January 30, 1909 



that this part of our Premium List is 

 well filled for another year. 



In membership We have 32 who havt? 

 not paid their dues for 1908 and 41 

 new members so that we are gradually 

 gaining in membership as the new list 

 will no doui>t be increased consider- 

 ably at this meeting. There were 

 several deaths during the year, but 

 no notice being received by your Sec- 

 retary, no oificial announcement can be 

 made. 



I want to thank th» Pr'esident and 

 Vice-President for their assistance 

 durii g the past year and beg pardon 

 for ■Jio fefw errors that have occurred 

 during the same period. I also want to 

 thank every member of this Soi-iety for 

 their hearty co-operation during th." 

 fourteen years I have served them as 

 Secretary, and bespeak for my succos- 

 i^or the same helpful spirit from them. 



This Society has advanced the car- 

 nation and its methods of culture 

 somewhat near perfection. To con- 

 tinue its mission it must take up the' 

 work of popular'izing the flower with 

 the buying public, and as far as possi- 

 ble correct the evils and make im- 

 proyenents in the buying and selling 

 end cf the business. 



We need a Secretary who either has 

 ample time of his own to devote to Its 

 affairs or sufficient clerical fores to 

 have tU'em attend to all of the details 

 between meetings and one to whom 

 the salary is no object for the amount 

 of work done. With me it has beeit 

 a labor of love for fourteen years, 

 ;.*ars which I c?,n look back over with 

 many pleasant memorie.^ and for whicb 

 I feel amply repaid by the acquain- 

 tance of the men I have been working 

 with, and that is all of you, for we 

 have f.ll worked together or we wouM 

 not be where we are. 



But a few years ago, as some of 

 you know, I was bumped pretty hard 

 financic'lly, and as the hardest part of 

 the work of this Society 'extends from 

 November 1st. vrith the solicitation of 

 advertisements, until some time in 

 March with the sending out of the 

 Annual Report without any intermis- 

 sion, right in my o\Vn busy season, it 

 makes too much work for me (work 

 that I could not possibly have gi^en 

 the attention I did h.ad it not been 

 for the kindly assistanc'e of Mrs. Herr) 

 and feeling that I can not give this 

 v.ic-rk the attention it should have I 

 hereby tender my resignation to take 

 effect at the end of our official year 

 (April 1st). 



ALBERT M. HERR, Secretary. 



This was received with a vote of 

 thanks. 



A letter of thanks was read from the 

 Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society 

 of England for the trophy sent by the 

 American Carnation Society. 



Invitations for the next meeting 

 were then presented from Pittsburg 

 and Milwaukee, Mr. Clark speaking for 

 Pittsburg, and Mr. Zwifel for Milwau- 

 kee. 



The judges' report was then pre- 

 sented as follows : 



List of Awards. 



Class A, 100 blooms to a vase. White - 

 StrafTord Flower F.Ti-ms flrst, with Lartv 

 Bountiful; The E. G. Hill Co. second, with 

 White Enchantress. Flesh Pink— F. Dou- 

 ner & Sons Co. fli-st. Pink Delight; second, 

 Chicago Carnation Co., Enchantress. Light 

 Pink— F. Donier & Sons Co. first. Vi'inona; 

 second, A. C. Brown. Dark rink— The E. 

 {Continued on page t4'i) 



HORTICULTURE 



Carnation Dorothy Gordon 



Ml 



Dorothy Gordon 



Seedling by Jos. Heacock Co. (Lawson Enchantress.) 



We present herewith ilustrations of 

 Joseph Heacock's sterling novelty, 

 Dorothy Gordon, showing individual 

 flowers and also plants as they appear 

 growing in Mr. Heacock's houses the 

 first week in November after having 

 been planted three months. This 



variey is a cross between Lawson and 

 Enchantress and the color is similar to 

 that of Rose Pink Enchantress. It was 

 av/arded a certificate at the Washing- 

 ton meeting of the American Carna- 

 tion Society, scoring SR points. Ita 

 strong points are its constitution, size 

 and productiveness. 



I1uL,nK <>1 ItURUTllV GOKDU.N 

 Jos. Heacock Co. 



