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BANQUETS 



YONKERS, N. Y. 



The Yonkers Horticultural Society 

 gave its third annual dinner Thursday 

 evening, January 30, at the Pine Tree 

 Inn, ■with its usual elaborate menu, its 

 big attendance and much enthusiasm. 

 Messrs. Waite, Milliott and Eennison 

 made up a committee that is unbeat- 

 able. 



Charles H. Totty was the toastmaster 

 and proved he was "to the manor 

 born, ' ' keeping the big crowd alert and 

 happy throughout the evening. Mr. 

 Drexel spoke for the Yonkers society, 

 Mr. Duncan for the Elberon society 

 and Mr. Ebel for the National Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners. Mr. Totty pleaded 

 for cooperation and told the gardeners 

 of the $5,000 cash and thirty-five silver 

 cups that have been set aside for their 

 profession at the National Flower Show. 

 J. Johnstone responded for the Glen 

 Cove society, Mr. Lee for Tarrytown, 

 Mr. Drews for Orange, E. McKen- 

 zie for the Westchester and Fairfield, 

 and Messrs. Casper and Wilson for 

 Dobbs Ferry. Mr. Ortez gave a splen- 

 did address on cooperation, and was 

 ably seconded by President Waite. J. 

 A. Shaw responded for the press, Mr. 

 Maynard for the ladies, Mr. Milliott 

 for the retail florists, Mr. Sperry for 

 publicity, Mr. Muller for the drummer, 

 Mr. Sperling for the seedsmen and Mr. 

 Bennison for the nurserymen. Andrew 

 Wilson sang and told stories and it was 

 too late for trains for many when the 

 festivities ended. J. A. S. 



MOEEISTOWN, N. J. 



The seventeenth annual dinner of the 

 Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Society was held Tuesday evening, 

 January 28, at Piper's hotel, and was 

 declared the best ever held by this ven- 

 erable organization. The menu was se- 

 ductive, the floral decorations were elab- 

 orate and the oratory above normal. 

 Walter Sheridan, of New York, was the 

 affable, practical and eloquent toast- 

 master, and proved to be the right man 

 in the right place. Arthur Herrington, 

 who is known as the father of the so- 

 ciety, made the address of welcome, 

 claiming for Morris county the front 

 rank in the list of horticultural socie- 

 ties in this country. Mr. Linderman, 

 representing Mayor Todd, and president 

 of the board of aldermen of Morristown, 

 responded for the city and gave the vis- 

 iting florists the freedom of the town. 

 Mayor Downs, of Madison, N. J., said 

 the society, had put Madison on the 

 map. He made a fine address on Amer- 

 ican manhood, the keynote of his ora- 

 tory being "Give us men," to which 

 Arthur T. Boddington later took excep- 

 tion, saying the battle cry should be 

 "Give us women." The latter senti- 

 ment seemed to have a majority of the 

 votes. 



President Siebrecht, of the New York 

 Florists' Club, gave a practical address, 

 outlining the best methods to win suc- 

 cess at the National Flower Show. 

 James Christie, a local vocalist, inter- 

 spersed popular songs and a competent 

 orchestra also made melody. 



W, H. Duckham, treasurer of the so- 

 ciety, gave a splendid tribute to Secre- 

 tary Keagan and made the presentation 

 of a valuable silver tea service in token 

 of his many years of faithful devotion, 

 to which Mr. Eeagan feelingly replied. 



William Turner responded for the 

 Monmouth County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, the headquarters of which will be 

 in Bed Bank hereafter. Mr. Turner 

 prophesied that New Jersey will come 

 out on top at the big flower show in 

 April. Mr. Cleary, of the Madison 

 Eagle, spoke for the press. Charles 

 Weathered spoke for the New York 

 Florists' Club and Mr. Boddington for 

 the seedsmen. The theme of C. H. 

 Totty 's forensic eloquence was the Na- 

 tional Flower Show. Mr. Maynard 

 spoke on the high cost of living. Mr. 

 Morris, of the Madison Trust Co., Mr. 

 Ebel and Messrs. Sperry and Shaw ' ' also 

 ran. ' ' The aftermath, which began at 

 midnight, was full of interest. It was 

 a great night. J. A. S. 



OYSTER BAY. 



For a young society, Oyster Bay cer- 

 tainly carries off the palm. Not a year 

 old until April, it has already an active 

 membership of 120, and eleven life and 

 honorary members additional. 



Its first annual banquet was a grand 

 success. It was held at East Norwich, 

 L. I., at an inn famous for its dinners, 

 and no more elaborate menu is seen at 

 the Astor or Waldorf-Astoria. The dec- 

 orations were tasteful and included a 

 grand vase of William Eccles carna 

 tions from Scott Bros., of Elmsford. 

 Alfred Lahodney, of the Havemeyer 

 estate, exhibited a lily with twenty per- 

 fect flowers. Secretary Ingram fur- 

 nished the plants for the tables. 



In the absence of President Duthie, 

 who was indisposed. Vice-president Jo- 

 seph Bobinson presided. J. Austin 

 Shaw was toastmaster. Mr. Robertson, 

 who won the gold medal for highest 

 number of points on his exhibits of the 

 year, was presented with the trophy in 

 a neat speech by Alfred Walker. The 

 program was an elaborate one, and it 

 was after 1 a. m. before it was con- 

 cluded. 



The toast to the nurserymen was re- 

 sponded to by James Scott and P. H. 

 Goodsell, Mr. Goodsell later donating a 

 silver cup for the club's competition. 

 For the seedsmen, Messrs. Sperling, of 

 the Stumpp & Walter Co., Mr. Kennedy, 

 of Kennedy & Hunter, and Mr. Johnson, 

 of the MacNiflf Horticultural Co., gave 

 interesting addresses. George Powers 



and Julius Blum spoke for the associate 

 members, G. Haywood, of Glen Cove, 

 for the banking interests, Ernest Brand, 

 Alex. McKenzie, John F. Johnston and 

 John Everett for the Glen Cove society. 

 During the evening William Eccles 

 read one of his famous Byronic poems 

 and Charles Plumb and Andrew Wilson 

 sang. A pianist kept the crowd musical 

 with popular songs, in which the com- 

 pany of nearly 100 joined. William 

 Bobertson spoke for "Bonnie Scot- 

 land." William Plumb gave a fine ad- 

 dress, replete with practical philosophy, 

 to the toast of ' ' Merrie England, ' ' and 

 John O'Neil took the."Ould Sod" as 

 his inspiration. N. H. Desbrow re- 

 sponded for the local press and Mr. 

 Maynard for the ladies. A letter was 

 read from Secretary Ebel, of the N. A. 

 G., regretting his absence and announc- 

 ing the engagement of the entire floor 

 of Thumm's bowling alleys for the S. 

 A. F. and N. A. G. tournament Wednes- 

 day, April 9. J- A. S. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Directors' Meeting. 



President Farquhar has called a 

 meeting of the board of directors for 

 February 25 at 10 a. m., at the Hotel 

 Radisson, Minneapolis. 



President's Appointments. 



President Farquhar has made the fol- 

 lowing appointments: 



ST.\TE VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



Alabama— W. B. Faterson, Jr.. Montgomery. 



California (North)— Daniel MacRorle, San Fran- 

 cisco. 



California (South)— Charles Shaw. Los Angeles. 



Colorado— CharlfS U. Fohn. Colorado Springs. 



Connecticut— Wallace R. Plerson. Cromwell. 



District of Columbia— F. 11. Kramer, Washing- 

 ton. 



Florida— C. D. Mills, Jacksonville. 



Georgia— John Wolf, Savannah. 



Illinois (North)— Fred Lautensolilager. Chicago. 



Illinois (South)— Frank L. Washburn, Blooming- 

 ton. 



Indiana (Nortli)— J. S. Stuart, Anderson. 



Indiana (South)— Joseph H. Hill, Richmond. 



Iowa— James S. Wilson, Des Moines. 



Kansas— H. S. Mueller. Wichita. 



Kentucky— Fred Louis Schultz. Louisville. 



Louisiana — Harry Papworth, New Orleans. 



Maine — Charles S. Strout, Blddeford. 



Maryland (South)— R. E. Graham, Baltimore. 



Maryland (North> — R. \. Vincent. White Marsh. 



Massachusetts (East)— Wm. P. Edgar. Boston. 



.Massachusetts (West)— Prof. E. A. White, Am- 

 herst. 



Michigan (East) — Albert Pochelon. Detroit. 



Michigan (West)— Elmer D. Smith. Adrian. 



Minnesota — Elof P. Holm, St. Paul. 



.Missouri (East) — Fred H. Weber. St. Louis. 



Missouri (West) — Miss Mary Ilayden. Kansas 

 City. 



Mississippi- S. W. Crowell, Rich. 



Montana— T. E. Mills. Helena. 



Nebraska — Louis Henderson, Omaha. 



New Hampshire — <ieo. E. Buxton, Nashua. 



New Jersey (North) — Joseph Manda, West Or- 

 ange. 



New Jersey (South)— Geo. A. Strohlelu, River- 

 ton. 



New York (East) — James McHutchison, New 

 York City. 



New York (West) — Geo. B. Hnrt. Rochester. 



North Carolina — S. Alliort Starr. Goldshoro. 



Ohio (North) — Chas. Graham, Cleveland. 



Ohio (South)— J. Chas. McCullough. Cincinnati. 



Oklahoma — Geo. Stiles. Oklahoma City. 



Oregon — James Forbes. Portland. 



Pennsylvania (Eastt — David Rust. Plilladelphia. 



Pennsylvania (West) — Samuel .McClenients, Pitts- 

 burgh. 



Rhode Island — L. J. Reuter, Westerly. 



South Carolina — C. .\. Moss. Spartanburg. 



South Dakota— E. C. Newbury. .Mitchell. 



Tennessee — C. L. Baum, Knoxvllle. 



Texas— .\lex .Millar. Dallas. 



Vermont — C. E. Cove. Burlington. 



Virginia — H. Brown. Richmond. 



West Virginia — C. P. Dudley, Parkersburg. 



Washlngton-^.\my L. Lambly. Spokane. 



Wisconsin — William Currle. Milwaukee. 



Utah— A. J. Alt, Salt Lake City. 



CANADIAN VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

 Alberta — A. M. Tirrell. Calgary. 

 Manitoba— H. E. Philpott. Winnipeg. 

 Ontario— II. Dillemuth. King St. East. Toronto. 

 Quebec — Geo. .\. Robinson, Montreal. 



OTHER OFFICERS. 

 Botanist— Prof. A. C. Real. Ithaca. N. V. 



