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HOBTICULTUKE 



Mar 2. 1914 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 



The April meeting of the Florists' 

 Club of Washington, was one of the 

 best attended and most interesting of 

 the season. The discussions covered 

 a multitude of subjects, the present 

 Mexican unpleasantness taking up a 

 considerable portion of the time and 

 President Bauer found it quite hard to 

 get the members to come to order to 

 tackle the dry business, which is al- 

 ways to be found at the opening of 

 a meeting. 



The regular order of business was 

 hurried through and when this had 

 been taken care of, William P. Gude 

 took the floor and after a short speech 

 presented to Mr. Bauer, on his retire- 

 ment as president, a handsome cut 

 glass water pitcher ornamented with 

 sterling silver and bearing an Old 

 English "B." The gift came as a great 

 surprise to Mr. Bauer and to many of 

 the members for the whole thing was 

 done very quietly by the committee. 

 Mr. Bauer thanked the members for 

 their kindness and begged to be ex- 

 cused from making a long speech, ask- 

 ing them to accept his thoughts in- 

 stead of words. 



Mr. Gude having taken upon him- 

 self the office of toastmaster, proceed- 

 ed to install the officers and George 

 H. Cooke, the incoming president was 

 called upon for an inauguration speech. 

 He, too, begged off, but made a few 

 statements straight from the shoulder. 

 He promises to spare no efforts to 

 make the ensuing year a most pros- 

 perous one for the club, and asked the 

 active support of all the officers and 

 the members and for suggestions as 

 how to advance the club's interests. 

 He stated that from time to time, well 

 Inown members of the trade from 

 other cities would appear before the 

 club and give short talks and the first 

 of these visitors will be Richard Vin- 

 cent, Jr., of White Marsh, Md., who 

 will visit Washington in May. 



R. Li. Jenkins, who was elected to 

 the office of vice-president at the last 

 ■meeting stated that he would merely 

 "second" the remarks of Mr. Cooke, 

 but that he would always be found oh 

 the firing line when there was any- 

 thing to be done for the betterment of 

 the club. Others among those present 

 had a few words to say and P. J. 

 Michell, of Philadelphia, complimented 

 the members on their selection of of- 

 ficers. 



Mr. Gude rendered a report of his 

 recent trip to Boston where he con- 

 ferred with members 'of the executive 

 committee of the S. A. P. and O. H. 

 regarding the coming convention. 

 Upon suggestion, Mr. Cooke appointed 

 a committe of five to take up the mat- 

 ter of transportation for there is a 

 possibility of the local club and that 

 of Baltimore and perhaps Philadel- 



phia, and individuals located nearby, 

 joining forces and making the trip 

 to the convention via. the Merchants' 

 and Miners' Transportation Company's 

 boats from Baltimore. The return trip 

 would be made by rail. Quite a num- 

 ber have already signified their in- 

 tention of attending and it is hoped 

 that a large party will represent the 

 National Capital at Boston in August. 

 Following the regular business of 

 the evening the success of Mr. Cooke's 

 administration was oft proposed dur- 

 ing the serving of the buffet luncheon. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUR- 

 SERYMEN. 

 The meetings and exhibition of the 

 39th Annual Convention of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Nurserymen will be 

 held at The HoUenden, which has been 

 selected as headquarters at Cleveland, 

 ou June 24 to 26. A forecast of the 

 business program is given in Secre- 

 tary Hall's advance bulletin. He says: 

 "Great pains have been exercised to 

 secure an attractive list of speakers 

 on important topics, and members are 

 urged to mark their appreciation of 

 the kindness of these men by accord- 

 ing them the courtesy of attendance at 

 the various sessions. It seems almost 

 superfluous to pen this injunction in 

 the face of such an array of practical 

 talent as has been secured, among 

 which are ex-president John Dayton 

 on "Competition;" J. R. Mayhew, presi- 

 dent of the Southern Nurserymen's 

 Association, on "Problems of Market- 

 ing our Products;" Jefferson Thomas, 

 Jacksonville, Fla., will speak on 

 "Where our Trees are Going;" W. C. 

 Reed will tell of "Pecans for Profit;" 

 the "old man eloquent," C. S. Harrison, 

 of Nebraska, will arouse the enthu- 

 siasm of members to the "Mission of 

 Beauty;" John Connon of Annin, 

 Scotland, has agreed to address the 

 Convention on "Trade Conditions on 

 the Other Side;" F. Hogg, of Toronto. 

 will speak for the Canadian nursery- 

 men; Robert Pyle's subject will be 

 "Roses;" Henry Hicks, of Isaac Hicks 

 & Son, will discuss "Fitting Trees to 

 Soil and Climate;" the witty Jim 

 Parker, of Oklahoma, has selected 

 "Water" as his subject, but furnishes 

 no hint as to how he proposes to han- 

 dle it. Ex-president J. W. Hill of 

 Iowa, and George C. Roeding of Cali- 

 fornia, will also have places on the 

 completed program, which will appear 

 in the Badge Book." 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



At the last meeting of the Execu- 

 tive Committee of the American Rose 

 Society there was referred to the com- 

 mittee on new roses, application for 

 registration for the following; and 

 which have been now submitted for the 

 purpose of publicity. If there are no 



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objections to the names as received 

 they will be formally entered upon 

 the list of registered roses: 



George Burton, Wyndmoor, Pa., 

 presents for registration the Rose 

 "Thora:" Sport of My Maryland. A 

 fragrant double, free flowering fairly 

 deep salmon pink, and a very strong 

 grower. 



Edward Kress, Baltimore, Md., offers 

 for registration the Rose "Defiance." 

 A cross between Gruss an Teplitz and 

 Etoile de France. Flowers very fra- 

 grant, dark velvet red, perfectly double 

 and 5 to 6 inches across. Dark green 

 foliage. Hardy and free ever-bloomer. 

 Introducer has never seen it mildew. 

 Benjamin Hammond, Secy. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Annual May Exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 will be held in Horticultural Hall, Bos- 

 ton, on Saturday and Sunday, May 16 

 and 17, afternoons only. Admission 

 tree. Liberal prizes are offered for 

 Calceolarias and Pelargoniums, and for 

 cut blooms of Spanish Iris, Darwin 

 Tulips, Narcissi and Pansles. Prizes 

 are also offered for Fruit, Vegetables 

 and Native Plants. 



WOMAN'S NATIONAL AGRICUL- 

 TURAL AND HORTICUL- 

 TURAL ASSOCIATION 



A conference will be held at the 

 Pennsylvania School of Horticulture 

 for Women, Ambler, Penna., on May 

 16, 1914. 



The list of speakers is as follows: 



Mrs. Francis King, Alma, Mich. Sub- 

 ject; "The True Role of the Horticul- 

 tural Society." 



David Fairchild, Washington, D. C. 

 Subject: "Foreign Food Plants." 



Miss Martha Van Resselaer, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. Subject: "Farm Housekeep- 

 ing." 



W. P. Hartman, Hedford, Long 

 Island. Subject: "The Grange's Mar- 

 ket Bureau." 



George T. Powell, New York City. 

 Subject: "Small Fruit Culture for 

 Women." 



Walter P. Stokes, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Subject: "Seed Growing for Women." 



Mrs. J. Willis Martin, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. Subject: "The co-operation of 

 the Garden Club of America and the 

 W. N. A. and H. A. 



Prof. David F. Warner, State Col- 

 lege, Pa. Subject: "Broilers for Prof- 

 it." 



Miss Elsie McFate, Turtle Creek, Pa. 

 Subject: "Hardy Flower Culture." 



Bertrand H. Farr, Wyomissing, Pa. 

 Subject: "Raising Rainbows." 



Transportation — Trains leave Read- 

 ing Terminal, Philadelphia, for Am- 

 bler at 10:15 a. m.; 12:02 and 1.02 p. 

 m. Returning leave Ambler at 1:58, 

 4:53 and 6.00 p. m. Conveyances will 

 meet trains; transportation to and 

 from school, 50c. 



Luncheon will be served at the 

 School, 50c. 



Kindly notify Miss Jessie T. Morgan, 

 Director of the School, Ambler, Pa., 

 as soon as possible, if luncheon and 

 conveyance are desired. 



