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HORTICULTURE 



December 2, 1911 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Detroit Exhibition. 



Detroit flower people are -wide 

 awake in giving full local notice to 

 their 300,000 people that the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society will arrive In the 

 city January 10, 11 and 12, 1912. The 

 premium list is out and any additions 

 as specials will be placed therein as 

 fast as they come, because for years 

 past these specials have been given 

 even up to the very last days. Twenty- 

 four persons have subscribed to the 

 guarantee fund; Chicago people will 

 do their best and this means a great 

 deal. 



A public show of this kind in which 

 roses, carnations and local treasures 

 will combine to fill the large crystal 

 palace, known as the Wayne Pavilion, 

 is certain to be so attractive in a city 

 of homes and gardens like Detroit 

 that the place will be well filled. 

 Wallace R. Pierson has been on a 

 missionary tour of good will from 

 East to West. 



Do you know that the American 

 Rose Society has only granted two 

 gold medals— the last one was voted 

 to M. H. Walsh and this medal of 

 pure gold was duly forwarded to him. 

 And herein lies a bit. of affection. 

 When the name of the rose for which 

 the medal was given was asked, Mr. 

 Walsh remembered his wife and 

 named what is said to be the finest 

 white rose. Mrs. M. H. Walsh. 



The Executive Committee will meet 

 shortly to go over all details pertain- 

 ing to the coming annual meeting; 

 several committees will have reports 

 to make. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Secy. 

 Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



Nov. 27, 1911. 



DETROIT SHOW PREPARATIONS. 

 Mr. Dilger, manager of the coming 

 show of the Rose and Carnation So- 

 ciety, keeps the various committees 

 hustling and stirs up something new 

 every day. He brought out one point 

 which ought to be looked into by the 

 S. A. F. It seems that almost every- 

 thing like horses, cattle, machinery, 

 etc., etc., can be brought into the U. 

 S. free of duty if for exhibition pur- 

 poses. Not so with the product of the 

 florist. On all flowers and plants an 

 ad valorem duty of 25 per cent must 

 be paid, even if cut flowers are to be 

 thrown away or given to charity after 

 an exhibition. It seems that proper 

 steps taken by the legislative com- 

 mittee of the S. A. F. ought to be suc- 

 cessful in having the florists' product 

 placed on the same basis as the 

 farmers' product. Mr. Dilger also de- 

 sires it to be known that small spaces 

 — say 200 square feet — may be rented 

 by plant growers for displays during 

 this convention, as also spaces for 

 banners. There being but very few 

 opportunities of this kind, it will be 

 necessary to make application for 

 such space to Mr. Dilger, 36 Broad- 

 way, at an early date. 



FRAXK DANZER. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 



Better Flower Deliveries Secured. 



The following supplementary report 

 of the Tariff and Legislative Commit- 

 tee has been forwarded to Sec'y Dor- 

 ner of the S. A. F., by Chairman John 

 G. Esler of that committee: 



The Tariff and Legislative Com- 

 mittee of the S. A. F. and O. H., are 

 able to announce that in the contro- 

 versy with the 1'nited States Express 

 Co., which has been going on during 

 the past six months, over the ineffi- 

 cient delivery of cut flowers, the com- 

 pany has acceded to the representa- 

 tions of the committee, and has es- 

 tablished a satisfactory and efficient 

 delivery, without an appeal to the In- 

 ter-state Commerce Commission. 



The chairman desires to state that 

 if the florists of the country eoula 

 only understand the effectiveness of 

 concrete action, over individual effort, 

 in dealing with corporations, every 

 producer of, and dealer in, floral pro- 

 ducts, would become a member of the 

 S. A. F. and O. H. forthwith. 



JOHN G. ESLER, 



Chairman. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BALTIMORE. 

 The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Baltimore held an interesting meet- 

 ing Monday night. Several new mem- 

 bers were added to the list. F. C. 

 Bauer gave a detailed talk of a trip 

 he recently made in Europe. He 

 talked mainly on things of especial 

 interest to florists. Philip B. Welsh 

 was elected a delegate to the Farmers' 

 League, which will meet here during 

 the annual exhibition of the State 

 Horticultural Society. Next March 

 will be the 25th anniversary of the 

 club. The president was authorized 

 to appoint a committee to arrange an 

 appropriate programme to celebrate 

 the occasion. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Report of Examining Committee. 



Exhibited by Elmer D. Smith & Co., 

 Adrian, Mich., at Boston, Nov. 20th. 

 Variety, "Harvard"; crimson Jap. 

 Scored 87 points commercial scale and 

 84 points exhibition scale. 



The variety exhibited under num- 

 ber at New York, Nov. 1st, by A. C. 

 Van Gaasbeck, Orange, N. J., has been 

 named Helen Van Gaasbeck. The 

 Pompon variety of Hartje & Elder, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., has been named 

 Fairv Queen. 



CHAS. W. JOHNSON, Sec. 



Notes. 



The Minnesota State Horticultural 

 Society will hold its 45th annual meet- 

 ing in Minneapolis, on Dec. 5-8, 1911. 

 A big fruit show is promised. "Meet 

 us at the great horticultural feast." 



The New York Gardeners' Society's 

 Reunion Dinner and Entertainment 

 will be held in the afternoon and even- 

 ing of Dec. 21st, in Thum's banquet 

 rooms and bowling alleys, 1241 Broad- 

 way. This will be a great and jolly 



gathering of the principal gardeners 

 and those engaged in horticulture 

 within a radius of one hundred miles 

 of New York city. A large and repre- 

 sentative committee has been appoint- 

 ed to cover the several sections, with 

 Joseph Manda, W. E. Marshall and J. 

 Ivera Donlan to act as central commit- 

 tee in the city. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



H. L. Lausher, with Z. D. Blacki- 

 stone, has just returned from a short 

 trip through Maryland and Virginia. 



Otto Bauer of the Washington 

 Florists' Co. has been selected as one 

 of the judges of the exhibits of flowers 

 during Maryland Week at Baltimore, 

 December 4 to 9. 



Gude Bros, exhibited a fine selection 

 of chrysanthemums and American 

 Beauty roses at the Maryland-Virginia 

 Apple Show held in the Masonic Tem- 

 ple during the week. 



J. Henry Small has been named as 

 a member of the executive committee 

 of the Washington Board of Trade, 

 and he and William F. Gude are also 

 members of the Sleman Memorial 

 Committee. 



A very interesting meeting may be 

 expected on Tuesday, December 5, 

 when the Florists' Club of Washington 

 will again get together. A number of 

 important matters will be brought up 

 for discussion and a large attendance 

 is expected. 



Michael J. McCabe, who operates a 

 stand in the Center Market, has 

 opened a branch in the Riggs Market. 

 His son, Harry, will be in charge of 

 the latter place. The opening was 

 marked with a fine showing of Kil- 

 larney and Richmond roses. 



Shipments of fertilizer to points on 

 the Potomac River are running very 

 heavy and on each trip of the steam- 

 ers from Alexandria to the lower Po- 

 tomac points many hundreds of bags 

 are carried. Alexandria fertilizer plants 

 are getting their share of the business, 

 the rest coming from Baltimore and 

 other points. It is believed these 

 heavy shipments will continue for a 

 long time to come. 



Walter Gordon has severed his con- 

 nection with the Washington Florists 

 Co. and has entered the employ of 

 James A. Phillips, 292G Fourteenth 

 Street, N. W. The Washington Flor- 

 ists Co. have also lost from their em- 

 ploy Miss Mattie Williams, who, for 

 a long time, was their bookkeeper and 

 saleslady. She is receiving the con- 

 gratulations of her friends on her mar- 

 riage to Mr. Richard Garrett. After 

 an extended honeymoon the couple 

 will reside in Wilmington, N. C, where 

 the groom is located. 



The Washington Florists Co., have 

 a prize-winning window trim this 

 week which is very suggestive of the 

 season. In the centre, suspended from 

 the ceiling, is a gigantic horn of plen- 

 ty from which seems to come tumbling 

 in an artistic manner, a number of 

 pumpkins, ears of corn and large yel- 

 low and white chrysanthemums, suit- 

 ably set off with greens. On either side 

 of this small rustic baskets of Killar- 

 neys and other roses are placed, as 

 is also a large rustic box of orchids. 

 Surrounding the flowers are bunches 

 of corn stalks and more pumpkins and 

 the whole is arched over with twigs 

 and autumn leaves. 



CLARENCE L L1NZ. 



