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HORTICULTURE 



February 7, 1914 



AMERICAN C ARNAT ION SOCIETY 



Additional Proceedings 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON THE 

 PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



Your committee for the considera- 

 tion of the President's address re- 

 spectfully submits the following re- 

 port: 



Trophies. 



We feel that the taking of an active 

 executive part in the exploiting and 

 management of a strictly local exhibi- 

 tion, by this society, is likely to lead 

 to serious complications in the future. 

 On the other hand it is the duty of 

 the society to encourage in all feasible 

 ways the public exhibition of the car- 

 nation everywhere. For these reasons 

 your committee does not favor the 

 award of a cup or other trophy of 

 large value at the New York exhibi- 

 tion, as creating a precedent tor sim- 

 ilar demands from other parts of the 

 country in future, which demands 

 could hardly be met. Your committee 

 recommends that one silver and one 

 bronze medal be offered for competi- 

 tion at the New York exhibition and 

 that the society, when proper applica- 

 tion is made, offer similar medals at 

 other exhibitions where it is shown 

 that such exhibitions are of sufficient 

 importance to warrant such offer. 



Color Classification. 



The question of the color line in the 

 pink classes having been set for spe- 

 cial discussion need not be considered 

 by this committee except that your 

 committee would recommend, no mat- 

 ter what color divisions may be 

 adopted, that the judges be author- 

 ized, at any time when convinced that 

 a mistake has been made in any entry 

 in the pink classes, to transfer the 

 exhibit wrongly entered to the proper 

 division of the pink class and to con- 

 sider it therein without prejudice, the 

 same as though it had been originally 

 so entered. 



"Gluts." 



It seems to your committee that 

 "slumps" or "gluts" in the market are 

 occasional, but inevitable conditions to 

 be met in growing and marketing per- 

 ishable crops. It might be well to sug- 

 gest to the grower the advisability of 

 more strictly and carefully grading 

 and culling his product at such times. 

 We believe that the marketing of car- 

 nations carefully packed in boxes is 

 to be recommended for the better 

 grades and in markets which will ac- 

 cept flowers so packed. 



Cultural Questions. 



We doubt that carnations are losing 

 either in fragrance or keeping quali- 

 ties. It is true that some varieties 

 are more fragrant than others — this 

 has always been the case. It is cer- 

 tainly true that flowers produced dur- 

 ing the comparatively sunless winter 

 months will never be so fragrant as 

 in late spring or early summer when 

 the sun is approaching its maximum in 

 Intensity of effect. Your committee 

 feels that the deterioration which oc- 

 curs in carnations is largely due to 



bad or over-Intensive cultivation and 

 especially to improper methods in the 

 selection of cuttings and their hand- 

 ling. We believe it quite possible to 

 build a variety up by careful cultiva- 

 tion and especially by continued intel- 

 ligent and careful selection in propa- 

 gating. 



Membership. 



It is surely to be regretted that 

 more of the men interested in the 

 growing and sale of carnations have 

 not become members of this society. 

 Other societies perhaps are making no 

 better, if as good a showing. We feel 

 that there is no way of largely in- 

 creasing our membership except by 

 the slow and sure way through the ac- 

 tive and continuous efforts of our mem- 

 bers with their individual friends and 

 acquaintances. 



Your committee is hardly inclined 

 to admit that we have exhausted the 

 possibilities of development in the car- 

 nation in any direction — even in size. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



S. J. GODDARD, 



W. Nicholson, 

 W. N. RtTDD. 



ADDITIONAL PRIZE WINNERS. 



In our hurried notes last week the 

 name of J. W. Minott Co.. Portland, Me., 

 was acoidentally omitted from. the list 

 of prize winners. This firm won first on 

 50 "any other crimson" with Pocahon- 

 tas, second on 50 Beacon and second 

 on "any other flesh-pink" with Melody. 

 The Hitchings cup offered as a sweep- 

 stakes in Sec. A., was worthily won by 

 Philadelphia exhibited by S. S. Skidel- 

 sky & Co. The Burki prize for the 

 vase of carnations holding in best con- 

 dition to the end of the exhibition 

 was awarded to S. J. Goddard for his 

 Pink Delight. It is worthy of note 

 that of the five vases considered by 

 the judges for this award, four were 

 from Goddard's collection. The presi- 

 dent-elect evidently "has the goods on 

 him." 



GOOD TEAM WORK. 



We do not recall any similar oc- 

 casion where the members of the lo- 

 cal committees of arrangements were 

 more constantly and efficiently "on 

 their job" than at this Cleveland meet- 

 ing. In tact they were in evidence at 

 all times, industriously attending to 

 their duties and in the most courteous 

 manner to all the visitors. These com- 

 mittees were constituted as follows: 



F. A. Friedley, chairman; Publicity, 

 H. P. Knoble; Decorating, Chas. E. 

 Russell, T. J. Kirchner, Timothy 

 Smith; Entertainment, Geo. W. Smith, 

 Herbert Bate, Herman Hart; Retail 

 display, F. C. W. Brown; Admission, 

 George Bate. 



mer climate of the locality, which 

 should be cool, and also upon the local 

 demand for the summer grown crop. 

 Strout's at Biddeford, Me., had been 

 very successful in this respect and had 

 the benefit of both the pre-requisites 

 mentioned. It was generally agreed 

 that the hot sun in most places was 

 a great and almost unsurmountable 

 drawback to success with "carried 

 over" carnations. 



THE TABLE EXHIBITS. 



The plan for enlisting the support 

 of the retail florists of Cleveland, as 

 carried out, was quite a success. Ten 

 decorated dinner tables were shown, 

 each by a different florist, and the ma- 

 terial in each confined to one new car- 

 nation, the flowers being provided by 

 the respective growers or introducers 

 of these novelties and the assignments 

 being chosen by lot. No awards were 

 given and no priority or distinction 

 recognized. "Philadelphia," entered 

 by S. S. Skidelsky & Co., was nicely ex- 

 ploited by J. M. Gasser Co., the centre 

 being a tall slender vase with three 

 low baskets at the base. Knoble Bros 

 used Roper's Alice Coombe in a slender 

 centre vase flanked by three low vases. 

 Patten's Princess Dagmar was nicely 

 handled by C. M. Wagner. Gloria was 

 well displayed in a beautiful gold VEise 

 and three small baskets by Smith & 

 Fetters. Adam Graham & Sons' sub- 

 ject was Peerless Pink, grown by the 

 Chicago Carnation Co., a lovely combi- 

 nation with Adiantum Croweanum. 

 The Eadie Co. had Matchless, from 

 Cottage Gardens Co. The flowers in 

 the central design were festooned with 

 strands of baby ribbon in soft colors. 

 In this instance, especially, permission 

 to use one flower other than the carna- 

 tion, to add color life would have been 

 a great help to the decorator. Mrs. 

 E. G. Wilson had Gloriosa in a grace- 

 ful vase effect but rather overloaded 

 with pink chiffon. Yellowstone from 

 P. Dorner & Sons Co. was displayed In 

 a low arrangement by Westman & 

 Getz, with Adiantum Farleyense. Joy 

 from A. L. Randall Co. was used in a 

 low handle basket by the Jones-Russell 

 Co. Pink Supreme from J. H. Leach 

 & Son, North Easton, Mass., looked 

 fine in a low wide vase arranged by A. 

 M. Albrecht. 



CARNATIONS IN SECOND YEAR. 



In the discussion which followed 

 Mr. Pyfer's paper on carrying over 

 carnation plants a second year, the 

 consensus of opinion seemed to be that 

 the success or failure of such a meth- 

 od would depend largely upon the sum- 



THE BANQUET. 



This social feature of the conven- 

 tion, so enjoyable always, was a splen- 

 did success. The baskets and vases 

 of flowers that had been exhibited 

 were now turned to use as table dec- 

 orations for the guests. Many of the 

 ladies were in evening gowns. Officers 

 and speakers were lined up at one long 

 table and the other^ guests were 

 grouped at round tables', making a bril- 

 liant and inspiring picture and there 

 was plenty of good music. 



President Knoble of the Cleveland 

 Florists' Club started the exercises of 

 the second section with a few words 

 of welcome, expressing the hope that 



