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One of the Pressure Regulating Valves Used at Peter Reinbersfst Chicago. 



other flowers. The stage was arranged 

 mth an assortment of foliage and flow- 

 ering plants, while standard bays were 

 used in the alcoves. Edward MacMul- 

 kin, who was at the head of the deco- 

 rating committee, did his . work well. 

 The ladies each received a handsome 

 bunch of violets, the gift of William 

 Sim; the gentlemen donned gardenias. 

 Edward Hatch made, as usual, an ideal 

 toastmaster. He called on Messrs. T. 

 H. Westwood, W. N. Craig, J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar and William Downs for re- 

 marks. The singing of Miss Hanagan 

 brought down the house. Mrs. C. Whittet 

 also did nobly. Nearly every one stayed 

 for the dance, and in the grand march 

 practically the entire company joined. 

 A pleasant incident during the evening 

 was the sending of a quantity of the 

 choicest flowers to Governor Curtis Guild, 

 who was critically ill at the time. 



Various Notes. 



Members and friends of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club are asked to please 

 remember that the train for Lynn leaves 

 North Station at 12:30 p. m., April 11. 

 The field day with Thomas Roland, at 

 Nahant, will attract an attendance great- 

 er than on any similar preceding oc- 

 casion. 



Yellow marguerites from Messrs. Hor- 

 rigan, of Foxboro, and Nicholson, of 

 Framingham, are of extra fine quality 

 and Avill, as usual, be in demand at 

 Easter. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. are anticipating 

 a heavy Easter trade. Their new con- 

 signments of southern smilax, boxwood 

 and other greenery is extra fine. 



Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Elliott left for a 

 three weeks' trip to Bermuda April 7. 

 Mr. Elliott's health has not of late 

 been good, he having had a strenuous 

 season. A rest in the West Indies will 

 prove a good tonic for him. 



A. Leuthy & Co. have, among other 

 plants, a fine lot of gardenias for East- 

 or. Azaleas are good, as are genistas, 

 lilies and other seasonable stock. 



H. H. Barrows & Son have a new sport 

 from Nephrolepis Whitmani, as yet un- 

 named, which they think is the most 

 graceful of the whole family. The cut 

 fronds bring treble the price of those 

 of Whitmani, Plants will be exhibited at 



a number of" the shows the coming 

 autumn. 



April has so far given us some genuine 

 March weather. Had Saturday, April 

 4, happened the day before Easter, flo- 

 rists would have been kept busy wrap- 

 ping up plants. A maximum temperature 

 of 34 degrees and a 40-knot breeze made 

 the day one of the most biting of the 

 winter. 



Mann Bros., of Randolph, have, as 

 usual, a splendid stock of rambler roses, 

 lilies, rhododendrons, azaleas and other 

 Easter plants, and their four stands at 

 Park street market are kept busy. 



Welch Bros, are looking* for a heavy 

 Easter trade and are optimistic as to 

 business generally. They are having a 

 heavy call for lilies in pots. 



W. W. Edgar & Co. have a fine lot 

 of Easter lilies in prime condition, also 

 large stocks of azaleas, rambler roses and 

 their usual varied line for Easter trade. 



The next prize exhibition at Horticul- 

 tural hall occurs May 9 and 10. Calceo- 

 larias, pelargoniums, narcissi, tulips and 

 pansies will be special features. 



John McKenzie, of North Cambridge, 

 reports prospects for bedding plant trade 

 as good. He expects to dispose of 50,- 

 000 geraniums this season. 



William Sim has been kept busy the 

 last week shipping heavy orders for his 

 new violet, Boston. 



McCarthy's weekly auction sales of 

 trees and shrubs are now being held. 

 Trade so far has been quiet. 



W. N. Craig. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Meeting of the Executive Board. 



The executive board met at the Pros- 

 pect house, Niagara Falls, March 23 and 

 24. President Traendly and Messrs. Mc- 

 Clure, Hallock, Wirth, "Farquhar, Asmus, 

 Young, Stewart and Rudd were present. 

 Messrs. Kasting and Cowell were ap- 

 pointed to fill the vacancies caused by 

 the absence of Mr. Murray and Mr. 

 Beatty. The usual routine business was 

 transacted. 



The program for the August conven- 

 tion was discussed and the main features 

 decided upon, the details being left, as 

 usual, to the president and secretary. 



As the charter provides that the main 



office of the society shall be in the city 

 of Washington, the president was in- 

 structed to appoint an official represent- 

 ative of the society in the city of Wash- 

 ington who should maintain such an 

 office. 



Mr. Hallock was appointed a commit- 

 tee to revise parts of the proceedings rel- 

 ative to school gardens, to make such 

 additions thereto as seemed advisable 

 and put them in shape for publication 

 for general distribution, carrying out 

 recommendations made by the society. 



It was resolved that the president of 

 the society be authorized to offer the 

 silver and bronze medals of the society 

 at the. horticultural exliibitions in this 

 country for new and meritorious plants 

 or flowers of American origin, provided 

 that he is convinced that the exhibition 

 at which they are proposed to be offered 

 shall be more than local in scope and of 

 sufhcient extent to warrant recognition 

 by this society. No more than one medal 

 to be awarded to the same plant or 

 flower. 



Chas. H. Keitsch, of Buffalo, having 

 been nominated by the Buffalo florists, 

 was elected superintendent of the trade 

 exhibition. 



The secretary was instructed to corre- 

 spond with the Census Bureau with a 

 view to having the method of obtaining 

 the census statistics, in so far as they 

 relate to floriculture, more carefully con- 

 sidered, and that certain changes be 

 made which will render the results more 

 reliable and more valuable. 



Considerable attention was given the 

 action of the society regarding the 

 nomenclature committee and registration, 

 and it was the sense of the board that 

 the following out of the proposed course 

 would entail an indefinite but large ex- 

 pense on the society in the future and 

 therefore the board could not concur, and 

 the matter was referred back to the so- 

 ciety for further consideration. It was 

 the sense of the executive board that it 

 was neither feasible nor desirable for 

 this society to attempt to fix the com- 

 mercial value of any plant or flower 

 under present conditions. 



In view of the fact that it would soon 

 be necessary to republish the by-laws, the 

 committee discussed them in detail and 

 recommended certain amendments to be 

 submitted to vote at the next convention, 

 most of them being merely verbal correc- 

 tions. 



An examination of the treasurer's re- 

 port showed that the society now has in 

 its permanent fund about $5,300, and 

 nearly $4,000 in its general fund. This 

 showing was very gratifying to the mem- 

 bers of the board and it was believed it 

 would also be pleasing to the members in 

 general. 



The members were more than pleased 

 with the hearty and cordial manner in 

 which the local people assisted them in 

 their work and especially with the man- 

 ner in which Mr. Cutler more than re- 

 deemed all the promises made at Phila- 

 delphia. 



Practically the entire lower floor of 

 the Cataract house has been placed at 

 the disposal of the society, as well as 

 the grounds adjoining. This will give 

 ample space for the trade exhibitions 

 and the meetings under one roof and on 

 one floor, and will also give room for 

 the planting of flower beds for the ex- 

 hibition of plant novelties. Mr. Isaacs, 

 the proprietor of the Cataract house and 

 the International hotel, assured the com- 

 mittee that he would be glad to have any 

 such planting done and would furnish 

 without charge a competent gardener to 



