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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Jamdabt 30, 1007. 



we can demand it as our right, and 

 there are very few growers, members 

 of this society or not, who would not 

 honor the demand. 



"Another point for action by your 

 society is the numerous increase of 

 sports that are being put on the market 

 each year. Your committee recommends 

 that each of these sports be given a dis- 

 tinct name, and where offered to the 

 trade as rooted cuttings that the de- 

 scription announce what they are a 

 sport from. As it now stands, we have 



on Afterglow; Cottage Gardens Co., 

 second, on Mrs. Tom Harvey. 



One hundred Winsor shade, Cottage 

 Gardens Co., first, on Mrs. C. W, Ward; 

 Cottage Gardens Co., second, on Win- 

 sor. 



One hundred scarlet, Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., first, on Beacon; John Bei- 

 mels, Woodhaven, N. Y., second, on 

 No. 32. 



One hundred crimson. Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., first, on Creole Beauty; J. 



House ai New White Camatioiit Marchioness. 



son Co., first; S. J. Goddard, Framing- 

 ham, Mass., second. 



Fifty any other white, F. K. Pierson 

 Co., first, on White Enchantress; Straf- 

 ford Flower Farms, second, on Lieut. 

 Peary. 



Fifty Enchantress, Cottage Gardens 

 Co. first; Strafford Flower Farms sec- 

 ond. 



Fifty other Enchantress shade, F. 

 E. Pierson Co. first, on Melody; Henry 

 Eichholz second, on Mrs. W. T. Om- 

 wake. 



Fifty Winsor, Chicago Carnation Co. 

 first; Cottage Gardens Co. second. 



Fifty Eose-pink Enchantress, F. E. 

 Pierson Co. first; Henry Eohrer, Lan- 

 caster, Pa., second. 



Fifty any other light pink, Chicago 

 Carnation Co. first, on Welcome; H. 

 Weber & Sons Co. second, on Gene- 

 vieve Lord. 



Fifty Lawson, H. B. Potter, Wilming- 

 ton, Del., first. 



Fifty Aristocrat, Chicago Carnation 

 Co. first; E. Witterstaetter second. 



Fifty Pink Imperial, J. E. Haines first. 



Fifty Craig, Henry Eohrer first. 



Fifty Bed Chief, F. E. Pierson Co. 

 first. 



Fifty Victory, F. E. Pierson Co. first; 

 S. J. Goddard second. 



Fifty Beacon, Cottage Gardens Co. 

 first; F. B. Pierson Co, second. 



Fifty any other scarlet, Chicago Car- 

 nation Co. first, on Andrew Carnegie; 

 J. E. Haines second, on J. E. Haines. 



Fifty Mrs. M. A. Patten, Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co. first. 



Fifty Imperial, J. E. Haines first. 



Fifty any other variegated, F. E. 

 Pierson Co. first, on Variegated Lawson. 



Fifty any other crimson. Cottage 

 Gardens Co., first, on Octoroon. 



A. C. S. gold medal, to Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., for Alma Ward. 



four or five Lawsons, as many Enchant- 

 ress, and endless confusion reigns 

 supreme. If each had a distinct name 

 wholesalers and growers would not be 

 at a loss to know which was wanted 

 when orders are sent in by wire or let- 

 ter." 



The report was accepted and placed 

 on file. 



Nominations. 



Nominations being in order. Secre- 

 tary Herr read written invitations for 

 3909 from the Pittsburg and Allegheny 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club for Pitts- 

 burg and from the State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation of Indiana for Indianapolis. 



For president, William Nicholson nom- 

 inated M. A. Patten, of Tewksbury, 

 Mass. For vice-president, William Fal- 

 coner, of Pittsburg, and A. F. J. Baur, 

 of Indianapolis, were nominated. Sec- 

 retary Herr and Treasurer Dorner were 

 named to succeed themselves. For 

 judges, Peter Fisher, William Nicholson 

 and F. Burki were nominated, two to 

 be elected. For director, J. S. Wilson 

 was nominated to succeed himself. 



The judges' report of awards was 

 read as follows: 



The Awards. 



One hundred white, Cottage Gardens 

 Co., Queens, N. Y., first, on Alma Ward; 

 F, R, Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., 

 second, on White Enchantress. 



One hundred Enchantress shade of 

 pink, Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, 

 111., first, on Enchantress; no second. 



One hundred Lawson shade of pink, 

 E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., first, 



Gunation Pres. Seelye, at H. "W, Field's, Northampton^ Mass. 



D. Cockcroft, Northport, N. Y., sec- 

 ond, with Harvard. 



One hundred white variegated, John 

 Beimels, first, on Variegated Lawson. 



One hundred any other color, H. 

 Weber & Sons Co., Oakland, Md., first, 

 on Toreador; J. E. Haines, Bethlehem, 

 Pa., second, on Imperial. 



Fifty Lady Bountiful, Strafford 

 Flower Farms, Strafford, Pa., first. 



Fifty White Perfection, F. R. Pier- 



A. C. S. silver medal, to E. Witter- 

 staetter, for Afterglow. 



A, C. S. bronze medal, to Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., for Mrs. C. W. Ward. 



8. A. F. silver medal, to Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., for Alma Ward. 



8. A. F. bronze medal, to B. Witter- 

 staetter, for Afterglow. 



H. F, Michell Co. silver vase for four 

 varieties, twenty-five of each, grown 



