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HORTICULTURE 



February 1, IbOS 



three sports. They advised that the 

 Society demand registration of all 

 new varieties presented for the So- 

 ciety's consideration and that all 

 sports be given distinctive names. 

 The above reports were all duly ac- 

 cepted. A committee consisting of 

 Messrs. Rudd, Baur and Fothering- 

 ham was appointed to con.sider and 

 recommend such action as they deem- 

 ed wise in accordance with recom- 

 mendations in the President's address. 

 Invitations to hold the next meeting 

 in Indianapolis, Ind., and Pittsburg, 

 Pa., were presented. The invitation 

 to Pittsburg came from the Florists' 

 and Gardenei's' Club of that city, and 

 told of the overwhelming wave of 

 good feeling and hospitality that 

 awaited the acceptance of the invita- 

 tion. The State P^lorists' Association 

 of Indiana on behalf of Indianapolis 

 offered a Hoosier welcome and royal 

 good time. Nomination of ofBcers be- 

 ing next in order, the following names 

 were presented: President, Marcel- 

 lus A. Patten, of Tewksbury, Mass.; 

 vice-president. Wm. Falconer, Pitts- 

 burg, and A. F. J. Baur, Indianapolis: 

 secretary. A. M. Herr: treasurer, F. 

 Dorner, .Ir. Peter Fisher was chosen 

 judge to succeed Wm. Scott, resigned, 

 and Wm. Nicholson was selected to 

 succeed himself. J. S. Wilson was 

 chosen to succeed himself as director. 



THE JUDGES' REPORT. 



The judges then presented their re- 

 port on the exhibition and same was 

 duly accepted. 



List of Awards. 

 The vases of 100 blooms each ;n 

 Class A made a fine show in them- 

 selves. In white Cottage Gardens Co. 

 took first with Alma Ward, and F. R. 

 Pierson Co. second with White En- 

 fhantress. Light pink — Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., with Enchantress. Dark 

 pink — E. G. Hill Co., Afterglow; sec- 

 ond. Cottage Gardens Co., Mrs. Thom- 

 as Harvey. Winsor shade of pink — 

 Cotta.ge Gardens Co., with Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward; second, Chicago Carnation Co 

 Winsor. Scarlet — ^Cottage Gardens Co., 

 Beacon; second, John Reimels. seed- 

 ling No. S2. Crimson — Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., Creole Beauty: second. J. D. 

 Cockcroft, Harvard. White variegat- 

 ed — Joan Reimels, Variegated Lawson. 

 Any other color — H. Weber & Soas 

 Co.. Toreador: second, J. E. Haines, 

 Imperial. 



In Class B, vases of 50 blooms each 

 of specially named varieties, the 

 awards were as follows: Lady Boun- 

 tiful—Stafford Flower Farms. White 

 Perfection — F. R. Pier.son Co.; second. 

 S. J. Goddard. Any other white— F. R. 

 Pierson Co., White Enchantress; sec- 

 ond. Stafford Flower Farms, Lieut. 

 Peary. Enchantress, Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co.; second, Stafford Flower 

 Farms. Any other this shade — F. R. 

 Pierson Co., Melody; second. H. Eich- 

 holz, Mrs. M. T. Omwake. Winsor — 

 Chicago Carnation Co.; second. Cot- 

 tage Gardens Co. Pink Enchantress — 

 F. R. Pierson Co.; second, H. D. Rohr- 

 er. Any other this shade — Chicago 

 Carnation Co., Welcome; second, H. 

 Weber & Sons Co., Genevieve Lord. 

 Lawson — Potter, the Florist. Aristo- 

 crat, Chicago Carnation Co.; second, 

 R. Witterstaetter. F*ink Imperial — 

 John E. Haines. Robert Craig — H. D. 

 Rohrer. Red Chief — F. R. Pierson Co. 



Victory — F. R. Pierson Co.; second, S. 

 J. Goddard. Beacon — Cottage Gardens 

 Co.; second, F. R. Pierson "Co. Any 

 other scarlet — Chicago Carnation Co., 

 Andrew Carnegie: second. John E. 

 Haines, J. E. Haines. Mrs. M. A. 

 Patten — Cottage Gardens Co. Imperial 

 — John E. Haines. Any other white 

 variegated — F. R. Piei-son Co., Varie- 

 gated Lawson. Only one award was 

 .given in the crimson class — Cottage 

 Gardens Co. for Octoroon. 



The special premiums were well 

 competed for and the centre of much 

 interest. The Gold Medal for best 

 vase of 100 blooms, any variety, any 

 color, was won by Cottage Gardens 

 Co. with Alnia Ward. The Silver 

 Medal went to R. Witterstaetter for 

 Afterglow and the Bronze to Cottage 

 Gardens Co. for Mrs. C. W. Ward. 

 The S. A. F. medals for best vase of 

 50 blooms of carnations not yet dis- 



Chari.ks McCavi-EY 

 Scci-etiir.v Florists' Cliib of W.isUington. 



NevPi- lias an exhibition been handled 

 with such system and absence of disorder. 

 The selection of Chas. McCaule.v as suiJer- 

 intendent proved to iiave been a most ex- 

 cellent inspiration foi- he worked earnestly 

 and to good purpose and everybody was 

 pleased. The arransjement of the tables 

 was excellent. 



seminated were wen by the same va 

 rieties — Silver Medal to Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co.'s Alraa Ward and Bronze 

 Medal to Witterstaetter's Afterglow. 

 The H. F. Miehell vase for 100 

 blooms, grown by private gardeners, 

 was awarded to Wm. Kleinheinz. Pe- 

 ter Bisset's prize was won by the same 

 exhibitor. Peter Fishers prizes for 

 50 Beacon were won by Cottage 

 Gardens Co., F. R. Kerson Co., 

 Stafford Flower Farms respectively. 

 Geo. H. Cooke's prize for 25 pink was 

 awarded to Joseph Heacock for seed- 

 ling No. 100. Geo. C. Shaffer's prize 

 was won by Henry Eichholz. S. C. 

 Briggs' prize for best vase of 50 white 

 went to Cottage Gardens' Co., for 

 Lieut. Peary. John Robinson's prize 

 for 25 Winsor was won by Cottage 

 Gardens' Co. Z. D. Blackistone's prize 

 for 50 white was awarded to Chicago 



Carnation Co. for White Perfection. 

 C. A. Goldsmith's cup for 50 red, to 

 Cottage Gardens' Co. for Beacon 

 Harty's cup f«r largest display was 

 won by the Chicago Carnation Co. The 

 Vonderheide cup for 100 blooms of 

 variety disseminated 190S was awarded 

 to R. Witterstaetter for Afterglow. 

 The Berry & Whitmore cup for .50 

 light pink was not awarded. A pre- 

 liminary certificate was given to M. 

 A. Patten for his seedling, 4G-205. 

 Certificates of Merit were awarded to 

 Joseph Heacock for light pink seed- 

 ling No. 100, 86 points; to Wa-No-Ka 

 Greenhouses for Wa-No-Ka, 86 points; 

 and to H. W. .Field for President 

 Seelye, 89 points. 



Besides the carnations the following 

 exhibits were mentioned in the report 

 of the prizes: "Queen Beatrice rose by 

 F. H. Kramer, very fine blooms taste- 

 fully arranged. Two vases of rose 

 Mrs. Jardine, very fine, fragrance re- 

 markable, by Robert Scott & Son, 

 Rhea Reid, a grand vase of roses from 

 E. G. Hill Co. Nephrolepis super- 

 bissima, a fine new fern, F. R. Pierson 

 Co. Three vases of Violet Boston, by 

 Wm. Sim." 



WEDNESDAY'S SESSION. 



The session on Wednesday morning 

 opened at 10.15 A. M., and Dr. B. F. 

 Galloway was the first speaker, hjs 

 subject being the work being done by 

 the Department of Agriculture on the 

 questions connected with the breeding 

 and commercial cultivation of the car- 

 nation. Crossing selection, breeding, 

 feeding, soils, insects and diseases were 

 the Viarious features touched upon. 

 We expect to present Dr. Galloway's 

 paper in full in a later issue. On the 

 conclusion of his paper the members 

 plied him with questions on mau> 

 points of practical interest. In ref- 

 erence to the use of manures he said 

 that cow manure is preferable to any 

 other in carnation growing, but in vio- 

 let culture there is little difference be- 

 tween this and other stable manures. 

 He emphasized the comparative useless- 

 ness of bone fertilizer and referred to 

 its frequent injurious effects. As to 

 hardwood ashes he said that this was 

 fairly beneficial to sweeten the soil and 

 supply potash when same is needed but 

 that there is danger in its over-use. 

 Sandy soil is apt to give shorter stem 

 growth but by wise use of organic 

 manures this can be overcome. Bone 

 manure may be more beneficially used 

 in sandy than in a heavy soil and 

 sheep manure used in a liquid form 

 has proved valuable. But in short, 

 there Is more in the brain matter of 

 the man who handles the soil than 

 in the soil itself and good sense, ap- 

 plication and general intelligence are 

 the strongest factors in carnation cul- 

 ture as In all other things. A 

 cordial vote of thanks was tend- 

 ered to Dr. Galloway. Selection 

 of place of meeting for 1909 was 

 then taken up, Indianapolis and 

 Pittsburg being in nomination. Coa.x- 

 ing and otherwise diplomatic speeches 

 were made by a number of advo- 

 cates of the two cities, and the pro- 

 ceedings were characterized with re- 

 markable good nature. The ballots 

 having been cast and counted, the tell- 

 ers announced a tie vote, 83 for each 

 city. Then came some fun, but it was 

 cut short in a most generous motion 

 by C. S. Crall of Monongahela City, 



