72 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



A Member: I place the name of Mr. Louis Henderson in nomina- 

 tion for the ofiice of secretary. 



Mr. Williams: I move that the name of Mr. Henderson be made 

 the unanimous choice of this meeting, as secretary for this society. Sec- 

 onded. Carried. 



The Chairman: Our next office is the office of treasurer, and we 

 will now receive nominations for this office. 



A Member: I know that my friend, Mr. J. E. Atkinson, would like 

 to hold the office for another year, and I place him in nomination. 



Mr. Green: I move that the s-ecretary be instnicted to cast the en- 

 tire vote of this association for Mr. Atkinson for treasurer. Seconded. 

 Carried. 



Mr. Chairman: Our other officers to be elected at this meeting are 

 the trustees. A.re there any nominations for these offices? Our trus- 

 tees the past year have been Mr. Williams and Mr. Davidson and Mr. 

 Green. 



Mr. Green: Two of them have been all ri.ght. The other one has 

 not been worth much. I would like to nominate Mr. C. H. Frey, and 

 Mr. Davidson and Mr. Pence. Seconded. Carried. 



The Chairman: If there is no other business to come before the 

 meeting we will proceed with o«r program. Our first paper this morn- 

 ing will be "The winter blooming plants," by Mr. C. H. Frey, of Lin- 

 coln. 



WINTER BLOOMING PLANTS. 

 C. H. Frey, Lincoln. 



I have not prepared a paper; in the first place, I have not had time, 

 but I will take up a few varieties that are common to all of us and dis- 

 cuss them. I suppose this will be of interest to those that grow for the 

 market. 



I will give a few thoughts, — in other words, a few of my ways of 

 growing, and more can be brought out in discussion afterwards, that will 

 be of more interest to all of us. 



The first variety I will take up ^\ill by the cyclamen. The cyclamen 

 is the most satisfactory of all the winter blooming plants we have. In 

 the first place, to begin with the seed. I think while there are a great 

 many varieties on the market, or in oUu r words, different types, the best 

 is the German strain. Among the other varieties, for instance, take the 

 English varieties, they are beautiful, and have larger flowers, but there 

 are a good many of them that have poor shaped plants, and there are 

 a good many of the colors that are not desirable. By selecting the Ger- 

 man strain we can get types almost true to color, and the flowers are 

 large enough for all purposes. The seed should be sown, in order to 

 get good stands for the following winter, about September 1st, or even 

 the middle of August; from then on to the middle of September. Then 

 you have, for the winter following, stands from four to six, or seven to 



