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CARNATION MEN xr 

 Mr MEET AT CHICAGO 



Resumption of work on a iasis approaching the conditions normal he- 

 fore the war has brought carnation growers from all over the country to Chi- 

 cago this week to discuss the problems that are most important in furthering 

 the progress of this popular flower. 



HAT much desired activity, 

 80 greatly discussed and so 

 little achieved, ' ' getting 

 back to normal," was the 

 objective of the American 

 Carnation Society at its 

 annual meeting in Chicago 

 this week. The old ob- 

 8 t a c 1 e , " circumstances 

 over which we have no 

 control," prevents general, or even par- 

 tial, indulgence in that activity in any 

 real sense, but the efforts of the car- 

 nation men to attain something like it 

 make some sort of success in that re- 

 spect seem certain. The war is over, at 

 least, even though the United States 

 Senate has not decided what to do with 

 the treaty of peace, and the difficulties 

 created by the 

 "period of the emer- 

 gency, " as it was put 

 on enlistment papers, 

 are some of them 

 abating. A few of the . 

 big problems, notably 

 that of help, still loom 

 large before the grow- 

 ers of the country, but 

 others are being 

 gradually overcome as 

 time goes on. 



One sign that in- 

 dicated the approach 

 to normal years of 

 before the war was 

 the increased regis- 

 tration of new varie- 

 ties during the last 

 year. Secretary Baur 

 reported seven new 

 seedlings and three 

 sports as the acces- 

 sions to the society's 

 records during the 

 last year, whereas at 

 the Cleveland conven- 

 tion a year ago three 

 seedlings and one 

 sport were the total 

 registration report. 



Full Schedule. 



Another indication 

 of the desire of the' 

 carnation men to hang 

 out the "business as 

 usual" sign again is 

 the premium list, 

 which for this exhi- 

 bition was restored to 

 old-time proportions, 

 including again the 

 classes which were 

 dropped when the 



OFFICERS ELECTED 



President 

 Charles W. Johnson - - Chicago 



Secretary 

 A. F. J. Baur - - - Indianapolis 



(Re-elected) 



Treasurer 

 Fred E. Dorner - Lafayette> Ind. 



(Re-elected) 



Invitations for t92t 



From Washington* D. C ; Cincinnati* 

 O., and Hartford* Conn. 



Charles "W. Johnson. 



(President-elect of the American Carnation Socletr.) 



war restricted production. Last year, 

 particularly, the schedule of classes for 

 which prizes were offered was decidedly 

 curtailed. Though it was not expected 

 that there would be the strong competi- 

 tion in all the classes that there once 

 was, the officers of the society adopted 

 the full prize-list as one way of indicat- 

 ing that the organization meant to get 

 down to business without more ado. 



Despite such spirit and such efforts 

 as the local committee put forth, under 

 the able direction of Vice-President C. 

 W. Johnson, the adverse conditions pre- 

 vailing at present would not, in the na- 

 ture of things, allow this year's exhibi- 

 tion to be tagged the "best ever," even 

 if one wished to use that hackneyed 

 term. The weather, which delayed plant 

 growth and made 

 shipping difficult, was 

 one factor that could 

 not be overcome. The 

 scarcity of flowers has 

 been felt during this 

 month almost every- 

 where. 



And everyone i s 

 busy now, held at 

 home by the puzzling 

 problem of keeping 

 customers satisfied 

 without having flow- 

 ers to do it with. Of 

 course, the enthusiasts 

 and the raisers were 

 in attendance. But to- 

 day, when one 's trade 

 paper keeps one close- 

 ly informed of all ac- 

 tivities and offers, 

 and carries the news 

 of the convention to 

 its readers before 

 their fellow towns- 

 men, if any are in at- 

 tendance, make the 

 return trip from the 

 convention, gather- 

 ings of this character, 

 especially at this time 

 of year, are not what 

 they once were. 



Few New Ones. 



The lack of novel- 

 ties was also a handi- 

 cap, for they are al- 

 w a y s an important 

 feature of this socie- 

 ty 's meetings. Every- 

 one wants to see 

 what's new, but this 

 year there ian *t mueb 

 of that to see in any 



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