August 24, 1912 



HOETICULTURE 



270a 



Clark," by Jackson & Perkins, Newark, N. 

 Y. 



475, Oct. 7, 1911— Rose, "Sunshine," by 

 Jackson & Clark, Newark, N. Y. 



476, Oct. 5, 1911 — Rose, "Double ImproT- 

 ed Wliite Killarney," by S. J. Reuter & 

 Son. Westerly, R. I. 



477, Oct. 5. 1911— Althaea, "Wm. P. 

 i5mith," by Heury A. Dreer, Inc., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



47S, Nov. 30, 1911— Gerauium, "General 

 Wayne," by F. H. DeWitt, Wooster, Ohio. 



470, Nov. SO, 1911— Geranium, "Aviator 

 Rodgers," by F. H. DeWitt, Wooster, 

 Ohio. 



4S0, Nov. 30, 1911 — Gerauium, "Dr. 

 Wvlie." by F. H. DeWitt, Wooster, Ohio. 



481, Nov. 30. 1911— Geranium, "Aviator 

 Atwood," by F. H. DeWitt, Wooster, Ohio. 



4.S1-', Nov. 30, 1911— Canua, "Conowingo," 

 bv the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa. 



483, Nov, 30, 1911— Canna, "Splendor," 

 liv the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa. 



4S4. Nov. 30, 1911— Canna, "Wabash," 

 bv the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa. 



485, Nov. 30, 1911— Canua "Beacon," 

 bv the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa. 



486, Nov. 30, 1911 — Canna, "Kate P. 

 Deemer," by the Conard & Jones Co., West 

 Grove, Pa. 



487, Feb. 5, 1912— Orchid, "Laelia An- 

 ceps, var Lageriana," by Lager & Hurrell, 

 Summit, N. J. 



488, Feb. 2% 1912 — Carnation, "Commo- 

 dore," by the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, 

 Ind. 



489, March 9, 1912— Gladiolus, "American 

 Wonder," by H. W. Koerner, Milwaukee, 

 Wis. 



490, March 9. 1912— Gladiolus, "American 

 Giant," by H, W. Koerner, Milwaukee, 

 Wis. 



491, March 22, 1912— Gerauium, "Mrs. E. 

 D. Curtis," by Curtis Floral Co., 515 S. 

 Main St., Hampton, Iowa. 



492, May 11, 1912— Rose, "Killarney Bril- 

 liant." by Robert Scott cfc Son, Sharon 

 Hill, Pa. 



493, April 27, 1912-Fern; "Petrls Cre- 

 tica Andorsonii," by J, F. Anderson, Short 

 Hills, N. J. 



494, June 2S, 1912— Gerauium, "Helen 

 Michell," by Henry F. Michell Co., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



Medals. 



The following medals were awarded 

 during the year: 



Silver Medal — P. Dorner & Sons Co., 

 Lafayette, Ind., for carnation "Ro- 

 sette" offered through the American 

 Carnation Society at its annual meet- 

 ing held in Detroit. 



Bronze Medal— E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond. Ind., for carnation "Com- 

 modore," offered through the Ameri- 

 can Carnation Society, at Detroit. 



Silver Medal — J. A. Peterson, Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, for begonia "Westwood," 

 offered through the Cincinnati Flor- 

 ists' Society at their exhibition In Cin- 

 cinnati, November, 1911. 



Bronze Medal — R. Witterstaetter, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, for carnation "Presi- 

 dent J. A. Valentine," offered through 

 the Cincinnati Florists' Society at 

 their exhibition held in Cincinnati, 

 November, 1911. 



There were also three silver and 

 three bronze medals offered at the 

 International Exposition in London for 

 plants and flowers of American origin. 

 The secretary has not yet been noti- 

 fied to whom these medals were 

 awarded. 



Since the last convention the follow- 

 ing members have died : E. A. Moseley, 

 I. L. Powell, Fred Ehret. C. A. Juengel, 

 J. Labo, J. A. Pettigrew, J. F. Wilcox, J. 

 R. Freeman. W. H. Moon, Frank Pior- 

 kovski. Wm. Bester, Charles Knopf, 

 W. R. Smith, ex-president and father 

 of the charter of the Society. 



Trade Press. 



The trade press continue to publish 

 all items of interest sent them from 



the secretary's offlce and publish all 

 reports of the proceedings of the So- 

 ciety and furnish complimentary cop- 

 ies of their publication for the use of 

 the secretary. 



Secretary's Office. 



The work of the secretary has been 

 very interesting and fascinating. 



I desire to thank publicly the offi- 

 cers and members of the Society who 

 have assisted me at all times with 

 their advice and good council, which 

 has made the work so much lighter 

 and pleasant. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



Treasurer W. F. Kasting then read 

 his report as follows: 



Summary of treasurer's annual re- 

 port, January 1st, 1911, to January 

 15th, 1912. 



Jan. 1, 1911. 

 Balance in Permanent 



Fund $9,020.17 



Receipts to Jan. 15, '12 2,917.69 



Balance in Permanent 



Fund, Jan. 15, '12.... $11,937.86 



Jan. 1, 1911. 

 Balance in General Fund $6,327.81 

 Receipts to Jan. 15, 12 7,689.80 



,$14,017.61 

 Disbursements to Jan. 

 15, '12 4,709.54 



Balance in General Fund, 



Jan. 15, '12 9,308.07 



Total Balance, Jan. 1.3, 



■12 $21,245.93 



Invested as follows: 



Permanent Fund, 



Dunkelberg Bond & 



Mortgage, Ft. Wayne, 



Ind $6,000.00 



Citv & Suburban Realty 



Co., Ft. Wayne, lud.. 1,500.00 

 American Savings Bank. 



Buffalo, N. Y .3,082.65 



Peoples Bank, Buffalo, 



N. Y 710.47 



Germania Savings Bank, 



P'"^"^"'-^'' ^^' "^^-'^ $11,9.37.86 



General Fund. 

 Peoples Bank, Buffalo, 



N. y., savings acct... $.3,538.20 

 Peoples Bank. Buffalo, 



N. Y., checking acct.. 1,513.77 

 American Savings Bank, 



^-^-^"-^-^ ^■-^^■^" 9,308.07 



$21,245.93 



Bond & Mortgage at 5 per cent, interest. 



Pittsburg & Buffalo Savings Banks at 4 

 per cent, interest. 



Peoples Bank on .$710.47, 4 per cent, 

 interest. 



Peoples Bank on checking account, i per 

 cent, interest on quarterly balances. 



Summary of treasurer's report, Jan- 

 uary 1st, 1912, to August 1st, 1912. 



Jan. 1, 1912. 

 Balance iu Permanent 



Fund .$11,937.86 



Receipts to Aug. 1, Per- 



"-"^'^"■^'l J:}}^ $13,030.4.3 



Jan. 1, 1912. 



Balance in General 

 Fund $9,308.07 



Receipts to Aug. 1, Gen- 

 eral Fund 3,351,58 



$12,659.65 



General Fund Disburse- 

 ments to Aug. 1 .3,056.63 



Balance in General 



Fund, Aug. 1, 1912. . . . 9,603.02 



Total Balance, August 1. 1912... $22,653.45 



Invested as follows: 



Permanent Fund. 

 Dunkelberg Bond & 



Mortgage, Ft. Wayne, 



Ind $6,000.00 



City & Suburban Realty 



Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind.. I,.500.n0 



American Savings Bank, 



Buffalo, N. Y 3,459.07 



Peoples Bank, Buffalo, 



N. Y 1,4:33.74 



Germania Savings Bank, 



Pittsburg. Pa Ii57.62 



General B'und. 

 American Savings Bank, 



Buffalo, N. Y $4,705.05 



Peoples Bank, savings 



acct 3,065.73 



Peoples Bank, checking 



acct 1,832.24 



$13,050.43- 



9603.02 



$22,653.45 

 Bond & Mortgage at 5 per cent, interest. 

 Pittsburg A; Buffalo Savings Banks at 4 

 per cent, interest. 



Peoples Bank on savings account, 4 per 

 cent, interest. 



Peoples Bank on checking acconut, 3 per 

 cent, interest on ciuarterly balances. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



W. F. KASTING, 

 Treasurer. 



In the absence of Chairman Pierson, 

 J. G. Esler stated that the legislative 

 committee had learned that the sev- 

 eral postal parcels bills had gone into 

 conference at Washington. Charles 

 H. Totty next presented an interest- 

 ing and encouraging report on behalf 

 of the National Flower Show Commit- 

 tee. The stenographer, Mr. Brown, 

 then read for the information of the 

 meeting the full report of the Execu- 

 tive Committee's mid-winter meeting. 

 Messrs. Valentine, Vaughan, Bsler and' 

 Welch were appointed a committee on 

 the recommendations in the Presi- 

 dent's address. 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Tuesday afternoon session was bet- 

 ter attended than that of the morning 

 and developed into a record event in 

 some respects. The first thing on the 

 program was a talk by Wm. Gourlay 

 of the American Express Company, 

 who gave many assurances of the de- 

 sire of his company to deal with flor- 

 ists and plant shippers on the square. 

 Next Meeting Place. 



The question of the next meeting- 

 place then came up and after more or 

 less debate Minneapolis, Minn., was 

 selected by unanimous vote, although 

 W A. Manda put up an eloquent plea 

 for Atlantic City, N. J. Mr. Manda 

 proved himself to be a spell-binder of 

 no mean quality. 



TUESDAY EVENING SESSION. 



After a brief intermission the even- 

 ing session was opened and with it 

 the discussion of the various proposed 

 amendments to the by-laws. Patrick 

 O'Mara outdid himself in his speech 

 against the proposition to hand over 

 to the Executive Board the appoint- 

 ment of secretary. Mr. O'Mara's "dec- 

 laration of faith" was a classic. "The 

 wider you divide the responsibility the 

 better it will be tor this Society," he 

 said, and it was the prelude to a 

 battle royal in which many clouded 

 possibilities were dragged out to the 

 light of day and then given a decent 

 burial. The proposition as to the sec-- 

 retarv was tabled until next year and' 

 the proposal to correct the records of 

 1909 and validate the remission of 

 dues to certain members was de- 

 feated, a substitute motion applying: 

 the concession and the title of "PiJ^ 

 neer Member" to all members of 1885 

 who paid dues for 25 consecutive 

 years being adopted. A committee 

 was constituted to consider and report 

 on a plan to erect a monument in 

 Washington to W. R. Smith. 



Mr. Rossi of San Francisco then ad- 



