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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 





August 19, 1900. 



One of the Booms Occtipied by the Florists' Supply Houses. 



(H. Baversdorfer & Co., The Madlsou Basketcraft Co., L. Baumaan &. C). and .J. G. Neidiuicer & Co. had their displays In this room.) 



H. B. Dorner, 17H; Harry A. Bunyard, 

 110 ; for treasurer. H B. Bcatty, 28S. 



Miscellaneous Business. 



On motion of W. .1. X'csey, tlu' board 

 of directors was authorized and instructed 

 to invest the funds of the society in such 

 securities as it might approve. The pro- 

 posed change in the by-laws increasing 

 the life membership fee from $25 to .$5ii 

 provoked an hour's warm discus.-ion. Mr. 

 fisler proposed a scheme for basing the 

 life membership fee on the age of the ap- 

 plicant. Mr. Rudd nmde the point that this 

 was out of order. The president ruled 

 that Mr. Esler's amendment was in or- 

 der, but an appeal to the society resulted 

 in failure to sustain the ruling of the 

 chair and all amendments to the original 

 proposal were declared out of order. 

 When put to a vote, the amendment in 

 creasing the fee ta $50 was lost. 



The committee on state vice-presidents 

 reported that the documents submitted 

 showed a general condition of high pros- 

 perity in the trade and that the low- 

 price of glass was causing a large ex- 

 tension of greenhouse area. Many of the 

 reports regretted inability to secure new 

 members. A notable exception was the 

 report of Wm. Miller, vice-president for 

 Maine, which was read in fnll as part of 

 the committee's report. He said the way 

 to get members is by personal solicitation. 



Superintendent Murphy reported that 

 the trade display occupied 14,467 square 

 feet of space, with receipts of $2,183 and 

 an apparent profit to the society of $600. 



A standing committee of three was 

 provided for. to act in conjunction with 

 similar committees of the seed and nurs- 

 ery a8sociation.s on matters affecting 

 mutual interests. 



A resolution endorsing the parcels post 

 was adopted by a rising vote of 15 to 5. 



A report of the secretary of the Na- 

 tional Council of Horticulture was read. 

 The recommendation of the board of 

 directors appropriating $150 for the 

 work of the council was concurred in. 



Anniversary Session. 



The Thursday evening meeting was 

 designated as the anniversary session. 

 E. G. Hill, the first secretary, was on the 

 program with a paper descriptive of the 

 first meeting of the society in Cincin- 

 nati, in 1885. J. C. Vaughan was down 

 for a paper on what the society had ac- 

 complished in a quarter century. 



There was a roll cali of ex-presidents 

 and of th< se who were present at the 

 first meeting, and many interesting 

 rcminiKcencfs were given. 



Cincinnati Day. 



Friday was designated as Cincinnati 

 day and tiie convention was the guest of 

 the local club on a trip on the Ohio 

 river to Coney Island, where a barbecue 

 was held, \\\\\\ a ball game and other 

 sjjorls, and fireworks in the evening. 



THE TRADES' DISPLAY. 



An Exposition of Progress. 



The trades' (iisplay at the twenty-fifth 

 convention was certainly the equal in 

 size of any in the previous history of 

 the S. A. v., larger than most meetings 

 have seen, and in many features excelling 

 all previous records. The jdantsmen 

 turned out stronger than ever before, at 

 least three exhibitors coming with solid 

 carloads, and all had excellent stock ; it 

 doesn't do nowadays to put up mediocre 

 l)lants. The gladiolus growers had places 

 at the entrance to the hall and put up 

 larger exhibits than ever before, but the 

 (juality of much of the stock showed the 

 effects of the unfavorable growing sea- 

 son. The greenhouse construction and 

 heating section was well set up, but was 

 minus one or two exhibits of special ex- 

 tent in previous years, notably Lord & 

 Burnham Co. The pots and pottery sec- 

 tion was larger than usual and of the 

 latter some fine ware was shown. The 

 bulb houses were represented as usual. 



The florists' supplies, which are a lead- 

 ing feature of all later-day conventions, 

 were larger than ever before and showed 

 the rapid advance that is being made in 

 this section of the trade; the supply peo- 

 l)le have ransacked the ends of the earth 

 for taking novelties, but it is interesting 

 to note that some of the best things 

 were of home origination and manufac- 

 ture. The ribbon displays were more 

 numerous and larger than ever and 

 showed how important a department of 

 the trade the ribbon business has become. 



Music hall was admirably adapted to 

 the purpose. There was room for all and 

 space to spare. The plants and heavy 

 exhibits occupied the ground floor, with 

 the supplies in the balcony and second 

 floor rooms. 



Superintendent Murphy had his work 



well in hand at all times, and it was a 

 big task, of infinite detail, and seemed to 

 please everybody. It was specially grat- 

 ifying to find the trades' display prac- 

 tically complete the evening before the 

 opening. 



Nearly all the exhibitors succeeded in 

 selling their exhibits to local buyers, 

 thereby saving the trouble of repacking 

 and adding largely to their satisfaction 

 with the convention. 



Cut Flowers. 



H. E. Stewart, Rives Junction, Mich., 

 staged a table of 100 vases of gladioli, 

 all dift'erent. about sixty of them seed- 

 lings of his own raising, and forty of 

 the older varieties. Among the novelties 

 were: President Taft. delicate pink with 

 a nmroon blotch in the throat, said to 

 be a high grower; I'^airy C^ueen, flesh 

 ]>ink. some flowers blotched and some 

 without blotch in the throat, a lighter 

 shade than America ; Golden Queen, rich 

 cream with a ile<'p carmine blotch ; Shir- 

 ley, rose pink with blotch ; Lucille, light 

 pink, lower petal orange, no blotch, but 

 a white line through each petal. Mr. 

 Stewart was personally in charge. 



John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y., 

 had enough gladioli so that twelve bar- 

 rels of vases were shipped to stage them 

 in, but only two barrels arrived, so 

 there was trouble for I. Hendrickson and 

 his assistant, S. Parnell. The exhibit 

 contained seventy-five named varieties: 

 America still is the leader, in their esti- 

 mation. Among the best seedlings raised 

 by Childs were: Contrast, red with 

 white throat; Sulphur King, yellow; 

 Melrose, light pink with blush throat ; 

 Cardinal, red; Attraction, red with 

 white throat; Wild Rose, rose pink. 

 Lycoris squamigera or Amaryllis Halli 

 was new to many. A couple of plants 

 of the Wonderberry, full of fruit, were 

 a center of interest. 



E. H. Cushman, Sylvania, O.. staged 

 some forty vases of gladioli and a group 

 of Lilium Philippinense, the latter new 

 to many. Notable among his gladioli 

 were Princeps, America, Mrs. King, and 

 white and light for florists' use. Mr. 

 Cushman was in attendance. 



Vick & Hill Co., Rochester, N. Y., 

 staged fifty-one varieties of cut aster 

 blooms, but made no claim for special 

 quality because of the extremely dry sea- 

 son, although it was said the prospects 



