.THE 



d±i 





■"{VtK* 





^^s^s^ 



.r-" 



CARNATION MEN AT 



NATIONAL CAPITAL 



It'i ( (/n niifi from tlir icar coiidit ions ii'hicli hun IkiikHi it pjii d its t.iln 

 bilious III llir Idsf (cir i/cdrs, lilt Aint ritii ii Citfniil ion Socithi r.i I ni-ni il /«; 

 soiiii'lli iiii/ likt ttitl-tiitit form III ils itinimtl ton rt iilioii til Wash iiii/toii ////> 

 iff'tl,-, I iifoiiriit/iiifi ill list If tiiitl i)i ils promisi It) t/roiri fs of lliis iloirt r. 





Xl'KOTATlOXy of nil rx 

 liil>iti<)ii tlial would iii;irl\ 

 ;i iiotahlo ste]) IowmkI the 

 siic'cessl'ul ail'aii's wliidi 

 made the annual conxcn 

 lion of Ihc AiiK'ricaii < ai 

 nation Society a conspieii 

 (Ills lioitii'ultural event he 

 fore tlie waf wt-re not di-< 

 a|i]iointe<l at \Vasiiiiit;toii 

 this week. Tlio exliihits tiiat wric 

 stajjod on the tenth Ihior of tlie New 

 Willard hotid .lanuaiy 'Jti were some 

 thinij that .stirred nieinl)eis of tiie so 

 eiety and {^rowers of its flower to the 

 praises of this l)looni. The l;ist four or 

 five years have not heeii fa%oral)h' for 

 exhibitions of highest stan<lard. and tiie 

 AiniM-ican C'aniation tSociely recognized 

 it, though its untiring ollicers wer(> alert 

 to take advantage of any [lossihle op 

 j)ortunities to stage 

 a " conicliack. ' ' 

 Their energies were 

 jiart ieularly directed 

 towards ni a k i n g 

 this meeting at 

 Washington o n c 

 which would arouse 

 the interest of all 

 concerned with car- 

 nations and would 

 *lraw them to the 

 meeting. They were 

 successful, for tin' 

 attendance at Wash 

 ington tliis week is 

 consj)icuonsly larger 

 than tliat at I'hi 

 cago last year. 



Attractions. 



Of course, there 

 are a number fd' co- 

 incidental meetings, 

 whicli augmented 

 the demand for 

 quarters at the New 

 Willard. TIk' board 

 of directors of the 

 Society of American 

 Florists, and the 

 annual meeting of 

 the newly organ- 

 ized National |;"lovv- 

 er Growers' Asso- 

 ciation are the two 

 most imjiortant 

 events. The public- 

 ity conjniittee and 

 the national flower 

 show committee of 

 the S. A. F. have 

 also heen in .session. 



Moreover, t h e 

 number of carna- 

 tion growers located 



OFFICERS ELECTED 



President 

 W. D. Howard - Milford, Conn. 



Secretary 

 A. F. J. Baur - - Indianapolis 



rreasurer 

 F. E. Dorner - - Lafayette, Ind. 



Director 



r.ii- ■I'hr.i- Vi;iis 



Theo. Dorner - Lafayette, Ind. 



Next Place of Meeting 

 Cincinnati vs. Hartford 



within an easy shipjiing distance of 

 Washington is much larger than tliat in 

 the \iciiiitv of anv western center. And 



W. D. Howard. 



l'rcsi(lfnt-KI«'Ci nf llif Aimi ir:in riiiri:itiiiM S(iciet\. 



the east weleoiiied tin- Aiiieriiaii < ariia- 

 iKui So(iet,\' back in its midst. Aside 

 liiiiii slii|ipiiig, distance counts t<>d;i\ 

 lliiuli iiiore than bel'ol'e ill the rest riet lull 

 lif attendance at :i trade con\ eiitiou. 

 l\'ailio;id tares, not to ■.]ieal\ nl' hotid 

 prices, etc., liave reaclie,| a |ioiiit where 

 the a\i'r;igt' florist thinks twice bef(jre 

 he iiialies |d!ins to \isit any trade ineet- 

 iiii^. Florists from surrounding (dties 

 ■•ind towns are more niinierous, it wouM 

 seem. The trade has awakened to the 

 tact that the best way to make [irogress 

 is to see how the other fellow is ]ir()- 

 ;;ressiiig. Hut the florists from a dis- 

 tance, aside from those whose olHcial 

 duties briim them, are not largo in num- 

 ber. 



Those who liaxc come, however, tire 

 ini^^lity gjtid they did, for the Washing- 

 ion lirethreii h;i\e spared no tdforts to 

 nitike their stay en- 

 joyable and the 

 meetings coiis]dcU- 

 ously successi'ul. If 

 t hey intend, iiy this, 

 so to speiik, curttiin- 

 raiser, to iiulicate 

 wJKit will transpire 

 at the big show, 

 when tiie S. .\. F. 

 meets in tlie nat ion- 

 ;il ctipital, they 

 have chosen the best 

 means to advertise 

 I'or a btinnei at- 

 tendance next .Au- 

 gust. 



Committees. 



i.e.adi'r .•iniong 



t lie energetic Wtish- 

 iniiton'ians who seek 

 to make this oecti- 

 -ioii iiottible in the 

 American Carnation 

 Soeiety's history is 

 tile vice ijresident. 

 I la \ id (i. Grillbort- 

 /.er, \\ ho acts ;is 

 i;eneial tdiairnian of 

 the lociil forces. As- 

 sisting him, at the 

 lietid of sujiporting 

 roinmittees are, lirst 

 and foremost, two 

 meinliers of the 

 house of (; u d c. 

 .\d<dph E. (iude is 

 ln\'td of the enter- 

 tainment committee 

 and William F. 

 Gude is he.ol of the 

 ' ' greeters,' ' ,'i most 

 llttiiig place for 

 him. The \ iie-presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F., 



