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HORTICULTURE 



September 9, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 

 The club held their regular Septem- 

 ber meeting at their quarters, 1214 F 

 street, X. w. The secretary read a 

 letter from Mrs. John Birnie and fam- 

 ily thanking the members for their 

 expression of sympathy in their be- 

 reavement and a similar letter from 

 the family of the late Joseph R. Free- 

 man. 



The renting agents having in charge 

 the building containing halls at 419 

 Tenth street, N. W., have made an 

 offer to sublet one of their halls for 

 the use of the Florists' Club on their 

 regular meeting nights. It has long 

 been the desire of the membership to 

 have a permanent and suitable meet- 

 ing place and this offer has again 

 started this discussion. The present 

 quarters are quite suitable but "a home 

 of our own" is the sentiment prevail- 

 ing. 



Other similar offers were made and 

 a committee was appointed composed 

 of Messrs. Bollinger, Cooke and 

 Schmidt to investigate and to report 

 at a future meeting 



A rising vote ol thanks was tendeicd 

 Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Glide for the hospi- 

 tality shown the members who at- 

 tended the August meeting held at 

 the Gude home. 



Many of tie members have failed to 

 receive photographs taken of the an- 

 nual outing and of the "Grotto" meet- 

 ing and this matter was ordered to be 

 investigated. 



Due to the inadequacy of suitable 

 floor space available for the purpose at 

 the present time, U was decided that 

 the club hold no flower show this year. 

 It is the belief of all that if a show 

 be held it should be worthy of a 

 National Capital enterprise which, un- 

 der the present existing circumstances, 

 would not be the case. 



CLARENCE L. LINZ. 



FLORISTS* CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 

 The September meeting of the 

 above club, held on the 4th inst., was 

 well attended — it being nomination 

 night, and the interesting things of 

 the recent convention being up for 

 discussion. J. Otto Thilow was nom- 

 inated for president; George Craig, 

 treasurer; David Rust, secretary. It 

 was voted to hold a banquet the first 

 Tuesday in October to commemorate 

 the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 

 founding of the club. Convention mat- 

 ters were gone over by Robert Kift, 

 Adolph Farenwald, John R. Andre, 

 John Westcott, and others. The Leo 

 Niessen Co. exhibited some new dah- 

 lias grown by the Peacock Co., includ- 



Ing Dorotln IVaeock, Fringe d Century. 

 Eckford Century and Golden Century. 

 William Tricker, Arlington, N. J., ex- 

 hibited plants of a new variegated 

 form of Vinca minor (Vinca minor 

 aurea) which he stated was very 

 dwarf and very hardy. In answer to 

 the question as to whether it would 

 stand the rigors of a window box in 

 winter Mr. Tricker said he could not 

 say as yet, not having tried it. The 

 secretary was instructed to convey 

 the thanks of the Club to the Balti- 

 more brethren for many courtesies to 

 our members during convention week. 

 David Rust was appointed essayist for 

 next meeting, his subject being a his- 

 torical sketch of the club since its 

 foundation. 



meeting for the season of the New 

 York Florists' Club, which is sched- 

 uled for next Monday night, Sept. 11, 

 and a big turnout is assured. 



The Nintli Annual Fall Exhibition 

 of the New Bedford Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held in Odd Fellows Hall, 

 New Bedford, Mass., on September 14, 

 15, 16. The display of dahlias, which 

 are a leading product of that section, 

 will undoubtedly be large. 



HORTICULTURAL CLUB OF BOS- 

 TON. 

 On Wernesday evening, August 6, 

 there was instituted at the Parker 

 House, Boston, a new organization to 

 be known as the Horticultural Club of 

 Boston. Its purpose is horticultural 

 development and to work, not in com- 

 petition with but in co-operation with, 

 existing organizations for the advance- 

 ment and uplifting of horticulture in 

 all its branches. The officers elected 

 are: President, J. K. M. L. Farquhar; 

 Vice-President, F. R. Pierson; Secre- 

 tary, E. H. Wilson; Treasurer, E. Al- 

 lan Peirce. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York will hold an exhibition of 

 dahlias and other fall flowers at New 

 York Botanical Garden on September 

 16 and 17. 



Expectancy is on tap for the first 



The Southern Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion convened in Greensboro, N. C, on 

 August 24 and 25. A capital address of 

 welcome was made by Mayor T. J. 

 Murphy and Charles Smith of Concord, 

 da., responded. The attendance was 

 good and the discussions interesting. 



At the exhibition of the Worcester 

 County (Mass.), Horticultural Society 

 on August 31. H. A. Dreer of Philadel- 

 phia made a very fine display of aquat- 

 ic plants and flowers in two large 

 tanks. Gladioli and asters of high 

 quality were shown in large numbers 

 by many contributors. 



The Vegetable Growers' Association 

 of America will hold their fourth an- 

 nual convention in Boston, Mass., 

 September 19 to 22. The program for 

 the meetings and exhibition, which 

 will be held in Horticultural Hall, has 

 been issued and copies may be secured 

 by writing to S. W. Severance, Secre- 

 tary, 508 Walker Building, Louisville, 

 Ky. 



CHICAGO BOWLERS. 



With the first appearance of fall 

 business the subect of bowling comes 

 to the front with the Chicago florists 

 and the preliminary steps will be 

 taken to organize in another week. 

 New alleys have been built and an ef- 

 fort will be made to secure them. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. ball team 

 lost to the Northeastern Athletic team 

 of Joliet last Saturday. 11 to 13. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Ci.ub of Bostob 

 In Gladioli Fields ef B. Hammond Tracy, Wenhain, Mas 



