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horticulture: 



July 15, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The regular meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club was held July 6th, and 

 the following were elected to member- 

 ship: Frank E. Gabler, 3708 Langley 

 avenue; L. Hoeckner, 3810 Grand 

 avenue; George H. Mohr, 31 W. Ran- 

 dolph street; W. Langhout, 31 W. Ran- 

 dolph street. All the officers were in 

 their places, and 39 members present 

 In spite of the hot weather. Allie 

 Zeck, as chairman of the sports and 

 pastimes committee reported progress 

 on the arrangements for the picnic at 

 Erkardt's Grove, Park Ridge, July 23d. 

 Tickets are for sale at all florists' 

 places. It was voted to donate $35.00 

 from the club funds to be used for 

 prizes. Committees with the follow- 

 ing chairmen were appointed: on re- 

 freshments, Harry Philpott; grounds, 

 Michael Fink; dancing, Al. Leh- 

 mann; sports, Allie Zeck; ticket col- 

 lection, H. C. Blewitt. 



The transportation committee re- 

 ported the Monon route selected for 

 the convention trip as far as Cincin- 

 nati, and the B. & O. the remainder. 

 The J. C. Moninger Co. sent a com- 

 munication regarding the revision of 

 the rates on greenhouse material with 

 the Western Classification Co., and a 

 committee was appointed. 



M. Barker, George Klehm and J. C. 

 Vaughan were appointed a committee 

 to entertain the delegates to the Rail- 

 way Gardeners' convention here in 

 August. A vote of thanks was ex- 

 tended to the Milwaukee Florists' Club 

 for their entertainment. A report of 

 the St. Louis Club picnic was given by 

 Geo. Asmus. Steps were taken to ad- 

 vance the interests of Chicago in secur- 

 ing the S. A. F. convention of 1912, 

 and Messrs. Rudd, Foley, Philpott, Py- 

 fer, Winterson, Keimel, Asmus, Mar- 

 tin and A. Poehlmann were appointed 

 a committee. 



Walter McGee was given a vote of 

 thanks for a very interesting talk on 

 fertilizers. 



visit. The Baltimore delegation in- 

 cluded Superintendent of Parks N. F. 

 Flitton, Richard Vincent, Jr., William 

 J. Halliday, Robert L. Graham, I. H. 

 Moss, John Terry, Fred Berger, E. A. 

 Seidewitz. Mr. Vincent headed the 

 delegation by virtue of his being presi- 

 dent of the Maryland Horticultural So- 

 ciety, and vice-president of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists. There was 

 much enthusiasm over the coming 

 meetings, as well as over the outing 

 set for Wednesday. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 

 The Florists' Club of Washington 

 met on the evening of July 6 in the 

 grotto back of Gude's floral store, 

 which had been transformed into 

 something bearing a legendary resem- 

 blance to a rathskeller, in honor of 

 the occasion. There was a crab feast 

 as the main attraction, and various 

 stunts by members enlivened the eve- 

 ning's proceedings. Edward Schmidt 

 was host at the crab feast. President 

 Elmer C. Mayberry, Secretary O. A. C. 

 Oehmler and others, including some of 

 the visitors from Maryland, made re- 

 marks. The club took up and disposed 

 of various details connected with the 

 outing to be held at Huntsville, Md., 

 when the club will open a new amuse- 

 ment park. 



One of the principal topics dis- 

 cussed was the prospective visit to 

 Washington by the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists during the Baltimore Con- 

 vention. A committee from Baltimore 

 was in attendance, and arrangements 

 were entered into for the proposed 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



As usual, the midsummer meeting 

 of this club was rather slimly attended, 

 partly because of the intense heat, 

 and partly because the members are 

 many of them out of town, and partly 

 because it is hard to get them to at- 

 tend summer meetings in any case. 



William Sim 



President-Elect, National Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety of America. 



Nevertheless, there was a fair atten- 

 dance to listen to Paul Huebner on 

 •'Railroad Gardening," and those who 

 came were not disappointed. The fol- 

 lowing committees on the coming con- 

 vention of the S. A. F. were appointed: 



Transportation, John Westcott, David 

 Rust, Samuel S. Pennock; hotels, 

 George C. Watson, Robert Kift, Fred 

 Hahman. 



J. Otto Thilow announced that the 

 speaker for the August meeting would 

 be Xavier E. Schmitt of Fairmount 

 Park, "Bedding Plants for Park Adorn- 

 ment." Frank M. Ross was elected 

 to membership. The competitive 

 method of selecting a bowling team for 

 Baltimore having fallen through this 

 year, the chairman of the games com- 

 mittee was given power to select a 

 representative team. Many of the 

 members are in favor of taking the 

 boat trip to Baltimore, this being a 

 pleasant variation from the usual 

 method, and one that would be enjoyed 

 by many. 



A MADISON SYMPOSIUM. 



Monday, July 10, was a warm prop- 

 osition at Madison, N. J., as it was 

 elsewhere, but a party of about a doz- 

 en braved the fierce heat and partici- 

 pated in a very pleasant social time, 

 the principal reason for which was a 

 meeting of the executive committee of 

 the National Association of Gardeners 

 who met for the purpose of signing 

 the Charter granted by the State of 

 New Jersey. 



The following named visitors were 

 present: William Kleinheinz, garden- 

 er to P. A. B. Widener, Ogontz, Pa.; 

 Thos. Logan, gardener to C. R. Newbold, 

 Jenkintown, Pa.; John H. Dodds, gar- 

 dener to John Wanamaker, Jenkin- 

 town, Pa.; Xavier Schmitt, superin- 

 tendening gardener of Fairmount 

 Park, Philadelphia, Pa.; E. Thatha- 

 way. gardener to R. C. Clowry, Tarry- 

 town, N. Y.; Harry A. Bunyard and 

 Wm. E. Maynard of New York, N. Y.; 

 J. Austin Shaw, New York, and Wil- 

 liam J. Stewart, of Boston, Mass. 



The trustees appointed under the 

 Charter are Thomas Logan, Wm. 

 Kleinheinz, M. C. Ebel, Robert Tyson 

 and W. E. Tricker. 



It was decided to hold the next 

 convention at Madison, during the 

 time of the Morris County Flower 

 Show. October 26 and 27 next. The 

 Association will contribute several 

 valuable prizes to be competed for by 

 its members. In the meantime a 

 meeting will be held at Horticultural 

 Hall, Phila., on July 17, on the call of 

 the president. 



The visitors, after business was 

 completed, inspected the laboratories 

 of the Aphine Mfg. Company, under 

 escort of Mr. Ebel, who entertained 

 them at luncheon at the Madison 

 House and then gave them a ride to 

 the establishment of C. H. Totty, 

 where the fine young chrysanthemum 

 stock was duly admired, thence to 

 the gardens and greenhouses of the 

 beautiful McKay Twombly estate now 

 under charge of Robert Tyson who 

 extended hospitality, and then to the 

 James estate where they were cordial- 

 ly received by Wm. Duckham and 

 Mrs. Duckham at their home after a 

 tour through the well-kept houses and 

 spacious flower garden under Mr. 

 Duckham's guidance. Altogether it 

 was a most enjoyable affair through- 

 out. 



CINCINNATI FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



This society held its annual meeting. 

 The officers elected and installed for 

 the following year are: President, 

 Gus Adrian; vice-president, Wm. Mur- 

 phy; secretary, Alex. Ostendorp; treas- 

 urer, E. A. Foster and director, Her- 

 bert Greensmith. 



The club had as its guest Pres. 

 Philpott and Sec. Pyfer of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club. As is customary with 

 everyone from that town they boosted 

 Chicago and the Chicago Special, 

 which will pass through this city on 

 the way to the convention at Balti- 

 more. 



The outing committee, consisting of 

 Chas. H. Hoffmeister (chairman), Al. 

 Sunderbruch and Ray Murphy, gave a 

 general outline of the program for the 

 outing at Coney Island, July 20. There 



