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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



jANL-ABr 27, 1910. 



A. W. Smitfa, Jr., Manager of Exhibition. 



W. T. Bell, of Franklin, Pa., presented 

 a paper. ' ' The Carnation ; its Uses, Vari- 

 eties and Culture," which appears in full 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



S. A. F. Directors Meet. 



A special meeting of the board of 

 directors of the S. A. F. was held at 

 Pittsburg January 26, to take the neces- 

 sary action for the investment of the 

 permanent fund of the society, which 

 has now reached the respectable sum of 

 approximately $7,500. Certain guaran- 

 teed first mortgages are available and a 

 committee consisting of J. A. Valentine 

 and Geo. Asmus was appointed to pass 

 upon the adequacy of the security and 

 consummate the investment. 



Jottings. 



IT. B. Beatty, treasurer of the S. A. F., 

 and JNIrs. Beatty, were on hand to wel- 

 come their friends. 



John Beimels, of Woodhaven, L. I., 

 was taken ill Wednesday afternoon and 

 was removed to a hospital. 



'Sir. Brentenstein, the Pittsburg retail- 

 er, put up an exhibit showing how car- 

 nations are or can be used in table work. 



National Flower Show. 



F. X. Pierson, chairman of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show committee of the S. 

 A. F.. has stated informally that the 

 guarantee fund for the show to be held 

 in Boston in March, 1911, now has 

 reached $9,925, subscribed by represen- 

 tative firms in the trade, and that the 

 preliminary premium list is about ready 

 for publication. It carries approximately 

 $10,000, in addition to which it is ex- 

 pected a large number of special ])re- 

 miums will be offered. 



Thursday Morning Session. 



At the opening William Nicholson, F. 

 Burki and R. Witterstaetter. the commit- 



tee on president's address, made the fol- 

 lowing recommendations: That a com- 

 mittee of introduction be appointed for 

 each meeting, to greet visiting members 

 of the trade and make them known to the 



officers and members of the society; that 

 an official membership button be adopted ; 

 that every member be appointed a com- 

 mittee of one to increase the member- 

 ship; that the secretary's salary be in- 

 creased to $200 per year. 



The recommendations were adopted, 

 except that, on motion of John Birnie, 

 the secretary's salary was made $250. 



The committee recommended that in 

 future all entries for the exhibition be 

 required to be mailed ten days before 

 the meeting. This brought out a long 

 discussion as to the working details of 

 the show, terminated by the adoption of 

 a motion by W. A. Manda to accept en- 

 tries on the day of staging, but only on 

 the payment of a penalty of $2 for each 

 late entry. 



For the committee on nomenclature, 

 the secretary reported on the registration 

 of new varieties, all of which have been 

 published in the Eeview, and stated that 

 work is in progress on a complete list of 

 all varieties ever introduced. The judges 

 made a supplementary report, scoring 

 seedling Prince Charming, exhibited by 

 Henry Eichholz, eighty-five points for a 

 preliminary certificate, and making hon- 

 orable mention of his variety Washington. 



The program was changed somewhat, 

 in order to bring up the discussion of 

 joint exhibitions with the Rose Society 

 in advance of the selection of the next 

 meeting place. C. L. Washburn spoke 

 for joint exhibitions, as follows: 



Argues for Joint Meetings. 



' ' The question of the advisability of 

 holding a joint convention of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society and the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society is best considered 

 from a business standpoint. There are 

 now held, the Carnation Society meeting, 

 the Rose Society meeting, the S. A. F. 

 meeting, the various Chrysanthemum So- 



E. C. Reineman, Chairman Executive Cotatmttee. 



