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Febbuari 15, 1906. 



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prizes but moved that further consider- 

 ation of the subject be laid over for the 

 March meeting. 



The award committee announced the 

 granting of a preliminary certificate to 

 Alma Ward, 94 points; and Elsa 

 Struss, 90 points. 



The exhibitors were John Eeimels, of 

 Woodhaven, who staged Winsome, Var- 

 iegated Lawson, Harry Fenn, Fiancee 

 and Seedling Ho. 32; F. E. Pierson Co., 

 who staged Winsor, Eed Lawson, Var- 

 iegated Lawson and White Enchantress; 

 Velie Bros., Marlboro, M. Y., who staged 

 Enchantress, Nelson Fisher, M. A. Pat- 

 ten and Lady Bountiful; Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., who staged Eobert Craig, Al- 

 ma Ward, Enchantress and Elsa Struss; 

 Rudolph Fischer, Great Neck, who 

 staged Carnation Abundance and Free- 

 sia Purity; Guttman & Weber, who 

 showed Victory; L. E. Enggren, Aque- 

 duct, L. I., who had a pink seedling car- 

 nation; H. Weber & Sons Co., Oakland, 

 Md., who sent Jessica and My Mary- 

 land; W. J. & M. S. Vesey, Fort Wayne, 

 Ind., who sent Glendale. The prizes 

 were awarded: First to the Cottage 

 Gardens Co.; second, to F, E. Pierson & 

 Co. ; third, to Velie Bros., and the special 

 prize for the best vase on exhibition 

 went to Cottage Gardens for Alma Ward. 



C. W. Ward's illustrated lecture on 

 the carnation held the interest of the 

 audience for nearly an hour and received 

 the hearty thanks of the club. Eobert 

 Craig, of Philadelphia, gave a most en- 

 joyable talk on the carnation, embody- 

 ing his experiences of thirty-five years, 

 irom 1858, when Charles Zeller imported 

 the Purity, which held its place as the 

 best and most profitable sort for fifteen 

 years, and President De Graw, the fa- 

 mous white, which he compared with Al- 

 ma Ward. He spoke of John Thorpe's 

 Portia, the color yet unequaled, and the 

 first deep pink Century which he com- 

 pared with Elsa Struss. He spoke elo- 

 quently of the work Mr. Ward and the 

 other carnation experts had accom- 

 plished, the unprofitable work of rais- 

 ing seedlings and the reputation and ac- 

 complishments that would crown the 

 memories of the growers long after they 

 had passed away. F. R. Pierson spoke 

 briefly owing to the lateness of the hour, 

 and votes of thanks were given all the 

 orators. 



Various Notes. 



Wednesday and Thursday of this 

 week are American Institute days, with 

 many lectures and exhibits as before an- 

 nounced, with Prof. Bailey, of Cornell, 

 and Eobt. Craig, of Philadelphia, among 

 the speakers. 



Chas. H. Grant, who for some time 

 has had charge of the Abraham & 

 Strauss florists' department in Brook- 

 lyn, is back with his old employers, J. 

 H. Small & Sons, on Broadway. John 

 Eeese has assumed the management at 

 the Brooklyn department store in his 

 place. Mr. Eeese was married January 

 24 to Miss Charlotte Strausz, of Brook- 

 lyn. 



Harvey C. Mallon, son of John Mal- 

 lon, of Brooklyn, celebrated his twenty- 

 first birthday last Friday and among 

 his presents was a handsome gold watch 

 from his father. Harvey is one of the 

 four heavy-weights in the family and at 

 227 the lightest of the quartette. His 

 uncle, Joe, another of the old-time firm 

 of Mallon & Sons, tips the beam at 250. 

 His father is 260 and his grandfather, 

 the original Mallon, now a veteran of 

 over 70 years, makes them all look puny 

 with his 325 pounds. It is doubtful if 

 any family of florists in the world can 

 show three generations to compare with 

 this remarkable aggregation. 



Frank W. Dobbs, for years with Wad- 

 ley & Smythe, died of intestinal can- 

 cer at his home, Hartsdale, N. Y., on 

 February 6, after a long illness and sev- 

 eral painful operations. He was a great 

 favorite and very much esteemed; a 

 man of sterling character and the right- 

 hand man of the firm, both at Newport 

 and New York. His Masonic brethren 

 had charge of the funeral services. A 

 beautiful vereath of valley was sent by 

 his associates and the firm sent a mag- 

 nificent casket blanket of the same, his 

 favorite flower. Messrs. Siebrecht & 

 Son also sent handsome remembrances. 

 Mr. Dobbs was a relative of Mrs. Wm. 

 Siebrecht. 



Charles B. Hanft, of Hanft Bros., this 

 season will manage the Surf House, at 

 Highland Beach, N. Y. Many New York 

 florists find this a delightful place for 

 their summer outings. Julian N. Hanft, 

 one of the original Hanft Bros., is still 

 a busy member of the aggregation at 



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