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horticulture: 



Fel)ruary 2, 1907 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Washington Secures the Next Meeting — F» H« Lemon Elected 



President 



Delay in delivering of a telegram pre- 

 vented the announcement of the trans- 

 actions at the closing session of the 

 American Carnation Society at Toronto 

 in our issue of last week. The first 

 business transacted at the afternoon 

 session Thursday, January 24, was the 

 selection of a place for the convention 

 of 1908. The friends of both Indian- 

 apolis and Washington worked like 

 beavers. The knowledge that Indian- 

 apolis had already entertained the 

 Carnation Society twice and that 

 Washington had never enjoyed that 

 honor although it had twice asked for 

 it decided the question and Washing- 

 ton was chosen by a close vote, after 

 which the ballot was made unanimous 

 and three cheers were given for the 

 magnificent generosity shown by In- 

 dianapolis in inviting the Society for 

 a third time. 



During the counting of ballots papers 

 were read on Carnations in England 

 by Herman Simmers, the authors being 

 Messrs. C. Englemann, A. F. Dutton, 

 and Wm. Stacey, also a paper on Car- 

 nations in Denmarli from Peter Riise 

 and on Mechanical Watering from 

 Louis Wittbold. Mr. Wittbold's paper 

 was presented in full in the last issue 

 of HORTICULTURE. 



C. W. Ward gave some of his ex- 

 perience in shipping carnations to 

 Europe. He had found that cuttings 

 shipped after February 1 arrive in bad 

 condition as a rule. Plants from pots 

 give much better results but this is 

 very much more expensive. Referring 

 to the question of hybridizing he said 

 he had long since eliminated the Eng- 

 lish border carnation as a blood desir- 

 able for use in pollinating American 

 varieties and believes that the Eng- 

 lish growers will also get better re- 

 sults if they confine themselves to the 

 pure American blood. 



An extended discussion was indulged 

 in concerning the comparative value 

 of "side shoot" cuttings and so-called 

 "top cuttings." Mr. Ward contended 

 that the top cutting is not so likely to 

 make a flowering plant. Many mem- 

 bers explained their methods of tak- 

 ing and making cuttings, Mr. Ward 

 asked for the appointment of a com- 

 mittee to confer with representatives 

 of the American Breeders' Association 

 with a view to a combined exhibition 

 at Washington next year. 



It was voted to start a subscription 

 fund for the benefit of the family of 

 the late James Hartshorn and Phil. 

 Hauswirth of Chicago was selected to 

 act as treasurer of same. 



Election of ofiicers was next pro- 

 ceeded with, under considerable ex- 

 citement. The result of the voting 

 was the election of Fred. H. Lemon 

 of Richmond. Ind., as president by a 



vote of 54 out of 63, and on motion of 

 Mr. Weber who had presented the op- 

 posing name the vote was made 

 unanimous. By unanimous vote Peter 

 Bisset of Washington was elected vice- 

 president; Albert M. Herr, secretary; 

 Fred Dorner, Jr., treasurer; Wm. 

 Gammage, Toronto, Ont., director, and 

 W. N. Rudd, Chicago, judge for three 

 years. The committee on final resolu- 

 tions, Messrs. Gillett, Gammage and 

 Swayne made report thanking the 

 Canadian florists and the civic officials 

 of Toronto for their generous hospi- 

 tality. 



THE BANQUET. 



The banquet tendered to the visitors 

 on Thursday evening was a splendid 

 affair. The spacious banquet hall of 

 the Queen's Hotel was completely 

 filled with an enthusiastic and happy 

 throng. The tables were resplendent 

 with carnations, among which Winsor 

 predominated. The menu was of the 

 best and between the witty or instruc- 

 tive speeches in response to the toasts 

 that followed the lighting of cigars 

 vocal and instrumental music of a high 

 order was interspersed. At the head 

 of the hall the Stars and Stripes and 

 Union Jack were crossed. President 

 Dunlop occupied the seat of honor, 

 president-elect Lemon at his left. 



The opening toast to "The King and 

 the President" was followed by the ■ 

 singing of one stanza each of "God 

 Save the King" and "America." The 

 toast to "Canada and the United 

 States" was proposed by Mr. F. R. 

 Pierson. The last meeting, he said, 

 had been held at Boston, which city 

 had set a high standard difficult to 

 equal. It was the home of floriculture, 

 perhaps without its equal in the 

 United States. "I want to say," said 

 Mr. Pierson, "that Toronto has out- 

 Bostoned Boston with the most suc- 

 cessful meeting in the history of the 

 society." In referring to "Toronto's 

 cordial reception he said: — "We are 

 glad to say that there is no Governor 

 Swettenham in Canada." He ap- 

 plauded the sentiment expressed by 

 the Lieutenant Governor in his ad- 

 dress on Wednesday that all commer- 

 cial barriers between Canada and the 

 United States should be removed. He 

 asked C. W. Ward of New York to 

 respond as a Canadian citizen and 

 Wm. Algie of Toronto as a citizen of 

 the United States. Mr. Ward was very 

 witty in his cross-allusions, many of 

 wihich elicited merry applause. "I 

 want to tell you Yankees," he said, 

 "that if any of your warships come to 

 Canada we shall endeavor to send 

 them back with the least possible 

 laceration of their feelings." Mr. 

 Algie, who assumed the part of a 

 citizen of the U. S. delivered an ad- 

 dress replete with international good- 

 will. He asserted that he understood 

 his subject as, years ago. he had found 



his wife near Boston — a veritable "pink 

 and white Enchantress," and concluded 

 with a recitation which brought down 

 the house. 



Mr. R. J. Score proposed the "Mayor 

 and Corporation," the response being 

 made by Alderman J. J. Graham Im 

 the absence of his Worship the Mayor. 

 Mr. Graham declared that interchange 

 of the people as in events like this is 

 doing much to weld the friendship 

 existing between the two countries. 



A joint toast to the Society of 

 American Florists and the Canadian 

 Horticultural Society was proposed by 

 T. W. Duggan and responded to by 

 president W. J. Stewart and secretary 

 P. J. Hauswirth of the S. A. F., and 

 president Thos. Manton of the C. H. S. 

 Mr. Stewart referred to the blending 

 of the colors of England and America 

 as an exemplification of the sentiment 

 expressed by the great poet of the 

 brotherhood of mankind, whose birth- 

 day anniversary would dawn on the 

 morrow and recalled how sixteen 

 years ago a similar blending of the 

 flags had led the S. A. F. to go from 

 Boston to Toronto as the Carnation 

 Society had done on this occasion and 

 to go thence to Washington, the 

 capitol city, as also the Carnation 

 Society had now voted to do. Mr. 

 Hauswirth spoke enthusiastically con- 

 cerning the coming convention at 

 Philadelphia and urged a large attend- 

 ance of those present on this occasion. 

 He made also a strong plea for sup- 

 port for the great international flower 

 show to be held in Chicago in 1908. 

 Mr. Manton's theme was that nation- 

 alities are forgotten in our profession 

 and that "if we are good gardeners 

 and good florists we're brothers." He 

 quoted lines from Burns "For a' that 

 and a' that" and promised a hearty 

 welcome every time his hearers should 

 come to Canada. Mr. Manton's re- 

 marks gave extreme pleasure. A 

 gniest sitting near the writer whispered, 

 "Tom Manton gets his patent of 

 nobility direct from God Almighty." 



"The American Carnation Society" 

 was proposed by Wm. Gammage, who 

 dilated enthusiastically on its un- 

 limited possibilities. F^eslideiit-elect 

 Lemon, E. G. Gillett and J. A. Valen- 

 tine responded. Mr. Lemon asked 

 for equal support for next year as had 

 l)een so freely given this year. Mr. 

 Gillett gave some interesting historical 

 notes in the Society's career. Mr. 

 Valentine avow-ed that in his visit to 

 Toronto he had learnt a new meaning 

 for the word "hospitality" and voiced 

 his appreciation for the courtesies 

 extended to the Society. 



W. N. Rudd was then called upon to 

 present the trophies from the exhibi- 

 tion to their several winners which 

 he did with characteristic placid im- 

 perturbability, referring to the affair 

 as the "American invasion," apprecia- 

 tive responses being made by Messrs. 



