May 23, 1914 



HORTICULTUEE 



765 



THE VETERANS. 



Every year they're niarcliiii;,' slowir; 



Every yenr they're sluupiiif; lower; 



Every year the lUtiiij.' music stirs tlie 



liearts of older men ; 

 Every year the tla^'s alxtve them 

 Seem to lioml and liless and love them 

 As if grieving for the future when they'll 



never march again. 



Every year that day draws nearer. 



E^•ery day the truth is clearer. 



Tliat tlie men wlio saved tlie ualiou from 



the severing southern sword 

 5^oon must pass away forever 

 From the scene of their endeavor; 

 Soon must answer to the roll call of the 



angel of the Lord. 



Every year, with dwindling nnmlier, 



Loyal still lo those that slumlier. 



Eorth they march to where, alrciidy, many 



have found pea<e at last ; 

 And they place I he fairest hlossoms 

 O'er the silent monld'ring bosoms 

 Of the valiant friends and comrades of tlie 



battles of the past. 



E\ery year grow dimmer, duller. 



Tattered flag .and faded color; 



Every year the nands that hear them find 



a harder task to do. 

 And the eyes that only brightened 

 When the blaze of battle lightened. 

 Like the tattered fiags they follow, are 



grown dim and faded, too. 



Every year we see tbein massing. 

 Every .year we see them passing: 

 Scarcely pausing in our hurry after pleas- 

 ure, after gain ; 

 But the battle flags above them. 

 Seem to bend and bless and love them. 

 And through all the lilting music sounds 

 an undertone of pain. 



— Piltsburgfi Leader. 



AGAVE VICTORIA REGINA. 



MINNEAPOLIS FLORIST CLUB. 



A very interesting feature at tlie 

 regular meeting of tlie Minneapolis 

 Florist Club, May 5tli. was the final re- 

 port of the Executive Committee of 

 the Minneapolis S. A. F. & O. H. Con- 

 vention Association, of which the fol- 

 lowing is a synopsis: 



All obligations against the Association 

 have been paid, and all amounts due the 

 Association have been collected, leaving 

 a surplus of which the Committee recom- 

 mend that a part be turned into the treas- 

 ury of the Minneapolis I'"lorist Club, and 

 the balance set aside as a Reserve Fund. 



"The purposes for which this Reserve 

 Fund may be used from time to time shall 

 be to meet initiatory and working ex- 

 penses of flower shows or similar educa- 

 tional undertakings byi the Club. 



"To assist the club in such other under- 

 t.-ikiugs as will be in the interest and to 

 the advancement of the trades and the 

 club in general. 



"That a Board of Reserve Fund Trus- 

 tees of five members be created now who 

 shall work out a proper plan for the in- 

 ^estment and safeguarding of such fund. 



"In conclusion, your Executive Commit- 

 tee wishes to thank all members of the 

 Convention Association and I he Club for 

 the willing and loyal support given them 

 in the entire Convention work and pro- 

 gram. We feel that, due to the splendid 

 co-operation of all, the Convention has 

 been a great success. It was the united 

 and untiring work of all that m.ide it pos- 

 sible to receive and entertain the National 

 Society In the generally apprnvi-d manner 

 it has been our privilege and good for- 

 tune to do. The fact that we were not 

 only able to meet all our finaii'ial obliga- 

 tions at the proper time, but iliat all our 

 debtors have met their (diligat ions tow.ards 

 our Association, is an indication tliat from 

 a business point of view the Convention 

 Association has been accorded tiu' ap- 

 proval of all who had any dealings witli 

 it. It would therefore seem only proper 

 i;nd wise that we use the success adiieved 

 as a basis for similar work in lb,- future. 

 "In creating a Reserve I-'nitd. as herein 

 recommended, we will not culIv receive in- 

 spiration to furtlier similar innlcrtakings. 

 l>ut also have the means lo l.nini-h them 

 without having to first call on the finan- 

 cial support of tlie Club .ind individual 

 members. We Iiave now a nucleus for a 

 good fund, something to build on, and we 

 should make good and careful use of this 

 splendid opportunity." 



By unanimous vote of the members 

 of the club, the report was adopted. 



The accompanying illustrations are 

 from two protographs of Agave Vic- 

 toria Regina which were taken by L. 

 G. Van Leeuwen at Cambridge, Mass., 

 last week. Inquiries made at the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society li- 

 brary revealed the fact that they had 

 but one photograph, taken in Cam- 

 bridge Botanical Garden in 1882. The 

 evident scarcity of this plant may 

 make the pictures worth reproducing 

 here. 



and the following members were elect- 

 ed to serve as Trustees of the Reserve 

 Fund: Theodore Wirth for 5 years, 

 W, D, Desmond 4 years, Hugh Will 3 

 years, C. N. Ruedlinger 2 years, C. F. 

 Rice 1 year. 



The Convention Association was 

 then dissolved and the thanks of the 

 club were voted to Chairman Wirth for 

 his untiring energy and wonderful ex- 

 ecutive ability which was of inestima- 

 ble value in carrying through the woriv 

 of the association to a successful ter- 

 mination. 



The thanks of the club were also 

 voted to John S. Mitchell for the very 

 able manner in which he handled the 

 finances of the committee and he was 

 unanimously elected an honorary mem- 

 ber of the club, 



J. G. TAYLOR. Secretary. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The meeting of this club on Thurs- 

 day afternoon. May 14th, was well at- 

 tended considering the busy planting 

 season, all the officers and twenty-five 

 members being present. Communica- 

 tions from Secretary John Young, the 

 Chicago Florists' Club and others, were 

 read and acted upon. State Vice-Presi- 

 dent R. J. Windier of the S. A. F. re- 



ported that he would issue a call to 

 all S. A. F. members for June 11th to 

 the meeting of the Florist Club. The 

 trustees reported that they have com- 

 pleted arrangements for the club's 

 28th annual banquet. Hotel Jefferson 

 has been selected and the date June 

 24th. The Trustees were instructed to 

 arrange for the yearly picnic for flor- 

 ists and their families at the expense 

 of the Club to take place the latter part 

 of July. The Trustees were also made 

 a committee to assist H. C. Dyer and 

 the school children in securing plants 

 and seeds to plant vacant lots in differ- 

 ent parts of the city. 



The Florists' and Gardeners' Club 

 of Rhode Island, will meet hereafter 

 on the fourth Monday evening of each 

 month. 



Houston, Tex. Receivership pro- 

 ceedings against the Henk Dirken 

 Floral and Nursery Co., were begun 

 May 12 in the Fifty-fifth district court 

 by E. R. Srhinzler. a former employe 

 of the company and a minority stock- 

 holder. Schinzler contends that the 

 company is indebted to him tor J2.56.66 

 back salary. 



