FKBia-ABY 20, 1002, 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



415 



C. W. Ward, President-Elect American Carnation Society. 



In the absence of President Berter- 

 mann, who was unfortunately obliged to 

 be in California on account of poor 

 health, Vice-President Lemon welcomed 

 the delegates in a few words and in- 

 troduced Mayor Bookwalter who made a 

 very happy address. He not only be- 

 lieved there was much virtue in him 

 who caused two blades of grass to grow- 

 where one grew before^ but he had the 

 greatest admiration for those who 

 brought things of beauty into existence 

 and considered such as benefactors to 

 mankind. In examining the magnificent 

 flowers on exhibition he had mentallj' 

 compared them with the pinks that grew 

 in his mother's garden in his boyhood 

 days and could but marvel at the prog- 

 ress which had been made as the result 

 of the skill and patience of such men 

 as composed the society he was rejoiced 

 to heartily welcome to Indianapolis. 



On behalf of the Society of Indiana 

 Florists JIrs, M. S, Vesey read a very 

 interesting and pithy address of wel- 

 come in which she pointed out the 

 numerous contributions made to our 

 list of standard varieties by the florists 

 of Indiana, and noted the marvelous 

 progress made during recent years. "The 

 carnation of yesterday is not for today," 

 said she, and the march of progress must 

 continue, 



Mr, C. W, Ward responded on behalf 

 of the society, voicing the appreciation 

 of what the local people were doing. He 

 said tlie title Hoosier had a remarkable 

 derivation. In the early days thej' went 

 through the woods with cocked gun in 

 hand and when they met they leveled 



their pieces and cried "Whose-yure?" 

 But they don't do it any more. Now 

 they throw up both hands and say 

 "Take everything you want,'' just as 

 the mayor had done. 



President Bertermann's address was 

 then read by Vice-President Lemon, who 

 on his own behalf suggested the offering 

 of a medal to be awarded to the intro- 

 ducer of ihe best new variety by popu- 

 lar vote. 



Secretary Herr read his annual re- 

 port and suggested the immediate ap- 

 pointment of a committee to prepare a 

 premium list for next year. 



Treasurer Corner's report showed a 

 balance of $743, .58 in the working fund 

 and $1,050 in the permanent fund. 



There was some little discussion as to 

 the wisdom of continuing the appropria- 

 tion for badges, but when it came to a 

 vote there was a large majority in favor 

 of continuing to have badges each year, 



E, G. Gillett read his paper entitled 

 "A Criticism of Growers' Methods." 



Mr. C. W. Ward reported for the 

 committee on incorporating the society 

 and recommended incorporating under 

 the laws of tlie state of New York, 

 which have recently been made very lib- 

 eral to corporations of all kinds. 



Wednesday Evening;. 



At the Wednesday evening session 

 Mt. W, N, Pierson read his paper on 

 Sterilization of Soil, which was dis- 

 cussed by Messrs. Ward, Rudd, Peirce, 

 Dorner and Johnson, the general opin- 

 ion being that sterilization was good for 

 niaiiv tilings. 



>Ir, Gilletfs paper was discussed by 

 Mr, Dailledouze, who described his 

 method of earing for and packing 

 ilowers. 



The reports of the judges were read 

 and accepted. 



On behalf of the Brooklyn Institute 

 of Arts and Sciences and the President 

 of the Borough of Brooklyn, Mr, C. W, 

 Ward extended an invitation to the 

 society to meet in Brooklyn, N, Y,, next 

 year, Mr, G, A. Rackham of Detroit 

 ,said the Detroit delegation had come 

 with tlie intention of taking the con- 

 vention to their city next year, but in 

 view of the claims made for an eastern 

 meeting in 190.3 they would withdraw 

 in favor of Brooklyn, ^but that they 

 would be on hand next year and wou'd 

 there decline in no one's favor. 



The New Officers. 



At the Thursday morning session, of- 

 ficers for the ensuing year were elected 

 as follows: 



President, C, W, Ward, Queens. N. Y,; 

 vice president, H, Dailledouze, Flatbush, 

 Brooklyn, N, Y,; secretary, Albert M, 

 Herr, Lancaster, Pa,; treasurer, F, E. 

 Dorner, Lafayette, Ind. 



Brookh-n, X. Y., was selected as the 

 place for the next convention. 



The recommendation of the judges re- 

 garding a superintendent of the exhibi- 

 tions was concurred in and the execu- 

 tive committee given power to act. 

 Jlessr?-, Wm, Scott, Wm, Nicholson and 

 W, K, Partridge were appointed a com- 

 mittee to prepare the premium list for 

 next year, 



Mr, C. W, Ward said he had not pre- 

 pared a paper upon the subject of sub- 

 irrigation but was prepared to answer 

 questions, Mr, Rudd asked: "Would 

 you recommend an ordinary grower to 

 take up sub-irrigation?" Mr, Ward re- 

 plied: "If he has the capital to put it 

 in and the brains to run it right, yes." 



Mr. Herrington asked: "How niuch 

 capital and how much brains for 100 

 feet of bench?" Mr. Ward replied: 

 "From $1.50 to $3 per running foot of 

 bench and all the brains you can get in 

 one head." In response to other (jues- 

 tions Mr, Ward said that in inaking 

 comparisons with carnations he found 

 tliat the sub-irrigated benches gave 

 about one-third better results than the 

 surface watered ones, but that they re- 

 quired more care in watering. He 

 thought the principal advantage was 

 probably in having the moist bricks be- 

 tween the roots of the plants and the 

 heading pipes which absorbed the hept 

 and moisture and gave it off more uni- 

 formly. He has his benches so arranged 

 as to insure a circulation of air among 

 the bricks and also so that the water can 

 be drawn off below when by any iri<r 

 an excess has been given. His '=oil 

 being a light sandy loam requiring much 

 surface watering to insure sufficient 

 moisture he thought that uib-irrigation 

 would probably show better results with 

 ]iim than with those having heavier soils, 

 Otlier detail business was disposed of 

 and the convention then adjourned to 

 meet in Brooklyn, N, Y,, next year. ", he 

 banquet held in the evening was a very 

 enjoyable aft'air. All the entertainnvnt 

 features were admirably carried out by 

 the Indianapolis florists and the "cn- 

 vention of 1002 will be a pleasant mem- 

 ory to all present. 



There was no trouble about an insuf- 

 ficient number of railroad certificates to 

 insure the one-third return fare. The 



