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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



January 24, 1007. 



largely grown, and from the comments 

 in the horticultural press the varieties 

 are giving general satisfaction. 



Trusting that your stay with us may 

 be both pleasant and profitable, and 

 thanking you for the honor conferred on 

 me by electing me your president, before 

 concluding I wish to thank the gentle- 

 men composing the different committees 

 who have worked so harmoniously and 

 zealously in completing the arrangements 

 for this convention. 



The report of Secretary Herr was pre- 

 sented, and adopted, as follows: 



Secretary's Report. 



Your secretary reports having issued 

 the usual printed matter during the 

 year and mailing the same as issued. 



There were two deaths reported to 

 the secretary during the year, those of 

 Lewis Ullrich, of Tiffin, O., and J. L. 

 Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa., the first that 



ments, perhaps more so than the most 

 of them. The last year three of these 

 errors happened to get into our premium 

 list. First, the substitution of the name 

 of Eugene Dailledouze for that of Wm. 

 Scott, as judge; second, the use of the 

 name of O. E. King Co., Ltd., instead 

 of the King Construction Co., in the 

 award of a special; and last but not 

 least, the loss of copy for a half page 

 ad. and a $10 special, and the non-ap- 

 pearance of either in the premium list. 

 When my attention was called to this, 

 I offered to have adv. and premium 

 both printed on a postal card and send 

 it out to every member, at my own 

 expense, but this offer was not accepted. 

 The advertisements in the premium 

 list amount to $231.50. These adver- 

 tisers are worthy of your patronage. 

 This is the only means whereby we can 

 secure the revenue necessary for the ex- 

 pense of this society, expenses that are 

 increasing faster than the membership. 



Hermann Sioimers. 



(Chalimiin Executive Committee, Tofronto Horticultural Society.) 



have been reported during my term of 

 oflSce. Mr. Valentine, of Denver, sev- 

 eral years ago made some remark about 

 a suitable offering being sent in such 

 cases. There was no action taken in 

 the matter and I would suggest that an 

 offering be adopted as representative of 

 this society, and upon similar conditions 

 arising again, the secretary be empow- 

 ered to wire a florist in the city of the 

 deceased, to send such offering with the 

 society card. 



Like most human beings, your secre- 

 tary is subject to errors, lapse of mem- 

 ory and the losing of important docu- 



To secure these advertisements your sec- 

 retary wrote almost 300 personal letters, 

 in addition to the printed notices sent 

 all members, and the showing does not 

 measure up with the amount of time 

 and labor expended. 



Every member of this society who has 

 anything to advertise should use this 

 premium list; it is not money thrown 

 away and is the only contribution the 

 society asks, aside from your annual 

 dues of $2. 



Your president, Mr. Dunlop, has 

 given the secretary much valuable as- 

 sistance during the year and has cer- 



tainly well earned the honor attached 

 to his office. 



The report of Treasurer Dorner was 

 presented, and adopted, as follows: 



Treasurer's Report. 



Permanent Fund. 

 Amount reported Jan. 20, 1906. .$1,906.21 

 Cash received 29.10 



$2,025.31 

 Working Fund. 



Cash on hand Jan. 20, 1906... $ 317 ,]i< 



Cash received by treasurer. .. .$ 477.00 

 Cash received by secretary 601.42 



■ 1,<)78.« 



Expenditures. 



Orders on treasurer $1,005.39 



Balance on hand 390.11 



,3Uo.u(| 



-$1,305.-0 



Invitations and Nominations. 



In the unavoidable absence of Jol.) 

 Birnie, of West Hoboken, *N. J., his 

 paper, "Are There Too Many New V;i- 

 rieties Introduced?" was read by Her- 

 mann Simmers. It appears in full o 

 another page of this issue. Discussiosi 

 was opened by W. N. Eudd, of Mount 

 Greenwood, 111., but was not concluded at, 

 this session, although it was given as 

 the opinion of several speakers that the 

 society's certificate granted to blooms on 

 the exhibition table should not be taken 

 as determining commercial values. 



Invitations for 1908 being in order, 

 the invitation of Washington given orig- 

 inally at Boston last year was renewed 

 by Wm. Weber, of Oakland, Md., and 

 C. W. Ward, of Queens. An invitation 

 to Indianapolis was presented by John 

 Bertermann, Fred Dorner and E. G. Gil- 

 lett, the latter of Cincinnati. 



Officers were nominated , as follows : 

 For president, Wm. F. Gude, Washing- 

 ton; J. E. Freeman, Washington; Fred 

 Lemon, Eichmond, Ind. For vice-presi- 

 dent, Peter Bisset, Washington; A. F. 

 J. Baur, Indianapolis. For secretary, 

 Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa. For 

 treasurer, F. E. Dorner, Lafayette, Ind. 

 For judge, W. N. Eudd, Mount Green- 

 wood, 111. 



The reading of the paper by Wm. 

 Gammage and the report of the awards 

 by the judges concluded the session 

 Wednesday evening. Both appear in full 

 in this issue. 



The Awards. 



The following were the awards in 

 Class A, each color calling for vases of 

 100 blooms each: 



White, Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, 

 111., first on White Perfection; Jas. D. 

 Cockcroft, Northport, N. Y., second on 

 Georgia. 



Enchantress shade of pink, Chicago 

 Carnation Co., first on Enchantress; 

 Strafford Flower Farm, Overbrook, Pa., 

 second on Enchantress. 



Lawson shade of pink, Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., first on Aristocrat; John E. 

 Haines, Bethlehem, Pa., second on Pink 

 Imperial. 



Scott shade of pink, F. E. Pierson Co., 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., first on Winsor; John 

 Eeimels, Woodhaven, N. Y., second on 

 Winona. 



Scarlet, Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, 

 N. Y., first on Bobt. Craig; also second 

 on Beacon. Other exhibitors were: The 

 Chicago Carnation Co., with Bed Eiding 

 Hood; Guttman & Weber, New York, 

 with Victory; John E. Haines, with J. 

 E. Haines, and Strafford Flower Farm, 

 Overbrook, Pa., with Beacon. Scarlet 

 was the best class in the show and the 

 two first showed up fine. The other 



