August 26, 1905 



ability every time it is shown. Also 

 Dracaenas and Pandanus Veitchii. 



J. L. O'Quinn Co., Raleigh, N. C, a 

 new a.sparagus. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 a big exhibit of Piersonii and Tarry- 

 town ferns; also florists' bulbs of high 

 grade. 



N. Studer, Washington, palms and 

 ferns. 



Ley Bros., Washington, Adiantum 

 hybridum. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, a superb collection of 

 new palms, cacti, etc. 



Brown Bros. Company, Rochester, 

 N. Y., nursery stock. 



CLASS B. 

 John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y., 

 gladiolus blooms, including America. 



Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., gor- 

 geous display of gladiolus blooms. 



The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., display of canna blooms. 



James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y., 

 asters. 



S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia, display 



of dahlias grown by L. K. Peacock Co. 



CLASS C. 



Burnham Hitchings Pierson Co., 



New York, heating apparatus. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, heat- 

 ing apparatus. 



Holly-Castle Co., Boston, electric 

 circulator. A leading novelty which 

 attracted much attention. 



The Herendeen Mfg. Co., Geneva, 

 N. Y., heating apparatus. 



E. Hippard. Youngstown, O., steam 

 trap. 



CLASS D. 

 George M. Garland Co., Des Plaines, 

 111., greenhouse gutters. 



John C. Moninger Co., Chicago, 

 greenhouse building material. 



Quaker City Machine Co., ven- 

 tilators. 



Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Cleve- 

 land, O., greenhouse benching. 



A. Dietsch Co.. Chicago, greenhouse 

 building material. 



A. H. Hews & Co., N. Cambridge, 

 Mass., flower pots and plant pans of 

 every description. A practical ex- 

 hibit of goods that would appeal to the 

 practical man. 



August Corts, Wyncote, Pa., wire 

 fastener. 



Roseville Pottery Co., a very ex- 

 tensive exhibit of beautiful ware. 



W. H. Ernest, Washington, D. C, 

 a comprehensive exhibit of good flower 

 pots. 



S. M. Hamilton, Coshocton, O.. car- 

 nation support. 



E. W. Holt, New York, rubber hose. 

 J. L. Dillon, greenhouse construc- 

 tion. 



A. Rasmussen, New Albany. Ind., 

 ventilators. 



CLASS E. 

 J. W. Sefton Mfg. Co., Anderson, 

 Ind., folding boxes. 



Reed & Keller, New York. This 

 firm occupied the stage in the upper 

 armory with a show of their t:pecial- 

 ties which was a revelation of good 

 taste in arrangement. Florists' sup- 

 plies of practical value were there in 

 great variety and many now designs 

 were shown. 



Schloss Bros., New York, display of 

 rich ribbons. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, 

 the most complete display of new and 

 meritorious florists' supplies ever 



HORTI CULTURE 



shown at any exhibition of the S. A. P 



M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, florists' 

 supplies. 



W. J. Boas & Co., Philadelphia, an 

 exhibit of their well-known useful fold- 

 ing boxes. Messrs. Boas did a large 

 business in this specialty. 



S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia, the 

 most complete display of ribbons for 

 florists' use ever made, including an 

 extensive line of new special tints. 



J. Stern & Co., Philadelphia, bas- 

 kets, sheaves and artificial flowers. 



Lion & Wertheimer, New York, chif- 

 fon ribbons, etc., in large assortment. 



Hummel & Downing Co., Milwaukee, 

 Wis., handsome florists' boxes in spe- 

 cial designs. 



J. B. Owens Pottery Co., Zanesvnie, 

 O., hanging vases and jardinieres. 



The Dayton Paper Novelty Co., 

 Dayton, O., a very elaborate and beau- 

 tiful display of fancy boxes. 



Jos. Breck & Sons, Boston, orna- 

 mental plant tubs. 



CLASS F. 



Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, 

 bulbs and supplies; a complete line of 

 seedsmen's sundries. 



Arthur T. Boddington, New York, 

 bulbs in great variety and high qual- 

 ity. 



H. H. Berger & Co., New York, a 

 comprehensive exhibit of high grade 

 bulbs; also azaleas and ferns. Ar- 

 ranged with especial neatness. 



W. P. Craig, Philadelphia, lily bulbs. 

 CLASS G. 



The Gray Lithograph Co., New York, 

 art calendars. 



The Livingstone Seed Co., Colum- 

 bus, O., florists' lamp. 



H. J. Smith, Hinsdale, Mass., cut 

 ferns and spruce. 



W. C. Heller & Co., Montclair, N. J., 

 mice-proof seed cases. 



G. C. Watson, Philadelphia, Pa., a 

 useful mower sharpener. 



Thomas Collins, Hinsdale, Mass., cut 

 evergreens. 



Crowl Fern Co., Millington, Mass, 

 hardy terns and evergreens. 



L. B. Brague, Hinsdale, Mass., cut 

 ferns. 



D. B. Long, Buffalo, floral photo- 

 graphs. 



E. J. Schmidt, Washington, aquari- 

 ums. 



H. M. Robinson & Co., Boston; hardy 

 cut evergreens. 



Holticulture Publishing Co.. Boston. 

 HORTICULTURE. 



A. T. De la Mare Pub. Co., New 

 York; Florists' Exchange. 



American Florist Co., Chicago, 

 American Florist. 



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COMIVIITTEE ON PRESIDENT'S 

 ADDRESS. 



The joint committee to which was 

 referred the President's address and a 

 communication from the Gardeners' & 

 Florists' Club of Boston reported as 

 follows: — 



A careful perusal of the President's 

 address is necessary to fully appreciate 

 its careful preparation, its comprehen- 

 sive scope and its many excellent sug- 

 gestions. In a broad spirit it reviews 

 many matters of vital importance to 

 this Society, and to do it ample justice 

 was not possible in the limited avail- 

 able time that your committee could 

 give to its consideration. A commit- 

 tee of the whole of the assembled con- 



vention could well have spent some 

 hour.s in discussion of its salient fea- 

 tures. 



Ki warding the National Council of 

 Horticulture, we recommend the adop- 

 tion of the President's suggestion and 

 till- appointment of a committee to con- 

 fer and co-operate if advisable. 



Concerning exhibitions as uplifters 

 and tlie suggestion as to a spring show 

 y( ur committee is of the opinion that 

 a great and comprehensive horti- 

 cultural exhibition displaying the best 

 of • products in every branch of hor- 

 ticulture, as well as the allied trades, 

 would greatly strengthen the society 

 and bring to it many members who 

 stand aloof for obvious reasons. 



As to horticulture in public schools, 

 this society should recognize where 

 possible all efforts of this kind, com- 

 mend them and tender its a.ssistance 

 to support and extend the movement. 

 Concerning gardeners as members, 

 your committee recognizes the force of 

 the suggestions, and past discussions 

 along the line of closer relations evi- 

 dence the concensus of opinion as to 

 desirability. With that sole objective 

 your committee recommends that 

 every organized floricultural and horti- 

 cultural society or club send one dele- 

 gate to our annual convention, such 

 delegates to exercise the power of 

 members. 



The legislative committee is an im- 

 portant one, and it is most desirable 

 such committee keep in touch with the 

 situation at all times, so as to be ready 

 to act intelligently when necessity 



The matters pertaining to postal re- 

 form are already in the hands of a 

 joint committee of the nurserymen, 

 seedsmen and florists. 



The appointment of a standing com- 

 mittee on arbitration such as has here- 

 tofore existed is recommended. 



Regarding the communication from 

 the Gardeners and Florists' Club of 

 Boston, and concerning the name of 

 this Society, the name has been fitted 

 by act of Congress at the granting of 

 the charter and cannot be changed but 

 by the passage of an act for that pur- 

 pose. 



The suggestion to have private gar- 

 deners represented upon the Executive 

 Board of this Society is a pertinent 

 one. Your committee concurs and 

 recommends that this be done. 



SUGGESTIONS ON PAEONY CLASS- 

 IFICATION. 



From Ruport of Paeon.v Committee of the 

 S. A. F. 



The present determined effort on the 

 part of the societies to straighten out 

 the unfortunate tangle of pfeony no- 

 nlonclature is one that merits the in- 

 terest and aid of every grower of this 

 popular flower. In conjunction with 

 this movement, the close observation 

 and comparison to which the plants 

 are subjected may well be taken ad- 

 vantage of to bring about a more use- 

 ful classification of Psonia sinensis. 

 The early crude distinction of these 

 I)ax)nies as white, red and pink is of 

 cour.se superseded, but much remains 

 to be done, and a few suggestions on 

 this line may not be amiss at the 

 present time. 



In the first place, a useful distinc- 

 tion in the trade, would be a division 

 into commercial and fancy sorts. By 

 commercial varieties, is meant such 



