February 8, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 



At the 28th annual meeting of the 

 American Carnation Society in Cleve- 

 land, the craft was fairly well repre- 

 sented from all sections of the coun- 

 try. The directors and publicity com- 

 mittees of the S. A. F. were present, 

 stopping on their way to Detroit. 

 Great credit is due the officials of the 

 Carnation Society for their optimism 

 amid the depressing con- 

 ditions of last fall, and 

 the gratifying success of 

 the meeting is a just and 

 fitting tribute to their 

 perseverance and un- 

 shakable faith in the 

 future. 



The Business Meetings. 



President Strout called 

 the initial session to or- 

 der promptly at 8 o'clock 

 Wednesday evening and 

 proceeded at once with 

 his address which showed 

 a masterly grasp of pres- 

 ent day conditions and 

 contained several impor- 

 tant recommendations. 

 The annual report of 

 secretary followed, which 

 was a record of pro- 

 nounced progress. Treas- 

 urer F. E. DorneT being 

 absent, his report was 

 read by the secretary 

 and displayed a healthy 

 condition of the socie- 

 ty's finances. Both Chi- 

 cago and Cincinnati 

 made a bid for the 1920 

 meeting, the latter with- 

 drawing in favor of the 

 former. Theodore Dor- 

 ner, of Lafayette, Ind., 

 was unanimously nomi- 

 nated for president; C. 

 W. Johnson, of Morgan 

 Park, 111., was unani- 

 mously chosen vice-presi- 

 dent; A. F. J. Baur, of 

 Indianapolis, Ind., was 

 the "only choice for sec- 

 retary, and likewise F. E. Dorner. of 

 Lafayette, Ind., for treasurer. Carl 

 Hagenberger and W. D. Howard were 

 nominated for directors and C. W. 

 Johnson and David S. Ward were 

 unanimously nominated to succeed 

 themselves as judges. Adam Kohan- 

 kie, of Denver, Colorado, pointed out 

 the justice of giving special consider- 

 ation in the judging to exhibits which 



came from a long distance, which 

 called forth considerable discussion, 

 following which R. C. Kerr, of Hous- 

 ton, Tex., offered the society a prize 

 of $25.00 for the best keeping carna- 

 tion at the next meeting, the offer be- 

 ing accepted. 



The final business session convened 

 at 10 o'clock Thursday morning and 



Theodore Dorxer, Lafayette, Ind. 

 President-elect American Carnation Society 



was devoted largely to the discussion 

 of the recommendations contained in 

 the president's address, which had 

 been committed for especial consid- 

 eration. They were as follows; A 

 fitting recognition of the services of 

 members of the sociPty in the army, 

 to carry out which, the secretary was 

 instructed to send a resolution of 

 thanks and appreciation to each indi- 



vidual member in the service; the 

 giving of substantial assistance to 

 English, French and Belgian growers 

 of carnations to help them recover 

 from the devastations caused by the 

 war, to accomplish which a commit- 

 tee, composed of Irwin Berterman, 

 John Dunlop and J. F. Ammann was 

 appointed; this committee was also 

 instructed to register the 

 emphatic disapproval of 

 the society in connection 

 with the recent drastic 

 ruling of the Federal 

 Horticultural Board, ex- 

 cluding plants; the adop- 

 tion of a uniform grading 

 of stock, to be known as 

 the American Carnation 

 Society standard grading 

 system, for which pur- 

 pose C. W. Johnson, S. J. 

 Goddard and E. Saunders 

 were appointed as a com- 

 mittee. David S. Ward 

 gave an interesting ac- 

 count of his experiences 

 in the army in France. 

 The matter of prices in 

 their relationship to costs 

 was given considerable 

 discussion. Adam Ko- 

 hankie, of Denver, Colo- 

 rado, declared that with 

 coal at $2.25 per ton in 

 his section of the coun- 

 try carnations could not 

 be grown for profit at 

 less than an average 

 price of 3^0.; E. Saun- 

 ders, of Lewiston, Me., 

 who had paid $13.00 for 

 his present supply of 

 coal, thought that 6c. 

 was the required average 

 figure; with coal at $7.00 

 in Ontario. John Dunlop, 

 of Toronto, placed the 

 lowest average price at 

 3%c, while Karl Baum, 

 of Knoxville, Tenn., as- 

 serted 5c. to be about the 

 proper average figure. 

 Henry Penn, of Boston, addressed the 

 meeting on the subject of publicity 

 and George Asmus, of Chicago, made 

 a plea for better co-operation, and 

 uniform prices. The Secretary was 

 instructed to cast the vote electing the 

 officers who had been unanimously 

 nominated at the previous meeting. 

 In the contest between Carl Hagen- 

 berger and W. D. Howard for the 



