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HORTICULTURE 



January 22, 1910 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



19th Annual Meeting to be Held in Pittsburgh^ Pa,^ Wednesday 



and Thursday^ January 26-27^ 19 JO, 



The nineteenth annual meeting and 

 exhibition of this Society will be held 

 at the Fort Pitt Hotel, corner Penn. 

 avenue and Tenth street, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., January 26-27, 1910. Exhibition 

 and meeting will both be held in this 

 building, and this hotel will be head- 

 quarters as well. 



Officers for 1909-1910. 



President— Albert M. Herr, Lancas- 

 ter, Pa. 



Vice-President — Fred Burki, Gib- 

 sonia, Pa. 



Secretary — A. F. J. Baur, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. 



Treasurer^F. E. Dorner, Lafayette. 

 Ind. 



Directors— Albert M. Herr, Fred 

 Burki, A. F. J. Baur, Fred B. Dorner, 

 Wm. Weber, Eugene Dailledouze, Wm. 

 Gammage, J. S. Wilson. 



Judges— W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park, 

 111.; Wm. Nicholson, Framingham, 

 Mass.; Richard Witterstaetter, Sedams- 

 ville, Ohio. 



Officers and Local Committees of 

 Pittsburgh Florists' Club. 



President, Fred Burki; vice-presi- 

 dent, P. S. Randolph; treasurer, H. L. 

 Blind; secretary, H. P. Joslin; assis- 

 tant secretary, C. L. Crall. 



Executive Committee — E. 

 man, Jno. L. Wyland, Jno. 



Finance — E. C. Reineman, 

 H. Meuschke, E. C. Ludwig, 

 dolph, Jno. Bader, Geo. W. 



Reception — Chas. L. Crall, 

 Gust. Ludwig, De Forest Ludwig, Gust. 

 Frishkorn, Thos. Jenkinson, B. L. El- 

 liott. 



Entertainment — H. L. Blind, chair- 

 man; Samuel McClements, E. C. Reine- 

 man, T. P. Langhans. 



Press — Wm. Falconer, chairman; H. 

 P. Joslin, Geo. W. Burke, E. C. Reine- 

 man. 



Exhibition — A. 

 W. Smith, Jr., 

 manager; H. L. 

 Blind, W. A. 

 Clarke, N. N. Pot 

 ter, John Jones. 



Decor ation — 

 Ernst Z i e ger, 

 chairman; J. W. 

 Ludwig. Ed. Blind, 

 Wm. Loew, Jas. 

 Wiseman. 



Papers. 



The following 

 persons will read 

 papers on the sub- 

 jects named below, 

 and d is c ussions 

 will follow: 



"The Carnation; 

 Its Uses, Varieties 

 and Culture," W. 

 T. Bell, Franklin, 

 Pa.; "The Calen- 

 dar of the Carna- 

 tion," Jos. H. Hill, 

 Richmond, Ind.; 



"My Experience With Carnations 

 Under Glass," Fred Burki, Gibsonia. 

 Pa.; "The Carnation Society and the 

 Rose Society Should Hold Joint Meet- 

 ings," C. L. Washburn, Chicago, 111.; 

 "The Carnation Society Should Con- 

 tinue to Hold Its Meetings Alone," 

 Eug. Dailledouze, Flatbush, N. Y. 

 Question Box. 

 This feature can be made of great 

 value. Many have perplexing problems 



C. Reine- 



Bader. 

 chairman ; 

 P. S. Ran- 

 Burke. 

 , chairman; 



.\. M. IlKKi: 

 I'l-esident. 



and there is no better place to have 

 them solved than in a meeting of men 

 experienced in the same line of work. 

 Send questions to the secretary and he 

 will have some one prepare an answer. 



Fort Pitt Hotel, Convention Headquarters 



The Exhibition. 



All exhibits for competition (except 

 for certificate of merit) must he In 

 position by 1 p. m., January 26th, at 

 which time judging will begin. Ex- 

 hibits not in place by that time will 

 be debarred from competition. New 

 varieties may be staged at any time 

 for certificate of merit. 



The exhibition will be reserved for 

 inspection by members up to 8 p. m., 

 Wednesday night. This will give am- 

 ple time for judging and a thorough 

 inspection before the hall becomes 

 crowded. Kindly be present on Wed- 

 nesday afternoon. Bring a friend with 

 you and see that he becomes a mem- 

 l:)er before he leaves. 



Schedule of Premiums. 



Section A comprises the vases of one 

 hundred blooms each in the respective 

 folor classes. First prize, $10.00; sec- 

 ond prize, $6.00 in each; class 1 to 9. 



Section B comprises the vases of fifty 

 blooms each in the various specified 

 varieties and colors, open to all varie- 

 ties disseminated prior to July, 1909. 

 First prize, $.5.00; second prize, $3.00 in 

 each; class 10 to 32. 



Section C — For varieties dissemi- 

 nated the previous season. Fifty 

 blooms to each vase. 



No. 33.— Fifty Mrs. J. C. Vaughan. 

 Premiums offered by Mt. Greenwood 

 Cemetery Association, Morgan Park, 

 III. First prize, $6.00; second prize, 

 $4.00. 



No. 34.— Fifty Pink Delight. Pre- 

 miums offered by P. Dorner & Sons 

 Co., Lafayette, Ind. First prize, $6.00; 

 second prize, $4.00. 



Xo. 35.— Fifty Mrs. Chas. Knopf. 

 Premiums offered by Chas. Knopf Flor- 

 al Co., Richmond, Ind. First prize, 

 $C.0 0; second 

 prize, $4.00. 



No. 36.— F i f ty 

 Ruby. Premiums 

 offered by S. J. 

 Reuter & Son, 

 Inc., Westerly, R. 

 I. First prise, 

 $6.0 ; second 

 prize, $4.00. 



No. 37.— F i f t y 

 Mayday. Pre ml- 

 ums offered by E. 

 T. Grave, Rich- 

 mond. Ind. First 

 prize, $6.00; sec- 

 ond prizez, $4.00. 



No. 38.— Fifty O. 

 P. Bassett. Premi- 

 ums offered by 

 Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, Chicago, 111. 

 First prize, $6.00; 

 second prize, $4.00. 

 No. 39.— Fifty 

 Wa-no-ka. P r e- 

 miums offered by 

 W a n o k a Green- 

 houses, Barneveld, 



