July 29, 1911 



horticulture: 



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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 

 Program of second annual meeting, 

 Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore, 

 Mil., August 1G and 17, 1911: 



Wednesday, August 16, 3.30 P. M. 



Address of welcome, Mr. George 

 Asmus, President S. A. F. and O. H. 

 Reading minutes of last meeting. Pres- 

 ident's address. Financial secretary's 

 report. Treasurer's report. Nominat- 

 ing committee's report. Report of 

 committee on "What Constitutes a 

 First Size or Saleable Bulb." 



Thursday, August 17, 9 A. M. 

 Report of judges. Election of offi- 

 cers. Report of miscellaneous com- 

 mittees: bulletin, exhibition, etc. Re- 

 port of committee on nomenclature. 

 New business. Lecture, "Gladiolus 

 Diseases," by Prof. Whetzel, or as- 

 sistant from Cornell University, fol- 

 lowed by discussion and reports from 

 state committeemen on diseases. 



L. MERTON GAGE, 

 Cor. Sec. 



The exhibits will be staged in a 

 room near the superintendent's office, 

 and will be the headquarters for all 

 the members. A desk will be fur- 

 nished for those who wish to attend 

 to their correspondence in the Arm- 

 ory. 



It is earnestly desired that intend- 

 ing exhibitors make their entries as 

 early as possible, which will greatly 

 facilitate the work of the committee. 

 Entries close August 12th and must 

 be sent to the corresponding secre- 

 tary, L. Mertbn Gage, Orange, Mass., 

 who will furnish schedules and blank 

 entry forms upon application. 



H. YOUELL, 

 Chairman Exhibition Committee. 



NORTHERN INDIANA FLORISTS' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The Northern Indiana Florists' As- 

 sociation held their annual meeting at 

 Winona Lake, a handsome summer re- 

 sort, in which are more high-class en- 

 tertainments than any similar place to 

 be found anywhere in the country. We 

 are proud of it and would like all our 

 friends to come and see for them- 

 selves. The meeting was well at- 

 tended, but the exhibition consisted en- 

 tirely of gladioli, mostly from A. E. 

 Kunderd of Goshen, originator of the 

 new Ruffled gladiolus, samples of 

 which were on display together with a 

 number of others which were pro- 

 nounced by all to be the finest they 

 ever saw. Henry Johnson, Kendal- 

 ville, also exhibited a vase of creamy 

 white with pink throat, such as every 

 florist is looking for for their retail 

 trade. 



The election was the important busi- 

 ness of the day and resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, J. D. Conner, Wa- 

 bash; vice-president, Harry White, 

 North Manchester; secretary and 

 treasurer, A. J. Wagoner, Columbia 

 City; directors, Simon Humfeld, Mun- 

 cie, and Paul Beyer, South Bend. 

 Three new members were added, mak- 

 ing a total of 42. 



The next meeting will be at Fort 

 Wayne, at which time we shall hold 

 a fall show, which we hope will be 

 patronized by many outside growers 

 as a liberal list of premiums will be 



offered. The date will be published 

 later, 



A. J. WAGONER, Secretary. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON. 

 Wm. F. Gude will entertain the 

 Florists' Club next Tuesday evening on 

 the lawn at his residence. It will be 

 "ladies' night", and the meeting will 

 be social as well as business. The 

 principal topic will be the question of 

 entertaining the members of the S. A. 

 F. who may come over from Baltimore 

 when the convention is held in that 

 city. The Washington florists expect 

 to do something hospitable, but al- 

 though a number of plans have been 

 tentatively suggested, nothing definite 

 has yet been agreed on, and it is ex- 

 pected that some decision will be 

 reached Tuesday night. 



F. J. DYER. 



Because of the backward season the 

 exhibition of annuals and perennials 

 by the Lenox (Mass.), Horticultural 

 Society has been postponed until Au- 

 gust 10. James O. Clifford, Walter 

 Jack and Thomas Paige are a commit- 

 tee for arrangements. 



PERSONAL. 



Richard Rolston will take charge of 

 the new store of C. J. Friedman, 63 

 West Congress street, Chicago, 111. 



Louise Greenwood Stewart, daughter 

 of Wm. J. Stewart, and Ralph Willett 

 Messinger of Taunton were married 

 at Winchester, Mass., on Wednesday, 

 July 2G. 



Recent visitors in Boston — Robert 

 Shock, representing M. Rice & Co., 

 Philadelphia; J. J. Karins, represent- 

 ing H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia; Ed. 

 Gernaly, Montreal, P. Q.; Chas. H. 

 Vick, and Mr. Mandeville, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



Visitors in Philadelphia: Fred 

 Cooney, Cincinnati, 0.; George Car- 

 son Boyd, Wilmington, Del.; J. J. 

 Conlin, representing Connelley & Mc- 

 Carthy Co., Charleston, S. C; Coroner 

 King, Norristown, Pa.; Chas. Ebele, 

 Jr., New Orleans, La.; J. A. Penny- 

 packer, So. Bethlehem, Pa.; Charles 

 J. Graham, Cleveland, O. 



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ANNOUNCEMENTS 



During Recess 



St. Louis Florists' Picnic. 



This much-talked-ot picnic took 

 place at beautiful Kaniouia Park, 

 Thursday, July 20th. A committee 

 consisting of E. W. Guy, J. J. Beneke 

 and W. C. Smith had everything in 

 i .aUiness lor a good day's enjoyment. 

 The attendance was not quite so large 

 ms on previous occasions but there was 

 a good crowd numbering about 400, 

 the larger part of them going out in 

 the afternoon in time for dinner. A 

 fine band kept the young folks in good 

 humor in the dance hall and the lake 

 offered fine boating and fishing. 



Messrs. Pilcher, Fillmore and Be- 

 neke were the reception committee and 

 Al. Gams, "Billy" Patton and F. 

 Windier had charge of all the games, 

 lor which fine prizes were offered. 



The walking match for growers only 

 was won by John Connon. Young la- 

 dies' race won by Miss Anna Bishof. 

 Girl's race, "Miss Lizzie Lowe. Boy's 

 race, Wheeler Detgen. Ball throwing 

 contest for men, Al Gams. Ball 

 throwing contest for ladies, Mrs. Faer- 

 ber. Fifty-yard race, for men over 50 

 years, J. J. Beneke. 100-yard dash for 

 young men; a field of 15 started in this 

 and it was won by Oliver K. Sanders. 

 Married ladies' egg and spoon race, 

 Mrs. Oscar Kuehn. Hop, step and 

 jump contest, Al Gams. Tug of war, 

 two sides of 12 men each, picked by 

 R. J. Windier; the pull was a long one 

 and after tugging back and forth the 

 rope broke and both sides hit the 

 ground hard, the committee declaring 

 it a draw. The ball game was de- 

 clared off as the retailers failed to get 

 their team out. This, they say, will 

 be played later in the month. The 

 prize waltz came next and was judged 

 by Messrs. Pilcher, Eschher and 

 Windier. The prize was awarded to 

 Miss Martha Helwig and Frank 

 Windier. After supper the young folks 

 took charge of the dance hall. Every- 

 one had a splendid time and the day 

 will long be remembered. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton. 



The annual picnic of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club of Boston took 

 place, as scheduled, on Wednesday, 

 July 26, at Caledonian Grove, West 

 Roxbury, Mass. The day could not 

 have been more delightful as to 

 weather if made to order, and the 

 grounds proved to be the most desir- 

 able and satisfactory which the club 

 has ever visited. The crowd in at- 

 tendance was large, and the competi- 

 tion on the various games and stunts 

 was very keen. 



Wm. J. Kennedy, officiated as ring 

 master. Edward Rose as starter, Wm. 

 McGillvray as handicapper, Wm. N. 

 Craig as clerk, K. Finlayson, Thos. 

 Westwood, A. F. Barney, Geo. Shield, 

 James Wheeler, Frank Allison, Wm. 

 Harvey and Peter Fisher as judges, 

 James L. Miller as umpire and P. J. 

 Turley, Wm. Downs, Robt. Cameron, 

 John P. A. Guerineau, Wm. J. Ken- 

 nedy and P. M. Miller as committee. 



The two great events of the annual 

 picnic are the baseball game and the 

 tug-of-war, in each of which the com- 

 mercial and private gardeners are 

 pitted against each other. The base- 

 ball game was won by the commercials 



