Januahy 16, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



MUMS AT NEW ORLEANS. 



All Saints' day is the big flower day 

 at New Orleans. It comes when the 

 chrysanthemum is just approaching the 

 height of its season, but the New 

 Orleans florists have had their own 

 troubles in providing a local supply. 

 The white chrysanthemum is the pop- 

 ular flower of the day; there has been 

 scarcely any limit to the quantities 

 which could be sold if good stock were 

 offered at a reasonable price. The 

 growers, seeking to meet the demand, 

 tried growing mums outdoors. They 

 planted them in the open ground, only 

 to have some misfortune befall two 

 years out of three. Covers were tried, 

 first of cloth and later of hotbed sashes. 

 The cloth failed to protect the stock 

 from hard storms, and the sashes fre- 

 quently were not in place when the 

 critical moment arrived. This method 

 of growing proved too uncertain to be 

 profitable. It resulted in many a tele- 

 graphic order to northern sources of 

 supply for last-moment shipments. 



Now a number of New Orleans grow- 

 ers are planting chrysanthemums in 

 greenhouses, just as the northern grow- 

 ers handle them. Mrs. H. Eobinson is 

 possibly the best variety for their use 

 and it appears iikely that this method 

 of growing will become more or less 

 general in the south, so successful were 

 the growers last season, though they pro- 

 duced only a fraction of the quantity 

 needed to supply the demand. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 a few blooms of Mrs. Eobinson grown 

 by Max Scheinuk, 145 Baronne street, 

 New Orleans. He used a new house 

 and it was his first experiment with 

 mums under glass. The blooms shown 

 are a fair sample of several thousands 

 which were ready in the last days of 

 October. 



GARDENERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The executive board of the National 

 Association of Gardeners held its first 

 meeting for the year on Wednesday 

 afternoon, January 8, at the Murray 

 Hill hotel, New York city. President 

 William H. Waite was in the chair. 



After disposing of the routine busi- 

 ness before the meeting, the subject of 

 the association maintaining a depart- 

 ment along the lines of horticultural 

 societies abroad, to which members of 

 the profession may look for opportunity 

 for advancement, was brought up for 

 discussion, and resulted in the secre- 

 tary being empowered to take the 

 necessary steps to bring about the es- 

 tablishment of such a department. 



On motion made by Ex-President 

 Logan, it was also decided that the as- 

 sociation award a medal for any new 

 meritorious varieties of flowers, plants, 

 vegetables or fruits originated by a 

 gardener being a member of the asso- 

 ciation, and that the president annually 

 appoint a committee of judges for that 

 purpose. Mr. Waite appointed William 

 Kleinheinz, of Pennsylvania; Peter 

 Duff, of New Jersey, and James Stuart, 

 of New York, to serve as a committee 

 for 1913. 



An appropriation was voted for the 

 purpose of holding a National Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' bowling tourna- 

 ment in New York city during the 

 week of the International Show, to 

 which members of the Society of 

 American Florists are to be invited. 

 The event will occur at Thumm's alleys, 

 on Broadway, famous for many big 



Mum Mrs. Robinson, Grown Under Glass at New Orleans. 



bowling events, and the association 

 will offer two cups — one for the team 

 and one for the individual making the 

 highest score at the tournament. The 

 tournament will be open to teams of 

 three men, members of any local 

 florists' or gardeners' club which they 

 represent, and members either of the 

 N. A. G. or S. A. F. The individual 

 tournament will be open to members of 

 the N. A. G. and S. A. F. The follow- 

 ing committee was appointed to com- 

 plete all arrangements: John Dodds, 

 John W. Everett, A. Bauer, .Tames 

 Stuart and William Robertson, of Jen- 

 kintown. Pa. Many valuable prizes 

 have already been contributed. 



Lester E. Ortiz, superintendent of 

 the Pratt estate, at Glen Cove, N. Y., 

 and vice-president of the Farmers' 

 Congress, of New York, addressed the 

 meeting, stating that in his opinion the 

 men who serve as superintendents on 

 the private estates of the future will 

 have to be informed on every branch 

 that goes to make up a complete pri- 

 vate establishment. He urged that the 

 gardeners cooperate with the farmers 

 to influence a more liberal appropria- 

 tion of the millions expended annually, 

 by the nation and states, to the purpose 

 of educational work in agriculture and 

 horticulture. He said that some six- 

 teen or seventeen millions will be ap- 

 propriated this year and that the gar- 

 deners of the nation should have some 

 voice in the recommendations for dis- 

 tributing this vast sum. A meeting of 

 the Farmers' Congress will shortly be 

 held in New York city, to which Mr. 

 Ortiz invited his fellow members and 

 all gardeners. 



The directors decided to hold the 

 next meeting in New York during the 

 National Show. An invitation will be 

 extended to all members of the associa- 

 tion to attend this meeting. 



The officers and executive members 

 of the association, as at present con- 

 stituted, are: 



President— William H. Waite, Yonkers, N. Y. 



Vice-president — A. J. Smith, Lalie Geneva, Wis. 



Secretary — Martin C. Ebel, Madison, N. J. 



Treasurer — James Stuart, Mamaroneclj, N. Y. 



Trustees for 1913— Peter Duff, Orange, N. J.; 

 William Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa.: William Duck- 

 liam, Madison, N. J.; Alexander MacKenzie, Glen 

 Cove, N. Y.; John Dodds, Wyncote, Pa. 



Directors to serve until 1914 — Robert Angus, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y.; Robert Bottomley, New 

 Canaan, Conn. ; Carl Schaeffer, Tuxedo Park, N. 

 Y. ; E. Wetterlow, West Manchester, Mass. ; T. 

 J. Kempton, Baychester, N. Y.; E. Trethewey, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y.; Alexander Eraser, Newport, 

 R. I. 



Directors to serve until 1015 — John Shore, Har- 

 rison. N. Y.: Thomas Proctor, Lenox, Mass.; 

 William N. Craig, North Easton, Mass.; Frank 

 E. Whitney, Fishkill, N. Y.; Robert Williamson. 

 Greenwich. Conn.: V. Kirk. Bar Harbor, Me.; 

 James Bell, New Y'ork. N. Y. 



Directors to serve until 1916 — Thomas W. 

 I.ogan, Jenklntown. Pa.': Jolin F. Huss, Hartford, 

 Conn.; John W. Everett, Glen Cove. N. Y.; A. 

 Bauer, Deal Beach, N. J.; John W. Jones. Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa.; Alexander MePherson, Washington, 

 D. C; James C. Shield, Monticeiio, 111. 



Reports of the various committees 

 show that the association is in excellent 

 condition, financially and otherwise, 

 with prospects that its growth during 

 1913 will even exceed the phenomenal 

 strides it made during the last year. 

 M. C. Ebel, Sec'y. 



NOTES FROM ENGLAND. 



The National Dahlia Society. 



The National Dahlia Society came 

 in for a certain amount of criticism in 

 1912, not altogether unmerited, on ac- 

 count of its marking time instead of 

 keeping pace in the forward march 

 along with the floral societies. Be 

 that as it may, 1913 will probably see 

 a reawakening, as its officers and com- 

 mittee are fully alive to their responsi- 

 bilities, impressed upon them during 

 their period of relaxation. Besides, the 

 appointment of a new secretary, who 



