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The Florists' Review 



Mabch 25, 1915. 



8wd they had at Cornell a bis collec- 

 tfcniipf^oseann pots ready Wo plant out 

 the Corning 'ipring, and they had re- 

 ceived a erarprising number of gifts 

 from'iiEujppe, considering the present 

 c<^dnioii^ there. ' 



The next business; in order was the 

 selecting of a place of meeting. Wm. 

 F. Gude spoke of- the importance of 

 the national flower show to be held in 



Reu-ter, who was un^imoualy elected. 

 Bengamin HamAond walP reeleeSWW*) 

 secretary and Harry O. May treasurer. 



The election of S. S, Pe,i»rt«i(#c an^^it 

 Louis J. Renter ii^j^ vacancies in th6V> 

 executive committee, in addi,tion to 

 tj^iose of the two regular members jrhose 

 terms of office had .expired, Frank R. 

 Pierson, of Tarrytown', N. Y., and 

 Robert Simpson, of Clifton, N. J. The 



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Boston Spring Show, with the Group of the W. W. Edgar Co. in Background. 



Philadelphia in 1916, and moved that 

 the American Rose Society accept the 

 invitation already extended to its ex- 

 ecutive committee, provided that satis- 

 factory arrangements be made with the 

 executive committee. Thomas Roland 

 stated that the American Rose Society, 

 as a society, should do all that it pos- 

 sibly could to aid the Philadelphia flo- 

 rists to make a success of their show, 

 and therefore moved the striking out 

 of any qualification to the acceptance. 

 Mr. Gude accepted the amendment, and 

 Eber Holmes, of Montrose, Mass., 

 moved the acceptance in its amended 

 form. President Pierson put the mo- 

 tion, and it was unanimously adopted. 

 The president read a letter from 

 Frank A. Friedley stating that the 

 Cleveland Florists' Club will hold a 

 large exhibition in November, and that 

 one of the days had been set apart as 

 rose day, with a prize list of $700. 

 They invited the Rose Society to as- 

 sume charge of the rose exhibition. The 

 president was directed to appoint a com- 

 mittee to act as representatives of the 

 American Rose Society in doing what- 

 ever was necessary to make the rose 

 show a success at Cleveland. The presi- 

 dent named as one member of the com- 

 mittee W. G. Bate, and stated that he 

 would select two other members later. 



Election of Officers. 



Joseph Heacock nominated Samuel S. 

 Pennock, of Philadelphia, for president. 

 After the nomination was seconded, it 

 was moved that the nominations be 

 closed and that the secretary cast one 

 ballot for Mr. Pennock. Joseph Hea- 

 cock was nominated for vice-president, 

 but withdrew in favor of Louis J. 



member to succeed F. R. Pierson is the 

 retiring president, Wallace R. Pierson. 

 Robert Simpson was reelected, and the 

 member chosen to succeed S. S. Pen- 

 nock for his term of one year was 

 Robert Pyle. The member selected to 

 succeed Louis Reuter, whose unexpired 

 term is for two years, was Eber 

 Holmes. 



President Pierson brought up the 



^ matter of the dearability ,o;^j8^mfndi 

 , the by-laws so tTO.t ttfb i|ptii»ilr^ »re 

 dent should becoi^e » metober of ^ thp 

 execi^iN .iip^i(UBit&e^~for the term^ of 

 one jnr. ^It was moved^that a r^vlbia- 

 meriStion of such an anleni^nien^ be 

 brought up at the next annual meeting, 

 sf W/ R. Pi€r^ ssad the S. A. F..had 

 % ad irregular manner elected a direc- 

 tor to the S. A. F. from this society, 

 which should have voted on the matter 

 first. It was decided to a.ccept the af- 

 filiation. 



President Pierson called attention to 

 the matter of a standard for the grad- 

 ing of roses, which was brought up in 

 the annual meeting of 1911, when a 

 committee made a report upon the sub- 

 ject, but nothing had come from it in 

 a definite way. S. S. Pennock spoke of 

 the desirability of adopting a standard 

 method of designating cut blooms for 

 sale. Some discussion ensued, and va- 

 rious questions were raised. It was 

 finally moved that the president appoint 

 a committee to take the matter up and 

 act in conjunction with the executive 

 committee, and report at the next an- 

 nual meeting of the American Rose So- 

 ciety. President Pierson nominated as 

 such committee S. S. Pennock, of Phila- 

 delphia, Patrick Welch, of Boston, and 

 Frank H. Traendly, of New York. 



The meeting adjourned to meet at 

 the annual meeting of the Society of 

 American Florists, in August. 



The Awards. 



Awards in the principal classes of the 

 society's schedule were as follows: 



Fifty Hadley — Waban Rose Conservatories, 

 first. 



Fifty Prince E. C. d'Arenberg — A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc., first. 



Fifty Mrs. Chas. Russell — Waban Rose Con- 

 serTatorles, first. 



Fifty KlUarney Queen — A. If,, Pierson^ Inc.. 

 first. * 



Fifty Sunburst — S. J. Reuter & Son, first. 



Fifty Mrs. Geo. Shaw.ver— A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 first; S. J. Reuter & Son, second. 



Twenty-five mixed roses, for private gardeners 

 — W. C. Rust, first. 



Any variety roses exhibited by growers of less 

 than 75,000 feet — Thomas Roland, first. 



Twenty-five KlUarney Brilliant — Jos. Heacock 

 Ck)., first. 



Basket of roses, arranged for effect — Penn, the 

 Florist, first. 



Basket of Mile. Ceclle Brunner roses — H. R. 

 Comley, first. 



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Dutch Garden at the Boston Spring Show. 



