HORTICULTURE 



July 1, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



To Members: 

 Secretary Dorner is sending to each 

 Society a message call- 

 ing for just a little effort on the part 

 of each individual member, and it is 

 Stly hoped that every member 

 will respond promptly. It is requested 

 that each member send in one new 

 name for membership in the Society. 

 There is not one member that cannot 

 easily do so, and this action, by in- 

 creasing the membership, would mean 

 a great deal for the welfare of the So- 

 ciety and the trade in general. As 

 the secretary points out in his mes- 

 sage, the florists are greatly indebted 

 to the Society for its excellent work in 

 the past, and a large membership roll 

 will most certainly give it strength 

 when there are wrongs, local or na- 

 tional, to be righted in the future. 



The Society needs the support of all 

 the trade, and each member should see 

 that every commercial establishment 

 in his locality is represented in this 

 national organization. Open the cam- 

 paign now by securing one new mem- 

 ber. Take advantage of the local club 

 meetings and summer outings to talk 

 it up with those in attendance, point- 

 ing out that each name added to the 

 list increases the usefulness of the 

 Societv and makes it stronger when it 

 has a case to present before the courts, 

 the legislatures, the express companies, 

 the interstate commerce commission, 

 tin railroads, or any other body which 

 has power to extend or withhold privi- 

 leges. 



In other lines of business grievances 

 are quickly removed by close organ- 

 ization of the interests affected, and 

 our difficulties in making new laws 

 and amending old ones would be 

 greatly reduced if we could present a 

 more united front and batter down 

 the opposition. Farmers and others 

 get what they want in this way, and 

 there is no reason why we should not 

 get prompt consideration, if each mem- 

 ber of the organization does his duty 

 now. The work is light: secure one 

 new name now. and this strengthened 

 membership will just double the power 

 of the organization in acquiring rights 

 and privileges too long denied us. 



I say again, we need added force, 

 the strength of numbers. Business 

 conditions grow more strenuous every 

 year, and we need the assistance of 

 everyone in every effort for the gen- 

 eral good. The Society exists for the 

 good of all. and every man in the 

 trade should help. 



GEORGE ASMUS, President. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Hoerber Bros., of Chicago, Illinois, 

 offer for registration the rose de- 

 scribed below. Any person objecting 

 to the registration or to the use of the 

 proposed name, is requested to com- 

 municate with the Secretary at once. 

 Failing to receive objection to the reg- 

 istration, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Description. — Parentage unknown. 

 Appears to be a cross of Killarney and 

 Golden Gate Has the habits of Kill- 



arney. and flowers the shape of Golden 

 Gate, but much larger. Growth very 

 strong and free; height 4 1-2 to 5 feet; 

 color bright pink, a shade darker than 

 Killarney; an easy grower and free 

 fioni disi ase; foliage strong and clean; 

 a fine forcing rose, at its best from 

 October to .May. Name. "Wilhel- 

 mina." 



H. B. DORNER, Secretary. 

 June 22, 1911. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 

 Arrangements for the annual outing 

 and basket picnic of the Florists' Club 

 of Washington are now practically 

 completed. The outing will be held at 

 Huntsville, Md., where exclusive use 

 of the grounds has been arranged for 

 on July 12. The Baltimore & Annap- 

 olis Electric Railroad has provided 

 three special trains for the accommo- 

 dation of the club members and their 

 families. Most of the florists will close 

 their places of business at noon on 

 July 12, so that everyone may enjoy 

 the outing. Members of the national 

 society will be present, including 

 Philip Breitmeyer, former mayor of 

 Detroit. Plans have been made for the 

 holding of all sorts of sports and 

 games. There will be a ball game be- 

 tween the greenhouse men and the re- 

 tailers. A tug of war is also scheduled. 

 W. R. Smith, of the Botanic Garden, 

 will give a talk on trees, illustrating 

 his subject with specimens growing on 

 the picnic grounds. The sale of tickets 

 is in the hands of a committee com- 

 posed of John Robertson, Jr.. W. W. 

 Kimmill, Otto Bauer, Edward Schmid. 

 and W. A. Bolinger. The regular 

 monthly meeting of the Florists' Club 

 will be held July 6 at 1214 F street. 

 At this meeting final action will be 

 taken on all matters pertaining to the 

 outing. The subject of attending the 

 annual meeting of the S. A. F. & O. H. 

 at Baltimore in August will also be 

 discussed. On this occasion the place 

 of meeting, Gude's floral store, will be 

 converted into a grotto and rathskel- 

 lar and the club will be treated to a 

 crab feast by Edward Schmid. 



DETROIT FLORIST CLUB. 

 This club had the rare opportunity 

 at its last meeting to listen to H. B. 

 Dorner of Urbana, 111., who, in his 

 scholarly way, explained the minutest 

 detail of the work being done by the 

 experiment station in Urbana for the 

 benefit of the florist. Prof. Dorner 

 described the slow but successful ef- 

 forts to obtain money from the Illi- 

 nois legislature to establish this ex- 

 periment station. As Prof. Dorner 

 promised to write his talk down for 

 the benefit of the trade at large it 

 would be superfluous to say much 

 about it now. Still so much may be 

 said that success was due in a great 

 part to the activity of the Illinois flor- 

 ists. 



It was a discussion of vital impor- 

 tance and it is most desirable that 

 such florists in whose state the legis- 

 lature meets next fall should at once 

 take steps to bring before their legis- 

 lature the necessity for establishing 

 experiment stations and schools such 

 as the Illinois florists and the farmers 

 throughout the country enjoy. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY 

 OF AMERICA. 

 Today, June 29. as we go to press, 

 the Sweet Pea Society is busy with its 

 annual meeting and exhibition at 

 Philadelphia. Full details will be 

 given in our n«xt week's issue. Presi- 

 dent W. Altee Burpee, governed by the 

 original proposition to hold the meet- 

 ing on the 23d, had engaged passage 

 on the Olympic, sailing for Europe on 

 Wednesday, 2Sth. and consequently is 

 unable to be present on this occasion, 

 [n lieu of the usual address, therefore, 

 he left in charge of Secretary Bunyard 

 a letter, of which the following is a 

 copy: 



Harry A. Bunyard, Esq., Secretary. 



Dear Mr. Bunyard: — Will you kindly ox- 

 press to our fellow members of the Na- 

 tional Sweet Pea Society of America my 

 sincere regrets that instead of being pres. 

 ent to deliver "The President's Address." 

 for which I am scheduled on June 29th. I 

 am compelled to offer "an apology and ex- 

 planation." 



The "apology" will surely be accepted 

 "hen you offer the explanation that it was 

 only after our March meeting in Boston, 

 when the date of the Philadelphia Exhihi- 

 Hon was fixed for June 23rd and 24th. that 

 I engaged passage for myself. Mrs. Burpee 

 and sons on the "Olympic" June 28th, so 

 that we could attend the exhibition of the 

 National Sweet Pea Society of England, 

 which we were compelled to miss last year. 

 Kindly explain also how deeply I re- 

 gretted the necessity for deciding with you 

 and other fellow members, after conference 

 two weeks ago with members of The Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society, that, owing 

 to the lateness of the season, it would be 

 necessary to postpone our exhibition at 

 least a week. 



While "on the briny deep" I shall be 

 with you all in spirit and shall look for- 

 ward eagerly to receiving July 4th, upon 

 arrival at Southampton, a cablegram tell- 

 ing of the success of this third annual ex- 

 hibition. I feel quite sure that under your 

 able management — and you are well entitled 

 to he called "The Father of the National 

 Sweet Pea Society" — assisted by our vice- 

 president and other officers, together with 

 such willing helpers as Messrs. Craig, Pen- 

 nock, Post. Watson, Michell. Earl and Kerr, 

 the exhibition will be a decided success 



Such work as you and your co-laborers 

 have done so effectively at the two previous 

 exhibitions of our infant society is of last- 

 ing value in bringing to the notice of the 

 trade and of growers generally, the im- 

 portance of the sweet pea as deservedly the 

 most popular of all flowers grown from 

 seed. 



But should I continue in this strain I 

 might tire you with expressions of my love 

 for the sweet pea, even more than if I 

 could have been able to deliver in person 

 "President Burpee's Address." for which 

 your schedule has me booked. 



Only two words more in closing. At 

 our meetings we have never discussed poli- 

 tics. Your present president, therefore, 

 does not know the political opinions of his 

 fellow members. Whatever their politics 

 may be. however. I think that most of our 

 members will agree that the ex-President 

 of the T'nited States acted wisely in urging 

 as his successor President Taft. who cer- 

 tainly, despite al! criticisms, will make 

 - r ■■ <1 as an honest, intelligent executive. 



Now would it be asking too much for me 

 to suggest that upon reading this letter i if 

 you think it worth reading) that some 

 member put in nomination the name of 

 William Sim of Oliftondale. Massachusetts, 

 and that another member should then 

 move that the nominations for president 

 be closed. Mr. Sim needs no introduction : 

 as vice-president he has been most earnest 

 and effective in his work for the advance- 



nt of the interests of our Societv. and 



1 feel sure that this suggestion of your 

 retiring president will meet with the hearty 

 approval of all. 



Any members who may remain over Fri- 

 day are cordially invited to visit Fordhook 

 up '. the trains leaving Reading Terminal 

 at lirj and 2 02 Friday. Will you kindly 

 : ounce that railway tickets and full in- 

 formation will be gladly furnished by Mr. 

 Earl or Mr. Kerr. 

 With renewed assurances of my deep re- 



