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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



v ■■' i -". UM>:; 



we said eautiful Biltmore 



and voiced in vociferous chorus our 

 gratitude to the good and faithful 

 friends we had found in Dixie land. 

 The story of our Asheville convention 



is told in a I : the lar- 



aual volume ever issued by the 

 ■ he fact 

 that our meeting in thi 

 favorably in all respects with its prede- 

 ■ i . i j.anyinn » ■ x i 1 i 1 ■ i 



lion, although of modi rati size, was < a 

 prehensive and creditable and that the 

 customary pastimes and entertainments 

 were fully enjoyed. 



The list of the year's plant introduc- 

 tions in America as recorded in the an- 

 nual report comprised nineteen cannas, 

 seventeen carnations, forty-seven chrysan- 

 themums, ten roses, foui geraniums and 

 miscellaneous plants, doubtless 

 a very incomplete list but the besl pos- 

 sible with the data a' hand. Unques- 

 tionably, full and authentic statistics on 

 this line would prove of great service 

 for future reference. 



During the past year our florists have 

 been confronted with an unusual meas- 

 ure of harassing conditions demanding 

 alert vigilance on the part of the na- 

 The extortionate prices 

 enhouse glass, the notori- 

 ■ and tin- advance in ex- 



tional 5 

 exacted 

 ous coa 



particular as 



rs may be cited in 

 ng direct injury 

 upon the florists' industry. On two of 

 these matters special committee reports 

 are due, hence a brief reference to them 

 will suffice here. Numerous letters from 

 i he secretary's office to influential flor- 

 ists, seeking to stir up a movement, in 

 favor of congressional action on the 

 glass question, met with a depressingly 

 scant response. A remarkable evidence 

 .it' indifference on the part of the florist 

 trade outside of the society's member- 

 ship, which I feel should go on perma- 

 nent record as a modern repetition of 

 an oft-told story, was furnished after 

 our successful encounter with the ex- 

 press companies. Immediately upon the 

 rescinding of the high rates, letters were 

 written by y.utr secretory to the numer- 

 ous florists throughout the country — 

 who had been appealing to the 8. A. I-'.. 



through 



Just 



'111! 



O'ntestS 



net result. 



The executive committee met 

 waukee on March 17 and 1^ 

 members being in attendance, a 

 reception by the < Ihii ago and 

 kee brethren was generous and 

 The ^ anions departnn < '- t' • • ■■ 

 affairs were scrutinized, sugges 

 to our future welfare- fully disi-u 

 progressive measures adopted 

 view to bringing every featuri 

 Milwaukee meeting up 

 -i;i t .lard. An innovat 

 doubtless find occasion 



the hi. 

 which 

 leak fo 



while 

 prog- 



J. J. Beneke, Vice-Pres : dent-Elect, Society American Florists and 

 President-Elect St. Louis Florists' Club. 



The list of plants registered in the 

 secretary's office has been added to dur- 

 ing the year as follows: 



Aug. 25. 19.12. Carnations Wiugold and Bilt- 

 more. by J. B. Trudo. 



Sept. 20. 19n2. Geraniums Double Dryden. 



'2. 10.. 2. Hose Beauty of Rosemawr, l.y 

 id & Jones Co. 



). 1902, Rose Ideal, l.v Jacob F.r.-ker. 

 :. la .2. Carnation Mrs. l'hool.o Hearst. 



Carnation C.vrrnor Lowndes. 

 Rose Canadian Queen, by the 



Am. s.lai.3, Manila's Golden Privet, by W. 



Medals have been awarded since last 

 report as follows: 



Nov. 8, 1902. through the Cincinnati Florists' 

 Sin i.-ty. a silver medal to George & Allan for 

 Adiantum euneatum Georgell. 



Dee. 3. 1902. through the New Haven Count} 

 Horticultural Society, a sliver medal to David 

 Kydd for Begonia Kydll. 



Dec. 4, 1902, through the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of Chicago, a silver medal to Fred Dor- 

 ner & Sous Co. for Carnation Fiancee, and a 

 bronze medal to Nathan Smith & Son, for 

 Chrysanthemum F. J. Taggart. 



Doc. 14. through the New York Florists - Club, 

 a silver medal to F. R. Pierson Co.. for Xeph- 

 i li'I'is exaltata Piersoni and a bronze medal 

 for Rose Canadian 



the H. Dale Esta 



Dec. 29, 1902. through the Chrysanthemum 



Society of America, to E. G. Hill Co., a silver 

 medal for Chrysanthemum R. E. Richards. .u. 



to 



Son. 



f..r Chrysanthemum H. W. Buckbee. 



March :;, inn:). throiieh the American Carna- 

 tion Society, a silver medal to L. E. Mar- 

 .piiseo. f..r Carnation Flamingo and a bronze 

 medal to refer Fisher, for Carnation Mrs. 



Patt 



Our total membership as per the print- 

 ed list for 1902 was fifty-eight life and 

 MiO annual, fifty-three less than for 

 1901. Nine annual members have since 

 taken out life memberships. Seven have 

 been taken from us by death since our 

 last meeting. Deaths are recorded as 

 follows : 



W. A. Bock, Cambridge, Mass.. August 

 19, L902. 



.1. J. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa., No- 

 vember 25, 1902. 



F. L. Harris, Welleslev, Mass., Janu- 

 ary 11, 1903. 



A. YVollmers, Brooklyn, X. Y., Febru- 

 ary 25, 1903. 



J. W. Withers. New York city, April 

 13, 1903. 



• harles Zeller, Brooklyn, X. Y., .Tunc 

 28, 1903. 



A. II. Hews. Cambridge, Mass.. .Tulv 

 8, 1903. 



The number of new and reinstated 

 - - added during the year 1902 

 was 107, of whom three are life mem- 

 bers. In these additions the various 

 states were represented as follows: Con- 

 necticut. Kentucky, Minnesota, New Jer- 

 sey, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Texas and 

 Ontario, one each; Michigan, Rhode Is- 



