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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



AUGUST 23, 1900. 



however, as a distinct crop. As a rule 

 it was found in houses witii other plants, 

 the varieties grown being l^a Marque. 

 Bon Silene. and one or two others, and 

 these were planted about in odd places, 

 either in the ground or in pots, the flow- 

 ers being utilized whenever they were 

 marketable. • , , „■ „ „, 



At the breaiiing out of the Civil War 

 horticultural work was in a large meas- 

 ure checked and matters remained 

 pretty much at a standstill until about 

 INTO at which time there were several 

 thousand florists in the United States. 

 The carnation began to receive attention 

 about this time, owing to several impor- 

 mtions made into the United States from 

 Europe. Up to this period all the work 

 had been carried on with little reference 

 to specialization. It was the common 

 practice to grow many different kinds of 

 plants in the same house, and not on.y 

 were the crops grown for the plants 

 themselves, but were also forced for cut 

 flowers. With the increasing demand for 

 tioth plants and flowers, which began to 

 be especially noticeable between 1873 and 

 1S75, came the necessity for giving more 

 particular attention to individual crops. 

 Thus commenced the first movement lead- 

 nig to specialization. From this time on 

 the progress of the work was rapid, but as 

 the events have all taken place within 

 our memories it is unnecessary to dwell 

 upon them in detail here. 



Suffice it to recall the era of plant 

 growing, which lasted for a few years 

 ar/1 was followed by a rush to get into 

 the cut flower business. Many of the 

 large plant establishments were modi- 

 fied so as to be able to give their entire 

 time to the cut flower business. The rose 

 received special attention, and there fol- 

 lowed a rapid development in growing 

 this crop. Solid beds gave place to 

 benches, and special forms of houses 

 were developed as best suited to the 

 needs of the crop. The carnation was a 

 close second to the rose in the matter of 

 importance, and a history of its develop- 

 ment would make an interesting paper in 

 itself. The same is true of the violet, 

 which in the early days was grown al- 

 most exclusively in frames, but owing 

 to keen competition the frames were soon 

 found inadequate and sunken pits were 

 substituted. From the sunken pit was 

 gradually evolved the modern violet 

 house found at the present time. 



Gradually the general gardener is dis- 

 appearing and the specialist is taking 

 his place. The carnationist, the rose 

 grower, and the violet grower find it 

 necessary to devote their entire attention 

 to their respective crops if the best re- 

 sults are to be attained. 



(Concluded next week.) 



Dr. N. L. Britton delivered an inter- 

 esting lecture on the New York Bo- 

 tanical Garden, freely illustrated with 

 stereopticon views. After the session 

 refreshments were served, followed by 

 music and dancing. 



The Hail Association. 



The Florists' Hail Association of 

 America held its annual meeting at 

 4:30 p. m. Tuesday. E. G. Hill, vice- 

 president, presided. Elected, Stephen 

 D. Horan, Bridgeport, Conn.; Wm. F. 

 Dreer, Philadelphia, and Jos. Heacock, 

 Wyncote, directors. The secretary re- 

 ported an aggregate insurance upon 

 13,025,762 square feet of glass. He 

 also reported cash balance on hand of 

 $6,823.44 and the total reserve fund of 

 $7,526.87. Upwards of 74,000 square 

 feet of glass last year broken by hail 

 was paid for by the association during 

 the past year. At a meeting of the di- 

 rectors J. C. Vaughan, of Chicago, 111., 

 was elected president; E. G. Hill, of 

 Richmond, Ind., vice-president; John 

 G. Esler, of Saddle River, N. J., secre- 



tary; and Albert M. Herr, of Lancas- 

 ter, Pa., treasurer. 



The Shoot ng Contest. 

 In the shooting contest four teams 

 participated, Philadelphia easily tak- 

 ing first place. The scores follow: 



Philadelphia: W. K. Harris, 17; W. 

 H. Taplin, 9; John Burton, 16; Edw. 

 Reid. 17; Geo. Anderson, 16; A. B. 

 Cartledge, 17. Total. 92. 



Buffalo: Wm. Scott, 10; J. Braik, 

 7; W. B. Scott, 9; W. F. Kasting. 6; 

 W. Webber, 8; F. Beard, 19. Total, 

 59. 



Cleveland: A. Graham, 9; H. M. Al- 

 tick, 11; J. Burn, 11; J. Warncke, 6: 

 T. Meehan, 12; G. A. Rackham, 4. To- 

 tal, 53. 



Flatbush: F. H. Steffens, 13; D. Y. 

 Mellis. 3; A. Schultheis. 7; W. J. Elli- 

 ott, 5; Theo. Roehrs. 4; L. Schmutz. 

 1. Total, 33. 



In the individual shoot at ten birds 

 John Burton won with a score of 9. 

 the prize being a fountain pen. 

 Chrysanlh;mum Society. 

 The meeting of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society on Wednesday afternoon was 

 well attended and several new mem- 

 bers were elected. It was decided to 

 offer a prize through the French Na- 

 tional Chrysanthemum Society to be 

 awarded at the exposition chrysanthe- 

 mum show in Paris. The C. S. A. cup 

 will this year be competed for at the 

 exhibition of the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety of Chicago, for ten blooms of any 

 one variety. Officers for the ensuing 

 term were elected as follows: Presi- 

 dent, A. Herrington, Madison, N. J.; 

 vice-president, Eugene Dailledouze, 

 Flatbush, N. Y.; secretary, Edwin 

 Lonsdale; treasurer, J. N. May. The 

 retiring secretary's letter of resigna- 

 tion was received with much regret 

 and a vote of thanks tendered him for 

 his faithful work in the past. 

 Thursday Morning. 

 Wm. Weber read his paper on the 

 improvement of the carnation. Mr. 

 Robt. Craig spoke upon the welfare of 

 our National society, making an earn- 

 est appeal to all to become active 

 workers in the common cause. 



The election of officers resulted as 

 follows: President, Patrick O'Mara. 

 New York; vice-president. Wm. F. 

 Kasting, Buffalo; secretary, Wm. J. 

 Stewart, Boston; treasurer, H. B. Be- 

 atty. Oil City, Pa. During the selec- 

 tion of the vice-president a unique 

 condition presented itself. The two 

 leading nominees were Messrs. W. F. 

 Kasting and J. F. Cowell. both of Buf- 

 falo. But there was a long list of 

 others. Mr. Cowell attempted to with- 

 draw in favor of Mr! Kasting, but, as 

 under the rule the next on the list 

 would be substituted and ballot re- 

 quired any way, he was prevailed up- 

 on not to withdraw. The first ballot 

 resulted in sixty-eight votes for each 

 gentleman; a second ballot resulted 

 in another tie, sixty-three votes each; 

 two tie votes in succession and so re- 

 markable that much interest was de- 

 veloped. On the third ballot Mr. 



Kasting received eighty-six and Mr. 

 Cowell sixty-three, thus selecting Mr. 

 Kasting. 



A committee of five will be appoint- 

 ed to take up the National charter 

 matter again. Mr. May hoped the so- 

 ciety would not only secure a charter 

 but would soon be in a position to es- 

 tablish an experimental garden of its 

 own under its own control. A com- 

 mittee will be appointed to act with 

 one of the experiment stations and 

 Professor Arthur is making further 

 tests on the plan of sub-watering. 



A resolution presented by Messrs. 

 Roehrs and Kift that in future the 

 president of the society appoint a 

 committee on sports who will have 

 charge of the sports at the annual 

 convention, was adopted. 



Unfinished business was taken care 

 of and the convention then adjourned 

 to meet in Buffalo next year. 

 Thursday Afternoon. 



Thursday afternoon there were 

 about twelve hundred people on the 

 boat to Glen Island, and the trip was 

 thoroughly enjoyed by all. The 

 weather was delightful, as it has re- 

 mained all through the convention. 



Notes. 



The New York Florists' Clul) cer- 

 tainly handled the convention in 

 splendid style. 



The bureau of information was an 

 exceedingly useful feature. 



The press committee, with C. W. 

 Ward as chairman, was very helpful. 



John P. Cleary made an ideal man- 

 ager of the trade exhibition. 



The souvenir was a beautiful book 

 and was much appreciated. 



The daily edition of the Florists' 

 Exchange was a fine stroke of enter- 

 prise and the publishers are entitled 

 to much credit. 



The Sander cup for most attractive 

 display in the trade exhibition was 

 awarded to Julius Roehrs. 



American Carnation Society. 



At the meeting of this society on 

 Wednesday afternoon considerable 

 work was done upon the program for 

 the meeting to be held in Baltimore 

 next February. The essayists will 

 probably include Peter Fisher, Prof. 

 A. F. Woods, E. G. Hill, John Cook 

 and C. Eisele. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



In Connection with the S. A. F. Convention. 



No longer can it be said that the 

 private gardener in America is un- 

 equal to any occasion that may arise, 

 nor can it be charged that they lack 

 interest in national horticultural af- 

 fairs, for never before under like cir- 

 cumstances has such an exhibition of 

 plants been seen. It is true it was 

 not so extensive as it was hoped to 

 be, but what it lacked in quantity it 

 more than reached in quality, and it 

 is safe to assert that in many cases 

 finer or choicer plants were never seen 

 in the country. 



The average visitors to a flower 



