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The Florists^ Review 



November 12, lt)14. 



A. N. Pierson's Collection of Pompon and Single Mums Staged at Indianapolis. 



York show in four hours one Sunday 

 afternoon. 



For tlie American Rose Society, Presi- 

 dent Wallace R. Pierson told of the 

 work being done for outdoor roses and 

 spoke of 32,000 people having visited 

 the rose garden in the park at Hartford, 

 Conn., one Sunday, this in a city of 

 110,000 population. He told of the plans 

 for the next annual convention and ex- 

 hibition at Chicago in March and gave 

 a general invitation to all in the trade 

 to be present. 



The business inspiration to be found 

 in flowers was the theme chosen by 

 Irwin Bertermann, of Indianapolis, who 

 said that the florist who keeps pushing 

 will be the one who is permanently suc- 

 cessful. 



Secretary C. W. Johnson said that it 

 was his greatest pleasure to see the in- 

 terest taken in this year's show of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society. Elmer D. 

 Smith said it was in 1890 he flrst ex- 

 hibited and that he never had seen an 

 affair of the kind that gave him greater 

 pleasure than the present season's ex- 

 hibition and reunion. 



Saturday night the State Florists' As- 

 sociation of Indiana entertained at a 

 smoker at Liederkrantz Halle, where 

 the festivities were opened, and their 

 spirit indicated, by the singing of "The 

 Gang's All Here." J. F. Ammann in- 

 terrupted the frivolity long enough to 

 speak in serious appreciation, on behalf 

 of the judges, for the retailers' displays 

 at the show. 



C. S. A. ANKUAL MEETINa. 



Officers Elected. 



President — Wm. Kleinheinz, Ogontz, 

 Pa., reelected. 



Vice-president — Frank A. Friedley, 

 Cleveland, O. 



Secretary — C. W. Johnson, Morgan 

 Park, 111., reelected. 



Treasurer — John N. May, Summit, 

 N. J., reelected. 



Meeting place for 1915 — Cleveland, 0. 



Papers Bead. 



In addition to the annual address of 

 President Kleinheinz, the report of Sec- 

 retary Johnson and the financial state- 

 ment of Treasurer May, which latter 

 showed income of $244.08, disbursements 



of $364.65 and a balance of $154.34, the 

 following papers were read: 



"Pompon Chrysanthemums," by Fred H. Lemon, 

 Richmond, Ind. 



"Chrysantliemum Cut Blooms for Exhibition," 

 by Wni. Vert, superintendent at Castle Gould, 

 I'ort Washington, N. Y. 



"Chrysantliemum Plants for Exhibition," by 

 J. W. H. Campbell, substituting for J. Canning, 

 superintendent of Heatiier Dell Farm, Ardsley, 

 N. Y., where the specimens fourteen feet In 

 diameter and carrying 1,400 blooms are grown. 



Mr. Campbell 's paper treated the sub- 

 ject exhaustively. He illustrated it 

 with many photographs of the big plants 

 frequently exhibited in New York, sev- 

 eral of which were seen in the illustra- 

 tions in The Review for November 5. 

 There was excellent discussion of all 

 the papers. 



The society was in demand for 1915, 

 invitations being received from Cleve- 

 land, Chicago, Philadelphia and San 

 Francisco. Following a speech by H. P. 

 Knoble, Cleveland was the unanimous 

 choice 



PBES. KLEINHEINZ 'S ADDBESS. 



[The following Is the address of President Wm. 

 Klelnlielnz, read before tiie Chrysantlieiiium So- 

 ciety of America, In convention at Indianapolis, 

 November 6 to 8, 15)14.] 



Another year has passed and again 

 we meet as a society to pay due respect 

 to the glorious flower, the chrysanthe- 

 mum. 



This convention, in Indianapolis, is 

 especially remarkalsle as a banner meet- 

 ing, as it is held in conjunction with 

 the silver anniversary of the State 

 Florists' Association of Indiana. And 

 as we have chrysanthemum specialists 

 with us like Elmer D. Smith, E. G. Hill 

 and others as proficient, the gather- 

 ing must be a success, and I am proud 

 to have the honor to bid you all wel- 

 come in the name of the society. 



In the last fifteen years the improve- 

 ments in the chrysanthemum have been 

 wonderful, and have surpassed all expec- 

 tations. Great credit is due to the 

 raisers and introducers of new varieties, 

 a good many of which are certainly 

 revelations to the mum growers. It is 

 not necessary to mention any special 

 varieties, as our shows prove my state- 

 ment to the greatest extent, and I am 

 sure that the future will bring out still 

 better varieties, because we have a lot 

 of never-resting hybridizers among us 

 and they will not rest until the highest 

 point of honor is reached. 



The pompon and single varieties have 

 also moved up to the front. Beautiful 

 colors and combinations have been 

 brought out in these effective and deco- 

 rative kinds. 



The specimen plants raised for exhi- 

 bition purposes in the last few years 

 are also eye-openers for the public. I 

 have seen plants exhibited in New York 

 city over fourteen feet in diameter, 

 carrying over 1,400 flowers per plant 

 and forming the chief attraction of the 

 show. But don't forget what skill, 

 Mme and labor were required to grow 

 a plant to such perfection, and we must 

 feel proud that those plants are grown 



Modello— Something New in Chrysanthemums. 



