FUBBUABT 8, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



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A General View of the Twenty-sixth Annual Exhibition of the American Carnation Society> Indianapolis, January 3J, I9I7. 



the certificate of merit. This was grant- 

 ed, with the result of a score of eighty- 

 two points. 



The Banquet. 



As the banquet was given iu the Kiley 

 room, where the show was held, the ex- 

 hibition flowers were used as decora- 

 tions, making an elaborate display. 

 During the evening the entertainment 

 included an orchestra and cabaret danc- 

 ing. The special feature of the evening 

 was a chariot of carnations and sweet 

 peas drawn by two little girls, in which 

 was seated the maid of honor represent- 

 ing the American Carnation Society. 

 Attending her and seated at her feet 

 ■was a smaller maid, representing the In- 

 diana State Florists' Association. E. 

 G. Hill, acting as toastmaster, intro- 

 duced in his humorous way the follow- 

 ing: Irwin Bertermann, to speak for the 

 Indiana State Florists' Association; J. 

 y. Ammann, to speak for the American 

 Carnation Society; Hon. Chas. W. Book- 

 waiter, to speak for the city; David 

 Ward, to speak for the carnation; John 

 H. Dunlop, to speak for Canada; David 

 Geddis, to speak for the St. Louis spring 

 show; A. F. J. Baur, to speak as secre- 

 tary; Wm. J. Vesey, Jr., the president- 

 <^lect; August Poehlmann, as an inter- 

 ested visitor; Albert Pochelon, to speak 

 for the F. T. D., and Wm. Nicholson, as 

 representative of the old guard. Wm. 

 F. Gude telegraphed his regrets. 



W. J. Vesey, Jr., as retiring president 

 of the Indiana State Florists' Associa- 

 tion and incoming president of the 

 American Carnation Society, thanked 

 his committees in general, especially 

 commending the efforts of John Berter- 

 mann, Henry W. Eieman, Homer L, 

 Wiegand, Fred H. Lemon, O. E. Stein- 

 kamp, Joseph H. Hill and Clarence 

 Thomas. Following this, the report on 

 final resolutions was read and the enter- 



tainment was closed by a verse from 

 James Whitcomb Riley's "Old Sweet- 

 heart of Mine," in honor of the ladies. 



Excursions. 



While the men were attending the 

 final session during the morning of the 

 closing day, the ladies were shown the 

 interesting sights of the city. In the 

 afternoon the ladies and gentlemen 

 joined in an auto trip that was filled 

 with excitement. Just as the party was 

 leaving, a fire broke out in the base- 

 ment of the hotel and the fire depart- 

 ment gave an exhibition run. Later, on 

 the return trip, the driver of one of the 

 machines was arrested for speeding and 

 the occupants of the car walked the re- 

 mainder of the way to the Maennerchor, 

 where a buffet luncheon was served. 



The party journeyed to the Baur & 

 Steinkamp establishment, where there 

 were several features of interest, the 

 most noteworthy being a beautiful bed 

 of Merrj' Christmas carnation, a bed of 

 seedlings that provoked great admira- 

 tion and a new propagating house in 

 which were 90,000 cuttings. 



An interesting trip via the boulevards 

 ended at Bertermann 's Cumberland 

 range. Although the roses and carna- 

 tions, which are the chief crops, were 

 in excellent condition, there were other 

 interesting sights, including a house of 

 sweet peas and violets and a house of 

 delphiniums, centaureas, snapdragons, 

 winter-flowering giant pansies and mi- 

 gnonette. E. E. T. 



Notes by Another Observer. 



A few notes taken during the gather- 

 ing of the clans at the American Carna- 

 tion Society's annual meeting at In- 

 dianapolis, January 31, may be of in- 

 terest at this time. 



S. J. Goddard, of Framingham, Mass., 

 stated, while unpacking his prize-win- 



ning carnations, that the blooms were 

 picked January 25, packed January 29 

 and unpacked January 31 at Indian- 

 apolis. Although no ice was used, when 

 the boxes were opened the blooms looked 

 perfect. This remarkable condition was 

 noted in practically all other shipments, 

 and the atmospheric conditions at the 

 exhibition were highly favorable to the 

 blooms. 



A striking contrast between the way 

 Carnation Belle Washburn was grown 

 by two local growers proved that this 

 variety may be well grown by one 

 grower and less so by another, even in 

 the same locality. 



That old favorite, Lawson, as seen at 

 the Bertermann Bros. Co. place, showed 

 itself as full of vigor and as floriferous 

 as when it was more largely grown. 

 Did the sight of this grand actor in- 

 spire some to question as to whether 

 varieties of more recent introduction 

 possess the stamina of their predeces- 

 sors? The fine beds of Violet Princess 

 of Wales seen at the Bertermann range 

 were much admired. J. G. Heinl, of 

 Terre Haute, Ind., said he was proud 

 of the fact that he brought the first 

 plants grown here, from Paris, and 

 turned tliem over to J. A. Peterson, of 

 Cincinnati, who grew them even finer 

 than the I'arisians. "This was in 1871," 

 observe<l Mr. Heinl, "and just see how 

 vigorous is the plant yet." 



John H. Dunlop, of Toronto, ably 

 represented the Dominion and, in com- 

 menting upon this, the best exhibition 

 yet, he said that business was remark- 

 ably good at home, incidentally mention- 

 ing that the wholesale department for 

 the month of December showed an in- 

 crease of twenty-three per cent and 

 the retail end an advance in proportion. 



Albert Herr, of Lancaster, Pa., ob- 

 served that positively all his fellow 

 craftsmen would be at Boston next year, 



