August 18, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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ner of giving. A motion to contribute 

 from the society's funds was thought 

 not to be in keeping with the wishes of 

 the sponsors for the movement and a 

 committee consisting of J. C. Vaughan, 

 Theo, Wirth, A. T. Boddington, Jos. 

 Fuller and Adam Graham was appointed 

 to solicit individual subscriptions. Mr. 

 Qude called attention to the McEanley 

 memorial fund as being equally worthy 

 and more closely identified with our in- 

 terests. 



Otto Koenig spoke on the subject of 

 labor brought up in President Breitmey- 

 er's address and Mr. Scott took the 

 opportunity to say that the address was 

 the most thoughtful ever presented to 

 the society. 



Wednesday's Proceedings. 



Wednesday morning the convention 

 was nearly an hour late in getting under 

 way. The reports of the several state 

 vice-presidents were presented but not 

 read and Supt. Kuehn's report of the 

 trade exhibition was introduced. The 

 judges were J. F. Sullivan, Edwin Lons- 

 dale and Lewis Ullrich. They made 

 awards as follows: 



To Wm. Simpson & Sons, certificate 

 of merit for automobile lawn mower, 



A. Easmussen, honorable mention 

 for balancing sash. 



G. M. Garland Ck)., certificate of merit 

 for device for attaching pipe to purlins. 



Herendeen Mfg. Co., boiler highly 

 commended. 



Eoseville Pottery Co., jardinieres highly 

 commended. 



Sperry Mfg. Co., honorable mention 

 for folding plant box. 



D. B. Long, certificate of merit for 

 three-color process in printing. 



King Construction Co., certificate of 

 merit for truss in roof construction. 



C. C. Pollworth Co., glass mender 

 highly commended. 



Detroit Pottery Co., certificate of merit 

 for new pot. 



A. Dietsch Co., honorable mention for 

 gutter. 



Lord & Burnham Co., honorable men- 

 tion for clamp for attaching sash bars 

 and gutter. 



Cahill, Swift Mfg. Co., honorable men- 

 tion for boiler. 



C, A. Kuehn, certificate of merit for 

 wire work. 



S. S. Pennock, honorable mention for 

 ribbon novelties. 



Seed & Keller, certificate of merit for 

 novelties. 



Schloss Bros., honorable mention for 

 ribbon novelties. 



M. Eice & Co., honorable mention for 

 several novelties. 



Ed. Jansen, honorable mention for nov- 

 elties. 



Lion & Wertheimer, honorable men- 

 tion for ribbon novelties. 



F. E. Pierson Co., silver medal for 

 Tarry town fern. (This shows one of 

 the inconsistencies of the present method 

 of judging. The committee described 

 this as a "greatly improved Piersoni. " 

 Piersoni was given a gold medal two 

 years ago and an equally valuable en- 

 dorsement last year, yet the form which 

 the committee recognizes as an improve- 

 ment only gets the silver medal.) 



John Scott, silver m£dal for Nephro- 

 lepis exaltata Scottii, which the commit- 

 tee pronounced as of great value. 



L. Dupuy, highly commended for 

 Hydrangea Hortensia rosea. 



W. F. Kasting, certificate of merit for 

 Adiantum Croweanum. 



The Templin Co., certificate of merit 

 for Begonia Templinii. 



A. G. Greiner, bronze medal for collec- 

 tion of cacti. 



The selection of a place of meeting 

 for 1905 being next in order, W. F. 



Gude spoke for "Washington. There 

 were several seconds and the selectioh 

 was made unanimously. 



E. G. Hill then read his paper, "The 

 Development of an American Type of 

 Eoses, " which provoked a very interest- 

 ing discussion. A. Jablonsky urged the 

 necessity of eliminating black spot. 

 Mr. O'Mara said that if we get rid of 

 spot by hybridzing with rugosa we shall 

 get spines. Mr. Hill thought not neces- 

 sarily. Mr. O'MJara said that J. C. 

 Koch, of Baltimore, still maintains that 

 American Beauty is a seedling raised by 

 him and not of French origin, pointing 

 out the experience of his firm with 

 Dinsmore and Mme. Chas. Wood as an 

 example that such might be the case. 

 He would like to see the society help to 

 prove Beauty of American origin, for it 

 certainly has its highest development and 

 use here. W. E. Smith thought it a 

 good matter to let alone. Mr. Lonsdale 

 asked about the use of Bordeaux mix- 

 ture on roses out of doors. He advo- 

 cated vigilance rather than varieties 

 which would take care of themselves. 

 Mr. Hill said Bordeaux is extensively 

 used in nurseries, but apparently healthy 

 plants of some varieties sometimes suc- 

 cumb to black spot in a few hours, and 

 said that the present business in roses is 

 insignificant in comparison with what it 

 would be if we had truly dependable 

 varieties. 



Eeplying to a query by J. A. Valen- 

 tine, Mr. Hill said that the act of pol- 

 linating is simple; that the point is to 

 ripen the seed. Climatic conditions have 

 much effect on pollen, but it is not nec- 

 essary to use it fresh; it may be stored, 

 some time, six weeks or so, if kept care- 

 fully in a vial or box, not necessarily 

 air-tight. Mr. Hill used a camel's hair 

 brush or a chewed up splinter of pine 

 to apply the pollen. One year he fer- 



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