May 16, 1910. 



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and satisfaction to me. The Buffalo 

 Florists' Club should be proud of the 

 fact that it was one of the best meetings 

 I had the pleasure of attending. 



Praise for Buffalo. 



President W. M. Palmer and his work- 

 ing committees, of the Buffalo club, 

 have the right idea of what ought to be 

 the making of one of the best florists' 

 clubs in the country. On with the good 

 work! 



Then, besides all this, is the personal 

 contact with members of the trade that 

 my duties as a member of the publicity 

 committee have made possible. I have 

 met many members of the trade and 

 everywhere I have found them big, 

 broad, generous-hearted business men, 

 which makes me feel like voicing an 

 optimistic prophecy regarding the fu- 

 ture of the flower industry. One of the 

 big things that will help build our busi- 

 ness to greater and more reliable pro- 

 portions is publicity. 



This is my small tribute to the men 

 connected with the finest industry on 

 earth, who have toiled these many years 

 to bring it to the position which it de- 

 serves. May our slogan, "Say It with 

 Flowers," bring all of you the reward 

 which is 80 slowly but surely coming. 



Henry Penn, 

 Chairman S. A. F. Publicity Campaign. 



NEW YOBS FLOBISTS' OLUB. 



The May Meeting. 



A regular meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club was held May 12, with 

 a large attendance. Among out-of-town 

 members present were: B. Vincent, Jr., 

 White Marsh, Md., and Geo. L. Stillman, 

 Westerly, E. I. Prof. Geo. W. Fraser, 

 of the Connecticut Agricultural College, 

 Storrs, Conn., was a visitor. 



A. M. Henshaw, chairman of the com- 

 mittee on club quarters, reported prog- 

 ress. A. L. Miller, chairman of the 

 transportation committee, reported as to 

 arrangements which could be made for 

 travel to the Detroit convention. Two 

 routes were laid before the meeting. 

 The route via the D., L. & W. railroad to 

 Buffalo, which permits a stopover in 

 Buffalo to allow a side trip to Niagara 

 Falls, resuming the journey to Detroit 

 by night boat, was most favored, but 

 the entire matter was left in the hands 

 of the committee. The bowling commit- 

 tee, through Chairman John Miesem, re- 

 ported progress. 



Chairman Totty, of the flower show 

 committee, reported progress. The pre- 

 liminary schedule for the 1920 show will, 

 he said, be issued in a few days and, 

 from information at hand and the in- 

 tense interest shown in the matter, he 

 predicted that it will be the largest and 

 best show yet held under the auspices of 

 the club. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership: Frank Golsner, College Point, 

 N. Y., and Clarence Peterson, 491 Fifth 

 avenue. Mr. Golsner was present and 

 was introduced. 



The following were nominated for 

 election at the next meeting: Derrill 

 W. Hart, 58 West Fifty-first street; F. 

 F. Eockwell, 220 West Forty-second 

 street; F, E. Betheuser, 43 Barclay 

 street, and Edward Koenig, 148 East 

 Fifty-ninth street. 



President Kessler reported for the 

 Victory loan committee that its quota in 

 the drive just completed was exceeded 



Henry Penn. 



(Chairman of the committee which is coDductlng the trade's National AdyertlslDR Campaign.) 



by $68,000, the total subscriptions, as far 

 as it was possible to ascertain, amount- 

 ing to $318,000. The announcement was 

 received with applause. 



Iiectore on Perennials. 



Henry Wild, of Greenwich, Conn., 

 gave a most interesting talk on "Peren- 

 nials, from the Florists' Standpoint." 

 Mr. Wild is well known as a specialist 

 in perennials and an expert in planting. 

 In the course of his lengthy talk he de- 

 scribed many beautiful plantings, many 

 of them in combination with shrubs. He 

 told of many combinations which would 

 allow certain subjects to overlap and 

 practically replace other subjects after 

 their blooming season had passed, doing 

 away with the necessity for replanting 

 and keeping a bed in continuous bloom. 

 He pointed out many uses for perennials 

 in florists ' work not generally observed. 

 In this connection he spoke of the value 

 of the campanulas as decorative flower- 

 ing plants. In his opinion they are par- 

 ticularly valuable as house plants, last- 

 ing from a month to six weeks in flower; 

 arranged with foliage plants they make 

 beautiful combinations, and are splendid 

 for use in porch or pergola work. Cam- 

 panula pyramidalis he considers best for 

 this work. For this variety in pot or 

 vase work, he suggested that when the 

 buds begin to open the plants should 

 be given some shelter, in which case the 

 flowers will open practically all together. 



While flowering in an open bed might 

 often be found unsatisfactory, plants in 

 pots or tubs usually receive better care 

 as to watering and this is to their great 

 advantage. He spoke of the trouble 

 many florists have with the phloxes, 

 many fine varieties appearing to revert 

 to the objectionable magenta tints of 

 the older varieties. This, he said, is due 

 to carelessness, in allowing the plants 

 to self-seed, the seeds falling between 

 stems and the young plants becoming 

 incorporated with the older clumps, with 

 the result that when divisions are made 

 florists do not get the varieties they 

 thought they were propagating. The 

 lecturer held the attention of his au- 

 dience for over. an hour, and at the end 

 of his talk was accorded a hearty vote 

 of thanks, all rising. An interesting dis- 

 cussion followed. 



George Schlegel, Bay Eidge, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y., S. G. Milosy gardener, ex- 

 hibited two splendid plants of Cattleya 

 g^gas and was awarded a cultural cer- 

 tificate. 



Eoman J. Irwin, New York, exhibited 

 a collection of pansies, gaining the 

 award of highly commended. J. H. P. 



Marquette, Mich. — Alphonse Peters, 

 formerly employed by E, E. Tauch, has 

 leased the Sorensen greenhouses. He 

 will begin immediately to remodel them 

 and expects to formally open the estab- 

 lishment July 1. 



