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The Weekly Fbrists' Review. 



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NEW TORE CLUB MEETING. 



There was an attendance of 125 at 

 th.' meeting of the New York Florists' 

 Cl.ib February 12, when R. Vincent, Jr., 

 pn'sident of the S. A. F., gave a splen- 

 did address illustrated with the stereop- 

 ti>on. J. H. Pepper showed views of 

 tie Detroit conventions and J. A. Shaw 

 siiowed views in Bermuda. C. H. Totty 

 t.dd of the preparations for the Na- 

 t onal Flower Show. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 1 ership: H. M. Bobinson, Boston; P. J. 

 i oley, Chicago; Thos. W. Head, Bergen- 

 tii'ld, N. J.; Wm. Macdonald and Wm. 

 Muir, Yonkers; Arthur Buckholz, Wood- 

 sde; G. F. Neipp, Chatham, N. J.; 

 r. C. Read, Orange, N. J.; Herman 

 Mende, Secaucus, N. J.; C. C. Trepel, 

 lirooklyn; Robert Leach, Jersey City; 

 .1. C. Silbert, Paul Meconi and Jos. H. 

 \ ocke. 



Proposals numbered twenty, as fol- 

 lows: Patrick Welch, W. N. Rudd, J. A. 

 Valentine, W. F. Kasting, R. Vincent, 

 Jr., W. R. Nicholson, F. W. Armitage, 

 Max Richter, G. H. Mustoe, Wm. Set- 

 ton, Frank Whitney, Peter Buerlein, 

 Oscar Boehler, F. B. Abrahams, Julius 

 chevalley, B. A. Snyder, Geo. Cotsonas, 

 Fred Smith, W. C. Otte and F. C. 

 Soberer. 



Chairman Kessler reported for the 

 outing committee the selection of July 

 ■2 and Whetzel 's. The dinner committee 

 reported tickets selling fast for the 

 anniversary banquet March 23. There 

 were many other reports and much 

 miscellaneous business, with many dis- 

 cussions, making the evening a full one. 



The exhibits were as follows: 



From A. J. Loveless, Lenox, Mass., Stocks 

 Queen Alexandra, Empress Elizabeth and Princess 

 Alice. II warded cultural commendation and cer- 

 tificat. . 



From II. B. McKnight, Newark, No. 2, a dark 

 pink needling carnation, cross of Victory and 

 Winsor, given tlianks of club. 



From J. D. Cockcroft, Northport, L. I., Carna- 

 tion Northport, scored 86 points, preliminary cer- 

 tificate. 



From A. L. Miller, Brooklyn, particularly fine 

 I). P. Bassett carnations, voted thanks of club. 



From Frank Nlquet, Fatchogue, N. Y., Carna- 

 tion Improved Encnantress, given thanks of club. 



From C. H. Totty, Carnation Wodenethe, pre- 

 \iou8ly certificated. 



From Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, No. 618, 

 white seedling, awarded preliminary certificate. 



From John F. Marsden, Far Rockaway, White 

 Knchantress and Mrs. C. W. Ward carnations, 

 ^-iven thanks of club. 



From Henry Weaton, Hempstead, N. Y., pink 

 seedling, given thanks of club. 



From Traendly & Schenck, Carnation Salmon 

 lioauty, scored 88 points, preliminary certificate. 



From F. E. Whitney, Fishklll, N. Y., sport of 

 Winsor, given thanks of club. 



From Charles Weber, Lynbrook, N. Y., Carna- 

 tion Brooklyn, already certificated. 



From A. Demeusy, Flatbush, Carnation White 

 NVonder, given thanks of club. 



From Peter Fisher, Bills, Mass., Carnation 

 '■orgeous, scored 90 points, preliminary certifl- 

 ate; Carnation Benora, scored 85 points, pre- 

 liminary certificate. 



From Wm. Trlcker, Arlington. N. J., Lache- 

 'alla Nelsonl, voted thanks of club. 



From John Lewis Chllds, Floral Park, N. Y., 



alia Elliottiana, voted thanks of club. 



From W. W. Mathews, Great Neck, L. I., 



I'cesia Purity, voted thanks of club. 



Monday afternoon F. H. Traendly 

 -'ave a dinner in honor of President 

 \'^incent, at Cavanagh's, thoroughly 



n joyed by the nearly twenty who were 



•resent. 



LOUISVILIJ!, KT. 



Club Meeting. 



Yellow is the color most affected by 

 'he 1912 debutantes in the world of 

 '^oses, according to a talk delivered by 

 ^- S. Skidelsky at the monthly meeting 

 of the Kentucky Florists' Association, 

 held February 7, at 560 Fourth avenue. 



Two new members were added to the 

 association, bringing its total member- 

 ship up to fifty. They were Miss Emma 



Baumer and M. Pontrich, Henry Fuchs 

 was elected trustee of the association 

 for a term of one year. The question 

 of securing a permanent hall for the 

 meetings was discussed, and several 

 offers read, but no action was taken. 



A spirited discussion followed the 

 suggestion that the association en- 

 deavor to secure the 1913 convention of 



the Society of American Florists. After 

 several speakers declared warmly in 

 favor of the plan, and others were no 

 less emphatic in demanding that all 

 idea of securing the convention be 

 abandoned, it was decided to hold the 

 question open until the next regular 

 meeting in March, which will be held 

 at the establishment of Henry Fuchs. 



Bloomington, HI. — George Callahan, 

 formerly with the Phoenix Nursery, 

 has gone into partnership with W. T. 

 Hempstead. 



Fargo, N. D.— C. Siebrecht, Jr., for- 

 merly manager of the Siebrecht Floral 

 Co., at Winona, Minn., is now manager 

 of the decorating department of Smed- 

 ley & Co., in this city. 



Sandpoint, Idaho. — W. L. Foster has 

 completed one greenhouse, 21 x 100, and 

 intends to erect two more houses during 

 the coming summer. He will grow a 

 general line of stock for the trade. 



Independence, Mo. — In spite of the 

 fact that the greenhouses, office and 

 growing stock of the S. Bryson Ayres 

 Co. were recently destroyed by fire, 

 the firm is again in a position to fill 

 orders promptly. 



Homell, N. Y.— C. G. James, of C. G. 

 James & Son, announces that he is go- 

 ing into partnership with L. J. Brun- 

 dage, of Dundee, N. Y., and that about 

 April 1 the firm will begin the erection 

 of 10,000 square feet of glass at Penn 

 Yan, N. Y. 



Middletown, O. — H. G. Behrens and 

 G. A. Beckman have opened a store at 

 136 West Eighth street under the name 

 of the Busy Bees Floral Co. They state 

 that they will build a range of green- 

 houses in the spring. 



Waukon, la. — Mrs. R. L. Van Nice, 

 of the Van Nice Greenhouses, has pur- 

 chased materials from the John C. Mon- 

 inger Co. for another house. She has 

 been growing and marketing vegetables 

 and flowering plants for some years. 



Bay City, Mich. — Martin Keit is pre- 

 paring to put in new heating apparatus 

 during the summer. He has about 20,- 

 000 feet of glass, heated by steam from 

 a boiler in a pit, but the boiler has 

 aged rapidly during the severe weather 

 of the last few weeks. 



Navesink, N. Y.— The will of Mrs. 

 Elizabeth H. Latham, probated Febru- 

 ary 3, gives real estate worth $25,000 

 to William Do Vesty, who was her em- 

 ployee in the florists' business. The 

 will says the bequest is made as a mark 

 of appreciation of his long and faith- 

 ful service. 



Saco, Me. — The business conducted 

 for some years on Beach street, near 

 Laurel Hill cemetery, by George L. and 

 James D. Mahoney has been sold by 

 the Mahoneys to the Saco Flower Co., 

 Frank Banigan, manager. Mr. Bani- 

 gan has been connected with a similar 

 business in Boston for many years. 

 The Messrs. Mahoney will continue 

 the branch of the business dealing in 

 shrubbery, evergreen trees, etc. 



Morristown, N. J. — R. A. Elliott re- 

 ports good business. He has a grand 

 lot of carnations. 



Wappingers Falls, N. Y. — Joseph 

 Jones & Sons are cutting quite freely 

 on their carnations and keeping busy 

 with the coal pile this cold weather. 



Seguin, Tex. — The shipping season is 

 on and H. L. Neal reports everyone 

 working overtime. His whole force has 

 been laid up with the grip, but the 

 urgency of business will not permit of 

 sickness. 



Louisville, Ky. — ^Fire January 31 de- 

 stroyed the building on Jefferson street 

 in which the store of William Walker 

 was located. The total loss was $50,000, 

 to which the florist contributed between 

 $2,000 and $3,000. 



Syracuse, N. Y.— D. M. Edwards, 

 president of the E. W. Edwards & Son 

 dry goods store corporation, has built 

 a range of greenhouses at 817 James 

 street and states that they are to be 

 used for commercial purposes. 



Columbus, O. — A residence belonging 

 to Frank F. Miller, of the Columbus 

 Floral Co., and located on his farm on 

 the Groveport pike, was totally de- 

 stroyed by fire on the night of Febru- 

 ary 4. The dwelling was occupied by 

 Paul M. Halbrooks, who manages the 

 farm. The loss was estimated at over 

 $3,000. 



Brighton, Mass.— W. H. Elliott de- 

 livered an address at a recent meeting 

 of the Holyoke and Northampton Flo- 

 rists' and Gardeners' Association, held 

 in French hall, at the Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Amherst. On the same day he 

 also lectured before the class on flori- 

 culture, with "Commercial Roses" as 

 his subject. 



Middletown, N. Y.— J. Meiklejohn, 

 formerly the decorator at the Cafe 

 d 'Opera and the Hotel Knickerbocker in 

 New York, has opened a store at the 

 corner of Wickham avenue and North 

 street, and a branch in the Wallace 

 block. Mr. Meiklejohn had a formal 

 opening January 31 and presented his 

 customers with handsome souvenirs. 



Mancelona, Mich. — Henry Leaher, 

 fern dealer, entertained his fern work- 

 ers of the past season with a dance 

 and banquet, February 7. The hall 

 was decorated with evergreens, ferns, 

 and streamers of pink, green and yel- 

 low. The dining room was decorated 

 with evergreens and the tables with 

 ferns and carnations. Covers were 

 laid for sixty guests. All enjoyed the 

 evening and hoped it would be an 

 annual affair. 



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