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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 
HOLYOKE AND NORTHAMPTON 
FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' CLUB. 
The regular monthly meeting of this club 
was held on March 7. There was a good 
attendance of members, and in the absence 
of President Butler Vice President George 
Strugnell occupied the chair. After the 
business session James Whiting read the 
paper "Is Gardening a Profession?" sent 
by the National Association of Gardeners 
which met with hearty approval. K. B. 
Oilman presented a paper on "Advertising." 
which provoked a good discussion. Ex- 
hibits made a fine showing and, as usual, 
were of high quality. Mr. Schwartz, in 
charge of the Gallavain greenhouses, had 
arranged a bank of Murillo Tulips, a mixed 
group of Ericas, Azaleas and Ferns, and 
also staged plants of a crimson form of 
Primula obroniea. G. H. Sinclair & Son 
had pans of a pretty lavender form of 
Primula vulgaris, and vases of Mignonette. 
Snapdragon, Sweet Peas and Carnations, 
White Wonder. Rosette and Princess Dag- 
mar. F. 1). Keyes i Son had Carnations 
White Wonder. Enchantress and an un- 
named pink variety of good form. II. E. 
Downer showed a plant of Dendrobiuin 
nobile having one hundred and fifty open 
flowers. A specimen plant of Banera 
rubioides, a pot of Hyacinth gigantea and 
vases of Schizanthus Wisetonensis and Tulip 
Flamingo. Congratulations were in order 
to G. H. Sinclair, that day appointed a park 
commissioner for the city of Holvoke. 
"H. E. D. 
FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON, D. C. 
A signal honor was paid Ceorge Wesley 
Hess, superintendent of the United States 
Botanic Garden, at the meeting of the 
Florists' Club of Washington, D. C, when 
in recognition of his services to the Florist's 
trade of the United States he was unan- 
imously elected an honorary member of the 
club. Mr. Hess is the first one to be selected 
for this honor in ten years, such action on 
the part of the club only being taken in 
rare eases, and confined entirely to men who 
have accomplished something worthy of 
note in the production of flowers. 
Another feature of the meeting, which 
was held on March 7, was the election of 
the following officers: R. Lloyd Jenkins, 
president; Adolph Gude, vice president: 
Clarence L. Linz, re-elected secretary, and 
William F. Gude, treasurer, an office he has 
held since the organization of the club. 
The executive committee elected is George 
Field, Theodore Diedrich, Adolph Gude, 
George II. Cooke. David Bissett, and William 
H. Ernest. 
William B. Lewis, chairman of the trans- 
portation committee of the club, reported 
that he had already been informed of the 
names of more than one hundred who have 
signified their intention of becoming mem- 
bers of the Florists' Club party, which will 
leave Washington on March 27, for a three- 
day visit to the Philadelphia Flower Show 
and Convention. 
The concluding feature of the evening 
was the presentation from the club, made by 
William F. Gude, of a handsome silver 
platter to Ceorge H. Cooke, retiring 
president. 
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