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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



January 30, 1907. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



(Vice-president Elect American Carnation Society.) 



American Carnation Society. Today the 

 seventeenth president has the privilege 

 and honor of sharing in the expression 

 of thanks and appreciation for the hos- 

 pitable reception and cordial welcome ex- 

 tended by the convention city. 



It must be remembered at this time 

 that the real work of preparation for this 

 convention has been done by our most 

 worthy vice-president, Peter Bisset, and 

 his able assistants in Washington. Allow 

 me to express at this time my personal 

 appreciation of the unfailing courtesy 

 and the untiring zeal and activity of the 

 vice-president, which, together with the 

 efficient services of the secretary, made 

 possible this most successful exhibition 

 and convention. 



The Society'! Certificate. 



Eeference has frequently been made 

 during the last few years to the subject 

 of the society's certificate; it is a pleas- 

 ure to refer to the eminently sensible 

 and correct settlement of the controversy 

 at the convention in Toronto last year. 

 The remarks on the subject by our hon- 

 ored member, W. N. Eudd, contain the 

 best exposition of the aims and province 

 of the American Carnation Society to be 

 found in all the society's literature. It 

 is indeed true, as stated in those remarks, 

 that ' ' the certificate is nothing except an 

 opinion of the quality of the flower shown 

 at the exhibition. The commercial value 

 of carnations must be shown in other 

 ways; and it is beyond the ability of this 

 society, beyond its province, to attempt 

 to say whether or not a certain carnation 

 shall prove a profitable investment to the 

 buyer. ' ' I wish at this time to most em- 

 phatically endorse this position in rela- 



not offer the keys of the city, as most 

 mayors do, for it is considered that 

 every American citizen has the same 

 interest in the capital city as has the 

 resident there, and feels equally at 

 home. He spoke of last year's meeting 

 having been at Toronto and referred to 

 the evidence that the Carnation Society 

 is American in fact as well as in name. 

 He told of William McKinley's love for 

 the carnation and referred with feeling 

 to the coincidence that he was welcom- 

 ing an organization of other lovers of 

 the divine flower upon the eve of Mc- 

 Kinley's birthday anniversary, a day 

 always generally observed in Washing- 

 ton. 



Chairman Bisset introduced' F. R. 

 Pierson, of Tarrytown, N. Y., to respond 

 and he, too, paid tribute to McKinley's 

 memory, speaking also of the impetus 

 given the carnation by the martyred 

 President's favor. He said there is no 

 north, no south, no east, no west, and no 

 dividing line between Canada and the 

 United States in things horticultural. 



J. H. Dunlop, who presided last year, 

 was introduced to speak for Canada. He 

 spoke of the interest Toronto took in 

 the visit of the society in 1907 and of 

 the value the exhibition had been to 

 the trade. He also pointed out the 

 coincidence that at Boston in 1890 the 

 S. A. F. voted to meet the next year at 

 Toronto and went thence to Washing- 

 ton, just as the Carnation Society did in 

 1906. 



Mr. Bisset then turned the gavel over 

 to President Fred H. Lemon, who read 

 his annual address, as follows: 



President's Address. 



It has been the custom for a number 

 of years for the president to share in ex- 

 tending a welcome to the members of the 



Fred H. Lemon* 



(President American Carnation Society.) 



