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LADIES' SOCIETY. 



The Ladies' S. A. F. held its annual 

 meeting at Minneapolis Wednesday, Au- 

 gust 20, with a large attendance. The 

 organization is one of the most flourish 

 ing of the dozen or more that meet dur- 

 ing convention week. The election of 

 officers resulted in the selection of Mrs. 

 Chas. E. Critchell, of Cincinnati, as 

 president. Mrs. Charles H. Maynard, 

 of Detroit, was reelected as secretary. 



Of late years the ladies have been 

 fully as busy as the men at the August 

 convention and the Ladies' S. A. F. has 

 become one of the most active and im- 

 portant of the auxiliary societies. This 

 year the number of ladies attending was 

 relatively larger than usual and the en- 

 tertainment features had been planned 

 specially with a view to seeing that 

 they enjoyed themselves. Not only did 

 they participate in all the social affairs 

 for the men but they had a number of 

 affairs all to themselves. Wednesday 

 afternoon they were the guests of the 

 ladies of the Minneapolis Florists' Club 

 on an automobile trip around the city 

 and through the park system, with 

 luncheon at the Minnikahda Club. Fri- 

 day morning they were the guests of 

 the St. Paul florists, being taken in 

 special trollley cars to ' ' the other twin, ''' 

 where they were met by automobiles 

 and given an opportunity to see the 

 many points of interest of the city, 

 with luncheon at one of the popular 

 resorts and return to Minneapolis in 

 the late afternoon. 



The Ladies' S. A. F. held its annual 

 reception and dance in the Gold room 

 at the Hotol Badisson Thursday even- 

 ing, August 21. It was a replica of the 

 Tuesday evening's reception except that 

 the affair was entirely in the hands of 

 the ladies. This has become one of the 

 features of convention week. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica, which holds its annual meeting in 

 November, held a special meeting at 

 Minneapolis this week. C. H. Totty is 

 president. Secretary C. W. Johnson, of 

 Morgan Park, 111., had prepared the fol- 

 • lowing report: 



"As ordered at the annual meeting, 

 the special prize awarded at the National 

 Flower Show held in New York city in 

 April, 1913, was paid over to the flower 

 show committee and a letter of appre- 

 ciation for our participation was re- 

 ceived from Secretary John Young. A 

 ticket of admission to the National 

 Flower Show was mailed to all members 

 of the society in good standing. 



"In accordance with the invitation 

 extended by the Horticultural Society of 

 Chicago and the Chicago Florists' Club 

 to the Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica to hold its next meeting and exhibi- 

 tion at Chicago in November, 1913, they 

 have arranged for the exhibition to be 

 held at the Art Institute, Chicago, No- 

 vember 5 to 7. The preliminary pre- 

 mium list has been mailed with the 

 Chrysanthemum Society's annual report 

 to all members. Extra copies of the 

 premium list can be obtained by apply- 

 ing to R. J. Haight, secretary of the 

 Horticultural Society of Chicago, 536 

 South Clark street, Chicago, to whom all 



entries for the show are to be made. 



"Reply postal cards concerning the 

 compromise scale as suggested by ex- 

 President Elmer D. Smith were mailed 

 to all members of the society for their 

 vote on the question. The response has 

 not been so large as it ou^t to have 

 been. From the answers received, the 

 majority of the members are in favor 

 of more points for color than as sug- 

 gested by Mr. Smith and I have con- 

 cluded that the nearest scale that could 

 be arrived at from the views expressed 

 would be as follows: Color, 25; form 

 and fullness, 20; size, 30; stem and fo- 

 liage, 25; total, 100. 



"The question of ribbon awards as 

 voted at the annual meeting has been 

 taken up by your secretary and is pre- 

 sented to you for consideration." 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



At a meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee of the society, participated in 

 by many members, held at Minneapolis, 

 August 21, it was decked to hold the 

 next annual convention and exhibition 

 at Cleveland, O., in January, 1914. A 

 premium list was prepared. 



It was voted to accept the invitation 

 to take charge of the carnation classes 

 at the spring show at New York in 

 March, 1914. The first of the society's 

 medals of merit was awarded to Peter 

 Fisher, Ellis, Mass., for the origination 

 of the variety Beacon. 



A. F. J. Baur was named to represent 

 the society on the advisory board of 

 the -department of horticulture at the 

 San Francisco world's fair. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the American Rose So- 

 ciety was held at Minneapolis, August 

 20, President Wallace R. Pierson in the 

 chair. There was taken up for consid- 

 eration the matter of uniform vases 

 for exhibitions. A committee was ap- 

 pointed, consisting ot F. H. Traendly, 

 Harry O. May and Robert Simpson, with 

 power to act and to purchase such vases 

 as the society may require. The ques- 

 tion of labeling was considered, and the 

 secretary was authorized to procure 

 proper labels for all cut flowers exhib- 

 ited at the annual exhibitions of the 

 society. The subject of special prizes 

 was discussed, and on motion it was or- 

 dered that all special prizes must be 

 paid into the society before being ad- 

 vertised in any premium list of the 

 American Rose Society. 



Regarding next place of meeting, it 

 was voted to leave the matter in the 

 hands of the executive committee, with 

 power to act. 



The matter of test gardens of the 

 American Rose Society was referred to 

 a committee with power to act, the com- 

 mittee consisting of Alexander Cum- 

 ming, Jr., Theodore Wirth and Wm. F. 

 Gude. Prof. Beal appeared for Cornell, 

 Theo. Wirth for the city of Minneapo- 

 lis, and W. F. Gude for the agricultural 

 department at Washington. 



As to the qiiestion of affiliation of 

 amateur societies with the American 

 Rose Society, this was on motion re- 

 ferred to the executive committee, with 

 power to act. 



President Pierson appointed the fol- 

 lowing membership committee to Le 

 added to the original committee, which 

 consists of Philip Breitmeyer, J. II. 

 Dunlop and Eber Holmes, as follows: 

 George B. Hart, J. F. Ammann, E. (i. 

 Hill, J. Hoehrs, W. L. Roek, Aug. 1\ 

 Poehlmann, C. C. PoUworth, Fred. 

 Burki, Walter Coles and Edward George-. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The fourth, annual exhibition of tlio 

 American Gladiolus Society in connec- 

 tion with the S. A. F. conventions was 

 staged at Minneapolis Wednesday, Au- 

 gust 20. While no increase in the size 

 of the exhibition was apparent, there 

 was a noticeable improvement in the 

 quality of the stock shown. The pre- 

 mium list carried twenty-eight classes, 

 with prizes donated by firms in the 

 gladiolus bulb trade. The awards in 

 the classes that filled were as follows: 



Twenty-flye spikes Dawn — Arthur Cowee, Ber 

 Un^ N. Y., first.., , 



" ss Mrs. James Lancashire - 

 jklyn, Mich., first. 

 Ite — H. W. Koerner, Milwiin- 



Twenty-five 8| 

 E. E. Stewart, 



Vase Chicago 

 Itee, silver mi 



Vase Mrs. F: 

 medal. 



Vase Prince; 



Twenty-five 

 ner, first. 



Twelve varie; 

 spikes of eael 



King— E., E. Stewart, rtlvor 



W. Koerner, silver medal. 

 Golden Queen— H. W. Koer 



not now on the market, three 

 W. Koerner, first. 



Collection of ten varieties, six spikes of each 

 — H. W. Koerner, first. D. W. C. RufT, a local 

 limateur, was given a special prize for his entr.v 

 in this open class. 



Twelve spikes any white variety — Jacob Tho 

 mann & Sons, Rochester, N. Y., first, on BocheH- 

 ter White. 



Six spikes any white — Jacob Thomann & Sons, 

 first, on Rochester White, winning the Michell 

 silver medal; D. W. C. Ruff, second, also on 

 Rochester White. 



Six spikes any yellow — Vaughan's Seed: Store. 

 Chicago, first, on Scbwaben, winning the Michell 

 bronze medal; Perkins-King Co., second, on Ni 

 agara. 



Twenty-five spikes any white — Jacob Thomann 

 & Sons, first, on Rochester White: W. W. Wll 

 more, Jr., Denver, second, on Reine d la Anjou. 



There also were prizes in eight classes 



open only to amateurs, in which D. W. 



C. Ruff was the principal exhibitor. 



President I. S. Hendrickson called 

 the annual meeting of the American 

 Gladiolus Society to order at Minneapo 

 lis Thursday morning, August 21. Of 

 all the special flower societies this is 

 the one that is most active at this sea 

 son of the year. Not onl.y did the so 

 ciety contribute largely to the exhibi 

 tion, but the attendance at the business 

 meeting represented an excellent per 

 centage of the total membership of pro 

 fessional growers. 



The following officers were elected 

 President, Montague Chamberlain 

 South Natick, Mass.; vice-president 

 George S. Woodruff, Independence, la.; 

 secretary, L. Merton Gage, South Na 

 tick. Mass; treasurer, Carl Cropp, Chi 

 cage. Executive committee — I. S. 

 Hendrickson, Mrs. A. H. Austin an<l 

 Alex. Henderson. Nomenclature com 

 mittee — A. C. Beal, I. S. Hendrickson 

 and Leonard Joerg. 



The reports of officers showed thf 

 society to be in a flourishing condi 

 tion, with $475 cash in bank. 



I. S. Hendrickson, Carl Cropp and 

 Arthur Cowee were appointed as » 

 committee to take up at once at Wash 

 ington the matter of getting a duty on 

 gladiolus bulbs that will be adequate 

 to protect American labor, the present 

 rate of 50 cents per thousand being 



