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The Florists' Review 



February 2. 1922 



to be the * ' goat, ' ' atter the fashion of 

 Wallace Pierson 1-iist year. Beiiifj a 

 young man and wanting experience, Mar 

 old J. Patten offered to serve in that 

 capacity. The members i)resent at the 

 evening meeting dedined-to accept him 

 in the role of "goat," for when the bal- 

 lots were counted the result showed: 

 0. W. Johnson, 31; H. J. Patten, 28; 

 John Hartje, 11. The first two were 

 thereby elected judges for the cusuiiig 

 year. 



Discuss Carnation's Future. 



The paper of Albert M. Herr, on "Car- 

 nations I'ast, Present and Puture," 

 which was pul)liHhed in full in The Ee- 

 view last W(H>k, brought much commen- 

 dation from the members. It led to con- 

 siderable discussion. C. S. Strout sug- 

 gested that a greater percentage should 

 be allotted fragrance in the scale for 

 judging. S. J. (loddard thought that 

 size and color were most important. 

 James Wheeler, of Natick, Mass., be- 

 lieved the same qualities of more im- 

 portance, l)ut ])ut color first. In the 

 recomnicndations made by the comriiit-, 

 tee on the officers " reports at the even- 

 ing session was included one that no 

 change be made regarding the ])oints 

 for fragrance in the scale. This was 

 unanimously adopted. 



Several suggestions were tirought up 

 to improve tlie exhibition. William Sim 

 suggested that the classes calling for 

 100 blooms be omitted and that vases 

 of fifty or seventy-five be substituted, 

 and tli:it vases of twenty-five at the 

 same time be substituted for the ])res- 

 ent classes of fifty blooms. This mat- 

 ter was referred to the board of direc- 

 tors at the evening session. 



It was suggested that a sejjarate class 



ought to be made for Laddie, since no 

 other variety at present was able to 

 compete with it and its color did not fit 

 exactly into the present classification. 

 William Sjm thought that the gold med- 

 al of the American Carnation Society 

 ought to be awarded for the best vase 

 in the show without entry of a special 

 vase being necessary. 



At the evening session a^ telegram 

 from the Cincinnati Florists' Club was 

 read, welcoming the American Carna- 

 tion Society to Cincinnati and pledging 

 united support in promoting the exhibi- 

 tion. It was signed by H. W. Shoppard, 

 j)resident, and Alex Oxendorf, secretary. 

 It ?^ expected that' the gathering at Cin- 

 cinnati will be held at the Gibson hotel. 

 Joint Meeting Next Year. 



The report of the committee on tlie 

 officers ' addresses was read by S. J. 

 (ioddard. The first recommendation was 

 that I'resident Howard's suggestion as 

 to branch meetings to be held at inter- 

 vals duripg the year l)e referred to a 

 committee to report at the next annual 

 meeting. This recommendation was 

 unanimously ado])ted, as was the one 

 that no cliange should be niade in re- 

 gard to points for fragrance in the 

 judge 's scale. The recommendeation 

 that in tlie future the American Car- 

 nation Society hold an independent ex- 

 hibition, without the cooperation of any 

 otlier trade organization, gave rise to 

 a prolonged and emphatic discussion. 

 Opinions seemed divicled as to whether 

 the presence of the roses added to or de- 

 tracted from the carnations on the 

 floor. Figures were cited as to the loss 

 of members of the Carniition Society fol- 

 lowing earlier joint meetings. It was 

 finally decided, however, inasmuch as 



the Cincinnati florists had invited both 

 tlie American Carnation Society and the 

 American Rose Society, and had planned 

 on a joint exhibition next year, that this 

 recommendation should not prevail. 

 Upon a showing of hands, it was found 

 that the majority of the members of 

 the society who were present favored the 

 joint exhibition. The committee 's final 

 recommendation, that members be urged 

 to exhibit at the Cleveland national 

 flower show, was unanimously sup- 

 ported. 



It was stated that the cut flowei* sec- 

 tion of the American Rose Society 

 would decide at its meeting at Cleve- 

 land next month in regard to the ac- 

 ceptance of the invitation from Cincin- 

 nati. The opinion of members of the 

 committee which represents this section 

 was that the invitation would be ac 

 cepted. On motion of Carl Hagenburger, 

 seconded by A. M. Campbell^ it was 

 voted that the American Carnation So- 

 ciety ask the American Rose Society 

 to meet with it at Cincinnati next Jan- 

 uary. 



Get More Money. 



Secretary Baur reported that $78;') had 

 been contributed by members of the so- 

 ciety toward tlie share of the premium 

 fund to be underwritten by the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society for the national 

 flower show. It was suggested that 

 some of those present would like to con- 

 tribute in order to make it an even 

 $1,000. When the smoke had passed 

 away and the contributions had all been 

 noted down, the list read like this: 



A. M. Campbell $.-)0.00 



S. .S. Peiinofk L'.I.OO 



A. M. Henslmw 25.00 



Harry O. May 2.5.00 



James Wheeler 2.">.()0 



K. J. Irwin 2.5.00 



W. F. Kasting ("o 25.00 



.T. W. Keimels 2.'). 00 



S. S. Skidelsky 2.5.00 



W. A. Manda 25.00 



llentz & Nasli 25.00 



T. & W. O. .Tnliiis 2.5 00 



W. I). Howard 25.00 



Harold J. Patten 25.00 



• icortre Asmus 25.00 



W. U. N'lcliolson 25.00 



.T. F. Ammann 25.00 



Carl HaKenburger 25.00 



Wallace U. I'ierson 25.00 



Resolutions of condolence on the 

 death of three members of the society, 

 during the last year were read. The 

 departed members were M. A. Patten, 

 J. S. Stuart and Peter Reinberg. E. 

 Saunders read the final resolutions, 

 which acknowledged the indebtedness 

 and thanks of the society to the Hart- 

 ford florists and the other individuals 

 who had done so much to make the ex- 

 hibition and meeting so notable a suc- 

 cess. 



ON THE EXHIBITION FLOOR. 



Henry W^. Sheppard. 



(Vice-president of the American Carnation Society.) 



Awards in Medal Classes. 



After the judges had passed on the 

 blooms in the main hall of the Foot 

 Cuard armory, at Hartford, January 25. 

 they fou'nd the medal classes in a smaller 

 room, to which they retired to w^ork be- 

 hind closed doors, while the public filled 

 the aisles of the main hall. So exacting 

 was their task that the judges did not 

 reappear until after « o'clock, when the 

 presses in Chicago had already started 

 on their run of fourteen hours to turn 

 out the copies of The Review so that 

 they might reach subscribers at the 

 usual time. 



S. J. CJoddard repeated his perform- 

 ance of the last two years by taking the 

 gold medal of the American Carnation 

 Society on Laddie, with a score of 93. 



