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The Florists^ Review 



MAitni 'J'.i, I'.UT. 



of riiK'i';iri;is, spring' IhiUkius [ilaiit.s aiiil 

 palms. I'aripiliar iV Co. received a }^ol(i 

 fueilal I'or tlifir I'leinisli jjjarilen. 1\'. 

 Duly, ganlemr In L. 1). Towie, hliowcil 

 llrass()-(•;lttl(■ya■^. Kaiu('> aiiia ic Serada 

 liad a iiii'O ;jniiip of I'liliaLTe and llowcr 

 iiiti' I'laiits. 



'l''liiiiiia^ li'dland ii'i-ci \ dl a siht'f 

 medal fill ^iipriidi- i-iiltiirc (d" crieas 

 and a similai' award wrnt to I'. Doniei- 

 iS.; S(jns ''"., I'lT ('arnat'niH i>addii', fintdy 

 ^loiwn I'll!' tlii'in liy S. .1. (iuildard. A. ,\. 

 I'ii'isdii. Inc.. was awarded a certificate 

 of merit tm I'liinidn:^' iJose I'li/.aliet ii 

 Z( iLihr. Williani Sim rec-oived a .similai' 

 aw.'ud t'lO' liis imiir(i\('d lilue pi'inirosr, 

 and T. M. llatli(dd, -gardener tn Walter 

 1 1 nil n> \\ idl. thr saiiir t'ur KMntdddriiitrnn 



iufesiHMis, a sm, d flowered yellow 

 rhotlodeiuiroa from \ve.steni Cliina. 



Awards of Inoioralde mi ntion were 

 made to Cliarles llidlirow, for his in'W 

 seedling rose; to William Martin, 

 ^jfardencr to .N'. T. J^idder, for isoloma; 

 to Strout's, for seedinj^' carnation, Snow 

 Wliite; to Lowtiiorpe Schcxd of Jlorti 

 cnitnre, for a collection of geraniums; 

 to .loliii L. Hmitli, for Tulip I'rcsidenl 

 Wilson, and to T. I). Hatfield for a 

 uron]) of Acacia Druinmoudi. S. J. 

 (iodilaid showed a line \ase of his new 

 carnation, Doris, .lohn ]..awrence liad 

 a nice vase of seedlinjx ji'eraniums. 

 'riuMc also was a prett\- little Dutch 

 l^ardi'ii that rcccdxi'd honoraMc men 

 t ion. 



Mr. Saltonstall's Luncheon. 



I'resident K. M. Saltunstall enter- 

 tained 110 of the exhibitors and other 

 horticulturists at a luncheon at the 

 Hotel Somerset March 1'.'!. The tables 

 were beautifully decorateil b,\' the lead- 

 ing;' retailers. Short addresses ^vere 

 made by K. :M. Saltonstall, who i)re- 

 sided: d. K. M. Ij. Farcpihar, dames 

 Wheeler, f. J. Dolansky, Robert Kift, 

 dames .Metlncn, W. \. ("laiuj and 

 Chester 1?. Campbell. 



Visitors to the exhibition were 

 numerous from all ])arts of New Kuj^- 

 land, otheis comin<j; from New A'ork 

 .\'ew Jersey and I'ennsyhania. 



W. \. C, 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



DOINGS OF THE DIRECTORS. 



The Meeting at New York. 



Tlie n'id. T.i nt mridliif; of the board 



of (llrrciurv III' fji.' SiicictN' III' .\'n(M'ican 



florists .Ml:- ill Id at the Hotel I'.ilt more. 



New York, .\lar.di 16 and 17. The fol- 



iowin;,' diiietors were jireseiit : 



I;. ('. Ki-rr. I liMistmi. lex., iircsidiiit . 

 V. I.. .Miller. .I;iiniiic:i. N. V., vice i'i''~i''iii' 

 .lulin VouiiK. New ^drk. secrotnr.v, 

 .1. .T. Hess. Omiilia, Neb., trcMsiirer 

 Win. I;. .Niclidlsdii, rriimiii^'lKun, .M;i-s. 

 Will. .1. Keiiiiel. i:iiiihur-t. 111. 



Williuiii I', (eiile, W:i-hiii>.-l(iii, 1», C. W;i-li 

 iii;.'tiiii re|ire~.-n!iil ive. 



( liiirle^ I.. I'.;iiiiii. KimwiUc. 'riiiii 



Fr:ilik .\ SIii|i|i,\, SI. .Iiiseph, Mo. 



IJeoPKc W. Hess. WllsliillL'li ill . I>. (', 



ilcor^e Asiniis, Cliiciico, III. 



S. .S. reiiliiick. I'liihiilel|ilii;i. I'.i. 



.1. F. Anuuaiin. i:ihv;inls\ ille. III. 



(ii'(iri.'c K. M. Stiiinpii. .\e« ^.irl>. 



A. Fiireliu ;ilil. linsl.vii. ]':i. 



l>.'iniel M.'ici;<.rie. Sun l'r:oi. i^cM, I'.il 



I':iiil K. Kliiii.--|io]n. CliiiMUn. 111. 



Ex-I'resideiit I'atrick Welch. I'.oston, 

 Mass.. was picsrnt on the invitation ot' 

 I'resident Kim. William II. .\nilinj;. 

 Chica_''o. II!. director tliiieiL;li his oflice 



as )iresi,|,.lll of the (dlica;^o I'loj-ists" 

 Cl'.lb. l!!len;.di illness. \\;|s ii|i;ib|e tO be 



]i:-es 'ii; am! the idnb"s creiiep.t iab dele- 



i^atin^ Paul \i. Klinespom as a substi 

 tute director v.ere. on motion, a(ce|ited. 

 < 'redeiitials from the \arioiis .affiliated 

 iiodi''S coverinr;- t'le iliieclors appointed, 

 by tiiem were jircsenN^l and. on motion, 

 acce;ded, and Cie diieetors duly seated. 

 I'resident Kerr amiouiiceil that he had 

 exer(dsed the ]irivileL;'e of in\itin^ the 

 members of the National blower Show 

 committee to sit at tin' meelines ei' the 

 b;.;i'-.l. 



An Advance for Mothers' Day. 



Secretary Youiej' vepmted that ( >. d. 

 ()l:.-in, St. Paul, .Minn,. h;id agreed to 

 act as chairman of the committee on 

 .Midliers" d;iy. He .also read a bdtei- 

 from i;. d. I'ancourt. a member of' the 

 committee, reporting' on an interview re 

 (•'■nth liad ^\ith .Mi<s .lai\is in I'liila 

 dididiia. and she had airanfred to con 

 sider ilie mattei' ot' the best assistance 

 the CI mmittee could lemler to .aihaiue 

 the .Mothers' day !eo\ eiiierit . .^ll■. r.an 

 .unit ixpiessed the opinion th.it. if a 

 proi'er can.paien \v;is started, at least 

 f.'i.iMHi could lie laised for the wor.k, 

 and sii^m'sted that the society mi;;ht 

 be williii;^' to ail\;nic(i ()|f> sum of .*l,niiii 



A. M. Davenport's First Price Group at the Boston Spring Show. 



'.■I start such a campaij^n, which could 

 not be started witliout considerable ex- 

 ]>ciis'.'. Soni.o discussion ensiu>ii, wliicii 

 .u;enerall.\- endorsed the idea of sujijiort- 

 ing Miss darvis in her worl:, and finally 

 the board lirectin! tli.at an advance of 

 *1,000 be made to the committee, or as 

 miudi theieot' as niiijht l>e ne(,'cssai'\ . 



Credits and Collections. 



'J'lie ]iroie(d of the establishment of 

 a natienal cn-dit and ceilectiou bureau 

 was discussed at some len<iftli and, in 

 oi'iler that th(> committee in charee ot' 

 the project mi^ht li,a\e somethin:', defi 

 nitc on wdiicli to woik, on motion of d. 

 d. Hess, the jiresident wa.s directed to 

 apjioint a committee of three to draft 

 siiooostioiis; ill the matter, to lie en 

 dorsed b\ the bo.ard. it' t'oiind .acct'pt 

 able. 



I'ri'sident Kerr .ajipointed the f'ollow 

 iiiL; .as such committee: S. S. l'eniio(d<. 

 W. .1. Keimel and (i. K. M. Stumpp. with 

 the latter as chairman. 



There was no report troni the com 

 mittee on dcvelojiment of AmcM'ican 

 products. The committee on school 

 i^ardens reported ]iro<,n'ess. 



The r(>port of the committiM' on tariff 

 •and legislation bcdn^ calleil for. it was 

 liresented by dames Mclf iitcdiisoii, cd" 

 the committee, wlio w;is introduced by 

 Mr. Ciude. the cdiairman, in an address 

 in whicdi he apjiealed t'or proin]if action 

 by the board on the recommendations 

 embodied in the repoi-t. 



Defer Anti-Import Action. 



■fhe re|iort was juact ic-al l>- a In iet' mi 

 the iirojiosed lcj:fislation to proiiibit im- 

 |ioits of pdants, ]dant jirodiicts and bulbs 

 I rotn all sources. The committee on the 

 liill seekin;^ this ]iroliibition had. the 

 report stated, agreed to defer le^is 

 latixo action jiendiiij^ a conference with 

 tlii^ florists' and nurservmen 's leei-^ 

 l;iti\ • committees, to be lodd |iiobab|\ 

 next dune or duly. The details of the 

 )iroposi>d lei;islation had, said the re 

 )iort, been pul)!ished in the trade paiieis. 

 coiis(-(pi,'jitly ihcm] not }>e fnither com 



mellted upon, but the ciimmittee I'e- 

 ipiested from the bo.ard toll power to 

 re|iresent the S. A. 1", .and ( ). II. at the 

 conference; that jiower be extended to 

 the conrnittec to add to its bod.y three' 

 members, and to share with the nursery- 

 men the exj)cnse of einyiloyint^ a quali- 

 fied man to assist in the jiiotection of 

 the interests of lioth bodies. A number 

 of letters from interested growers .and 



