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January 29, 1910 



sions, papers and the selection of place 

 of meeting tor 1911. The nomencla- 

 ture committee reported that there had 

 been twenty-one seedlings and two 

 sports registered during the year. Reg- 

 istration of Washington, a dark pink 

 sport from Enchantress, was con- 

 firmed and a preliminary certificate 

 was awarded to Princess Charming, a 

 flesh pink seedling, shown by H. 

 Eichholz. 



Jos. H. Hill then read his paper, 

 "The Calendar of the Carnation," 

 which drew out an interesting discus- 

 sion. A paper on "Cainations Under 

 Glass," by Fred Burki, and one by C. 

 L. Washburn, favoring a joint meet- 

 ing with the American Rose Society, 

 were next firesented. Eugene Daille- 

 douze took the other side of the lattei- 

 question and did not approve of chang- 

 ing the date tor the carnation meeting. 

 BOSTON NEXT MEETING PLACE. 



On vote for place of next meeting, 

 Boston was selected and the argument 

 in favor of a joint convention with 

 the American Rose Society and other 

 bodies in connection with the National 

 Plowei- Show at Boston in March, 1911, 

 was approved amid much applause. 

 THURSDAY AFTERNOON'S SES- 

 SION. 



W. H. Breitenstein read a paper, "A 

 Carnation, the People's Flower." Nomi- 

 nation of officers was opened up again 

 and E. Allan Peirce of Waltham, Mass., 

 was nominated for vice-president. Elec- 

 tion of officers followed and Mr. Peirce, 

 together with the list unanimously 

 nominated at the previous session for 

 the various offices, was duly elected. 

 THE EXHIBITION. 



The report of the judges on the ex- 

 hibition was then read, as follows: 



Section A — 100 blooms white, first 

 Cottage Gardens Co., with Alma 

 Ward; second, Stratford Flower 

 Farms with White Perfection; 100 

 flesh pink, F. Dorner & Sons Co., with 

 seedling 4206 and the same firm sec- 

 ond with Pink Delight. 100 light 

 pink, Cottage Gardens Co., with Mrs. 

 C. W. Ward, Jos. Heacock second 

 with Dorothy Gordon. 100 dark pink, 

 N. Zweifel "with Bright Spot, E. G. 

 Hill Co., second, with Afterglow. 100 

 red, Cottage Gardens Co. with Beacon, 

 Dorner second with Scarlet Glow. 

 100 crimson, Wanoka Greenhouses, 

 Sultana, W. W. Coles second with 

 Mrs. W. W. Coles. 100 yellow, E. G. 

 Hill Co., J. Whitcomb Riley. 100 

 any other color, Weber & Sons, Tore- 

 ador. Chicago Carnation Co. second 

 with Conquest. 



Section B — White Enchantress, A. 

 T. Lorch first, A. C. Brown second. 

 White Perfection, Chicago Carnation 

 Co., Wagner Floral Co. Any other 

 white, A. T. Lorch with White Law- 

 son, W. N. Rudd second with Mrs. 

 J. C. Vaughan. Enchantress, Fln- 

 leyville Floral Co., Wagner Floral Co. 

 Any other flesh pink, Dorner with 

 Pink Delight. Rose Pink Enchant- 

 ress, Dorner. Winsor, Lorch. Wi- 

 nona, Finleyville Floral Co. E. G. 

 Hill Co. I-awson, Lorch. Afterglow, 

 Hill, A. C. Brown. Any other dark 

 pink, Chicago Car. Co., Aristocrat. 

 Victory, F. R. Pierson Co. Any other 

 scarlet, Chicago Co. A. Carnegie sec- 

 ond. Any other crimson, J. D. Cock- 

 croft, Harvard. 



Section C — ^Dorner prizes for Pink 

 Delight to Chicago Carnation Co. and 



E. G. Hill Co. Chas. Knopf prize for 

 Mrs. Chas. Knopf to Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co. Grave prizes for Mayday to 

 E. G. Hill Co. and W. Frank & Sons. 

 Bassett & Washburn prize for O. P. 

 Bassett to Chicago Carnation Co., 

 Wanoka Greenhouse prize for Wa-no- 

 ka to W. A. Rowlands. Wanoka prize 

 for Apple Blossom, ditto. Cockcroft 

 prize for Georgia to Walter Thomas. 

 A. C. Brown prize for Gov. Dineen to 

 Chicago Carnation Co. Eichholz prize 

 for Alvina, ditto. 



Section D — The American Carnation 

 Society Medals were awarded as fol- 

 lows: Gold to F. Dorner & Sons Co. 

 for Hoosier Lad, a grand deep scarlet, 

 3% inches across; Silver to R. Wit- 

 terstaetter for President Valentine, a 

 grand salmon pink; Bronze to E. Dail- 

 ledouze for White House, a superb 

 white. 



Section E — The S. A. F. special med- 

 als were awarded, silver and bronze 

 respectively, to Cottage Gardens Co. 

 for Mrs. C. W. Ward and Alma Ward. 



Section F — Certificates were given to 

 R. Witterstaetter for President Valen- 

 tine and pink seedling 1407-0; W. W. 

 Coles for Mrs. W. W. Coles; Wanoka 

 Greenhouses for Sultana and Rainbow. 



Among the miscellaneous exhibits 

 reported were a grand collection of ten 

 vases of one hundred blooms each from 

 the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co.; award- 

 ed fiist class certificate. Collection of 

 promising seedlings froqi Finleyville 

 Floral Co.; Lamborn Floral Co.; hon- 

 orable mention for collection; F. R. 

 Pierson Co., seedling No. 40, fine deep 

 pink; J. A. Peterson, honorable men- 

 tion for Begonia Glory of Cincinnati. 

 Cottage Gardens won the sweepstake 

 prize for best vase of 100 blooms with 

 Alma Ward. Baur & Smith got honor- 

 able mention for Shasta and May. 



NEW YORK TO PITTSBURGH. 



Quite a large party left Xew York 

 on Tuesday evening for . the Pitts- 

 burgh convention of the American 

 Carnation Society. A special Pullman 

 car engaged by the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club was completely filled. 

 Those having berths in the car were: 

 John Reimels, Woodhaven; J. D. 

 Cockcroft, Northport; F. R. Pierson 

 and nephew, and J. R. Fotheringham, 

 Tarrytown; J. Birnie, West Hoboken; 

 R. T. Brown and M. Matheson, 

 Queens; Peter Beurlein and Chas. 

 Beckman, Elmhurst; J. Warburton, 

 Fall River, Mass.; B. Hammond, 

 Fishkill; M. Bates, Tonawanda; W. 

 Eccles, Oyster Bay; R. G. Wilson, B. 

 Dailledouze and Mrs. Dailledouze and 

 Mrs. Weir, Brooklyn; E. H. Enggren 

 and Mrs. Enggren, Aqueduct; E. J. 

 Taylor and Mrs. Taylor, Greens 

 Farms, Conn.; J. H. Pepper, F. H. 

 Traendly, H. H. Hulse'and H. A. Bun- 

 yard, New York. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Registrations by Geo. E. Buxton, 



Nashua, N. H. 



Bon Ami — Queen X Lady Bountiful. 

 Pure white; size 3 to 3 1-2 inches. 

 Stron.g open growth. Stem very stiff, 

 24 to 30 inches long. Early and con- 

 tinuous bloomer. Seldom splits. 



Granite State— Queen X Lady Boun- 

 tiful. Pure white; size 3 to 3 1-2 

 inches. Strong upright growth with 

 no surplus grass. Stem 30 to 36 inches. 

 Seldom bursts. Free bloomer. 



A. F. J. BAUR, Secretary. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



The Joseph Heacock Co. have award- 

 ed the contract for their new 55 x 600 

 ft. house at Roeloff's last Saturday to 

 the Lxjrd and Burnham Co. 



Louis Courlas succeeds V. Alexis in 

 the Central Flower shop at 12th and 

 Chestnut streets. The other member 

 of the firm is T. Chochos. 



Among the Philadelphia delegates to 

 the carnation convention were: Rob- 

 ert Craig, Chas. B. Meehan, William 

 Swayne, Edward A. Stroud and Wil- 

 liam Kleinheinz. 



Herman Steinmetz has returned to 

 his old location at 61 North Eighth 

 street the 20th and Walnut street ven- 

 ture having been discontinued through 

 partnership complications. 



Do not forget club meeting comes 

 Feb. 1st and that the redoubtable 

 Adolph Fahrenwald is the speaker of 

 the evening on the American Rose So- 

 ciety — Its Aims and Objects. 



Jno. Welsh Young is a busy man 

 these days with his place at Upsal and 

 the new range at Roslyn. It is a won- 

 der how he finds time to attend to af- 

 fairs of state so admirably as he does. 



Ladies' night at the Florists' Club 

 has been scheduled for Friday, Feb- 

 ruary 4th, 8 p. m. A fine program has 

 been arranged by the committee and 

 an enjoyable evening is assured. 



The cyclamen houses of Craig's are 

 a blaze of glory at present, and such 

 a display of bloom in perfect form 

 are worth going a long way to see. 

 Try a dozen or two in your store and 

 see how quick they'll sell. 



The business of the late William K. 

 Harris at 55th and Springfield avenue 

 will be carried on as usual without 

 any change in the title, and. as before, 

 under the management of his son. W. 

 K. Harris, and his son-in-law, Mark 

 Mills. 



The finest mignonette coming to 

 Philadelphia is being handled by the 

 Leo Niessen Co. We understand it is 

 grown by Ernest Hoehl. It is not ex- 

 traordinary as to size, although large; 

 but very sweet, well colored, grown 

 cool and keeps its foliage well. 



William Crawford's new store 

 (branch of R. Crawford, Jr., llth and 

 Locust streets), is now fully completed 

 and in fine running order. A splendid 

 roomy store finely appointed at 5210 

 Market street; a well built conserva- 

 tory in the rear with plenty of light 

 is a feature. 



Jacob Becker at his new place, 49th 

 and Chestnut streets, has now as much 

 available growing space as at his old 

 and new places combined — besides hav- 

 ing more compactness — therefore, more 

 easily and economically worked. He 

 still makes a specialty of potted roses 

 and other plants for Easter and spring 

 sales. 



The event of the week in retail cir- 

 cles was the opening of the Century 

 Flower shop. No. 2, in West Philadel- 

 phia. The location is on 52nd street 

 just above Walnut. The show win- 

 dows are extensive and finely arranged 

 and the interior decorations in excel- 

 lent taste — white with gold decora- 

 tions. 



Visitors this week: J. S. Stinson 

 and wife, of the Hollywood Green- 

 houses, Seattle, Wash. 



