August 25, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



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announce a rate which would be gen- 

 erally accepted as just and reasonable. 

 Yours respectt'ullv, 



(Signed) AVM. J. STEWART. 



Secretary. 



This letter shared the same fate as 

 its predecessor, no acknowU'dgmeut 

 havin.s; thus far been received. I be- 

 lieve we have a sood case; I Icnow that 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 will give us a prompt and c(jurteo,is 

 hearing, and hope we shall be able to 

 arrange for the appearance of our 

 legislative committee with necessary 

 witnesses before that body at an early 

 date 



Regarding the domestic-grown nar- 

 cissus bulbs exhibited by a Virginia 

 grower last year which were submitted 

 to Mr. J. F. Sullivan for testing, that 

 gentleman reports that he gave them 

 identically the same treatment that 

 w^as given the foreign-grown bulbs of 

 the same varieties and found the flow- 

 ering qualities to be of substantially 

 the same good value. 



Medals have been delivered during 

 the past year as follows: 



Robert Craig & Son, Philadelphia, a 

 bronze medal for Ficus pandurata ex- 

 hibited at the Washington convention. 



Louis Wittbold. a bronze medal for 

 mechanical watering system exhibited 

 at the Washington convention. 



Dennison School, Washington, D. C, 

 through Miss Susan B. Sipe, lironza 

 medal for sunerior work in gardening. 

 October 16. 1906. 



Throiigh the American Carnation 

 Society. January 24, 1906, a silver medal 

 to Cottage Gardens Company for car- 

 nation Mrs. C W. Ward, and a Ijronze 

 medal to Cottage Gardens Company for 

 carnation Robert Craig. 



Through the Cincinnati Florists' So- 

 ciety, March 10. 1906, a silver medal to 

 R. Witterstaetter for carnation After- 

 glow, and a bronze medal to Minne- 

 apolis Floral Company for rose Miss 

 Kate Moulton. 



New plant names have been regis- 

 tered since my last report as follows: 



August 26. 1905— Canna, Uncle Sam. 

 bv Conard & Jones Co.. West Grove. 

 Pa. 



October 14, 1905— Rose, Triumph, by 

 Peter Henderson & Co., New York. 



October 28. 1905— Canna. Vesuvius. 

 by Peter Henderson & Co., New York. 



November 11. 1905— Cannas. Prince 

 of India. Jupiter. Venus, by Conard Sr 

 Jones Co.. West Grove. Pa. 



December 23, 190.5— Carnations. Win- 

 sor, Helen M. Gould, White Enchant- 

 ress, by F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown- 

 on-Hudson. N. Y. 



January 27, 1906— Rose, Helen Good, 

 by United States Nursery Co., Rich. 

 Miss. 



Fehruarv 17, 1906— Sweet peas. Mrs 

 Alex. Wallace, J. K. Allen, Christmas 

 Enchantress, Jack Hunter, Mrs. C. 

 Wild, Christmas Meteor, by A. 0. 

 Zvolanek, Bound Brook, N. J. 



February 24, 1906— Roses. Christine 

 Wright. Columbia, by Hoopes. Brother 

 & Thomas. West Grove. Pa. 



March 10, 1906— Canna, Superior, by 

 William Schray & Sons, St. Louis, Mo. 



March 10. 1906— Alternanthera aurea 

 robusta by William Schray & Sons, St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



March 10, 1906— Sweet peas, Secre- 

 tarv William J. Stewart, Mrs. W. W. 

 Smalley, by A. C. Zvolanek, Bound 

 Brook, N. J. 



March 24, 1906— Cannas, Dr. William 



Saunders, Ottawa, li; l ; i & Jones 



Co.. West Grove. Pa. 



April 7, 1900— Sweet peas, Mrs. Wil- 

 liam Sim, Mrs. F. J. Dolansky. Samuel 

 J. Trepess, Maxwelton, Caroline Whit- 

 ney, by A. C. Zvolanek, Bound Brook, 

 N. J. 



April 21, 1900— Sweet peas, Mrs. J. 

 F. Hannay. Marion Staniford, Miss 

 Jossie Riedley, by A. C. Zvolanek, 

 Bound Brook, N. J. 



April 28, 1906— Cannas, Mount Wash- 

 ington, Mount Zion, Henry George, 

 Telegraph, Inman's Choice, Britta, Gol- 

 den Cluster, Sensation, Uwanta, Thel- 

 ma. Pansy Read, Crown of Gold, Ad- 

 miral Togo, Gold Mine, Queen of 

 Orange, The American Duchess, Golden 

 Dawn, Royal Neighbor, Golden Ex- 

 press, Amalgamated, Ohio, Buckeye, 

 Dayton, Nymphea, Leader, Royal 

 Bronze, Fairhope, by the Southern 

 Floral Nursery Co., Fruitdale, Ala. 



May 5, 1906— H. P. Rose, Charles 

 Wagner, by Conard & Jones Co.. West 

 Grove. Pa. 



May 12, 1906 — Dendrobium nobile, 

 Mrs. Larz Anderson, by Duncan Fin- 

 layson, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



June 9, 1906 — Cannas, Queen of 

 Beauty, Flashlight, Majestic. Bronze 

 King, Giraffe, Moonlight, Blushing 

 Belle, Southern Pride, Alabama, Miss- 

 issippi, Bucatunna, Gen. Kuroki, Tom 

 L. Johnson, Emerald, Perfection, Day- 

 break, Sunbeam, Jumbo. Gov. Patter- 

 son, Chautaurjua Jr.. by The Southern 

 Floral Nursery Co., Fruitdale, Ala. 



June 23, 1900— Nephrolepis Fruckii, 

 and Berryii, by Henry C. Fruck. Grosse 

 Point Farms, Mich. 



July 14, 1906— Rose, Aurora, by Paul 

 Niehoff, Lehighton. Pa. 



July 21, 1906— Hydrangea arbores- 

 cens alba grandiflora, by The E. G. 

 Hill Co., Richmond, Ind. 



August 11, 1906— Laelio-Cattleya, 

 Lady Bernice, by Lager & Hurrell. 

 Summit, N. J. 



We have lost nine members by death 

 since my last report; 



C. G. Nanz. Louisville, Ky., August 

 17. 1905. 



J. C. Rennison, Sioux City, la., 

 February 24, 1906. 



Aug. Rhotert. New Y'ork. N. Y., April 

 9, 1906. 



C. H. Kunzman. Louisville, Ky., May 

 22, 1906. 



George H. Rowden. Wallingford. 

 Conn.. May 17, 1906. 



Hans Bartels. Milwaukee. Wis., April 

 30, 1906. 



Abraham Hostetter. Manheim, Pa- 

 April 18, 1906. 



William Schray, St. Louis. Mo.. May 

 15. 1906. 



James Hartshorne. Joliet. 111.. August 

 6. 1906. 



Other membership statistics are as 

 follows: 



Whole number of members as per 

 printed report for 1905, was 889, of 

 whom 114 were life members. This 

 included 4 life members and 173 annual 

 members who had been added or re- 

 instated during the year. The acqui- 

 sitions are credited as follows: Ala- 

 bama. Colorado. Iowa. Louisiana, New 

 Hampshire, Rhode Island, one each; 

 California. Missouri. North Carolina. 

 Virginia, Ontario, Manitoba, two each; 

 Indiana. Wisconsin, three each; Con- 

 necticut, Georgia, Kentucky, four each; 



New Jei. .. . ._..:, .i.inois. 10; Mary- 

 land, Michigan, 12 each; District ot 

 Columbia, Ohio, 13 each; Massachu- 

 setts, IS; New York, 20; Pennsylvania, 

 29. 



The number of lapses during tho 

 year of members who had paid dues tor 

 the previous year but either resigned 

 or tailed to respond in 1905. was 111. 

 These delinquencies are chargeable to 

 the various States as follows: Califor- 

 nia, Kentucky, Maryland, .Maine, 

 Rhode Island, Texas, Ontario, one 

 each; Colorado, Georgia, Kansas. Okla- 

 homa, South Carolina, Tennessee, two 

 each; Connecticut, Iowa, Minnesota, 

 New Jersey, three each; Indiana, lour; 

 Michigan, five; Wisconsin, seven; Ohio, 

 eight; Pennsylvania, nine; New York. 

 twelve; Missouri, thirteen; Illinois, 

 twenty-two. The list of names of de- 

 linquents in each State was sent from 

 the secretary's office to its respective 

 vice-president. A few of the vice- 

 presidents reported; from the majority 

 no response was received. 



It is. I think, generally known among 

 the members that I have decided not to 

 be a candidate for re-election to this 

 office which with rare and generous 

 confidence you have placed in my keep- 

 ing for so many years. Since that day 

 nineteen years ago, in Chicago, when 

 I had the privilege of thanking you 

 lor the honor you had conferred in 

 unanimously selecting me as the suc- 

 cessor in office of such men as E. G. 

 Hill and Edwin Lonsdale, many 

 changes have come about. Very many 

 loyal workers for the Society whose 

 friendships were so dear to us have 

 been called away never to return. In 

 meditating on the changed conditions 

 and tremendous horticultural growth 

 of this epoch in the Society's history 

 I feel that, while the ambitions and 

 aims of the pioneers have in some re- 

 spects fallen short of realization, yet, 

 as societies go. this Society has done 

 well. The balance in the treasury as 

 reported at the Chicago convention 

 nineteen years ago. was $32.35. With 

 this, our treasurer's report which you 

 are about to listen to. will compare 

 favorably. 



Our membership, however, is not 

 what it should be. Everyone identified 

 with any department of horticunure is 

 a sharer in the general benefits which 

 the existence and the direct work of 

 the society has made possible, and it is 

 much to be regretted that thus far no 

 effective means has been found ot 

 bringing the great mass of those en- 

 gaged in those pursuits to do their 

 share toward the support of the in- 

 stitution which has done so much for 

 them and might do so much more 1£ 

 it could only have the necessary back- 

 ing. 



In seeking to be relieved from the 

 resiwnsibilities of the secretaryship I 

 can assure you that my interest In the 

 Society's welfare will continue un- 

 abated, and I shall be ready at all 

 times in the ranks to do whatever lies 

 in my power for the grand old Society 

 whose burdens and whose joys have 

 been so peculiarly my own for so many 

 years. 



On motion ot Benjamin Hammond 

 the secretary's report was accepted 

 with regrets of the society for Secre- 

 tary Stewart's withdrawal, which he 

 said was decisive. 



The treasurer's report, of which the 



