February 8, 1919 



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CARNATION DEMOCRACY. 



Photograph ta 

 We here present a photograph of a 

 house of Gude Bros.' sensational new 

 "Democracy" carnation. The photo- 

 graph will speak for itself and no 

 comment is necessary. Gude Bros, 

 are not offering any stock for sale at 

 this time. 



Mr. Gude is of the opinion that this 

 is the best money maker extant. They 



ken January 120, 1919, by Gude Bros., Wash 

 are growing three houses of this con- 

 taining twenty-five thousand plants 

 and the cut for the past four months 

 has been more than anybody could 

 ask. None of these flowers have been 

 sold for less than sixteen dollars a 

 hundred and the great majority of 

 them retailed at from three to five 

 dollars per dozen. 



This is the carnation that took the 



ington. D. C. 

 first prize over all comers at the Grand 

 Central Palace in New York last 

 spring and was on exhibition for the 

 carnation lovers to see and examine 

 in Cleveland, Ohio, last week. 



The color also is in a class by it- 

 self reminding one of that magnifi- 

 cent glowing light pink peony. For 

 wedding work and funeral clusters it 

 is perfect. 



GARDENERS' CONFERENCE AT 

 PITTSBURGH. 



The gardeners' conference, held at 

 the Hotel Chatham, Pittsburgh, Jan- 

 uary 30th, under the auspices of the 

 Pittsburgh and vicinity members of 

 the National Association of Gardeners, 

 brought together a representative 

 gathering of gardeners from western 

 Pennsylvania. 



Following the reception from tj to 

 6.30 o'clock, David Fraser of Pitts- 

 burgh, chairman of the conference, in- 

 troduced Robert Weeks of Cleveland, 

 president of the national association, 

 who spoke on the "Gardener's Relation 

 to his Employer," presenting the sub- 

 ject in a very able manner. 



After a discussion of Mr. Weeks' 

 address, Mr. Adolph Kruhm was in- 

 troduced by the chairman to speak on 

 the inconsistencies of the plant import 

 exclusion aot and he presented some 

 incontrovertible facts on the absurd- 

 ities of the measure, which were em- 

 bodied in some correspondence that 

 passed between the Federal authori- 



ties and' himself. A general discus- 

 sion ensued which resulted in the pass- 

 ing of a resolution, instructing the 

 secretary of the national association to 

 wire a strong protest to Secretary 

 Houston of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Mr. Wm. Falconer, that venerable 

 gardener of Pittsburgh, was the next 

 speaker who chose as his subject the 

 "Gardener and His Profession," re- 

 viewing the work of professional gar- 

 deners in this country. Mr. Falconer 

 referred to a number of men, holding 

 high positions in the public service 

 and commercial fields, who came from 

 the ranks of private gardeners. 



M. C. Ebel, secretary of the national 

 association, spoke on the activities of 

 the National Association of Gardeners 

 and its general purposes. 



At the conclusion of the addresses of 

 the evening, a buffet supper was 

 served which was preceded by a social 

 hour. 



The conference was in charge of a 

 local committee of which David Fra- 



ser was chairman and James Barnet 

 of Sewickley, secretary. 



The following protest was tele- 

 graphed to Secretary Houston at 

 Washington after the conference. 



"At a conference of the National 

 Association of Gardeners held in this 

 city, which association represents the 

 profession of gardening in this coun- 

 try, a resolution was adopted most em- 

 phatically protesting against the plant 

 import exclusion act, known as Quar- 

 antine Bill No. 37, as being not only 

 most unfair, unreasonable, and detri- 

 mental to American ornamental horti- 

 culture but also most inconsistent in 

 its construction, casting a slur on the 

 ability and intelligence of American 

 entomologists and pathologists, which 

 reflection, strange as it may seem, ap- 

 pears to have the approval of the 

 scientists themselves. The resolution 

 urges that you reconsider this arbitra- 

 ry act which is certainly not in har- 

 mony with the spirit of democracy our 

 government is endeavoring to intro- 

 duce to the whole world." 



