February 6, 1909 



party visited the establishment of the 

 E. G. Hill Company at Richmond, and 

 several other places en route. They 

 were hospitably entertained and, 

 despite the Idizzard weather which in- 

 lerposed, en.ioyed themselves thoi"- 

 oiighly and were well repaid for the 

 journey in what they saw. esiJecially 

 the sensational seedlins: roses and car- 

 nations which are in training for fu- 

 ture triumphs. 



HORTICULTURE 



173 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND 

 COMMENTS. 



The ladies were out in good force. 

 Thirty-three were present at their 

 society meeting on Wednesday eveu- 

 iii.g. 



It was generally agreed that Nic 

 Zwiefel's vase of 100 Enchantress was 

 the finest exhibit of this variety ever 

 made. 



Dailledouze Bros.' seedling 404, whicu 

 secured the society's silver medal, is a 

 superb white flower of high exhibition 

 quality. 



The menu and program for the 

 banquet given by the State Florists' 

 Association of Indiana in honor of the 

 American Carnation Society was a 

 gem in its way. 



Fred Burld was elected a director for 

 five years, but by virtue of his election 

 as vice-president he would become a 

 director for one year, and consequently 

 the directors' boai'd will be one mem- 

 ber short during the coming year. 



AMctory has always been highly es- 

 teemed by F. R. Pierson, and is grown 

 by him as his leading scarlet. Its won- 

 derful keeping qualities were well 

 shown at Indianapolis, the flowers ex- 

 hibited having been 4S hours in a box 

 en route. 



E. G. Hill Company's vase of 200 

 blooms in variety was one of the most 

 striking features in the hall. It won 

 the .fSO.OO silver cup, offered by the 

 Slate Florists' Association, as every- 

 body knew it would as soon as they 

 saw it staged. 



One of the most enjoyable incidents 

 of the convention was the entertain- 

 ment given by Judge Vesey on Wednes- 

 day evening at the Columbian Club to 

 a party of the visitors. It was said, by 

 those who knew, to be a virtual rein- 

 carnation of the old-time Ananias 

 Club. Some time-honored stories were 

 told, also some that were accepted as 

 new. 



There was some misunderstanding 

 of the conditions attaching to the 

 award of the Sweepstakes prizes, which 

 was settled by vote of the society after 

 considerable discussion, the decisicm 

 being that this class required no regu- 

 lar entries but that all winners of 

 prizes in Class A should participate. 

 The S. A. F. silver medal awarded to 

 F. Dorner & Sons for seedling under 

 number is to be withheld until Mr. 

 Doran has selected a permanent name 

 for the variety. 



The selection of Pittsburg as the 

 place for the next meeting will, we be- 

 lieve, meet with general approval, for 

 Pittsburg was very magnanimous one 

 year ago in giving way to Indianapolis. 

 Many of those who were present and 

 active in the Pittsburg meeting in 

 1S93 have already joined the great ma- 

 jority, but those who are still left will 

 recall with pleasure that enjoyable oc- 

 casion and no doubt make a strenuou-s 



"View in Exhibition Hall 



effort to revisit that hospitable city 

 next year. 



A. Roper has good cause for joy over 

 the winning of the gold medal by his 

 pet variety. Hay State. The splendid 

 qualifications of this sensational flower 

 have been generally recognized, but 

 that it should make the trip of over 

 one thousand miles from Massachu- 

 setts to Indiana, and right in the car- 

 nation growers' stronghold capture the 

 premier pi ize, was hardly to be hoped 

 for. It was a courageous move on Mr. 

 Roller's part, and we congratulate him 

 on the result. 



THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 



PRODUCER, WHOLESALER 



AND RETAILER. 



A Papare read before tin- Amcriian Carna- 

 tion Society at InOianapolis ii.v 

 William .1. Stewart. 



ITie topic on which I have be?n 

 asked to say a few words might easiiiy 

 furnish food for profitable discussion 

 for the lime of an entire convention. 

 Briefly stated, I think all will agree 

 that a clo'ser accord and mutual un- 

 derstanding between the representa- 

 tives Cif these tht'ee interests would 

 greatly conduce to the advantage of 

 the industry as a whole and every in- 

 dividual connected with oommercial 

 floriculture. We need not confine our 

 consi'leration to the carnation industry 

 alone; what we shall deduce applies 

 eqi.ally to all. 



At the start we might ask ourselves, 

 first — whether our industry is enjoy- 

 ing a reasonable prosperity; is or is 

 not reLuining to those who labor in its 

 various departments a fair recompense 

 for the effort expended. If not, where 

 sihall we look for the causfe and what 

 can we apply as a remedy? 



The business which is under con- 

 sideration is one of recent develop- 

 ment rapidly increasing in importance 

 end influence and now involving many 

 cirect and allied interests. It is not 

 surprising that new phases hitherto 

 unforoseein are constantly intruding 

 thomfelves. We find in the ranks 



many who started when its problems 

 were simple, its operations somewhat 

 primitive and its profits large in pro- 

 portion to the investment. It is only 

 natural that wo should here encounter 

 a soiitimcnt reluctant to acknowledge 

 that termer conditions can never bt- 

 leftorert and well-intrenched convic- 

 tions with resultant prejudices as to 

 the supposed causesi contributing to 

 pre*nt grievances. All this is inimi- 

 cal to the conciliatory, co-operative 

 ispirit vv'hirjh the interdependence of 

 the different interesfc-i makes sO' de-- 

 sirable. 



On ihte other hand the inherent 

 principle of progress demands, that as 

 our business assumes a magnitude 

 which makes modern mercantile 

 I'lethods essential to its best success 

 we rhould fit ourselves to so conduct 

 it. rtgardless of any preconceived 

 views and cheri'-ihed prejudices which 

 may stand in the wpjy. According as 

 we are willing to so fit ourselves and 

 encourage the same in our auxiliaries 

 will the foundations of our industr.7 

 be strongth'ened, its dignity upheld 

 and its permanency assured as an 

 avocation universally respected and 

 honored. 



Looking at the commercial horticul- 

 tural industry as comprising the three 

 distinct divisions mentioned in the 

 title of this paper we may state as a 

 self-evident proposition that any inter- 

 ruption of the prosperity of one depart- 

 ment must eventually react directly 

 or indirectly on all the others, and the 

 misfortune of one should therefore be 

 the concern of all. 



Following out this thought a first 

 requisite for the movement towards a 

 better understanding and the benefits 

 which may be expected to follow is the 

 recoenitinn by each department of the 

 indispensability of the other. 



'■1 i-are for noljoil.v. no, not T, 

 It iioliody cares for me." 

 is not the sort of sentiment that will 

 bring either emolument or credit to 

 either. 



With the wholesale growers' first 

 and greatest obligation— that of produ- 

 cing good and acceptable material — 



