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The Florists^ Review 



NoviriiBEK 18, 191iO 



J lie, was <^iviii lidiiorable iiifiififm for 

 its cdllfi'tioii (if fdliaj^c ]ilaiits. 



(JthiT special [iri/rs \vci<' awanlcl as 

 J'dlliiw s: 



C. S. A. silver (1111 I'll- 111'' li('>-< si'cilliii),' 

 olirvsniillicimiin nut dishcmiii.-iliil, si^ Mimuiis, mic 

 vaHcty (iii Imi;: stfiiis— Uaur \ Su-iiik:iiiiii, 

 lM(lhiiiM|i(>liK. IikI. 



C. S. A. silvci- (1111 f(ir till- hisl si-i viisis siii^-lc 



Clir.VKMlllllcnillMlS, six V:llictil-S, lUclVC Spl'il.VS, 



not" less lli:iii ciclilciii im-lics Icnit;, tci ii v;iso — 

 Clmrlcs II. Totty, ,M:iiliscin. N. J. 



I/ir.l iV Itiinilciiii C'l. prizi- for twelve M(M>ms, 

 twelve viirietics uf ilir.vt.:(iilliciiimiis en slmi't 

 Btcnis -ficirles H. Tdlty. 



NMlierVille Nur^el-ies Held llieilMl {"V lllC licsl 

 COllecdnll ef s.edlini: |ielll|iiill ehiy s:l 11 1 hem UlllS 

 not disseniillllled: lo I.e slmwll in se|i;ir;.te VMSrS. 



not less Ihaii llii-ce spriiys to :i viisi' or iiioie 

 tliiin one v.ise of iiiiy variety — Cliiirles II. lotiy, 



lIit(.'liiiiKs & ('"■ silver eiip for till- licst six 

 vM-es iiMiiip'Oi elu-ysanllieiiiiiiiis, six Viirietics, 

 twelve sprayv. ii"l' less tliaii ci^liteeii iueliix 

 lunc, lo a vase Cl.arles II. Totly. 



■Plic in. Iocs were William Fcasi, Halli- 

 iiK.rc. Mil., ami A. P.. ( 'artlcdoc, Samuel 

 S. r,iiii(iek ami Aie.xaiiilei- H. Scdtt, of 

 rhila.lel|iliia. 



The ofticers cf the slmw were hiohly 

 c(iiii]irmieiiteil (111 its success, 'riiev were 

 I'. 11. Kramer, chairman (if the execu- 

 1i\c cduimittee; /. 1>. Hlackistoao, vice- 

 chairmaJi; ( ). A. ('. Oehmler, suiierin- 

 teiideut (if exhiliitidli. The executive.' 

 ocuuinittec consisteil of: ("■edr'^e \ . 

 Sehultz, secretary; A. E. (.'.mle, treas 

 urer; iHis])itality, \Villiaiii F. (lude; 

 liiiance. C L. .leukins; jirdjiraii.. J. 

 llarper lletherini,'tdii; cntertaiuiiieut, 

 Cieerjie C. ShalTer; ]irivate "ranteuers ' 

 exhibits, C. K. Anderson. T. (). M. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Meets at Washington. 



The ("hrysanthemum Sdciety df Amer- 

 ica h( Id its annual meetiiij,' at Washin^'- 

 tdii, J). <"., Thursday, November 11, in 

 connection with the chrysanthemum 

 show held there last week under its 

 auspices. 



Tlie ollliecrs elected for the ensuinj^ 

 year were: 



President — S. S. I'enndck, IMiiladil- 

 jihia. 



Vice i«resident — X. .1. WietdT, Chi- 

 cago. 



JSecrotarv — Charles W. Johnson, Rock- 

 ford. III. 



Treasurer— Chtirles H. Tottv, Madison, 

 N. J. 



In resjionse td the invitation of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club, it was decided 

 that Chicago should be the next meeting 

 jilaco of tlic society. The meeting is 

 scheduled for early in November, llt^l, 

 although the exact date is to be tixed 

 later. 



President's Address. 



Thomas W. Head, who was unable to 

 be jiresent, sent his jiresident i;il suMress 

 to be read at the meeting. In it lie said: 



"I exceedingly regret my inaVdlity to 

 be with you at this convention, as I had 

 lodked fdrward with a great deal of in- 

 terest to this meeting .and had expected 

 to take an .active interest in the matters 

 that are to cimie ii]i. but li.i\ iiiL: .just 

 recently (dianged my jiositicii, I tiiid it 

 iinjiossible for me to get aw;i\. 



"Tlie exhiliits that I li:i\e se..n this 

 fall ha\(' not been ii|i In tlidse of jire- 

 war times. This is due to the fact that 

 ox]ierienced laluir has been hard tn get 

 and that many estates are still retrench- 

 ing and have closed the greenhouses for 

 tlie winter. The coal situation has liad 

 a little to do with it also; yet the imblic 

 could bo seen clamoring to get in to see 

 those fine lIoW(>rs, showing they were 

 still as fond of them as ever. The 



scarcity of large blooms was noticeable. 

 Visitors seemed to favor the niodium- 

 sized llowers ;is being much better to 

 arrange for efl'ect in their homes. But 

 as long as wc are suiijilied with such 

 splendid novelties as C. H. Tottv, T. W. 

 I'ockett, K. 1). Smith and W. Wells have 

 been giving us we may expect them to 

 show these large llowers to let us see 

 what perfection they have arrived at 

 by their hard and zealous work in 

 hybridizing. 



Trying Times. 



•'This year has been a trying one for 

 the proper develoimient of the llowers, 

 as tlie warm fall seemed to take the 

 lit'e out df them and made them useless 

 tur showing. It is a ]deasure to see so 

 many of the recent introductions doing 

 so w(dl with us, giving the introducer 

 great eneduragemeiit in his wiirk and 

 also inciting new blood to the work, as 

 there is a great lield ojieu in this line. 

 Our worthy s(>eretary, C. W. Johnson, 

 has been wurking for several vears along 



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these lines ;ind his hard work has cer- 

 tainly been rewarded with excellent 

 novelties that he has originated. 



''There is still a growing demand for 

 hardy flowering chrysanthemums, and 

 this year has been favorable to test some 

 of them out, but as yet the varieties to 

 ( hoose from are not plentiful. I think 

 there is a great field open here, as so 

 many of these flowers can t)e used in our 

 borders for fall effect. I notice that 

 many of the landscape architects are 

 giving these fluwirs more attention anil 

 I myself have received numerous letters 

 this year asking for a list of the really 

 h.ardy mums t'or certain sections. So I 

 lidjie we shall lie able to imjirove on 

 t hes(. as t ime goes by. 



'•It is to be regretted that the flowers 

 h.ave not been seen at the shows as be- 

 t'ure the war, but without the interest ef 

 tlie jiedjile who can alfuril to grow thesi^ 

 tine llowers, lidw can we expect to keep 

 the others iiit eiesteil or bring new en- 

 thusiasts into the field? This all helps 

 to improve the gardeners' ]iosition by 

 showing the public that it takes a man 

 of exjierience and a man who loves his 

 ]ir(ifession to produce excellent flowers. 

 So it is u]i to us, one and all, to encour- 

 ;ige these jiublic exhibitions and adver- 

 tise ourselves ;ts well as our products, 

 which we have spent so many years to 



learn to jiroduce, and 'Say It with 

 Flowers' to the world." 



Secretary's Report. 



Secretary C. W. .lohnson presented 

 his report, which was as follows: 



''The eighteenth annual meeting was 

 held in conjunction with the annual fair 

 of the American Institute of the City 

 of New York at the Kngineering build- 

 ing. New York. There was ;i creditable 

 showing of fine blooms exhibited by the 

 members of the society, consisting prin- 

 cipally of the standard exhibition and 

 commercial varieties, but few seedlings 

 or new varieties. The lack of new 

 seedlings at our exhibitions brings to 

 the mind of ex])erieiice(l exhibitors , the 

 difference between the shows of today 

 and those of former years, when the 

 gretitest interest was centered on the 

 seedlings and novelties, and now that 

 we can not depend on foreign importa- 

 tions to create this interest, it is u 

 challenge to the members of the C. S. A. 

 to demonstrate their ability along the 

 lines of jiroducing new varieties. 'There 

 was .a strong showing of the pompon 

 .and single varieties. whi(di attracted the 

 attention of the visitors, showing how 

 popular these varieties are with the 

 general ])ublic. The secretary was in 

 attendance at the show .and a re])ort of 

 the proceedings has been printed and 

 mailed to all members of the society. 



''Your secretary has noticed most- 

 ]i!irticnlarly during the last year the 

 falling oft" in the suiiport the society is 

 i-eceiving from the private gardeners. 

 This may be duo to the conditions as 

 they exist on jirivate places fcdlowing 

 the war, but as the C. S. A. has drawn 

 its strongest support from the ranks of 

 the gardeners, we can ill afford to lose it. 



Commercial Plantings Larger. 



"The planting of chrysanthemums for 

 commercial cut flower purposes is larger 

 than over this year, os[iecially the pom- 

 ]ion varieties, but up to the present time 

 the demand has kept pace with the sup- 

 ]ily throughout a greater part of the 

 country. In the eastern states the un- 

 usually fine weather for this time of 

 year has advanced the flowering ])erio(l 

 of most of the varieties so that the sea- 

 son will be shortened considerably; 

 otherwise the chrysanthemum grower 

 has little to complain of. 



"()^ving to the increased cost of print- 

 ing, evciything connected with the 

 secretary's office along the lines of sta- 

 tionery has been more expensive, 

 r^xamining the committee's scoring 

 sheets and the annual rejiort cost more 

 than in preceiling years, but all of those 

 items have been .attended to as hereto- 

 fore. The examining committees have 

 continued to be efficient in their work 

 in the .judging of the new varieties sub- 

 mitted to them. The tr.ade jiapers, as 

 heretofore, generously ]iul)lished all no- 

 tices sent to them from time to time 

 during the year, for which we owe them 

 a vote of thanks. 



''"N'oiir secretary wishes to acknowl- 

 edge the kindness of Elmer D. Smith in 

 furnishing him with a com]ilete list of 

 varieties disseminated in 1910, which 

 was !i groat help in getting u;' the 

 annual report. " 



Treasurer's Report. 



Following is the report of Charles IT. 

 Totty, treasurer of the Chrysanthemum 



