August 18, 1904. 



TheWe^y Florists' Review. 



585 



Group of the Tairytown Fern, shown by F. R, Pierson G)., Tar rytowii-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



and Milwaukee, by Vaughan 'a Seed Store. 



December ,26, 1903 — Eoses Minnehaha 

 and Hiawatha, by M. H. Walsh. 



January 11, 1904 — Canna Louisiana, 

 by Conard & Jones Co. 



January 11, 1904 — Nephrolepis exal- 

 tata, var. Scottii, by John Scott. 



January 21, 1904 — Eose Uncle John, 

 by Peter Eeinberg. 



January 21, 1904 — Carnation Daheim, 

 by F. E. Pierson Co. 



January 22, 1904 — Carnation New 

 Daybreak, by H. Weber & Sons. 



February 23, 1904 — Eoses Cardinal 

 and Enchanter, by John Cook. 



March 5, 1904 — Eose Gen. Mac Arthur, 

 by Storrs & Harrison Co. 



April 28, 1904 — Geranium Telegraph, 

 by Thos. DeVoy & Son. 



June 20, 1904 — Carnation Pilgrim, by 

 A. Li, Thome. 



July 1, 1904— Double Sweet Peas Bari- 

 tan, Hudson, Delaware and Passaic, by 

 A. C. Zvolanek. 



July 18, 1904— Eose Arcadia, by M. 

 H. Walsh. This rose had previously been 

 submitted for registration under the 

 name of Felicity, but this title was 

 withdrawn to avoid possible confusion 

 with another variety in commerce as 

 Felicite-Perpetue. 



The admission of Adiantum cuneatum 

 var. Croweanum to registration last year 

 brought out a protest from the late J. H. 

 Ley, that gentleman claiming that this 

 fern was identical with one he had dis- 

 seminated under the name of A. hy- 

 bridum. Your secretary procured from 

 Mr. Crowe and Mr. Ley a number of 

 plants each, in various sizes and stages, 

 and placed them in the hands of Mr. 

 Eobert Cameron at the Harvard Botanic 

 Garden for comparison under identical 

 culture. After one year's test Mr. Cam- 

 eron makes the following report, which 

 seems to definitely settle this question: 



Botanic Garden Harvard Unlvorslty, 

 Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 5, 1904. 

 Dear Mr. Stewart: After growing Adiantum 

 Croweanum and Adiantum hybrldtim for one 

 year I find that they are quite distinct. 



Adiantum Croweanum has longer fronds, 

 grows more upright and has smaller pinnules 

 than hybridum. 



Adiantum hybridum does not grow quite as 



tali as Croweanum, tho fronds not quite as 



,j straight or upright as Croweanum and are of 



darlccr shade of green. The pinnules are much 



, larger than In Croweanum. 



Dr. Benjamin Robinson of the Gray Her- 

 barium examined the plants this day and said 

 that they were quite distinct. 



Yours respectfully, 



ROBERT CAMERON. 



The following 8. A. F. medal awards 

 have been made through the societies in- 

 dicated : 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 allotment of 1902, a silver medal to F. 

 E. Pierson Company for Nephrolepis 

 Piersoni, and bronze medal to Wm. 

 Thatcher for seedling dwarf asparagus. 

 Allotment of 1903, silver medal to Joseph 

 Tailby & Son for hybrid calla, Mrs. 

 Theodore Eoosevelt, and bronze medal to 

 David F. Eoy for seedling canna, Mrs. 

 E. S. Converse. 



American Carnation Society, a silver 

 medal to Eichard Witterstaetter for Car- 

 nation The Cardinal. 



Cincinnati Florists' Society, allotment 

 of 1903, bronze medal to Henry Weber 

 for Carnation Gov. Lowndes. Allotment 

 of 1904, silver medal to E. Witterstaetter 

 for Carnation The Cardinal, and bronze 

 medal to Baur & Smith for Carnation 

 Indianapolis. 



Where a medal of same grade has been 

 awarded for the same object by more 

 than one society, the award first reported 

 to the secretary of the S. A. F. has been 

 given the medal, and the subsequent 

 awards have been recognized with a cer- 

 tificate of award in lieu of a medal, ac- 

 cording to the rules. 



In accordance with instructions from 

 the executive board, the secretary, in co- 

 operation with the other gentlemen ap- 

 pointed, has done what he could to pro- 

 mote an agitation in favor of the pro- 

 posed postal reforms, but with the usual 

 experience of indifference on the part of 

 the members of the Society, and now thatj 

 the Postal Progress League proposes to 

 carry the fight into politics, the maU^r 

 seems to have got beyond our legi^iiRte 

 domain for the present. 



Last fall a complete card catalogue ot 

 members was prepared and has proved a 

 decided advantage over the roll-book sys- 

 tem formerly in use. The large accumu- 

 lation of Society material of considerable 

 value in the secretary 's oflfiee inakes it de- 

 sirable that an office for its storage antf 

 the transaction of the society's business 

 exclusively should be provided, and ade* 

 quate insurance carried thereon. The ex- 



igency having been brought to the at- 

 tention of the executive board, moderate 

 appropriation to cover the immediate time 

 was made by that body last March, but 

 it would seem that this question is onei 

 that should be considered and decided by 

 vote of the whole society. 



With gratitude for the cordiality and 

 cheerful assistance so freely given by 

 officers and members during the year, and^ 

 hearty wishes for ever widening influence* 

 and continued prosperity, this report is 

 respectfully sulnnitted. 



Wm. J. Stewaet, Sec'y. 



The report of Treasurer H. B. Beatty 

 was presented. The summary was as 

 follows : 



Life membership fund: Cash on hand 

 January 1, 1903, $1,924.56; receipts, 

 $403.48; balance January 1, 1904, 

 $2,328.04. Eeceipts to June 30, 1904, 

 $436.89; balance June 30, $2,764.93. 



General fund: Cash on hand January 

 1, 1903, $2,710.77; receipts, $2,539.80; 

 expenditures, $2,114.56; balance Janu- 

 ary 1, 1904, $3,136.01. Eeceipts to June 

 30, 1904, $1,387; expenditures, $1,541.- 

 08; balance June 30, 1904, $2,981.93. 



The legislative committee reported, on 

 investigation of some complaints, that 

 all the principal express companies are 

 still adhering to the special plant rate 

 where shipments are properly packed. 

 On certain difficulties at the customs 

 house they asked further time. 



The peony committee reported that 

 they found no evidence of prior distribu- 

 tioti of the Suzuki & lida set of Japa- 

 nese varieties, English names for which 

 were offered for registration some two 

 -years ago, and recommended that the 

 English names be adopted as registered, 

 bracketing the Japanese names in cat- 

 aloging until the trade becomes familiar 

 with the new names. The report was 

 signed by Edwin Lonsdale, J. T. Temple, 

 J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Carl Cropp, G. 

 C. Watson, S. M. Meehan, W. E. Smith 

 and Peter Bissett, and was adopted. 



Henry Eichholz presented a report for 

 the committee on standard sizes of 

 plants, as follows: 



Standard Sizes of Plants. 



The committee reports as follows: 

 A plant is of standard size, in any 

 sized pot, when it is sufficiently strong 



