in existence. May it so continue. 



Scale, Olive Scale, Long Scale, Olean- 

 der Scale. Enonymus Scale, Circular 

 Scale, Miscellaneous Scale. Approved 

 remedies and their application were 

 then given. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



7 his valuable report by Prof. Thos. 

 B. Symons is too lengthy to present in 

 full at this time but we shall hope to 

 find room for it all in succeeding is- 

 sues. In his introduction Prof. Sy- 

 mons said: 



There is no doubt that the phase of 

 Entomology relating particularly to 

 the insect pests that are troublesome 

 to the florist and ornamental horti- 

 culturist has not been given the at- 

 tention that the industry represented 

 demands. In no State institution with 

 which I am familiar is there provision 

 for one man's time devoted to the 

 study and control of these pests, not- 

 withstanding the industry in many in. 

 dividual states alone would more than 

 justify the employment of men to de- 

 vote their whole time to the study of 

 insect and disease problems of the 

 florist. 



As a member of the Committee of 

 American Association of Official Hor- 

 ticultural Inspectors on National Leg- 

 islation, I have kept in close touch 

 ■with the movement to secure an ade- 

 quate national inspection bill which 

 ■will serve to protect all horticultural 

 interests from new insect and disease 

 pests, and at the samt; time will not 

 ■work a hardship upon auy particular 

 industry. We hope to secure the 

 passage of this bill by the Congress 

 BOW in session. 



I also desire to say that it will be 

 my pleasure to serve any or all the 

 members of this Association in identi- 

 fying insects or giving information 

 for their control, as occasion arises. 



Then followed detailed descriptions 

 of and remedies for the following: 

 The Greenhouse Orthenia, Short- 

 Tailed Mealy Bug, Long-Tailed Mealy 

 Bug, Hemispherical Scale. Soft Brown 



THEODOR'E WIRTH. 



A regrettable incident in connection 

 with our partial report of the Chicago 

 convention in our issue of last week 

 was the omission, through a careless 

 blunder of the Western Union in trans- 

 niitting telegram, of the name of the 

 gentleman elected to serve as vice- 

 president for 1913— Mr. Theodore Wirth 



TllEODOlUO Wiuin, 



Vlce-Preeident Elect Society of Americau 

 Florists. 



of Minneapolis. Mr. Wirth's nomina- 

 tion and election were unanimous and 

 we know he will by his splendid ability 

 and efficiency in that important office 

 fully justify the confidence so well 

 demonstrated in this action by the so- 

 ciety. 



REPORT OF A. L. MILLER, STATE 



VICE-PRESIDENT FOR NEW 



YORK. 



As State Vice-President, New York 

 Bast, including New York city and 

 vicinity, I find, in investigating, that 

 there is an increase in all branches of 

 the business. The greenhouse con- 

 structors, pot manufacturers, seeds- 

 men, supply men and the importers, 

 all report an increase over last year. 

 The store men also report a good 

 season — Easter trade being exception- 

 ally good. 



There has been considerable green- 

 house building in the commercial line 

 but not so much private construction. 

 On Long Island quite an amount of 

 glass has been erected for growing 

 carnations and sweet peas, and a more 

 limited amount for growing general 

 stock. As the land is getting too valu- 

 able and the taxes too high in Greater 

 New York, the glass is gradually de- 

 creasing, the growers moving beyond 

 the city line. 



The greenhouse constructors inform 

 me that, at the present time, it is im- 

 possible for them to take any more 



contracts for immediate delivery. The 

 demand, they say, has been mostly for 

 large modern houses for the growing 

 of carnations, sweet peas and vegeta- 

 bles all over the country, especially in 

 the middle west. The pot manufac- 

 turers report an increase of over 25 

 per cent, above last year. The im- 

 porters report that there has been 20 

 per cent, more orders placed with 

 them this year for azaleas, for small 

 to medium sized plants; they also re- 

 port that on account of the dry season 

 in Germany, first-size valley pips are 

 over-sold and will be scarce, and that 

 Lillium formosum and Roman hya- 

 cinth crops are short. 



Last winter the cut flower growers 

 complained about the low prices, espe- 

 cially for orchids and gardenias, the 

 price being the lowest in the history 

 of the New York market; the rose 

 growers also complained very much. 

 Easter plants sold well and were in 

 great demand. The carnation growers 

 have now completed housing their 

 plants, . which have not made much 

 growth in the field. 



An important event in the florist 

 trade in New York State was the or- 

 ganization, pursuant to a call issued 

 by the New York Florists' Club, of the 

 New York State Federation of Floral 

 (Mubs, at Cornell University, on Feb- 

 ruary 23rd, last. Delegates from a 

 number of clubs and horticultural so- 

 cieties met on that date, formed the 

 organization, and adopted a constitu- 

 tion and by-laws, the objects of the 

 federation being to promote in all pos- 

 sible ways the art of floriculture, orna- 

 mental horticulture, and gardening un- 

 der glass, including educational and 

 civic improvement benefits arising 

 therefrom, among the people of the 

 State of New York. Each club or 

 society in the state has the right to- 

 appoint or elect one delegate for each 

 twenty-five members in good standing. 

 The treasurer of the S. A. F. and O. H., 

 W. F. Kasting, was elected president, 

 and our secretary, John Young, was 

 elected secretary of the new organiza- 

 tion. Resolutions were passed during 

 the meeting pledging the support of 

 the organization in an effort to secure 

 a state appropriation of $75,000 for 

 erecting greenhouses for experimental 

 work in floriculture at Cornell Univer- 

 sity. The federation is to hold its 

 meeting during the ■n'eek of the State 

 P'air at Syracuse. It will thus be seen 

 that the trade in our state is now 

 organized and the organization is ex- 

 pected to become an important factor 

 in the obtaining of state aid in the 

 development and advancement of hor- 

 ticulture within the state. 



The National Flower Show is the 

 great topic and we are striving to 

 make this the greatest show in the 

 history of the country. Chas. H. Totty 

 and his committee will leave nothing 

 undone that will help to make this a 

 grand success, the New York Florists' 

 Club assisting with all its power. The 

 National Flower Show, taking place in 

 New York City, will give us the op- 

 portunity of inducing a great many to 

 become members. We certainly hope 

 to have all the members of the S. A. F. 

 and O. H. give us the pleasure of 

 meeting them in New York city next 

 spring. 



In conclusion I am glad to he able 

 to say that our state heads the list 

 with 234 members. 54 more than any 

 other state. 



