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HORTICULTURE 



October 14, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The Chicago Florists' Club celebrated 

 its silver anniversary Thursday, Oct. 

 fl the event went on record as one 

 o'f the best times ever enjoyed by the 

 club since its organization a quarter 

 of a century ago. President Philpott 

 quickly despatched I lie routine busi- 

 ness. After the business meeting, 

 136 guests, members, their wives 

 and sweethearts, sat down to a 

 banquet, which was enjoyed by 

 all. At its close, President Philpott 

 introduced F. Bentley. oldest living 

 past president of the club, who, with 

 his usual happy faculty of expressing 

 himself, entertained the club and 

 called on the various speakers to re- 

 spond to the toasts. J, C. Vaughan, 

 W. N. Rudd. Geo. Asmus, A. C. Kohl- 

 brand and Phil Foley were among the 

 representatives of the Chicago club to 

 be called upon, while President Wind- 

 ier, of the St. Louis club, and H. Bals- 

 ley, of the Detroit club, made fitting 

 remarks of congratulation. In behalf 

 of the Milwaukee Florist Club, Presi- 

 dent Hunkle presented the Chicago 

 club with a large and handsome silver 

 loving cup, taking the latter club com- 

 pletely by surprise, but who keenly 

 appreciate this token of their regard. 



The men who are to handle the 

 meeting of the Society of American 

 Florists in Chicago in 1912 are ap- 

 pointed and will begin at once to plan 

 for that event. Twenty-five years ago 

 the society was entertained here in a 

 way that has not been forgotten, and 

 those in charge for the silver anniver- 

 sary of that event will try to make 

 the coming meeting no less of a suc- 

 cess. 



H. N. -Bruns heads the executive 

 committee, with H. E. Philpott, A. C. 

 Kohlbrand, A. Ringier, A. Henderson, 



E. C. Amling, M. Barker, E. F. Win- 

 terson, P. J. Foley, A. T. Pyfer and 



F. Lautenschlager able assistants. 



A. C. Kohlbrand is chairman of the 

 entertainment committee, A. Hender- 

 son of souvenir album, H.' E. Philpott, 

 finance; Arnold Ringier, reception; 

 M. Barker, press and advertising; 

 Louis Wittbold, decorations; Fred 

 Lautenschlager, allied trades; E. F. 

 Winterson, sports; P. J. Foley, trea- 

 surer; E. C. Amling, badge; A. T. 

 Pyfer, hotel. 



BUFFALO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At the last regular meeting of the 

 Buffalo Florists' Club a good turnout 

 was seen, the weather being cooler and 

 the boys being more inclined to attend 

 meetings. Business of importance 

 was transacted, and as there will be 

 no flower show this fall, it was decided 

 to hold an open night in November, at 

 which there will be an exhibition and 

 a general good time to follow. A com- 

 mittee was appointed to report at the 

 meeting. The bowling committee re- 

 port that they will begin the fall and 

 winter season of bowling in a short 

 time, and that this season should turn 

 out some champion bowlers. Much in- 

 terest has been taken so far, and the 

 able Jos. Streit is steadily taking ap- 

 plications for new members. 



E. C. B. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



President Asmus has appointed: 

 Charles H. Totty, chairman; W. A. 

 Manda, W. N. Rudd, Thos. Roland, W. 

 )'. Craig and J. A. Valentine members 

 of the National Flower Show Com- 

 mittee. 



Registration of Rose. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 S. J. Reuter & Son, Inc., of Westerly, 

 R. I., offer for registration the Rose 

 described below. Any person object- 

 ing to the registration or to the use 

 of the proposed name, is requested 

 to communicate with the secretary at 

 once. Failing to receive objection to 

 the registration, the same will be 

 made three weeks from this date. 



Description: A pure white sport 

 from the Waban strain of White Kil- 

 larney. Much larger bud. double the 

 size of the ordinary White Killarney. 

 Stronger and more vigorous growth 

 making a large plant with heavy 

 deep colored foliage. An excellent 

 Summer white also having the neces- 

 sary body with good keeping qualities 

 and pure white color. Being an im- 

 provement over the ordinary White 

 Killarney in growth, vigor and size; 

 it is the ideal white for Winter. 



Name. "Double Improved White 

 Killarney." 



Registration of Althea. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Henry A. Dreer, Inc., of Philadelphia, 

 Pa., offer for registration the Althea 

 described below. Any person object- 

 ing to the registration or to the use 

 of the proposed name, is requested 

 to communicate with the secretary 

 at once. Failing to receive objection 

 to the registration the same will be 

 made three weeks from this date. 



Description: A new single white 

 variety, an improvement on Althea 

 Totus Albus with flowers nearly 

 double the size of this last named 

 sort. 



It is a seedling raised by Mr. John 

 Clark, assistant superintendent of the 

 United States Botanic Gardens at 

 Washington, D. C. 



Name. "Althea Wm. R. Smith." 



H. B. DORNER, Secretary. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 club will be held at Horticultural Hall 

 on Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, at 8 

 o'clock. There will be talks on bulbs 

 for forcing, bedding and naturalizing 

 by Messrs. Wm. Patterson, Robert 

 Cameron, John G. Duguid and others, 

 which should prove timely and inter- 

 esting. 



Exhibits of early chrysanthemums 

 and other flowers are promised and 

 the exhibits table will be unusually 

 attractive. Eight new members were 

 added at the last meeting and there 

 will be a considerable further addi- 

 tion on Oct. 17. A cordial invitation 

 is extended to all lovers of bulbous 

 flowers to attend this meeting. It 

 makes no difference whether they are 

 club members or not, they will be 

 made heartily welcome. A few more 

 names sent in for the landscape gar- 

 dening class will enable its being 

 started at once. 



W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The October meeting of this organi- 

 zation last Monday night was well 

 attended and proved to be so inter- 

 esting that it was close to the mid- 

 night hour before it disbanded. After 

 the usual routine business J. Austin 

 Shaw announced that the next meet- 

 ing would he Ladies' Night, on which 

 occasion J. Otto Thilow of Dreer's, 

 Philadelphia, would give an illustrated 

 lecture on "His Travels in the West." 

 Election of officers would be the prin- 

 cipal business at the December meet- 

 ing. For the meetings of the new 

 year, R. Vincent, Jr., on "Experiences 

 in Dixie;" H. A. Bunyard on "Sweet 

 Peas," and Geo. V. Nash on the 

 "Apple Industry in the West," will 

 severally be heard. 



A discussion on the all-important 

 question of efficient greenhouse help 

 and adequate pay was precipitated by 

 some remarks by Charles Lenker, who 

 asserted with truth that "we cannot 

 all be captains of industry." J. K. M. 

 L. Farquhar called attention to the 

 fact that labor conditions had greatly 

 changed in twenty-five years. The 

 standard in England, from which, ne 

 said, some of our best gardeners had 

 come is not now what it was a genera- 

 tion ago. W. A. Manda and C. H. 

 Totty followed, the latter pertinently 

 inquiring, "What can you expect for 

 nine shillings a week?" 



J. Austin Shaw, A. L. Miller and 

 J. A. Manda were appointed a commit- 

 tee on the death of I. L. Powell. 



Secretary Young made some elo- 

 quent and very appreciative remarks 

 in gratitude for the club s part in elect- 

 ing him secretary of the S. A. F. at 

 Baltimore. $10 a month was voted for 

 the use of the bowling club. .1. K. M. 

 L. Farquhar was the lecturer of the 

 evening, his subject being The Horti- 

 cultural Outlook. The paper appears 

 on another page of this issue. Charles 

 Schenck and Patrick O'Mara then en- 

 tertained the members with accounts 

 of their observations horticulturally 

 during their recent trips abroad. 



C. H. Totty exhibited for E. G. Hill 

 Co. a vase of magnificent blooms of 

 the new rose Sunburst. It was award- 

 ed 89 points. W. A. Manda was given 

 special mention for seedling dahlias. 

 H. F. Michell Co. and Chas. Lenker 

 also showed dahlias of merit and Bud- 

 dleias from Michell were especially ad- 

 mired. 



HUNTINGTON HORTICULTURAL 

 AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The ninth annual exhibition of the 

 Huntington (N. Y.) Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Society was held Sept. 

 29 and 30. The exhibition was of good 

 quality throughout. The leading 

 features were dahlias and apples, the 

 latter being abundant and fine. W. J. 

 Matheson, James Kirby, gardener, was 

 the largest exhibitor of dahlias, with a 

 fine collection of newer varieties, cap- 

 turing first for collection, first for 

 double, and the Stafford cup for 12 

 varieties. R. R. Conklin, E. S. Smith, 

 gardener, also exhibited a fine collec- 

 tion, winning second for collection and 

 first for single. 



A. H. FUNNELL, Sec. 



