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HORTICULTURE 



January 23, 1909 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 



Eighteenth Annual Meeting to be held in Indianapolis^ Ind*^ Wednesday^ 

 and Thursday, January 27 and 28, J 909 



OFFICERS FOR 1908-1909. 



President— M. A. Patten, Tewks 

 bury, Mass. 



Vice-President— A. F. J. Baur, In 

 dianapolis, Ind. 



Secretary— Albert M. Herr, Lancas 

 ter, Pa. 



Treasurer — Fred. Dor- 

 ner, Jr., Lafayette, Ind. 

 Directors. 



M. A. Patten, A. F. J. 

 Baur, Albert M. Herr, 

 Fred Dorner, Jr., Eugene 

 Dailledouze, Wm. Weber, 

 Wm. Gammage, J. S. Wil- 

 son, J. F. Wilcox. 



Judges. 

 W. N. Rudd, Morgan 

 Park, 111.; Wm. Nichol- 

 son, Framingham, Mass.; 

 Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass. 



is expected to bring forward some 

 fruitful themes for consideration. 

 Entertainment. 

 The State Florists' Association of 

 Tndiana has coraplotcfl all preparations 

 for the comfort and entertainment of 



Officers of State Florists 

 Asso. of Indiana. 

 President, J. S. Stuart. 

 Anderson, Ind.; 1st V. 

 President, H. Junge, In 

 dianapolis, Ind.; 2d V. 

 President, Chas. Knopf. 

 Richmond, Ind.; Secre- 

 tary, A. F. J. Baur. In- 

 dianapolis, Ind.; Trea- 

 surer, H. L. Wiegand, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind. 



Finance. 

 Chas. Knopf, J. S. 

 Stuart, W. W. Coles, Geo. 

 Wiegand, Peter Wieland. 



Entertainment. 

 H. L. Wiegand, F. S 

 Smith, F. H. Lemon, F. B 

 Alley, J. A. E. Haugh. 

 Exhibition. 

 F. Huckreide. E. A. Nel- 

 son, R. F. Harritt, J. A. 

 Evans, H. Schilling. 



Reception. 

 A. F. J. Baur, F. E. Dorner, J. 

 Heidenrich, Ernest Reiman, E. M. 

 Hyatt. 



Press. 

 H. Junge, J. A. Reiman, H. Heller. 



Meetings and Exhibition. 

 The meetings and exhibition wil be 

 held in the German House. There will 

 be sessions, morning and afternoon on 

 Wednesday and Thursday tor the 

 annual reports of officers and com- 

 mittees, election of olTicers and other 

 business of the Society and papers and 

 discussions on topics of timely inter- 

 est are promised. The Question Box 



Marcellus a. Patten 

 President American C.Trnatlon Society. 



the visitors. Much good natured 

 rivalry for the honor of extending 

 hospitality has developed between the 

 delegations from various Indiana cen- 

 tres and Indianapolis, as the head 

 centre of activity, is full of enthusiasm. 

 A theatre party has been arranged 

 for the enjoyment of the ladies on 

 Wednesday evening and a smoker on 

 the same evening for the gentlemen 

 On Thursday there will be a banquet 

 for ladies and gentlemen at which it 

 is expected the Governor of the State 

 will be present to exten-l a formal 

 welcome. 



THE EXHIBITION. 



Address all Exhibits to A. F. J. 



Baur, "German House," Indianapolis, 



Indiana. 



Express charges on all exhibits 



must be prepaid. 



Special tables will be provided for 



exhibits not intended for competition. 



The Society provides 



vases of uniform size for 

 exhibitor's use, respec- 

 tively for 100, 50 and 25 

 blooms. It is obligatory 

 upon exhibitors to use 

 these vases for Classes A 

 and B and for entries for 

 Certificate of Merit. 



In all other classes ex- 

 hibitors have the option 

 of using either the So- 

 ciety's vases, or providing 

 their own. 



Rules and Regulations. 



1st. A charge of $1.00 

 for each variety, entry of 

 which has not been made 

 with the secretary on or 

 before January 15. 



2nd. All entries not 

 staged before 1 p. m., 

 January 27th, will be dis- 

 qualified from any and all 

 competition excepting for 

 "Certificate of Merot." 



3rd. None but mem- 

 bers of the Society are 

 eligible to compete for 

 any prizes, medals or cer- 

 tificates. 



4th. All exhibits for 

 competition must have 

 the variety cqrrectly la- 

 beled, if a named sort, or 

 numbered if an unnamed 

 seedling. The Society 

 will furnish a uniform 

 card for this purpose, and 

 varieties not labeled or 

 numbered with this card 

 will not be judged in 

 any of the classe. The secretary will 

 typewrite these cards for exhibitors 

 who get their entries in early enough 

 for him to do it, and furnish them 

 to the exhibitor in Indianapolis any 

 time during the morning of Janu- 

 ary 27. 



5th. The same vase is not allowed 

 to compete for more than one prize, 

 excepting those entered for Certifi- 

 cates and where otherwise stated. 



Judges' Scale of Points. 



Th's scale shall be employed in 



judging all seedlings for Certificate 



of Merit, or for any special prize, and 



in all classes where competition is 



