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HORTICULTURE 



August 28, 1920 



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Bntered aa second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office 

 at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1897. 



It was inevitable that the name of the Cana- 



Canadian dian Horticultural Society should be changed. 



florists For some time it has been apparent that 



there was a strong feeling throughout the 

 membership that the old name did not properly represent 

 the purposes and objects of the organization. Especially 

 during the past year there has been much discussion in 

 regard to the proposed change, and while some of the 

 leading florists recorded themselves in opposition, the ma- 

 jority were free to express themselves as approving a 

 name which would actually include the word "florists." 

 It is not surprising, therefore, that at the recent conven- 

 tion the unanimous report of the committee appointed to 

 consider the matter should be accepted with spontaneity. 

 From now on, therefore, the organization will be known 

 as the Canadian Florists' and Gardeners' Association. It 

 is an expressive name, telling exactly what the Association 

 is expected to represent. We believe that the change is a 

 good one, and that the organization will make more rapid 

 growth now that this matter has been settled. 



Of course, Boston and all New England feel 

 President happy at the selection of Thomas Roland, of 

 Roland Nahant, Mass., for president of the S. A. F. 

 and O. H. There is a feeling of natural pride 

 in having a representative of one's own section at the head 

 of this great organization. At the same time we are sure 

 that the membership throughout the entire country feels 

 that no better selection could have been made by the con- 

 vention. President Roland's well earned reputation is not 

 confined by any means to the East. He is known wherever 

 florists are to be found, and evei-ywhere commands the 

 highest respect and esteem. While Mr. Roland is not the 

 kind of man to be described as "hail fellow, well met," 

 he is nevertheless a very companionable and likable man. 



especially in the company of his closest friends. He has 

 made a distinct success of his business, growing to per- 

 fection certain flowers which are by no means easy to 

 handle. He is a ready speaker, remarkably self possessed, 

 always able to meet any situation which may arise, and 

 never failing to be fair and impartial in his decisions when 

 occupying an executive post. We feel sure that he will 

 carry the S. A. F. through a successful year and justify 

 the confidence which has been placed in him. 



President Roland will have the assistance of a very 

 capable list of officers. Mr. Gude, vice-president, holds a 

 high rank among florists, and will make a splendid host 

 when the society goes to Washington next year. No one 

 could doubt the popularity of Secretary John Young who 

 was present when he was nominated by George Asmus and 

 heard the tumult of cheering which followed. Mr. Hess 

 has mad^ a very capable treasurer, and no one could see 

 any reason for making a change in that office. 



It is evident that growere in all lines 

 Nomenclature feel the necessity of a more rigid stand- 

 ard in the matter of nomenclature, and 

 favor whatever action is necessary to bring about a proper 

 revision and to prevent the duplication of names. It is 

 true that not a few difficulties are certain to be met with 

 as was stated by Professor A. C. Deal in his report before 

 the American Gladiolus Society in Boston. Probably it 

 will take a long time to overcome all of these difficulties, 

 but the hearty cooperation of the growers in all branches 

 of horticulture will mean much towards bringing about 

 the desired result. 



At the report of the Nomenclature Committee before 

 the convention of the S. A. P. some important points were 

 brought out. Many members learned for the first time of 

 the work of the joint committee which represents the 

 American Association of Nurserymen and Ornamental 

 Growers' Association, the American Society of Landscape 

 Architects, the American Pharmaceutical Association, the 

 American Association of Park Superintendents, the Ameri- 

 can Seed Trade Association, the Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists, and the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society. In the report read at the con- 

 vention, an interesting recommendation from Harlan P. 

 Kelsey, of Salem, secretary of the Joint committee, was 

 read. This recommendation calls for the establishment at 

 once of a National Plant Registration Bureau, which should 

 pass on all new plant names, and whose decision should 

 be final. This bureau should be equipped to identify any 

 plant material submitted to it, and to register new names. 

 Revision of "Official Catalogues of Standard Plant Names" 

 should be made at stated periods, perhaps five or ten years 

 apart, when necessary changes and additions should be 

 made. New editions should be planned as may become 

 necessary, in which additions but not changes may be 

 made. The United States should establish suitable and 

 adequate botanic gardens for growing specimens of plant 

 materials with their standardized plant names attached. 



We know that Mr. Kelsey has given much time to a 

 study of this matter, and no doubt his recommendations 

 will be given careful consideration. Certainly this whole 

 question is coming to the front more insistently than ever 

 before. This is true, not only in this country, but also 

 abroad, and it is safe to say that with so many members 

 considering the question some soit of suitable solution 

 will be duly evolved. 



