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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 19, 1900. 



appointing t<i everyone that I hope it 

 will arouse )is all to the necessity of 

 promoting ;iii organization in each state 

 to secure better things, and also to 

 appoint a central coniniittee of the so- 

 ciety to advise witli and to aid the 

 different state organizations. 



Medals. 



Medals have been delivered during the 

 last year as follows : 



Silver medal — Henry A. Dreer, Inc., for Neph- 

 rolepls Scholzeli, oCfeied through the St. Louis 



(Icner winning third number premiums; Thomas 

 It<>l;in<l. cyclamen plants; J. J. Mitchell, best 

 Howering plant. 



Carnation Medals. 



The following were offered through the Ameri- 

 can Carnation .Society and awarded at their 

 aiiniiiil nieetiug In Indianapolis, January, 1909: 



Silver medal — F. Dorner & Sons Co., for Car- 

 niilion Iloosier Lad. 



Uronze medal — A. C. Brown, for Carnation 

 Suporba. 



Various Awards. 



The following awards were made at 



President •). A. Valentine. Ex-president Wm. R. Smith. 



Presidents Present and Past, Photographed at Cincinnati, August 17. 



Horticultural Society and awarded at Its annu- 

 al exhibition, November, 1008. 



National Flower Show Medals. 



The medals listed below were awarded at the 

 National Flower Show, Chicago, November, 1908: 



Silver gilt medals— Elmer D. Smith & Co.. 

 for display of cut chrysanthemums; Julius 

 Roehrs Co.. three bellconias; Half dan Skjol- 

 dager, private gardener winning most premiums. 



Sliver medals — Thomas Proctor, private gar- 

 dener winning second number premiums; W. A. 

 Manda, four medals, for collection of orchid 

 cut blooms, Kentia Mandalana, Dracaena Black 

 Beauty, improved, and Polypodium Mandaianum; 

 E. Oechslln. collection of greenhouse plants; 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, educational exhibit of 

 outdoor planting; Martin A. Ryerson, one chry- 

 santhemum plant: W. J. Smyth, vase of roses: 

 M. Calvat. seedling chrysanthemums; Harry 

 Turner, Celosla Pride of Castle Gould; C. H. 

 Totty, sweepstakes, best of six blooms chry- 

 santhemums. 



Bronze medals — W. A. Manda, for Manda's 

 Oolden Privet; Henry PMchholz, Carnation Al- 

 vina; J. A. Peterson, Begonia Agatha; E. G. 

 L'ihleln, two medals, for one cattleya and for 

 one orchid plant; John Reardon, private gar- 



the National Flower Show, Chicago, No- 

 vember, 1908: 



Certificates of Merit. 



W, A. Manda, three certificates, for Dracaena 

 Mandalana, Anthurlum Cuttinglanum and Yucca 

 Menandli. 



F. R. Plerson Co., two certificates, for Neph- 

 rolepls elegantissima compacta and Nephrolepis 

 snpcrbisslma. 



Julius Roehrs Co., Croton Fred Sander. 



The Lincoln park commissioners, group of 

 greenhouse plants. 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Nephrolepis Scholzeli. 



The South park commissioners, group of 

 greenhouse plants. 



W. N. Rudd. Carnation Mrs. J. C. Vaughan. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co., Carnation Pink Delight. 



Honorable Mention. 

 Adam Wolniewlcz, group of greenhouse plants. 



Plant Registration. 



New plant names have been registered 

 since last report as follows: 



No. 398— August 15, l008. Rose, American Pil- 

 lar, by the Conard & Jones Co., 

 West Grove, Pa. 



No. 300 — August 15, 1008. Canna, Gladloflora, 

 by the Conard & Jones Co. 



No. 400— August 15, 1008. Canna, Minnehaha, 

 by the Conard & Jones Co. 



No. 401— August 15, 1008. Canna, Rosea Gi- 

 gantea, by the Conard & Jones Go. 



No. 402 — December 1, 1008. Chrysanthemum, 

 President Taft, by Elmer D. Smith 

 & Co., Adrian, Mich. 



No. 403— December 23, 1008. Canna, Wawa, 

 by the Conard & Jones Co. 



No. 404— December 23, 1008. Canna, Mont Blanc 

 Improved, by the Conard & Jones 

 Co. 



No. 405 — December 23, 1008. Rose, Climbing 

 Mosella, by the Conard & Jones Co. 



No. 406— January 25, 1000. Cyprlpedium, Ur- 

 sula, by Alfred J. Loveless, Lenox, 



No. 407 — February 5, 1009. Cattleya, Oakland, 

 bv Charles G. RoebUng, Trenton, 

 N. J. 



No.408— February 5, 1909. Laello-Cattleya, Ma- 

 genta, by Charles G. Roebling, Tren- 

 ton, N. J. 



No. 409 — February 27, 1000. Carnation, Edward, 

 by W. H. Shumway, Berlin, Conn. 



No. 410 — March 19, 1909. Clematis panlculata 

 rubra, by the Jackson & Perkins 

 Co., Newark, N. Y. 



No. 411— April 2, 1909. Begonia, President 

 Taft, by J. A. Peterson, Westwood, 

 Cincinnati, O. 



No. 412— April 23, 1909. Hydrangea clnerea 

 sterilis, by E. Y. Teas, CentervlUe, 

 Ind. 



No. 413— July 16, 1909. Rose, Climbing Ameri- 

 can Beauty, by Hoopes Bro. & 

 Thomas Co., West Chester, Pa. 



Members Lost By Death. 



Since the last report the following 

 members have died : 



J909. 



February 6, W. C. Krick, Brooklyn; March 2. 

 E. V. Hallock, life member. Queens, N. Y.: 

 April 3, William Hagemann, New York; April 

 10, John Scott, Brooklyn; May 28, John E. 

 Andre, Doylestown, Pa.; July 0, Herbert HeUer, 

 New Castle, Ind. 



Death of John Thorpe. 



On July 1, 1000, occurred the death of 

 John Thorpe, the first president of this society. 



Membership Statement July 31, 1909. 



Total annual members as per last re- 

 port, November 20, 1008 720 



Reinstated .• 18 



New members 71 



810 

 Deceased 5 



Total annual members enrolled . . . 805 



Total life members as per last report, 



November 20, 1008 179 



New life members 17 



196 

 Deceased 1 



Total life members enrolled 195 



1,000 

 Gain in life membership since July 



31, 1008 25 



Gain in annual membership since July 



31, 1008 56 



Total gain 81 



Note — Since August 1 and np to August 12 

 we have received eight new life members and 

 twenty-four annual members. Last year we had 

 nine annual and one life, making the net In 

 crease, August 11, 103 meml)ere. 



Transportation. 



Every effort was made to secure reduced 

 railroad rates, but without success. The 

 various traffic associations seem to have 

 generally adopted the policy of refusing 

 reduced rates, except where there is a 

 guaranteed attendance of 1,000 or more. 

 The writer thinks this policy is a part 

 of the general campaign against the 

 two-cents-per-mile legislation. Anyway, 

 we did not get the rates. 



State Vice-presidents. 



The state vice-presidents have, during 

 the last year, been very active in the 

 interests of the society, and have done 

 much good work. The complaint which 

 your secretary was compelled to make 

 last year regarding the laxness among 

 them and failure even to pay their own 

 dues on the part of a few, does not hold 

 this year, and a large part of the ad- 

 vance shown is due to their good work. 



