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The Florists^ Review 



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



of tlic l);i,sis ot' iiH'inbcrslii]) in the asso- 

 ciation. The followinj^ si-lienu', ])re- 

 viously ilrawn u]t by Secretary Ain- 

 maiui, was aci()j)tc(i: 



MemlXTsliip in this iiss.ici.it j.iii >li;ill roiisist 

 of lliri'i' cliissi'S, lis I'lilliius: 



('hiss A. (Jfdwits \\I)i> iiri' iiicinlirrs of Ioi'mI 

 :illi('il iissoi'iatii>iis i>ri,':ini/i'il f..i- roiipi.rativ.' ail 

 viTtisiiii:. ccptitriliHIiiit: lli.'iflo mii' per ri'iit nf 

 llii'ir riTcipts, (>r ulii.li tw.-rily livi- per ,i-tit shall 

 . I)<> paid into Iliis assooialioii. sluill aiit.iiiiat i.-all.\ 

 Ih'coih" nioinliors of tliis orijainzatioii witlioiit pa,\ ■ 

 nn'iit of any fiirtlior dues. 



Class li. (Jrowcrs wlio an' iiii'inlicrs of (lis 

 trict local trrowcis' associalionv, wh,, shall pav 

 as annual dues into this assin-ia i inn r.ii i-cm's 

 PIT thoiisanil foi't of ki'oiiiiiI area covered with 

 Siliiss owned and oiierated liy them. 



Class ('. Crowcrs who afi inheis of neither 



of the uliove organizations aiid who shall pav 

 :is iinnnal dio's into this association the siini of 

 .•>- per thonsaiiil sipiare feet of L'roiuid .irea 

 covered Willi iihass owned and operated hv them. 



The lines of niemhers in Classes H and C shall 

 Ix' paiil to the secretary of this association 

 •||uiirlerly in advance as follows: First ipi.artor. 

 .lanii.ir.i ; second ipiaiter. April: third ipiarter. 

 .Inly: fourth ipiarter. O.'tober. Any (.-rouci 

 ■ lesirini: to join this association sli.ill pa\ as an 

 initiation fee a full qnarler's dues al.ti- with 

 his .-iiiplicati.in for tnhership. 



Constitution and By-Laws Changed. 



''haiio,. ifuiii the e.'irlirr jilaii of dis- 

 trict orj^ani/.ation, witli ri']iri>sen(ntion 

 in tlic national or^aiii/;tt icni liy eh'cteil 

 delegates, nocessitatd alteration of the 

 eonslitiiti.in ami by-laws. Soino ad.li- 

 tiiin.'il chaiifjes, roci.iiiinended hv attor- 

 neys or ('(insidereil ;ol\isablf> for other 

 reasons, were n<;iile. Article IT of the 

 coii.stiiiitiiin. s(ttiiio t'livth tlie olijects 

 of the assiieiation, was ohanjieil to reail 

 as follows: 



I'he olij.-ets ol the asso.dation are the advance- 

 ment of commercial (loriciill ii,e under l'I-iss ,1,. 

 visinn ways and means for the l,e,t and m. st 

 e.-en.Miii.Ml way of: 



1. I'nviln.-ti.Mi: To cml.al insects ^md dis. 

 oases, studymtf eloments enterim; into pro.lnc- 

 non. snch as soil analysis, c.tnmer.dal fertili/ets 

 temperatures, methods and cost of cnltri, ion 

 ..t .•ree„h..ns,.s. .-rowing, h.ca ti„n 'w i,l, ";.',[.' ,!^.^. 

 t.i m.irketinu-, and disscmin.itintf knowledee 

 an,on.^me,nl...rs „n various M,l,jec?.s of"?,Uort^? 



2. Markotrne: Sales methods, methods of 

 cradlnK. storing', packing and deliverv To .1?. 

 vise wa.vs and means of lietterint' sellin- con.li 

 ttons and rluninatin;.- the present cause rf w- s, ■ 

 lii marketiin: ll.iwers. a. loiw.isI. 



■'!. Cn-dits and collections 



4. liOL-islation: To keep conerallv informe.i 

 on legislation proposed a ffect i, / i.,,, f-rs o 

 th.s association in either sta.o or'natio'nirieKU- 



To promote the interest of romniercial II. .ri 

 cnltnre and to kee)) the niemhers L'enerally ad 

 vised on all matters which will he of mutiial 

 licncllt to them. 



The board of directors was reihiced 

 from fifteen to nine, since the larjjer 

 number was considered an unwiehly 

 Initly. Seven directors arc elective, tlie 

 other two lieincr the jiresident and vice- 

 president ex ofticio. Si.K constitute a 

 iiuoruni. 



Other minor changes \vere made to 

 c;irr\- out in detail those noted above. 



Finances. 



The treasurer, Wallace ]{. I'iersnu. re 

 )iiirteil that twenty-two of those who 

 pledfred a li.an of $100 each at Cleve- 

 l;ind last Auijiisf to liiianc(> the associa- 

 tion teniiior.'irily hail sent in checks. 

 Of this amount a lar;;e jiart still re- 

 mains in the treasury, all bills beiuL; 

 paiil. 



At this time ilarol.l 1!. lirnokins 

 turned in the first jiaynieiit of dues u> 

 the \;itiipnal l-'lower (irewers' Assiicia- 

 tidU. consisting;' uf .*fl(\l,'!. the tirst 

 quarterly installment fmm I'.uiTalo 

 ;:rov,ers, ,,t' whom twenty-eioht are 

 inemlper-, re])reseiitiiiLr r>.S,'!,7(Mi feet of 

 uhiss. 

 ^ Oeor^e ^Joyse, secretary of the New 

 lOlijtiaiid Growers' Association, re|i(irted 

 oik. i>rogress in that district, where 

 me!nhershi|i is .iiicreasin<r rapidlv. 



Walter Amling, presidf'ut of' the St. 

 Lniiis branch, tele-rrijilieil his rej^rets 

 for his al)sence. .v; 



Otto n. Amliiii;, secretarv ef the 

 Commercial Fh.wer Growers uf Chi- 

 caf,ro, ,in ;( letter explained his ab- 

 sence on account of the ill health of 

 his mother. 



After the election of oflicers, the re- 

 sults of which are noted above, Wallace 

 R. Piersou gave an invitation to the 

 association to meet in 1022 at Hartford 

 with the American Carnation Sociotv. 

 Josejih Kohout moved acceptance and, 

 upon the second of Carl naRenburRer, 

 the motion was unanimously carried. 



A proposal was made th.'it the asso- 



ciation aildjit a certificate of merit to 

 be awarded exhibits at various meet- 

 iiiiis. A committee, consist iiiLi "f Wal- 

 lace li. I'ierson, Earl II. Mann and Carl 

 Hajrenburoer, was appointed to draft 

 terms on which stich a certificate and 

 also medals should be awarded and to 

 submit designs, rejiortinj^ to the board 

 of directors in onler to hasten action. 



CONVENTION NOTES. 



\'ice-I'r(^sident Da\iil (;. (Irillbortzer 

 recognized the oratorical ability of the 

 ex-president of the Wiishington Cham- 

 ber of Comnuuie and introduced Wm. 

 F. Glide to welroiiic the carn.at ionists 

 to the caidtal. 



Thouirh Theodore Dorner expressed 

 the opiiiiou that the I)oriier family was 

 sufTiciently rejiresented in the society's 

 afTairs by his brother, Fred, as treas- 

 urer, it showed its need of him by call- 

 in": upon him to .answer the address of 

 welcome, head the committee on final 

 resolutions ami serve as diri'ctor for 

 three ye.'irs more. 



Xotliing further beino; adde<l to Presi- 

 dent Johnson's lOL'n ri'port on grading, 

 tlii^ cnmmittii>'s report w;is Accepted 

 :ind filed. 



Reporting for the committee on pat- 

 ents for jilants, C. S. Strout m.ade it 

 short and brief liy stating that there 

 se(>me.l t,ii be no necessity am> no desire 

 for snch action, whicli is generally 

 thol]^■|lt unfeasible. 



The societv was perfectly satisfied to 

 reelect tlu^ Judges whose term expired, 

 Joseph IT. Hill and Samuel J, Goddard, 

 and it did. The necessity for a third 

 nottiinee was filled bv Wallace Pierson 's 

 volunteering to be "the goat" on the 

 condition ludiody voted for him. 



As chairman of the national flower 

 show committee, George Asmus tnade an 

 incisive appeal to the carnation men for 

 extensive exhibits at Cleveland in 1923. 



The committee of the American Rose 

 Society on commercial cut flower inter- 

 ests, including Wallace R. Pierson, 

 chairman; Robert Pyle, Thomas Roland, 



