September 8, 1917 



HOETICULTUEE 



277 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS and 

 ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



REPORT OF JUDGES ON CONVEN- 

 TION GARDEN. 



Your judges visited the Convention 

 Garden August 22, 1917, examined 

 the various exhibits and beg to re- 

 port as follows: 



Collection of evergreens, I. Hicks 

 & Son, Westbury, N. Y.— A fine and 

 comprehensive collection, all varieties 

 distinctly labeled and priced. Cer- 

 tificate of merit recommended. 



Collection of gladioli, including the 

 varieties Mrs. A. C. Beal, Primulinus 

 hybrids, Independence, Halley,, and 

 Loveliness, by B. Hammond Tracy, 

 Wenham, Mass. — with the execution 

 of Mrs. A. C. Beal, a fine bf^d in good 

 condition,, and for whicli a certificate 

 of merit is recommended. The ex- 

 hibit was not in a condition for 

 proper judgment to be passed upon it. 



Bed of Gladiolus Mrs. Frank Pen- 

 dleton; not yet in bloom. Canna Yel- 

 low King Humbert, honorable men- 

 tion recommended. Vauglian's Seed 

 Store, Chicago and New York. 



Collection of gladioli, passed out of 

 flower. John Lewis Childs, Inc., 

 Plowerfield, N. Y. Large planting of 

 Gladioli Peace, Peachblow, and Pap- 

 ilio Rose. Award of honorable men- 

 tion recommended. 



Collection of phlox and three beds 

 of roses, not in condition to pass 

 upon. A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell. 

 Conn. 



Bed of Canna Firebird, Arthur T 

 Boddington, Co., Inc., New York. Not 

 in condition to judge. 



Bed of Canna New York, edged with 

 Canna Snow Queen, Conard & Jones 

 Co., West Grove, Pa. Certificate of 

 merit recommended for variety Snow 

 Queen. 



Six beds of cannas by Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. Orange 

 Bedder, very distinct and effective; 

 certificate of merit recommended. Fa- 

 vorite, deep orange yellow, spotted: 

 certificate of merit recommended. The 

 Gem, light primrose yellow. Eureka, 

 pale primrose, Scharfenstein, lilac 

 pink, and Lahneck, deep pink; award 

 of honorable mention recommended. 



Bed of dahlias, not in condition. 

 Raymond W. Swett, Saxonville, Mass. 



Bed of miscellaneous plants by W. 

 A. Manda, Inc., South Orange, N. J. 



Hybrid mallows, three named var- 

 ieties, white, pink and crimson, plants 

 of vigorous growth with fine, well 

 formed flower. Thos. Meehan & Sons, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. Award of honorable 

 mention recommended. 



Hybrid mallows, Bobbink & Atkins, 

 Rutherford, N. J. Not yet in condi- 

 tion. 



Beds of Heliotrope centafleur, col- 

 eus seedlings, and mixed plants. A. 

 L. Miller, Jamaica, N. Y. Honorable 

 mention recommended. 



Bed of unnamed canna, originated 

 by Meisel Bros., Detroit, Mich. 



Exhibited by American Bulb Co., 

 Chicago. Not in condition. 



Collection of agaves, by New York 

 Botanical Gardens. Honorable men- 

 tion recommended. 



A. Herrixgto.x. 



R. A. ViNCEM, 



John H. Pepi-ek. 



COLLEGE FLORIST SECTION. 



A meeting of the College Florist 

 Section of the S. A. F. & O. H., was 

 held in connection with an informal 

 dinner at the Hotel McAlpin on Wed- 

 nesday evening, August 22nd. Prof. E. 

 A. White of Cornell University acted 

 as chairman and arranged' for the 

 meeting. 



Messrs. A. C. Beal of Cornell Uni- 

 versity; Pres. R. C. Kerr of Houston. 



Texas: N. L. Mulford, Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C; W. W, 

 Ohlweiler, Missouri ' Botanical Gar- 

 den, St. Louis; N. E. Palmer and Geo. 

 B. Palmer. Brookline, Mass.; A. S. 

 Thurston, Iowa State College, Ames. 

 Iowa; J. Whiting, Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College, Amherst, Mass., and 

 E. 1. Wilde, Pennsylvania State Col- 

 lege, State College, Pa., participated 

 in the discussion of the relations of 

 educational work to horticulture and 

 especially with reference to horticul- 

 ture. 



It was the concensus of opinion that 

 there was a great deal of work to be 

 done to encourage a greater and more 

 cordial co-operation between the com- 

 mercial men and the educational in- 

 stitutions. Many phases of organiza- 

 tion work in connection with floricul- 

 ture were brought up for discussion 



THE WHITE HOUSE 



WASHINGTON 



August 23, 1917 



Ify dear Mr. Kerr: 



Let ne give myself the pleasure of acknowl- 

 edging the receipt of your and Mr, Young's tele- 

 gram of the twenty-first of August, and telling 

 you and the members of the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists how deeply 

 I appreciate your generous eaqpression of confi- 

 dence and approbation. With ireinnest thsuiks 



for your pledge of support, believe me 

 Cordially and sincerely yours, 



J^^^^^.^^ 



Ur. Robert C. Kerr, President, 

 New York City, 



President Wilson's Reply to tbe S. A. F. Convention Telegram o( Confidence and Support. 



