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August 23. 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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and on August 7, 1906, wrote the fol- 

 lowing letter: 



Boston, August 7, 1906. 

 Mr. T. M. Jones, Mgr., 



U. S. Express Company, j^ 



30 Broadway, New York, N. Y. «*^ 



Dear Sir: Referring to my letter of May 11, 

 1906, which thus far remains unanswered, I beg 

 to state that In view of the universal sentiment 

 of protest on the part of flower growers who are 

 members of our society, and whose Interests are 

 affected by the advanced rates on flowers 

 shipped from producers In your territory to the 

 New York wholesale market, I deem It to be my 

 duty to submit this matter to the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission for investigation and ad- 

 justment, as is my privilege under the provisions 

 of Section 13 of the amended Interstate Com- 

 merce Act, unless I receive some assurance from 

 you that the increased charges complained of 

 will be given prompt reconsideration by your 

 company. 



It would give me much pleasure to be able 

 to report to our society at its convention in 

 Dayton, Ohio, August 21-24, that the United 

 States Express Co. had taken this question un- 

 der advisement, and I hope to be able to an- 

 nounce a rate which would be generally accepted 

 as just and reasonable. 



Yours respectfully, 

 (Signed) WM. J. STEWART, 



Secretary. 



This letter shared the same fate as its 

 predecessor, no acknowledgment having 

 thus far been received. I believe we 

 have a good case- I know that the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission will give us 

 a prompt and courteous hearing, and 

 hope we shall be able to arrange for the 

 appearance of our legislative committee 

 with necessary witnesses before that body 

 at an early date. 



Eegarding the domestic-grown narcis- 

 sus bulbs exhibited by a Virginia grower 

 last year, which were submitted to J. 

 F. Sullivan for testing, that gentleman 

 reports that he gave them identically the 

 same treatment that was given the for- 

 eign-grown bulbs of the same varieties, 

 and found the flowering qualities to be 

 of substantially the same good value. 



Medals have b§en delivered during the 

 last year as follows: 



Bobert Craig & Son, Philadelphia, a 

 bronze medal for Ticus pandurata, ex- 

 hibited at the Washington convention. 



Louis Wittbold, a bronze medal, for 

 mechanical watering system, exhibited at 

 the Washington convention. 



Dennison School, Washington, D. C, 

 through Miss Susan B. Sipe, bronze 

 medal for superior work in gardening, 

 October 16, 1905. 



Through the American Carnation So- 

 ciety, January 24, 1906, a silver medal 

 to the Cottage Gardens Co., for Carna- 

 tion Mrs. C. W. Ward; a bronze medal 

 to the Cottage Gardens Co., for Carna- 

 tion Kobert Craig. 



Through the Cincinnati Florists' So- 

 ciety, March 10, 1906, a silver medal to 

 R. Witterstaetter, for Carnation After- 

 glow ; a bronze medal to the Minneapolis 

 Floral Co., for Rose Miss Kate Moulton. 



New plant names have been registered 

 since my last report as follows: 



August 26, 1905 — Canna Uncle Sam, 

 by the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Pa. 



October 14, 1905— Rose Triumph, by 

 Peter Henderson & Co., New York. 



October 28, 1905 — Canna Vesuvius, by 

 Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 



November 11, 1905 — Cannas: Prince 

 of India, Jupiter, Venus, by the Conard 

 & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa. 



December 23, 1905 — Carnations: Win- 

 sor, Helen M. Gould, White Enchantress, 

 by the F. E. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y. 



January 27, 1906— Rose Helen Good, 

 by the United States Nursery Co., Rich, 

 Miss. 



February 17, 1906— Sweet peas: Mrs. 

 Alex. Wallace, J. K. Allen, Christmas 

 Enchantress, Jack Hunter, Mrs. C. Wild, 



Christmas Meteor, by A. C. Zvolanek, 

 Bound Brook, N. J. 



February 24, 1906— Roses: Christine 

 Wright, Columbia, by Hoopes, Brother 

 & Thomas, West Chester, Pa. 



March 10, 1906 — Canna Superior, by 

 Wm. Schray & Sons, St. Louis, Mo. 



March 10, 1906 — Alternanthera aurea 

 robusta, by Wm. Schray & Sons, St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



March 10, 1906— Sweet peas: Sec- 

 retary William J. Stewart, Mrs. W. W. 

 Smalley, by A. C. Zvolanek, Bound Brook, 

 N. J. 



March 24, 1906 — Cannas: Dr. Wm. 

 Saunders, Ottawa, by the Conard & Jones 

 Co., West Grove, Pa. 



April 7, 1906 — Sweet peas: Mrs. Wni. 

 Sim, Mrs. F. J. Dolansky, Samuel J. 

 Trepess, Maxwelton, Caroline Whitney, 

 by A. C. Zvolanek, Bound Brook, N. J. 



April 21, 1906— Sweet peas: Mrs. J. 

 F. Hannay, Marion Staniford, Miss Josie 

 Riedley, by A. C. Zvolanek, Bound 

 Brook, N. J. 



April 28, 1906— Cannas: Mount Wash 

 ington, Mount Zion, Henry George. Tele- 

 graph, Inman's Choice, Britta, Golden 

 Cluster, Sensation, Uwanta, Thelma, Gold 

 Mine, Pansy Read, Crown of Gold, 

 Admiral Togo, Queen of Orange, The 

 American Duchess, Golden Dawn, Royal 

 Neighbor, Golden Express, Amalgamated, 

 Ohio, Buckeye, Dayton, Nymphea, Leader, 

 Royal Bronze, Fairhope, by the Southern 

 Floral Nursery Co., Fruitdale, Ala. 



May 5, 1906 — Hybrid perpetual Rose 



Charles Wagner, by the Conard & Jones 

 Co., West Grove, Pa. 



May 12, 1906 — Dendrobium nobile Mrs. 

 Larz Anderson, by Duncan Finlayson, 

 Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



oune 9, 1906 — Cannas: Queen of 

 Beauty, Flashlight, Majestic, Bronze 

 King, Giraffe, Moonlight, Blushing Belle, 

 Southern Priae, Alabama, Mississippi, 

 Buckatunna, Gen. Kuroki, Tom L. John- 

 son, Emerald, Perfection, Daybreak, Sun- 

 beam, Jumbo, Gov. Patterson, Chautau- 

 qua, Jr., by the Southern Floi'al Nursery 

 Co., fruitdale, Ala. , 



June 23, 1906 — Nephrolepis Fruckii, 

 and Berryii, by Henry C. Frnck, Grosse 

 Pointe Farms, Mich. \ 



July 14, 1906— Rose Aurora, by Paul 

 Niehoff, Lehighton, Pa. 



July 21, 1906 — Hydrangea arborescens 

 alba grandiflora, by the E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind. 



August 11, 1906— Lailio-Cattleya Lady 

 Bernice, by Lager & Hurrell, Summit, 

 N. J. 



We have lost nine members by death 

 since my last report: 



C. G. Nanz, ^ouisville, Ky., August 17, 

 1905. i 



J. C. Rennison, Sioux City, la., Feb- 

 ruary 24, 1906. 



Aug. Rhotert, New York, N: Y., April 

 9, 1906. 



C. H. Kunzman, Louisville, Ky., May 

 22, 1906. 



George H. Rowden, Wallingford, Conn., 

 May 17, 1906. 



H. B. Beatty, Re-elected Treasurer Society of American Florists. 



