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The Florists'' Review 



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HARTFORD IS HOST 



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CARNATION MEN IN SESSION. 



Meeting Like Prewar Days. 



.\t ll.'irt fiinl, ('mum., this w.M'k i^ |,i' 

 iliil held (Jlic III' the l;i Ij^i'st , i 1' imt tlir 

 Jar^cst. niiilvviiitri- yiit lie lilies dl' I lie 

 tiaili- tli;it ever ;is.sciiil)lcil. Vl'lri m, 

 Jdlirniiiii ill wcstriii paits I'm- si'\fi;il 

 \c;irs, till' .\iiirrir;iii ('.-irii.-it ion Simmi'Iv 

 liMS jiji'.'iin visiti'il Xi'w Kii;4hiiii|, mid llir 

 lldiisis of tli.'it sri-l ion of oni' couiitis 

 li,i\(' ii'Sjiomlril to tlir lioiior liv |iriiiTiiit 

 in;,' :i liotiiblf i-oii\i'nt ion. 'IMir i-iit llowri 



_si'i-tioii ol' till' .Anicrii-an Uosr Siici(.t\ 

 lias cooiicrati'd .in liraity I'asliion, so 

 tliat tlicrc is a rral rosi' slmw. Tlir an 

 iiiial iiH'ctiiiir of the \atio)ial hMowci 

 ( 1 1'owi'rs ' Association and tho ini'i'tiii^ 

 of till' national tlourr show coimnit t ir 

 ail' addi'd trado at 1 1 ai-t ions. 



Till' iiii'iiihrrs of llir Hartford florists' 

 • 'lull arr to lio coiiiini'iidi'd for the show 

 in;,"- tlioy lia\i' iiiadr. as a rrsiill ol' wi'll 

 laid plans, in tlii' oxhildtion .it tin- 

 Knot (Jiiai'il armory. 'I'lu' i'oo]ii'raf ion 

 (if till' jta'owi'rs ami rctailiTs in this i-itv 



I is irniaikalilo. It is cxpccteil tlio at 

 /> tendance of tlie imhlie at this show will 

 reai'li o\-or 5(1,(111(1, indii-at injif what real 

 ad\ ertisiiiij will do. I'intries, wliieh 

 ■ losed Jaiuiary 1">, showed a total of 

 1-,(IOO carnations and o.dOO ro.ses. l-'low 

 I'ldoni was never so well re|iresented in 

 ll.'irtford as it is this week. The iironii 

 iii'iit retail llorists have sever.'il iiooths 

 loittily decorated and some iio\el de 

 si^iis rali'lll.'lted to ciiisc tin' .-i 1 1 end iiii; 

 ]iiildic til I'ommeiit. 



Local Workers Commended. 



Too miii-h credit laiinot lie ;ii\i'ii to 

 AN'allace riersmi t'or his efVorts as chair 

 man of all the Hartford florists" Chili's 

 committei's. He has oi\,.n time .-ind 

 energy mist i iiteill\ ;ind liiindreds of 

 roses li;i\e ciiiiie I'rom the Idjf r;ins;e at 

 ' 'roiMwell. 



The other loc.'il worUi-rs have lieeii 

 i'i|iia)ly industrious. \. ( '. Oshorn, \ ice 

 |iresiilent of the .Xmcrican Cariiatinii 

 Society and sii|ieriiit endciit of the show, 

 has lieeii iiidefatiijaljli'. .\ssistiii^ him 

 are Charles C.iwte and .\1 l.indrr. Mem 

 hers of the local committees are as fol 

 lows; Hall, .Toseph Coomhs, chaiinian. 

 \'. II. Olmstead and I. J'iedniont: piil' 

 li'it\, (ieort,'e l'\ liaiie, chairman, .\ I 

 l.indir .•iiid Charles P.. McDonald: 

 tiii.'iiici'. W . W, Thomsuii, ch.'iiriiiaii, .li. 

 seph Coonilis. .1. .Mliert l'>rodrili: Imtci, 

 Andrew Welch, cliainnaii, Uny Thomson, 

 !■ I'ld ('awtc; t laiisportat inn and recep- 

 tinii, .J. .Mhert Hmdrili, chairman, 

 'ii'iir^r McClniiic and H.'irrx' Ainlcrsoii. 

 'I'll!' wnnirii accniii p.'iriy iii^' the \ isilnrs 

 are entertaim-d hv the I'nilnw iiiL,' com 

 mittee of Hartford wniiini: .M is. .In 

 si'idi McManiis. Mrs. Kll.n Welch, Mrs. 

 •I. .\. r.rodrili, Mrs. Charles Coitc .-iinl 

 Mrs. \V;illace I{. rierson. 



The haiiipiet was held Widmsday 

 eveninjT r^Ui\ tlio opeiiinu srs-inii nt' the 

 aiinual meetinjT of the .\iriciic.iii Car 

 ii.'itlon Societv was del;i\ed until next 

 d.iv. 



President's Message. 

 At the ;ininial meeting. I't I'sicleiit \\'. 



I), llnwaiil spoke, ill his |iresideiit iai 

 address, as follows: 



•'It seems lint a short time since \\ e 

 met in Washington, one \-ear aL;n, when 

 I was made president nt' this soi-jety, 

 thirteen years after I liecaiiic .-i ineiiilier 

 ill the same city. Some spnke tn me of 

 Ihiiteen lieiiin' all unlucky iiiiiiilier ami 

 s.-iid that 1 would li,-i\i' a hard time 

 Hi'tt in^i iiheail. lint when Hartford was 

 decided Upon as our next mcetinj^ place 

 ■and 1 found that place full of enthiisi 

 asm, I decided that for once the nhl 

 .•idajic h:id f.-iiled. .\s we look Ihiniinh 

 the exhiliit ion h.'ill .-ind see the i|iian 

 tity and ipiality of the llnwers, it seems 

 .as thniieh this h;nl -Ijci'ii .a successt'ul 

 year. 



■'The .\ mei ic'iii ( '•■irnat ioii .'s^nciet^ 

 was (o-eaiii/ed thirty mie years ;i^n ami, 

 speakiufi; of the first meet iliu, 1 lielii"\e 

 that we have at least one nr nmie of 

 the charter mcinlieis here toilay. We 

 h;nl forty nine ineinliers then; now there 

 .•ire '.'trt'). It h;is taken thirty one yi'.'iis 

 nt' conscientious work to reach the liii,di 

 standard we li;i\e now attained. .M.-inv 

 \;irieties have lieen put mi the market. 

 While some, [lerhaps, do not eipml the 

 nidel \-arietii'S, they lia\e some ;r,i(„| 

 poi lit s. 



More Seedlings. 



■'.\s we examine the wdiiderfiil 

 lilnnins in the li;ill we remark, 'How can 



llleli' lie ;i lielter ipialitv ^lowil.'' We 

 need the 1 1 et c nil i ii.'it ii HI to L;riiw more 

 seedliijes. Wli.'il will iii;ike iiiir meet - 

 ill'_;s ninl'e i lit ej-est ilie tli.'lU to h.'U'e a 

 (Ill/ell nr ninie iii'W Seedlings shown e;ich 

 .\e;ir.' I lielie\e tllJIt is wli.'it will realty 

 lli;i!<e this sneiely iiiucli sirnnnei-. \t 



tll^^ lime let llle sa >' to the lllelnliels 

 whn aie sn diligently wiirkiiin- to pio- 

 diiie new \ .-1 liet ies, do not turret t'r:i- 

 ^r.-iiice :iiid keeping'' ipia lit \'. I'ragrance, 

 I lielie\c, is line e^'at point, and 1 

 thilil' we should h,'i\i' ten pniiits. Speak^ 

 ill'..; Ill' keepill^ 1 1 11 a I i t y ,• i t has liceii s;iid 

 liy line nf iiiir leadini; retailers th.'it the 

 i:i 1 iial inn is the pnnrest keeper ol aiu' 

 of the llnwers he h;iiidles. fellow iiiein- 

 lieis. what will do more to iii- 

 .jiire the lepiitatinii ii]' the ca rii;i t inn 

 than that .' 1 dnii 't think there is a 

 ineiiilier ill this room who will not a^ree 

 with me in sa.N'in;,' tli;it althoiij^'h some 

 of the llnwers at this show have linen 

 shipped huudreds of miles, still they 

 look as fresh .'is when cut. 



■'There Were elexeii seedliiii^s and 

 three sports re^'islered this last year. 

 I think the raisin;.; of new seedlings has 

 tieeli ni\en a liig linom the last few 

 \e;irs. Only last mouth J had occision 

 to \ isit two LTreeuhouses near Boston, 

 .'iml it w;is indeed pleasinir to me to see 

 o\er ."lOll diU'erent seedlings. Some had 

 liiit one pl.int of a kind, others perhaps 



W. D. Howard. 



(I'icsiilcnt of llic Aiiicrican i :irn;i'i.iM Suclclv 



