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Partial View of Trade Exhibits Staged on the Upper Floor of the Armory. 



(At the Washington Convention, AiiKUSt 16 to 18, 19a5.) 



president held them in check until a 

 decision could be had on the question 

 of adjournment. It was voted to go 

 on with the work of the society as ar- 

 ranged and most of the men stayed 

 but the ladies sought the outer air. 



The report of the secretary was then 

 read, as follows: 



Secretary's Report. 



The records of your secretary's office 

 disclose a period unusually free from 

 sensational incident in the year that 

 has passed since we turned away from 

 the glories of the great exposition and 

 the allurements of the Pike and said 

 farewell to the brethren of the World's 

 Fair city, whose untiring kindness had 

 been so incessantly manifested during 

 our stay with them. In the absence of 

 more strenuous duties the zeal of your 

 officers has found expression in an earn- 

 est eflFort to promote widespread inter- 

 est in this convention and exhibition and 

 bring out the largest possible attendance 

 from all quarters. 



The usual executive board meeting 

 was held last April in this city. The 

 program which you have before you, dif- 

 fering in some degree from the type of 

 those arranged for past conventions, was 

 the outcome of a feeling that it would 

 be wise to give attention at this time to 

 topics of broad horticultural interest 

 and to avail ourselves of the advantages 

 presented in the co-operation of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture so 

 freely proffered by its able and court- 

 eous officials. One new feature which 

 has excited much interest is the prize 

 essay competition, on which a report will 

 be presented by the judges at the morn- 

 ing session of Wednesday. 



The statistics of the year are as fol- 

 lows: The number of names on our 

 published membership list for 1904 was 



887, of whom 783 were annual and 104 

 life members. This included 118 annual 

 and 32 life members who had been 

 added or reinstated during the year. 

 These 150 new names should be credited 

 to the various states as follows: Flor- 

 ida, Louisiana, New Jersey, Oklahoma, 

 Bhode Island, Tennessee, West Virginia, 

 one each; Alabama, California, Ken- 

 tucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, South 

 Carolina, Wisconsin, Manitoba, two each; 

 Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Texas, 

 three each; Indiana, five; District of 

 Columbia, seven; Pennsylvania, eight; 

 Michigan, nine; Connecticut, ten; New 

 York, thirteen; Ohio, fifteen; Missouri, 

 twenty-three; Illinois, twenty-five. 



The following named members have 

 been taken from us by death since our 

 last meeting: 



W. A. Ingram, Manchester, N. H., Au- 

 gust 20, 1904. 



C. B. Derthick, Ionia, Mich., Decem- 

 ber 23, 1904. 



D. Newsham, New Orleans, La., Janu- 

 ary 15, 1905. 



Charles T. Siebert, Pittsburg, Pa., 

 March 7, 1905. 



F. H. Beard, Detroit, Mich., March 

 20, 1905. 



A. Whiting, Hartford, Conn., May 5, 

 1905. 



W. S. Davis, Purcellville, Va., May 

 24, 1905. 



T. Hinchliffe, Racine, Wis., June 11, 

 1905. 



Registration of names of new plants 

 has been made since last report, as fol- 

 lows: 



August 27, 1904 — Sweet peas: Brides- 

 maid, Flora Norton, Evening Star, 

 Nymphaea, Speckled Beauty, Sunrise, 

 Sunset, Mrs. George Higginson, Flora 

 Fraser, by Vaughan's Seed Store. 



October 1, 1904— Dahlia Sylvia, by 

 Vaughan's Seed Store. 



October 4, 1904 — Cannas Chappaqua, 

 Black Beauty, Chameleon, Indiana, Wyo- 

 ming, Juniata, by Conard & Jones Co. 



October 13, 1904— Aster Vick's Mi- 

 kado, by James Vick's Sons. 



November 10, 1904 — Chrysanthemum 

 Mrs. Eglinton, by W. J. Lawrence. 



November 23, 1904— Chrysanthemum 

 Mrs. A. Klokner, by Alexander Klokner. 



December 29, 1904— Carnation Mrs. 

 W. L. Lewis, by W. L. Lewis. 



December 31, 1904 — Cannas Hon. W. 

 R. Hearst, Senator Hanna, Mrs. John 

 A. Logan, by H. D. Seele. 



January 14, 1905-7-Carnations Mikado 

 and Pink Patten, by Patten & Co. 



January 14, 1905 — Pillar rose. Gar- 

 den's Glory, by Conard & Jones Co, 



February 25, 1905 — Nephrolepis Bos- 

 toniensis Mauffii, by A. E. Mauff. 



June 12, 1905 — Roses American Pillar 

 and Birdie Blye, by Conard & Jones Co. 



July 10, 1905 — Zonal geranium, Mrs. 

 Richard F. Gloede, by Richard F. Gloede. 



July 14, 1905 — Nephrolepis Amer- 

 pohlii, by Edward Amerpohl. 



July 25, 1905 — Zonal geraniums, Kenil- 

 worth and Illinois, by R. F. Gloede. 



August 11, 1905— Zonal geranium. Tif- 

 fin, by Lewis Ullrich, Tiffin, O. 



Medals have been distributed as fol- 

 lows: 



February 17, 1905— Through the 

 American Carnation Society, a silver 

 medal to J. D. Thompson Carnation 

 Co. for Carnation Robt. Craig, and a 

 bronze medal to H. Weber & Sons, for 

 Carnation My Maryland, 



March 11, 1905— Through the Cincin- 

 nati Florists* Society, a silver medal to 

 R. Witterstaetter, for Carnation Aristo- 

 crat, and a certificate of award of 

 bronze medal to H. Weber & Sons for 

 Carnation My Maryland. 



The problem of how to increase our 

 numerical strength has wisely been given 



