Fbbbuarv 3, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



31 



General View of American Carnation Society's Exhibition at Washington Last Week. 



of the basis of membership in the asso- 

 ciation. The following scheme, pre- 

 viously drawn up by Secretary Am- 

 mann, was adopted: 



Membership in this association sliall consist 

 of three classes, as follows: 



Class A. Growers who are members of local 

 allied associations organized for coSperative ad- 

 vertising, contributing thereto one per cent of 

 their receipts, of which twenty-five per cent shall 

 be paid into this association, shall automaticall.v 

 become memt>ers of this organization without pay- 

 ment of any further dues. 



Class B. Growers who are members of dis 

 trict local growers' associations, who shall pay 

 as annual dues into this association 50 cents 

 per thousand feet of ground area covered with 

 glass owned and operated by them. 



Class C. Growers who are members of neither 

 of the atx)ve organizations and who shall pay 

 ns annual dues into this association the sum of 

 $2 per thousand square feet of ground area 

 covered with glass owned and operated by them. 



The dues of members in Classes B and C shall 

 be paid to the secretary of this association 

 quarterly in advance as follows: First quarter. 

 January; second quarter, April; third quarter. 

 July; fourth quarter. October. Any grower 

 desiring to join this association shall pay as an 

 initiation fee a full quarter's dues along with 

 his application for membership. 



Constitution and By-Laws Changed. 



Change from the earlier plan of dis- 

 trict organization, with representation 

 in the national organization by elected 

 delegates, necessitated alteration of the 

 constitution and by-laws. Some addi- 

 tional changes, recommended by attor- 

 neys or considered advisable for other 

 reasons, were made. Article II of the 

 constitution, sotting forth the objects 

 of the association, was changed to read 

 as follows: 



The objects of the association are the advance- 

 ment of commercial tioriciilture under glass de- 

 vising ways and means for the best and most 

 economical way of: 



1. Production: To combat Insects and dis- 

 eases, studying elements entering info produc- 

 tion, such as soil analysis, commercial fertilizers 

 temperatures, methods and cost of construction 

 of greenhouses, growing location with reference 

 to marketing, and disseminating knowledee 

 to'"°thlm'°^'°^" "" ''"'°"' subjects of interest 



2. Marketing: Sales methods, methods of 

 grading, storing, packing and delivery To de 

 vise ways and means of bettering selling condl- 

 r^a?k'et!;'g"&"^.*''« Present^cause o^f ^st 



3. Credits and collections 



on^le^.Tin^li."*"" To keep generally informed 

 on legislation proposed affecting members of 



latfon '"°° *° *"*"" **"*« ornatlonal leglB- 



To promote the interest of commercial flori- 

 culture and to keep the members generally ad- 

 vised on all matters which will be of mutual 

 benefit to them. 



The board of directors was reduced 

 from fifteen to nine, since the larger 

 number was considered an unwieldy 

 body. Seven directors are elective, the 

 other two being the president and vice- 

 president ex-ofiicio. Six constitute a 

 quorum. 



Other minor changes were made to 

 carry out in detail those noted above. 



Finances. 



The treasurer, Wallace E. Pierson, re- 

 ported that twenty-two of those who 

 pledged a loan of $100 each at Cleve- 

 land last August to finance the associa- 

 tion temporarily had sent in checks. 

 Of this amount a large part still re- 

 mains in the treasury, all bills being 

 paid. 



At this time Harold B. Brookins 

 turned in the first payment of dues to 

 the National Flower Growers' Associa- 

 tion, consisting of $90.13, the first 

 quarterly installment from Buffalo 

 growers, of whom twenty-eight are 

 members, representing 683,700 feet of 

 glass. 



George Moyse, secretary of the New 

 England Growers' Association, reported 

 on progress in that district, where 

 membership is increasing rapidly. 



Walter Amling, president of the St. 

 Louis branch, telegraphed his regrets 

 for his absence. 



Otto H. Amling, secretary of the 

 Commercial Flower Growers of Chi- 

 cago, in a letter explained his ab- 

 sence on account of the ill health of 

 his mother. 



After the election of officers, the re- 

 sults of which are noted above, Wallace 

 E. Pierson gave an invitation to the 

 association to meet in 1922 at Hartford 

 vnth the American Carnation Society. 

 Joseph Kohout moved acceptance and, 

 upon the second of Carl Hagenburger, 

 the motion was unanimously carried. 



A proposal was made that the asso- 



ciation adopt a certificate of merit to 

 be awarded exhibits at various meet- 

 ings. A committee, consisting of Wal- 

 lace E. Pierson, Earl H. Mann and Carl 

 Hagenburger, was appointed to draft 

 terms on which such a certificate and 

 also medals should be awarded and to 

 submit designs, reporting to the board 

 of directors in order to hasten action. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



Vice-President David G. Grillbortzer 

 recognized the oratorical ability of the 

 ex-president of the Washington Cham- 

 ber of Commerce and introduced Wm. 

 F. Gude to welcome the carnationists 

 to the capital. 



Though Theodore Dorner expressed 

 the opinion that the Dorner family was 

 sufficiently represented in the society's 

 affairs by his brother, Fred, as treas- 

 urer, it showed its need of him by call- 

 ing upon him to answer the address of 

 welcome, head the committee on final 

 resolutions and serve as director for 

 three years more. 



Nothing further being added to Presi- 

 dent Johnson's 1920 report on grading, 

 the committee's report was accepted 

 and filed. 



Eeporting for the committee on pat- 

 ents for plants, C. S. Strout made it 

 short and brief by stating that there 

 seemed to be no necessity and no desire 

 for such action, which is generally 

 thought unfeasible. 



The society was perfectly satisfied to 

 reelect the judges whose term expired, 

 Joseph n. Hill and Samuel J. Goddard, 

 and it did. The necessity for a third 

 nominee was filled by Wallace Pierson 's 

 volunteering to be "the goat" on the 

 condition nobody voted for him. 



As chairman of the national flower 

 show committee, George Asmus made an 

 incisive appeal to the carnation men for 

 extensive exhibits at Cleveland in 1923. 



The committee of the American Eose 

 Society on commercial cut flower inter- 

 ests, including Wallace E. Pierson, 

 chairman; Eobert Pyle, Thomas Eoland, 



