FEBRUiKT 26. 1903. 



Tne Weekly Florists' Review. 



519 



General View of the Larger Hall at the Brooklyn Exhibition of the American Carnation Society Last Week. 



a staple florists' commoditT. The sale 

 of carnations must always be classed 

 upon the same basis as that of roses, and 

 it would not be surprising if in the end 

 it would exceed the rose in commercial 

 importance. 



Before concluding, I would particular- 

 ly call Tour attention to the generous 

 treatment which has been accorded our 

 society by the Brooklyn Institute of 

 Arts and Sciences. It has been more 

 than liberal in our entertainment; in 

 fact, has exhibited a generosity which 

 I believe has not been excelled by any 

 other association that has charged itself 

 with the entertainment of our society, 

 and I would especially request that a 

 fitting resolution be passed, acknowledg- 

 ing the courtesies which we have received 

 at its hands. 



It was suggested that the address be 

 discussed then and there, and on motion 

 of Mr. Scott the thanks of the society 

 were tendered to the Brooklyn Institute 

 of Arts and Sciences and the Brooklyn 

 Horticultural Society for the prepara- 

 tion they had so ably made for the hous- 

 ing of the exhibition, the place of meet- 

 ingr. and the plan of entertainment of the 

 members of the society. 



Secretary Albert M. Herr then read 

 his annual report as follows: 



Secretary Herr's Report. 



Your secretary has his usual short re- 

 port, having issued the proceedings of 

 the Indianapolis meeting in due time and 

 mailing them to all paid-up members of 

 the society. 



A preliminary premium list was is- 

 sued in the summer. The regular list 

 February 1, and various circular letters 

 during the year, were mailed to the mem- 

 bers. Any one not having received these 

 items will please report to their secre- 



tary, so that he may get their address 

 corrected. 



Membership for 1902 consisted of 267 

 paid-up members; lost during the year 

 for non-payment of dues, 22; new mem- 

 bers gained previous to this meeting, 19. 

 This is a good showing, as usually the 

 gain, aside from the meeting, is very 

 small. 



Duplicate bills for dues that had been 

 paid were issued to three of the members 

 during the year, and your secretary put>- 

 licly apologizes for this error. He also 

 wants to thank the exhibitors for their 

 careful attention to the details of their 

 entries, as it lessened his work consider- 

 ably at a very hard time of the year. 



The twenty-five cent tax for issuing 

 the railroad certificates is a new innova- 

 tion of the railroads, and will be applica- 

 ble to all tickets of this kind, so that our 

 society is in no way discriminated 

 against in this respect. 



That the society is doing good active 

 work is shown by the fact that the post- 

 age bill from March 21, 1902, to Febru- 

 ary 12, 1903, is $52. 



Albert M. Hebe, 



Secretary. 



The report of Treasurer F. E. Dorner 

 showed receipts to the working fund 

 during the year of $952. expenditures 

 of $887.79, and a cash balance in this 

 fund of $64.21. Additions to the perma- 

 nent fund during the year amounted to 

 $223, making a total now in the perma- 

 nent fund of $1,873. A finance commit- 

 tee consisting of John G. Esler, William 

 Scott and W. N. Rudd were appointed to 

 examine the treasurer's account, which 

 they did, and made a report that they 

 found it correct in every particular. 



ilr. E. G. Gillett reported for the com- 

 mittee on securing the adoption of the 



carnation as the national flower, and 

 stated that the new organization known 

 as the Carnation League had practically 

 taken the work out of the committee's 

 hands. He asked, therefore, that the 

 committee be now discharged, and this 

 was done. 



Mr. H. M. Altick, of Dayton, Ohio, 

 told about the establishment of the Car- 

 nation League by Mr. Lewis G. Reynolds, 

 of his city, whom he had recently met, 

 and who bad told him that the league 

 now had ten million members, of which 

 no less than fifteen thousand were in 

 Dayton. Ohio, alone. He felt that, aside 

 from all sentimental considerations, the 

 Carnation League had been of tremend- 

 ous benefit to the trade, and that it 

 would be no more than proper for the 

 members of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety to show their appreciation of tlii 

 by endeavoring to forward the work of 

 the league regarding a fund for a Mc- 

 Kinley Jlemorial to be erected at Can- 

 ton, Ohio. His suggestion was warmly 

 indorsed by Mr. William Scott, who 

 stated also that the florists .should en- 

 courage the observation of McKinley day 

 by the wearing of a carnation flower, 

 and by making no exorbitant charges for 

 flowers on that day. He thought that 

 the universal wearing of a carnation 

 flower on McKinley day should be en- 

 couraged in every way by the florists. 

 A committee was finally appointed to se- 

 cure subscriptions from members of the 

 society and others interested in the car- 

 nation toward the ^tlcKinley memorial 

 fund. 



The city of Detroit was selected with- 

 out opposition for the convention next 

 year. 



The New Officers, 



The following officers for the ensuing 



