

The Weekly Florists' Review. 



January 30, 1908. 



Peter Bisset 



(President Washington Florists' Club.) 



Carnations," by C. W. Ward, Queens, 

 N. Y. ' -< > 



Thursday's Sessions. 



The exhibition had disappeared 

 Thursday morning. However necessary 

 three days may be to dispatch the soci- 

 ety's business, two days is fully as 

 much as carnations are good for under 

 average conditions of growth, shipment 

 and staging. The public helped them- 

 selves "Wednesday evening and cleaned 

 ap every bloom. The attendance also 

 was light the third day, many having 

 gone home, while others were sight- 

 seeing. 



The first business was election of offi- 

 cers, which was perfunctory and result- 

 ed as follows: President, M. A. Pat- 

 ten, Tewksbury, Mass.; vice-president, 

 A. F. J. Baur, Indianapolis, Ind.; sec- 

 retary, Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa.; 

 treasurer, Fred Dorner, Lafayette, Ind.; 

 director, J. S. "Wilson, Western Springs, 

 111.; judges, William Nicholson, Fram- 

 ingham, Mass.; Peter Fisher, Ellis, 

 Mass. 



The committee on president's address 

 recommended that the society's medals 

 be awarded as sweepstakes in Class A 

 instead of as now. Not concurred in. 

 The committee recommended that mem- 

 bers be charged no fees for registration 

 on certificate entries, non-members to 

 pay as now; also that no variety be 

 eligible for exhibition unless registered; 

 also that registration consist of a 

 statement of the history and facts with 

 regard to a variety instead of opinions 

 as to its characteristics and merits, all 

 superlatives to be omitted and registra- 

 tion to be on a blank provided for that 

 purpose; also that the directors may rec- 

 ommend to the society that a gold medal, 

 to be known as the medal of merit, be 

 awarded to the originator of any vari- 



ety that has maintained its commercial 

 position for not less than three years. 

 All adopted. 



Eobert Craig's motion that sports be 

 registered only under distinctive names 

 was lost. W. N. Rudd's motion that 

 membership be restricted to individuals 

 was carried. 



M. A, Patten, W. P. Craig and A. J. 

 Baur were appointed a committee on 

 final resolutions. 



Thursday Afternoon. 

 After the reception by President 

 Roosevelt a joint session of the Breed- 

 ers' Association and Carnation Society 

 was held, at which the papers of C. W. 

 Ward and Prof. Norton were read, illus- 

 trated with lantern slides. Messrs. Wit- 

 terstaetter and Fisher opened the dis- 

 cussion, the former with a paper. 



Reception by the President. 



Thursday afternoon the members of 

 the Carnation Society and Breeders' As- 

 sociation were received by President 

 Roosevelt in the east room at the White 

 House. Three magnificent vases of 

 Alma Ward and Mrs. C. W. Ward were 

 presented to the president, whose words 

 were to the point: "I bid you welcome 

 and thank you for the beautiful flowers 

 you have brought. Those of you who 

 brought your wives I wish specially to 

 compliment on your good taste. It will 

 give me pleasure to shake hands with 

 you all." And he did it. 



The Banquet 



Over one hundred visitors were guests 

 of the Washington Florists' Club at 

 a banquet Thursday evening. Presi- 

 dent Peter Bisset acted as toastmaster. 

 A number of brief talks followed the 

 following program of toasts: 



"Onr Country and President," Hon. 



Wm. E. Andrews, auditor U. 8. Treas- 

 ury, Washington, D. C. 



"The American Carnation Society," 

 President Fred Lemon, Richmond, Ind. 



"Washington, Our Capital," Hon. 

 Robt, N. Harper, president Washington 

 Chamber of Commerce. 



* ' Agriculture Department, ' ' Prof. 

 David G. Fairchild, Washington, D. C. 



"Horticulture," Robert Craig, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



"The Horticultural Press," Wm. J. 

 Stewart, Boston, Mass. 



"Our Guests," Wm. F. Gude, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



"The Ladies," Jos. R. Freeman, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Among Those Present. 



The florists of Washington and vicin- 

 ity were present almost to a man. 

 Among others were: 



Bate, Guy, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Bate, Herbert, Cleveland, Ohio. .» 



Bfttley, Albert, Maynard, Mass. 



Baur, A. F. J., Indianapolis, Ind. 



Baur, A. J., Erie, Pa. 



Seattle, T. 8., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Beattie, Thos., Strafford, Pa. 



Bertermann, John, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Birnie, John, West Hoboken, N. J. 



Blind, Alva, De Haven, Pa. 



Boddlngton, A. T., New York, N. t. • *■ 



Brown, H., Richmond, Va. ? 



Burkl. Fred, Gibsonia, Pa. 



Buxton, George E., Nashua, N. B. 



Cockcroft, James, Northport, L. I. 



Connor* D., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Cook, Joseph W., Baltimore, Md. 



Copely, J. T., Scranton, Pa. — 



Craig, Wm. P., Philadelphia, Pa. - : 



Craig, Robt., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Crall, I. S., Monongahela, Pa. 



Craw, L. B., New York, N. Y. 



Dallledouze, Eugene, Flatbush, N. T. 



Dale, E. H., Brampton, Ont. 



Dorner, Fred, Lafayette, Ind. 



Dorner, F. E., Lancaster, Pa. 



Dudley, C. P., Parkersburg, W. Va. 



Duggan, T. V., Brampton, Ont. 



Dunfop, John H., Toronto, Ont. 



Etcbholz, Henry, Waynesboro, Pa. 



Elliott, W. H., Brighton, Mass. 



Elverson, W. H., New Brighton, Pa. 



Evans, J. A., Richmond, Ind. 



Fancourt, E. J., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Faulkner, A. F., New York, N. Y. t 



Fendley, C, Brampton, Ont. 



Fendley, W., Brampton, Ont. 



Field, H. W., Northampton, Mass. 



FlUow, I. B., Westport, Conn, 



Fisher, Peter, EUls, Mass. 



Fotherlngham, J. R., Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Gammage, W. W., London, Canada. 



Garland, Charles, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Garland, B. W., FinleyvlUe, Pa. 



Goddard, S. J., Framlngbam, Mass. 



Gfassl, O. R., Barneveld, N. Y. 



Guttman, A. J., New York, N. X. 



Haines, John E., Bethlehem, Pa. 



Harvey, E. A., Brandywine Summit, Pa. 



Heacock, Joseph, Wyncote, Pa. -J 



Herr, Albert M., Lancaster, Pa. »■ 



Herr, Daniel D., Lancaster, Pa. 



Hill, Geo., Scarboro, N. Y. 



Hoffman, Charles, De Haven, Pa. 



Hoffman, H. N., Elmlra, N. Y. 



Howard, H. B., Chicago, 111. 



Howard, W. D.. Mllford, Mass. 



Irwin, W. B., Leola. Pa. ••• 



r Jabn, H. A., New Bedford, Mass. 



Jensen, J. E., Chicago, 111. 



Jones, Robt. R., Harrlsburg, Pa. 



Klft, Robert, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Kastlng. Wm. F., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Kleinhelnz, Wm., Ogontz, Pa. 



Knopf, Chas., Richmond, Ind. 



Krueger, H. L., Meadvllle, Pa. 



Langhans, T. P., Pittsburg, Pa. 



Langjahr, A. H., New York, N. Y. 



Lautenschlager. W. F., Chicago, 111. 



Lawrence, William. Toronto, Ont. 



Lemon, Fred, Richmond, Ind. 



Lleker, E. F., Lansdowne, Pa. 



Uttlefleld, H. F., Worcester, Mass. 



Lorch, Albert, Pittsburg, Pa. 



McCormlck, Thos. J., Baltimore, Md. ' 



McMannon, J. J., Lowell, Mass. 



Maebius, W. B.. Lock No. 4, Pa. * 



Matberon, M., New York. N. Y. 



May, John N., Summit, N. J. 



Melne, Wm., Richmond, Ind. 



Mldgley, L. C, Worcester, Mass. 



Mitchell, F. H.. Watervllle. Me. 



Mott, Walter, New York, N. Y. 



Murchie, John, Sharon, Pa. 



Muston, Walter. Toronto, Ont. 



Nicholson, H. H., Barneveld, N. Y. 



Nicholson, R., Framingham, Mass. 



Nicholson, Wm., Framlngbam, Mass. 



Olsem, Peter, Jollet, 111. 

 • Palmer, J. M., Kennett Square, Pa. 



Patten, M. A., Tewksbury, Mass. 



Pelrce. E. Allan, Waltham, Mass. 



Pennock, S. S., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Plerson, A. N., Cromwell, Conn. 



Plerson, F. R.. Tarrytown. N. Y. 



