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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Jancabt 26. 190S. 



bury, Mass., scored 88 points; Eobert 

 Craig and Lieut. Peary, shown by C. W. 

 Ward, each scored 88 points; My Mary- 

 land, shown by H. Weber & Sons, scored 

 88 points. 



For preliminary certificates, C. W. 

 Ward 's entries scored as follows : No. 

 569, 93 points; No. 234, 86; No. 211, 91; 

 Alma Ward, 88; No. 2528. 85; No. 2653, 

 86; No. 12, shown by E. G. Hill Co., 

 scored 85 points; Helen Goddard, shown 

 by S. J. Goddard, scored 85 points. 



Other Exhibits. 



Bichard Witterstaetter, Cincinnati, 

 staged, too late for competition, magnifi- 

 cent vases of Aristocrat, the improved 

 Lawson; Afterglow, pink; J. A. Valen- 

 tine, light pink; No. 1021 Bl, Scott 

 shade; 1021 Dl, red; Cardinal, extra 

 good; Lady Bountiful, in splendid shape. 

 No exhibit attracted more favorable com- 

 ment. 



F. B. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 staged White Lawson and the Tarrytown 

 fern. 



Swan Peterson, Gibson City, 111., 

 showed Carnation White Swan. 



John Hartje, Indianapolis, showed Car- 

 nations Coral, light pink; Candace, pink; 

 Alspice, variegated. 



The B. K. & B. Floral Co., Eichmond, 

 Ind., staged a large exhibit of Bichmond 

 . Gem. 



C. W. Ward set up a fine table of seed- 

 lings containing many besides those men- 

 tioned as receiving certificates. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co. showed a large 

 collection of seedlings. 



John Breitmeyer's Sons set up a fiue 

 vase of La Detroit rose and another of 

 snapdragon. 



J. M. Gasser Co., Cleveland, set up 

 Gen. MacArthur rose in fine shape. 



J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, showed fine 

 plants of the white Lorraine begonia. 



Eli Cross, Grand Rapids, made his 

 usual showing of violets. 



Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., 

 staged Chrysanthemum John Burton, 

 good blooms. 



Vaughan's Seed Store staged Boston 

 ferns. 



Davis Bros., Geneva and Morrison, 111., 

 had a large table of Bostons. 



The Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Qeve- 

 land, showed a tile bench. 



The King Construction Co., Toronto, 

 showed an iron gutter. 



E. G. Hill Co. showed a splendid vase 

 of Bichmond rose and another of Bosa- 

 lind Orr English. 



A. Dietsch Co., Chicago, showed a 

 wooden gutter. 



G. W. Neflf & Co., Eichmond, Ind., 

 showed a carnation support. 



Other exhibits, some not staged until 

 Thursday, were "Variegated Lawson, 

 from the F. R. Pierson Co., Rose Welles- 

 ley in fine shape from Waban Rose Con- 

 servatories, Carnation Imperial from J. 

 E. Haines, and seedling carnations from 

 Robert Klagge. 



The judges in a supplementary report 

 made favorable mention of many of the 

 above. 



Just before adjournment the judges 

 gave honorable mention to belated ex- 

 hibits of Variegated Lawson from F. R. 

 Pierson Co. and Bed Lawson from W. 

 J. Palmer & Son. 



The Secretary's Report. 



Secretary Albert M. Herr presented 

 his annual report as follows: 



Your secretary reports having issued 

 the regular printed matter of this so- 

 ciety during the past year and mailing 

 the same to all the members of the so- 

 ciety. The attempt was made of issuing 

 the full premium list early in the fall and 

 mailing the same at two different times, 

 once in October and again in January. 

 The idea was to give the advertisers in 

 this list the advantage of a double circu- 

 lation. The attempt can hardly be called 

 a success, as it was almost impossible to 

 get advertising and specials together in 

 September; they were received so slowly 

 that it came to be a rush job and an error 

 or two in the copy was the result. These 

 were corrected in the issue sent out in 

 January and a few additions made to the 

 list in the form of a supplement. 



We are as yet without a permanent 

 stenographer (that is the same stenog- 

 rapher for every meeting) and until we 

 get one our reports are bound to be in- 

 complete in some respects. We were 

 fortunate in securing at the last meeting 

 and for this one stenographers who have 

 had some experience in horticultural mat- 

 ters, but to give us a complete report, 

 such as this society should have, requires 

 a stenographer who will be with us year 

 after year, get acquainted with us, know 

 our names, our voices and the meaning of 

 all the terms we use. 



There were during the year the usual 

 number of complaints as to mail matter 

 not reaching the members, in several in- 

 stances four pieces having been sent the 

 same party. In justice to myself I want 

 to say that all regular matter, such as 

 circulars, premium lists, etc., are sent out 

 addressed by a machine that makes it a 

 mechanical impossibility to miss any one. 



While we are not by any means in 

 financial straits, yet there are so many 

 things the gpciety could do with ample 

 funds back of it that we shonldj use every 

 endeavor to increase our permanent fund 

 and our membership as well. For the^ 

 latter I would suggest a display adver- 

 tisement gotten up with a cut of the front 

 cover of our annual report and inserted 

 in the trade papers the week the report 

 is sent out at a cost not to exceed $5 for 

 each paper used, and one insertion only. 

 With the papers presented for this meet- 

 ing our report ought to be a good one 

 and a strong, pictured, good-sized adver- 

 tisement ought to pay well in the in- 

 crease of our membership. 



Any member who has either criticism 

 or new ideas for the advancement of this 

 society can have the same brought before 

 the board of directors promptly by send- 

 ing them in writing to the secretary either 

 at this meeting or at any time during the 

 year. There is no stop to the develop- 

 ment of the carnation, there can 'be none 

 to this its patron society, but we need 

 the assistance of every member as well 

 as the board of directors and other offi- 

 cers. 



Treasurer's Report. 



Treasurer Fred Dorner reported the 

 permanent fund to have contained $1,- 

 910.21 on February 20, 1904. It has 

 since been enriched $50 by the Chicago 

 Carnation Co. and $36 by C. W. Ward, 

 making the present fund $1,996.21. The 

 general fund stands as follows: 



Balance February 20, 1904 $ 253,36 



Cash from M'embenblp $556.00 



Interest 78.16 



KegiBtering 14.00 



lAdvertislnsr 186.25 



I>ate Entries 2.00 



Cert's of Merit 50.00 



" " Special Premiums. 26.00 



912.41 



$1,166.77 

 Voncbers paid 752.64 



Balance 413.13 



The Qass for 100 Blooms White at the Chicago Exhibition. 



(The exhibitors and varieties are, from rlgbt to left: Hill Co.. Bountiful; H. W. Buckbee, White Lawson; Emll Buettner Bountiful; W. J. & M. S. Vesey. 



Bountiful; Weber A Sons. My Maryland: Pierson Co.. White Lawson; Chicago Carnation vJO.. Bountiful; H. W. Buckbee, No. 33; 



Thompson Carnation Co., Bountiful; Dorner, Bountiful; Breitmeyer's Sons, White Lawson.) 



