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HORTICULTURE 



March 27, 1920 



GROWERS ORGANIZE. 



Largely Attended Meeting Held in 

 Boston. 

 The growers of New England east of 

 Worcester, Mass., met in the American 

 House, Boston, on Tuesday evening, to 

 consider the formation of a local 

 branch of the National Growers' Asso- 

 ciation to be formed at the meeting 

 of the Society of American Florists in 

 Cleveland next August. About 60 

 growers were present and much inter- 

 est was shown. 



Mr. W. C. Stickel acted as temporary 

 chairman and introduced Mr. J. Fred 

 Ammann, the National secretary. Mr. 

 Ammann spoke at considerable length, 

 outlining the plan of the new organiza- 

 tion and the reasons for its formation. 

 He said among other things that all 

 other industries were organizing, that 

 labor was organizing, and they would 

 have to organize in order to combat 

 organized labor in the future or they 

 would lose their help who would enter 

 other skilled trades This is the only 

 organization started which has been 

 unanimously endorsed by the Execu- 

 tive Board of the S. A. F. Mr. Ammann 

 jilso said that 90 per cent, of the capi- 

 tal of the florist business was invested 

 by the grower, and that 90 per cent, 

 must be protected. 



The country is to be divided into 

 twenty locals, each local to have a rep- 

 resentation of five men. Mr. Ammann 

 said that they would also make it their 

 business in the future to have the as- 

 sociation endeavor to stop quarantineb, 

 etc., in the embryo state in Washing- 

 ton before they got their growth. 



Mr. Wallace R. Pierson was next in- 

 troduced by Mr. Stickel and among 

 other things said, "We are facing state 

 regulation of shipments of plants— and 

 even flowers that should not be state 

 regulated. New England and New 

 York State quarantined by Illinois ow- 

 ing to the presence of corn borer when 

 the Department of Agriculture has 

 issued a bulletin proving that it has 

 done little to harm the corn crop, and 

 that the scare is subsiding and its 

 presence has never been recognized in 

 any state excepting Massachusetts and 

 New York. To include not only field 

 grown chrysanthemums Ijut green- 

 house grown is ridiculous, and perhaps 

 Gov. Lowden has been ill-advised, and 

 I trust that this radical embargo was 

 not a pull for votes from the Corn belt, 

 regardless of whether the florists liked 

 it or not, because we are few and they 

 many. If it were justified, yes by all 

 means, but not necessary according to 

 the evidence. These matters are local 

 and should be fought by local organiza- 

 tions; and a branch of our organiza- 



tion from Illinois would no doubt be 

 listened to by the growers of Illinois. 



This organization wants every pro- 

 ducer of flowers and flowering plants 

 in America to join hands and work for 

 the betterment of the industry, and 

 to build so well that the industry will 

 continue to live and prosper, and that 

 our product may continue to make the 

 world better to live in, and that the 

 world may have the blossoms they love 

 in season and out of season, and con- 

 tinue to "Say it with Flowers." 



The temporary organization was 

 then formed with the following offi- 

 cers: W. C. Stickel, chairman; Andrew 

 Christensen, Secretary; Frank Edgar. 

 Treasurer; George Elliott, A. S. Parker. 

 Thomas Roland, Herman Bartcch and 

 Samuel Goddard, committee on organi- 

 zation and by-laws, and this committee 

 was pledged to attend the Cleveland 

 convention. 



After the meeting, 37 of those pres- 

 ent signed as members 



CHARTER MEMBERS, BOSTON 



Norris P. Comley. Burlington, Mass. 



Arthur S. Parker, Stoneham, Mass. 



J. P. Gibbs, J. C. Gibbs (Gibbs Bros.), 

 231 Union St., Lynn, Mass. 



Neal E. Boyle, 347 Salem St., Maiden, 

 Mass. 



Harold A. Ryan, 581 Mt. Auburn St., 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



William Sim, Cliftondale, Mass. 



Frank J. Dolansky. Lynn, Mass. 



M. W. Farr, 59 West St., Reading 

 .Vlass. 



S. J. Goddard, Framingham, Mass. 



Wm. Hannan & Son, 417 Codman St., 

 Dorchester, Mass. 



J. Frank Edgar, Waverly, Mass 



.lelle Roos. Milton, Mass. 



Robert R. Wolker, Mansfield, Mass. 



John Zeestraten, Mansfield, Mass. 



Goorge T. Elliott, W. H. Elliott & 

 Sons Co.. Brighton. Mass. 



W. W. Edgar Co.. H. H. Bartsch, 

 Pres., Waverly, Mass. 



Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass. 



Edw. F. Norberg, Magoun St., North 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Janiten & Kunan, 144 Warren St., 

 Arlington, Mass. 



.1. K. Chandler, Tewksbury, Mass. 



E. W. Hutchinson, Lexington, Mass 

 Wm. T. Walke, Salem, Mass. 



G. W. Hilliard, Exeter, N. H. 



R. E. Wadsworth, Northboro, Mass. 



A. Sorenson, Marlboro, Mass. 



Gordon Fisher, 58 Wyman St., 

 V\'oburn, Mass. 



John E. Nelson, Prospect St.. Fram- 

 ingham, Mass. 



Chas. H. Rice, Bedford St., Lexing- 

 ton, Mass. 



Chester L. Paine, 90 High St., Ran- 

 dolph, Mass. 



F. W. Holbrow, 303 Harvard St, 

 Dorchester Center, Mass. 



Andrew Christensen, Stonebam, 

 Mass. 



Edward Winkler, Wakefield, Mass. 



W. D. Howard, Milford, Mass. 



C. S. Andem, Putnam, Conn. 



Harvey Whittemore, Worcester Lane, 

 Walt ham, Mass. 



Thomas Roland, Nahant, Mass. 



Charles S. Strout, Biddeford, Me. 



At a recent meeting of the South- 

 ampton, N. Y. Horticultural Society, 

 officers for the ensuing year were 

 elected as follows: S. R. Candler, Supt. 

 R. L. Patterson Estate, president; Geo. 

 H. Campbell, Supt. Goodhue-Living- 

 stone Estate, vice-president; James 

 Dickerson, Supt. A. M. Hoyt Estate, 

 secretary: Fred Marshall, Supt. James 

 L. Breese Estate, treasurer; H. H. 

 Wells, recording secretary. The soci- 

 ety's annual flower show will be held 

 on the park grounds at the head of 

 Lake Agawam on July 28 and 29. 



Mr. Ernest H. Wilson, assistant 

 director of the Arnold Arboretum, in 

 Boston, lectured before the Orange 

 and Duchess County Horticultural 

 Societies in Ne\* York last week, on 

 "Flowers and Gardens of Japan." The 

 Ipcture was held at the Colonial Club. 



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