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HORTICULTURE 



September 14, 1912 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club which took place on Mon- 

 day evening, Sept. 9, was in every way 

 a success, members attending to the 

 number of about one hundred, addi- 

 tional interest being enthused by the 

 presence of John K. M. L. Parquhar, 

 who made a most interesting speech 

 in the course of which he referred to 

 the forthcoming International Flower 

 Show, which he felt certain would be 

 a great success and to which end, 

 promised his hearty support. 



President Richard Vincent, Jr., 

 made a most interesting address on 

 convention matters in general and an 

 account of the work he had accom- 

 plished thus tar while president. An- 

 other interesting talk was that by W. 

 A. Manda, who gave some very inter- 

 esting details of the recent London 

 International Exhibition and he also 

 had on view the case of medals and 

 cups he so deservedly won there. 



Patrick O'Mara also spoke enter- 

 tainingly on convention matters and 

 proposed votes of thanks to the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club and Ladies' Aux- 

 iliary. 



Secretary John Young of the S. A. 

 F., gave a detailed report on the Trade 

 Exhibition at Chicago. Mr. Young ex- 

 pressed his appreciation of the kind 

 treatment received by him while in 

 Chicago and of the help given him by 

 the local people. The exhibitors, too, 

 had made the work of trade superin- 

 tendent very pleasant. He had been 

 especially fortunate in having George 

 Asmus of the Advisory Committee at 

 his back at all times, that gentle- 

 man's experience in managing the 

 Coliseum Flower Shows having made 

 him a past master in such work. He 

 said that it was through the efforts of 

 Mr. Asmus that the Coliseum people 

 had permitted the exhibitors to get in- 

 to the building on Thursday preceding 

 the convention, and allowed until 

 Tuesday following the convention to 

 remove their exhibits. 



Mr. Young replied quite fully to the 

 criticisms which Mr. Rosnosky had 

 made at the meeting of the Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia in reference to 

 cost of installing exhibits at Chicago, 

 stating that Mr. Rosnosky had greatly 

 exaggerated the conditions and that 

 he holds all receipts, documents, etc., 

 In proof of this. He admitted that 

 there was some annoyance as to car- 

 penters but no more than occurs In 

 any other large city and stated that 

 neither the S. A. P. nor the manage- 

 ment had made any arrangements 

 'j.'ith any carpenter. 



A committee was appointed to take 

 some action to secure arrangements 

 for the proper receipt of flowers in- 

 tended for delivery to passengers on 

 shipboard, also resolutions committees 

 on the death of Wm. R. Smith, Mrs. 

 A. S. Burns and Alexander Holt. 



W. R. Pierson gave a detailed re- 

 port tor the Committee on Publicity, 

 of which he is chairman. To comply 

 with the resolution passed at the Chi- 

 cago convention, the following local 

 committee was appointed on publicity: 

 1. S. Hendrickson. Herman Waren- 



dorff, C. C. Trepel, John Young, 

 Charles Schenck, C. A. Dards, Walter 

 Sheridan, A. L. Miller, Alex McCon- 

 nell, Alfred Bunyard, L. W. C. Tut- 

 hill, A. T. De La Mare, Leonard Bar- 

 ron, F. R. Pierson. C. H. Totty, W. R. 

 Pierson. M. C. Ebel, H. A. Bunyard, 

 W. E. Marshall and John B. Nugent. 



A fine lot of gladioli were staged by 

 John Lewis Childs and for Fire King 

 No. 6 he was awarded honorable men- 

 tion. Charles H. Totty exhibited 

 chrysanthemum Smith's Advance, 

 honorable mention; new seedling rose 

 No. 190, a brilliant fleshy pink, very 

 vigorous grower and free flowering, 

 (vote of thanks, exhibitor does not 

 wish it scored at this time) ; new 

 hardy aster "Climax," color lavender, 

 (highly commended). E. S. Miller 

 showed a collection of gladioli and 

 was awarded the thanks of club. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell. 

 Conn., offers for registration the fol- 

 lowing new seedling rose H. T. (J. B. 

 Clark X Richmond.) Any person ob- 

 jecting to the registration or to the 

 use of the proposed name is requested 

 to communicate with the secretary at 

 once. Failing to receive objection to 

 the registration, the same will be 

 made three weeks from date. 



Raiser's Description— The rose is a 

 hybrid tea, a cross between Richmond 

 and J. B. Clark. The habit of growth 

 is strong and sturdy, and foliage ex- 

 cellent. The flower is large and dou- 

 ble and opens perfectly at all seasons 

 of the year. In color it is similar to 

 Richmond, although richer in color 

 and in the bud. 



In form of flower and in fragrance 

 it resembles Gen. Jacqueminot and 

 combines with this excellent color, 

 strong growth, great productiveness, 

 and wonderful keeping qualities which 

 strongly recommend the variety as an 

 excellent forcing rose. The variety 

 will be disseminated in 1913. 



The name which I wish to give to 

 the above described rose is Milady. 

 JOHN YOUNG, Secretary. 



September 3, 1912. 



SOUTHAMPTON HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Southampton (N. Y.) Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in Odd Fellows' Hall, 

 September 5th. The secretary of the 

 flower show read a report, showing a 

 balance of $400 left over after paying 

 expenses, which will be equally di- 

 vided between the Fresh Air Home 

 and Southampton Hospital. A com- 

 munication was read from Chas. H. 

 Totty asking the Society to donate 

 some premiums for the National 

 Flower Show. This was laid on the 

 table until next meeting. A committee 

 was appointed to get full information 

 regarding having the Society incorpo- 

 rated and report at next meeting. 

 WM. McLEOD, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 club on the evening of September 3d 

 was well attended. President B. C. 

 Ludwig, who was in the chair, and 

 about twenty other members of the 

 club had attended the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion in Chicago and there was an in- 

 teresting exchange of views regarding 

 the convention, and in and around Chi- 

 cago, it seemed to be the gist of 

 opinion that the hospitality of the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club was beyond all 

 praise, and the convention was a suc- 

 cess; the gladiolus exhibits were very 

 fine, and the advance in this fiower in 

 the past few years seemed very 

 marked. The great greenhouse plants 

 about Chicago were a surprise in their 

 extent, although in cultural perfection 

 there seemed to be no advance over the 

 east. Considerable surprise was ex- 

 pressed at the comparative absence of 

 bedding plants, and the suburban vil- 

 las and city lots did not show shrub- 

 bery and vines to anything like the ex- 

 tent to which we are accustomed 

 about Pittsburgh. 



It was Gladiolus Night at the club, 

 but owing to the torrential rains to 

 which this section has been subjected 

 of late the display of blooms was very 

 light. President Ludwig showed a col- 

 lection of fine mixed varieties from his 

 Butler farm, and A. C. Knauff showed 

 some America and some enormous hy- 

 drangea blooms, larger than ever be- 

 fore shown at the club. He ascribes 

 the immense size of his blooms to the 

 fact that he cuts back his hydrangeas 

 close to the ground every season. 



The secretary was instructed to ex- 

 press the thanks of the club to the 

 i<'loris*s' Club of Chicago for their free- 

 handed hospitality. 



Subject for October meeting. Dahlias. 

 H. P. JOSLIN, Secretary. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 



The last club meeting showed some 

 of its old-time vigor in the discussion 

 ojt present-day questions. Mr. Poche- 

 lon. who was most fortunately chosen 

 secretary of the Florists' Telegraph 

 Association, made a very clean-cut, 

 energetic statement as to the great 

 benefits of this system. Of course it 

 sums itself up in the more than thou- 

 sand-year-old adage that there is 

 strength in unity, for as Mr. Pochelon 

 says, we all know and most realize 

 that an incalculable amount of busi- 

 ness could be done by this system 

 were our customers only better in- 

 formed regarding it. It would be a 

 blessing to us and our customers if 

 the retailers throughout the country 

 would join hands in this association 

 and speak of its existence wherever 

 possible. While a very creditable 

 start has been made there is no doubt 

 that such a "live wire" secretary as 

 Mr. Pochelon is, will bring about as- 

 tonishing results. 



FRANK DANZER. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Newport (R. I.) Horticultural 

 Society holds its annual flower show 

 on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Sep- 



