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HOETICULTURE 



December 12, 1914 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 



TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING AND EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN BUFFALO, JAN. 27-28, 1915. 



OFFICERS t)F THE AMERICAN 

 CARNATION SOCIETY: 



President, S. J. Goddard, Framing- 

 ham, Mass.; Vice-President, S. A. 

 Anderson, Buffalo, N. Y.; Secretary, 

 A. F. J. Baur, Indianapolis, Ind.; 

 Treasurer, F. E. Dorner, Lafayeiie, 

 Ind. 



Directors — Eug. Dailledouze, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y.; Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.; 

 F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y.; S. J. 

 Goddard, Framingham, Mass.; F. 

 Burki, Gibsonia, Pa. 



Judges— R. Witterstaetter, Cincin- 

 nati, O.; Peter Olsem, Wilmette, 111.; 

 C. W. Johnson, Morgan Park, 111.; 

 Eug. Dailledouze, Brooklyn, N. Y.; 

 Wm. Nicholson, Framingham, Mass.; 

 E. A. Stroud, Stafford, Pa. 



OFFICERS BUFFALO FLORISTS' 

 CLUB: 



President, Wallace S. Eiss; Vice- 

 President, Rudolph E. Boettger; Trea- 

 eurer, Emil C. Brucker; Secretary, 

 Wm. Legg. 



Directors — Wm. J. Palmer, Chas. 

 Sandiford, Joseph Streit. 



Headquarters of the Carnation So- 

 ciety will be at Hotel Iroquois, where 

 the exhibition and meetings will be 

 held. Everything, including the ban- 

 quet, will be held in this building and 

 the members will find it unnecessary 

 to leave the building during the entire 

 convention. 



The exhibition hall and other ac- 

 commodations compare favorably with 

 any that have ever been placed at our 

 disposal, so that with the accessibility 

 of Buffalo from all directions, this 

 should be a banner convention. 



A banquet will be served on Thurs- 

 day evening, January 28th. Each 

 member will pay for his plate, as was 

 done with very satisfactory results 

 last year. Register as soon as you ar- 

 rive at the exhibition hall and secure 

 your baaquet ticket. 



The exhibition will be reserved for 

 the members until 8.00 P. M. on 

 Wednesday and again until 2.00 P. M. 

 Thursday, to enable them to thorough- 

 ly inspect the exhibits. The public 

 will be admitted on Wednesday eve- 

 ning and again on Thursday afternoon 

 and evening. No admission will be 

 charged the public at the door. 



The first session will be called to 

 order at 8 p. m. Wednesday. Papers are 

 being prepared on live subjects and 

 opportunity will be afforded the mem- 

 bers to discuss them fully. Reports 

 will be submitted by the officers and 

 new officers will be elected. 



If you have perplexing problems, the 

 most expert growers in the country 

 ■will be on hand to help you solve them. 

 Submit your questions to the secre- 

 tary in writing, before the convention, 

 if possible. 



THE EXHIBITION. 



The exhibition will be staged in the 

 ballroom, which is conveniently lo- 

 cated on the mezzanine floor, where it 

 will be of easy access by either stair- 

 way or elevator, making it possible to 

 accommodate unlimited crowds. The 

 decorations in these rooms are most 

 beautiful and will make a splendid 

 setting for the exhibit. 



There will be ample room to accom- 

 modate all the competitive classes, be- 

 sides any exhibits of novelties the 

 members may wish to show. There 

 will be a number of table decorations, 

 similar to those arranged for the Cleve- 

 land exhibition, the necessary blooms 

 to be supplied by ihe disseminators of 

 new varieties. If you have a new 

 variety you wish to show, please ar- 

 range for space in advance, if possible. 

 No charge will be made for such 

 space. 



For space for non-competitive exhi- 

 bits, application should be made to S. 

 A. Anderson, Buffalo, N. Y., stating 

 probable amount of space desired. (See 

 rules governing exhibits). 



All express packages should be ad- 

 dressed in care of S. A. Anderson, 

 Hotel Iroquois, B'iffalo, N. Y. Express 

 charges on all packages must be pre- 

 paid. 



Please use regular entry blank 

 in making your entries. Enter in 

 every class in which you are likely to 

 show, as it is easier to scratch an 

 entry than to make a new one at the 

 last minute. A charge of $2.00 will 

 be made for each entry made after 

 January 17. 



Also make out list of name cards 

 wanted, stating how many of each 

 kind. 



PREMIUM LIST FOR 1915. 



American Carnation Society. 



SECTION A 



Open to All Varieties, Seedling or Standard 



Sorts. 

 Class 1st 2nd 



1. 100 liloonis Wlilte $30.00 $0.00 



2. 100 lilooms Flesh I'Ink 10.00 6.00 



3. 100 hlooms LIsIit Pink, not 



H;;Iiter tlian *:ioriosa nor 



darker than Winsor 10.00 8.00 



4. ion lilooms Mertlnm Pink, 



darker than Winsor, bnt 

 not darker than Mrs. C. 

 W. Ward lOOO 6.00 



5. 100 blooms Dark Pink, 



darker than Mrs. Ward 

 and incJnding al! so- 

 ealled cerise not dark 

 enough to be clu.ssed as 

 red 10.00 6.00 



6. 100 blooms Red or Soarlet, 10.00 B.OO 



7. lOO l)looms Crimson or 



maroon lO.OO 8.00 



8. 100 liloums Yellow or Yel- 



low V.iriecatod 10.00 0.00 



9. 100 blooms White Varie- 



gated 10.00 6.0O 



10. 100 blooms Flaked, Pros- 



perity type 10 00 6.00 



11. ino blooms any other color. 10.00 6.00 



SWEEPST.\KES 



For sweepstakes In Section A, see Sec- 

 tion F for special premiums. 



SECTION B 



Open to All Varieties Disseminated Prior 

 to July, 1914, 50 Blooms to Each Vase. 



Class 1st 2nd 



12. White Enchantress $j.00 $a.oO 



ly. White \\ouder 5.U0 a.OO 



14. Any Other White 5.00 3.00 



15. Enchantress Supreme 5.00 3.00 



IG. Pink Delight 5.0U 3.00 



17. Any Other Flesh Pink 5.00 3.00 



18. Gluriosa 5.00 3.O0 



19. Any Other Light Pink 5.00 3.00 



20. Mrs. C. W. Ward 5.00 3.00 



21. Any Other Medium Pink... 5.00 3.00 



22. liosette 5.00 3.00 



23. Any Other Dark Pink 5.00 3.00 



24. Beacon 5.00 3.00 



25. Any Other Scarlet 5.00 3.00 



26. Pocahontas 5.00 3.00 



27. Any Other Crimson 5.00 3.00 



28. Benora 5.00 3.00 



29. Any Other White Varie- 



gated 5.00 3.00 



30. Yellow Prince 5.00 3.00 



31. Any Other Yellow or Yel- 



low Variegated 5.00 3.00 



32. Any Flaked Variety 5.00 3.00 



.33. Any Other Color, same as 



in Class 11 5.00 3.00 



SECTION C 



For Varieties Disseminated In the Season 



of 1913-1914, 50 Blooms to Each Vase. 

 Class 1st 2nd 



34. Matchless, premium offered 



by Cottage Gardens Co... $6.00 $4.00 



35. Gorgeous, premium oCfered 



by Peter Fislier 6.00 4.00 



36. Champion, premium offered 



by F. Dorner \- Sons Co. 6.00 4.00 



37. Princess Dagmar, premium 



offered by Patten & Co... 6.00 4.00 



38. Philadelphia Pink premium 



offered by S. S. Skidelsky 



& Co 6.00 4.00 



39. Peerless Pink, premium 



oBfered by Chicago Car- 

 nation Co 6.00 4 00 



SECTION D 

 American Carnation Society Medals. 



Class 



40. A gold medal will be awarded to the 



best vase of 100 blooms of any va- 

 riety. Must score not less than 90 

 points. 



A silver medal will be awarded to the 

 second best vase in this class. Must 

 score not less than .SS points. 



A bronze medal will be awarded to the 

 third best vase in this class. Must 

 score not less than .SO points. 



Blooms must be staged in the society's 

 vases until the judging has been fin- 

 ished. After tile awards have been 

 made, flowers may be changed to 

 other vases. If desired. 



8PECI.4I. S. A. F. & O. H. MEDALS 



For Undisseminated Varieties of American 



Origin. 

 Class 



41. A silver medal will be awarded to the 



best vase of 50 blooms, any color. 

 Must score not less than 8S points. 

 A bronze medal will be awarded to the 

 second best vase In this class. Must 

 score not less than 86 points. 



FRED DORNER MEMORIAL MEDAI. 



This Medal is Offered Under the Following 



Conditions: 

 Class 



42. A gold medal will he awarded to the 



best vase of 100 blooms of any undis- 

 seminated seedling carnation (sports 

 not admissible). 



The vnrlet.v must have been in culti- 

 vation not less than three years and 

 must score not less than S."> points, 

 Judged by the American Carnation 

 Society's scale of points. 



The medal to be awarded to the orig- 

 inator, who need not necessarily be 

 the exhibitor, and can be awarded to 

 the same variety only once. 



To be eligible to compete for this 

 niednl. 50 blooms of the variety must 

 have been shown at a previous ex- 

 lilbitlon of the American Carnation 

 Society in a preliminary class and 

 scored not less than .SO points. 



