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The Weekly Florist*' Review. 



Septembeb 8, 1904. 



CLASSIFICATION OF DAHLIAS. 



At the last meeting of the Newport 



Horticultural Society a committee was 



chosen to make rules for the classification 



of dahlias for their September show. 



The following is their report: 



The olabsifloatlon of dahlias shall be founded 

 on the following rales and descriptions: 



1. Cactus. — Rays or florets (petals) about 

 twice aa long as they are broad with edges 

 rolled backwards for two-thirds of their 

 length, with a tendency to curve upwards at 

 tips, arrangement loose and free; the floret 

 tips should be entire and not split or toothed, 

 the colors solid or variegated. Involucre 

 bracts narrow an(J having margins curled back. 



Note. Fringed cactus flowers like the above 

 but with tips notched or toothed admlssable 

 here. 



Types. Lord Roberts and Mrs. Charles 

 Turner; for fringed cactus, Captain Broad. 



2. Decorative or Hybrid Cactus. — Rays al- 

 most as broad as lone, flat or with edges 

 turned upwards, tip with tendency to reflex. 



Tj-pes. Oban, Nymphaea, Catherine Duer. 



3. Show. — Size medium to very large, rays 

 Clipped. Colors solid or variegated, with 

 edges or tips darker than the ground color. 



Types, Storm King and A. D. Llvonl. 



4. Fancy. — Similar to the show, but having 

 ground color darker than edge or tip. 



Types, Admiral Schley, Frank Smith. 



5. Pompon or Bouquet. — Size one to two 

 inches In diameter. Rays cupped as in show 

 and fancy. Colors solid or variegated 



6. Tom Thumb. — Plants very dwarf'. Flow- 

 ers; two to three inches In diameter; colors 

 various. 



7. Single.— Bays or florets, eight preferred 

 and not recurved at margins; colors solid or 

 variegated. 



8. Single Cactus. — Florets long and nar- 

 row with edges rolled backwards as in the 

 double cactus, sometimes twisted at the tin 

 eight florets preferred. 



9. Collarette.— Single, with n row of petal- 

 old stamens in the ray of florets 



10. Single Decorative or Hybrid Cactus.— 

 ^Z^'^J^,^ *'"^* "*•;'*» <" ••»y«' preferably 

 t« <L.r''lfi' ♦K°"'S'"°l,''° *•>«''• Pliaracterlstips 

 «ctu^ class "^ decorative or hybrid 



a>pea Twentieth Century and Pink Oentnry. 



11. Single Tom Thumb.— Plants very dwarf- 

 f^HoSI. ^"^ ^'"'^'"' *" «"anieter. Tolors 



FINAL RESOLUTIONS. 



The following ia the report of the com- 

 mittee on final resolutions at the St 

 Louis convention of the S. A. F., which 

 Ivave heretofore escaped publication: 



Whereas, The clUzens. and especially the 



extended to the Society of American Florists a 

 hearty welcome, and have done everything for 

 n?L ^}'"fu^? J°*' wmfort and have madi our 

 stay In their beautiful city an occasion long to 

 be remembered, 



w^ihwH^f*'' That we tender to Hon. Cyrus P. 

 Jn^ v.^ff our sincere thanks for his hearty 

 and kindly words of welcome. 



owJl^iw* 3?'* the thanks of this society be 

 extended to the members of the St. Ixiuls Flor- 

 ists Club for their untiring efforts in our be- 



n' * advancement of our work 



t^ ^}I,^' ?^f^ our thanks are especially due 

 1^.1?"'^''^"*.. '■ '• Beneke. and to his able 

 assistants who were chairmen of his various 

 committees and did their work so eflJclently and 

 cheerfully. 



♦«?/J!?il*f T?'* /J?* thanks of this society be 

 tendered to Mr Charles A. Kuehn, who made 

 our exhibition the great success that marked It. 



R«solved, That our thanks are due to Hiss 

 Perle Fulmer for her entertaining selection of 

 vocal music, and to the others who assisted In 

 making the president's reception a pleasant and 

 memorable one. 



Resolved. That our thanks are due to the able 

 and interesting essayists, and also to the hor- 

 ticultural visitors from abroad whose addresses 

 ^/"S. "^ much appreciated. And to the Indies 

 or St. L0uls who managed the entertainment In 

 connection with the trolley ride, we express our 

 gratefsl appreciation. 



Resolved. That we acknowledge with thanks 

 the cordial Invitation of the Lewis Publishing 

 company to visit their place and partake of 

 their hospitality, and of the Anheuser-Busch 

 Brewing Company for similar courtesies ex- 

 tended. 



Resolved That we are especially grateful to 

 Director William Trelease and the trustees of 

 the Mlssorri Botanic Gardens for their gener- 

 osity !Jnd hospitable reception so kindly ten- 

 dered the Society of American Florists 

 Signed: O. L. ORANT, 

 J. L. DILLON. 

 J. F. SULLIVAN. 

 ^Commlttec. 



DoNGOLA, III. — Martin Benson is in- 

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Owosso, Mich.— John S. Schleider has 

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Oamations l.OOto 2.00 



Adlantom Onneatum 60to 1.00 



Oroweanum 1.60 



Farleyense 8.00 to 10.00 



Aaparaffua Plumoana, Strinn 40.00 to 60.00 



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SweetPeas loto .20 



WaterLilles 60to 2.00 



Oalax lOto .15 



Oonunon Fema 16to .20 



Philadelphia, Pa. — Building permits 

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 a greenhouse 22x40 at Fishers lane and 

 Courtland street, and G. Anderson to 

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' I have several times been conaolted 

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