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The Florists^ Review 



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Officers of the Chicaffo Flower Grower*' Aasociation and Their Associates Off for Detroit. 



first inspections and for conference with 

 jobbers. He is thought to have modi- 

 fied his ideas when he saw the size of 

 the job. 



The outcome-, of the Chicago confer- 

 ence was that Ohief Glenn arranged to 

 inspect at Chicago all bulbs destined for 

 Illinois consignees while in the hands of 

 the jobbers, thus obviating the neces- 

 sity of chasing the shipments all over 

 the state. What he will do with ship- 

 ments direct from New York, which can- 

 not be inspected at Chicago, was not an- 

 nounced, but probably will depend on 

 what the Chicago inspections show. 



It is hoped that a little experience 

 with bulb inspection, a new subject, will 

 show that the foreign certificate can be 

 relied on and the procedure here much 

 simplified. 



OLADIOLUS SOCIETY'S AWABDS. 



The exhibition of the American Gla- 

 diolus Society in conjunction with the S. 

 A. F. convention at Detroit, as indi- 

 cated in last week's telegraphic report, 

 called forth more competition in the 

 open classes than in the non-commercial 

 classes. 



Special award of honorable mention 

 was made to the following: United 

 Bulb Co., Mt. Clemens, Mich., for varie- 

 ty Wisconsin; H. E. Header, Dover, N. 

 H., for variety Lily White; J. F. Mun- 

 sell, Ashtabula, O., for Seedling White 

 No. 1; A. H. Austin Co., Wayland, O., 

 for variety Evelyn Kirtland; Jelle Boos, 

 Milton, Mass., for varieties Mrs. Dr. 

 Norton and Mary Fennell; Grullemans 

 Co., Avon Lake, O., for splendid achieve- 

 ment in hybridizing primulinus; Vaugh- 

 an's Seed Store, Chicago, on excellent 

 display; Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., on trade display. 



Awards in the open classes were as 

 follows: 



Best oolleotlon. twenty Tarieties, three spikes 

 each, named— C. Zeestraten, BemiiB Point. N. Y.. 

 flrat; United Bulb Co.. Mt. Clemens. Mich, sec- 

 ond. 



T '^♦''je rarietJes, three spikes each, named- 

 Joe (>>Ieman, Ravenna. O., first; C. Zeestraten, 

 second. 



Twelve vases, twelve varieties, one spike each 

 — Joe Colpman. first: H. E. Meader, Dover, N. H.. 

 second; Madison Cooper. Calcium, N. Y., honor 

 able mention. 



Five vnses. five varieties, six spikes each, pre- 

 dominating color yellow— Madison Cooper, first. 



81X spikes, white, one variety, named— Mad- 

 toon Cooper, first, with Europa; United Bulb Co., 

 second, with Maine. 



Six spikes, yellow, one variety, named— Mad- 

 isoD Cooper, first, with Schwaben; E. C. Ludwle 

 Floral Co.. Pittsburgh, second. 



?j* fPlkcs, pink or blush, one variety, named 

 —Madison Cooper, first, with Pink Perfection; 

 J. F. Mansell, Ashtabula, O., second, with Ash- 

 tabula. 



Six spikes, crimson or red, one variety, named 

 —Madison Cooper, first, with Red Emperor; H. 

 E. Meader, second, with Red Amarilla. 



Six spikes, blue, purple or lavender, one va- 

 riety, named — Joe Coleman, first, with Herada; 

 H. B. Meader, second, with Byron L. Smith. 



Six spikes, ruffled, one variety, named — Mad- 

 ison Cooper, first, with White Glow. 



Best seedling gladiolus never before exhibited, 

 American Glndiolus Society's medals — Joe Cole- 

 man, first, silver medal; H. E. Meader, second, 

 bronze medal' J. F. Miinsell, honorable mention. 



Twelve spikes Myrtle — Madison Cooper, first. 



Three spikes Lily White — Madison Cooper, first. 



Basket or hamper of fifty spikes arranged for 

 effect — B. Hammond Tracy, first. 



Largest and best display, number of varieties, 

 quality and staging considered, Burpee cup — 

 National Bulb Farms, Inc., Benton Harbor, 

 Mich., first, with over fifty varieties. 



Twenty-five spikes primulinus hybrids — C. Zee- 

 straten, first. 



Basket or vase of twenty-five or fifty spikes 

 primulinus hybrids — C. Zeestraten. first. 



Twenty-five spikes Mrs. Watt — H. B. Meader, 

 first. 



Six spikes Prince of Wales — Dr. R. W. Schnarr, 

 Kitchener, Ont., first; Madison Cooper, second. 



One spike Anna El)erlu8 — Madison Cooper, first; 

 H. B. Meader, second. 



Blue varieties, three spikes — C. Zeestraten. 

 first, on Dick; H. B. Meader, second, on Mabel 

 Hubbard; United Bulb Co., third, on Dr. Mark; 

 Madison Cooper, fourth. 



Centerpiece of not more than eighteen spikes, 

 grown and arranged by exhibitor — C. Zeestraten, 

 first, with Dominion; H. B. Meader, second. 



Display of the Austin originations — Madison 

 Cooper, first, silver medal. 



Collection of Kunderd varieties — Madison 

 Cooper, gold medal. 



Six spikes Purple Glory — Madison Cooper, first; 

 H. E. Meader, second. 



Six spikes Myrtle— Madison Cooper, first; H. 

 E. Meader, second. 



Six spikes Mrs. Pendleton— Madison Cooper, 

 first. 



Six spikes Summer Beauty — Madison Cooper, 

 first. 



Six spikes Orange Glory — Madison Cooper, first. 



All the awards in the non-commercial 

 classes went to Madison Cooper except 

 second prize for the largest and best dis- 

 play and the medal for finest quality of 

 bloom, which were taken by the St. 

 Thomas Horticultural Society, of St. 

 Thomas, Ont. 



The judges of the open classes were 

 Dr. Frank E. Bennett, St. Thomas, Ont.; 

 Mrs. A. H. Austin, Wayland, O., and 

 Jelle Roos, Milton, Mass. The judges of 

 the non-commercial classes were J. F. 

 Munsell, Ashtabula, O.; Prof. A. C. 

 Hottes, Columbus. O., and C. Zeestraten, 

 Bemus Point, N. Y. 



GARDENERS IN CONVENTION. 



National Association at Cleveland. 



The 1919 convention of the National 

 Association of Gardeners was held at 

 the Hollenden hotel, Cleveland, O., Au- 

 gust 26 to 28, about 100 members being 

 present. 



In the absence of the Hon. Floyd 

 Waite, the address of welcome was 

 given by Fred C. W. Brown, of the J. M. 

 Gasaer Co., in his usual hearty manner. 



His principal theme was the necessity 

 of cooperation, as evinced by the S. A. 

 F. in its recent convention at Detroit. 

 The response by Ex-President Thomas 

 W. Head, of Lake Forest, 111., was made 

 in a clever and humorous vein, but paid 

 a deserved compliment to Cleveland gar- 

 dening. 



President Robert Weeks dwelt strong- 

 ly upon the advisability of granting 

 diplomas to deserving gardeners, believ- 

 ing this will add much weight to their 

 standing. He said: "If we are to 

 make this association a factor for 

 service, we must advertise it more; we 

 must have a fund for publicity, such a 

 fund as the Society of American Florists 

 has established. I bespeak your earnest 

 attention in this convention to the 

 problems of health, to enlisting 

 young men in our profession. If 

 we are to secure the right stand- 

 ard of young men, we must elevate 

 our profession. The great stumbling 

 block seems to be the social standing of 

 a gardener. It is only by elevating the 

 standard of our members that we shall 

 obtain social standing." He went on to 

 speak of Quarantine No. 37. He termed 

 it a serious setback to horticulture and 

 spoke of the absurdities and incon- 

 sistencies of the measure, which are well 

 known. He recommended that rigid in- 

 spections should be substituted and that 

 the association should go on record m 

 the endeavor to secure modifications of 

 the quarantine. 



Association Prosperous. 



The treasurer's report as of August 

 20, 1919, showed a balance in the treas- 

 ury of $2,387.13. In the secretary's re- 

 port he announced there are 868 active 

 members. Affiliation of local branches 

 with the national organization was 

 urged. 



August 27 an auto trip was made to 

 the estates of F. F. Prentiss and S. H. 

 Severance, through the delightful 

 Heights district, where some of the 

 beautiful homes of Cleveland are lo- 

 cated. The annual banquet took place 

 that evening in the ballroom of the 

 Hollenden. 



The illustrated lecture by J. Otto 

 Thilow, of Dreer's, on the flora and life 

 of Hawaii, was ably given, illustrated 

 by 125 slides, and received the close 

 attention of a large audience. Mr. 

 Thilow, by the way, mentioned that his 

 next subject will be New Zealand, 

 whither he is bound at an early date. 



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