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HORTICULTURE 



January 25. 1919 



latter were J. J. Karins and Stephen 

 Green of Philadelphia and M. M. 

 Cohen of New York. It was a very 

 enjoyable occasion. 



A VICTORY MEETING. 



The annual meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society in Cleveland. Jan- 

 uary 29 and 30, will be one of the 

 most important gatherings in the en- 

 tire history of that organization. It 

 is to be pre-eminently, a get-together 

 affair. To the particularly great in- 

 terest in the carnation at present, due 

 in part to the higher values, is added 

 the natural inclination of the trade to 

 assemble with their fellows in fitting 

 celebration of the victorious ending of 

 the war. That the attendance shall 

 be unprecedentedly large is the gen- 

 eral prediction. In the past the east 

 has been the greatest influence at 

 these conventions. There is strong 

 probability that the middle west shall 

 assert its importance at the Sixth 

 City meeting. And the happy union 

 of these two great sections cannot but 

 result in an epoch-making event, both 

 in point of exhibition and attendance. 

 There should be not only a large and 

 splendid exhibit of flowers at this 

 convention, but so strong and unmis- 

 takable expression of good will from 

 the assembled trade, that the event 

 shall forever live in the annals of the 

 American Carnation Society as "The 

 Victory Meeting." 



ROCHESTER FLORISTS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



Rochester Florists have joined flor- 

 ists in all parts of the country in pro- 

 testing against the bill prohibiting the 

 importation of plants, shrubs and bulbs. 

 At the meeting this week vigorous 

 protests were voiced. James J. Karins 

 of Philadelphia was the speaker. He 

 pointed out the various ways in which 

 the new law would affect the trade. 



The association went on record in 

 condemnation of the bill and voted to 

 send its protest to Congress in the 

 form of resolutions. The following 

 officers were elected: president, Harry 

 E. Bates; vice-president, George T. 

 Boucher; secretary, A. H. Seeker; 

 treasurer, James Sproat. The members 

 presented Hubert B. Stringer, retir- 

 ing president with a pair of cuff links. 

 Mr. Stringer served as president for 

 two years. 



The following officers were elected 

 at the last meeting of the Paterson 

 Horticultural Society of Paterson, N. 

 J., to serve for the ensuing year: 

 President, Joseph M. Ackermann; 

 vice-president. Chas. E. Walker; sec- 

 retary, Andrew N. Gardener; treas- 

 urer. Sebastian Hubschmitt. 



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