November 13. 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



833 



Arthur Herrington, Re-elected President of Chrysantiiemuin Society of America. 



we'll do more, deserve it." Our com- 

 mittee work now commands universal re- 

 spect. Let us devise ways and means to 

 the end that all our work may do so. 

 It should not be necessary for the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America to organ- 

 ize exhibiti^ins every year. They are 

 abundantly provided for, but the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America should be 

 officially identified with some important 

 exhibition each year, and in that place 

 let the record of the year's work be made 

 up and prospective lines laid down for 

 the labor of the next year. 



Cannot some arrangement be devised 

 whereby the many existing local socie- 

 ties, the sole aim of which is the giving 

 of a chrysanthemum exhibition, may 

 by the contribution of a certain sum 

 from their treasury become affiliated with 

 the National Society, which in return 

 should ofTer medals or other suitable 

 awards at the exhibitions of those so- 

 cieties in affiliation and in other ways 

 assist in systematizing all that is done 

 in the chrysanthemum field? Some such 

 plan exists with the National Chrysan- 

 themum Society of England, and works 

 to the mutual interest of all. 



Our society, too, should take its place 

 with other national societies in the mat- 

 ter of keeping records and publishing 

 matter pertaining to its flower. We may 

 regard lightly what we have done to 

 date, but it will be of inestimable value 

 if it is available to the future historian 

 who writes up the record of the present 

 time. Some of our faithful officers have 

 this matter tabulated and compiled, but 



it loses half its value while unavailable 

 for public reference. Our co-workers in 

 P^ngland want to know what we are 

 doinir. and in one of their horticultural 

 |iulilicalions recently expressed a wish 

 that we would publish a catalogue of 

 American chrysanthemums, as was done 

 some years ago and by them found very 

 useful. 



These are soma of the matters now 

 respectfully submitted for your consid- 

 eration, and there are doubtless others 

 tliat will occur and be suggested, for "in 

 the multitude of counsellors there is wis- 

 dom," and we want to have the best 

 thoughts of the brightest minds con- 

 centrated upon the cause of the flower 

 we love. 



Secretary's Report. 



Of the twenty-nine varieties of chry- 

 santhemums exhibited before the com- 

 mittees of the C. S. A., during 1901 

 seventeen received certificates. The vari- 

 eties are as follows: 



Opiih (Nathan Smitli & Son). Jap. rot., white, 

 .sliplitl.v diffused with pink. 



.\(li-ian (Nathan Smith & Son), Jup. inc.. 

 creamy white. 



Harry A. Fee (Nathan Smith & Son), Jap. 

 ref.. bronze red. with yellow tips. 



Ore.seo (Nathan Smith & Son), Jap inc.. apri- 

 cot, shaded pinii. 



Mrs. F. J. Tagcart (Nathan Smith & Son), 

 Jap. ref.. yellow, fioldon Wedding, Goldmine. 



Polar Queen INatlmn Smith & Son), inc., 

 outer petals retlexod, creamy white. Nagoya 

 X Yellow Mi-s. Jones. 



C. Hoist (E. G. nill Co.), white; type of 

 Merry Christmas. 



Cremo (McMillan & Sons>, Jap. ref., light 

 yellow. Sport of Glory of Pacitic. 



John K. Weir (H. A. Molatsch), close Jap. 

 inc.. rose pinii, lisht reverse. 



Pride o£ Elstowe (Ernst Schreiber), ref., rose 

 pink. 



Honesty (George Hollis), Jap., white, cream 

 center. 



Providence (John G. Jensen), Jap. Inc., light 

 shade of nankeen. Supposed to be a sport from 

 Western King. 



Bentiey (Robt. G. Carey), Jap. ref., light 

 pink. 



Henry A. Gane (Waban Rose Conservatories), 

 Jap. inc.. rosy pink, lighter center. Raised 

 by the late Ilenry A. Gane. 



Sirius (Wm. Paul Binder), ref., white. 



Mrs. Wm. Eraser (Wm. Paul Binder), Jap. 

 ref.. magenta. 



Miss Jane Morgan (Wm. Paul Binder), Jap. 

 inc., pale pink. 



Edwin Lonsdale, Secretary. 



Treasurer John N. May submitted a 

 detailed report, showing a balance of 

 $514.27 in the treasury. 



Election of Officers. 



The election resulted in the re-elec- 

 tion of President A. Herrington and 

 the selection of F. R. Pierson as vice- 

 president, Fred Lemon as secretary, and 

 the re-election of Treasurer J. N. May. 



Invitations were received from five 

 cities anxious for the next convention, 

 and the selection was left to the execu- 

 tive committee. 



The paper by Jlr. C. Harman Pavne 

 was then read. 



In the discussion of this paper and the 

 president's address manv interesting 

 views were brought out. ' Referring to 

 the work done by the society in the past 

 Mr. Rudd asked if any variety that had 

 failed to win a certificate since the so- 

 ciety had been in existence had been a 

 commercial success, and none could be 

 noted. He thought that this fact alone 

 was sufficient reason for the existence 

 of the organization and that it was to be 

 warmly congratulated upon the excellence 

 of the work done. 



Mr. Payne's statement regarding the 

 failure of English growers to succeed 

 with American varieties brought out a 

 number of suggestions as to the prob- 

 able cause. Mr. Herrington thought that 

 the tendency to mildew was the result 

 of the transference to different climate 

 and environment. Mr. Cowell empha- 

 sized this view by recalling that the 

 early English varieties imported into 

 this country were very subject to mil- 

 dew. Mr. Hill thought the moister cli- 

 mate of England was a probable cause of 

 mildew and noted that even such a 

 sturdy grower as Timothy Eaton had 

 been a failure in England. 



After a lengthy discussion upon the 

 desirability of increasing the number 

 of varieties and types at our exhibitions, 

 and of breaking away from what seems 

 to be the too restricted lines we have 

 been following in America, it was re- 

 solved to recommend to the various 

 bodies giving exhibitions, that they in- 

 clude classes in which blooms of fine 

 exhibition varieties lacking in stem and 

 foliage may be attached to stems of more 

 vigorous sorts in order that they may be 

 properly displayed in vases, and that 

 there be also classes for short stemmed 

 blooms on boards in the English style. 



Though this was adopted it was not 

 unanimous, some holding that the pro- 

 posed action was a step backward, and 

 that any flower that is unable to hold 

 itself up without being "grafted" is not 

 good enough for an American exhibition. 



The need for greater variety at our 

 exhibitions is generally recognized, and 

 splicing seemed to be the only way out 

 of the difficulty if we are to make use 

 of the sorts too weak to hold their heads 

 up if vases are to be used. 



