January 30, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



141 



those who are now delinquent for the 

 year 1913, we have a net increase of 

 33 over last year. 



We have collected money as foUow-s: 



Dues $671.00 



Advertising 145.44 



Dorner ijemorial Fund d.CK) 



Miscellaneous 44.2;) 



Total $S65.6T 



All of which has been turned over 

 to the treasurer and his receipt taken 

 therefor, except $121.68, which came in 

 while the audit was being taken. The 

 $5.00 collected for the Dorner Memo- 

 rial Fund, was transferred to the gen- 

 eral fund, to replace a part of the 

 amount taken out of that fund, to 

 make up the even thousand needed to 

 draw $40.00 interest per annum. 



The books of the secretary and treas- 

 urer were audited by a professional 

 accountant, as has been customary. 

 The auditors' report will follow the 

 reading of the treasurer's report and 

 we are pleased to note that he found 

 the books in first class order and the 

 society's funds sound and in very good 

 shape. All bills are being paid iirompt- 

 ly and no accounts have been lost, ex- 

 cept from deiinqueat menibeis. 



A. F. J. Bair, 

 Secretary American Carnation Society 



The annual report was issued and 

 distributed on schedule time, and the 

 same is true of the program and the 

 schedule of premiums for this meeting. 

 We secured 22 pages of advertising for 

 this schedule, which we consider very 

 good, considering that this advertising 

 had to be solicited just when the worst 

 of the present bus^iness depression was 

 on. 



Twelve seedling varieties and three 

 sports have been registered since the 

 last annual report was issued. Be- 

 sides these, the Perpetual Flowering 

 Carnation Society of England reports 

 sixteen registrations. A system of ex- 

 changing registrations at Ir.'quent In- 

 tervals has been adopted by the secre- 

 taries of the two societies, with a view 

 to prevent duplication of names, but 

 there has as yet been no way found to 

 prevent sports which are identical 

 from, being given different names in 

 this country and Europe. In time, 

 when the new varieties will be im- 

 ported as well as exported, this prob- 



S. A. Anderson, 

 Vice-President Americ.in Carnation Society 



lem will present itself for solution. 

 At this time, what confusion there is. 

 is all on the other side, as few Euro- 

 pean varieties have thus far found 

 I heir way over here. Suggestions for 

 handling this situation will be in ordei'. 



We are still working on the carna- 

 tion register. We are pleased to re- 

 poit that while our present. plan for 

 gathering data entails considerable la- 

 bor, it is bringing results. It will be 

 only a question of time and the regis- 

 ter will be as complete as it can be 

 made at this time, and all the data 

 will be authentic. We wish here to 

 thank the trade press for assistance in 

 this work, especially in locating par- 

 ties who have moved away from the 

 addresses from which the registrations 

 were made. 



The arrangements for this meeting 

 were planned along the same lines as 

 were followed last year at Cleveland, 

 and with the same degree of success. 

 The local committee took hold with 

 a will and has done its part splendidly. 

 To our worthy vice-president, Mr. An- 

 derson, is due especial credit. To thr 

 growers who supplied the blooms used 

 in the table displays, is due the so- 



ciety's thanks. The splendid success 

 achieved, so far as we have gone with 

 this department, should stimulate ex- 

 pansion and if the exhibits could be 

 diversified in a practical manner, it 

 would be well to do so. We would 

 like our retail members to otter sug- 

 gestions along tiis line. 



The Board of Directors held its 

 usual meeting immediately after the 

 last convention; also the regular mid- 

 summer meeting at the S. A. F. & O. H. 

 meeting place, which took place at 

 Boston, Mass., on August 22nd. 



At the Boston meeting, the secre- 

 tary was instructed to purchase what- 

 .ever blooms might be needed for the 

 tal)lo displays, in addition to those se- 

 cured from the disseminators of new 

 varieties. Blooms of three varieties 

 were purchased, with the idea of hav- 

 ing the retail displays cover about the 

 same range of colors as is found in 

 our Section A. 



As per arrangements made with the 

 New York Florists' Club, we took 

 charge of the entries and the staging 

 of the carnation section of the Inter- 

 national Flower Show, held in New 

 York, March 21-28, 1914. A splendid 

 exhibit of carnation blooms was staged 



Iboquois Hotkl 



Where Meeting and Exhibition Was Hclil. 



F. E. DoBNEK, 

 Treasurer .\nierican Carnation Society 

 by both commercial growers and pri- 

 vate gardeners, the large groups, cov- 

 ering 150 square feet of space, being 

 the finest arrtaigemeuts of carnations 

 ever 'seen in this country. A report 

 of the awards will be read at this 

 meetin.g. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



(iE.NERAI. FIND. 

 Expenses. 



Orders on Treus. paid ^^'151"^ 



Balance cash on hand 630.08s 



$1,781.84 

 Receipts. 



.Ian. L'O, r.m. Cash on hand ,*/^-2?i 



Cash received l.wii.&o 



$1,781.84 

 IM;lt,\lANENT FUND. 



.1:111. 20, 1014. Balance *2'?^-2^ 



.Ian. 1, 101.">. Interest 10''P'' 



$2.7.'tl.3.") 



Interest transferred to gen'l fund. ?1"!)-^ 

 r.alance Invested at ir^c 2.0aj.Jl 



$2,7,31.4.". 



