FEBRUARY 1. 19U0. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



245 







Chrysanthemums in New Orleans. 



pride of the Crescent City. They are 

 all seedlings of his own raising. The 

 last blooms were cut at New Year's, 

 and, as evidence of their quality, an 

 average price of ?3 per dozen was ob- 

 tained. 



In the picture the successful pro- 

 prietor is seen on the left, and his able 

 assistant standing among the plants, 

 with looks of mutual admiration upon 

 their faces. One of the varieties is a 

 lovely white seedling with a local 

 name of the "Crescent." M. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Executive Committee Meeti g. 



The Executive Committee at its re- 

 cent session in New York City ap- 

 proved the selection of the Grand Cen- 

 tral Palace as headquarters for the 

 convention and exhibition of I'.lOO and 

 endorsed the selection of .7. P. Cleary 

 as manager of the trade exhibition. 

 On being notified by the New York 

 Florists' Club that it was their inten- 

 tion to present a grand horticultural 

 •exhibition at the time of the conven- 

 tion, under the immediate supervision 

 of the private gardeners, it was voted 

 that twelve silver and twelve bronze 

 medals of the S. A. F. be specially ap- 

 propriated for the use of the N. Y. 

 Florists' Club in this enterprise. A 

 subcommittee was also appointed to 

 arrange for the award of special S. A. 

 F. medals at the exhibition of certain 

 affiliated national organizations and 

 leading horticultural societies. 



It was decided that Prof. L. C. Elson. 

 ■of Boston, and Dr. N. L. Britton, of 

 New Y'ork, be invited to deliver lect- 

 iiires before the society at the coming 



convention. Other features of the con- 

 vention program, as arranged, are a 

 president's reception, a paper on 

 greenhouse construction from the open 

 land to the finished structure, an il- 

 lustrated talk on floral decorations, a 

 discussion on the S. A. V. and its fu- 

 ture welfare, and special talks on rose 

 and carnation subjects to be selected 

 and presented under the auspices of 

 the Rose and Carnation Societies, re- 

 spectively. It is expected that the 

 afternoon and evening of the third 

 day will be devoted to an excursion, 

 on invitation of the New Y'ork Flor- 

 ists' Club, and that the fourth day will 

 be assigned exclusively for sporting 

 and entertain'rent features, with the 

 possibility that some of the sporting 

 features may be incorporated with the 

 excursion of the third day. 



Much of the committee's time was 

 taken up with a very thorough discus- 

 sion of the important matter referred 

 to it by the last convention, viz., the 

 establishment of a co-operative pur- 

 chase corporation. President Wood, 

 who has given much thought to this 

 matter, presented a complete scheme 

 for incorporation on the lines advo- 

 cated by him at the Detroit meeting, 

 but finally, owing to the somewhat in- 

 definite character of the society's vote, 

 under which the committee were un- 

 willing to assume a larger responsi- 

 bility, it was decided to continue for 

 the present the old plan of a purchas- 

 ing comTiittee, who shall purchase for 

 cash for any member of the society, 

 lumber, coal, glass, iron pipe, hose, oil 

 and leads as may be required, but 

 charging hereafter a small percentage 

 on each transaction toward defraying 

 the expenses of the necessary clerical 



assistance, the luck of which has 

 Kiiiitly hampered the work of this de- 

 liartnieilt in the past. 



'i'lie treasurer's report, as presented, 

 showed that the life membership fund 

 now amounts to over $600, and that 

 the general fund in treasury made a 

 net increase of about $4.'J0 for the past 

 year. It was voted that hereafter the 

 tieasurer present a sujjplementary re- 

 poit, for information of the society, at 

 cacli convention, covering the period 

 between January 1st and the time of 

 the convention. It was decided to dis- 

 continue the nomenclature committee 

 ami to assign the duties of that com- 

 iiiitleo to the registration department 

 III' the secretary's office and a botanist, 

 Dr. N. L. Britton was then appointed 

 as botanist to the society, and Prof. 

 I,. O. Howard was reappointed as en- 

 louujlogist. 



The fertilizer committee was reor- 

 ganized by the addition of \V. N. Rudd 

 to its membership and the appoint- 

 ment of C. W. Ward as chairman, and 

 the necessary approjiriations were 

 made for the needs of this committee 

 and the legislative committee. 



A special subcommittee was appoint- 

 ed to report at the convention on the 

 advisability of the incorporation of the 

 society under the laws of some state; 

 also a special subcommittee to con- 

 sider the reco 1 mendation of President 

 Wood relative to the securing of a 

 permanent home for the society. 



President P. O'Mara, of the New 

 York Florists' Club, and Messrs. W. J. 

 Palmer, of Buffalo, and Geo. A. Rack- 

 ham, of Detroit, were present at most 

 of the sessions and rendered valuable 

 assistance to the committee. 



The report of the committee on final 

 resolutions extended grateful recogni- 

 tion of the hospitality of the New 

 York Florists' Club and Mr. and Mrs. 

 C. W. Ward, and thanked the press for 

 courtesies extended. 



WM. J. STEWART, Secretary. 



THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the Executive Commit- 

 tee was held in New Y'ork on Satur- 

 day, the 2Tth of January, when the 

 arrangements tor the approaching 

 show on March 27, 28 and 29 were 

 nearly completed. It has been decided, 

 in order to make the work of the so- 

 ciety more substantial, that a bulletin 

 shall be issued containing notes of the 

 society's doings and of progress with 

 roses. This will be sent free to every 

 member of the society, but will not 

 otherwise be available. 



The number of premiums for the 

 March show continues to grow in a 

 most satisfactory manner and there is 

 every encouragement offered to grow- 

 ers in all parts to compete. The gold 

 and silver medals given by the New 

 Y'ork Florists' Club are offered for the 

 best 100 roses in four varieties from 

 growers residing outside a radius of 

 \'M miles from New York City as 

 measured by the distances shown on 

 the railroad time tables. This should 



