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The Florists^ Review 



Januabz 28, 1915. 



Joeeph H. HIIL 



(President-elect American Carnation Society.) 



every member who has views on this 

 vital subject will express them at this 

 time. 



In closing, I wish to express my 

 thanks to the trade press for the many 

 courtesies extended to the officers of 

 the society during the last year. To 

 the members of the society who have 

 shown such enthusiasm in our exhibi- 

 tion by setting up such a magnificent 

 display of carnations, I extend my sin- 

 cere thanks. Our society cannot help 

 but prosper while the members continue 

 to back up its officers the way they 

 have done here at Buffalo. 



SECRETABT'S REPORT. 



[The following Is the report of A. F. .T. Baur, 

 secretary of the American Carnation Society, pre- 

 sented at the Buffalo conyention, January 27, 

 1015.1 



We are pleased to report a substan- 

 tial increase in the membership this 

 year, there being now .318 annual mem- 

 bers and twelve life members enrolled 

 and in good standing. During the last 

 year there have been added thirty-eight 

 new members, in addition to thirteen 

 delinquents who have been reinstated 

 under the plan adopted in 1912. After 

 deducting those who are delinquent for 

 the year 1913, we have a net increase 

 of thirty-three over last year. 



We have collected money as follows: 



Does $671.00 



Advertising 14.1.44 



Dorner Memorial Fund 5.00 



Miscellaneous 44.2.3 



Total $865.67 



All of this has been turned over to 

 the treasurer and his receipt taken 

 therefor, except $121.68, which came 

 in while the audit was being taken. 

 The $5 collected for the Dorner Me- 

 moritJ Fund was transferred to the 



general fund, to replace part of the 

 amount taken out of that fund to make 

 the even $1,000 needed to draw $40 in- 

 terest per annum. 



Accounts Audited. 



The books of the secretary and 

 treasurer were audited by a profes- 

 sional accountant, as has been cus- 

 tomary. The auditor's report will fol- 

 low the reading of the treasurer's re- 

 port, and we are pleased to note that 

 he found the books in first-class order 

 and the society's finances sound and 

 in good shape. All bills are being paid 

 promptly, and no accounts have been 

 lost, except from delinquent members. 



The annual report was issued on 

 schedule time and distributed to the 

 members. The same is true of the pro- 

 gram and the schedule of premiums for 

 this meeting. We secured twenty-two 

 pages of advertising for this schedule, 

 which we consider quite good, consid- 

 ering that this advertising had to be 

 solicited just when the worst of the 

 present business depression was on. 



Twelve, seedling varieties and three 

 sports have been registered with this 

 society since the last annual report was 

 issued. Besides these, the Perpetual 

 Flowering Carnation Society of Eng- 

 land reports sixteen registrations. A 

 system of exchanging registrations at 

 frequent intervals has been adopted by 

 the secretaries of the two societies, 

 with a view to prevent duplication of 

 names, but there has as yet been no 

 way found to prevent sports which are 

 identical from being given diflferent 

 names in this country and Europe. In 

 time, when the new varieties will be 

 imported as well as exported, this prob- 

 lem will present itself for solution. At 

 this time, .what confusion there is, is 



all on the other side, as few European 

 varieties have thus far found their way 

 over here. Suggestions for handling 

 this situation will be in order. 



Carnation Register. 



We are still working on the carnation 

 register. We are pleased to report that 

 while our present plan for gathering 

 data entails considerable labor, it ia 

 bringing results. It will be only a 

 question of time, and we will have the 

 register as complete as it is possible 

 to make it at this time, and the data 

 will be authentic. We wish here to 

 thank the trade press for assistance in 

 this work, especially in locating per- 

 sons who have moved away from the 

 addresses from which the registrations 

 were made. 



The arrangements for this meeting 

 were planned along the same lines as 

 those followed at Cleveland last year, 

 and with the same degree of success. 

 The local committee took hold with a 

 will and has done its part splendidly. 

 To our worthy 'vice-president, Mr. 

 Anderson, is due especial credit. To 

 the growers who supplied the blooms 

 used in the table displays is due the 

 society's thanks. The splendid success 

 achieved, so far as we have gone with 

 this department, should stimulate ex- 

 pansion and if ' the exhibits could be 

 diversified in a practical manner, it 

 would be well to do so. We would like 

 our retail members to offer suggestions 

 along this line. 



Directors' Meetings. 



The board of directors held its usual 

 meeting immediately following the last 

 convention, also the regular midsummer 

 meeting at the S. A. F. meeting, which 

 took place in Boston, August 22. 



At the Boston meeting, the secretary 

 was instructed to purchase whatever 

 blooms inight be needed for the table 

 , displays, in addition to those secured 

 from the disseminators of new va- 

 rieties. Blooms of three varieties were 

 purchased, with the idea of having the 

 retail display cover about the same 

 range of colors as is found in our sec- 

 tion A. 



According to arrangement made with 

 the New York Florists' Club, we took 

 charge of the entries and the staging 

 of the carnation section of the inter- 

 national flower show, held in New York 

 March 21 to 28, 1914. A splendid ex- 

 hibit of carnation blooms was staged 

 by both commercial growers and pri- 

 vate gardeners, the large groups, 

 covering 150 square feet of space, being 

 the finest arrangements of carnations 

 ever seen in this country. A report of 

 the awards will be read at this meet- 

 ing- 



PROBABLE PROFITS. 



I should like to find out approxi- 

 mately what could be made on two 

 houses, each 36x200, properly handled, 

 one planted with carnations, the other 

 with roses, in the vicinity of Kansas 

 City, Mo. 



About how many flowers could be 

 cut on an average in a season from 

 the Enchantress carnations — that is, one 

 plant on the average — also from Ameri- 

 can Beauty, Killarney and Sunburst 

 roses f How much extra help should 

 be needed to keep the two houses, one 

 planted with carnations, the other with 

 roses, in first-class order, considering 

 that the fireman and foreman in our 

 present range could do their part in 



