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THE MUM SOCIETY 



HOLDS 28th MEETING 



The national organization of chrysanthemum growers, which has done 

 much valuable work for the trade, seems to depend on private gardeners 

 and novelty raisers for its existence, the great body of commercial cut 

 flower growers failing to participate in its activities. This week's meet- 

 ing and exhibition is at Philadelphia. 



NFLAGGING zeal for the 

 society and the flower for 

 which it stands character- 

 izes the band of en- 

 thusiasts who constitute 

 the Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety of America, or- 

 gaiHzed in Buffalo, Au- 

 gust ~^/i 889. From 1889 

 to 1901 inclusive, the 

 meetings of the society were held in 

 connection with the annual convention 

 of the S. A. F., but from 1902 the meet- 

 ings have been held in November, with 

 an exhibition of chrysanthemums under 

 the management of the society. 



It thus was the twenty-eighth annual 

 meeting and the fifteenth annual ex- 

 hibition of the society 

 which was held No- 

 vember 8 at Horticul- 

 tural hall, Philadel- 

 phia, the exhibition 

 being staged in the 

 morning for judging 

 in the afternoon, with 

 the business meeting 

 in the evening. 



Attendance Small. 



The attendance of 

 members was small; 

 the wheel-horses were 

 there, the men who 

 have carried on the 

 work for years, but 

 not the rank and file 

 of the chrysanthemum 

 growers of the vicin- 

 ity, as one might with 

 reason expect. Presi- 

 dent Kleinheinz re- 

 ferred to this in his 

 annual address, say- 

 ing: "Again I must 

 make some remarks 

 about the membership 

 of this society. I 

 have referred to this 

 at the last two meet- 

 ings,, and have pointed 

 out what good the 

 Chrysanthemum So- 



<'iety of America does 

 to the mum growers, 

 but the number of 

 new members is 

 mighty small. I again 

 'all on everyone in- 

 terested in chrysan- 

 themums to give us 

 their support and join 

 f'nr society. The dues 

 ]ior year are only $2, 

 ^nd the members get 



Chrysanthemum Niphetos. 



well rewarded by the work this society 

 does. I hope my successor as presi- 

 dent of this society will have the pleas- 

 ure to see the membership passing the 

 500 mark." 



Continuing he said: "The exhibits 

 at this meeting speak for themselves. 

 The large-flowering varieties seem to 

 be at their highest and the raisers of 

 new varieties have to be wideawake 

 to keep in line with the present sorts. 

 It seems almost impossible to improve 

 on the existing varieties, but our 

 hybridizers are never idle and keep 

 on improving, with astonishing results. 

 Not only the large-flowering types have 

 the attention of our scientific breeders, 

 but the pompons, singles and decora- 

 tives have also been 

 taken care of. Great 

 improvements have 

 been made during the 

 last ten years." 



Lauds Workers. 



In greeting the mem- 

 bers President Klein- 

 heinz said: 



"Once more we are 

 assembled to honor the 

 queen of the autumn 

 and to consider means 

 and ways to increase 

 the general interest in 

 its cultivation and to 

 further improve the al- 

 ready high standard of 

 the chrysanthemum. 



"As your president 

 it gives me pleasure to 

 welcome you at this 

 convention in the city 

 of Philadelphia and I 

 hope that you will not 

 regret that you have 

 selected Philadelphia 

 for this meeting. 



"Since our last 

 meeting one of our 

 most successful hybrid- 

 izers and introducers 

 of new mums has 

 passed awav, William 

 Wells, of Merstham, 

 Surrey, England. His 

 products are known 

 over the whole world 

 and for many of our 

 best varieties we have 

 to thank Mr. Wells. 



"To the trade press 

 I wish to express my 

 thanks for the many 

 courtesies extended to 

 the officers of the so- 



