The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



417 



The Carnation Society's Exhibition at Baltimore. 



tlie society incorporated so that it might 

 have a legal existence. As an explarra- 

 tion of his motion Mr. Ward said it was 

 his intention to remember the society 

 substantially in his will, and before this 

 could be made effective the incorporation 

 of the society would be necessary. The 

 announcement was received with ap- 

 plause. 



The secretary was requested to take up 

 the matter of securing a special rate from 

 the railroads for the next meeting, the 

 feelirrg being general that the attendance 

 was now sufficiently large to guarantee 

 the required one hundred from a distance. 



A question asked was whether it would 

 not be to the mutual interest of intro- 

 ducer and buyer to have each variety 

 shipped direct to the buyer, and whether 

 March 1 was not too late a date to .send 

 out a new variety. Mr. Ward thought 

 that unless the constitution of the carna- 

 tion could be changed it would be impos- 

 sible to get up a stock to distribute 

 earlier. 



A committee, consisting of Wm. Scott, 

 C. W. Ward and E. G. Hill, was appointed 

 to revise the constitution and by-laws so 

 as to adjust them to tlie proposed incor- 

 poration of the society, and to insert a 

 clause providing for life membership. 



The special fund received a great lift 

 during the Friday afternoon session, over 

 .$1,200.00 being added to it by the contri- 

 butions of various members in sums 

 ranging from $5.00 up to .$100.00. This 

 special fund is to be invested and the 

 interest only used to further the purposes 

 of the society. 



Mr. .John W. Garrett, of Baltimore, of- 

 fered a prize of $50.00 to be used as the 

 society saw fit. A vote of thanks was 

 given the gentleman for his generosity. 



Sub-Watering. 



In the discussion upon this subject Mr. 

 •J. L. Dillon gave a description of his 

 system of sub-watering in solid beds. He 

 makes the beds of coincnt :iml uses ashes 

 in the bottom in |i|;m,- ,,f luirk^ ,,r other 

 material. -11, r ...~\ ..i i ),,-,. - ,|nl beds 

 arranged f..r -nl, u inrj i- :;ii rrnts a 



about 4i feet wide, the co^t per square 

 foot is about 7 cents. This is about 

 double the cost of ordinary raised 

 benches, filled with soil ready to plant. 

 He says he gets better plants in the sub- 

 watered beds and 25 per cent more flow- 

 ers, but added that great care was nec- 

 essary to give enough water without 

 overdoing it. He is so well pleased with 

 results lli;ii 111 Hill iiiAi yciM lit another 

 house wii h 1 li.-r -111, I, I lu.iii ,| beds. 



Mr. \\;iiil -ihl -nil uiii.Miiu was still 

 in the expuiimciitui -layu with him and 

 he feared the system needed more care 

 and watching than the average flori.st 

 could give it. He thought the main ad- 

 vaiihiLir wii~ III.' cAiii .li^fiiliiiti.in of heat 

 anil tlial it ^^a. iiiu-i i ..miiiial in the 



-iiiiiiiif 1 I i "--iinii' \ .1 1 h 1 1, ^ did much 



lirllcr lliaii iiili.a> mi ilir suli-watered 

 benches. Bra.lt did well and White Cloud 

 and Daybreak did not. He was not pre- 

 pared to indorse sub-watering without 

 reservation. 



- Notes. 



An excellent feature inaugurated by 

 Secretary Herr llii-- yrar «a- llie identi- 

 fication scheme llial lia^ K. n in use for 

 some years by tin Aincinan Association 

 of Nurserymen. l-;arli ninnlirr was pro- 

 vided with a numbered button and a 

 printed list of the members and their 

 numbers. It enabled many to become ac- 

 quainted or to identify those whom they 

 had previously known through corre- 

 spondence only. It was very useful and 

 we trust the plan will be continued. 



A vase of fiii.' 1.1 i- .if T..iiiia. Mr. 



Dorner's fine new .. ini ■ \ ui i\ a.i- ., - 

 played on Frida\ , 111. l'l^^.|. jii.i ; ,n 

 delavcd in traii>ii :mi.! ,iiii\-il i.j.i kiii' l.i 



isnl,. 



e of a promising 

 D. Pierce, Nor- 



I In l'ii.l.i\ afternoon a large party of 

 t'l ■ iliI.LMir- vi-^ited the greenhouse's of 

 :^1.— -!>. lialliilay Bros, and were liberally 

 entertained. 



On the same afternoon a smaller party 

 were the guests of Judsre Sands at his 

 home in Lake Kniand. .After visiting the 



greenhouses, the contents of which were 

 in excellent condition, those present weie 

 the recipients of the generous hospitality 

 of a Maryland home, and the experience 

 was one to be remembered. 



A local paper reported that Mr. Peter 

 Fisher had a slight English accent, russet 

 shoes and a cerise mustache, resembling 

 the color of the Lawson carnation. It 

 caused some little amusement and Mr. 

 Fisher seemed to enjoy the joke with the 

 rest. 



During the convention there was a 

 bowling contest between Baltimore and 

 "The World," and "The World" won. An 

 easy explanation of this is that Billy 

 Kasting doesn't live in Baltimore. 

 Baltimore Hospitality. 



Baltimore well maintained its reputa- 

 tion for hospitalilx anil .. itiiinlv lln' vis- 

 itors were in\.a I..11. i 1. 1 i. The 



hall being s.m:.' In 1 I. .li- 1 1 -in the 



hotel section, thr l...;.! .Inl. -ii\fd a 

 lunch to all each noon at the back of the 

 stage in the exhibition hall. Oysters were 

 a prominent feature at these lunches and 

 they were served from hollowed out 

 blocks of ice. These and the siindwiclies, 

 etc., were supplemented by coffee, claret, 

 punch and other liquids. A report of the 

 banquet on Friday evening will be found 

 under another heading. At the conclud- 

 ing session of the meeting a rising vote of 

 thanks was passed to the Gardeners' Club 

 of Baltimore for the many hospitalities 

 extended. 



Those Present. 



\iii iiL' Ih.ise present from a distance 

 ■ ■ 1 1 1 III I illinving: 



^.^^ \.irk: Pr O'Mara, C. W. Ward, 

 E. Duilleduuze, C. H. Allen, A. Wallace, 

 C. Besokl, Walter Molatsch, J. W. With- 

 ers, F. R. Pierson, J. N. May, Tlieo. 

 Ilesnsfenbera. 



riiil.iil.l]il.ia: ,r. T). Kisele. Robert 

 Kifl. W.i'i. I \l. 11 1; .1. .. Crais. W. P. 

 Crai..j. I .I.Mii I. II- l.il,'. ( . W.\'ox. H. 

 C. c.i- 1. 1-ianU- .MvK, Jos. Hea- 

 cock, H. F. Jlichell. .John Kuhn. G. C. 

 Watson, C. Eisele, S. S. Skidelsky. Paul 

 Berkowitz, William Graham; V. Gro- 

 sehens, H. Dumont. K. Ashley, J. llig- 



