JULY 14, 1S9S 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



151 



always increasing demand for tho 

 standard bedding plants. 



Plants that went slow this year were 

 calceolarias, cinerarias, gloxinias and 

 the show pelargoniums. An exception 

 to these were the cyclamen and pri- 

 mula, which people seemed to aslv for 

 at all times. 



Cyclamen. 



Cyclamen, whether they are in a 

 house that is abundantly ventilated, 

 bottom and top. or in a cold frame 

 with a shaded sash or cloth over them 

 during the hot hours of the day, re- 

 quire the same points of culture. As 

 soon as showing strong roots in pres- 

 ent pots shift into a size larger. It is 

 a fatal mistake to stunt them. Keep 

 clear of aphis. A slight syringing ev- 

 ery day and never let them suffer from 

 extreme dryness or want of waier. 

 W. SCOTT. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GR.ANT. Editor .^n'd M.^n.ager. 



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THE OMAHA CONVENTION. 



Preliminary Programme. 

 Tuesday, August 16th, 10:30 a. m. 



Address of welcome. 



Response. 



President Gude's address. 



Reports — Secretary, treasurer, state 

 vice-presidents, standing committees, 

 special committees. 



Appointment of exhibition judges. 



Miscellaneous business. 



On the afternoon of the first day the 

 judges will examine and prepare their 

 reports upon the trade exhibition. 



Tuesday Evening. 



President's reception, in the church 

 parlors. 



Wednesday, August J 7th, 10 a. m. 



Reports of exhibition judges. 



Action on proposed amendment to 

 By-Laws. 



Action on recommendations of exec- 

 utive committee to establish perma- 

 nent departments of Credit Informa- 

 tion, Co-operative Purchase, Claims, 

 Arbitration, and Legislation. 



Selection of place of meeting for 

 1899. 



Nomination of officers. 



The Question Box. 



Sessions of the Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety of America, 2 p. m.; Florists' 

 Hail Association, 3 p. m., and Ameri- 



can Carnation Society, 4 p. m., will be 

 held on Wednesday afternoon. 



Wednesday Evening. 



Essay — Trade Exhibitions: Their 

 Value to the Florist Trade, by E. H. 

 Cushman. Euclid, 0. 



Question Box. 



Thursday, August J 8th, 10 a. m. 



Discussion on "American Grown 

 Bulbs," opened with paper by M, I. 

 Kains. of Agricultural Department, 

 Washington. 



Election of officers. 



Question Box. 



Thursday Evening. 



Essa.v — Comparative Effect on Im- 

 provement in Varieties and Improve- 

 ment in Cultural Methods. 



Essay — Grafted Roses for Growing 

 Under Glass. 



Friday. 



Visiting, sightseeing and the Exposi- 

 tion. 



The Tr ide Exhibition. 



This will be a grand exposition of 

 the latest improvements in all requis- 

 ites for the greenhouse and other de- 

 partments of the florists' business; 

 models of greenhouses and apparatus; 

 new and rare plants; garden imple- 

 ments; bulbs, seeds and supplies. The 

 exhibition hall is in basement of the 

 church where the sessions of the con- 

 vention will be held. A very large 

 amount of space has already been 

 rented and intending exhibitors should 

 make application at once to the su- 

 perintendent for such accommodations 

 as they require. 



Revised rules relative to the judges' 

 duties and method of making awards 

 may be had on application to the sec- 

 retary or the superintendent of exhibi- 

 tion. 



A Special Medal Competition. 



The Society of American Florists 

 offers six silver and six bronze medals 

 to be competed for at Omaha, as per 

 the following schedule: 



Cannas, display of 12 varieties in 

 pots, not to exceed 25 plants in all. 



Caladiums, 12 fancy foliage varieties 

 in pots, one plant of each. 



Display of American grown bulbs. 



Mantel decoration of plants or flow- 

 ers, or both, to be kept in good condi- 

 tion throughout the exhibition. 



The silver medals to be awarded for the 

 best in each of the above class^s, and the 

 bronze medals for the second best. One 

 silver and one bronze medal additional to 

 be left to the discretion of the comimittee 

 to be awarded to any display of plants, 

 showing advancement in culture or of spe- 

 cial \-alue to the trade. No awards shall 

 be made in any class Where in the opin- 

 ion of the committee the quality of the 

 exhibit does not justify it. This depart- 

 ment will be kept entirely distinct and 

 separate from the trade exhibition. No 

 entry fee or charge for space will l.e re- 

 quired and no advertisement or card of a 

 business nature shall be used. tSntries 

 should be made with the secretary of the 

 S. A. F. 



N. B. — All persons winning any 

 awards of value at the exhibition of 

 the S. A. F., if not already members 

 of the society must so qualify them- 

 selves before receiving such award. 



An Exhibition of Photographs. 



All persons having photographs of 

 floral decoration:: and design work are 

 invited to send same to the convention 

 hall, in care of the secretary, where 

 they will be displayed on exhibition, 

 and a competent committee will be ap- 

 pointed to examine and award such 

 recognition as the quality of the work 

 represented may justify. 



The Question Box. 



The Question Box will be as hereto- 

 fore, an interesting feature of the 

 meetings. Members are requested to 

 forward inquiries intended for the Box 

 to the secretary previous to the meet- 

 ing, when practicable, so that they 

 may appear in the regular program. 



Mr. Lawrence Cotter proposes the 

 following amendment to the By-Laws: 



To amend clauses 2 and 3 of Section 

 VI, relative to nominations and elec- 

 tions by the addition of the following 

 words: Provided, however, that any 

 name, in order to be thus ofHcially de- 

 clared for any office, must have re- 

 ceived at least ten per cent of the total 

 vote cast, so that the clauses 2 and 3 

 shall read as follows: 



2. Members shall in the blank spaces 

 so provided insert the names of their can- 

 didates tor the designated offices. These 

 ballots shall be collected by tellers duly 

 appointed by the Chair, the results tab- 

 ulated in the presence of the members of 

 the executive committee, who may be 

 present, and announced by the secretary; 

 the two nominees receiving the highest 

 numiber of votes for each office being 

 then declared the candidates for election 

 for the ensuing year; provided, however, 

 that any name, in order to be thus of- 

 ficially declared for any office, must have 

 received at least ten per cent of the total 

 vote cast. 



3. Should either of the two noninees 

 receiving the highest number of vo^es de- 

 cline to stand as a candidate, the nominee 

 receiving the next highest number of 

 votes (it not less than ten per cent of the 

 total vote cast) shall be declared a candi- 

 date. 



New Special Departments. 



Tlie e.xecutive committee at its neeting 

 in Washington, D. C. March 15th and 

 16th, 189S, voted to recommend the estab- 

 lishment of new departments, under the 

 supervision of the society, as follows: 



1. A department of Credit Information, 

 whose duty it shall be to furnish infor- 

 mation concerning the business standing 

 of persons in the trade: said information 

 to be furnished at $5.fO per annum and 

 to members of the S. A. F. at Sl.OO per 

 annum. To be in charge of a eo.nmittee 

 of three, appointed by the president, sub- 

 .lect to approval of the executive commit- 

 tee. 



2. A department of Co-operative Pur- 

 chase, the object of which will be to se- 

 cure for members of the society the low 

 prices on various greenhouse supplies 

 which may be obtained through co-oper- 

 ative purchase in large quantities. To be 

 managed by a committee of thr?e. to be 

 appointed by the president, subject to ap- 

 proval of the executive committee. 



3. A Legislative Department, whose 

 duty it shall be to discourage adverse leg- 

 islation, state or national, and encourage 

 legislation favorable to the trade. To be 

 in charge of a committee of three, ap- 

 pointed by the president, subject to the 

 approval of the executive committee. 



4. An Arbitration Department, whose 

 duty it shall be to promote the amicable 

 adjustment of controversies between 

 members, when requested by parti 's in- 

 terested to do so. To be in charge of a 

 committee of five, appointed by the pres- 



