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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decbuber 2, 1000. 



ASTER INNOCENCE. 



In tho aooompauying illustration are 

 shown a few rows of the new Innocence 

 aster, white, raised by J. W. Jung at 

 Randolph, Wis., who says that during 

 repeated trials it has proved itself to be 

 the earliest aster in cultivation. Instead 



directory and reforonco book for those 

 desiring to ascertain the addresses of 

 men in the trade. 



Another new feature is a tabulation of 

 the increases and decreases in member- 

 ship by states and also a table of the 

 membership each year. The report shows 



,^ J_J. W. Jun£'s New Atter, Innocence. 



of running to leaves, the entire energy 

 of the plant seems given to producing 

 from six to eight well developed flowers. 

 They are of the Comet type and the long 

 recurved petals give the flowers an ex- 

 ceedingly graceful effect. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



The Annual Report. 



The report of the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists for 1909 probably will be 

 out next week, and includes quite a few 

 new features. 



The report, as usual, contains the pro- 

 ceedings of the convention in full; all 

 of the discussions, the committee reports 

 and the papers read ; all of the reports 

 of the state vice-presidents in full ; the 

 sports, the meeting of the American Rose 

 Society, of the Florists' Hail Associa- 

 tion and its report : a full list of medals 

 and awards, including those at the Na- 

 tional Flower Show; a full list of plants 

 registered, and the usual data heretofore 

 pul'lished. 



.\mong the new features of this year's 

 volume is a list of the original organ- 

 izers and a complete list of the member- 

 ship at the time of the lirst convention. 



Another new feature is a report by the 

 secretary of what the experiment sta- 

 tions are doing for floriculture, contain- 

 ing a general summary and detailed 

 statements regarding the stations in each 

 state. 



The revised rules for the trade cxhibi- 

 lion also appear. 



The usual list of life and annual mem- 

 bers is given, and also a list of pioneer 

 members; that is, those having been 

 memljers for twenty-five years, as pro- 

 vided at the last convention, and who are, 

 under resolution of the society, especially 

 exempted from further payment of dues. 



A new feature is in adding to the mem- 

 bership list after each name the year in 

 which the membership began. 



There is also, as usual, a complete list 

 of members by states, and this report is 

 coming more and more into use an a 



an increase of over ten per cent in mem- 

 bership during the last year. 



There is also a comparison of finances 

 between the year 1907 and the year 1908, 

 as the treasurer 's report necessarily each 

 year contains items properly chargeable 

 to the previous and to the following year, 

 and thus does not give an accurate show- 

 ing in a comparative way. 



For the first time in the history of the 

 society the financial reports appear with 

 a certificate of audit by a firm of pub- 

 lic accountants, covering not only the 

 mere examination of the reports, but a 

 careful audit of the secretary's books. 

 The balance in the general fund is shown 

 to have increased about. $600 in the last 

 two years anil the balance in the perma- 

 nent fund about $1,900 in the same time. 



There is also a full report in detail of 

 the National Flower Show, both as to 

 tlie general features and exhaustively as 

 to the finances. 



The interesting discussion which took 

 place as to whether the secretary and 



tho treasurer should be made appointive 

 oftieora and the directors should become 

 elective is given in full. There is also 

 an interesting description of tho now 

 process of color photography. 



Another new feature is the detailed 

 report of tho Council of Horticulture, 

 setting forth the work accomplished by 

 that association, to which the S. A. F. 

 has contributed funds. 



The report is mailed to all members 

 and is not sold except at the full price of 

 membership. The secretary to January 1 

 is W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park, 111. With 

 tho new year he will be succeeded by 

 11. B. Dorner, Urbana, 111. 



KINDLER OF ST. CLOUD. 



The accompanying illustration is repro- 

 duced from a photograph taken in one of 

 tlie greenhouses of the Kindler Floral Co., 

 St. Cloud, Minn. This concern started in 

 business in 1901, taking orders for cut 

 flowers, Frank Kindler manager. Busi- 

 ne.'s soon increased so that a start at 

 growing was made, with a greenhouse 

 •22x75. Each year more glass was added 

 until a general line of cut flowers and 

 potted plants could be produced. As is 

 always the case where the growing is done 

 for local retail trade, a great variety of 

 stock must be produced and the grower 

 must have a broad general knowledge of 

 plant needs to make his many classes of 

 stock thrive where no special conditions 

 can be provided for them. The Kindlers 

 keep their place in apple-pie order at all 

 times, believing that there is no better 

 advertising than to have the public visit 

 such an establishment and find, not only 

 good stock, but dry paths and no dirt. 

 Mr. Kindler, who appears in the picture, 

 is a believer in the teachings of William 

 Scott, who once said that "soil is what 

 we have in the benches, 'dirt what some 

 growers have beneath them." 



OBITUARY. 



H. F. A. Lange. 



Hermann F. A. Lange, the leading 

 florist of Worcester, Mass., died Novem- 

 ber 24 of nephritis, after an illness of 

 considerable duration. 



Mr. Lange was born in Hamburg, Ger- 

 many, in 1847. He was the son of a 

 florist and before coming to this coun- 

 try had achieved a reputation in the 

 German city, having received a medal 

 from the government because of his serv- 



View in Greenhouie of the Kindler Floral Co., St. Cloud, Minn. 



