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The Florists' Review 



FEBUI'.MIY li. l!»'Jli 



to l(r the "'jio;!!,'' Illlcl- the t':islli(in ol' 

 Wjtlliicr I'iiixiii List yrar. I5i'iiiL; ;i 

 youiiti 111:111 ariil w:iiit iiiji' cxiH'i'ifihM', ll.-ir 

 i)l<l .1. l';iIti'M (iffrlril to si'ivc in lli.'il 

 i':i|i;icit y. 'riic iiiciiilicr^ iircsciit nl tin' 

 I'Vi'iiiiit; iiii'ftinj^ ilrcliiicil In ;ic-cc|i| iiiiii 

 ill tlic role ot' ''jiiiMt,'' Idr when tlu' lnil 

 lots wrrc couiitc'd the rr>iilt sluiucil: 

 •'. W. .Idlmsuli. :;l ; II. ,1. I'.ittrli, L'S; 

 Jdhii ll.iitii', 11. 'I'lic tii'sl l\\(i wrrc 

 tlnTc'liy rln-t.-il iii.lL;i's I'dV the i'ii-.iii iiy 

 \<';ir. 



Discuss Carnation's Future. 



Tlic [iiipiT 111' .\li.,Tt M. II, TV, on • ■( ':ir 

 ll.-ltiolis I'list. i'l'i'srlit ,'il|i| l-'lll lll'i', ' ' 

 which w;i> ]MiMishc(| in full in Thi' Hi' 

 \icw l;i^l Week. Iiroucht much cdinnicii 

 (latidii liciih the incmlicrs. It Icil In con 

 sidcrnlilc ili^i-u^^ion. < '. S. Slrnut sii" 

 y;cstci| that a eicalcr ipcrcciit a^i' shiiuiil 

 he alliiltc'l lra;;r;iiice in Ihi' scale I'm' 

 .iml-iii;;. S. ,1. CihM.ii-.I 1liiin^;lit that 

 si/<' .-111.! ciilnr Were' iiKist iin]HU'lant. 

 .I.aincs Wlieeler, nl .\atick. M,-i-~.. l,e 

 licx'eil the same c| 11:1 1 it ics nl' mure im 

 |iMrt .aiice. liiit pui Ciller tirst, I 11 the 

 leciim meni|;it iiiiis mailc ti\ the cominil 

 tee 1)11 llie iilhcis' ie|i(ii'l^ at tile e\i'il 

 il|e sissiiiil W.l~ ilicluiled (ille tll.at lln 

 cli.aii^i he made ree ;, |-,|i n e il,,, |,iiints 

 I'ol- I'r.ie r;i nee in the -cale. '{"his was 

 una iiimoii^l \- :ii|(i|it ed. 



.Se\er:il -u-ec^I idiis Were Ijianielil up 



to im|ifn\c the exhiliit ion. Williani Sim 



Slll,re,.st ed that tile cl;i>srs c.allilie fur 

 liKt Idniims I.e niiiitted and th:il \asc> 



111' lll't\ 111 se\enty li\e lie ^ 11 1 1- 1 i t 11 1 ei| . 

 and th:it \ases i,|' twenty li\e ;il llie 

 same time he s u I ,st i t ut ed I'ol' the ]ircs 



cut classes III' titty tdooiiis. This m.'it 



ter was I'el'eried to the linal'd 1 1 1' diri'c 



t<irs at tile evi'iiiiie session. 



It was siiee,.stei| that a --eiiai'ate class 



oiieht to lie iiiade for Laddie, siiicf no 

 otiiei- v.iiiety at incscnt was alile to 

 c(im|iele with il and Its color did not lit 

 exactly into the |ii'i'seiit classilicat ion. 

 William Sim thought that the in>\d med- 

 al ol' the .Xmericaii Cariiatioii Society 

 oiieht to lie awarded I'or lli(» hest vase 

 in the show without entry of a special 

 \ ase liein;; necessary. 



.\l the e\enine session a teleei'.'nn 

 lloiii the ( 'iiiciiiiiat i l'"lorists' Cliili w.is 

 ii'ad, welcomiii;;- the American Cariia- 

 lioii Society to Cincinnati and pledein^ 

 united support in promot inj; 1 he e.xhilii- 

 tion. It W!is siiiiied liy 11. \V. Sheppard, 

 president, and .Mex Oxeiidorf, secretary. 

 It is expected that the ^iatherine- at fin- 

 I'iiiiiali will lie held at the (iilison hotel. 



Joint Meeting Next Year. 



The lepoit ol the committee on till' 

 iillicers' addresses w:is re.'id li\' S. .). 

 liiiddard. The liist recommeiidal ion was 

 thai I'l'i'sideiil Howard's siieeestion as 

 to liraiich meetiiies to lie held at inter 

 \als diirine the year lie referred to .-i 

 committee to lepiiit at the next annual 

 meitiiie. This recniiimeiidat ion was 

 unanimously adopted, as was the one 

 tli.'it no cli.'inee should lie made in re 

 eard to |ioints foi' f ra e r.'incc in the 

 Jiidee's sc.'ile. The reciim mend a t ion 

 that in the I'uture thi' .Viiieiican <'ai 

 n.'itiiin Society hold an independent eX 

 hiliition. without the coiiper.'it ion of any 

 other trade oreani/;it ion, e;i\e rise to 

 a pi'oloiie,d .'ijid emph.'itic discussion. 

 Mpiniiilis seemed divided as to whether 

 the presence ot the roses added to or de 

 ir.'icled from the ca rn;it ions on the 

 llool'. I'ieiii'es were cited as to the loss 

 of memlieis lit' the ( 'a mat iou Socielv fol 

 liiwine enilier .joint ineetinjis. It was 

 linally decided, howe\er, iuasiniich ,'is 



Henry W. Sheppard. 



( Vii'i'liii'siiiciit nl the .Xinirlran C'lirnalion Societ.v.) 



the Cincinnati florists Ii:i<l iiiviti'il hotli 

 the .\meric.in Carn.ation Society and the 

 .\iiierican Rose Society, tind Iiail planned 

 on .1 Joint exhiliition next year, that this 

 recoinmeiidat ion should not jirevail. 

 Ipon :i showine of Ii.inds, it was found 

 th.'it the majoiily of the inenibcrs ot 

 the society who were present favored tile 

 joint exhiliition. The coiiiinittce 's fiiuil 

 recommeiKlat ion, that meinlicrs lie urycd 

 to exhiliit at the Cle\elan(l national 

 llowcr show, was unanimously sup- 

 jiorted. 



It was statt'd that the I'lit Mower sec 

 tioii of the American Hose Socioty 

 would decide at its ineetinj.; at CIcvc- 

 l.'ind next niontli in re^iird to the tie- 

 ceptance of the invitation from Cincin- 

 nati. The opinion of incnihers of the 

 committee wliicli re|iresents this section 

 W.IS th.it the invit.'ition would he ac 

 cepted. On motion of C;irl Ilaficnliurjicr, 

 seconded liy A. M. Caniplxdl, it was 

 \(ited th;it the American C;irn;it ion So- 

 ciety .'isl< the .\nierican Hose Society 

 to meet with it at ('inciniiati next .laii- 

 uary. 



Get More Money. 



Secretary P.aiir re]iorted that ^'sTi had 



lieeii colli riliiited liy memliers of tlu^ so 



ciety liiwaid the share of the premiuni 



I'lllld to lie underwritten liy the .\iiier 



icaii Carnation Society for the national 



llower show. It was sue-ficsted tll.at 



some of those present would like to con 



ti-iliiite in order to in;ike it an even 



$l,uiHl. When the smoke had jiassed 



aw:iy and the cont riliiit ions had all lieeii 



noted down, the list re.'id like this; 



.\. M. Ciilnlilicll .'S.-id.llii 



S. S. I'miicM-li :.'."i.(lii 



A, M. llciish.iu- SiMx 



lliiriv (1. .Ma.v '.'."ilin 



.l.lllli'S WIlccIlT L;."i.(mi 



It. .1 Irwin , l.'."i.iiii 



\V. K Kiistiii): ( I. i;."i (III 



.1. \V. Ki'iiiii'ls L'.'i.iiii 



S. S. Skiili'lsl<\- 'j't on 



W. .\. M.'inijii L'.-..(Mi 



Ili'lltZ A; N'msIi J.'i (III 



T. \ \V (I. .Inline LTi.iMi 



W II. H.iu:inl L'.'i.IKi 



ll.'iniiil ,1. I'.-illiii L'.'i.im 



<;i'<ii'i;<' Asiiiiis 'jriim 



\V. It. Nicliiilsiiii L'.'i.lMi 



.T. F. .\nini:uin 'J.'i.in* 



I'.'irl ILifi'iiliiirt'iT L'.'i.iiii 



\\';i Il.-lri- It, I'icI Mill L*.'i.llll 



h'esiiliit ions of condolence on the 

 death of three nicinliers of the socielv 

 during the l.-ist ycir were re.ad. The 

 departed memliers were .M . .\. I'.'itteii. 

 d. S. Stu;irt .ind I'eter Reinliere-. K. 

 S.'iiinders re.'id the tinal resoliifions, 

 which acknowledired the i ndelitedncss 

 and tli.'inks of the society to the Hart 

 ford florists and the other individuals 

 who had done so much to make the ex- 

 hiliition and mei'fine so nofaldo a suc- 

 cess. 



ON THE EXHIBITION FLOOR. 



Awards in Medal Clas.ses. 



.\fter the .judecs 1|.|,| pjissed on the 

 I'loiuiis in the m.'iiii hall of the Foot 

 Ciiard ariiiorv. .it ll;irt ford, January 2'>. 

 they fiiii'nd the medal (d.'isses in a sni.-iller 

 room, to which they retired to work he 

 hind closed doors, while the )iiililic filled 

 the .'lisles of the m.-iin li;ill. So exilctinj: 

 was their t.'isk tli.'it the Jud},'es did not 

 re.ippe.'ir llliUl after <"■ o'l'lock. wdieii the 

 presses in Chic.'ioo h.'iil .'ilre.'idy st.'irted 

 on their run of fourteen hours to turn 

 <iiit the copies of The Heview so that 

 they mi^rjit ve.'iih suhscriliers at tin 

 usii;i] time. 



i^. .1. Codd;ird repeated his perform 

 :inc,- of the l.ist two years hy t.'ikinff the 

 Kold nied.'il of the .\meric;iTi farniition 

 Soi'ioty on 1., oldie, with a score of 9'.'< 



