August 27, ]910 



HORTI CULTURE, 



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miunis, and for the Rose Society to, as 

 usual, make up its own scliedule for 

 cut flowers and for accessories, and 

 that the National Flower Show Com- 

 mittee would place at the disposal of 

 the Rose Society $1,000 as a premium 

 fund, to which amount the Rose So- 

 ciety could add any further sum that it 

 saw fit. The interest taken in the 

 meeting was very considerable and af- 

 ter some discussion the following reso- 

 lutions were offered by Wallace R. 

 Pierson ami carried unanimously; 

 That the American Rose Society ac- 

 cept $1,730 offered by the National 

 Flower Show Committee and that the 

 president of the American Rose Society 

 shall appoint a committtee to draft a 

 schedule for the exhibition in connec- 

 tion with the National Flower Show. 



This was followed by a motion made 

 by Patrick Welch of Boston, as fol- 

 lows: That the American Rose So- 

 ciety guarantee payment of any pre- 

 miums in excess of this amount which 

 the committee of the American Rose 

 Society shall deem necessary and that 

 any fund which shall be added to this 

 amount shall become an asset of the 

 National Flower Show Committee. 

 The following concerns pledged them- 

 selves to furnish exhibits and to do 

 all in their power to make the coming 

 exhibition a great success: Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., William H. Elliott, 

 Adolph Farenwald, B. G. Hill, Lake 

 View Rose Gardens; Erie Floral Co., 

 .Joseph Heacock, Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, John H. Dunlop, Waban Rose 

 Conservatories, F. R. Pierson Co., 

 Welch Bros., Thomas Rolland, 

 The Montgomery Co., A. N. Pier- 

 son, Inc. Then Mr. Thomas Roland 

 stated that the Society would need 

 some money to carry on this work a 

 little extra than common and he of- 

 fered $25 for use to advance the gen- 

 eral interest in the coming Rose Snow. 

 Then the following gentleman offered 

 for the use of the Rose Society, as the 

 Executive Committee may deem fit. as 

 follows: August F. Poehlmann, $50; 

 William H. Elliott, $50; William F. 

 Kasting, $25; William J. Palmer, $25; 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., $50; Waban Rose 

 Conservatories, $50; P. Welch, $25; E. 

 G. Hill Co., $25. 



Mr. Farenwald made a very earnest 

 speech in favor of making the pre- 

 miums of such size as to bring out the 

 largest display of cut flowers. It was 

 then moved to adjourn, with the best 

 of good feeling. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND. 



Secretary. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY 

 OF AMERICA. 



At a meeting of our society at the 

 S. A. F. convention at Rochester, Aug- 

 ust 18th, Vice-President Wm. Sim in 

 the chair, a motion to act in conjunc- 

 tion with the S. A. F. & O. H. in Bos- 

 ton at the Flower Show to be held in 

 the spring was unanimously carried. 



President Pierson promised to secure 

 us an appropriation and our society 

 stated that it would endeavor to se- 

 cure the same amount so it is quite 

 possible that we shall have a prize list 

 of about $350 tor sweet peas at that 

 time. 



Anyone desirous of offering prizes, 

 kindly communicate with the secre- 

 tary. 



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The accompanying ijictuie shows the 

 model greenhouse 9 ft. long and 5 ft. 

 wide exhibited by the Lord & Buinham 

 Co. at the Rochester Convention where 



it attracted much attention. It was an 

 exact reproduction of the house of 

 similar construction erected tor Rob- 

 ert Craig Company at Norwood, Pa. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The fiist annual meeting was called 

 to order at Rochester. N. Y., by Presi- 

 dent I. S. Henrickson at 10.30 a. lu., 

 Thursday, August 18. Secretary Gage 

 read the report and minutes of the 

 organizing meeting at Boston. The 

 President's address and report fol- 

 lowed. Short talks and discussions 

 were taken part in by John Cavers, 

 Oakville, Ont.; E. E. Stewart, Rives 

 Junction, Mich.; J. C. Vaughan, Chi- 

 cago; .\rthur Cowee. Berlin, N. Y.; Ma- 

 ihew Crawford, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 

 and others. 



Ralph E. Cushman oitered the fol- 

 lowing resolutions: 



That the recommendations of the 

 President as made in his address be 

 adopted and the proper committees be 

 appointed to carry the same into effect. 

 The issuing of a bulletin from time to 

 time; the offering of a prize for ar- 

 ticles on amateur culture of gladioli; 

 the appointing of a committtee to 

 male rules and a schedule of points 

 for registering and certifying of new 

 varieties of gladioli; the securing of a 

 place on the schedule of the National 

 Flower Show of 1911. It was voted to 

 adopt the resolutions as a whole. 



The financial secretary, Mr. Youell, 

 read his report which was adopted and 

 referred to the auditing committee, as 

 was also the report of the treasurer. 

 The auditing committee's report was 

 adopted and ordered to be placed on 

 record. 



The membership committee reported 

 favorably on a large number of appli- 

 cations for membership and all were 

 accepted. Mr. Youell's report as chair- 

 man of the exhibition committee was 

 read and adopted as was that of Pro- 

 fessor Judson. chairman of the com- 

 mittee on awards. Papers by Maurice 



Fuld and Wilber A. Christy could not 

 be read on account of the limited time 

 allowed for the use of Assembly Hall, 

 but they were given a vote of thanks 

 and refened to the bulletin committee. 

 Mr. Christy gave a short but very in- 

 teresting talk on "Gladiolus Breeding." 

 H. B. Dornei , secretary of the S A. F. 

 & 0. H., addri ssed the meeting, urg- 

 ing that the society affiliate with that 

 body. A suggestion by Mathew Craw- 

 ford that the Society print a pamphlet 

 setting forth its advantages and pur- 

 poses to be sent in catalogues and 

 letters was referred to the press com- 

 mittee. Vive-President Cushman ad- 

 dressed the meeting very interestingly, 

 advancing valuable suggestions. Presi- 

 dent Hendriekson appointed a press 

 committee witli the following mem- 

 beis: H. Youell. L. Merton Gage, and 

 Prof. L. B. Judson and reappointed the 

 present exhibition committee to serve 

 at the next exhibition which will be 

 held in Boston in March, 1911, at the 

 National Flower Show of the S. A. F. 



The following premiums were award- 

 ed by the American Gladiolus Society 

 at Rochester: 



Class 1 — Silver medal offered li.? Vaushan's 

 Seed Store, tor the best 25 spikes of Mrs. 

 Frances Kin? — 1st B. Hammond Tracy, 

 Wenliara, Mass. 



Chiss 2— $10 in ,,'old offered by Peter 

 Henderson & Co. (or 12 best varieties not 

 now on the mai-l<"t, 3 spikes each — 1st W. 

 H. Koernor, .VlilwaUiOe, Wis. 



Class 3— Silv.n- medal for best collection 

 of 2."> varieties, 3 spikes each — 1st Arthur 

 Cowee. Berlin, N. Y. 



Class 4— Silver medal most artistic 

 basket filled with j,'ladiolus America— 1st 

 R. Hammond Tracy. Wenham, Mass. 



Class 5 — Silver t'ilt medal for best Am- 

 erican seedling never before exhibited or 

 yet disseminated— 1st Vaughau's Seed 

 Store. Chicago. 



Class 6 — Bronze medal for 10 spikes ot 

 best scarlet gladioli— 1st Arthur Cowee, 

 Perlin, N. Y. 



Class 7— Silver iriedal for 10 best »pikes 

 pure white gladiolus — Vaughau's Seed 

 SToi'e. Chicago. 



Class 9— ,$."> in gold for best display pink 



