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lage, L. I.; vice-president, Louis 

 Schmutz, Brooklyn ; treasurer, Her- 

 man C. SteinholT. West Hoboken, N. 

 J.; secretary, Wm. H. Siebrecht, Jr., 

 New York City; directors. A. U Miller. 

 Brooklyn; Louis Dupuy, Wbitestone; 

 George Scott, Brooklyn. 



It was voted to have an annual din 

 ner and the president appointed Julius 

 Roehrs, Jr., Louis Dupuy and Herman 

 C. Steinhoff a committee to make all 

 necessary arrangements. 



WM. H. SIEBRECHT, JR., 



Secretary. 



CONNECTICUT - HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



Our annual meeting occurred on the 

 8th instant, resulting in the election 

 of the following officials: 



President, John F. Huss, Hartford; vice- 

 presidents, J. A. Weber. Hartford, Alex. 

 Camming, Jr.. Hartford; Carl Peterson, 

 West Hartford; county vice-presidents — 

 Litchfield— Walter Angus, ChAplnvUle; 

 Fairfield— Charles II. Plump, West Red- 

 dlnp: New Haven — John H. Sloeoinbe. New 

 Haven; Middlesex Arthur F.. Curtis. 

 Deep River: New London — Archibald E. 

 Mitchell. Norwich: Windham -Frank M. 

 Smith, Wllliniantio: Tolland— Ctaauncey 

 Turney. Roekvllle; secretary. Georpe W. 

 Smith. Melrose; treasurer, W. W. Hunt. 

 Hartford; librarian, William T. Hall, Hart 

 ford: botanist. George W. Smith: pomolo- 

 pist, C. II. Sierm.ni. Hartford: executive 

 committee John Gerard and Genrpe B. 

 Baker of New Britain, and G. H. IIollKter. 

 Howard A. Pinney and Alex. Cumminp. Jr.. 

 of Hartford. 



The treasurer reported the society 

 in good financial condition, with a 

 snug balance in the treasury, and all 

 bills paid, and with assets (consisting 

 of two shares of Aetna Life Insurance 

 Company stock) valued at over $1,000. 

 The secretary announced that the 

 present membership, 212, is the larg- 

 est in the history of the organization. 

 Three deaths occurred during the past 

 year, W. W. Myers, Mrs. Francis M. L. 

 Barnes and William B. May, all of 

 Hartford, the two latter having been 

 life members. Mr. May was for many 

 years the able superintendent of the 

 sumptuous grounds of James J. Good- 

 win, and was succeeded in that posi- 

 tion, in his declining years, by John F. 

 Huss, our esteemed president. Suit- 

 able resolutions were adopted concern- 

 ing the decease of Mr. May. who was 

 one of the society's founders. 



In his address the president re- 

 viewed the work of the year, referring 

 especially to the many excellent pa- 

 pers presented by members last win 

 ter and spring. His views were quite 

 optimistic for the future of the society, 

 whose influence is gradually widening, 

 until the membership roll embraces 

 the entire eight counties of the Nut- 

 meg State. 



Our two fall exhibitions were fully 

 up to our high standard of artistic 

 merit, and were fairly well patronized. 

 John Gerard, our pansy enthusiast. 

 strongly advocates the holding of the 

 Chrysanthemum Show at New Britain 

 next fall, instead of at Hartford, and 

 there is considerable sentiment in the 

 society in favor of making such a trial. 

 The free use of a large armory, and 

 similar attractions, are proffered. 



J. A. Weber exhibited three pots of 

 Cypripedium insigne for which a di- 

 ploma was awarded. 



Owing to the nearness to the holi- 

 days our usual second December busi- 

 ness meeting will be omitted, and the 

 members convene again on the second 

 Ftidav of the new year. 



GEORGE W. SMITH. Sec'y. 

 Melrose, Conn.. Dec. 11, 1911. 



HORTICULTURE 



December Hi, l'Jll 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The meeting of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club, held on Monday night last 

 lor tin' •lection of officers for the en- 

 suing year, was, to say the least, a 

 most inspiring one. sufficient in every 

 was to impress all present with the 

 importance of the work at hand and 

 the ambitions of those to tackle the 

 job. To those who attended the Balti- 

 more convention we might say it was 

 in great measure a parallel, with Wal- 

 ter F. Sheridan pp»'n acting super- 



W. C. IDckaKDS. Jr. 

 Treasurer New York Florist Club, 

 visor of elections. Eighty-five votes 

 were cast with the result that Joseph 

 A. Manda, South Orange, N. J., was 

 chosen president; Philip Einsmann, 

 vice-president; John Young, secretary; 

 W. ('. Rickards. Jr.. treasurer; and 

 John Donaldson. Philip Kessler and 

 Wm. Duckham. trustees. In the case 

 of the presidency, Messrs. Nugent and 

 Hendriekson withdraw as candidates, 



John \ oi mi 



i v X. \ York Florists 



Club. 



leaving Mr. Manda the only choice. 

 In the other cases keen competition 

 went to work and good-natured rivalry 

 showed the healthy condition of the 

 club. John Young alone seemed to 

 be a magnet for votes, by receiving 

 75 out of the 85. It was all good na- 

 ture, permeated with a determination 

 to make the club the banner organiza- 

 tion of local societies in the United 



States. Six new members were elected 

 and five others proposed. Prof. John 

 Craig of the Agricultural Department, 

 Cornell, was introduced and urged the 

 members to form part of a state organ- 

 ization for the purpose of demanding 

 appropriations from the legislature for 

 a range of commercial greenhouses to 

 experiment and further the interests 

 of commercial floriculture. Prof. Craig 

 admitted the deplorable weakness of 

 state machinery at present to assist 

 the florist, but stated that with the 

 help of the club the necessary funds 

 would be obtained. He referred to 

 acquiring a better knowledge of the 

 science of soils and discussed the 

 usual theories attached to experimen- 

 tal departments. On motion of Mr. 

 O'Mara the proposition was laid over 

 to next meeting, with the recommen- 

 dation that the new officers would 

 be in and that this would be some- 

 thing for them to do. Prof. Craig's 

 ideas will, no doubt, cause the club to 

 take on a renewed activity on the line 

 of seeing how the boiler works at Al- 

 bany and the first step towards this 

 was to pass a motion tending the 

 unanimous hearty support of the club 

 to William F. Kasting of Buffalo for 

 State Commissioner of Agriculture 

 and the secretary was instructed to 

 convey such to Governor Dix. With 

 Kasting at the head all will know the 

 Department of Floriculture will be 

 well taken care of. 



Messrs. Traendly, Sheridan and 

 Young were appointed transportation 

 committee for the club's representa- 

 tion at the National Rose and Carna- 

 tion Show at Detroit. January 10. The 

 awards committee reported on Totty's 

 Sunburst rose, giving it 90 noints and 

 tendered Chas. W T eber its thanks for 

 exhibit of the new carnation Brook- 

 lyn. Among the many who took part 

 in discussions was Beau'ieu, the seeds- 

 man, who, when called up to relate 

 conditions in Europe, stated that in 

 Paris last summer be paid 1C> cents for 

 a bottle of water and 10 cents for a 

 bottle of wine when illustrating the 

 severe drought over there. We should 

 imagine from this that French impor- 

 tations should have an extra value ow- 

 ing to their wine flavor. After the 

 usual felicitations talks Al. Rickards' 

 canteen department was duly attended 



JOSEPH A. MANDA. 

 S -" Cover I'ape. 

 Joseph A. Manda, president-elect of 

 the New York Florists' Club, was 

 born in Bohemia. January 4. 1S74. He 

 came to America in 1885, and served 

 his apprenticeship with the late Gus 

 Bergmann at Flatbush, X. Y., 1886- 

 87. In the following year he went to 

 Short Hills, N. J., in the employ of 

 Pitcher & Manda. where he had charge 

 of the orchid department for six years 

 and was very successful in the raising 

 of orchid hybrid, and is credited with 

 having raised the first orchid hybrid 

 in America. He then started in busi- 

 ness as an orchid expert in West 

 Orange. V J., and has made for him- 

 self a good record personally and in 

 business. He is young, energetic and 

 a hard worker in anything that looks 

 like duty to self or fellowman. and we 

 are sure the New York Florists' Club 

 will have a faithful and efficient leader 

 in Joe Manda. He has been a member 

 of the Club for 18 years, and served 

 on many important working com- 

 mittees. 



