April 4, 1914 



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BANQUET AT HOTEL ASTOR. 



The banquet in the ball room of the 

 Hotel Astor on Thursday evening. 

 March 26, was attended by about 250 

 ladies and gentlemen and was a very 

 brilliant and enjoyable affair. Presi- 

 dent Wm. Duckham of the New York 

 Florists' Club presided and at his 

 right and left at the head table were 

 R. W. Hallam, president of the Inter- 

 national Exposition Co.; G. A. Denni- 

 son, Chief of Horticulture at Panama 

 Pacific Exhibition; T. A. Havemeyer, 

 F. R. Newbold, W. H. Siebrecht, Prof. 

 A. C. Beal, Patrick O'Mara, F. R. Pier- 

 son. Most of these gentlemen made 

 brief speeches and F. R. Pierson was 

 the spokesman in the presentation to 

 W. H. Siebrecht, as past president of 

 the New York Florists' Club, of a 

 handsome silver tea service. Tha 

 tables were most beautifully decorated. 

 After the talking, which was purpose- 

 ly cut short, dancing in an adjoining 

 hall was indulged in until a late hour. 



THE GARDENERS' REUNION. 



This jovial annual gathering took 

 place at Thum's Alleys, New York 

 City on Tuesday evening, March 24. 

 About 75 or 80 gardeners were pres- 

 ent. Bowling began at 1 o'clock and 

 continued until 6 o'clock, when prizes 

 donated by the various firms, repre- 

 sentative of the trade generally, were 

 distributed. Adjournment was then 

 made to the dining room where a good 

 time was enjoyed until midnight. The 

 speakers at the banquet were Charles 

 H. Totty who officiated as toastmaster, 

 William Anderson, M. C. Ebel. secre- 

 tary of the N. A. G.; R. Vincent, Jr.; 

 W. H. Duckham, president of the New 

 York Florists' Club; Jas. Stuart. A. 

 Herrington, J. W. Everitt and several 

 other gentlemen well known in the 



trade. Some excellent scores were 

 made in the bowling. 



The reunion was not under the man- 

 agement of any one organization, but 

 was conducted by a committee com- 

 posed of members of the various local 

 societies and headed by James Stuart 

 of Mamaroneck, and was even a great- 

 er success than the two previous re- 

 unions which were held in New York. 

 This affair is to be an annual event. 



PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION. 



At the request of G. A. Dennison, 

 Chief of Horticulture, a meeting of 

 the Advisory Committee, which he had 

 previously appointed was held Friday, 

 March 27. in the Grand Central Pal- 

 ace, New York, at the time of the 

 Flower Show. There was in attend- 

 ance John Young, Secretary of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists; M. C. Ebel. 



F. R. Piebson's Rose Group 



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