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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 24, 1898. 



No. J 3. 



. THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. 



It certainly was a very successful 

 and satisfactory meeting. The ses- 

 sions were well attended and the inter- 

 €!st well maintained. The exhibition 

 was simply superb, and the flowers 



shown told the progress of the year 

 better than any essay or review. Mr. 

 Scott's statement that it was the 

 grandest exhibition of carnations the 

 world has ever seen was undoubtedly 

 correct. But that the show at Phila- 

 de'phia a year hence will be even 



grander, none that has seen the rapid 

 progress of the last few years can 

 doubt. The gigantic strides made in 

 the culture of the "Divine flower" are 

 truly marvellous. 



Philadelphia was selected by a unan- 

 imous vole as the place for the ne.<t 

 convention. 



Officers elect are: President, Wm. 

 Nicholson, Framingham, Mass.; vice- 

 pi esident, Wm. P. Craig, Philadelph.a; 

 secretary, Albeit M. Herr, Lancaster, 

 Pa.; treasurer, Fred Dorner, Jr., La- 

 fayette, Ind. 



Changes in the constitution and by- 

 laws were made providing for the call- 

 ing of special meetings by the presi- 

 dent and permitting voting by author- 

 ized proxy at such meetings. Also tor 

 the selection of judges by a new meth- 

 od. This is an addition to Art. VII., 

 and reads as follows: 



"At the first session of the society at 

 which there is an exhibition, the presi- 

 dent shall, after consultation with the 

 executive committee, nominate nine 

 members known to be present for 

 judges. The meeting thereupon shall 

 either accept or reject the nominations 

 or call for the nominations of addition- 

 al names. When nominatons shall 

 have been made by the president and 

 accepted by the meeting, nominations 

 shall be closed and the meeting shall 

 proceed to vote for six judges by bal- 

 lot. The three nominees receiving the 

 highest number of votes shall be the 

 judges to pass on all exhibits at the 

 exhibition of the meeting at which 

 they are elected, and shall award all 

 certificates and premiums. All pro- 

 tests against the decision of the judges 

 shall be filed in writing with the exe- 

 cutive committee promptly. In case of 

 protest by a member of this society or 

 an exhibitor, the executive committee 

 shall examine into the matter carefully 

 and if they consider an error has been 

 made shall report to the society with 

 suggestions as to its correction, other- 

 wise they shall confirm the action of 



