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HOKTICULTURE 



February (i. ISOt" 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 



Convention Report Completed 



THE BANQUET. 



The spacious banquet ball of the 

 Columbian Club was well filled with 

 guests antl a bpiiutiful sight in its floral 

 decorations on Thursday evening, Jan. 

 2S. The banquelers were seated in 

 groups of six at the tables, each of 

 which was adorned with a centrepiece 

 of plants and flowers. IJuring the sew- 

 ing music was supplied in abundance 

 by a band. Interspersed among the 

 speeches that followed there were songs 

 by a male quartette and by Miss Maude 

 Langstaff. 



After the excellent menu had been 

 traversed to the end, a brief address 

 of welcome was made by Dr. Haugh, 

 in the absence of President J. S. Stuart. 

 He introduced E. G. Hill as toastmas- 

 ter. Mr. Hill was in his best vein, 

 witty and humorous, and very pleasing 

 in his introductions. He spoke with 

 pride of the Carnation Society's ex- 

 hibition, which he pronounced the best 

 ever, and extended an especially en- 

 thusiastic welcome to the ladies. 



The first toast was ■'Indiana— a good 

 place to stay." This was responded 

 to by Mayor C. A. Bookwalter, who 

 spoke eloquently of the contributions 

 to literature and the asthetic and 

 beautiful in art by Indiana, which he 

 declared was supplanting Massachu- 

 setts in that respect, and humorously 

 paid his respects to the Indiana florists 

 who, while heartlessly making him pay 

 Broadway prices, yet gave good value 

 for the money. The training of beau- 

 tiful surroundings he declared to be 

 conducive to elevation of character. 

 He urged the visitors to come again 

 and often. 



Dr. Haugh then proposed the toast 

 of "Our Ouests." Referring to the 

 fact that this was the society's third 

 appearance in Indianapolis he made a 

 bid for a fourth visit not more than 

 six years hence. He spoke feelingly of 

 the death of such valuable members 

 as "Williara Scott, L. E. Marquisee and 

 Alexander Wallace during the past 

 year as an irreparable loss to the So- 

 ciety. .J. F. Amraann responded. 



Miss Sarah Hill then read a paper in 

 response to the toast, "Some Carna- 

 tions 1 Have Met," which brought 

 down the house repeatedly by its witty 

 satire and allusions to the career of 

 many carnations which had failed to 

 live up to thei'- promise. It was one 

 of the best things of the kind we have 

 ever listened to. 



W. N. Rndd rosponued in character- 

 istic style to "The Exhibition; after all, 

 that's the reason we're here" A meaty 

 subject handled by a very wise man. 

 He gave the Society the credit tor all 

 the advancement made by the carna- 

 tion in recent years, and expressed ap- 

 preciation of the high honor he canned 

 in being selected as a judge at the So- 

 ciety exhibitions, and the responsi- 

 bility which the judges carry in shap- 

 ing the destiny of new varieties. 



.1. C. Vaughan, being called upon, 

 •;poke in terms of high appreciation of 

 the many manly traits of the lato L. 

 B Marquisee. Mrs. Vefey followed 

 with a plea for the carnation as the 



"national flower," and called attention 

 to the coining of McKinley Day ou the 

 morrow. 



President Patten then responded to 

 the toast of "The American Carnation 

 Society." He advocated making the 

 carnation more and more popular and 

 v,'armly thanked the members for their 

 good work during the year. Ho called 

 for a standing toast to the deceased 

 mem.bers of the Society. He next pro- 

 ceeded to present to the winners the 

 ".arious medals. ru])s and special prizes 

 in gold awarded in the exhibition and 

 the recipients severally responded as 

 the trophies were handed over. Mr. 

 Roper on receiving his gold medal for 

 the best vase of 100 blooms any va- 

 riety any color, incidentally remarked 

 that he proposed to try to get another. 

 J. \. Valentine was the last speaker. 



J. S. STUAHT 



i:iii:i State Florists' Associa- 



h's toast being "The Parent Society." 

 His speech was full of stories and wit. 

 He assured the members of the Carna- 

 tion Society that the mother heart of 

 the S. A. F. is filled with joy at the 

 success they had achieved. 



FINAL RESOLUTIONS. 



Whereas, The American Carnation 

 Society has been for the past two days 

 tlie guest of the State Florists' Asso- 

 ciai&n of Indiana, and of allied pro- 

 fessions in Indianapolis and its 

 \icini'iy: and. 



Whereas, The exhibition hall and 

 facilities for staging displays have 

 been the most convenient and best 

 F.dapted ever placed at our disposal; 

 and. 



Vv'hereas, The kindness, courtesy and 

 rver-ready assistance extenrtel by our 

 felloAv members of Indianapolis have 

 deeply impressed us; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That We tender to Mayor 

 Bookwalter and the city officials of 

 Inrlianapoli«, our sincere thanks for 



the hospital)le welcome extended to 

 our Society; 



That we record with deep apprecia- 

 tion our gratitude to the State Flor- 

 ists' Asscciation of Indiana, and the 

 members of our profession who have 

 been allied with them in perfecting 

 th'e admirable arrangements that have 

 contributed sio greatly to the success 

 of this meeting; 



And that our thanks are further 

 due to the presi; of the City of Indian- 

 apolis for the accurate i-eports they 

 have made of our meetings. 



And to the horticultural press 

 especially for the interest they hav'3 

 taken in advancing everything pter- 

 lainiug to the welfare of our society. 

 F. R. PIBRSON, 

 PETER FISHER. 

 WILLIAM WEBER. 

 Committee en Final Resolutions. 



CERTIFICATES. 



Certificates of merit were awarded 

 to the following varieties, which 

 scored as indicated: No. 175-06, by F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co.; dark red, deeply 

 fringed flower; 90 points. Shasta, by 

 Baur & Smith; a glistening white; S9 

 points. Superba, by A. C. Brown; 

 Iiink; 88 points. No. 30, by F. R. Pier- 

 son Co.; white; SG points. No. 228, by 

 Nic Zweifel; cerise pink; 86 points. 

 Sangamo, by A. C. Brown; pink; 85 

 points. Dark Winsor, by F. R. Pierson 

 Co.; 85 points. No. CO, by F. R. Pier- 

 son Co.; crimson; 85 points. James 

 Whitcomb Riley, by Berterniann Bros.; 

 yellow; 86 points. 



A]\ the above named, as well as the 

 medal winners, were simply grand. 

 Among the other gems of the show, 

 Mime of which have been already ce;- 

 lificated and others have not yet been 

 Hutered therefor, were Hill and Graves' 

 May D.ay, soft pink; Longi-en's Lucille, 

 pale, almost white, flushed deeper pink; 

 Wanoka Co.'s Apple Blossom, white 

 with pink mottling in centre; Witter- 

 staetter's 1400 E, mellow light pink; 

 Jensen & Dekema's Mrs J. C. Vaughan, 

 white; Dorner's Pink Delight, pink, 

 and No. 51-06, Victory red; Dailledouze 

 Pros." No. 404 white, and Chlca.go Car- 

 nation Company's Conquest, variegated, 

 formerly No. 500. 



TRADE EXHIBITS. 



Among the exhibits, outside of car- 

 nations, which w-e did not mention in 

 last week's telegraphic report were the 

 following: The Morehead Mfg. Co., 

 who exhibited their useful steam trap; 

 Kroeschell Bros., Chicago, who were 

 well represented by Fred. Lauten- 

 fthlager in charge of an exhibit of 

 their heating specialties; The Pulver- 

 i-^ed Manure Company of Chicago, 

 with a good display of their different 

 brands of natural fertilizers; The Ad- ■ 

 vance Co., Richmond, Ind., with their 

 greenhouse ventilating apparatus, and 

 .\. L. Randall, florists' supplies. 



FRIDAY'S OUTING. 



On Friday, starting on special car at 

 the early hour of 6.30 a. m., a large 



