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HOETICULTURE 



May 9, 1914 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



TEXAS FLORISTS ORGANIZE 

 STATE ASSOCIATION. 



The Texas Florists' Association tield 

 its first annual convention in Waco, 

 Texas, the formal organization occur- 

 ing on Monday, May 4, when constitu- 

 tion and by-laws were adopted and 

 officers selected for the ensuing term 

 as follows: President Robert C. Kerr, 

 Houston; Vice-President, W. J. Baker, 

 Fort Worth; Secretary-Treasurer, 

 George M. Cosh, Houston; Press Rep- 

 resentative L. J. Tackett, Fort Worth; 

 Educational Director, E. J. Kyle, Col- 

 lege Station. The following directors 

 were elected three of whom will serve 

 for one and the other three for two 

 years, the long and short terms to be 

 drawn for by members of the board: 

 T. J. Wolfe, Waco; 0. H. Hanna, Sher- 

 man; John McAdams, Fort Worth; E. 

 P. Brown, Dallas; F. W. Suchy, Sau 

 Antonio; Herman Kaden, Gainesville. 



President Kerr named the following: 

 Legislative Committee— Sam Dixon, of 

 Houston; H. 0. Hanna, of Sherman; 

 J. B. Baker, of Fort Worth; H. B. Beck, 

 of Austin. Committee on State Flow- 

 er Show: T. J. Wolfe, Waco; George 

 M Cosh, Houston; Henry Greve, Dal- 

 las; L. J. Stubblefield, Fort Worth; 

 Ed. Hall, Austin; W. Suchy, San An- 

 tonio; and E. E. Stone, Waxahachie. 

 Finance Committee: Bird Forrest, of 

 Waxahachie; J. E. McAdams, Fort 

 Worth and Charles Alff, Jr., of Austin. 

 Transportation Committee:J. F. Mar- 

 tin, Port Arthur; Charles Altf, Sr.. 

 Austin and J. D. Priessner, Galvaston. 



It was unanimously decided to hold 

 a state flower show annually, Houston 

 capturing the first. Fort Worth was 

 selected as the next annual meeting 

 place. 



During the course of the meeting 

 the following program was carried 

 out proving exceedingly interesting 

 throughout. 



Meeting called to order by Chairman 

 organizing committee, Robert C. Kerr, 

 Houston, Texas. Invocation, Rev. E. 

 E. Ingram, Waco, Texas. Addresses 

 of welcome, J. W. Riggins, Mayor of 

 Waco; Mrs. Annie Wolfe Brigance, 

 Waco. Response, L. J. Tackett, Fort 

 Worth, Texas. Addresses of welcome 

 in behalf of the florists of Waco, T. J. 

 Wolfe, Waco, Texas. 



Papers. The possibilities of an ex- 

 perimental range of glass for commer- 

 cial cut flowers — E. J. Kyle, College 

 Station, Texas. Co-operation of the 

 Agricultural Department with the Flor- 

 ists' Association — Sam. Dixon, Hous- 

 ton, Texas. How the Texas State Horti- 

 cultural Society can co-operate with 

 the Texas Florists' Association, Elwood 

 Pomeroy, Donna, Texas. How the Tex- 

 as Nurserymen's Association and the 

 Texas Florists' Association can co-op- 

 erate and work together for the good 

 of horticulture, J. S. Kerr, Sherman, 

 Texas. 



W. W. Seley, Mrs. Walter Reese, W. 

 D. John, C. Ray, all of Waco, were 

 elected honorary life members. Tom 

 J. Wolfe, of Waco, was unanimously 

 elected an honorary vice president. He 

 and his sister, Mrs. Annie Wolfe Brig- 



ance, were shown great honors by the 

 Convention in appreciation of their 

 great efforts in causing the florists to 

 become organized and in their magnifi- 

 cent entertainment. 



The following were in attendence at 

 the first annual convention: 



Austin: Ch:is. Setf, Jr.. E. FredricL, Ed- 

 gar Hall, Charles H, AlCf, Sr., Charles H. 

 Alflf, Jr., Thomas J. Miller, H. B. Beck. 

 Brenham : C. Dornberger. College .Station : 

 E. J. Kyle, C. M. Evans. Donna: Elwood 

 Pomeroy. Dickinson : E. E. Stone. Dal- 

 las: Seth Miller, Robert Wehrli, Charles 

 Benggeli, R. W. Ballantine, Otto Lang, Louis 

 Oesch, J. C. Zell, Henry Holtkamp, Miss 

 Holtkamp, E. P. Brown, H. F. Greve, John 

 M. Dawson. Forth Worth: L. J. Stubble- 

 field. W. B. Green, I. E. McAdams, L. J. 

 Tackett, C. E. Papworth, W. J. Baker. 

 Galveston ; H. J. Condron, J. D. Pruenner. 

 Greenville: Wise Adkisson. Hillsboro: 

 Miss Martha M. Wood, W. E. Hunter. 

 Houston: S. J. Mitchell, Hy. H. Kuhlmann, 

 Sr., Hy. H. Kuhlmann, Jr., L. B. Schulte. 

 Mrs. Schroeder, E. Paxton Davis, Jr., 



Robert C. Kerk 

 President-ETIect Texas Florists' Association 



Charles Ehlers, Sam. B. Dixon, R. C. Kerr, 

 George M. Cosh. Sherman : John S. Kerr, 

 A. y. Koehle, H. O. Hanna. San Antonio: 

 F. C. Suchy, Wm. S. Herzogg, Walter 

 Schumann. Chris. Hauser, Jr., Mrs. F. 

 Bright. Waco : Tom J. Wolfe, Mrs. Annie 

 Wolfe Brigance, W. W. Seley, Jack Ray, 

 W. A. Poage, W. D. Rondthaler, M. B. 

 Davis, J. C. Brown. Herman Hagedorn, 

 Mel D. Webster, E. E. Ingram, J. W. Rig- 

 gins, T. W. Reed, M. Falkner. R. C. Moler. 

 Waxahachie: Bird Forrest. Wichita Falls: 

 J. L. Downing. Wills Point: R. M. Wo- 

 mack. Tyler: Mrs. Sam. Brown. Temple: 

 Hans Schroeder. El Campo : Mrs. J. E. 

 Wheeler. New York City: Arthur T. Bod- 

 dington. Denver, Colo. : Joseph Moler. 

 Chicago, 111. : Frank J. McCabe. Cor- 

 sicana: William Clowe. 



BOSTON CONVENTION NOTES. 



Secretary Young has been busy on 

 the floor plans for the Convention 

 Trade Exhibition in Mechanics Build- 

 ing, Boston, next August and diagrams 

 will be ready to mail to all S. A. F. 

 members this week. Judging from the 

 number of inquiries already coming in 

 this exhibition will be the largest in 

 the history of the society. 



FINAL RESOLUTIONS OF S. A. F. 

 EXECUTIVE BOARD AT BOS- 

 TON MEETING. 



Whereas, at the meeting of the 

 Board of Directors of the S. A. F. & 

 O. H., held in Boston Mass., March 17 

 and 18, 1914, the members have been 

 the recipients of many courtesies and 

 unbounded hospitality at the hands of 

 the florists of Boston: 



Therefore, be it resolved that we ex- 

 press our thanks and appreciation to 

 the members of the Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Club and the Mass. Horticul- 

 tural Society for their thoughtful gen- 

 erosity in providing for our meetings, 

 entertainment and comfort, during our 

 very pleasant sojourn in their hospit- 

 able city. We wish to particularly ex- 

 press our appreciation of all courtesies 

 extended in the way of lunches, and as 

 to dinners and banquets provided, all 

 or which were much enjoyed. 



We wish to particularly express our 

 appreciation to His Honor Mayor 

 James M. Curley for the cordial recep- 

 tion extended by him to our represen- 

 tatives in expressing his willingness to 

 cooperate with us in the establishment 

 of an outdoor gaiden in connection 

 with our forthcoming convention. 



Special thanks are due and hereby 

 extended to the following named gen- 

 tlemen for their untiring efforts and 

 sacrifice of time and money in further- 

 ing the best interest of the society in 

 behalf of the forthcoming convention 

 of the S. A. F. & O. H.; J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, Patrick Welch, E. Allan 

 Peirce. Thos. Roland, Wm. R. Nichol- 

 son, Jackson Dawson and others. Also 

 to the daily press for the publicity 

 given to our deliberations. 



Thanks are due and hereby extended 

 to Chairman John H. Dillon, of the 

 Boston Park Comission for the auto- 

 mobiles furnished for the splendid ride 

 through the parks and boulevards of 

 Boston. Thanks are also due Deputy 

 Commissioner James B. Shea, of Bos- 

 ton Park System for interest manifest- 

 ed in our welfare in accompanying us 

 on our pleasant and interesting ride 

 and providing a bounteous luncheon 

 and entertainment at his home for the 

 edification and uplift of all present. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 W:m. F. GiDE. J. J. Hess. John Ev.v.ns. 

 Committee on Final Resolution. 



TORONTO GARDENERS' AND FLOR- 

 ISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



It was a difficult task that beset the 

 judges at the spring Flower Show of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Associa- 

 tion in St. George's Hall, Wednesday, 

 April 29, for every one admitted that 

 there were no poor ones amongst the 

 display. 



The prize winners were: 



Cut blooms — Yellow roses. J. H. 

 Dunlop; pink roses, J. H. Dunlop; red, 

 W. J. Lawrence; white, Toronto Floral 

 Company; American Beauty, Dale Es- 

 tate. 



Carnations, crimson, scarlet, white, 

 pink and fancy — Miller & Sons. 



Miscellaneous cut blooms — Sweet 

 peas. J. H. Dunlop; lily of the valley. 



