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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



303 



The Buffalo Convention 



The ladies parlor of the Genesee ho- 

 tel was well filled when the first ses- 

 sion of the annual convention was 

 called to order. There were seventy- 

 live or eighty from outside points and 

 a host of Buffalo florists were present. 



Mayor Diehl was on hand to wel- 

 come the visitors and said he wished 

 to spealv to them in the way he felt 

 toward the flower in whose interests 

 they had gathered together. He felt 

 that the society was doing a grand 

 "work in creating a love for the beauti- 

 ful and thereby nialving humanity 

 better. He heartily welcomed all to 

 the city of Buffalo, which he said was 

 the sixth largest commercial city in 

 the world. He urged all to come again 

 next year and enjoy the beauties of 

 the Pan-American E.xposition. 



Mr. J. N. May responded on behalf of 

 the society. He spoke of the wonder- 

 ful progress made by the city since 

 the time the S. A. F. convention was 

 held here, and to illustrate what the 

 carnation had been doing in the mean- 

 time, he held up four carnations rang- 

 ing from about an inch in diameter up 

 to three and a half inches, the hitter 

 representing the standard of today. 

 He was sorry he did not have tlie elo- 

 quence of Buffalo's "Great Scott." that 

 he might fittingly respond to the wel- 

 come. 



Mr. Wiliam Scott spoke a few words 

 of welcome on behalf of the local club 

 and intimated that the keys to the in- 

 ner gates of the city had been placed 

 in the hands of a committee who had 

 been given large discretionary pov.'ers. 

 Secretary A. M. Herr read his re- 

 port, as follows: 



I-ancaster, Pa., Feb. l.'jlh. IJuO. 

 .\li- i 'resident and Gentlemen of the 



American Carnation Society: 



Your secretary begs leave to report, 

 having issued the proceeding of the 

 meeting held in Pbihidolphia, Pa., in 

 due time and having mailed the same 

 to all members not in arrears in dues. 



The resolution of tlianks to Prof. 

 Arthur was printed ami forwardoil to 

 every Experiment Station in the L'. S. 

 and a separate copy to a number of 

 officials, state and otherwise. 



Memliership in the Society has re- 

 nuiined aljout stationary, the few drop- 

 ping out having been replaced by 

 about an equal number of new inem- 

 bers. 1 



Registration has been pretty gener- 

 ally followed up by members and^non- 

 mcuibers, wherever a variety has been 

 named with the view to introducing it 

 to the trade, and thus quite a lew 

 cases of the duplication of names 

 avoided. Respectfully submitted. 



ALBERT M. HERR. 



President W. P. Craig read his ad- 

 dress, in which he extended the right 

 hand of fellowship to the American 

 Rose Society. He suggested a change 

 in the scale providing a liberal num- 

 lier of points for the keeping qualities 

 of the flowers. This latter brought out 

 some little discussion, several speak- 

 ers holding that it would be impossible 

 to fairly score a flower on this point, 

 even on the last day of the show, as 

 some flowers would have traveled fur- 

 ther than others. None doubted that 

 keeping qualities were important and 

 all felt that it would be well if it could 

 be considered. The judges for the ex- 

 hibition were elected by a general bal- 

 lot, which resulted in the selection of 

 Wm. Scott. W. N. Rudd and A. Gra- 

 ham as judges of seedlings, and J. M. 

 Gasser, P. Burki and W. J. Palmer as 

 judges in the general classes. 



Among those present at the conven- 

 tion from outside points were the fol- 

 lowing: A. Herrington, E. Dailledouze, 

 .1. N. May, F. R. Pierson, C. B. Weath- 

 ered, Alex. Wallace, New York: Robt. 

 Craig, J. D. Eisele. W. P. Craig. Walter 

 Mott, Jno. A. Shellem. .Jno. Kuhn, 

 Robt. Kift, S. S. Skidelsky, Philadel- 

 phia: Peter Fisher. Wm. Nicholson, 

 W. .1. Stewart. Boston; A. Graham, J. 

 M. Gasser, H. A. Hart. A. Schmitt, Cas- 

 Iiar Aul, P. W. Ziechmann, S. N. Pen- 

 tecost. Guy Bate, Cleveland, G,; Geo. 

 A. Rackham, R. Flowerday. P. IIolz- 

 nagle, ,J. P. Sullivan. F. H. Beard, Gus. 

 Taepke. Jas. Taylor, John Carey. W. 

 Breitraeyer. T. S. Brown. Detroit, 

 Mich.: R. Witterstaetter, Wm. Sunder- 

 brucli. Mm. Murphy. Cincinnati; Hen- 

 ry Smith. Geo. P. Crabb. Wm. Han- 

 nah. Grand Rapids, Mich.: S. .\. Baur, 

 Erie. Pa.; E. G. Hill. J. A. Evans, 

 Richmond, Ind.: Geo. Bayer, Toledo, 

 O.: T. C. Joy, Nashville. Tenn.; F. 

 norner, Jr.. Lafayette, Ind.; Robt. 

 George. Painesville. O.: H. Weber, 

 Wm. Weber. Oakland, Md.; Wm. 

 Swayne, Kennett Square, Pa.; Albert 

 M. Herr and wife, Lancaster, Pa.; L. 



