January 25, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



621 



( Icveland Cut Flower Co., greens from 

 II. M. Robinson Co., boiler from Kroe- 

 sohell Bros. Co., Wellesley rose from 

 Waban Rose conservatories, violets and 

 -niibeam, Mont Blanc and Earliest of 

 \J1 sweet peas from Wm. Sim. 



Invitations. 



Following the report of the judges, 

 invitations were received from the 

 , 'cnnsylvania Horticultural Society for 

 • 907 and from the Washington Flo- 

 rists' Club for 1908. J. H. Dunlop re- 

 minded the society of its implied prom- 

 ise to meet in Toronto in 1907 and re- 

 newed the invitation, backed by the 

 mayor and several horticultural socie- 

 ; ics. President Fisher said a word in 

 hehalf of Toronto. 



Nominations. 



The nomination of officers for 1907 

 hoiug in order, E. G. Hill nominated 

 .1. H. Dunlop, of Toronto, as a man of 

 sterling worth. There were no other 

 jiominations for president. For vice- 

 president, Wm. Gammage, of London, 

 was nominated, and W. J. Palmer, of 

 liufEalo. Secretary Herr and Treasurer 

 Dorner were renominated. 



Thursday's Session. 



The judges, Nicholson, Valentine and 

 Dailledouze, made a final report men- 

 tioning numerous special exhibits. 



The papers of J. A. Valentine and 

 Thomas Galvin were presented, the 

 former being one of the best ever read 

 before the society. Both are printed in 

 full in this issue. 



Kasting, O'Mara, Hartshorne and 

 Ilauswirth were appointed committee on 

 final resolutions. 



The matter of registering and certifi- 

 cating sports provoked warm debate, 

 which included certificating varieties 

 afterward found to be commercially of 

 little value. This was referred to a com- 

 mittee consisting of Ward, Pierson and 

 Valentine. On Pierson 's motion it 

 ^vas voted that no final certificate be 

 given any variety until a committee has 

 inspected the growing plants. 



Vice-president J. H. Dunlop presided 

 at the opening of the afternoon ses- 

 sion, called to order at 3:15. A. J. Gutt- 

 man presented his paper, published in 

 full in this issue. He received close at- 

 tention and a vote of thanks. The new 

 by-laws were taken up and adopted after 

 'liscussion, principally on the question of 

 initiation fee and annual dues. It was 

 lecided to leave them as at present, $2, 

 in spite of the society's urgent need of 

 increased revenue. Life membership 

 money goes to the pelinanent fund. 



The special committee appointed to 

 oousider the subject recommended abol- 

 ishing the present certificate system, also 

 the Lawson medals and substituting car- 

 nation society's medals. Referred. 



Election. 



Toronto was the unanimous choice for 

 meeting place in 1907. J. H. Dunlop, 

 A. M. Herr and F. E. Dorner were with- 

 out contestants but Hill and O'Mara 

 ^vere appointed to conduct the balloting 

 for vice-president. W. J. Palmer, of 

 Buffalo, was elected, receiving every vote 

 <ast. Eugene Dailledouze was elected 

 director for five years. Wm. Scott was 

 '■iected judge. 



The Banquet. 



More than 200 were present at the 

 banquet at the Copley Square Hotel on 

 Thursday evening. Judge Hoitt, of 



'William Nicholson. 

 (One of the jiidpes of the American Carnation Society.) 



Nashua, was toastmaster. The decora- 

 tions were fine and many ladies were 

 present. 



Convention Committees. 



The following committees from the 

 Boston Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 and flower markets did much useful work 

 and great credit is due them for their 

 successful handling of the numerous de- 

 tails : 



Reception committee: William Nichol- 

 son, chairman; Thos. F. Matthews, E. 

 Allen Peirce, ^I. A. Patten, Robert 

 Montgomery, D. Carmichael, Wm. Sim, 

 S. J. Goddard and Patrick Welch. 



Printing and selling tickets and in- 

 vitations to exhibitions: J. W. Duncan, 

 chairman ; Peter Fisher, Wm. Nicholson, 

 David Lumsden, Alexander Montgomery, 

 Patrick Welch, J. K. M. L. Farquhar 

 and Edward Wood. 



Decorating banquet hall: Patrick 

 Welch, chairman; T. F. Matthews, D. 

 Carmichael, S. J. Goddard and W. H. 

 Elliott. 



Arrangement of exhibition hall: Ed- 

 ward Wood, chairman; Peter Fisher and 

 E. Allen Peirce. 



On banquet speakers and invited 

 guests : J. A. Pettigrew, chairman ; J. 

 K. M. L. Farquhar and William Nichol- 

 son. 



On music: J. K. L. M. Farquhar, 

 chairman; T. H. Westwood and J. A. 

 Pettigrew. 



James Wheeler was chairman of the 

 general committee and ex-oflScio of all 

 committees. 



A Retrospect. 



It is interesting to refer back to the 

 previous convention held in Boston, on 

 February 21 and 22, 1895, and compare 

 the varieties of that day with those seen 

 at the present exhibition. 



At the 1895 show, only the fourth of 

 its kind held, the cut flowers were staged 

 in one of the halls at the old Horticul- 

 tural building on Tremont street, the 

 other hall being used for the business 

 sessions. Weather conditions were, then 

 as now, almost ideal. Prizes for the best 

 100 blooms in 1895 went as follows: 

 Alaska, white; Wm. Scott, light pink; 

 Jubilee, scarlet; Tidal Wave, dark pink; 

 F. Mangold, crimson ; Buttercup, yel- 

 low; Minnie Cook, variegated. For fifty 

 blooms the awards were: Storm King, 

 white; William Scott, light pink; Jubi- 

 lee, scarlet; Meteor, crimson; Bouton 

 d'Or, yellow, an<l Helen Keller, varie- 

 gated. The last named variety won a 

 special prize for th<^ best vase in the 

 exhibition. 



Some other noteworthy varieties shown 

 at this meeting wore Armazindy and Tri- 

 umph from E. G. Hill Co., Lena Saling, 

 Dean Hole, Delia Fox, Bridesmaid, 

 Nicholson, Lizzie McGowan, Hector and 

 Daybreak. Practically every sort named 

 is now merely a memory. While re- 

 markable advances were made in the 

 quality of blooms shown as compared 

 with 1895, we think the yellow chiss con- 

 tained flowers very little better than 

 Southworth 's Buttercup of o\ or a dec- 

 ailo ago. 



