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HORTICULTUEE 



February 14, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB 



The best attendance ever had at 

 any club affair in Buffalo was at the 

 regular meeting of the Buffalo Flor- 

 ists' Club on Tuesday last. 



With President Legg in the chair, 

 the regular routine of business went 

 through and as there were visitors 

 and a paper to be read, same was 

 cut short. A brief talk was given 

 by Professor E. A. White on the 

 experiments being held at the Ag- 

 ricultural College, which was very in- 

 teresting. A paper was also read on 

 chemical fertilizers by Leon Neubeck, 

 and a lively discussion followed. 



An invitation and challenge was 

 read from the Rochester bowlers for 

 a contest; the first game to be bowled 

 in Rochester on Feb. 20. Jos. Streit, 

 manager of the Buffalo team has his 

 men in training and a warm contest 

 is looked for. Urgent request is made 

 that all who possibly can attend 

 should give their support as rooters 

 at the coming event. The Rochester 

 boys are royal entertainers and an ex- 

 ceptionally good evening's sport is as- 

 sured for all. A good bunch from 

 Buffalo will leave on train at 3.15. 

 Any information regarding same may 

 be had from Mr. Streit. 



During the afternoon and evening a 

 carnation exhibit was held in connec- 

 tion with the meeting. The commit- 

 tee and club members extend their 

 thanks to the growers who sent in 

 the following exhibits; 



Matchless, the beautiful white, Cuttage 

 Gardens, Queeos, N. Y. Dagmar, Patten 

 & Co., Tewksburv, Mass. Ideal. W. C. 

 Stroh, Attica, N. Y. Ward and Enchan- 

 tress, white. Miller & Stroh, Alden, N. Y. 

 Philadelphia Pink, S. S. Skidelsky, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. White Wonder, White Bros.. 

 Medina, N. Y. Enchantress, pink, L. H. 

 Neubeck, Eggertsville, N. Y. Enchantress 

 Supreme. DalUedouze Bros., New Y'ork 

 City. Enchantress, Rosette. White Won- 

 der, Gloriosa and Y'ellow Prince. Palmer 

 & Son. Lancaster, N. Y. White and Pink 

 Enchantress, C. F. Christensen, Eggerts- 

 ville, N. Y. Pink Supreme, J. 11. Leach 

 & Son, N. Easton, Mass. Pink Enchan- 

 tress, H, A. Blasdell, North Collins, N. Y. 

 White Perfection. Ward, Pink Enchantress 

 and Double White Killaruey Rose, C. T. 

 Guenther, Hamburs, N. Y. Mrs. C. E. 

 Akehurst, C. Akehurst i.\^ Son. White 

 Marsh, Md. Sweet Peas, Zvoeneks winter 

 flowering orchid type, Lavender. Venus 

 and Mrs. Skach. .Terry Brookins. Orchard 

 Park, N. Y. 



It was a grand display of carna- 

 tions, which has not been equalled at 

 any carnation show held in connection 

 with any Florists' Club meeting. Many 

 out-of-town florists were with us and 

 highly commented upon such a fine 

 exhibition of blooms. 



At the next regular meeting a paper 

 will be read by Ed. Lehde on soil 

 mixture and this should prove in- 

 teresting and a good discussion 

 should follow. At this time the elec- 

 tion of officers will be held and the 

 regular annual banquet will follow 

 the meeting. Nomination of officers 



tor the ensuing year: President, W. 

 H. Eiss; Vice-president, R. E. Boet- 

 tger; Secretary, William Legg; Fin. 

 Secretary, Albert F. Vick; Treasurer, 

 E. C. Brucker. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON 



As a result of the nominations for 

 the various offices of the Florists' 

 Club of Washington, George H. Cooke 

 v.ill be the next president, and Wil- 

 liam F. Gude, treasurer; Elmer C 

 Mayberry, secretary, and Adolph Gude 

 and Theodore Diedrich, trustees, have 

 been renominated with no contestants 

 in the field. The only contest will be 

 for the office of vice-president, for 

 which O. A. C. Oehmler and R. L. 

 Jenkins have been proposed. Both of 

 these gentlemen have a lot of follow- 

 ers and the fight promises to be a good 

 one. Mr. Oehmler for several years 

 was secretary of the club and has 

 served as a member of many of its 

 committees. Mr. Jenkins is one of the 

 most popular of the club's members 

 and has always been willing to do his 

 share of committee or other work 

 which might fall to him. 



A letter acknowledging with thanks 

 the congratulations extended him by 

 the membership upon his appointment 

 as superintendent of the Botanic Gar- 

 den was received from George W. 

 Hess. Speaking on the proposed Wil- 

 liam R. Smith Memorial plans, Mr. 

 William F. Gude asked that each 

 member consider himself as a commit- 

 tee of one to bring in some tangible 

 suggestion as to the form this Memo- 

 rial should take and fo present it at 

 the March meeting. .Apparently Mr. 

 Gude favors the erection of a suitable 

 building to form the home in the 

 National Capital of the Society of 

 American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists although he refused to 

 commit himself on the subject. 



A certificate of merit was awarded 

 to A. N. Pierson. Inc.. Cromwell. 

 Conn., on the new Hadley rose, a vase 

 of which was on exhibition. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB 



At our meeting Friday evenin.s, 

 Feb. 6, the matter of affiliating with 

 the S. A. P. & O. H. was brought up, 

 but upon motion, action was deferred 

 until our March meeting, when it will 

 come up as a special order of business. 

 A comtuittee consisting of W. J. 

 Keimel. Geo. Asnius and Aug. Poehl- 

 mann was appointed to take up the 

 matter and report at the next meeting. 

 J. F. Ammann and Mr. Loveridge ad- 

 dressed the Club on the coming meet- 

 ing of the Illinois State Florists' As- 

 sociation at Danville, 111., March 10 

 and 11. A special car has been chart- 

 ered from Danville to Urbana, where 

 the visiting florists will Inspect the 

 new range of glass at the University 

 of Illinois. The Club passed a resolu- 

 tion at this meeting, stating that 

 whenever a member is ill, flowers 

 should be sent to him instead of fruit 

 as heretofore, and that said flowers 

 shall be purchased only from a re- 

 tailer. 



J. B. FoLEV. Sec. 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND 

 GARDENERS' CLUB. 



A very attractive programme 

 brought out a good attendance at the 

 club meeting at the Fort Pitt Hotel 

 on the night of February 3d. First on 

 the list was a talk, illustrated by lan- 

 tern slides on "Gardening by Dyna- 

 mite." All the details or the process 

 of applying and firing the dynamite for 

 the removal of rocks and stumps were 

 shown. Then followed instructions 

 as to preparing the land for crops, 

 etc. 



A talk by A. Frishkorn on the Prop- 

 agation of Holland Bulbs followed, in 

 which all stages in development 

 were fully explained. 



Mr. Frishkorn was assisted by Mr. 

 A. Colyn of Voorhout, Holland, who 

 was able to answer the many ques- 

 tions asked. Among other things he 

 said that the old way of making cross- 

 cuts in the mother hyacinth bulb was 

 being superceded by the plan of 

 scooping out a hole in which the bulb- 

 lets could form. 



Interesting displays of cyclamen 

 and forget-me-nots were made by 

 Carl Becherer, gardener at Dixmont 

 Hospital; carnations by Jno. Costoff. 

 gardener at Beechwood Farms and 

 daffodils and tulips by the Bureau 

 of Parks. 



The election of officers for 1914 re- 

 sulted as follows: President, Niel 

 McCallum; vice-president, E. C. Reine- 

 man; treasurer. T. P. Langhans; secre- 

 tary, H. P. Joslin: assistant secretary. 

 W. A. Clarke; executive committee. 

 P. S. Randolph, C. H. Sample, A. 

 Frishkorn. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular meeting of this club on 

 Monday evening, Feb. 9, attracted a 

 good attendance, numbering one hun- 

 dred or more. The approach of the 

 date for the big flower show and the 

 prospect of listening to a talk on 

 greenhouse construction by W. R. 

 Cobb, of the Lord & Burnham Co., 

 made a good drawing combination. 



After the presentation of various 

 committee reports, much time was 

 taken up with matters connected with 

 the Flower Show. F. R. Pierson of the 

 joint committee of the Horticultural 

 Society and the Club gave a very in- 

 teresting talk on the situation and 

 the prospects. The announcement of 

 the widespread interest being displayed 

 by the retailers was hailed with ap- 

 probation. Already five special silver 

 cups have been offered by the leading 

 hotels of New York and more are ex- 

 pected. Trade tickets will be sold at 

 $20 per 100 and season tickets will 

 be issued to all members of the So- 

 ciety and Club. A large number of 

 applications for membership were re- 

 ceived. 



Among the exhibits were carnations. 

 Mrs. C. Akehurst. grown by C. Ake- 

 hurst & Son and shown by S. S. Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Co., Rosette by Head's 

 Bergenfleld Nursery, Prince Edward, 

 by A. C. Begerow and Rose Hadley by 

 A. N. Pierson Co. 



Mr. Cobb's lecture was illustrated 

 with lantern slides and was a rare 

 treat. 



