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HOBTICULTUBB 



April 18, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club on Monday evening, 

 April 13, was exceptionally well at- 

 tended, one reason therefor being the 

 interest of the members in the prom- 

 ised report of the Flower Show Com- 

 mittee on the recent Spring Exhibi- 

 tion. The report as presented by 

 Chairman F. R. Pierson was certainly 

 a gratifying one. It showed gross re- 

 ceipts from all sources of $27,310, of 

 which $11,000 came from sale of admis- 

 sion tickets. Treasurer F. H. Traendly 

 gave his report in detail, showing a 

 balance of $1185 to divide between the 

 club and the Horticultural Society of 

 New York as net profit after paying 

 out nearly $10,000 in premiums and 

 $10,000 to the Exposition Company on 

 account of rental and other expenses. 

 The guarantors had not been called 

 upon for any assessment. 



After some congratulatory remarks 

 by several members, a motion was 

 adopted for the appointment of a com- 

 mittee with power to act in conjunc- 

 tion with a similar committee of the 

 Horticultural Society of New York to 

 make arrangements to hold a similar 

 show in the spring of 1915. Unanimous 

 votes of thanks were passed for the 

 Flower Show Committee, in recogni- 

 tion of its splendid work; to Julius 

 Roehrs Co.. for the loan of palms, etc.. 

 for decoration of the exhibition 

 hall; to Jos. A. Manda, for his 

 efficiency as superintendent, and 

 to A. H. Hews Co., for the loan of 

 5,000 flower pot saucers. The action 

 in extending the duration of the show 

 beyond the time originally specified 

 was declared by JIanager Jos. A. 

 Manda to have been a mistake. Wal- 

 lace R. Pierson took the same ground, 

 saying that it was a serious matter 

 to ask people to pay to see dead flow- 

 ers. The outcome of the discussion 

 was a vote that it was the sense of 

 the meeting that seven days should 

 be the maximum limit of future exhi- 

 bitions. 



Doctor Headley, State Entomologist, 

 of New Jersey had been announced to 

 give an Illustrated lecture on insect 

 pests and their control. The lecturer 

 was on hand and gave an interesting 

 and useful address, but the stereopti- 

 con annex failed to appear and so 

 the illustrations were unfortunately 

 missed. 



The sum of $50 was voted for the 

 American Sweet Pea Society, which is 

 to hold its summfer exhibition this 

 year in New York. Fourteen new- 

 members were accepted and ten. more 

 were proposed. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A well attended meeting of this so- 

 ciety was held in Doran's Hall, Green- 

 wich, Conn.. Friday evening, April 

 10th. The Summer Show committee 

 reported that the show will be held 

 June 19th-20th on the hospital grounds 

 at Portchester, N. Y. The Fall Show 

 committee reported that this show will 

 be held at New Rochelle, N. Y., the 

 date to be announced later. A num- 

 ber of letters were read from business 

 firms and others offering cash and 

 other prizes to be added to the pre- 



mium list. John Shore, who was a 

 visitor, spoke of the advancement of 

 horticulture In America, he having 

 over fifty years' experience as a gar- 

 dener, knows whereof he speaks. Mau- 

 rice Fuld spoke of the benefits the hor- 

 ticultural societies could derive by co- 

 operation with the Garden Club move- 

 ment. John M. Brown congratulated 

 the society as a body for the excellent 

 showing made at the big Spring Show 

 in New York, its members having 

 been successful in carrying off eigh- 

 teen first prizes, eight second prizes, 

 two certificates of merit and two silver 

 medals. It was announced that John 

 K. M. L. Farquhar of Boston would 

 give a lecture on "Gardens" shortly. 

 Due notice will be given as to the ex- 

 act date. 



The exhibition tables were loaded 

 down with a choice and varied display, 

 the judges report was as follows: 

 Cultural certificate to Owen A. Hun- 

 wick, antirrhinums, 6 ft. stems; cul- 

 tural certificate to Thos. Aitchlson for 

 Dendrobium chrysotoxem; specimen 

 marguerite from Oscar Addor, highly 

 commended; honorable mention to A. 

 Kirkpatrick for Silver Pink snap- 

 dragon; vote of thanks for carnation 

 Northport and Alma Ward, from Jas. 

 Limane; White Enchantress from A. 

 Kirkpatrick; Salmon Beauty from W. 

 H. Watermonekl; tulips El Toreador, 

 from P. W. Popp. Oscar Addor enter- 

 tained the members by reading a very 

 clever paper replete with humor and 

 satire that was greatly enjoyed. A 

 hearty vote of thanks was accorded 

 him. The next meeting of the society 

 will be held May 8th. P. W. Poi-i>. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The first gathering of this society at 

 Music Hall, its new meeting place, 

 was well attended by members, their 

 families and friends, on April 14th. Ar- 

 rangements had previously been made 

 for a social evening with vocal and in- 

 strumental music, dancing and re- 

 freshments, all proving to be a great 

 success. Appropriate remarks of wel- 

 come by President JIacKay and an ad- 

 dress by Treasurer A. K. McMahon 

 at the opening were also features of 

 the gathering. 



Besides some decorations to the 

 stage with well flowered primula 

 plants, a vase of superb antirrhinum 

 stood in the centre of the hall, 

 each spike being over six feet in 

 length, and some over seven feet, with 

 over fifty flowers on each. The col- 

 ors varied from pure white to dark 

 crimson. A committee was appointed 

 by the president to examine and re- 

 port on this exhibit and a silver medal, 

 the highest award of the society, was 

 given. John B. Urquhart. gardener 

 for Mr. R. L. Beekman was the ex- 

 hibitor. J. RORERTSON. 



The Premium List is out for the 

 June Exhibition by the Newport Gar- 

 den Association in conjunction with 

 the Newport Horticultural Society. 

 The exhibition will take place June 

 24th-2Gth, on the grounds of Senator 

 Wetmore on Bellevue Ave., Newport. 

 Copies of the premium list can be ob- 

 tained from William Gray, Bellevue 

 Ave., Newport, R. I. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 

 GARDENERS. 



Meeting of Executive Board. 



The spring meeting of the Executive 

 Board of the National Association of 

 Gardeners was held in Horticultural 

 Hall, Philadelphia, on Tuesday, April 

 7th. There were present John W. 

 Everltt, Glen Cove, N. Y.; James Mac- 

 Machan, Tuxedo Park, N. Y.; Robert 

 Bottomley, New Canaan, Conn.; Ar- 

 thur Smith, Reading, Pa.; M. C. Ebel, 

 Madison, N. J.; Thomas Logan, Jen- 

 kintown, Pa.; William Kleinhelnz, 

 Ogontz, Pa.; John Dodds, Wyncote, 

 Pa. In the absence of President 

 Walte, Vice-President Everltt occupied 

 the chair. 



The following resolution was adopt- 

 ed: 



"The response to the oomniuuication on 

 i-ooperatiou recently addressed to the local 

 horticulturnl societies by the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners has been so favor- 

 able, it is the sense of the members of tjie 

 executive board present, that definite ac- 

 tion should be talsen to inaugurate the 

 (■ooperative movement between the national 

 association and the various local horticul- 

 tural societies, who may desire to unite 

 with it to advance the interest of hortl- 

 lulture and the profession of gardening. 



"Be it resolved, therefore, that the secre- 

 tary be instructed to address the various 

 local societies, inviting those interested In 

 our endeavor, to appoint committees of 

 three to be l»nown as the cooperative com- 

 mittee of the local society of which they 

 iire appointed. These committees will act 

 with the cooperative committee of the 

 .National Association of Gardeners to be 

 <-omposed of the president, vice-president, 

 treasurer and secretary of the National 

 .\ssociation and to be known as the Na- 

 tional Cooperative Committee. 



"The Niitional Committee shall inform 

 itself through the local cooperative com- 

 mittee of the workings and doings of the 

 different local organizations and gather 

 .such information as may be of interest 

 and value to local horticultural bodies in 

 their operations, and shall disseminate 

 such information as it may acquire among 

 the societies cooperating with it. Through 

 such an interchange of views and experi- 

 ences, the successful efforts of local so- 

 cieties in their various undertakings will 

 be imparted to sister societies by which 

 they can benefit and their scope of eftectlv* 

 work be increased. 



"The National Committee is further em- 

 powered to enter into cooperation with 

 local horticultural societies, in the broadest 

 sense that the word "cooperation" may 

 imply, to spread the interest in horticul- 

 ture. And to devise ways and means by 

 which the various local societies shall have 

 actual representation at the annual con- 

 ventions of the National Association of 

 Gardeners, where they may come together 

 and work out the problems which confront 

 the profession of gardening." 



It was decided to continue the cam- 

 paign to exploit the association's Serv- 

 ice Bureau to make known to estate 

 owners and others requiring the serv- 

 ice of capable gardeners that they can 

 obtain efficient men engaged in the 

 profession through the Bureau. By 

 continuing this campaign the associa- 

 tion hopes to gradually eliminate the 

 class of so-called gardeners entirely 

 unqualified by experience or knowl- 

 edge to manage positions they apply 

 for, and which class is proving so de- 

 trimental to the profession as a whole. 



In order that members of the Execu- 

 tive Board who, owing to distance, 

 cannot always attend the meetings 

 may have an opportunity to partici- 

 pate In them and to make suggestions 

 in connections with, and offer opinions 

 upon the policy of, the association, a 

 resolution was adopted that an invita- 



