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Seitember 27, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



stamens; mid-season. A row of tliis 

 variety in full bloom, on 3-year plants, 

 fairiv carries one off his feet." 



Mr. Brand remarks that many observ- 

 ers class Frances Willard as the best of 

 tlie Brand peonies. However, as already 

 stated, Mr. Brand himself gives the 

 hij,^liest rank to Martha Bulloch. And 

 his second choice in his own stock is 

 Elizabeth Barrett Browning^, of which 

 lie says: "It is an immense, glisteninj; 

 white, with pink tintinjj as it opens and 

 some j)etals splashed with carmine — en- 

 tircdy distinct from all other whites." 



He describes nearly a score of other 

 Brand varieties, includinj^ his "great 

 reds." He i)robably Avill be pardoned 

 for his evident, sincere pride in his reds, 

 a pride which he thus divulges: 

 "Nearly fifty years ago I was born 

 among the peonies and I have lived 

 among them ever since. I have seen 

 many of the world's most beautiful 

 kinds. I believe the red varieties we 

 have produced are the greatest in their 

 color." 



Mr. Brand states that this season the 

 firm is "sending out two entirely new 

 ones — Old Silver Tip, a profuse-bloom- 

 ing, silver-tip])ed crimson, and Fari- 

 bault, a madder-red, also silver-edged." 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



More Publicity Funds. 



Socrctary dohn Young, for the ))iiblic- 

 ity iinancc committee, reports tlie I'td- 

 lowing additional contributions to 1)l' 

 jiaid annually for a period of four years: 



IfiiviiKiii (Jrcciilioiiso Co., Chirkslioro, W. 



V,i S 10. 00 



J. W. IJiKllf.v & Sons, raik.isliurK, W. 



Vii r)(l.(Hi 



W. IJriicc Clinper, Milton, I'a .'..(H) 



Itolniont Flower Shop, lirocktun. Mass... L'.">.(M( 



AVintcr Klonil ("o., ('liarleslun, W. Vu.... l.'i.oo 



Hanilall's Flower Sliop, Wonester, Ma-s. ."lO.oo 



G. W. I'faltzKraff, York, Fa 0.00 



A. llarve.v & Son, Hrandywino Siiuiniit, 



I'a 30.00 



I.. 15. IJracno & Son, Hinsdale. Mass..., 10. oo 



AVni. .T. .lohiiston, lialtimore. Mil I'.'i.oo 



.7. II. Fiesser, North lierRcn, N. .1 L'.'i.oo 



("has. Sehwake & Co., New York li.'.oo 



I'hilip Itreitnie.ver, Detroit, Mich loo.(Kl 



Hodu'ers Floral Co., Charleston, N. C..., L'.'i.oo 



Mark .\itken, Sprinclield. Mass .-,o.(lil 



llenr.v Kk-hholz, Wavneslioro, I'a 10.00 



.Martin C. Uihsani, Trei\ton, .\. .1 L'."..oo 



Arthur Diuiim.'lt, Inc., .Mt, Vernon. N. Y, 10. (Ml 



Itntler A: I'llnian. Northampton, Mass..., L'r..(Ml 



Fre.v & Fre.\ . Lincoln, N'eli •_'.■>. tMl 



.\. S. Hums. .Tr., Spring \'.ille.v, .N. Y..,. loo. 00 



llenr.v Ilornecker, Kast OraiiUi', .\. J l'."..()0 



Davidson Floral Co.. lloldreue, Neh ,"..0(» 



(Jeor^'e U.vi', Ft. Smith. .\rk ."..(M) 



Driinim Seed & Floi-iil Co., Ft, Worth, Tex. 50.00 



Total $7,30.00 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Examining Committees. 



President William W. Vert ainiouiK-es 

 the a]>p(iintment of the following com- 

 mittees to examine new chrysanthc'inuins 

 for the ensuing year: 



lioston — Wni. Nicholson, chairnian; .Tames 

 M'heeler, Alex. Montgomery. Ship llowers to 

 the ih.'iirnian. eiire of W. ,1. Tlnirslon, manager 

 Hoslon Flower Fxi'lum^'e, 1 ANintlirop sijnarc 

 and Otis street. Itoston. 



New York Knu'ene Dailhdouze, chairnian: 

 Willi.im H. Dnckham, A. nerrin>;ton. Shiii 

 tlowers to New York Cut Flower ('<>.. .'o Twenty- 

 second street, .New York, care of cliairrn.in. 



I'hil.idelphia- A. I',. Cartledu'c, chairman; John 

 Westcott, S. S. I'ennock. Slii|i flowers to \. 1!. 

 CarlledL'c, ir.ll Chestnut street, I'hiladelphia. 



Cincinn.-iti - I{. \\'ittii-i.iet tcr. chairman: 

 James Allen. Henry Schwarz. Ship tlowers t" 

 chairman, Jahez Klliott Flower ilarket, care of 

 janitor, 



CIiicafTo — N. .T. Wiotor, cli;ilrman; George 

 .\smus. Thomas W. Head, Ship llowers to cliair- 

 inan, 1(>2 North Wabash uvenae, Chicago, 111. 



f Shijuncnts should be made to arrive 

 by L* ji. m. on examination days to re- 

 ceive attention from the committee. 



Peony Martha Bulloch, a BrancJ SeedHng. 



The.v must be jirejiaid to dest iii.atioii, 

 and an entr.v fee of $12 sliould be for 

 warded to the secretary not later than 

 Tiiesdav of the week the.v ;ire to be 

 examined, or tiie fee may accom[ian.v the 

 blooms. 



Seedlings and sjiorts are botii eligible 

 to be shown before these ciiiiuiiittee^, 

 jiroviding the raiser has given tlnrn two 

 years' trial to determine their true cii;ir- 

 acter. Special attention is c;illi(| to the 

 rule that sports, to receive a certilicate, 

 must pass at least three of the live 

 committees. 



The committees will be in session to 

 examine .siicli exhiljits as ma.v be sulj- 

 mitted on e.ach Saturday during Octo- 

 ber and November, the dates being Oc- 

 tober 0, 1.'5, L'O, 27 and Xo\ ember ;i, Id. 

 1", -4. (.'has. \V. .lohnson, Sec "v. 



CLEVELAND SHOW PLANS. 



On .lanuary of this year, wlien the 

 committee of Cleveland llorists w;is 

 forced to give up its plans for holding 

 an extra large flower show because the 

 Coliseum was withdrawn from th(> mar 

 ket as ;i show building, the c(nnmittec 

 men selected the large liallroom and 

 private dining rooms of tlie llottd Stat 

 b'r as being the only jdacc a\;iil;il)lc, 

 because the use of tlie arninrirs \v;is an 

 uncertain matter ;it tli.-it time, 



September iM , H. P. Kiioble called a 

 meeting of the show committees and 

 informed them that the Crays armory 

 could he obtained for the November 

 show, if it was thought advisable to 

 make the change :it this time. It was 

 the unanimous opinion of the commit- 



tees tiiat it Would lie ;i niilcli iietter 

 luiilding I'm' tlic |iiii'po.se tii;in tlic liotcl, 

 and tiic colli i-;tct was .signal iimnedi 

 ;itely. 



I'.y this idiange ."i,()(J(J s(piare feet are 

 added to the displav space, .as c(iiii|iared 

 wirli t'l.at of the Hotel Statler. it was 

 dccideij to resel'X !• the space aloii^ the 

 two w.alls foi' coninieicial exhiliits ot' 

 growers, and an inxitation is lieindty 

 extended to those desiring to occupy 

 spjice tor exliiliit iiig plants, ferns, palms 

 and a n.v no\ city. 



'i'llis sp;ice will be di\ ided into ln\l(|. 

 foot units, at a cost ot' .*."!() to the exhib- 

 itor. Cniform signs .and di\isiou rails 

 will lie sup]ilied liy the man.agement. 

 .\s there are only twenty s|i;ices ,a\ail- 

 alile, it w;is tlioiiglit liest to .accept onlv 

 plant .and tlouer exliiliits ,an(i, for that 

 reason, the invitation will not lie ex- 

 teii(|ed to llorists' supply concerns. 



Space has .alread.v been spoken for liv 

 growers ot ('ie\eland .and \ic-inity. and 

 it is suggested th.at others ,|esiiing to 

 exhibit ad<lress I'. H. \ViHialn-^, trade 

 dis]i|,ay commit tee. Cle\t land Cot I'louer 

 Co., L'.'. 1 lligli a\fniie, ('le\ eland. 



Paiuesvllle, O, .\ truckload ot' .v.t- 

 greens for Akron, a run of thirty miles, 

 now e.asily accom[ilislied, w.as e\ ideiua; 

 that tlie season of tr.ansplant ing has be- 

 gun. The Storrs \: Harrison Co. re- 

 jKirts a good growing summer. .\s 

 usual, the frontage facing the railroad is 

 a gorgeous mass of color, m.akiiig a great 

 showing, cann.as predi^minat ing; the 

 Kohankie Nurseries, ad.joining, also 

 make an :ittr;ictive showing, being 

 strong on jihloxes. 



