September 28, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



441 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



LANCASTER FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At this our first meeting we had a 

 fine display of chrysanthenuims from 

 Rudolph Nagle and some choice carna- 

 tions from Amos Rohrer. The presi- 

 dent, A. M. Herr, gave a short talk 

 on the S. A. P. meeting in which he 

 deplored the fact that he had never 

 seen any notices in the trade papers 

 of bequests being left to this Society. 

 He urged the members to support the 

 S. A. F., saying that it takes money 

 these days to acccmplish anything 

 and this trade will never take its 

 proper place in the world until we 

 have a permanent headciuarters, pre- 

 ferably in Washington with our Secre- 

 tary always there and ready for busi- 

 ness with power to employ legal or 

 other talent whenever it is to the best 

 interests of the trade to do it. 



The Publicity Campaign launched at 

 this meeting had better never seen 

 daylight than to attempt it without 

 the money to employ the proper talent 

 to carry it to completion. This is not 

 said as a criticism of the S. A. P., but 

 to show the numerous ways in which 

 a dollar properly expended will multi- 

 ply Itself a hundred fold and this club 

 will want to attend the Flower Show 

 next spring almost in a body and then 

 will be a good time to join the S. A. F. 

 Some day the powers that be will 

 wake up to the fact that money in an 

 association of this kind is best in- 

 vested when spent for the general 

 good, and when this awakening comes 

 the more there is to spend the quicker 

 will be the results. Quite a bit of en- 

 thusiasm was created and it is likely 

 there w'ill be a good representation at 

 the show next spring from this club. 



In a general discussion for the bet- 

 terment of our own club it was de- 

 cided to have the monthly notices 

 open to any announcements of want- 

 ing to buy or wanting to sell stock of 

 any kind in a local way only. A com- 

 mittee was appointed for the purpose 

 of arranging visiting tours among the 

 various growers during the season, and 

 the Program Committee gave a pro- 

 gram up to and including the January 

 meeting. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Examining Committees. 



President Chas. H. Totty announces 

 the committees to examine new chrys- 

 anthemums tor the ensuing year 

 which are as follows: 



Boston — Wm. Nicholson (chair- 

 man), James Wheeler, Alex. Mont- 

 gomery. Ship flowers to Boston 

 Flower Exchange, C Park street, care 

 of chairman. 



New York — Eugene Dailledouze 

 (chairman), Wm. H. Duckham, A. 

 Herrington. Ship flowers to New 

 York Cut Flower Co.. 55 W. Twenty- 

 sixth street, care of chairman. 



Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge 

 (chairman). John Westcott, S. S. Pen- 

 nock. Ship flowers to A. B. Cartledge, 

 1514 Chestnut street. 



Cincinnati — R. Witterstaetter (chair- 

 man), James Allen, Henry Schwarz. 

 Ship flowers to chairman. Jabez Elliott 

 Flower Market, care janitor. 



Chicago — J. B. Deamud (chairman), 

 D. A. Robertson, Peter Schilt. Ship 

 flowers to J. B. Deamud, 160 No. 

 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Shipments should be made to arrive 

 by 2 P. M. on examination day to re- 

 ceive attention from the committee 

 and must be prepaid to destination 

 and an entry fee of $2.00 should be 

 forwarded to the secretary not later 

 than Tuesday of the week they are to 

 be examined or it may accompany the 

 blooms. Seedlings and sports are 

 both eligible to be shown before 

 these committees provided the raiser 

 has given them two years trial to 

 determine their true character. 



Special attention is called to the 

 rule that sports to receive a certificate 

 must pass at least three of the five 

 committees. The committees will be 

 in session to examine such exhibits 

 as may be submitted on each Satur- 

 day during October and November 

 the dates of which will be October 5, 

 12, 19, 26 and November 2. 9. 16, 23, 30. 

 CHAS. W. JOHNSON, Sec'y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Retail Florists' Association of 

 St. Louis held a very pleasant meeting 

 on Monday night, September 16th, at 

 the Washington Hotel. The attend- 

 ance was very small, just enough to 

 transact what business came before 

 the meeting. At the conclusion the 

 members sat down to a nice spread. 



Secretary Young informs us that he 

 is having remarkable success in book- 

 ing space for the. trade section of the 

 big International Flower Show for 

 New York next April. The sales of 

 space in big blocks within the past 

 few days leave no doubt that the en- 

 tire area devoted to this department 

 will be taken. 



The Bar Harbor Horticultural So- 

 ciety has elected the following oflR- 

 cers for the ensuing year: Louis B. 

 McCagg, president; John I. Kane, first 

 vice-president; William T. Burton, sec- 

 ond vice-president; John H. Stafford, 

 third vice-president; Charles L. Shand, 

 clerk; William T. Burton, treasurer; 

 Clifford F. Came, financial secretary; 

 John H. Stalford. sergeant-at-arms ; 

 John I. Kane, Clifford F. Came, Dr. 

 Robert Abbe, George B. Dorr. C. Mor- 

 ton Smith, board of directors for term 

 of three years. 



The regular meeting of the Cook 

 County Florists' Association took place 

 at Chicago on the 19th with a fair at- 

 tendance, including all the oflicers. It 

 was decided that the second Thurs- 

 day in October would be ladies' night 

 and a large number are expected. The 

 meeting will be at The Tavern and the 

 price will be one dollar per plate. 

 Some good things were assured for fu- 

 ture meetings including talks by 

 Walter Scott of La Grange and by H. 

 N. Bruns who will speak on his recent 

 European trip. 



IN BANKRUPTCY. 



A petition of involuntary bankruptcy 

 was filed against Henry Morris, florist, 

 of 210 East Genesee street, Syracuse, 

 N. Y. The law firm represented the 

 Sedgwick Farm Land Company, $5C0; 

 the Mason-Henry Printing Co., $12.65; 

 and William S. Orr, $2.45. The peti- 

 tion states that Morris is hopelessly 

 insolvent and cannot pay the debts. — 

 Syracuse Herald. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



American Rose Society prizes for 

 cut blooms, April 5-12, 1913, at New 

 York: 



Division A. — Best display of cut roses 

 ooveriug uot less than 200 square feet of 

 space, and to contain not less than 200 

 lilooms, Qualit.v of blooms and effect to be 

 considered, and decorative green of any 

 kind, including plants, permitted. First 

 prize, $250.00; second, $150.00; third, $100.00. 



Division B. — lOO American Beauties, 1st 

 prize $60.00, 2d $40.00. 3d $20.00: 50 Ameri- 

 can Beauties, 1st $50,00, 2d $20.00, 3d $10.00; 

 50 Killarney, 50 Dark Pink Killarney, 50' 

 Double Pink Killarne.v, 50 White Killarney, 

 50 Double White Killarney (any strain), 

 .50 liillarney Queen. 50 Richmond, 50 Ra- 

 diance, 50 Lady Hillingdon, 50 Sunburst, 

 ,50 Mrs. Aaron Ward, 50 My Maryland, 50- 

 Melody, 50 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 50 

 Mrs. Taft (Prince of Bulgaria), 50 any 

 other disseminated variety, red, 50 do. 

 white, 50 do. vellow, 50 do. pink — first prize 

 $20.00 and second prize $10.00 in each of 

 the nineteen classes. 



Division C — 25 American Beauties, 1st 

 prize $20.00, 2d $15.00, 3d $10.00. Twenty- 

 five of each of the varieties as listed in 

 Section B, with the addition of Chatenay, 



For full information, schedules, space for 

 trade exhibits, etc., write to: John Young, 

 Secretary and Manager for Trade Exhibi- 

 tion, 54 W. 28th St., New York Cit.T. 



Perle des Jardins, Bride, Bridesmaid and 

 Bonsilene, first prize $10.00. second $5.00 

 respectively. 



Division D. — For best New Rose not in 

 commerce — .50 blooms, $25.00. 



Division E. (for Retailers only) — For the 

 host and most artistic display of Cut Roses, 

 and with such accessories as the exhibitor 

 may desire. Corsage Bouquet, 1st $6.00, 

 2d $4.00; Bridal Bouquet, 1st $20.00, 2d 

 $10.00: Basket of Roses, 1st $25.00, 2d, 

 $15.00; Table Decoration, 1st $75.00, 2d 

 $50.00; Mantel Decoration, Ist $75.00, 2d 

 $50.00. 



Division F. — Open to private gardeners 

 and amateurs only. Not less than 12 

 blooms of each varietv. American Beau- 

 ties. 1st, $6.00; 2d, $4.00. Killarney, Dark 

 Pink Killarney, Double Pink Killarney, 

 White Killarney. Richmond, My Maryland, 

 Bride, Bridesnniid, Golden Gate or Dncle 

 .John. Sunrise or Sunset, Bonsilene, Kaiser- 

 in Augusta Victoria, Cardinal, Rhea Reid, 

 Chatenay, Mrs. Taft, any other dissemi- 

 nated variety, 1st prize $4.00, 2d prize 

 $2.00, respectively. 



Special Prizes. — In this section the prizes 

 ai'e offered for special exhibits, by one and 

 another friend, who wishes to encourage 

 Rose culture or is an admirer of the 

 "Queen of Flowers," and the list grows up 

 to the opening of the exhibition, and Is 

 always a subsequent list to the general list 

 and usually embraces a considerable num- 

 l)er. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Secretary. 



Fishkill on Hudson, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1912. 



DURING RECESS. 

 Cliicago Bowlers. 

 Bowling tor the season of 1912-1913 

 was opened by the Cook County Flor- 

 ists' Association on September 18th. 

 The entire membership of the league 

 was present as well as many visitors, 

 including several ladies. The score 

 was as follows: 



ROSES. VIOLETS. 



Goerisch, 157 1.S6 134 Huebner, 164 164 162 



Vilker. 06 135 75 Jacobs, 160 113 171 



Ollinger, 98 113 106 Cole, 170128 122 



Kvers, 172135 175 Schultz. 155130 126 



Fischer, 176 173 187 J.Huebner,1.58 156 165 



ORCHIDS. CARNATIONS. 



Ross. 114 182 187 Lorman. 141 131 161 



Graft, 1.54 149 146 L'berm'n, 141 131 161 



K'hlbr'nd, 119 100 91 Brunke, 165 153 158 



Ocon'p'l's, 108 196 146 Armsfg, 124 116 121 



J. Zech, 150 115 144 A. Zcch, 179 172 112 



