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 40.44 



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Trill,-,. . i,., 1 iirnil Kuud for 



11'1."> MiMiioiliil M.il.M $40.00 



nnlniiiv Iiivi-Nicl 111 IV, l,OUl!s* 



»l,041.57 

 F. K. Uoii.NKii. Troas. 



liivitiitioiiB for iio.\t year wen' pro- 

 Hfiited from tho Nalioiiiil Klowcr Show 

 rommltloi'. idcdKliiK $l,">it(P. for cariia 

 tlon premiums and from St. Louis by 

 J. P. Ammann and from IiidianapoliK. 



Nomination of Officers. 



Josi'pli Hill of Iticlimond. Iiki.. was 

 nominated for president, J. I'. .Ammann 

 for viee-pr.^ldenl, .\. F. J. Haur for see- 

 relary and F, K. Uorner for treasurer, 

 all unanimously; C. S. Strout and Eu- 

 gene l)allle<louze for directors and H. 

 Witterslaotter and \V. J. I'almer for 

 judges. 



In the discussion as to the relative 

 merits of cuttinss taken from various 

 parts of the flower stem. .Messrs. Fish- 

 er. Dorner. Dailledouze. .Johnson. \V. 

 R. Pierson. Hill. Herr and others par- 

 ticipated. 



Judges Report. 



The judges made their report on tho 

 awards as follows: 



Sefllon A. Class 1, Cottage GanKns Co.. 

 Willi Miitciiless. C. S. Strr.iit. .Miitohless. 

 Cliis.,* ■•. A. A. Pi.nil.r.ikr-. with I'iiik I)o- 

 Hglil. ». S. Str.int. |>iiik l),.|iKbt. Class 

 3. A. Kopor. with .Mli-f Cdomlis s .1 Gocl- 

 diir.l. (Jli.rinsii. Chiss 4. CuitaB,. Gardens 

 <-■>.. Willi Mrs. Want. A. .N. fiersoii. I'lilla 

 Ocliiliia I'nik. Class ."i. .Ml. (Jreenwood Ceiu- 

 eliTv. with It.iselle. Class (i. K. a Hill 

 Co.. with Clilefiaiii. r. Ki.rner .t Sons Co.. 

 Cliani|ii,,n. Class 7. K. <;. IIIIl Co.. with 

 roeahout.is. A. A. Pi-inhroke, Princess 

 Dnirniar. Class 8, K. «. Hill Co., with 

 iellow Prince. K. K. Doriier. ditto. Class 

 », < . s. .Siroiil. with Kenora. Pembroke, 

 auto. 



Sw-tlon 15. Class 11'. .Iniin Nelson. A A 

 Paaniliroke. Class i:i. .1. A. Nelsnn .lud A 

 A. IVniliroke. Class H. .\ A. I'linl.roke 

 with .Malehless. .s. .7. tjnddard. Wliii,- En- 

 chantress. Class 1.-.. Pitlsliiiri,'li Cut Flow- 

 er Co.. Krncst Saunders. Class IG A A 

 Peinlirnke. .John Nelson. Class 17. i;. A. 

 Ulcliards. Guile Itnis. Co. Class IS, S .1 

 Giiildard. A. A. Peinlinike. Class lil.'lMtts- 

 iMirL'h Cut Flower Co.. with Winsor Class 

 'JO. c. S. Strout. \V. .1. Palmer. Class 2i. 

 A. A. Peniliroke. S. .F. Godilard. Class Si. 

 A. A. Pemliroke. with Gorjreous. Class 24. 

 C. S. Strout. KrnesI Saunders. ('lass 'S>. 

 A. ,\. Pemliroke. with Champion. Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co.. with Comfort 

 <'lass 2(i, C. S. Strout. Krnest Saunders 

 • •la.ss 27. A. A. Pembroke, with IJa^rmar 



«'lass 28. J. A. Xelsr \. .\. Pembroke. 



Class 30. A. A. Pembroke. S. .1. (Joddard. 

 Class .'Jl, S. .1. (Joddard. with Yellowstone. 

 Seelion C. Class :'A. A. A. Pembroke C. 

 S. Strout. Class .'i.'j, A. A. Pembroke S. 

 .7. Goddard. (Mass .".(i. C. s. Strout A 

 A. Pembroke. Class '■'.'. A. A. Pembroke. 

 .1. Goddard. Class :ts. A. A. Pembroke. 

 Pittsburch Cut Flower Co. 



Seetion n. .Silver lal lo .\. Itojier for 



.\li.e Coombs. S. A. F. Silver medal i 

 A. Itojier for seedliu).'. lironze medal to 

 ISassett & Washburn for Hellc Wash- 

 burn. Dorner cold medal to E. G. Hill 

 Company for Aliee Coombs. 



The IIitchini:s eup was won bv Col tape 

 Gardens Com|iany. wiih Matehless. 



Section K. Class -14. Certiticates of merit 

 to Kd. Winkler. Wakefield. Mass.. for 

 Morninc (Jlow. and to Litllelield iV Wv- 

 luan. .North Abiiit'ton. Mass., for Miss 

 Theo and for a swMiliin.'. 



From the foregoins; it will be seen 

 that the New England oarnation grow- 

 ers cleaned up the j;reat majority of 

 the premiums, and the varieties win- 

 ning high honors were very largely 

 those of New England origin. 



The allied interests liad some very 

 attractive displays, among which were 

 Buddleia asiatica from S. J. Goddard. 



femR. orchldh. , i. m,in W. A. Manda. 

 begonias and cyclamen from J. A. 

 J'elerson, sweet peuB from A. J. Slahe- 

 lin, Detroit and Jerry IJrookingH of 

 Orchard I'ark. .\. Y.. new roses Ophe- 

 lia and Hoosier Ueauly from K. G. Hill, 

 Koses Ophelia. d'Arenberg. Killariiey 

 Urllllant and Francis Scott Key froin 

 F. It. I'lerson. 



The letull dealers of Huffalo dis- 

 played nine decorated tables, show- 

 ing extjuisite taste In carnation ar- 

 rangement. For the general jjood of 

 the carnation interests, no names were 

 given of prizes awarded. The vases of 

 carnations generally were enclosed in 

 Kver Heady Flower I'ot Covers with 

 good elTects. Fred Lauteiisch lager was 

 present with photographs and argu- 

 ments in behalf of Kroeschell boilers. 



THURSDAY MORNING'S SESSION. 

 .At the Thursday inorning session, 

 the committee on recommendations on 

 president's address reported, and ac- 

 tion resiilled in a vote to signalize the 

 twenty-fifth anniversary of the sodelv 

 by siiecial inducements to the retail 

 tratle to boost the interests of the car- 

 nation. Disseminators of new varie- 

 ties were asked to use utmost care in 

 the selection of cuttings. 



St. Louis Next Meeting Place 

 A lively discussion took place re- 

 garding the next meeting place, result- 

 ing in the selection of St. Louis for the 

 regular meeting in January and a vote 

 of enthusiastic support for the Nation- 

 al Flower Show in Philadelphia in 

 March in addition. The recommenda- 

 tion of exchange registration with the 

 Perpetual Flowering Carnation Socie- 

 ty of England was approved. 

 Election of Officers. 

 The nominees for various offices 

 were elected unanimously. C. S. 

 Strout was elected directoi^. Mr. Dail- 

 ledouze having declined, and all the 

 other officers as recorded nominated 

 were elected. The affiliation proposi- 

 tion with the S. A. F. was unanimous- 

 ly approved. 



During the hours allotted to public 

 admission, the exhibition halls were 

 crowded to the limit. Thursday after- 

 noon was devoted to a visit to W. J. 

 Palmer's place at Lancaster, and 

 Thursday evening was given over to 

 the bantiuet, of which we shall publish 

 a full report next week. 



MODERN CARNATION PRACTICE. 

 ICdIlor. IIOU'I'ICI'LTIUK: 



Will you kindly answer tbroiit-li Ilult 

 'I'lCri.Tt'HK at your earliest convenience 

 the followlntr questions on carnation cul- 

 ture: 



Is hard wood ashes the best thluR to 

 use for iiroduclug long, stiff stems, and 

 what elTect. if any. does it have on the 

 flowers '! 



Wood ashes are not the best mate- 

 rial for producing long, stiff stems. It 

 has a tendency to help stiffen stems 

 but not to lengthen them. I find wood 

 ashes will hurt the color on colored 

 varieties of carnation if not used with 

 care. 



I have one lied 8."i ft. Iouk and ."i ft. wide: 

 what would be a fair dressinc of the 

 ashes, between, the rows, across the bed 

 this width? 



One 3-inch pot should be sufficient, 

 if spread evenly over the surface not 

 oftener than every eight weeks. 



What Is the best preparation for im- 

 provint' size of blooms':' 



Half-rotted cow or pulverized sheep 

 manure. 



M.i philil- hiiv., plenty of f.,ll,ii;e. but 

 few llower KtelllH are, ho far. developing- 

 li»« can I iinprove Ihia condition 7 



What Would be a fair weekly cut per Hm 



'',.".'.'• "' "''" """•• '■'''"" "toc't benched 

 middle of .September'/ 



.My phinin were beiirlied flrsl two nt-ek* 

 111 .September, coniponi |.,'t rotten nianura 

 "." ,T''} """■ ''*>' 'i"''"''M are lof i v and 

 the IlKht Is (food. I cive air on brlKbt 

 days at OO dcKro-s, but In cloudv. dull 

 weather I lit I he houses to |o lL"i |„ 70 

 decrees. 1 spray each week with FunKlno 

 for rust, and ulih Aphliie for aphis, spider, 

 etc. .Mioiil tube a month I dust plains 

 fri-ely with lime, at the same lime Kivlni: 

 a .'l-lncli pot of iiNhiii between 5 ft. rows 

 the presumption belnt that tlie aiiheH are 

 carried liilc, I be soil when I Nvrlnte off 

 the llnio next day. 



I'll to tills dale I have k'lven a little 

 sheep manure once, and a lluht dresHliiR 

 •if lioiie meal twice, by way of reedlnK. 



.My plains seem lo trow well < imh bat 



so far are not nlvlntt much of a <rop; and 

 while the flowers I (.-et of Norlh|>iirl, 

 W lilie Wonder and FnchantreHs are of 

 sallsf.iclory size, ihe stems are not what 

 I would like to own. Please tell ine where 

 I am at fault. GltOWKIl. 



New ^ork. 



Plant in July instead of September. 

 This will give better results than any 

 other form of treatment. From Sep- 

 tember planted stock the cut naturally 

 will be very light in January. 



The iiroportion of manure you have 

 used should be sufficient on your late 

 planted stock without mulching until 

 February. The temperature you must 

 revei'.se and try 50 to 52 at night, 55 to 

 58 on cloudy. C5 to 68 on clear days, 

 liegulate by the sun. Try to imitate 

 nature by getting your night tempera- 

 ture as the sun goes down and In the 

 morning the same. Through the win- 

 ter months gel it rising slowly as it 

 grows light. 



Discontinue using spraying mixtures 

 for rust. You are spreading instead of 

 preventing. Keep the foliage as free 

 from moisture as possible. This you 

 will find is the only iireventive for 

 rust. Only syiinge when necessary, 

 sufficient to keep spider and thrips in 

 check. Do Ibis early on bright days 

 with plenty of ventilation on the roof, 

 so as to help dry the foliage as soon 

 as jiossible. 



Don't dust your plants with lime 

 after the middle of October. Don't use 

 wood ashes more than three times 

 during the winter. Discontinue using 

 bone meal entirely. 1 don't believe 

 carnations need it; it will make them 

 split during dark weather. 



S. J. GollDAItll. 



Framingham, Mass. 



The monthly meeting of the Tarry- 

 town Horticultural Society was held 

 Wednesday evening. Jan. 20th. A large 

 attendance of Ihe old members was on 

 hand to welcoitie the new president, 

 Wm. Jamison, who presided. As the 

 monthly prize was to be awarded for 

 the best flowering plant a good many 

 well grown plants were exhibited, A. 

 Weeks capturing first prize with a fine 

 specimen Chorlzema coradatum splen- 

 dons. Some very good iiriniulas and 

 cyclamens was shown by J. Elliott. T. 

 Morris. G. Mcintosh and W. Jamison. 

 H. Nichols was awarded certificate of 

 merit for seedling dracaena "Glen- 

 view," a cross between amabalis and 

 terminalis. A very lively discussion 

 followed the examination of exhibits 

 by J. Bradley, J. .Mooney, T. .Morris, 

 Wm. Scott and other members of the 

 society. 



Tims. A. Lki-u Rec. Secy. 



