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The Florists^ Review 



Januauv 28, 1015. 



Joseph H. Hill. 



rri~i(li-iil-i'li-('l Xiiii'i'icaii ( ';ir h;il|iiii Sucli-lv.) 



ev('i_\ iiiriiilicr w liii lins \i<'\\s un this 

 vitiil suliji'ct will i'\|in'>s them .-it tliis 

 time. 



In (■io>i;i^, 1 w i-li to ('\|iii's> my 

 thanks tn tin' tra'lc ]ir('ss Idi- tlic iiiaii\ 

 poiirtosics I'xt ciiilcil to tlic otliccis nt' 

 tlie socit'l\' iliiiiiiu till' last year. To 

 tho HHMnlu'i'^ ot' the soricty who liaxr 

 shown siH-h cut liii>iasiii in oiir rxhilii 

 tion J>\' scttinL; up such a ma^iiilicciit 

 (lisi)iay of fainatious. I cxtiMul uiy ^iii 

 <'or(! thaiil'vs. <)ur ^oci(>ty cannot help 

 liut ])ros|M'i whili' the imi'uiIxms continue 

 to hack u|i its otliccis the way llic\ 

 havo ijoiic hcic at HnfTalo. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



I'l'lii' n.M.iW ir,- iv III,. i,|ii.il ..|' A. 1', .1. r.:Hii-. 

 sfirct :iiy ni iIm- Aiih-i ii;iii ( :ii ikiI ion Sm. ni > . ]•!■•■ 



■iCIltcil III Ihc I',UtT:llo .■..n\ ■ lillcili. .l,llill:M\ L'T . 



^\■o arc jijc.-is.'.l III rc|i(iii a -iilisi.-iii 

 tial iliclc;i--c in tlic incmlici >hi)i thi-. 

 yo.ar. thiMc licini; iiow ^'.Is annual niiMU- 

 bors .anil twchc lite nuMulieis (Mirolleil 

 anil in ynoij st:Miiiin^. huiin;.'' the l.a-t 

 voar there ha\e ln'cii aiMcil t h i rty ciLlht 

 lU'W ineinlicis. in ;eli|ition lo tliiiteen 

 doliruiuonts who lia\t> licen it>inst;itci| 

 under the jilan ailojueil in Il'lLl. After 

 ilcdiict iiiLT tlio^ic who ;iie ilelini|Ment for 

 tiio year li'hl. we li.-nc ;i net iiiciease 

 of thirty three ()\er l.a^t year. 



Wo have collecteil inuiu.'v as follows: 



Il.lcs 



Ailvert i>-iliu 



Ilol'licr .Mclllnl i:il riiii'l. 

 MN.-cll.'ni. I. MS 



. Si'.TI.eo 

 . 1 I.".. 14 



r..iiu 

 ■It.'-':; 



•|'iit:il ssi;.-.i;7 



All of tliis has been tuirieil o\ er to 

 tho treasurer and his receipt taken 

 tliorofor. except .*121.li'^, which eanie 

 in while tlu' audit was lieint; taken. 

 Tho $•") ((dlectod for the Dorner Me- 

 morial Fund was transferred to tho 



i;eneial fund, to i('|il;ice part of the 

 .amount taki-n out of that fund to niak(> 



ll ven ,+ 1,(1(111 ne<ileil to draw ^l" in 



teiest |ier annum. 



Accounts Audited. 



The liook- of the seoctary and 

 tieasurcr wcic .indited liy a piofes- 

 sional aciiiunt;i nl , as h.-is heon cus- 

 tiim.iiy. The auditor's ie|iort will fol- 

 1 i\v tlu' reading: ot' the t icasuror "s r(^- 

 port, ami we are ple.asc^d to note that 

 he found the Itooks in liist class order 

 .and tho society's tinanci^s sound anil 

 in ^'ood shape. .\ll hills .are h(dn<:; jtaid 

 promj)tly, .and no ac. mints h.avo heon 

 hist, e\c-ept from dclini|ueiit momhers. 



The annual leport was issued on 

 scliedule time .and distrihiiti'd to th(> 

 inemhei's. The same is true of the ](ro- 

 L^ram and the schedule uf premiums f(»r 

 this meetin;_f. W'o secured twenty two 

 p.a^es of ndxertisin;; I'or this schedule, 

 whii h we consider quite ;j;ood, consid- 

 eriiji,' that this advert isiujf h.ad to he 

 solii-itc^d just whon the wor-^t of the 

 present husini^ss deprossi<in was on. 



Tw"(dve seedling; \nrieties .mil tliroi' 

 sjiorts have hoMi ri'j:ist ei'ed witli this 

 -ocicty since the last annu.al lejiort was 

 issued. liesidcs these, the I'orpetua! 

 I'lowerini: <'ainatiiin Society of Enff- 

 land reports sixteen registrations. A 

 system ot' exch.inj^in;^ rrj^istrat ions at 

 fr(M|uont interv.als h.as hoen adopted by 

 the ^ecro1ari(^s ot' the two societies, 

 with a \ ii'w to jirevetit dujdieation of 

 n.ames. hut there h.as as yet been no 

 w.ay found to prevent sports which are 

 identical frfun hein^ jj;ivon diffcM'ent 

 n.anies in this country .and Kuropo. In 

 time, when the mnv varieties will l)e 

 imported as well as exported, this prob- 

 lem will present itself for solution. At 

 this time, what confusion there is, is 



.•ill on the other side, as few European 

 \arioties have thus far found their way 

 over hero. Suj><f('stioiis for handliny 

 this situation will h(> in order. 



Carnation Register. 



We .are still wurkino on the carnation 

 register. We are ]ileased to report that 

 while our pres(Mit pliin for g.athering 

 data entails considi'rahio labor, it is 

 hringiny results. It will be only a 

 ((uestion of time, and W(> will have tho 

 re<iisf(M- ;is complete* ,as it i.s ])0ssihle 

 to m.ake it at this time, and the data 

 will he autluMitic. We wish here to 

 thank the traile press for assistance in 

 this work, especially in locating per- 

 sons who h;i\e moved .away from the 

 .addresses t'lom whiidi the registrations 

 were made. 



The airangements for this meeting 

 were |ilaiiMod ahuig 11i<' same lines as 

 those folliiW(>d ,at l'le\id;ind Last voar, 

 .and with the s.ame degree of success. 

 The local committee took hold with a 

 will .auil h.as done its p.ii't splendidly. 

 To ()nr worthy 'vice-president, Mr. 

 Anderson, is i|uc espo(d,al credit. To 

 the growers who supplied the blooms 

 used in tli<> table displays is due the 

 societ\-'s th.auks. 'i'lie splendid success 

 .a(diie\ed. so far as we have gone with 

 this dopartnuMit, should stimulate ex- 

 pansioii and if "the exhibits could he 

 diversified in a jiractic.al manner, it 

 would ho well to do so. We would like 

 our retail ineinbi'rs to oll'er suggestions 

 along this line. 



Directors' Meetings. 



The board of directors held its usual 

 meeting imniodlal^ly following the last 

 convention, also tho 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 might be needed for the table 

 displa.vs. in addition to those secured 

 from the disseminators of new va- 

 rieties. IJlooms of 1hr(H> varieties ^vero 

 piir(di.ased, with the idea of having tho 

 ret.ail displ.iy co\er .about the same 

 r.ango of cidors as is found in our sec- 

 tion A, 



.\ccordiiig to .arr.aMgoment made with 

 the New ^'ork I'iorists ' <'luh, we took 

 ch.argo of the entries and the staging 

 of tho cain.ation section of the inter- 

 national (lower show, ludd in New York 

 March 21 to 2^, liU 1. A splendid ex- 

 hibit of carnation blooms was staged 

 by liotli commercial growers and pri- 

 \.ate i^.irdeners. the largi* groups, 

 co\criiig l.')<i s(|uare feet of space, being 

 the linest .arrangements of carnations 

 e\cr seen in this count r>. A report of 

 the awards will lie read at this nieet- 

 inu'. 



PROBABLE PROFITS. 



I should lil<e to lind mit .approxi- 

 mately wh.at c(julil he in;idi* on two 

 houses, e,ai-h .'l()x2()(i, properly handled, 

 one planted with carnations, the otiier 

 with roses, in tho \icinitv of Kansas 

 City. Mo. 



.\boiit how many flowers coubl be 

 cut on an aver.age in a season from 

 the Enchantress carnations — that is. one 

 plant on the average — also from Aineri 

 c.an Be.auty, Kill.arnoy and Sunburst 

 loses.' How miuh extr.a help should 

 lie needed to keep the two housi^s, one 

 jilantod with carnations, the other with 

 roses, in first-class order, considering 

 that the fireman and foreman in our 

 present range could do th(dr part in 



