JAXUARV 25, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



6J9 



Carnation No. 9-'03, a Seedling of Prosperity, Flowers Reduced in Size. 



(The H. Weber & Sons Co., Oakland, Md., says this is considered the best sort it has yet raised; Prosperity quality with free blooming habit.) 



a guarantee of excellence. A feeling of 

 confidence would be a natural result 

 amongst the trade, and the American 

 Carnation Society would receive an irre- 

 sistible impetus toward grander and 

 nobler work in its mission for "The 

 Advancement of the Carnation. ' ' 



The new set of by-laws for this society 

 will be submitted at this meeting for 

 your consideration and acceptance. I 

 trust members will make it a point to 

 attend all the sessions and by their 

 presence and counsel help to make them 

 what they are designed to be — mutually 

 lielpful. To our visiting friends and 

 members I would say that Boston and 

 vicinity has left "the latchstring out" 

 during your sojourn among us and we 

 shall endeavor to make your stay pleas- 

 ant and profitable. 



At the conclusion of the reading of 

 the president's address the annual re- 

 port of Secretary Herr was presented, 

 as follows: 



Secretary's Report. 



The report of the last annual meeting, 

 a preliminary premium list, and a copy 

 of the by-laws as drawn up by your ex- 

 ecutive committee, were mailed as issued 

 during the year. Any paid-up members 

 who did not receive all of these should 

 write to the secretary at once and see 

 that their name and address gets prop- 

 erly entered. 



Our annual report is an important part 

 of our work, and our discussions are im- 

 portant and interesting enough to be re- 

 ported correctly, an impossibility with a 

 new stenographer each meeting. What we 

 need is a stenographer who will be with 

 us year after year, who will learn to know 

 us, learn to know the importance of a 

 word missed in the middle of a discus- 

 sion. We now pay over $200 a year for 

 our report ; why not pay a little more and 

 have it twice as good? 



Attention has been called of the mem- 

 bers in the premium list to the yearly ex- 

 penses of the society; almost $1,000 per 

 year. 



Listen carefully to the report of your 

 treasurer and you will see how much of 

 this money has to be made up aside from 



the annual membership dues. The only 

 available way to make this money is by 

 advertising in the premium list and the 

 entries at the shows. 



This matter of advertisements is an 

 important one to the society and every 

 member who has anything to advertise 

 should use the premium list; it may not 

 bring direct results but it does give pub- 

 licity at a very nominal figure, and pub- 

 licity before the members of the Ameri- 

 can Carnation Society is a paying invest- 

 ment. 



Occasionally in meeting a fellow-mem- 

 ber the conversation drifts to the work of 

 this society, and the question is asked, 

 "Why do you not do this and why do 

 you not do that?" If any member has 

 an idea of any kind for the betterment 

 of the society and its work, and will put 

 this idea into writing and send it to the 

 secretary at any time during the year, a 

 great amount of practical work could be 

 done that escapes the attention of the offi- 

 cers. Try this for 1906 and begin right 

 now with the question box at this meet- 

 ing. 



We are a live practical society but we 

 need the assistance of every member, in 

 order to keep the work up to the top 

 notch of perfection we hope to attain. 



Following the reading of the secre- 

 tary's report, which was accepted, the 

 report of Treasurer Dorner was read 

 and accepted. It was as follows: 



Treastirer*s Report. 



Treasurer F. E. Dorner submitte<l hi« 

 annual report as follows: 



I Expenditures. 



Orders on treasurer $1, 132.89 



Cash on hand 317.08 



Receipts. 



Balance January 23, 1905 $ 413.13 



Pash from Membership 622.00 



Cash from Interest 81.84 



Cash from Reslsterlng 5.00 



Cash from Advertising 173.00 



("iish from Certificates of Merit 67.00 



Cash from Special Premiums.. 77.50 



Cash from Checks returned 10.50 



$1,449.97 



-$1,449.97 



Permanent fund $1,996.21 



At the Wednesday evening session a 

 paper was read by Prof, H. F. Hall, 

 of Durham College, Durham, N. H. Tfi'e 



subject was "Carnation Breeding." A 

 synopsis of the paper appears elsewhere 

 in this issue. 



Discussion on the paper was opened 

 by C. W. Ward, who described his 

 methods of crossing. He recommended 

 the use of a card index for all seed- 

 lings, to carefully consider ancestors 

 of all flowers used in crossing. He ad- 

 vised the use of two pinks to secure a 

 good pink; use yellow to intensify 

 color. He fertilizes from early October 

 to early December, and from the end 

 of January to the middle of March. 

 He likes all seeds to be ripe by May. 

 R. Witterstaetter said that he fertilizes 

 from the end of December to the end 

 of February, Mr. Ward emphasized the 

 importance of using healthy plants in 

 crossing, especially those not overfed. 

 On motion of Mr. Hill, Prof. Hall was 

 given a vote of thanks. 



The report of the judges was then 

 read. It was as follows: 



The Awards. 



The following were the awards in 

 Class A, calling for 100 blooms in each 

 color: 



White, Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., 

 first, on Lady Bountiful; Edward 

 Stroud, Strafford, Pa., second, on My 

 Maryland. 



Daybreak shade of pink, Peter Fish- 

 er, first, on Enchantress; F. R. Pierson 

 Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., second, also on 

 Enchantress. 



Lawson shade of pink, Peter Fisher, 

 first, on Nelson Fisher; Peirce Bros., 

 Waltham, Mass., second, on Mrs. Law- 

 son. 



Scott shade of pink, S. J. Goddard, 

 Framingham, Mass., first, ou Helen God- 

 dard; C. W. Ward, Cottage Gardens, 

 Queens, N. Y., second, on Mrs. W. B. 

 Mershon. 



Scarlet, C. W. Ward, first, on Robert 

 Craig; Peter Fisher, second, on Beacon. 



Crimson, C. W. Ward, first, on The 

 President; Dailledouze Bros., Flatbush, 

 N. Y., second, on Crimson Glow. 



AVhite variegated, F. R. Pierson Co., 



