January 24, 1914 



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tion's present condition and outlook 



for the future. 



Officers for the ensuing year were 

 elected as follows: 



President — Walter W. Coles, of Kokomo. 



First Vice-president — W. J. Vesey, Jr., 

 Fort Wayne. 



Second Vice-president— John H.irtje, In- 

 dianapolis. 



Secretary — O. E. Steinkamp, Indlauap- 

 oliq. 



Treasurer — H. L. Wiegand, Indiana pnlis. 



The exhibits included carnations St. 

 Nicholas and Shasta by Baur & Stein- 

 kamp; White Enchantress by Hartje 

 & Elder; Gloriosa and White Wonder 

 by W. J. & M. S. Vesey; Beacon, 

 White Enchantress and Mrs. Ward 

 and rose Ophelia by E. G. Hill Co.; 

 Washington and Rose-Pink Enchant- 

 ress by Stuart & Haugh; Yellow 

 Prince and Yellowstone by F. Dorner 

 & Sons Co. All the foregoing were 

 given honorable mention. Quite a 

 number of new carnations were on 

 exhibition and were scored as follows 

 by the committee: 



From R. Witterstaetter, President 

 Valentine, 88 points; No. 1021E, 75. F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co.. Champion, 80; 

 Sensation (provisional), 85; Good 

 Cheer, 83; No. 271, 81; seedling. 75. 

 Hartje & Elder, No. 23. 76. E. G. Hill 

 Co., No. 3, 79. S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 

 Philadelphia, 77. 



In the evening there was a banquet 

 at which some entertaining talks were 

 given and a pleasant social time en- 

 joyed. 



26. Due in Cleveland 4.35 P. M. Tues- 

 day. Parties wishing to join should 

 notify William Nicholson, Fi-aming- 

 hani, Mass. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The secretary will start for Cleve- 

 land, Monday evening, January 26. All 

 mail matter which will not reach In- 

 dianapolis by Monday morning should 

 be addressed in care of Hotel Staettler, 

 Cleveland, Ohio. The early entries 

 have been heavier than usual, indi- 

 cating a large showing of the divine 

 flower. This, in connection with the 

 retail display, should be of especial in- 

 terest to the members. 



If you have paid your dues, bring 

 your receipt with you, to avoid delay 

 in securing banquet ticket, badges, etc. 

 Wear your A. C. S. button. 



Sessions will be held Wednesday 

 evening, Thursday morning and after- 

 noon. Banquet Thursday evening. 



A. F. J. Baub, Sec. 



Chicago to Cleveland. 

 The Chicago party for the annual 

 convention of the American Carnation 

 Society, to be held at Cleveland, Jan- 

 uary 28-29, will travel on the Lake 

 Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, 

 leaving La Salle street station at 

 11:30 P. M., January 27, due at Cleve- 

 land the next morning at 7:35. The 

 fare one way is $7.75. Berths, lower 

 $2, upper $1.60. Berths can be re- 

 served through C. K. Thompson, at 

 the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 

 railroad ticket office, corner Clark and 

 Monroe streets (telephone, Randolph 

 5300), or through J. B. Deamud. chair- 

 man transportation committee, 160 

 North Wabash avenue (telephone 

 Central 3155). 



J. B. Deamdd, 

 Chairman Transportation Committee, 

 Chicago Florists' Club. 



New York to Cleveland. 

 The New York party for the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society s meeting at 

 Cleveland will leave the New York 

 Central Station on the 6.45 P. M. train 

 on Tuesday, January 27th, arriving at 

 Cleveland Wednesday morning at 7.35. 



Boston to Cleveland. 

 The party from Boston for the Car- 

 nation Meeting will leave South Sta- 

 tion at 11.15 P. M., Monday, January 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held on the 20th inst.. 

 the newly-elected president, Samuel 

 T. Bodine, in the chair. After the 

 routine business was disposed of the 

 audience — which was one of the larg- 

 est for some time — listened to a very 

 interesting address on Hardy Peren- 

 nials by Richard Rothe of the Dreer 

 staff of experts. The speaker also 

 gave a splendid series of stereopticon 

 views illustrating his subject. Mr. 

 Rothe showed himself thoroughly fa- 

 miliar with all phases of gardening 

 and discussed the fine points with fine 

 enthusiasm. We hope to find room 

 for the address in full in an early is- 

 sue. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 President Theodore Wirth has ap- 

 pointed B. T. Mische, Portland, Ore., 

 as state vice-president for that state, 

 and Daniel MacRorie state vice-presi- 

 dent for the northern part of Califor- 

 nia. John Young, Sec. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Hardy Ornamental Plant Grow- 

 ers' Association will hold its annual 

 meeting at Boston next August. C. J. 

 Molloy, of Rochester, N. Y., is secre- 

 tary. 



The annual dinner of the Morris 

 Country Gardeners and Florists' So- 

 ciety, was held at Piper's Hotel, Mor- 

 ristown, N. J., on Tuesday evening. 

 Jan. 20. 



The Retail Florists' Association of 

 St. Louis met on January 19 at Hotel 

 Bern. Reports were presented by the 

 committees on "crepe pullers" and 

 "union florists." 



The Connecticut Pomological Socie- 

 ty and the Connecticut Vegetable 

 Growers' Association wiil hold a hor- 

 ticul'.iirHl ci.iueiili,-.n a' Foot Guard 

 Hall, Hartford, on Feb. 3 and 4. 



The Lady Florists' Home Circle of 

 St. Louis met on Wednesday afternoon 

 at Mrs. F. C. Weber's. The attendance 

 was good and all had a jolly time. 

 Mrs. F. C. Weber, Jr., will entertain 

 the ladies at next month's meeting. 



The annual spring show of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 

 has been fixed for March 25, 26 and 27. 

 Premium lists can be procured from 

 David Rust, secretary. Horticultural 

 Hall, Broad and Locust streets, Phila- 

 delphia. 



The first regular exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 for 1914 will be held on Saturday and 

 Sunday, January 31 and February 1. 

 Lorraine begonias, primulas, orchids, 

 carnations, bulbous stock, fruits and 

 vegetables are liberally provided for 

 in the prize schedule. 



The regular meeting of the Cook Co. 

 Florists' Association was held Jan. 

 15th. The nomination of officers re- 

 sulted as follows: President, N. P. 

 Miller; vice-president, Alex. Hender- 

 son; secretary, A. T. Pyfer; treasurer, 

 John Zech; sergeant-at-arms, M. 

 Fink and Otto Goerisch; trustees, A. 

 Zech, P. Pearson, J. L. Raske, P. 01- 

 sem, J. Novak, R. Schmidt, E. Pea- 

 cock and F. Otterbacher. 



At the meeting of the Nassau Hor- 

 ticultural Society on Wednesday after- 

 noon, Jan. 14, at Glen Cove, N. Y., 

 it was decided to hold the annual din- 

 ner at the Oriental Hall, Glen Cove, 

 in February, date not yet decided. 

 Mr. Beers, of the A. N. Pierson Co., 

 Cromwell, Conn., addressed the meet- 

 ing as did also Mr. Collins, represent- 

 ing Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc., Bos- 

 ton. Mr. Collins offered a special 

 prize for competition at one of the 

 future shows. Awards were made to 

 Percy Chubb and James McCarthy 

 for carnations. Exhibits for next meet- 

 ing will be gardenias, freesias and 

 Primula malacoides. 



Harky Jones Cor. Sec. 



The regular meeting of the Oyster 

 Bay (N. Y.) Horticultural Society 

 was held on Jan. 16th. The chief in- 

 terest of the evening was a very in- 

 strtictive paper by Alfred Walker on 

 vegetable growing, etc. James Duthie 

 secured the prize for carnations and 

 Joseph Robinson that for sweet peas. 

 Frank Petroccia received honorable 

 mention for some fine plants of Pri- 

 mula malacoides. Frank Petroccia 

 also received the gold medal for the 

 most meritorious exhibits at the 1913 

 meetings. The medal was given by 

 Joseph Robinson. It was decided 

 to hold future meetings on the fourth 

 Wednesday of the month. John In- 

 gram will lecture on orchids at the 

 next meeting and the exhibits will be 

 narcissus, cyclamen and chicory. 



The date of the annual dinner has 

 been changed to February 12. 



SMITH MEMORIAL PLANS GET 

 RECOGNITION IN CONGRESS. 



The Smith Memorial plans gained 

 considerable headway when, on Janu- 

 ary 12, Congressman George S. Gra- 

 ham, of Philadelphia, Pa., introduced 

 into the House of Representatives a 

 bill (H. R. No. 11401 appropriating 

 $50,000 for the purpose of erecting a 

 monument to perpetuate the memory 

 of William R. Smith, late superinten- 

 dent of the Botanic Garden. 



Now that the seed has been sown in 

 the ground it is up to all who are in- 

 terested in this movement and every 

 florist, and every florists' organ- 

 ization in the country should get 

 on the job and send a few 

 words of encouragement to Mr. Gra- 

 ham and tell their representa- 

 tives in both of the Congressional 

 branches that they want this bill en- 

 acted into law. In this respect due 

 credit must be given to William F. 

 Gude, through whose efforts this bill 

 was drawn up. 



The new wholesale cut flower store 

 of B. A. Snyder & Co., 278 Devonshire 

 street, Boston, is roomy and excep- 

 tionally well fitted for the business. 

 This will undoubetdly take its place 

 l)('rmanently as one of Boston's lead- 

 ing wholesale houses. 



