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.01IFTBVBBB 28, ISOi. 



NEW ORLEAN& 



Oub Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New Orleans Horticultural Society took 

 place last week. The most important 

 business was to decide if our fall show 

 should be postponed. Under the existing 

 circumstances it was a hard matter to 

 decide. The discussion was long, several 

 members having different opinions. 

 Finally it was voted to go on with the 

 show. The exact place and time will be 

 fixed soon. 



President Chopin appointed a commit- 

 tee consisting of J. Newsham, J. Steck- 

 ler, W, C. Eichling, H. A. Despommier 

 and Paul Abele to correspond with all 

 the horticultural societies of the south- 

 ern states in regard to CEtablishing an 

 annual southern florists' convention. He 

 submitted a partial list to the commit- 

 tee, which had been kindly furnished by 

 the Florists' Eeview, of about twenty 

 different organizations among the south- 

 ern states with the idea to get their 

 views on the subject. He made a few 

 well appropriate remarks, saying that 

 the time was ripe for such an undertak- 

 ing. He had already received a letter 

 from H. P. Loding, of Mobile, Ala. In 

 his communication that gentleman says: 

 "Seeing from the Beview of the move- 

 ment on hand in our southern metropolis 

 to form an inter-state horticultural so- 

 ciety for the southern states, and know- 

 ing from experience how much a little 

 encouragement from the outside helps, 1 

 wish to show my appreciation and en- 

 dorsement of such a plan. Our interests 

 differ somewhat with that of our north- 

 ern brethren in more than one respect 

 and for a great majority it is an impos- 

 sibility to attend the convention of the 

 S. A. F., both on account of distance and 

 expense. Such a society as is contemplat- 

 ed by your body is not only a benefit, 

 but an absolute necessity to our common 

 welfare and the initiative ought to come 

 from New Orleans." 



The finance committee reported cash 

 on hand, $707.50. Expenditures up to 

 June 30, $148.90. Claude L. Ory was 

 elefted a member. 



On exhibition we had a bunch of roses, 

 Bride, Maid and Liberty, and Enchant- 

 ress carnations, by H. Papworth, of the 

 Metairie Nurseries. They were more ap- 

 preciated being the first flowersi grown in 

 his newly erected greenhouses. R. Eich- 

 ling had a fine specimen of Ficus pan- 

 durata. 



The Chrysanthemum. 



Now, and for the next five weeks, the 

 attention of the florists of New Orleans 

 will be on the chrysanthemum, which we 

 all want to be in good condition for the 

 first of November. Unlike the north, the 

 queen -of the fall flowers is appreciated 

 here 'principally on that day. As long 

 as our people call it "the dead people's 

 flower ' ' it will be the same. Before and 

 after Ail Saints' day it is not much in 

 demand, but on that day an enormous 

 quantity is disposed of in New Orleans. 

 If it were left to the regular florists to 

 supply the market we could all realize a 

 nice profit. The trouble is that outside 

 growers fall into line on that day and 

 overstock the market to such an extent 

 that the prices are very often too low 

 to be remunerative. A few years ago 

 our largest supply came from the north, 

 where we still have to go for the finest 

 flowers, Mississippi also furnishing the 



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