Nov EM BUR 14, 1918. 



The Fk>rists' Rcvkw 



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to hold a flower show until the condi- 

 tions became normal again. Then they 

 would be pleased to again extend the 

 G. S. A. an invitation to meet at Pitts- 

 burgh. 



Your secretary took the matter up 

 with President William W. Vert, who 

 made arrangements with the American 

 Institute for the 1918 meeting and exhi- 

 bition. A second letter to the firms and 

 individuals offering the special prizes 

 brought a responsive sanction for all 

 the prizes to be transferred to the pres- 

 ent exhibition. Your secretary appre- 

 ciates on behalf of the C. S. A. the kind- 

 ness of those whose generosity makes 

 the list of special prizes possible. 



Membership Campaign. 



As instructed at the last annual meet- 

 ing, your secretary had 20,000 applica- 

 tion-for-membership forms printed and 

 sent to the leading chrysanthemum 

 growers for insertion in their 1918 cata- 

 logues. So far the gain in new mem- 

 bers has scarcely paid for the outlay. 



The general outlook for the chrysan- 

 themum is satisfactory. Not for many 

 years has the demand for cut blooms 

 been so heavy as this season. The pom- 

 pons and single varieties are also being 

 called for in larger quantities. 



The routine work of the secretary 's 

 office, consisting of sending out state- 

 ments to the members, recording the 

 varieties disseminated, getting out the 

 report of the sixteenth annual meeting 

 and the solicitation of special premi- 

 ums, was attended to in due season. 



Your secretary wishes to acknowledge 

 the kindness of Elmer D. Smith in fur- 

 nishing him with a complete list of va- 

 rieties disseminated in 1917, which was 

 a great help in getting up the annual 

 report. 



The trade papers generously pub- 

 lished all notices sent to them from 

 time to time during the year, for which 

 we owe to them a vote of thanks. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY, 



Work of the Committees. 



The examining committees of the C. S. 

 A. have submitted reports on new va- 

 rieties as follows: 



At Boston, Qptober 26. Radio, a pink anemono 

 witli yellow renter, submitted by S. R. Cowev, 

 Wali)ole, N. H.. scored as follows: Color, 3.5; 

 form, 17; stem and foliage, 20; fullness, 18; 

 total, 90. 



At Boston, November 2, Monadnook, a yellow 

 anemone, submitted by S. R. Cowey, Walpole, 

 N. H.. scored as follows: Color, 37; form, 17; 

 stem and foliage, 18; fullness, 18; total, 90. 



At Cincinnati, November 2, Artisan, blush- 

 white, Japanese, submitted by Elmer D. Smith & 

 Co., Adrian, Mich., scored as follows on the 

 exhibition scale: Color. 12; stem, 4; foliage, 3; 

 fullness, 12; form, 12; depth, 12; size, 27; 

 total, 82. 



At Cincinnati, November 2, Cheyenne, amber- 

 shaded pink. .Tapanese reflex, submitted by Elmer 

 n. Smith & Co., Adrian. Mich., scored as follows 

 on the exhiliition scale: Color. 12; stem, 5; 

 foliage. 4: fullness, 13; form, 12; depth, 12; 

 size. 25: total. 83. 



At Cincinnati, Noveml)cr 2. Pomona, white 

 anemone with lemon center, submitted by Elmer 

 n. Smitli & Co., Adrian. Mich., scored as 

 follows: Color. 3."); form. 17; stem and foliage, 

 17: fullness, 20: total, 89. 



At Cincinnati. November 2. Sun Olow. yellow, 

 inc\irved, submitted by Elmer I). Smitli & ('o., 

 Adrian. Midi., scored as follows on the commer- 

 cial scale: Color, 18; form. 13; fullness, 8; 

 stem. 14; foliage, 13: substance, 14: size, 6; 

 total. SO. 



At Cliicnpo. November 2. Sun (Jlow. yellow, 

 incurved, suluuitted l>y Elmer I). Smith & Co., 

 Adrian. Midi., scored as follows on tlie com- 

 mercial scale: Color. 19: form. 14: fullness. 10; 

 stem. 14: foliage, 14; substance. 13; size, 8; 

 total. 92. 



At Chicago, November 2. Cometa. a pink iiom- 

 pon. submitted by Elmer T). Smitli & Co.. Adrian, 

 Mich., scored as follows: Color. 37: form. 20; 

 substance, 18; stem and foliage, 20; total. 9.">. 



At Chicago. Noveml)er 2, Pomona, a white 

 anemone with yellow center, submitted by Elmer 



HOWARD M. EARL. 



FEW men in the seed business are better known to the trade than Howard M. 

 Earl, now associated with F. W. Bolgiano & Co., Washington, D. C. For more 

 than thirty years of his business life Mr. Earl was connected with Burpee, Phila- 

 delphia. When he graduated from the Episcopal Academy in 1886, Mr. Earl se- 

 cured a position with the Burpee organization as an office boy. Later he went into 

 the printing room and worked his way through the different departments in Phila- 

 delphia and the growing end at Fordhook until he became manager of the business, 

 a position he held until about a year ago. Recently Mr. Earl left the Burpee or- 

 ganization and has joined the Bolgiano forces, of which F. W. Bolgiano, president 

 of the American Seed Trade Association, is the head. Mr. Earl has been a mem- 

 ber of the executive committee of the American Seed Trade Association and a 

 director of the Wholesale Seedsmen's League. He is married and has three sons, 

 two of whom now are in France with the American Expeditionary Forces. 



n. Smith & Co.. Adrian, Mich., scored as fol- stem 



lows: Color. 38: form. 19i'-i; stem and foliage, total 



18: fullness, 19'^^; total. 95. At 



At Cliicago. Noveml)er 2, Clieyenne, bronze, aneue 



.Japanese, submitted by Elmer D. Smith & Co.. Adrla 



Adrian. Mich., scored as follows on the commer- cial 



cial scale: Color, 18; form. 14: fullness. 9; stem, 



stem, 14'~. ; foliage, 13'/,; substance, 14; size, 9; total, 



total. 92." At 



At Chicago. Novemtier 2, Artisan, blusli-wliite, pink. 



.Tapanese, submitted by Elmer D. Smith & Co., Mad! 



Adrian, Midi., scored as follows on the commer- form 



cial scale: Color, 19; form, 14; fullness, 9; total 



14; foliage. 13; substance, 13; size, 9; 



91. 

 Chicago. November 2, a white seedling, Jap- 

 . sutimittcd by Elmer I). Smith & Co., 

 n. Midi., scored as follows on the commer- 

 scale: Color, 17; form, 13; fullness, 9; 

 13; foliage, 13; substance, 9; size, 9; 



83. 



New York, November 2, Mildred Presby, 



single, submitted by the C. 11. Totty Co., 



son. N. .T., scored as foilow.s: Color, M; 



19; stem and foliage, 18; fullness, 19; 



95. 



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