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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FEBRUARY 22, 1900. 



Referring to the effect of the gas 

 upon carnation buds. Prof. Sirrine 

 said l)uds that were in the "cup" 

 stage were more apt to be affected 

 than those that were further ad- 

 vanced. 



In a discussion as to the use of to- 

 bacco in combating greenfly, "Aphis 

 Punk" received some very effective ad- 

 vertising. 



The New Officers. 



Pres., Robt. Halliday. Baltimore. Md. 



Vice-Pres.. Wm. Weber, Oakland, 

 Md. 



Secy., Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, 

 Pa. 



Treas.. F. Doruer. .Jr., Lafayette. Ind. 



In our Baltimore notes will be 

 found some mention of Mr. Robt. Hal- 

 liday, the new president. 



Wni. Weber is a son of Henry 

 Weber, and a member of the firm of 

 H. Weber & Sons. 



Secretary Herr and Treasurer Dor- 

 ner. who were re-elected, need no in- 

 troduction. 



The Proposed Joint Meeting. 



In the discussion of the project to 

 have the Rose and Carnation Socie- 

 ties meet at the same time and place, 

 some serious objections were present- 

 ed. It was accepted without question 

 that the Rose society could not hold 

 a satisfactory exhibition as eaily as 

 February, as a good display of hy- 

 brids could not be made at that time, 

 and the proposition to defer the meet- 

 ing of the Carnation Society till March 

 met with strong opposition. 



The majority of the speakers 

 thought that February was late 

 enough; that growers who visited the 

 convention for the purpose of inspect- 

 ing the new varieties wanted to see 

 them in mid-winter rather than liter, 

 and they wanted to make their deci- 

 sion as to varieties earlier than March. 



The committee was continued and 

 ■will confer with the officials of the 

 Rose Society. 



Sub-Irrigation. 

 Mr. Ward had not prepared any 

 paper upon this subject and said that 

 his experiments had not progressed 

 far enough to enable him to come to 

 any definite conclusion. 



Time Limit for Staging Flowers. 

 A sugge.stion that the time limit for 

 staging flowers entered for competi- 

 tion at the exhibition be strictly en- 

 forced brought out quite a discussion. 

 The fact that exhiluts were sometimes 

 delayed in transit made it seem to 

 work an occasional hardship to ad- 

 here too rigidly to the rule but it was 

 pointed out that the majority were en 

 time and that the misfortune of one 

 should not be visited on all the others. 

 And it was hinted that if things were 

 continued wide open it was an encour- 

 agement to sharp exhibitors to pur- 

 posely arrive late with their exhibits 

 and thus bring freshly unpacked flow- 

 ers in competition with those which 

 had been exposed for several hours in 

 an exhibition hall. 



Alter much discussion and several 

 amendments, it was decided to make 

 1 p. m. of the opening day the time 

 limit for staging flowers for competi- 

 tion, and that the rule be then rigidly 

 adhered to. Therefore, future exhi- 

 bitors must have their flowers staged 

 by 1 p. m. sharp, or their entries will 

 be debarred from competition. 



An exception to this rule was made 

 in the case of seedlings exhibited for 

 certificates only, and the judges are 

 empowered to pass upon such when- 

 ever they arrive during the two days 

 of the convention. 



Action was also taken regarding 

 entries of flowers for competition. It 

 was finally determined that entries 

 should reach the secretary by the Sat- 

 urday preceding the exhibition. En- 

 tries may be made after that only by 

 paying a fee of $1.00 each. 



Tfce Scale. 



The proposition to revise the scale 

 was finally abandoned, and the scale 

 stands just the same as before. 



But a committee was appointed to 

 formulate rules for the guidance of 

 the judges and to report at the next 

 meeting. 



This action was taken on a motion 

 by Mr. Rudd, who said that a definite 

 standard would not only assist th? 

 judges, but enlighten exhibitors as to 

 the methods by which the judges ar- 

 rived at their conclusions. He be- 

 lieved that such a standard must be 

 based upon existing varieties and that 

 it must change from year to year. 

 His views are fully explained in the 

 article on. "Judging Carnations," in 

 this issue. 



Keeping Qualities. 



The attempt to cover keeping q\uili- 

 tie.s in the scale was given up, but all 

 recognized the importance of the mat 

 ter. and various plans to get accurate 

 information regarding the keeping 

 qualities of new varieties were pro- 

 posed. 



One was that standing committees 

 be appointed in all the large citicS, 

 similar to those of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society, that these committees 

 act in harmony with the local clubs 

 whicli bold exhibitions, and that flow- 

 ers sent for the purpose be watched 

 by the committee for a long enough 

 period to determine their keeping 

 qualities. Exhibits were to be sent 

 to at lea.st four of these local commit- 

 tees, all of whom would report to the 

 secretary of the Carnation Society. 



Another suggestion was that three 

 local judges be appointiul at each con- 

 vention to give a full repnrt to the 

 secretary on the condition of all Dow- 

 ers at the end of the annual exhibi- 

 tion. In this connection it was noted 

 by one speaker that there was often 

 a choice of positions in the exhibi- 

 tion hall. He had seen flowers that 

 were in a draught from a wiiuiow go 

 to sleep much more quickly than some 

 of no greater substani-e that were not 

 in this draught. 



The matter seemed too complex f„r 



solution at one meeting, and the com- 

 mittee report was laid on the table for 

 one year. 



The Premium List. 



The committee appointed to revise 

 the premium list made very few 

 changes. The Lawson gold medal and 

 the silver medal will be offered again 

 next year, and a bronze medal will 

 also be offered, this for a dozen blooms 

 of an undisseminated seedling. The 

 sweepstakes competition will be dis- 

 continued. Mr. E. H. Michel will be 

 requested to change the conditions 

 under which his cup was offered and 

 will be asked that the cup go to the 

 exhibitor making the largest display 

 at Baltimore. 



The question as to what may be 

 classed as an undisseminated variety 

 seems to be still unsettled. 



The Express Companies. 



The express companies were some- 

 what vigorously handled and many 

 grievances were related. It was sug- 

 gested that a test case be made by 

 some shipper who had suffered by the 

 negligence or carelessness of the ex- 

 press companies and that the case be 

 pushed by all the strength of the 

 united membership unless the offi- 

 cials of the companies could be in- 

 duced to promise redress without such 

 action. A committee was appointed 

 to take steps in the matter. 



Notes. 



The secretary was instructed to se- 

 cure suitable clerical assistance dur- 

 ing the time of the annual conven- 

 tions and was authorized to expend 

 the sura of f5U yearly for the purpose. 



A hearty vote of thanks was ex- 

 tended to Prof. Siriine for his inter- 

 esting paper, which appears in this 

 issue of The Review. During the read- 

 ing of the paper photographs of the 

 various insects and of buds and plants 

 affected by certain insecticides were 

 passed around. These, howe.er, 

 showed nothing especially new, 

 though they were undoubtedly inter- 

 esting. 



Messrs. Wm. F. Lauch, B. L. Elliott 

 and Jno. L. Wyland were present fi:om 

 Pittsburg, in addition to Mr. Burki. 



Genevieve Lord must possess good 

 keeping qualities. The vase of blooms 

 was a strikitig feature at the banquet 

 on Friday evening, and the flowers 

 were still holding their own finely, 

 though man.v others were already 

 "dreaming of home and mother." • 



Other Exhibits. 



Besides flowers entered in competi- 

 tion there was a magnificent display 

 of the standard varieties and many 

 seedlings. 



Among the prominent exhibitors 

 were: 



F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette. 

 Ind.. showing grand vases of Morning 

 Glory and a collection of seedlings. 



.lohn H. Dunlop, Toronto, vases of 

 Mrs. Brailt. White Cloud, Glacier and 

 a sport of Bradt. 



