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The Florists^ Review 



Febuuart 1, 1917. 



A. F. J. Baur. 

 (Secrelary American Carnaf on Soci^tj.) 



hotel during the evening of February 

 1, wer,e in charge of the Indiana State 

 Florists' Association, the officers of 

 which are as follows: 



President — W. J. Vcscy, Jr., Fort 

 Wayne. 



First vice-president — Trwin Berter- 

 iiiann, Indianapolis. 



Second vice-president — Theodore Dor- 

 ner, La Favette. 



Secretary — O. E. Steinkamp, Indian- 

 apolis. 



Treasurer — II. L. Wiegand, Indian- 

 apolis. 



The A. C. S. was the first of the trade 

 societies to adopt the practice of closing 

 its meeting with a banquet for which 

 each member buys liis own ticket. 



SECEETABY'S REPORT. 



[The followiiiK is tlio report of Scfrctary A. K. 

 ,7 Baur, presented to tlii' Aiiiericiiii Ciiriiatioii So- 

 ciety at its meeting at Indianapolis, .laniiary :U. 

 lltn.] 



During the last twelve months tlie 

 secretary's office has been unusually 

 busv. With our participation in the 

 National Flower Show in Philadelphia 

 last March and the soliciting of funds 

 in aid of Miss Anna Jarvis, there has 

 V)een much extra work and some addi- 

 tional expense. The receipts, however, 

 have also increased somewhat, though 

 not quite so much as the expense, so 

 that at the end of this fiscal year we 

 find ourselves with somewhat less cash 

 in the general fund than a year ago, but 

 still in good condition. 



Financial Statement. 



During the last year the secretary's 

 office has received: 



Dues $ 729.00 



Advertising 261.85 



Jlisiellancous 46.0.") 



.Mothers' day 154.00 



Total $1,190.90 



All of which was turned over to the 

 treasurer and his receipt taken therefor. 



The secretary's and treasurer's books 

 ^vere checked over by a public auditor 

 and found correct. All bills are being 

 met promptly and all accounts due the 

 society are being collected without loss. 

 We are pleased to note that twenty-six 

 ])ages of advertising space in this year's 

 premium schedule were taken by our 

 members and friends. We feel that our 

 members should make an effort to j.at- 

 lonize these adxTrtisers as much as 

 ))Ossible, in order to make it worth their 

 while to use these pages as an advertis- 

 ing medium. 



Membership Decreasing. 



The one department that gives your 

 secretary more concern than any other 

 is the membership list. During the last 

 year we have taken in forty-five new 

 members and reinstated six; yet, in spite 

 of this unusual number of additions, 

 we are now thirteen members behind 

 last report. The list now stands at .''.12 

 annual members and twelve life mem- 

 bers, making a total of 324. 



During the year we have lost Albert 

 Roper, who died March 1; Wm. F. 

 Kasting, who died June 15; Thos. C. 

 •Toy, who died November 10, and W. E. 

 Krocschell, who died November 23. All 

 of these men were favorably known to 

 most of you and will be missed at our 

 conventions. 



We have 217 members in good stand- 



ing in the Society of American Florists 

 and therefore continue to be represented 

 on its board of directors. Our present 

 president, Mr. Ammann, was selected to 

 that position, to serve during the year 

 1917. 



New Varieties. 



Since the last meeting, we have re- 

 ceived seven new varieties for registra- 

 tion. Fourteen others were sent over 

 by the Perpetual Flowering Carnation 

 Society of England. 



A special silver medal was struck to 

 commemorate the society's twenty-fifth 

 year and was awarded to each winner of 

 a first premium in the carnation section 

 at the National Flower Show in Phila- 

 delphia last March. Those who received 

 the medal are S. J. Goddard, E. G. Hill 

 Co., Strafford Flower Farms, J. W. Mi- 

 nott Co., E. F. Lieker, Cottage Gardens 

 Co., A. A. Pembroke, Strouts, 'Wni. 

 Kleinheinz, W. L. Ellis, Wm. Graham, 

 Mrs. Wm. Austin, A. Harvey & Sons, 

 Countess Eulalia and W. E. Lenk, fif- 

 teen in all. 



This society took an active part in 

 the National Flower Show in Philadel- 

 jdiia last March. Not only did we pre- 

 pare the premium schedule and the rules 

 for staging the carnation section of the 

 show, but members of this society con- 

 tributed $515 toward paying the premi- 

 ums of this department, thereby reduc- 

 ing the liability of the management to 

 that extent. 



Changes in Premiums. 



Early in the year the secretary, by 

 direction of the board of directors, 

 solicited funds from the members for 

 the Mothers' Day fund which was be- 

 ing raised by the Society of American 

 Florists, for the purpose of assisting 

 Miss Jarvis in promoting that day. As 

 a result, $154 was raised and sent to 

 Secretary Young. 



The board of directors held the cus- 

 tomary post convention meeting Janu- 

 ary 27, in St. Louis. A second meeting 

 was held in Philadelphia March 28, in- 

 stead of the usual midsummer meeting. 

 At this meeting some changes were 

 made in the premiums offered in most 

 of the classes contained in the premium 

 schedule for this year's exhibition. In 

 Section A, classes 1 to 11, the premiums 

 were raised from $10 and $6 to $15 and 

 $10. In Section B, classes 12 to 36, 

 the premiums were raised from $5 and 

 $3 to $8 and $5. In Section C only 

 one premium, $10, is offered instead of 

 $6 and $4. These changes have in- 

 creased our liability on premiums by 

 $219. Five disseminators have again 

 generously contributed the premiums in 

 Section C. 



The identification badges you are 

 wearing were provided as a result of 

 the action taken in the meeting at St. 

 Louis last year. They are the most 

 practical article we were able to find 

 for the purpose. If they are satisfac- 

 tory, we will continue to use them. 



The arrangements for this meeting 

 were left entirely in the hands of our 

 vice-president, W. J. Vesey, Jr., and 

 his committees selected from the Indi- 

 ana State Florists' Society. That 

 they have labored earnestly and har- 

 moniously y6u can see by the results 

 accomplished. The retail men have 

 again come forward with a splendid 

 demonstration of the carnation's adap- 

 tability for decorative effects. They 

 should be given credit and every en- 

 couragement possible. 



