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The Florists^ Review 



January 27, 1921 

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Adolph (Jiidi", .Sr., is \ici' cliiiiriiiau of 

 llie gc'iuTal I'xc'ciit ivi' i-diiiiiiit ti'c. J. 

 Harjier llotlu'riii^toii hasj done ellicient 

 work as head of tlie publicity eominit- 

 lee. 'J'lie exliibitioii coinniittcc is licadetl 

 by Harry ]i. JA'wis. li. Ijloyd .Jenkins 

 heads what are known as the ''boost- 

 ers." Tlio jiersonnel of tlie various 

 committees in full is as follows: 



Execulivo committee Diivid (!. (Jrillliortzcr. 

 eli:i!rinaii; Adolpli K. (riule, vice (Imirmiin; Otto 

 Hiliier, Ireiisiirer; Ailolpli (iiide. Sr.. William F, 

 (iinlc. (Jeorue W. Hess, .1. nniper llctlieriiinloii. 

 It. I<lo.v(l .Iciikins, Kred II. Kijiiner. Chiriiice 1>. 

 IJiiz. Alliert C. Scliiudl, (iciUKe ('. Sliiitl"cr. llarr.v 

 It. Lewis. 



Kiiterliiiiiment Adoljili K. (iiiile, cliiiirmaii: 

 Geoijre W. Hess, (ie(ii;;e f. Sliaflcr. Kdward S. 

 Scliinid. 



(ireeters — William K. (iiule, chairman: .1. Dan 

 Itlackistonc, Z. I), lUaekislone, 'llieiidure Died 

 rich, Stanley Holland. I»ius 10. Hoover, W. W. 

 Kimmel, Klmer C. Ma.vhorry, Fred H. Kramer, 

 O. .\. C. Oehmler. Harry I'nyne. 



(iovernment (,'ooperatii,>ji (leorco W. Iless, Wil 

 liam II. Ernest. Edward S. Schiiiid. Messrs, 

 Byrnes and Honlock. 



I'uhlicity — J. Harper Hetherincton. chairman; 

 Chirence Ij. I.inz, Oeorgo C. SlialTer, C. Milton 

 Thomas, (!eor;;e White. 



Exhibition Harry D. I<cwis, chairman; Otto 

 Haiier, Alhert C. Schnell. 



ItoosterH — K. Lloyd Jenkins, chairman; Louis 

 nowldcr. r.eortfe ('. Dalcleish. M. .1. MoCalie, 

 E<lward Niedomanski, .lolm Sharper, West liros., 

 Henry Witt. 



The judges of the exhibition were 

 S. J. Goddard, Josei)h H. Hill, CharU>s 

 W. Johnson, David S. Ward, K. Saun 

 ders iind John II. Dunl(>]i. 



The Exhibition. 



The exhibition wiis held on the tenth 

 floor of the New Willard hotel, all 

 blooms being in jjlacc for judging early 

 in the afternoon. The judges si)ent the 

 greater part of the iifternoon at their 

 work. After it wjis eoin])leted the trade 

 visitors were admitted and in the eve- 

 ning the doors were thrown open to the 

 public. 



For the Dorner memorial medal the 

 following varieties had seeuretl a jilace 

 on the eligible list l)y ajipearance at 

 previous exhibitions of the society: 

 Edna, shown bv Nic Zweifel, Milwau- 

 kee, Wis.; No.' 167 (12) and No. 119 

 (12), by F. Dorner & Sons Co., La- 

 fayette, Ind.; Donald, by Strout's, Inc., 

 Biddeford, Me., and No. 26, 16C, by 

 Mount Greenwood Cemetery Associa- 

 tion, Chicago. 



Opening Session. 



The first business session opened Wed- 

 nesday evening, J;inuary 26, at the New 

 Willard. After the opening ceremonies, 

 Charles \V. Jolinson read his presidential 

 address, which was quite warmly re- 

 ceived. Secretary A. F. J. Baur's re- 

 j)ort, which followed, told what had 

 been accomidishe<l by the society ilur- 

 ing the last year and bore evidence of 

 his own untiring work in its behalf. 

 F. E. Dorner presented the treasurer's 

 statement. Reports of committees were 

 presented by Charles W. Johnson, on 

 grading carnations, by C. S. Strout, on 

 jiateiits for plants, and by S. J. God- 

 dard, on premium list for n;itional 

 flower show. 



National Show Schedule. 



The report of S. J. Goddard, on the 

 premium list for the next national 

 flower show, had been ])rcviously pre- 

 sented at the meeting of the bo;ird of 

 directors of the American Carnation 

 Society at Cleveland last August, when 

 the committee was instructed to hold 

 it over until this convention for fur- 

 ther consideration. Since tlie amount 

 of money available for the carnation 

 awards is in the neighborhood of $2,000, 

 a good schedule is expected. The out 



line of thiit suggested by the committee, 

 which will be of interest to probable 

 exhibitors of carnations at Cleveland in 

 1!>22, is as follows: 



Displa.v of carnation lilnoms. so-call('d Euro- 

 pean style, lo occupy not less than seventy tive 

 s(iuare feet of spaie: 



First prize, (jf)ld medal and itiliOO. 



Second prize, silver medal and $lil)0. 



Third prize, bronze medal and $100. 



The exhibitor to be fiivcn absjhite latitude as 

 lo nrranKenient and permitted to use any cut 

 foliage or foliage plants, all receptacles to be 

 furnished by the exhibitor. 



Dasket arrant'enicnt of carnation blooms, one 

 variety, any color; not less than 2(X) bhioms, 

 arranged with cut folia(;i> of. anv kind; 



First prize. $1(H). 



.Secfjnd i)rize, .1!7."). 



Third prize, $50. 



Itest undisseminaled carnation arranged in a 

 basket or recei)tacle other than a plain vase as 

 generally supplied at the A. ('. S. exhibitions: 



First prize, $100. 



Second prize, $75. 



ISest arrangement of larnation bhxuns to be 

 different from the above classes (not basket or 

 vases). This class is intended to bring out some- 

 Ihing novel in style. Any foliage, cut or in pots, 

 may be used at the discretion of the exhibitor: 



First prize, $100. 



Second prize, $75. 



Third prize, $.50. 



Kest table decoration, any foliage, cut or 

 otherwise. Carnations the principal flowers to 

 be used: 



First prize. $75. 



Second prize, $.50. 



One hundred blooms any new variety to be 

 introduced in 1922 or 192.S, to take the place of 

 the medal classes of A. V. S.: 



First prize, gold medal and $50. 



Second prize, silver medal and $25. 



Third prize, bronze medal and $15. 



.'ScorinK by A. C. S. scale ami rules for medal 

 class. 



Classes for vases of ino blooms anil fifty 

 l)hM)nis. similar to those offered at A. ('. S. annual 

 meetings. 



("lass .\. Eleven classes as usual si'hednle, 

 with tirst prize, $15. and se<-ond prize. .«10. 



Class II. Twent.v classes as revised by board 

 of directors l!t21. with first prize. $7, and second 

 I'rizcj $4. 



Dues Changed. 



Then was ])assed the resolution finally 

 adopting the change in the by-laws pre- 

 sented last year. It alters secton 4 to 

 read as follows: ''The initiation fee 

 shitll be $^ and the annual dues shall be 

 such .Mn amount as sh;ill be fixecl from 

 time to time by the aiimi;ii meeting of 

 tlie society." The dues were fixed at $:! 

 lor 1922. 



The nomination of oHiceis followed 

 and invitations for the next place of 

 meeting. 



An essay on using soil fur more than 

 one seiison was ])resent(>d by \V. D. IIow- 

 ■•ird, of Milford, Mass. An excellent 

 paper was sent by Charles 1'. Mueller, 

 of Wichita, Kan., on increasing the 

 cut of carnations for Mothers' day, 

 which ajipears on another page of this 

 issue. 



These were followC(| by the ie|)ort of 

 the judges of the exhibition, discussion 

 of tlie two sulijects having been 

 scheduled for the following morning's 

 session. 



PRAISE FOR HAND TRACTORS. 



Westerner Enthusiastic. 



Under a heading, "Wliat About Hand 

 Tractors?" you ask for readers' views 

 on motor-driv^'ii hand tractors, and it 

 gives me great jdeasiire to jitiss along 

 to my brother florists the good news in 

 reference to them. 



For several years I noticed adver- 

 tisements of tlie first hand tractor that 

 was placed on the market, and it was 

 not until two years ago that I placed 

 my order with the Beeman Tractor Co., 

 /if Minneapolis, Minn., for one. I was 

 compelled to do so by the shortage of 

 labor. In the meantime I had secured 

 literature on every small tractor that 



wjis on the market, and after carefully 

 studying the specifications of each, li 

 decided on a Beem«n, and I will say 

 that it was the wisest deed I ever per- 

 formed. It has been a constant worker 

 ever since I have hjB,d it on the place. 

 Before purchasing i|;, I was using two 

 gas engines and a horse, and in the 

 spring I always hired an extra horse 

 for plowing. Now I have sold both gas 

 engines and the horse. The Beeman is 

 doing all the work. It works both win- 

 ter and summer and is always on the 

 job. Where I formerly had three men 

 and a boy on my place through the 

 spring and summer, I now do the work 

 with one man and the Beeman. The 

 florists cannot realize what a labor and 

 money-saver it is until they have 

 actually used one. In plowing it pre- 

 pares the soil better than I ever c<5uld 

 when plowing with a horse, and in the 

 carnation field it is a wonder at culti- 

 vating, as the cultivator teeth can be 

 adjusted so they will only make a dust 

 mulch or for deep cultivation. For 

 peonies, asters, gladioli and geraniums 

 it cannot be beaten as a cultivator. 

 Since using the Beeman I have found 

 that I get better crops and bring my 

 flowers in earlier than when I used 

 hand-power for such work. We have 

 worked it every day in the spring, sum- 

 mer and fall, and in the winter we use 

 it for cleaning the walks of snow, 

 which with the Beeman only takes 

 about fifteen minutes, whereas it would 

 take a man over half a day. We use it 

 to run the manure shredder and work 

 it on a pump that formerly took a 6- 

 horsepower jjas engine. We find that 

 the Beeman is absolutely indispensable 

 on any florists' range. We have had 

 our tractor working for two seasons and 

 have not spent a cent for repairs, and 

 it has never refused to go. I have 

 traveled quite extensively in the west 

 and have seen other small tractors, but 

 I do not believe there is anj' that is 

 more adapted to all the uses of a flo- 

 rist than the Beeman. The man who 

 places one on his range and uses a little 

 common sense in its care and use will 

 never get through thanking The Review 

 for asking for views on motor-driven 

 tractors. Unless I could replace the one 

 I have, there is no money that could 

 buy it from me. If any readers wish 

 further information, I shall be pleased 

 to answer any inquiry that is addressed 

 to me at the. R. & S. Greenhouses, 

 Missoula, Mont. L. M. Mason, of 

 Streator, 111., is using a Beeman in his 

 vegetable houses. Frank X. Scully. 



Ohioaji Weil Pleased. 



In regard to the item in last week's- 

 issue of The Review about hand trac- 

 tors, I should like to say that we bought 

 a Midwest Utilitor, made by Midwest 

 Engine Co., Indianapolis, Ind., last 

 spring. We used it all last sPason and 

 were much pleased with it. We. will 

 recommend it to anyone in need of a 

 small walking tractor. We have used 

 it with the plow and disk, to cultivate 

 and also to run the washing machine. 



H. W. Ward. 



Crookston, Minn.— Edward W. Schus- 

 ter, who thus far has sold his stock at the- 

 greenhouses, has leased one of the best 

 locations in town and about February 10 

 will open a retail store equipped through- 

 out by the A. L. RandMl Co.. Chicago, 

 including wicker furniture, wall cases 

 .'ind a model work bench. 



