November 11, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



321 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY 



Annual Report of the Secretary, 

 Charles W. Johnson 



Mr. Charles W. Johnson, secretary 

 of the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America has issued his annual report. 

 He says: 



The eighteenth annual meeting was 

 held in conjunction with the annual 

 fair of the American Institute of the 

 City of New York at the Engineering 

 Building. New York. There was a 

 very creditable showing of fine blooms 

 exhibited by the memljers of the so- 

 ciety consisting principally of the 

 standard exhibition and commer- 

 cial varieties but very few seed- 

 lings or new varieties. The lack 

 of new seedlings at our exhibitions 

 brings to the mind of experienced ex- 

 hibitors the difference between the 

 shows of today and those of former 

 years when the greatest interest was 

 centered on the seedlings and novel- 

 ties and now that we cannot depend 

 on foreign Importations to create this 

 interest it is a challenge to the mem- 

 bers of the C. S. A. to demonstrate 

 their ability along the lines of pro- 

 ducing new varieties. There was a 

 very strong showing of the pompon 

 and single varieties which attracted 

 the attention of the visitors showing 

 how popular these varieties are with 

 the general public. The secretary was 

 in attendance at the show and a re- 

 port of the proceedings has been 

 printed and mailed to all members of 

 the society. 



The invitation of the Washington 

 Florists' Club to hold the 1920 meeting 

 In Washington being accepted, your 

 secretary accordingly made a solicita- 

 tion of special premiums and thanks 

 to those who contributed to the same 

 ■we have a very creditable list of pre- 

 miums. 



Your secretary has noticed most 

 particularly during the past year the 

 falling off in the support the society 

 is receiving from the private garden- 

 ers; this may be due to the conditions 

 as they now exist on private places 

 following the war. but as the C. S. A. 

 has drawn its strongest support from 

 the ranks of the gardeners we can ill 

 afford to lose it. 



The planting of chrysanthemums 

 for commercial cut flower purposes is 

 larger than ever this year, especially 

 the pompon varieties, but up to the 

 present time the demand has kept well 

 up to the supply throughout a greater 

 part of the country. In the eastern 

 states the unusually fine weather for 

 this time of the year has advanced the 

 flowering pei-iod of most of the varie- 

 ties BO that the season will be short- 



Keep them Coming 



We don't care whether you grow Roses, Carnations, or Sweet 

 Peas, but we do know that the fellow who has Lilies this Spring 

 is going to top the market for prices. Plant all the bulbs you 

 can buy. Don't ask why but do it ! Both Cold Storage and 

 New Crop. We have Cold Storage Gigs and New Crop For- 

 mosum now. Write for Prices. 



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This Mignonette is considered to be one of the finest for the greenhouse, 

 and has received many Awards where exhibited. 



It produces enormous sweetly scented spikes of reddish-green flowers, 

 which are greatly in demand for cutting. 



1-4 oz., $4.00; 1-8 oz., $2.00; 1-16 oz., $1.00 



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I.MPORTEB 



43 West 18th Street 



NEW YORK 



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 Horticultural Sundries 



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 BOSTON, MASS. 



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 NEW YORK CITY 



ened considerably: otherwise tlie 

 clirysauthemum grower has little to 

 complain of. 



Your secretary wishes to acknowl- 

 edge the kindness of Mr. Elmer D. 

 Smith in furnishing him with a com- 

 plete list of varieties disseminated in 

 1919 which was a great help in getting 

 up the annual report. 



A new store has been opened on 

 Ridge avenue, Philadelphia, by Mr. 

 John Brown, son of Mrs. S. Brown, 

 who is a well known florist located on 

 West Lehigh avenue. 



August Wanjeck has bought the 

 property 2537 Lehigh avenue and will 

 remodel same tor his retail flower 

 business. 



