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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Januabz 12. 1011. 



retary Young, Treasurer Kickards and 

 Trustees Traendly, Totty, Weber and 

 Hendrickson all waxed eloquent in ap- 

 preciation of the honors given them and 

 in bromise of devotion to the club's 

 welfare. 



The president appointed the follow- 

 ing neommittees : 



I^isla^ve — Messrs. O'Mara, Birnie, 

 Piejson. 



Essay — ^iiessrs. Shaw, Siebrecht, Jr., 

 Pepiper. 



Awards — Messrs. Miller, Totty, Simp- 

 sonj Sheridan, Traendly, Hogg, Weston, 

 DuQkham. 



Hxhihition — Messrs. Marshall, Turner, 

 Hendrickson, Eossback, Kennedy. 



House and Entertainment — Messrs. 

 Berry, Al Kickards, Fenrich. 



Annual dinner — Messrs. Weathered, 

 Miller, Schenck, Keuhne, Shaw. 



Chiting — Messrs. Fenrich, Einsman, 

 Eobt. Young, Donaldson, Butterfield, 

 Wei?er, Scott, Meyer, Chadwick, Lang- 

 jahr. 



Pi O'Mara reported progress for the 

 conimittee having as its object the se- 

 curing of a $50,000 appropriation by 

 the legislature for the greenhouses at 

 Cornell. He explained fully the pub- 

 licity methods to be adopted and said 

 the , outlook was encouraging, notwith- 

 standing the governor 's proclamation of 

 democratic economy. 



The club's committee visiting Eobert 

 Scott & Son, at Sharon Hill, Pa., re- 

 ported on its examination of Double 

 Killarney and Melody roses there and 

 gave the former 86 points and Melody 

 85 points, and to both the club's cer- 

 tificate of merit. Messrs. Totty, Traend- 

 ly, Turner, Weber, Simpson and Duck- 

 ham were the delegation. 



Messrs. Maynard, Eussell and Scom- 

 modeau were nominated for member- 

 ship, and the resignations of L. J. 

 Kreshover and A. E. McDonald ac- 

 cepted with regrets. 



The treasurer's report was an elab- 

 orate one and most satisfactory, show- 

 ing a balance in the treasury of $3,- 

 920.73. The trustees' report was an 

 economical one, suggesting several re- 

 trenchments, most of which were laid 

 on the table. Considerable discussion 

 was indulged in by Messrs. Scott, Wes- 

 ton, O'Mara, Berry, Sheridan, Traendly, 

 Birnie, Marshall, Miller, Manda, Pepper 

 and Schultz, Messrs. Berry, Weston, 

 Scott and Schultz especially champion- 

 ing the interests of the ladies. 



Mr. Traendly spoke of the importance 

 of the Boston National Flower Show 

 and the advisability of a transporta- 

 tion committee, as a large delegation 

 from the club will attend. The presi- 

 dent appointed Messrs. Traendly, Bun- 

 yard and Miller as that committee. 



C. B. Weathered read the resolutions 

 of sympathy on the death of the brother 

 of the Manda boys. Committees to draw 

 ,up resolutions on the deaths of Mrs. 

 Bruggerhof and Mrs. Horan were ap- 

 pointed: Messrs. Pepper, Shaw and 

 Weathered, and Messrs. Sheridan, Young 

 and Butterfield. 



The exhibits of the evening were 

 sweet peas from Geo. D. Schuneman, 

 staged by Joseph Fenrich, including 

 Christmas Pink, Mrs. Smalley, Mrs. 

 Alex. Wallace, Mrs. Charles Totty and 

 Watchung, which received a cultural 

 certificate, and a dark crimson seedling 

 carnation. No. 40, and a bright red 

 seedling. No. 66, much resembling Vic- 

 tory, by W. C. Eoberts, of Ossining, N. 

 Y., for which the thanks of the club 

 were given. No. 66 scored 88^^ points 

 and was much admired. 



Various Notes. 



C. W. Scott, of the Yokohama Nur- 

 sery Co., is back from Bermuda. He 

 says the lilies are looking good — no 

 disease — and no overstock. Mrs. Scott 

 accompanied him. They will plant 

 about 50,000 at their Hinode place at 

 Whitestone this season. 



The New York and New Jersey Plant 

 Growers' Association will have a swell 

 dinner at the Caf6 Martin February 2, 

 with no speeches but an abundance of 

 music and vaudeville. All florists and 

 their families are invited. Until this 

 year the dinners have been by special 

 invitation, but now it is " open house ' ' 

 and everybody with $6 in his jeans is 

 welcome. 



The banquet season opened Monday 

 evening, with President Nugent 's smok- 

 er, and will be in full blast January 16, 

 when the Madison society celebrates 

 with a big dinner instead of the usual 

 smoker. The Mansion House, Morris- 

 town, is the place, and a big delegation 

 from New York is going. Then, Janu- 

 ary 18, the Tarrytown dinner takes 

 place, Eed Bank's dinner the same 

 night, while at the Grand Central Pal- 

 ace that evening 5,000 Greek-Ameri- 

 cans, under the auspices of the 'Greek - 

 American Florists' Association, will 

 celebrate in concert, dance and wine. 

 Several New Yorkers have arranged to 

 do Tarrytown and the Greek ball the 

 same night. Following these in rapid 

 succession will come the Glen Cove, 

 Bay Shore, Elberon, Yonkers, Pough- 

 keepsie and Dobbs Ferry feasts frater- 

 nal, and, last but not least, the dinner 

 of the New York Florists' Club in Feb- 

 ruary. 



David MacFarlane, of Tarrytown, is 

 back from a five weeks' vacation in 

 Colorado. 



The good wishes of the seedsmen 

 follow David Adam, formerly of Thor- 

 burn's, in his engagement with the 

 Michell Co., of Philadelphia. 



The Forster Mansfield $7,000 lattice 

 decoration may be seen this week at 

 the Madison Square Garden auto show. 

 It is receiving much favorable notice 

 from the metropolitan dailies. 



Bowling. 



The Alex D. Shaw prize, a bottle of 



champagne, for the high score of the 



evening, was won January 6 by A. Ka- 



kuda. The scores were: 



Player— Ist 2d 3d 4th 5th 



Chadwick 221 236 189 190 203 



Nugent 101 90 96 113 102 



Kakuda 122 124 129 166 lOT 



Scott 164 146 147 169 146 



Manda 165 145 181 177 151 



The following scores were made Mon- 

 day afternoon, January 9: 



Player. Ist 2d 8d 



Rlckards. W 147 164 169 



Donaldson 156 183 207 



Scott 139 132 134 



Manda 177 119 172 



Fenrich 204 165 198 



Siebrecht 136 190 187 



Berry 141 146 167 



Blckards 177 165 180 



Hendrickson 95 



Schultz 96 



J. Austin Shaw. 



HOW A SAMPLE WOBES. 



Every now and then some reader of 

 The Eeview hands a sample copy of the 

 paper to one of the not large number of 

 florists whom the publishers have not 

 yet been able to reach. This is the way 

 it works: 



From what we have seen of The BeTlew, 

 we think It will do us good to Join your 

 family, so here is a dollar and a wish for a 

 happy New Year.— H. D. Whitney & Son, 

 Concord, N. H., January 1, 1911. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The looked for improvement in mar- 

 ket conditions has not yet arrived. 

 Prices have declined from a week ago 

 in nearly every case, and while on some 

 days there is a fairly good clean-up, 

 there has been no snap to business such 

 as we might naturally expect early in 

 January. Eoses are abundant and sell- 

 ing lower; in fact, quite a few are now 

 seen in the fakers' hands in company 

 with carnations, violets and bulbous 

 stock. Beauties are rather scarce, but 

 there is an excellent supply of fine Kil- 

 larney, White Killarney, Eichmond and 

 Ehea Eeid. Mrs. Aaron Ward contin- 

 ues to sell well. Not many Maryland 

 arrive here, but some seen are of a fine 

 color and excellent quality. Carnations 

 have also softened in price. The varia- 

 ble weather has affected the quality. 

 Violets for some reason have taken a 

 decided slump; 50 cents per hundred is 

 as much as fine flowers are bringing, 

 not a few going for half that figure. It 

 is years since such low prices ruled at 

 this season on violets. 



Sweet peas are arriving in large quan- 

 tities and the quality steadily im- 

 proves. Paper White narcissi and Eo- 

 man hyacinths are overabundant. Tu- 

 lips and Trumpet daffodils are also be- 

 coming quite plentiful and have dropped 

 in value. Some fine freesia is arriving, 

 Purity, as usual, being the best. Mar- 

 guerites are among the flowers which 

 are selling well, yellows going especially 

 well. Lily of the valley is improving 

 in quality, the foliage now being much 

 better than a month ago. Some splen- 

 did mignonette is coming in, also antir- 

 rhinum in several colors. Gardenias 

 continue quite scarce. There is now a 

 good supply of Cattleya TriansB, while 

 Lselia anceps, Phalaenopsis grandiflora, 

 cypripediums and some dendrobriums 

 are also procurable. 



Easter lilies are plentiful, as are cal- 

 las. In miscellaneous flowers there is 

 now quite a variety, and some of these 

 sell better than the standard flowers. 

 There is a temporary shortage in best 

 quality adiantum. Trade in greenery 

 has been rather quiet, while plant trade 

 also seemed rather dull. This, however, 

 is usual at this season. 



Horticultural Society. 



At a meeting of the board of trustees 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, January 7, it was announced that 

 George Eobert White, who had pre- 

 viously donated $2,500, the interest to 

 be devoted to a medal of honor an- 

 nually, has increased his donation to 

 $5,000. In addition to eminent workers 

 in the realms of horticulture in Amer- 

 ica, it was the donor's wish that it 

 could, if desired, be conferred from 

 time to time on horticulturists abroad. 

 The committee appointed at a preceding 

 meeting to name the recipient of the 

 medal, consisting of C. S. Sargent, 

 Thomas Eoland and J. K. M. L. Farqu- 

 har, recommended that it be awarded 

 to Jackson Dawson. The trustee board 

 confirmed this recommendation. The 

 first medal struck was awarded to Prof. 

 Sargent. 



At the annual meeting of the society 

 January 7 the new president, C. W. 

 Parker, was prevented by illness from 

 being present. The treasurer's report 

 showed gross receipts for the year $20,- 

 018.06; expenditures, $18,657.37; bal- 

 ance, $1,360.67. Eeceipts from hall 



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