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HOETICULTUEE 



April 11, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HORTI- 

 CULTURISTS. 

 Directors' Meeting. 

 The annual meeting of the Board of 

 Directors of the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticultur- 

 ists was held at the Parker House, 

 Boston, Mass., March 17th and 18th, 

 1914. Present: President Theodore 

 Wirth, Vice-President Patricli Welch, 

 Secretary John Young, Treasurer Wm. 

 F. Kasting, ex-President John K. M. 

 L. Farquhar; directors, Charles H. 

 Totty, John A. Evans, August Poehl- 

 mann, Thomas Roland, J. A. Peterson 

 and J. J. Hess, also W. F. Gude, the 

 Washington representative, and George 

 Asmus, chairman of the National 

 [Flower Show Committee. 

 I Mr. Farquhar and the Boston mem- 

 jbers of the Board had made every ar- 

 rangement in advance, so that the 

 jwork of the Board was transacted 

 iwithout any delays or intermissions. 

 Luncheon and dinner had been pro- 

 vided for in an adjoining room, so no 

 time was lost in journeying to places 

 of refreshment and the meetings of 

 the Board were practically continuous. 

 JThe local members reported in detail 

 as to the progress already made to- 

 ward carrying out the details of the 

 convention, and that for the Outdoor 

 Planting Exhibition a plot of ground 

 containing about ten acres in the 

 Back Bay section had been obtained 

 and was being prepared and laid out 

 for the use of the society. 



It was decided that the Outdoor 

 Planting Exhibition should be known 

 hereafter as the "Convention Gar- 

 den." It was decided that details 

 connected therewith be left in the 

 hands of the local committee. The 

 prices to be charged for space are to 

 tie not less than 5 cents per square 

 £oot and not to exceed 10 cents per 

 square toot; as this plot of ground is 

 in the Park Department a charge for 

 rental could not be made, and the 5 

 to 10 cents per square foot will be 

 charged for the care and maintenance 

 of the exhibit; carrying out the ar- 

 rangement made with the authorities 

 of Boston. It was necessary that the 

 sum of $1,500 be deposited with the 

 Treasurer of the City of Boston, to 

 assure the city against any losses 

 which might occur. Any profits that 

 may be derived from the Convention 

 Garden will be turned into the treas- 

 ury of the society. 



Awards for the exhibits in the Con- 

 vention Garden will be in the form of 

 medals, certificates, or diplomas; 

 there will be no money prizes. Allot- 

 ment of space and the management of 

 the Convention Garden will be under 

 the supervision of the Advisory Com- 

 mittee, but under the direct manage- 

 ment of James B. Shea, Deputy Com- 

 missioner of Parks. The President is 

 authorized to appoint five judges for 

 the Convention Garden. 



Mechanics Building was selected as 

 the place in which to hold the indoor 

 trade exhibition. In this building 



there will be 40,000 square feet of 

 available space. The rules governing 

 same and the prices for space are to 

 be the same as charged at the con- 

 vention held in Minneapolis. The 

 rule regarding si.^ns was amended so 

 that the official sign should not cost 

 more than $3.00. 



A preliminary programme was pre- 

 sented by the committee appointed for 

 the purpose, and the completion of 

 same was left to the President, Vice- 

 President and Secretary. It was de- 

 cided to have a three-day business 

 convention, the fourth day being set 

 aside for entertainment. 



Messrs. Roland, Farquhar and Hess 

 were appointed a committee to con- 

 sider the proper standardization of 

 flower pots. This committee is to re- 

 port at the meeting of the Board of 

 Directors to be held in Boston before 

 the next convention. 



It was recommended that the society 

 join the L'Unlon Horticol Profession- 

 elle International, the fee for same be- 

 ing $10.00. 



It was decided that the Hotel Cop- 

 ley-Plaza be selected as headquarters 

 for the society during the time of the 

 convention. The local committee will 

 publish in the trade papers a list of 

 all the other hotels, and rates, at a 

 later date. Appropriations were made 

 for different purposes for carrying on 

 the work of the society, for the pres- 

 ent year. 



President Wirth appointed Charles 

 E. Critchell as chairman of the Com- 

 mittee on Sports. 



The Secretary's and Treasurer's re- 

 ports were referred to an Auditing 

 Committee and found to be correct. 

 These reports had previously been 

 audited by a firm of certified public 

 accountants in Buffalo. The action of 

 the treasurer in depositing the funds 

 of the society in the different banks 

 mentioned in his report was approved. 



The question of "Afliliation" was 

 given careful consideration by the 

 meeting, and George Asmus, W. F. 

 Kasting, and J. J. Hess were appointed 

 a committee to devise plans for aflili- 

 ation; such plans could then be pre- 

 sented to the different organizations 

 stating what the society would be 

 willing to do towards bringing about 

 affiliation. This committee is to re- 

 port at the meeting of the Board pre- 

 vious to the convention, mileage to be 

 allowed the members of this commit- 

 tee for one meeting only in a central 

 city. 



George Asmus gave a detailed re- 

 port of the progress on the work be- 

 ing done towards the next National 

 Flower Show, to be held in Philadel- 

 phia, in 1916, and states that he and 

 the other members of the committee 

 were on their way to Philadelphia to 

 inspect the building where the next 

 National Flower Show will be held. 



It was decided that the public 

 should not be admitted to the indoor 

 Trade Exhibition which is to be held 

 at the Mechanics Building at the time 

 of the convention. 



Mr. Gude presented final resolu- 

 tions as offered by his committee. 



John Young, Secretary. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



Professor Nissly, from State Col- 

 lege was the attraction at the monthly 

 meeting of the Florists' Club on the 

 7th inst. He was scientifically all to 

 the good; but the Florists' Club is a 

 different proposition from Susquehan- 

 na County. Many of the members at 

 the wind-up seemed to think that the 

 "two-0-four" for cow fertilizer was a 

 good idea- — if they only could get it. 

 One member said he had a few car- 

 loads for three dollars and was in- 

 stantly besieged! So the price went 

 up, until the professor's dictum seemed 

 to be a joke. The chemical composi- 

 tion of the hog and the hen product 

 were lauded to the skies by the pro- 

 fessor, but the flower growers seemed 

 to feel they had gone through that 

 long ago — and still stood by the good 

 old cow — no matter what Ohio College 

 had to say. We feel that this experi- 

 ence must be a very refreshing and 

 illuminating one for State College, and 

 look for great results in their further 

 teachings. If they will keep near to 

 the big growers of Philadelphia they 

 will come pretty near to giving a few 

 pointers to the rest of the country. 

 And even they (the big growers) don't 

 know such a terrible lot. Said the pro- 

 fessor: "If you see sorrel in a field, 

 it needs lime." Why? He didn't know 

 ■ — he took the word of the plant tor it! 

 That's how far science has advanced. 

 But I knew that when I was a kid 

 forty years ago cutting tansys on the 

 pasture as a penalty for being fresh 

 to people older than myself. The 

 moral of all this is: Don't get the big 

 head merely because you are from a 

 college. It's the iconoclasts who real- 

 ly find out things in the long run. 

 keep tabs tor yourself. G. C. W. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 

 The Hubbard Medal. 



At the Rose Exhibition of last week 

 the matter of awarding the Hubbard 

 medal was an important feature that 

 was omitted, for the reason that it 

 was felt to be something that no one 

 wanted to make a mistake about. 



The plan was for the Executive 

 Committee and the Judges to have de- 

 cided upon this on Monday the 23rd. 

 At that time a free discussion oc- 

 curred as well as could be, and a com- 

 mittee of three were appointed to sub- 

 mit a list of eligible roses that had 

 been introduced within the last five 

 years. This was done on Thursday 

 afternoon, the 28th, and fairly gone 

 over. In the mean time one and an- 

 other had been interviewed upon the 

 subject and all felt that the awarding 

 of the medal carried with it a great 

 deal of weight, that we had two dis- 

 tinct classes of roses — the climbing 

 and the bush rose, also the special 

 greenhouse varieties. A vote was 

 taken in which Excelsa and Radiance, 

 representing two classes of roses were 

 voted upon, and the vote was a tie. 

 The two classes being so different it 

 was not felt that they really could be 

 judged one against the other, so a 



