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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



FEBRUARY 24, 1898. 



the judges. In all cases of protest no 

 premium shall be paid or certificate de- 

 livered until the judges' action is con- 

 lirmed by the executive committee or 

 the protest has been settled by the so- 

 ciety as the case may be." 



Changes in the by-laws more clearly 

 define the duties of the secretary and 

 require that he shall give a bond. 



The proposed section provid ng for 

 the expulsion of members detected in 

 dishonest practices at the exhibitions 

 did not carry, the members fearing it 

 might be difficult to exactly determine 

 what would properly come under that 

 head. 



President Rudd in his address took 

 an exceedingly hopeful view of the fu- 

 ture of the society and of the carna- 

 tion. He felt that certain desertion.s 

 from the ranks were a source of 

 strength to the society, as with the de- 

 serters had gone intrigue and dissen- 

 sion. Referring to the business de- 



A letter from Mr. W. R. Shelmire, 

 Avondale, Pa., recommended some 

 very radical changes in the work of 

 the society, especially as regards ine 

 awarding of certificates, but no action 

 was taken at this meeting. 



It was presented to the society that 

 the variety Harrison's White and Puri- 

 tan were one and the same. In the 

 discussion it appeared that Mr. White 

 honestly believed he was d sseminating 

 a white sport from Wm. Scott, and that 

 he was led into the error through re- 

 ceiving a lot of plants of Scott in which 

 a plant of Puritan had accidentally 

 been mixed. 



Prof. Arthur's essay, printed in this 

 issue, called out a very interesting dis- 

 cussion, in which he ably met several 

 objections urged against his proposed 

 plan of sub-watering. A point in favor 

 of the plan, noted by Mr. Adam Gra- 

 ham, was that there would be much 

 less waste of fertilizers than with sur- 

 face watering, which resulted in the 



?500 a year in the receipts of the socie- 

 ly should be applied to form a sinking 

 fund. It is hoped to in this way give 

 the society some financial back bone. 



Mr. Dorner's paper on the introduc- 

 tion of new varieties appears in full 

 in this issue. 



An inquiry as to whether any car- 

 nation was "rust proof" brought out 

 the general opinion that no variety can 

 be considered absolutely proof against 

 rust. 



A committee was appointed to ascer- 

 tain fully about the Michigan law re- 

 garding shipments of plants to that 

 state. 



Having the convention, exhibition 

 and hotel accommodations all under 

 one roof was an excellent feature 

 which was much appreciated by the 

 visitors. The banquet was given in 

 the exhibition hall Friday evening af- 

 ter the exhibition had been cleared 

 away, so it was not necessary for those 

 attending to leave the hospitable roof 



South End of the Hall. Glimpses of the Exhibition of the American Carnation Society. 



pression of the last four years, he ex- 

 pressed the belief that bottom was 

 touched last year and that we are now 

 on the upward grade. He felt that car- 

 nations summer grown in the field can- 

 not compete in quality with those 

 grown throughout the season under 

 glass, and that we may look to see the 

 same change take place in our methods 

 of culture as the chrysanthemum 

 grower has had forced upon him. 



The treasurer's report showed total 

 receipts during the year of $598.93, and 

 expenditures of $492.61, leaving a bal- 

 ance of $106.32 in the treasury. 



In regard to obtaining reduced rates 

 from the railroads. Secretary Herr re- 

 ported that an effort had been made, 

 but that a considerable initial expendi- 

 ture would be necessary to pay the ex- 

 penses of the railroad agent attending 

 the meeting as the representative of 

 the railways and that even then the 

 rate would not be good unless fully 100 

 purchased tickets on the certificate 

 plan. 



leaching away of much of the good in 

 the soil without benefit to the plants. 



Secretary Herr's suggestion regard- 

 ing a permanent fund, the interest of 

 the same to be used for advancing the 

 work of the society, and thus do away 

 with the necessity of soliciting the 

 cash for the prizes at the exhibitions, 

 brought out quite a discussion. A 

 fund of sufficient size was deemed out 

 of the question at present, and effort 

 was then directed toward securing a 

 regular annual contribution of $25 

 from a sufficient number to carry on 

 the work of the society on a larger 

 scale. The following offered to so con- 

 tribute: Albert M. Herr, W. N. Rudd, 

 E. G. Hill. Wm. Nicholson, Fred Dor- 

 ner, H. Weber, W. J. Vesey, R. Wit- 

 terstaetter, W. P. Craig, Wm. Scott, 

 Lockland Lumber Co., W. J. Palmer, 

 C. W. Ward, Adam Graham. The ex- 

 ecutive committee was instructed to 

 see members not present at the meet- 

 ing and secure additional names. Later 

 1 it was decided that any excess over 



of the great Auditorium Hotel, excep; 

 to visit the local florists and see the 

 city. 



Friday afternoon and Saturday 

 morning parties of the visitors made 

 trips to the establishment of Bassett & 

 Washburn, at Hinsdale, and to Mt. 

 Greenwood to see the plants from 

 which Mr. Rudd cut those splendid 

 blooms of Jubilee, Pingree and McBur- 

 ney. 



Crabb & Hunter, of Grand Rap ds. 

 Mich., expected to enter their p.nk 

 seedling Irene for a certificate, but a 

 few days before the convention some 

 vandals entered the carnation house 

 and carried off nearly all the flowers 

 available and they were unable to 

 make up the required number of good 

 blooms. From the snap in Mr. Crabb's 

 eyes when telling of this aggravating 

 misfortune we judge it would have 

 fared ill with those boys had he caught 

 them. 



Harry Balsley's check suit was the 

 admiration of all beholders. 



