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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



October 13, 1910. 



soaked with wutcr, they will show little 

 signs of wiltiiif^. A nij^ht teiiiiierature 

 of ')') degrees is ample. 



SPRINGFIELD, O. 



Club Meeting. 



The aiuiual banquet ami installation 

 of oliieers of the Siuingfiehl I'loiists' 

 Club was held at the Hookwalter hotel 

 Monday evening, October 10, with twen- 

 ty-five niembeis about the festal board, 

 all having exidently eoine with well 

 sharju'ned a]i])etites as a result of ardu- 

 ous greenliouse labor of the day. 



Cigars having been distributed, the 

 retiring ))resi(ient, Roger II. Mnr])hey, 

 of l'rl)ana, assumed tlie role of toast- 

 master with a few felieitons ri'inarks, 

 concJnding with refei'ences to his sum- 

 mer vacation trip t(j Michigan, which 

 Jiaturjiliy led him to call on one who 

 hail Iieen (lescii])ed to him by the pro- 

 j>rietor of a fishing tatdile store in 

 Michigan as a "fussy little ohl man," 

 who pro\ed later to ha\e been .lohn M. 

 Good. Mr. (!o(id related numerous 

 amusing incidents of his vacatii)n trip, 

 with some excellent and original fish 

 stories which in\(il\ed sexcrai other llo- 

 rists present. 



Ceorge II. MeJlcn was next intro 

 duc(>(l, and s])r)ke interestingly of the 

 accomplishments (d' the club and men- 

 tioned several subjects on which there 

 might be room for advancenuMit. 



" The Good of the Club ' ' was assigned 

 to (ieorge i>. Leedle for an impromptu 

 talk. Mr. Leedle state<l that in his 

 yonngei' days, when he had studied 

 su(di literature as "Mother Goose,'' one 

 of the jiaramonnt questions had l>een. 

 "Who killed Cock liobin.'" lint the 

 modern paralbd along this line among 

 our fraternity is. "Who killed the 

 Springficdd flower show.''' .\s a means 

 of maintaining a I'egular and liv(dy in- 

 terest in the work of a (dul). a definite 

 j>]an for the year was advocated, such 

 as a paper or talk on some favoi'ite 

 s\ibject of interest to the pnd'ession. to 

 !)(■ prepared by various nu'inbcis for 

 ea(di regular meeting. Leman i'ladford 

 followed witn brief remarks eiulorsing 

 the recommendations of tht» preceding 

 speakers. 



As (diairman of the entertainment 

 committee for the last year, Oplia Jack- 

 son related some <d" his experiences. The 

 work of this committee has been some 

 what perj)lexing. by reason of tiie fact 

 that the forme!- large "wet"' inajoiity 

 has swung to the "dry" column. 



Christian P.inning told of his start- 

 ing with the Storrs <!c Harrison Co., at 

 l';iinesville. <)., twenty eight years ago, 

 .at which time Robert (ieorge said to 

 him that the llorists' Imsiness was 

 "]d;iye<l out.'' but later ilcxelopnuMits 

 lia\(' shown that it liad not yet begun. 

 Mr. Viinning was of the opinion that 

 what he heard .at the annual gatherings 

 of the S. .\. I', was ot little |pi;ictical 

 benefit to SpriuLilield I'laiit ^row er^ ;iiid 

 slii|ipei>. and tliat tiii'ir interests were 

 more cliisely ;illieil t" tlm-e of the .\nier 

 ican .\ssoci;it ion of Xiiisei ynien. lie 

 expres>ed a beliet' lli;il we should effect 

 an organization of all of' the catalogue 

 houses of the country .as a National As 

 soci.ation of I'lant Shippers. 



Rov McGregor pro|iosed the (juestion 

 as to whether the (dub sluuild be a 

 business or a soi-ial organization. 



The most recent new inendier of the 

 club, Charles (). Youngstrand, spoke 

 from the standpoint of an outsider, or 

 purchaser of our stoik. Mr. Wningstrand 



came to Springfield as a newspaper 

 man, an<l when told of the immensity of 

 the local plant business, and especially 

 the rose growing, he naturally asked, 

 "Where are the roses?" comparatively 

 none being visible to the passing ob- 

 server. Later on he discovered that 

 all were too busy propagating and 

 growing to give any attention to plant- 

 ing for ornamentation. He recommend- 

 ed an annual outdoor rose show, pro- 

 vided the local soils were such as to 

 make this feasible. 



.Iose])h Camjibell claimed to be able 

 to grow roses and to eat fried (diicken 

 with any of the crowd, but when it 

 came to speech making he was down 

 and out. 



Frank E. (iood spoke of the fact 

 that a new rose is fre(puM)tly tried in 

 an inadequate way and discarded as 

 worthless, while it might have proven 

 a valuable addition to the list if it Inul 

 ])een ])ro])erly tested. He ])redicted 

 that his firm would soon have a trial 

 ground where every rose, tender or 

 hardy, would be given a full chance 

 to demonstrate its merits. Mr. t!oo<l 

 also sjioke of the averag*' heating sys- 

 tem in local houses, whi<di he ludieved 

 to 1)0 to some extent antiipuiteil and 

 wasteful of fiud. 



Ward Welsh, who is known to the 

 members as "the farmer of Mud Run.'' 

 rose to his feet with a poni]ious air 

 whi(di gave rise to great expectations 

 on the part of the listeners, and then 

 gravely announced that he had "lost 

 his little speech, whi(di he had placed in 

 his potdict." 



A definite j)rogram for the year, with 

 something interesting for each meet- 

 ing, was urged by C. L. Reese. 



Charles I'nglaul) mentioned the grow 

 jng and exhibition of specimen jdants 

 as something which might add to the 

 attendance and interest, whereupon ^Ir. 

 Hinning produce<l two fiiu' speidmen 

 blooms of Dahlia (iraml Duke Alexis. 

 whi(di were passed around and greatly 

 admired. 



A local ciimpaign for lawn iin|irove- 

 nu'iit was fa\'ore<l by ll;irv(>\' X. Siegeii- 

 thaler, who ])r(q)osed a plan for the 

 selling of plants and shrubbery by 

 bright young i>eopl(> from inir high 

 sidiool and college, under tlu> guidance 

 of ;i commission of citizens interested 

 in botanical matteis and (dvic beautifi 

 cat ion. 



<arl (;ienn, the retiring secretary, ex- 

 jiressed a feeling of relief from the 

 duty, stating that he was there to learn 

 rather than to teach. 



<'. I'earl Hethard. seciet:iry (ded. 

 thanked the club for the honor con- 

 ferred on him, and exjpressed regret at 

 the abandonment of the flower show 

 project, remarking that "we will have 

 one next year." 



In relinquishing the office of presi. 

 dent. Robert Murjihey addeil a few well 

 (dioseii i'em;irks and introduced the 

 ju'esident elect, (liailes W. Silimidt, 

 who spoke of the ail\ ant Mge^ of' getting 

 fogethtu' in a feeding of rnutu.'il confi- 

 diMice and coiiperation. one of the \io 

 culi.'ir features of the local lloral busi- 

 ness being tluit all are 1o a laige ex- 

 tent interilejiendent in the matter of 

 repb'iMshing exhausted supplies of 

 stocki Tiid'ereni-e was also made to the 

 coniparativtdy few flowers pl.-inteil bv 

 the Springfield jiublic, in spite of the 

 fact that the best advantages on (>arth 

 for buying in almost every conc(>ivable 

 line are right at hand. 



On motion of John M. f!ood, ;t reso- 

 lution was adopted for the apiiointment 



of a committee to revive the project of 

 removing a portion of the cement from 

 the esplanade and planting the spaces 

 with flowers, the florists to supply the 

 necessary stock for a period of five 

 vears. Mr. Binning and Mr. Young- 

 strand joined in advocating some plan 

 for supplying the local papers with lit- 

 erature along the line of instructing the 

 public what, when and how to plant. 



Ge Dale. 



PITTSBUEG, PA. 



The Market. 



There has been quite an improvement 

 in trade this month, but it is not regu- 

 lar. One day every one is buying and 

 the next day there is nothing doing. 

 However, the general volume of busi- 

 ness will foot up all right. There are 

 jilenty of flowers of all kinds — Beau- 

 ties, roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, 

 dahlias, gladioli, lilies and \iolets. No 

 scarcdty of anything. 



Various Notes. 



Hreitenstein & Co. have retired from 

 the retail cut flower business. This is 

 the second retailer to quit this fall, 

 leaving only three large stores in the 

 ilowntown section of the city. 



.\ street car struck the auto in which 

 Sjimnel McClements and his son were 

 riding Sunday, October !), on their way 

 to church. The sou was thrown from 

 the machine and his hand was badly cut 

 with glass from the broken wind shield. 

 Both were badly shaken up, but consid- 

 ered themselves fortunate to escape so 

 luckily. 



De Forest Ludwig is taking a scic*!!- 

 tific course at Cornell. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. is cut- 

 ting sonu^ extra fine roses at its Bakers- 

 town greenhouses. This company has 

 been l)usy getting things arranged in 

 its new home. 



Visitors were: ]Mr. Edlefsen, of the 

 Kdl(>fsen Leidiger Co., Milwaukee. Wis., 

 and I. .\. Oldliam, Cambridge, O. 



Hoo TToo. 



ORANGE, N. J. 



The fifth annual dahlia show of the 

 New .Jersey Floricnltural Society was 

 htdd in Lindsley hall, October 1. There 

 was a large attendance and the show- 

 was the best of the kind the society 

 ever h.as Indd. Among the outside vis- 

 it ois were Charles ]McTaggart, with \\. 

 K. Marshall & Co., New York; George 

 W. Strange, with W. A. Manda, South 

 Orange, X. J., ;iinl William Tricker, the 

 water lily specialist of Arlington, N. J. 



Walter ]\1. Gray, of ivlaplewood, N. 

 d.. captured the silver cuj) donated by 

 Hit(diings & Co., which was awarded for 

 the best sixty dr.hlia cut blooms. Will- 

 iam Redd, g.a'rdener for S. M. & A. <"ol- 

 ga1(>, w;is awarded the second prize cup, 

 don.ated by .lames Laing, of Orange. 

 Albert l\ Larson, gardener for A. B. 

 • lenkins, won the third prize cup. These 

 gentlemen were the j)rin(dpal exhibit- 

 (US for prizes, with Max Schneider also 

 capturing a number of firsts. 



William Tricker made a fine display 

 of outdoor roses and received a cul- 

 tural c(MtilH-ate. Other certificates were 

 aw.'irded as follows: To Walter Gray, 

 for Souvenii' de Gnstavc Doazon; P. A. 

 <'onners. for dahlias; Albert F. Larson, 

 for dahlias; D. Kindsgrab, for dahlias; 

 Edward Merrit, for dahlias; Charles 

 .\shmead. for d:ihlias; William H. Reid, 

 for dahlias; Max Schneider, for celo- 



