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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



AuoDST 29, 1908. 



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Chas. H. Kdtsch— His Busy Day. 



The lines west and south of Buffalo 

 refused to make any concessions. Re- 

 hearings were applied for and obtained 

 twice, out any concessions in the way of 

 reduced rates were refused, except when 

 coupled with conditions with which it 

 was impossible to comply. An extensive 

 correspondence was carried on and the 

 matter was taken up directly with vari- 

 ous officials, but nothing could be accom- 

 plished. The recent general reduction of 

 passenger rates from 3 cents to 2 cents 

 per mUe was given as an excuse for not 

 making concessions. 



Medals. 



Medals have been delivered during the 

 past year as follows: 



surer Medal— The CotUge Gardens Co., for 

 Carnation Alma Ward, offered throagb the 

 American Carnation Society, and awarded at 

 Its exhibition at Washington, January, 1908. 



Bronze .Medal— R. Wltterstaetter, for Carna- 

 tion Afterglow, offered and awarded as above. 



Plant Registration. 



New plant names have been registered 

 since last report as follows: 



No. 370— January 27, 1908. Name of roe* 

 regUtered July 14, 1906, by Paul Nlehoff, as 

 Aurora, changed to Mrs. Mary Nlehoff. 



No. 371— February 15, 1908. Name of hy- 

 drangea registered July 15, 1906, by the H. O. 

 Hill Co., as Hydrangea arborescens alba grandl- 

 flora, changed to Hydrangea arborescens grandl- 

 flora forma nova. 



No. 390— April 27, 1908. Canna W. E. Cot- 

 trell, by the Frank Cnmmlngs Bulb & Plant Co., 

 Meridian, Miss. 



No. 391— May 1, 1908. Sweet Pea OoTemor 

 John Franklin Ford, by Anton C. Zvolanek, 

 Bound Brook, N. J. 



No. 392— May 1, 1908. Sweet Pea Greenbrook, 

 by Anton C. Zvolanek, Bound Brook, N. J. 



No. 393— May 1, 1908. Sweet Pea Blue Bird, 

 by Anton C. Zvolanek, Bound Brook, N. J. 



No. 394-J^aly 10, 1908. Rose Silver Moon, by 

 Peter Henderson Sc Co., New York. 



No. 395— July 10, 1908. Rose Garnet Climber, 

 by Peter Henderson & Co., New York. 



No. 396— July 16, 1908. Rose Dr. W. Van 

 Fleet, by Peter Henderson & Co., New York. 



Members Lost by Death. 



Since the last report twelve members 

 have died: 



In 1907— September 29, E. A. San- 



ders, Chicago; December 4, P. J. Haus 

 wirth, Chicago (life member) ; Decern 

 ber 18, W. W. Edgar, Waverley, Mass 

 (life member). 



In 1908 — January 31, J. B. Heiss 

 Dayton, O.; March 12, J. M. Qasser, 

 Cleveland, O. (life member) ; April 2 

 Warren Ewell, Koxbury, Mass. (life 

 member) ; April 6, F. P. Davis, Mobile 

 Ala.; May 19, Wm, Scott, Buffalo 

 N. Y.; June, Jas. Shanley, Brooklyn 

 N. Y.; Jfme 16, E. Hippard, Youngs 

 town, O. ; June 17, Alex, Wallace, New 

 York; August 2, Christian Bieger, Pitts 

 burg, Pa. ; August 9, Warren W. Bawson 

 Boston, 



Membership Statistics July 31,1 908. 



Total annual members as per printed re- 

 port of 1907 719 



Reinstated since publication of annual 

 volume 6 



New members 82 



767 

 Deceased -. . 8 



Total annual members enrolled 749 



Total life members as per printed report 



of 1907 157 



New life members 17 



Pennsylvania 13 — Vermont 



Rhode Island 

 South Carolina 



Virginia 4+ 



Washlngton 1- 



Deceased 



174 

 . 4 



Total life members enrolled. 



170 



Total members enrolled 919 



The following is the approximate per- 

 centage of 1907 membership in the vari- 

 ous states as compared with the total 

 names in the Florists' Directory: 



Alabama 6-{- 



Arlzona 



Arkansas 



California 1— 



Colorado B+ 



Connecticut 6 — 



Dlst. of Columbia. .27-t- 



Delaware 2— 



Florida 8— 



Georgia 4 — 



Idaho 



Illinois 6— 



Indiana 6 — 



Iowa 2-f- 



Kansas 0-|- 



Kentuoky 6 



Louisiana 64- 



Malne 1— 



Maryland 11 — 



Massachusetts .... 6-(- 



Mlchlgan 7 — 



Minnesota 4+ 



Mlsslsslppl 2+ 



Mlssonrl 8 



Montana 



Nebraska 2-|- 



Nevada 



New Hampshire... 3 



New Jersey 7 — 



New Mexico 



New York 6 — 



North Carolina 6 — 



North Dakota 



Ohio e-f- 



Oklaboma 



Oregon 



South Dakota 2+ West Virginia lO-f- 



Tennessee 0+ Wisconsin 6+ 



Texas l Wyoming 



Utah 



Sfrom the above it will be seen that 

 the District of Columbia is fat in the 

 lead, with Pennsylvania a bad second 

 (they had the convention last year, too). 

 Maryland and West Virginia divide 

 honors for third place. Missouri beats 

 all the big floricultural states, with New 

 Jersey and Michigan next, but about a 

 point behind. Massachusetts - and Ohio 

 lose to them by a neck, while Connecti- 

 cut, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, New 

 York, North Carolina and Rhode Island 

 are bunched near the six per cent mark. 

 , There are listed in the Florists' Di- 

 rectory in round numbers 15,200 firms 

 doing business as florists, nurserymen 

 or seedsmen in the United States. Our 

 membership amounts to almost exactly 

 six per cent of this number. 



As the names listed in the directory 

 are of separate establishments, it is fair 

 to estimate that there are 25,000 people 

 engaged in the above lines of business 

 as proprietors. 



Our membership, therefore, cannot 

 greatly exceed three and two-thirds per 

 cent of the proprietors in the above liijes. 



Lonesome Members. 



An examination of the report for 1907 

 shows that Chas. Simon, Jr., was the 

 only member in the state of Delaware; 

 Albert Dirwanger the only one j|t Maine ; 

 C. A. Moss in South Carolina, E. C. 

 Newbury in South Dakota, C. L. Baum 

 in Tennessee and Mrs. A. L. Lambly in 

 Washington. These gentlemen and ladies 

 should be given deserved recognition. 



The great state of Kansas had but two 

 members, Nebraska three (we had a con- 

 vention in Omaha once, did we nott). 

 New Hampshire three and Texas three, 

 while several states have no members 

 at all. ) 



State Vice-presidents. 



Many of the state vice-presidents have 

 done excellent work in advancing the 

 interests of the society in every way in 

 their power. To these the thanks of the 

 society are due. Others have done little 

 and a few have not even paid their per- 

 sonal dues. 



It seems to your secretary that no man 

 should accept the honor ef such an ap- 

 pointment unless he is willing to at 

 least * ' make a bluff ' ' at doing the work. 



Payment of Dues. 



Many members seem to overlook the 

 fact that dues are payable on the first 

 day of January, and allow the matter to 

 run along till convention time. The 

 payine^'^rfN^ues at convention time, when 

 everyone is working under high pressure, 

 and me^gejienced help is necessarily 

 pressed into service, is certain to result 

 in more or less errors, and in delay and 

 annoyance to the members. 



Quite an item of expense to the soci- 

 ety is exchange on checks. Many mem- 

 bers, instead of sending a money order 

 or a draft on Chicago, which most banks 

 will furnish to their customers in small 

 amounts without charge, are in the habit 

 of sending personal checks, which cost 

 from 5 cents to 10 cents for each collec- 

 tion. This is undoubtedly due to thought- 

 lessness in most cases, but it costs the 

 society a good deal of money just the 

 same. 



The Thanks of the Society. 



The society's thanks are due to the 

 publishers of the trade papers for com- 



