August 20. 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



285 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND 

 ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



The Story of the Convention Continued 



In our last issue we sketched the 

 proceeding's at the Niagara Kails con- 

 vention up to Thursday noon when 

 the result of the election of officers 

 for 1909 was announced. The report 

 of the judges on the trade exhibition. 

 presented on Wednesday but added to 

 and amended on Thursday and Friday 

 was as follows: 



Report of the Judges. 



A. Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. — Gladioli; 

 the following named varieties being 

 especially good: Dawn, La Luna, 

 Afterglow, War, Empire, A. Dimuvock. 

 Certificate of merit. 



Herendeen Mfg. Co., Geneva, N. Y. 

 — New sectional boiler, series 160-180; 

 special features; removable grate 

 bars: two-way flues system: extra 

 deep fire box. Certificate of merit. 



King Construction Co., North Ton- 

 awanda. N. Y. — New sash bar bracket 

 iron frame ventilating sash; green- 

 house truss construction. Certificate 

 of merit. Also pipe hanger and 

 bracket. Highly commended. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago. 111. — 

 Improved generator for hot water 

 heating, increasing capacity of boiler; 

 also, pipe coupling and improved 1910 

 model boiler. Certificate of merit. 



Lord and Burnham, Irvington. N. Y. 

 — New round sectional boiler; in- 

 creased fire surface directly over fire. 

 Certificate of merit. 



J. C. Moninger Co.. Chicago, 111. — 

 New ice clearing hinge, with brass 

 pins for ventilating sash. Certificate 

 of merit. Also honorable mention for 

 interlocking splice. 



The Standard Pump and Engine 

 Co.. Cleveland, O. — Pumps for shal- 

 low and deep wells; gas or gasoline 

 can be used, with no changes what- 

 ever; three-way safety valve on all 

 pumps. Certificate of merit. 



E. H. Hunt. Chicago, 111.— Cement 

 bench construction. Certificate of 

 merit. 



The Denting Co., Salem, O. — Spray- 

 ing outfit. Highly commended. 



A. T. Boddington, New York. — Fer- 

 guson Combination Sprayer and Syr- 

 inge. — As a sprayer highly com- 

 mended. 



Lord & Burnham Co., Irvington, N. 

 Y. — New cast iron bench. Highly 

 commended. 



Madison Basketcraft Co., Madison, 

 O. — Willow baskets. Highly com- 

 mended. 



Schloss Bros., New York. — French 

 ribbon novelties. Highly commended. 



The Wilson-Hoyt Co., Short Hills, 

 N. J.— Cement bench construction. 

 Highly commended. 



Wertheimer Bros., New York. — 

 Dewdrop chiffon and other ribbon 

 novelties. Highly commended. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. — Novelties in florists* sup- 

 plies. Honorable mention. 



Camp Conduit Co., Cleveland. O. — 

 New tile bench. Honorable mention. 



Otto G. Koenig. St. Louis, Mo. — 



Lock for hot bed frame corners. 

 Honorable mention. 



The Ever-Ready Flower Pot Cover 

 Co., Buffalo, N. Y. — Ever-ready pot 

 cover. Honorable mention. 



The Heim Support Co.. Connors- 

 ville, Ind. — Carnation support. Hon- 

 orable mention. 



Robert Kift, Philadelphia, Pa.— Im- 

 proved berry and fern globe. Honor- 

 able mention. 



J. A. Payne, Jersey City, N. J. — 

 Skeleton rafter, bent-glass eave con- 

 struction. Honorable mention. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 — Nephrolepis elegantissima compac- 

 ta. Honorable mention. 



M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, Pa,— 

 Novelties in florists' supplies. Honor- 

 able mention. 



George E. Brown, Greenfield, Mich. 

 — The American carnation support. 

 Highly commended. 



George M. Garland, Des Plaines, 

 111. — Cement bench. Honorable men- 

 tion. 



Christ. Winterich, Defiance, O. — De- 

 fiance greenery stump. Highly com- 

 mended. 



The judges were Jos. A. Manda, C. 

 J. Graham and Fred H. Meinhardt. 



The exhibits of the Quaker City 

 Machine Co., Richmond. Ind., and 

 the A. H. Hews Pottery Company, 

 North Cambridge. Mass., were mis- 

 carried somehow and never reached 

 the exhibition hall. Exhibits over- 

 looked in our list published last week 

 were: Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, 

 N. Y., conifers and hardy shrubbery: 

 S. A. Anderson, Buffalo, N. Y., Lor- 

 raine begonias; E. Hippard, Youngs- 

 town, O., Standard return steam trap; 

 Larkin Co., Buffalo. N. Y., insecticide 

 soaps; Win. Moll, Cleveland, O., pipe 

 clamp; Washington Iron Works, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., urns and pedestals. 



Thursday Afternoon Session. 



The principal subject assigned for 

 the session of Thursday afternoon, was 

 the National Flower Show, to be held 

 in Chicago next November. E. G. Hill 

 addressed the meeting at length, de- 

 scribing the foreign exhibitions he had 

 attended and especially emphasizing 

 the great advantages and benefits to be 

 derived by the trade at large from 

 such displays. W. F. Kasitiug, chair- 

 man of the general committee of fifty, 

 gave some facts relative to the prepa- 

 rations already made, stating that the 

 premium list amounts to the grand 

 total of $11,023 worth of prizes, of 

 which $2336 are special cash premiums 

 provided by individuals and firms and 

 $800 is in medals and cups from simi- 

 lar sources, the balance being offered 

 out of the general fund. An assess- 

 ment of 20 per cent, of the amount of 

 the guarantee fund has been collected 

 and 30 per cent, more will soon be 

 called for. Arrangements have been 

 made with the customs authorities. 



whereby foreign exhibits will be ad- 

 mitted in bond without payment of 

 duty. J. C. Vaughan, chairman of the 

 committee on local management, re- 

 ported that it has been found necessary 

 to cut off one Sunday in the contin- 

 uance of the show and that it would 

 close on Saturday night. He urged 

 that intending exhibitors make early 

 entries and thus assist the committee 

 of arrangements in their work. 



W. N. Rudd, as chairman of the 

 premium committee, explained the dif- 

 ficulties experienced in making equit- 

 able allotments to the different de- 

 partments and that the necessity of 

 drawing out local displays was re- 

 garded as of supreme importance. 

 Every rule has been carefully con- 

 sidered and will be rigidly enforced. 

 Every effort will be directed to making 

 the affair a financial success. Irwin C. 

 Bertermann, treasurer, next presented 

 his report and was followed by George 

 Asmus, chairman of the publicity com- 

 mittee. All these reports were dis- 

 cussed at considerable length. R. Vin- 

 cent, Jr., being called upon gave a 

 brief account of the shows he visited 

 on his recent European trip, mention- 

 ing as particularly interesting the old- 

 fashioned flowers which are there 

 given prominence. His comment was 

 that in this country we are too ex- 

 tensive and not sufficiently intensive. 

 Mr. Burdette urged the necessity of 

 providing for exhibits of a character 

 sufficiently sensational from a public 

 standpoint to furnish material which 

 the press agent could use to advantage. 



At this session a congratulatory tel- 

 egram was received from A. J. Love- 

 less, president of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America. 



Friday Morning Session. 



The meeting on Friday A. M. opened 

 with an address on "School Gardens,'' 

 by L. C. Corbett, of the Agricultural 

 Department, Washington, D. C, which 

 we hope to publish in a later issue of 

 HORTICULTURE. The discussion 

 which followed was very interesting, 

 E. V. Hallock, F. R. Pierson, H. S. 

 Adams and others taking part, with 

 approving comment. Mr. Pierson paid 

 a fine tribute to the Department of 

 Agriculture for its willingness to help 

 in the school garden movement and 

 urged that we must get the objective 

 in education rather than the theoreti- 

 cal with which we have been surfeited 

 heretofore. The co-operation of the De- 

 lia rtment means much for the success 

 of the movement. Superintendent 

 Clias. H. Keitsoh then presented his 

 report on the trade exhibition, show- 

 i hat there were ninety-five exhibi- 

 tors occupying about 10,000 sq. ft. of 

 space. The receipts had been about 

 $2265, and expenditures $1650, leaving 

 an approximate profit for the society 

 of $615. 



Afbert T. Hey then read his paper 



