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HORTICULTURE 



January 18, 1919 



the campaign, expressed his great be- 

 lief in slogans, and remarked that he 

 considered the slogan, "Say it with 

 Flowers" really wonderful in concep- 

 tion. The campaign, he said, should 

 have everybody in the trade back of 

 it. 



Quite a large sum was subscribed, 

 at the meeting. 



Florists from other cities present 

 were: Wm. F. Keys, Jr., J. Stevenson, 

 W. F. Ekas, W. E. McKissick, M. 

 Lohr, Wm. Lehr, T. H. Cook, R. L. 

 Graham, Jr., and Isaac H. Moss, all of 

 Baltimore, Md. T. H. Thompson, Har- 

 ry Palmer, J. E. Barnard, all of Ken- 

 nett Square, Pa.; John Horn, Allen- 

 town, Pa.; Wm. Geiger and R. May- 

 hew, North Wales, Pa.; H. Darlington 

 and J. M. Andre, of Doylestown, Pa.; 

 A. M. Herr, H. K. Rohrer and B. F. 

 Barr, of Lancaster, Pa.; Adolph Gude, 

 Jr., and G. W. Hess of Washington, D. 

 C; D. B. Edwards, Atlantic City, N. 

 J.; M. J. Brinton, Christiana, Pa.; W. 

 H. Vance, Wilmington, Del.; A. L. 

 Miller, Jamaica, N. Y.; W. H. Fox, 

 Parkers Ford, Pa.; Robert Pyle, West 

 Grove, Pa., and H. C. Huesman, Read- 

 ing, Pa. 



It is hoped that those florists who 

 have not yet considered the advisa- 

 bility of subscribing to the campaign 

 fund will realize the immense impor- 

 tance of so doing, and send in a sub- 

 scription without delay. 



The following contributions for 1919 

 are reported: 



George Craig, Philadelphia, -$10; Boston 

 Cut Flower Exchange, Boston. .$25; W. F. 

 Therldldson. Philadelphia, $25; E. W. 

 Gaehring, Philadelphia, $10; Eugene Rern- 

 heimer, Philadelphia, $10; C. D. Darling- 

 ton Doylestown, $15; Chas. B\ Krueger Co., 

 Reading Terminal, Philadelphia, $50; H. 

 S. Betz, Philadelphia, $100; Aschmann 

 Bros., Philadelphia, $35; Joseph Josephs, 

 Philadelphia. $10; G. A. Thiele, Philadel- 

 phia, $10; Eva Frances Fletcher. Philadel- 

 phia $5; Louis Niemann, Philadelphia. $5: 

 M. J. Brinton. Christiana, $10; J. Henry 

 Bartram, Lansdowne, $30; F. H. llein 

 hardt. St. Louis. $15: Dobhs & Son, Au- 

 burn, $5; Minge Floral Co., Mobile, $5: 

 Frank C. Siebert, Wheeling, $5. 



Additional Subscription — John N. Cham- 

 pion, New naven, $5; Chas. H. Graielow, 

 Philadelphia. $50; S. S. Pennock Co.. 

 Philadelphia. $100; A. Harvey & Sons. 

 Brandywine Summit. $40; Victor I. Ride- 

 nour, Philadelphia, $40; R. L. Graham. 

 Baltimore, $15; L. C. Stroh & Sons. Ba- 

 tavia. $5. 



Second Subscription — Harry K. Rohrer, 

 Lancaster $25. 



Total, $660.00. Previously reported. 

 $20,245.50. Grand total, $20,005.50. 



also issued calls for meetings of 

 their respective committees to be held 

 in Cleveland on January 29th. The 

 name of the hotel in which the meet- 

 ings are to be held will be announced 

 later. 



John Young, Secy. 



COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 

 President Ammann of the Socity of 

 American Florists has issued a call 

 for a meeting of the executive board 

 of the society to be held in Detroit 

 on Friday, January 31st, and another 

 meeting to be held in Cleveland on 

 February first, following the meeting 

 of the American Carnation Society. 

 Henry Penn. chairman of the Publicity 

 Committee and George Asmus, chair- 

 man of the finance committee, have 



Department of Plant Registration. 

 Public notice is hereby given that 

 The Conard & Jones Company, West 

 Grove, Pennsylvania, submit for regis- 

 tration the new plants mentioned be- 

 low: 



Canna Nokomis: A hybrid of the 

 famous Firebird, without any of the 

 bad habits of the parent plant, height 

 5 feet. The foliage is a combination 

 of emerald-green and bronze, beauti- 

 fully veined, making a lovely setting 

 for the large, vivid crimson flowers. 

 The flowers are most attractive, hav- 

 in a rich, silky sheen on the petals, 

 and the color is darker than that of 

 any other bronze-foliaged canna with 

 bloom near this size. 



Canna The President, height 4 feet. 

 In color it is a rich, glowing scarlet, 

 and the immense, firm, rounded flow- 

 ers, 7 inches across when- open, are 

 produced on strong, erect stalks well 

 above the large, rich green foliage. 

 The President is superior to any other 

 red variety in the quantity and also 

 quality of bloom, and the firm flowers 

 are able to resist drought and heat to 

 a remarkable degree. 



Any person objecting to this regis- 

 tration, or to the use of the proposed 

 name is requested to communicate 

 with the Secretary at once. Failing to 

 receive objection to the registration, 

 the same will be made three weeks 

 from this date. 



Arno H. Nehrling, Crawfordsville, 

 Indiana, has been appointed State 

 Vice-President for Indiana, North, 

 vice, W. J. Vesey, Jr., previously ap- 

 pointed, but who" is still in the service 

 of the TJ. S. Army. 



President J. F. Ammann has reap- 

 pointed the Committee on Memorial 

 Resolutions, as follows: Michael 

 Barker, Chicago, 111., chairman; John 

 G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J., and J. 

 A. Peterson, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



John Young, Secy. 



1170 Broadway, New York. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



By request of the Cleveland Flor- 

 ists' Club, the following classes are 

 added to the premium schedule for 

 the American Carnation Society exhi- 

 bition at Cleveland on January 29-30. 

 Entries for these classes may be made 

 any time previous to the time set for 



staging, which is one o'clock of Janu- 

 ary 29th. 



Fifty blooms any variety white, 

 light pink being not darker than Win- 

 sor, dark pink being darker than Win- 

 sor, red and any other color, prizes of 

 $8.0o, $4.00 and $3.00 are offered for 

 each variety. 



Please bear in mind that entries 

 for all classes except the above should 

 be in the hands of the secretary not 

 later than January 19th. The 19th 

 tailing on Sunday, all entries in Mon- 

 day's mail will be accepted as having 

 been made within the time limit. 

 After Monday, two dollars will be 

 charged against each class in which 

 entry is made. 



Entries are especially desired from 

 growers in the middle west. For 

 several years past, the growers in this 

 section have failed to hold up their 

 end, leaving the making of the ex- 

 hibition largely to the growers from 

 the far east. Cleveland is centrally 

 located and easily reached from all 

 directions, therefore there is no rea- 

 son why we should not have entries 

 from all sections. Come, and bring 

 an exhibit with you. 



A. F. J. Baub, Secy. 



GARDENERS' CONFERENCE AT 

 PITTSBURGH. 



A gardeners' conference will be held 

 under the auspices of the Pittsburgh 

 district members of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Gardeners at the Hotel 

 Chatham, Pittsburgh, on Thursday 

 evening, January 30th. 



Following a reception from 6 P. M. 

 to 6.30 P. M., David Fraser, a director 

 of the national association, will intro- 

 duce the speakers of the evening who 

 will include Robert Weeks of Cleve- 

 land, president of the National Associ- 

 ation of Gardeners: M. C. Ebel of Mad- 

 ison, N. J., secretary; William Fal- 

 coner and Neil McCallum of Pitts- 

 burgh. A general discussion of the 

 problems confronting the gardener and 

 his profession will follow the speakers. 

 Gardeners and all interested in the 

 profession of gardening will be wel- 

 comed. 



A supper will be served at the con- 

 clusion of the business session. David 

 Fraser of Pittsburgh is chairman and 

 John Barnet of Sewickley, Pa., secre- 

 tary of the conference committee. 



An executive meeting of the trustees 

 and board of directors of the National 

 Association of Gardeners has been 

 called by President Weeks to meet at 

 the Hotel Chatham, Pittsburgh, at 

 three o'clock on the afternoon of Jan- 

 uary 30th. A special invitation is ex- 

 tended by the gardeners of Pittsburgh 

 and vicinity to the officials attending 

 the executive session to attend the con- 

 ference. 



