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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



AuoL'ST 20, 1008. 



President Traendly Reads His '^Address." 



and both felt that it would tend to over- 

 production, and their predictions, I think, 

 have since been verified. All through 

 this last season, especially, has this been 

 so in regard to carnations, the New York 

 market alone receiving at least four 

 times as many of these flowers as were 

 ever received before in any one season. 

 This overproduction has reacted on the 

 producer to the extent of a large amount 

 of worry as to the disposal of his stock. 

 r Considering a season like the last, 

 r when flowers were abundant and cheap, 

 it would seem to me that this was a 

 most opportune time for the retailer, 

 who is the only outlet the grower has, 

 to give up the handling of painted iron 

 or wax flowers, and also the use of cheap 

 galax leaves, and advance the sale of 

 greenhouse production. This would give 

 the men who are the backbone of our 

 business a chance to get more of the 

 money which the intending purchaser 

 meant for flowers. 



Council of Horticulture. 



The knowledge has come to me on 

 numerous occasions of the good work 

 done by the National Council of Horti- 

 culture in distributing articles through 

 the daily press. • Some of our largest 

 dailies have given whole pages to these 

 papers on the planting and care of dif- 

 ferent kinds of plants, some of these 

 articles being beautifully illustrated. I 

 think our society should donate a liberal 

 sum to keep up this good work, as in no 

 other way can I conceive of so much 

 good advertising to our business having 

 been done for so little money as has 

 been subscribed in the past. 



National Flower Show. 



. This, I think, is the most important 

 undertaking in the history of the society, 

 and the success of our first national 

 flower show should be the earnest wish 

 of every member of the S. A. F., from 



a financial a« well as an artistic point 

 of view. On the success of our first 

 show much depends as to whether the 

 society will continue to give shows in 

 the future, and it behooves us from all 

 parts of the country, especially those of 

 us in the east, to put our shoulders to 

 the wheel — to contribute to the best of 

 our ability whatever we have to exhibit in 

 the line of plants or cut flowers, with- 

 out concerning ourselves particularly as 

 to whether the premium offered will com- 

 pensate us for the value of the goods 

 exhibited, but remembering, that our re- 

 ward is to come in increased future busi- 

 ness. 



National Flower Show and Private Gardeners. 



To the men in charge of large private 

 estates we must look for help in making 

 our show a success. These men are in 

 ,a position to exhibit the finest specimen 

 plants, as well as the finest chrysanthe- 

 mums and other cut flowers. I know 

 the question has often been asked by 

 some of the private gardeners, ' ' What 

 does the S. A. F. do for ust" and we 

 might answer that all of its energy is 

 devoted to the cause of horticulture, 

 from which all of us derive our liveli- 

 hood, and therefore the society ^ deserves 

 the support of every florist and gar- 

 dener. 



Horticultural Education in Public Schools. 



Much good has been done in the past 

 by our society, and by some individual 

 members, in the assistance lent to the 

 different cities and the national govern- 

 ment in pushing along the good work of 

 horticultural education in the public 

 schools. I am sure we all appreciate 

 the refining influence such education will 

 have on the children, and I therefore 

 hope that the good work will be kept up. 



Registration of Ornamental Plants. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry, De- 

 partment of Agriculture, at Washington, 



has under consideration the matter of a 

 plant registration bureau, the plan of 

 which would, I am sure, only require 

 the indorsement of the S. A. F. to be put 

 in operation. And if tried and found to 

 bo practicable, it might lead up to other 

 things from this department — public trial 

 grounds, for instance. 



After conference with the Washington 

 authorities, the following plan of regis- 

 tration has been outlined and is pre- > 

 sented to you in the hope that the mat- 

 ter will receive your earnest attention at 

 this convention. 



Object of Registration. 



To secure uniformity of nomenclature 

 for a given plant, and in the interest 

 alike of the originator, seller and pur- 

 ciiaser, to secure accuracy of description 

 in trade catalogues, and to prevent error 

 and confusion by exploiting as novelties, 

 urder new names, plants already in the 

 trade with established names. 



To protect in America the rights of the 

 originjttor or first introducer of a new 

 variety or form of ornamental plant, by 

 maintaining a record of the name of the 

 originator, the parentage of the new form 

 and the date of its presentation for reg- 

 istration. 



Mctfaod of Procedure. 



The registration of introductions and 

 novelties is to be encouraged by secur- 

 ing the cooperation of the 8. A. F. and 

 allied organizations, but effort will be 

 made to secure information and keej> 

 records of as many introductions as pos- 

 sible, whether request is made for regis- 

 tration or not. 



A list of all the names found in Amer- 

 ican trade catalogues will be compiled, 

 and these names, together with names 

 found in such standard lists as th(? 

 "Official Catalogue of the National 

 Dahlia Society" (England), Simon ct 

 Cochet 's ' * Nomenclature de tons les Nome 

 de Roses," Coit's "A Peony Check- 

 list'' and other similar lists, shall con- 

 stitute a standard list of names which 

 may not again be used for plants be- 

 longing to the same group. From this 

 list as a basis, a check-list of the plants 

 in the American trade will be prepared 

 as soon as the information can be se- 

 cured, giving the correct botanical name 

 of each species and, so far as can be 

 determined, the name by whi<rh each 

 horticultural variety is best known to 

 the trade, indicating, when possible, the 

 important synonyms. 



Application for Registration. 



Registration of the names of introduc- 

 tions and novelties will be made on ap- 

 plication and the submission, when pos- 

 sible, of such material and descriptive 

 matter as may be required for future 

 comparison of a plant under a given 

 name with the type originally regis- 

 tered under that name, and a statement 

 under affidavit of the facts known to the 

 originator or introducer concerning the 

 origin of the variety or form for which 

 registration is requested. Beyond this 

 statement, there will be no guaranty that 

 the name registered represents a variety 

 new to the trade. ^ 



The originator or first introducer has 

 the right to name a new introduction or 

 novelty, but varietal names must be dis- 

 tinctive, and the names of importations 

 must not be changed except when neces- 

 sary to conform to the rules under which 

 application is made. 



Duplicate Varieties. 

 Information concerning the origin of 

 varieties or forms will be held confiden- 

 tial until after the distribution of the 



